Stewart-Richardson E A Captain Sir 3rd Black Watch

CAPTAIN SIR E. A. STEWART-RICHARDSON, BART.

3RD BATTALION THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)

SIR EDWARD AUSTIN STEWART-RICHARDSON, 15th Bart., of Pencaitland, was the eldest son of Sir James Stewart-Richardson, 14th Bart., of Pencaitland, Pitfour Castle, Perth. He entered the School in 1888. In 1891 he joined the 3rd Battalion

Black Watch, and from 1899 to 1902 was A.D.C. to Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland.

In the South African campaign he served as Captain with the Queens-land Mounted Infantry, taking part in the operations in the Orange River Free State, including the action at Vet River, and in the Orange River Colony, including the actions at Rhenoster River, Wittebergen, and Wit-poort, for which he received the Queen’s Medal, with five Clasps.

He went with his Regiment to Flanders in 1914, and died in London on November 28th in that year, of wounds received at Ypres in the previous October. Age 43.

He married, in 1904, Lady Constance Mackenzie, younger daughter of Francis, 2nd Earl of Cromartie, and left two sons.

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1

BINNIE, JAMES, Private, No. 11352, 1st Battn. Scots Guards, s. of William Binnie, of Crofts, Carmyllie, Arbroath, Farm Manager, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Thomson, of Lunan; b. Carmyllie, co. Forfar, 18 Dec. 1893; educ. Public School there; was a Farm Servant; volunteered for active service soon after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the Scots Guards 22 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 27 April, 1915, being employed in the Trench Mortar Battery, and was killed in action near the Canal du Nord 27 Sept. 1918, by the explosion of an enemy ammunition dump. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He is sorely missed by the battalion, as he was well liked by officers and men, being always cheerful and hard working.’ Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

ADAM, JAMES CHRISTOPHER, Private. Machine Gun Corps, eldest s. of the late Rev. John Adam, of Edinburgh, by his wife, (-) (Flackwell Heath. co. Buckingham): b. Carluke, 25 Dec. 1882; educ. Edinburgh: was on the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh: enlisted; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action 21 March, 1918 ; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5

AYRES, F. J. D. (Monotype Staff, keyboard). [Previous Service in the 2nd V.B. Oxf. L.I. from Apr. 1903 to Apr. 1908, and thenceforward in the 4th Oxf. & Bucks L.İ., T.F.J Mobilized with the 4th Oxf. & Bucks L.I. (M.G. Sergt.) on 4 Aug. 1914, and served in England in that unit until 28 Mar. 1915. Went to France with the 48th (South Midland) Divisional Transport on 28 Mar. 1915. Transferred to the M.G. Corps 11 Jan. 1916; returned to England 8 Aug. 1917, and served on the M.G. Corps Instructional Staff from that date onward. Engagements included the Second Battle of Ypres, 1915; the Somme, Aug.-Dec. 1916; the advance (Peronne), Mar. 1917; St. Julien and Steenbeck, July 1917. Promoted C.S.M. 1 Nov. 1916; appointed C.S.M.I., M.G. School, Officers’ Wing, Oct. 1918; A./R.S.M., N.C.O.’s School, M.G.T.C., Belton Park, Aug. 1918. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Jan. 1917. Demobilized on 11 Jan. 1919, and resumed work at the Press. (Still serving in the 4th Oxf. & Bucks L.I. as C.S.M.)

Source : War Record Of The Oxford University Press

Underhill R B Pte 1685 13th London Regiment

UNDERHILL, RAYMOND BENWELL, Private, No. 1685, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensingtons) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Richardson Underhill, Watchmaker and Jeweller, by his wife, Annie (123, Holland Park Avenue, W.), dau. of James Benwell, of Knightsbridge; b. Kensington, W., 9 Oct. 1881; educ. St. Mary Abbotts Higher Grade School there ; joined the 4th Middlesex Volunteers afterwards, in 1907, the 13th London Territorials, and served eight years; went to Canada in March, 1907; returned to England in 1909, and went into business as a watchmaker and jeweller at 39, Earl’s Court Road, Kensington; rejoined his old regt. immediately war was declared; volunteered for foreign service; went to France in Oct., and died at No. 6 Clearing Station, Merville, 11 Feb. 1915, from appendicitis contracted while on active service; unm. Buried in Merville Cemetery, France (Grave No. E 10).

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

TUCKWOOD, LESLIE EDGAR Private, No. 996, 1st Battn. Princess Berkshire Regt., yst. s. of the late Charles Tuckwood, of 82, Wightman Road, Hornsey, Music Publisher; b. Harringay, 1891; joined the Navy in 1912, was transferred to the Army in 1913, and was killed in action at the Battle of Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Trotman S Pte 3155 2/3rd London Regiment

TROTMAN, SYDNEY, Private, No. 3155, 2/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late George Hayman Trotman, of Brooklands Lodge, Cambridge, by his wife, Agnes (35, Norwich Street, Cambridge), dau. of Edward Godfrey; b. Cambridge, 18 April, 1886; educ. St. Paul’s School, Cambridge; was a Clerk; joined 2/3rd Royal Fusiliers, 8 Dec. 1914; left for Egypt, in April, and died of heatstroke at Khartoum, 3 June, 1915; unm.

Buried at Khartoum. His Commanding Officer wrote: “Your son was buried with all military honours and the Sirdar (Sir Reginald Wingate) has written asking me to express his sympathy to his relatives and the men of his company”; and another officer: “Your son was a good man and soldier, and will be deeply missed by officers and men alike.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Adams J Pte Somerset Light Infantry

Pte John Adams Somerset Light Infantry. Of Bath.

Source : The Vivid 24th April 1915

THOMSON, DUNCAN TURNER, Private, No. 118, 9th Battn. (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry (T.F.), s. of Alexander Thomson, of 8, Hamilton Park Terrace, Glasgow, M.B., C.M., Edinburgh, by his wife, Mary J. McKean, dau. of the Rev. Duncan Turner, M.A.; b. Huntly, co. Aberdeen, 23 Dec. 1888; educ. Glasgow Academy, and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow; was a fully qualified and diplomated architect, and was in the employment of Mr. P. Macgregor Chelmers, Glasgow; joined the 9th Highland L.I. Territorials in 1908; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war; went to France in Oct. 1914, and died in the General Hospital, Northampton, 30 July, 1915, of wounds received in action on 19 June. He was shot by a sniper when on duty in the trenches at Vermelles; unm.

Capt. A. K. Reid wrote: “He was a man for whom I had the highest regard, especially since we came out here, and he was one of the most popular members of the company. His good humour even under the most trying circumstances caused him to be liked by all. He could be trusted at all times to do his duty as a soldier and as a man. I saw him in the Vermelles trenches a few minutes after he was hit, and he left us to walk back to the dressing station with a cheery good-bye to us all “; and one of his comrades, writing to a friend, said: “You doubtless have heard of Duncan Thomson’s death. Man! Why is it that all those splendid sportsmen get knocked out, and the rest of us go free. He was an awfully decent chap and I saw quite a lot of him in the G.H. at Dunfermline and in France. A more thorough, straighter, cleaner chap you could not meet. Five of the old 1st Battn.-friends of his-and myself carried the coffin into the Kirk, and then again to the grave. It wasn’t a military funeral (military honours having been paid when the body left Northampton), so we could only salute his grave, but if ever a man deserved honours at his graveside he did. We called him ‘Sniper’ out there, for the simple reason that he was so delightfully cool and casual. He never fired a shot at anything unless he was absolutely certain. If ever you wanted a hot drink, or anything to cheer yourself up with, you went to Duncan, and sure enough then you got it.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Gurney-Sheppard S Lt Col DSO Hertfordshire Yeomanry

LIEUT.-COLONEL SAMUEL GURNEY SHEPPARD, LD.S.O., commanding the Hertfordshire Yeomanry, of Wantage, Berkshire, was the elder son of the late Samuel Gurney Sheppard, of Leggats, Potters Bar, and the Stock Exchange. Born in 1865, he was educated at Eton, where he was a member of the School Volunteer Corps. Soon after leaving Eton he became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1887, and was ultimately senior partner in the firm of Sheppards, Pelly, Price and Pott.

He went to South Africa in 1901 with the 32nd Company of the Imperial Yeomanry and saw service in the Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Cape Colony. In addition to receiving the Queen’s Medal with five clasps, he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. At the end of the war he became an honorary lieutenant in the Army. For some years subsequently he commanded the Enfield and Barnet troop of the Herts Yeomanry.

On the outbreak of the war he volunteered for foreign service, and in January 1915 was gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel of the Herts Yeomanry, with whom he had been in Egypt since the early days of the war.

He died of wounds received in action in the Dardanelles in August 1915.

“Our Colonel’s death,” wrote one of his brother-officers, “will be an irreparable loss to the regiment, as there was no one more beloved by his officers and men; they would all have gone through hell itself for him.”

And another wrote to his widow: “I don’t think it is possible for me, or any one else, to tell you how beloved he was by every one; ourselves and the men did more than worship him.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918