Part 82

=GLADSTONE, WILLIAM GLYNNE CHARLES=, of Hawarden Castle, M.P., 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, only _s._ of the late William Henry Gladstone, M.P., by his wife the Hon. Gertrude, née Stuart (41, Berkeley Square, W.), 4th dau. of Charles, 12th and last Lord Blantyre, and gdson. of the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, P.C., M.P., the distinguished statesman; _b._ 41, Berkeley Square, London, 14 July, 1885; educ. Eton, and New College, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford Union in 1907. He succeeded his grandfather in the Hawarden Estates, 19 May, 1898, and was assistant Private Secretary to the Lord Lieut. of Ireland, 1909, and an Honorary Attaché to the British Embassy in Washington, 1911. In 1911 he entered Parliament as Liberal Member for Kilmarnock Burghs, and when in the following year he made his first speech in Parliament, in seconding the motion for an address in reply to a speech from the Throne, he frankly acknowledged that it was a handicap to bear the name of Gladstone, observing: “I feel that every effort is doomed to fall short of the expectation which may conceivably and very incautiously be formed by some of one who bears the name that I do.” During the short time he had been a member, however, he had already by his own marked individuality gained the attention of the House, and given evidence of abilities which promised a distinguished future. He was appointed Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Flintshire, and President of the County Territorial Association in 1911, and after the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914; and promoted Lieut. 7 April, 1915; went to the Front, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action near Laventie in France, on Tuesday, 13 April, 1915, being shot dead while in the trenches endeavouring to locate a sniper. A doctor was with him immediately but he never regained consciousness. His body was brought back and interred in the Churchyard at Hawarden, 23 April. He was _unm._ Writing to his mother from the trenches he said: “You will be wrong if you regret my coming, for I am very glad and proud to have got to the Front. It is not the length of existence that counts, but what is achieved during that existence, however short.”

=GLANVILLE, ALBERT ANDREW=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12208, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, ARCHIBALD WILLIAM=, Capt., 2nd Battn. 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, yst. _s._ of the late Robert Bruce Robertson-Glasgow, of Mountgreenan, co. Ayr, J.P., D.L., formerly 74th Highlanders, by his wife, Deborah Louisa Grace, 2nd dau. of Simon George Purdon, of Tinerana, co. Clare, _b._ Mountgreenan afsd., 24 May, 1880; educ. Wellington House School, Westgate-on-Sea (Sept. 1889 to July 1894), Marlborough College (Sept. 1894 to Dec. 1897), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. to Dec. 1898); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 25 April, 1901, and Capt. 25 Jan. 1908. He was attd. to the Royal Scots, and was posted to the 16th Bombay Infantry in April, 1901, and appointed Double Company Officer, 1 Aug. following, and the same year took part in the operations against the Ogaden Somalis in Jubaland, British East Africa, and received the medal with clasp. On his return from this expedition he was transferred to the 39th Garhwal Rifles. He left India with his regt. in the 7th Meerut Division for France, 21 Sept. 1914, and on arrival was detailed Railway Transport Officer until early in Nov. when he rejoined his regt. in the trenches. He was killed in action at Bethune a few days later, 13–14 Nov. 1914. Numerous letters from his brother officers all bear witness to his splendid qualities. His Col. wrote: “He had charged right up most valiantly to the enemy’s trench and in a yard or two more would have been in it.... The regiment has suffered a double loss in losing a first-rate officer and generous hearted friend.” and a brother officer: “I spent a good time on the afternoon of that disastrous night attack with him. He was as cheery as ever, and told me all about the exciting time he had digging out some men who had been buried by the exploding of a heavy German shell. The trench was knocked in and cover practically nil, so the operation had to be carried out in full view of the Germans, who put a lot of shrapnel over him and his men. Of course, he joked about it, but poor old ---- said it was a very fine show and one needing a great deal of pluck. I am sure his coolness and pluck then must have been a good example to the men, and just the sort of example they needed in the early days when everything was new and very terrifying to them.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s, Cranley Gardens, London, 19 Jan. 1911, Philadelphia Constance Violet Flora Macdonald, dau. of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, and has a son, Archibald Francis Colin, _b._ 31 July, 1914.

=GLASS, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304260, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GLASS, ERNEST GRAHAM=, Trooper, No. 743, A Squadron, Queen’s Own West Kent Yeomanry, only _s._ of Ernest Glass, of Crofton, Galmpton, Kingsbridge, Devon, Retired Civil Servant, by his wife, Francis Emma, dau. of the late Thomas Cowel, of Scarborough; _b._ Lewisham, co. Kent, 20 Nov. 1892; educ. Colfe Grammar School there; was a Clerk, Prudential Assurance Company; had joined the West Kent Yeomanry in 1912, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; left England for the Dardanelles in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action there, 27 Dec. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Y Ravine, S.W. Slope, Gallipoli. The Commanding Officer wrote: “E. Glass has always been a universal favourite amongst both officers and men, always cheery, always willing, his loss will be severely felt by the whole squadron. He had only just returned to Squadron duty from the signal troop, and was killed, shot through the head while on sentry in the firing line during the night. The loss of such a plucky, cheery soul, the very best type of young Englishman, is a loss not only to you, his regiment, his squadron, but to the country for which he so gallantly gave his life”; and another: “I saw a great deal of your son, as he was one of my signallers, and his unfailing cheerfulness always kept everyone happy, even when they were most uncomfortable. Your son was one of the keenest men there, he was always out to learn any new job that was going, and wanted to have a hand in anything out of the ordinary routine.”

=GLASS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8659, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 19 June, 1915; _m._

=GLAZEBROOK, HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 9383, 2nd Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of William Henry Glazebrook, of 16, Mildmay Road, West Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne, now in the postal service, late Battery Sergt.-Major, R.F.A. (who served throughout the South African War, and received the Queen’s and King’s medals with clasps), by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of Samuel Stephenson; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 11 March, 1892; educ. Council School Sandyford; joined the Army, 15 July, 1909; served five years (1909–14) in India; came home with his regt. after the outbreak of War, going with it to France in Jan., and was killed in action near St. Eloi, 5 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Chateau Rosendale, near Ypres. His two brothers are both (1916) serving, one in the Army and the other in the Navy.

=GLEGG, ARTHUR LIVINGSTONE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Batt. King’s Royal Rifles, 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Thomson Glegg, Advocate Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire, by his wife, Margaret Livingstone, dau. of W. L. Douie, of Moira, J.P.; _b._ Edinburgh, 23 Sept. 1895; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow; St. Bee’s, and Corpus Christi, Cambridge; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Jan. 1915; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée, 10 Aug. 1915; being buried in Cambrin Cemetery; _unm._

=GLEN, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, Ch./308855, _s._ of Walter Glen, by his wife, Mary (Stenton Prestonkirk, co. Haddington), dau. of John Scott; _b._ Glenfoot, Rymors Glen, near Melrose, 15 July, 1885; educ. Wiston, Lanark; joined the Navy about 1904, and was lost when H.M.S. Cressy was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._

=GLIDDON, FRANK CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 11898, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GLITHRO, FRANK WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1707), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GLOSSOP, ERNEST EDWARD=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the Rev. George Henry Pownall Glossop, Hon. Canon of St. Albans Cathedral, by his wife, Frances Mary, dau. of Major John James Gape, of St. Michael’s Manor, St. Albans, Herts Militia; _b._ Romeland House, St. Albans, 21 Feb. 1896; educ. Sandroyd School, Cobham; Repton School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, passing out at the end of his first year; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Somerset L.I. 12 Aug. 1914; went to France on Sept. 12, and joined the 1st Battn. during the Battle of the Aisne; was wounded at Le Gheer on 24 Oct., a bullet striking him in the spine, and was invalided home. He returned to the Front in March, and was wounded again at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on 2 May, when he was hit in the head by a fragment of shell, and died in Hospital at Bailleul two days later, 4 May, 1915; _unm._ His two elder brothers, Lieut. Bertram Glossop, 9th Devon Regt., and Lieut. Francis George Glossop, R.N., are (1916) on active service.

=GLOSTER, HENRY COLPOYS=, Lieut., 6th (Banff and Donside) Battn. The Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), only _s._ of James Cockburn Gloster, of 15, Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, B.A., M.B., by his wife, Aphra Jane, only child of Henry Keane; _b._ 15 Upper Phillimore Place, Kensington, 3 Aug. 1894; educ. St. Paul’s School, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he was a medical undergraduate, and a member of the O.T.C.; volunteered on the outbreak of the war and received a commission in the 6th Gordon Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914, being promoted Lieut. 31 Oct. following. He joined the regt. at Perth and went from there to Bedford for training, leaving England for the Front, 9 Nov. 1914. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 13 March, 1915, and was buried in Esterre Cemetery; _unm._ His Col. spoke highly of him as an officer whose work in the trenches deserved special praise. He suggested improvements and saved several lives of his men when wounded by close attention and skill. He was very popular with his men who respected, admired and loved him for his kindness and intelligent command in times of great danger. He was in command of his platoon in a German trench on the morning of his death. Lieut. Gloster was a good tennis player, and won the Caius College Fresher’s Tournament in 1914.

=GLOVER, FRANCIS LUTHER=, Leading Stoker, K. 5618, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GLOVER, JOSHUA=, Sergt., No. 6756, 6th (Service) Battn. Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 15 Sept. 1915; _m._

=GOACHER, STEPHEN FRANK=, Private, No. 3890, 2/4th Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of James Goacher, of New Cottages, Iron’s Bolton, near Reigate; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; died 11 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles.

=GOATER, JOHN ROBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9739), 210862, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GOBLE, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 22061, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=GOBY, WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. G. 1964, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Isaac Goby, of Fernhurst, Heathfield, Sussex; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 April, 1915.

=GODDARD, ALBERT BERTIE=, Private, No. 7204, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died a prisoner of war at Gustrow, 4 March, 1915; _m._

=GODDARD, ARTHUR HAWKINS=, Private, No. 2500, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Thomas Goddard, of 22, Calvert Buildings, Wapping, London, by his wife, Susannah, dau. of Amos Prior; _b._ Brightlingsea, co. Essex, 14 July, 1895; educ. L.C.C. and Raine’s Foundation Schools, Stepney; was a Clerk in the employ of Girling Bros. for four years; enlisted with some fellow scouts from Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915; served through the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in April, and died 10 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert the previous day; _unm._ Buried at the Military Cemetery, Rue Petillon.

=GODDARD, JAMES=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 632), 152278, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GODDARD, JAMES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 92), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GODDARD, THOMAS=, Private, No. G. 789, 7th (Service) Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action; _m._

=GODDARD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 3257, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Joseph Goddard, of Reading, by his wife, Harriet; _b._ Windsor, 3 Dec. 1880; educ. Royal Schools there; enlisted 23 Jan. 1900; served in the South African War, 7 Nov. 1901 to 4 Oct. 1902; obtained his discharge, 6 Nov. 1902; re-enlisted, 9 Sept. 1914, went to France, 7 Oct. and died 29 Oct. following, of wounds received in action. He was buried in the lawn in front of the Chateau at Gheluvelt, west of the village. He _m._ at Windsor, 1 June, 1905, Mary Ann (3, Waterloo Square, Spital, Windsor), dau. of Thomas Redrup, and had three daus.: Ena, _b._ 27 Aug. 1906; Laura, _b._ 27 Sept. 1907; and Vera, _b._ 27 Jan. 1910.

=GODDEN, ARTHUR HENRY GRIFFITHS=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5087, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=GODFERY, ERNEST HERBERT=, Sapper, No. 241, Wireless Section, 2nd South African Rifles, _s._ of Masters Godfery, of Norwich, by his wife, Esther, dau. of (--) Chapman; _b._ Norwich, 21 May, 1867; educ. Yarmouth Grammar School; went to South Africa on 18 July, 1893, and settled at Durban, Natal; volunteered for service in German South-West Africa, and went through that campaign and died in Hospital at Durban, 24 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at Johannesburg, 29 July, 1897, Frances (Sea View, Natal), dau. of John Siems, and had two children: Ernest M., _b._ 7 April, 1901; and Ivy E., _b._ 29 Aug. 1898.

=GODFREE, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2989), S.S. 100453, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=GODFREY, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4267), 277922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct 1914.

=GODIN, MOÏSE=, Private, No. 61042, 22nd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Philippe Godin, of St. Anne de la Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., Canada, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of (--) Côté; _b._ St. Anne de la Pérade, Champlain co., P.Q., 29 Jan. 1896; educ. Collège de la Pérade; enlisted in March, 1915; left Canada with the 2nd Contingent and was killed in action at Belgium, 23 Sept. 1915; _unm._

=GODSAL, ALAN=, 2nd Lieut. and Battn. Machine-gun Officer, 7th Battn. Rifle Brigade, 2nd _s._ of Edward Hugh Godsal, of Winnersh Lodge, Wokingham, by his wife, Marion Grace, dau. of the Rev. Florence Thomas Wethered, Vicar of Hurley, Berks; _b._ Hawera, New Zealand, 4 May, 1894; educ. Oundle School; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Rifle Brigade, 22 Sept. 1914; went to France in May, 1915; appointed Battn. Machine-gun Officer in July, 1915, and was killed in action at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. He was buried in Sanctuary Wood, Hooge. His Col. wrote speaking of him as a most promising officer. The circumstances of Lieut. Godsal’s death were as follows: The battn. on leaving the trenches for rest had left their machine guns for the use of the relieving Battns., from whom they were captured by a sudden enemy assault, and on the 7th Battn. being brought back from their billets seven miles away to recover trenches the Col. ordered Lieut. Godsal to take up a position with his machine gun men, from whence when opportunity offered to advance and regain possession of the guns. It is now clear from the statement of Corpl. Molloy, who was within 20 yards of Lieut. Godsal when he was killed, that Lieut. Godsal did himself advance from this position and get possession of at least one of the guns, for the Corpl. saw him firing it at the enemy, and later saw him firing his revolver--probably when he recovered the gun he picked up only a small amount of ammunition--and later still heard a shout that he was killed, a shell having struck him in the face. Private King gallantly endeavoured to pull his body back into trench and was himself killed instantaneously. Corpl. Molloy accounts for Lieut. Godsal’s recovering the gun by saying that he knew every yard of trench and ground as he was out frequently day and night making daring reconnaissances. The Corpl. added if ever anyone deserved the V.C. he did.

=GODWARD, ERIC JAMES=, 2nd Lieut., 1/7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late William Godward, Accountant, by his wife, Agnes (Godward, Newthorpe, Enfield), dau. of John Davison; _b._ New Thorpe, Enfield, co. Middlesex, 19 Feb. 1895; educ. Merchant Taylors’ School; and was in business until the outbreak of War, giving up the whole of his spare time to work among lads in Enfield. He held a commission as Cadet Lieut. in the St. Andrew and St. Mary Coy. London Diocesan Church Lads’ Brigade (Cadet Force), and when war broke out was transferred to the 2/7th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), together with Capt. Perks, and most of the senior lads in his brigade company, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13 Oct. 1914. He was transferred to the 1/7th and went to France, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 25 Aug. 1915, being shot while on patrol duty, and was buried at Fleurbaix; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “Your son had not been with us very long, but in that time he had earned the liking and respect of everyone with whom he had come into contact. He was absolutely fearless, and a very gallant young officer, in whom I had the utmost confidence”; and Col. Drew, 2/7th Middlesex, wrote: “During the ten months he served with me, I formed a great admiration for him. He was a boy of exceptional character.”

=GOFFIN, HERBERT CULLIS=, Sergt., No. 2849, 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the Rev. Herbert James Goffin, of Walteur, Burford Gardens, Palmers Green, N., late Missionary of the London Missionary Society, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Edmund Cullis, of Gloucester; _b._ Vizianagaram, South India, 4 Feb. 1887; educ. School for Sons of Missionaries, Blackheath; enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters on the outbreak of war; served with his battn. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action by a shell bursting in his trench at Ypres, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Cross Roads, Potyje, near Ypres. His commanding officer wrote: “His help has been invaluable with the company, while his amiability and pleasant manner endeared him to every one with whom he came in contact. Few men have made themselves at one and the same time so respected and so popular, and no man so thoroughly justified his rapid promotion.”

=GOGGS, FRANK=, Private, No. 430264, 31st Battn. 6th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force; eldest _s._ of the late Arthur Harry Goggs, of the City of London, Wine Merchant, by his wife, Annie Jane (31, Fore Street, Tiverton, Devon), dau. of Henry Briggs, Yeoman of the Guard; _b._ East Dulwich, London, 7 April, 1884; educ. Cranley County School and the City of London School; emigrated to British Columbia in 1903, and bought a ranch at Fort Steele, but after the outbreak of war, gave this up, joined the 31st Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 19 Feb. 1915; came over with the third Contingent in July, 1915; went to the western front 16 Sept. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._

=GOLDBAUM, HARRY=, Bugler, No. 1149, Kent Fortress Royal Engineers (T.F.), 4th _s._ of Solomon Goldbaum, of 26, Maroon Street, Stepney. E., by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Harry Trager; _b._ Edinburgh, 23 Feb. 1898; educ. Beth Street Council School, E.; was a sergt. in the Boys’ Brigade at Tunbridge Wells and enlisted on the outbreak of war; left for the Dardanelles, Oct., and was lost on H.M.S. Hythe, off Cape Wells, 28 Oct. 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: “We had sailed from Mudros at about 4 p.m. in a small sweeper, the Hythe. It was a rough and squally day, and before we had gone very far a great number of the men were sea-sick. However, we had almost reached our destination at Cape Wells, and were beginning to think of disembarking, when suddenly a large vessel boomed out of the darkness, and in spite of all efforts to avoid a collision it ran into us, cutting deeply into our port bow and bringing down our foremast. In ten minutes our vessel sank, leaving numbers struggling in the water or hanging on to spars and other floating matter. The boats of the other vessel did all they could and picked up many poor fellows--but it was all too few, for nearly 130 were drowned.... As Trumpeter he acted as my mounted orderly and many are the days we have been in the saddle together. He was always cheerful and willing, and knew how to use his head.”

=GOLDIE, BARRE HERBERT=, 2nd Lieut., Reserve of Officers, Indian Army, attached 32nd Lancers and Imperial Service Cavalry, elder _s._ of Col. James Ord Goldie, of 12, Tisbury Road, Hove, by his wife, Florence, dau. of Gen. Cumberlege, Madras Cavalry; _b._ Jubbulpore, India, 27 Jan. 1877; educ. Rottingdean, Wellington College, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he graduated M.A. with honours, and was engaged in scholastic work in Hyderabad when the European War broke out. He obtained leave from the Nizam to leave his post, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Indian Army, Oct. 1914, and attached to the 32nd Lancers at Jubbulpore, whence he went to Egypt to join the Imperial Service Cavalry. He died 29 April, 1915, of wounds received in action during the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal; _unm._

=GOLDING, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Petty Officer, 178836, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.