CARMICHAEL, ARCHIBALD, 2nd Lient., Royal Field Artillery, elder s. of Robert Carmichael, of Rosybank, Coldstream, J.P., Provost of Coldstream aforesaid, by his wife, Euphemia Bell, dau. of George Dickman; and brother to Lieut. George Gordon Carmichael (q.v.); b. Coldstream, co. Berwick, 2 March, 1892; educ. there, and at Bootham School, York: joined the Lothian and Border Horse (Yeomanry) in March, 1912; was mobilized 5 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Aug. 1915: proceeded with his regiment to Macedonia the following Nov.; returned to England in July, 1917, to be trained for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. 28 Feb. 1918; joined his battery in France in April, and died at No. 61 Casualty Clearing Station 22 May of the same year, of wounds received in action while acting as Observation Officer a few hours previously. Buried in the British Cemetery, Vignacourt: unm.

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CARDELL, EDMUND POWNE, M.C., Major, 14th Light Division, Royal Field Artillery, yst. s. of Edmund Harvey Cardell, of Great Paxton, St. Neot’s, co. Huntingdon, Farmer, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of F. P. Nickell; b. Launceston, co. Cornwall, 4 May, 1892; educ. East Anglian School, Bury St. Edmund’s, and Nottingham University; he took the degree of B.Sc. of the London University (Engineering), and was on the staff of the British Reinforced Concrete Company; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. in Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1915, and was killed in action near Passchendaele 21 March, 1918. His Colonel wrote: He was as brave as a lion, and his character was most exemplary. There was not an officer or man in the battery who did not love him.” He was three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 15 June, 1916, 4 Jan. and 14 Dec. 1917] by F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, and was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distin-guished service in the field; unm.

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BUTLER, FRANCIS MOURILYAN, Capt., 93rd Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve), 2nd s. of the late Charles Butler, by his wife, Frances E. J.; b. Norbiton, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1876: educ. Charterhouse; obtained a commission 3 June, 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Mont-du-Hibou, near Poel-cappelle, 8 Oct. 1917. Buried in Canada Farm, near Everdinghe. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I have lost a splendidly gallant and capable officer, a good friend and a man of sound judgment, who was mad keen on his work. He never spared himself, and was particularly loved by his men, as he must have been by his horses, for they were his first care. He was in command of his battery at the time,” and a brother officer: “He was always doing almost more than his bit in this hard struggle; the final chapter was indeed characteristic of him, for he was on the drag ropes hauling a gun into action under heavy shell fire.” He m. in New York, 15 Oct. 1902, Josephine Brown, dau. of the late Capt. Joseph J. Lawrence, and had three children: Vera Lawrence, b. 26 July, 1903; Patience Mourilyan, b. 20 April, 1908, and Francis Charles Joseph, b. 24 March, 1915.

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BUTLER, BERNARD ARNOLD BARRINGTON, D.S.O. and Bar, Lieut.-Col., Royal Field Artillery, 8. of the late Spencer P. Butler, Conveyancing Counsel, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Nicholas Kendall; b. Harrow, co. Middlesex, 6 May, 1878; educ. Haileybury, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (passing out 2nd on Gunners’ List); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Dec. 1807 promoted Lieut. 23 Dee. 1900, Capt. 23 Jan. 1905, Major 30 Oct. 1914 and Temporary Lieut. Col. in March, 1915; served nine years in India from 1899, and subsequently served at Edinburgh and Bordon, and then, after passing the Gunnery Staff Course, was appointed Instructor of Gunnery at Trawsfynedd; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Sept. 1914, taking part in the engagements on the Aisne, at Ypres, Hooge, Vimy Ridge, on the Somme, at Arras, Menin Road, Kemmel and Passchendaele, and died near Le Catean 23 Oct. 1918, from wounds received in action the same day. Burled at Forrest, near Le Catean. He was five times mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, and F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, being also awarded the Distinguished Service Order in Jan. 1917, and a Bar to the same in March, 1918, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen sportsman, and when in India spent much of his leave shooting in Chambra and Baltistan. He also obtained the Certificate of the Royal Geographical Society for Surveying and Practical Astronomy. He m. in London, 24 July, 1905, Winifred (The Turret House, Wadhurst, co. Sussex), dau, of the late Right Hon. Arthur Cohen, K.C., and had a son, Anthony Bernard, b. 20 Sept. 1907.

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BURTON, WALTER, Driver. No. 5952. Royal Field Artillery, 8. of the late William Burton, by his wife. Elizabeth, dau. of John Mercer: b. Warrington: co. Lancaster. 30 Nov. 1879: educ. Hamilton Street School there volunteered for active service in Sept 1914, but was rejected: enlisted in the R.F.A. 25 Oct. 1915: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec., taking part in many engagements, including the operations at Lens, on the Somme, at Ypres and the relief of Lille, also at Passchendaele Ridge. and died at the General Hospital, Rouen, 16 Nov. 1918, of influenza, contracted while on service. Buried in St. Sebius Cemetery Extension. He m. at the
Parish Church. Warrington. 19 Nov. 1903. Sarah Ellen (8. Brackley Street. Warrington), dau. of the late William Stringer, and had three children: Walter, b. 18 Nov. 1908: Eva. b. 2 Aug. 1905. and Lilian, b. 9 Feb, 1907.

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BUCKINGHAM, WILLIAM JAMES, Driver, No. 37997, Royal Field Artillery, s. of Albert Henry Buckingham, of 15, Crathorn Street, Lewisham, S.E., South Eastern and Chatham Railway Employee, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of William Moss; b. Lewisham, 27 May, 1893; educ. Hither Green, co. Kent, and at Lewisham, S.E.; was a Hardware Merchant’s Assistant; en-listed 26 July, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 17 March following, and was killed in action at Ypres 25 Sept. 1917. Buried there. Letters from Commanding Officer state that he was very much liked and greatly missed by the men; unm.

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BRYSON, JAMES HARVEY, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, only s. of Robert Bryson, of Antigua, by his wife, Isobel Elliot, eldest dau. of the late W. H. Leared, of Cahirciveen, co. Kerry. He was born in Antigua 12 May, 1899; educ. at Kenley School, co. Surrey, and Aldenham School, where he took an active part in football (playing back) and athletics. He was a senior cadet in the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. in June, 1918; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Aug., and was killed in action near Cambrai 20 Oct. of the same year. Buried in the British Cemetery, east of Cambrai. A brother officer wrote: He and I worked in the line together for quite a while, and he was the best of boys, always happy and brave, and I shall miss him very much indeed.” Unm.

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BROWN, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Bombardier, No. 176095, Royal Field Artillery, s. of David Brown, of Woodend, Cardenden, Blacksmith, by his wife, Agnes, dau. of John Robertson; b. Cardenden, co. life, 22 Dec. 1894; educ. Auchterderran Public School; was employed as a Carting Contractor; enlisted in the R.F.A. 8 Nov. 1916: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1917, and died at Stafford Military Hospital, Lichfield, 4 Nov. 1918, of pneumonia, following wounds received in action. Buried in Kinglassie Cemetery; unm.

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BROOKS, HENRY, Bombardier, No. 22733, 20th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, yst. s. of William Brooks, Police Sergeant, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of the late John Wilson; b. Peckham, London, S.E.; educ. Kilburn Lane, W.; was employed with the firm. Musicus, Ltd., Player Piano Manufacturers, Salisbury Road, London, N.; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from July, 1915; subsequently proceeded to Mesopotamia, and died in hospital at Basra 17 July, 1916, from illness contracted while on active service. Buried there; unm.

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