Adams F J Pte 868 8th Australian Imperial Force

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ADAMS, FREDERIC JAMES, Private, No. 868, 8th Infantry Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of James Rawson Adams, of Mildura, Victoria, Australia, Fruit Grower, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Colbeck, of Leeds, co. York, Schoolmaster; b. Kimberworth, near Rotherham, co. York, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. St. Margaret’s Grammar School, Mildura, Victoria, Australia; was a Fruit Grower; volunteered for Imperial Service, and joined the Australian Infantry on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; proceeded to Gallipoli in April, 1915, and was killed in action during the landing there on the 25th. Buried at Gaba Tepe. A comrade wrote: “I am able to tell you that death was instantaneous, and so he did not suffer any agonies as some of the other poor fellows did. We were all sorry to know he was one of the first to go, as he was such a fine fellow in every sense of the word, and a gentleman. I was proud to call him friend. Yes, your sons did their best right through the piece, whether at drill, sports, or anything else they undertook, and were God-fearing and upright.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adams D S L/Sergt 3022 7th London Regiment

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Adams D S L/Sergt 3022 7th London Regiment

ADAMS, DAVID SCOTT, L.-Sergt., No. 3022, 1/7th Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), 1st s. of David Adams, Engine Driver, The Highland Railway Coy., by his wife, Jane Ann, dau. of David Scott; b. Inverness, 15 July, 1895; educ. Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy, and on leaving school entered the Union Bank of Scotland, Ltd., Aberfeldy, and was later appointed to the National Bank of India, London. Three months after the outbreak of war he joined the 1/7th Battn., and was drafted to France in March, 1915; was present in the actions at Festubert and Loos, and was killed by the bursting of a shell in the trenches near Vermelles, 20 Oct. 1915. He was buried there, and a cross bearing his name marks the place. He had been recommended for a commission and also for the D.C.M. The Sergt.-Major of his company wrote that out of the great number of fine men they had lost, there was no one who would be missed more or whom they could less afford to lose; adding: “He saw no fear in anything he was put to.” Unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adames A H Blacksmiths Mate 341309 HMS Bulwark Royal Navy

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ADAMES, ALFRED HENRY, Blacksmith’s Mate (Po.), 341309, R.N., only surv. s. of the late Alfred Richard Adames, by his wife, Caroline; b. Portsmouth, co. Hants, 26 Jan. 1878; educ. Greenwich School; joined the Navy in 1896; served on H.M.S. Invincible, H.M.S. Roxburgh, H.M.S. Fishguard; also on H.M.S. Bulwark, and was lost when that ship was blown up in Sheerness Harbour 26 Nov. 1914. He was awarded the Messina Medal, the South African Medal, and the Good Conduct Medal. He m. at St. James’s Church, Milton, 24 April, 1912, Lucy Emily, 3rd dau. of Edmund Daysh, of Southsea, and had two children: Alfred Henry, b. 20 Feb. 1915, and Lucie Philis, b. 6 July, 1913.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Adam A G A Captain 5th East Kent Regiment

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Adam A G A Captain 5th East Kent Regiment

Source : The Sphere 18th Mar 1916

ADAM, ALAN GORDON ACHESON, Capt., 5th (Weald of Kent) Battn. (T.F.) The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), 5th s. of the late James Adam, M.D., of Malling Place, West Malling, Kent, and of his wife, Edith Emma, 3rd dau. of the late George Henry Drew, J.P., Taxing Master, High Court of Chancery, London; b. West Malling, 6 July, 1887; educ. Marlborough College, and Selwyn College, Cambridge (B.A. in 1907), and passed his final Law Examination in 1910; whilst practising at Cranbrook, Kent, in 1911, he joined the 5th Battn. of The Buffs, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1914, and Capt. 29 Oct. following. He left with his battalion for India in Nov. 1914, and in Dec. of the following year they proceeded to Mesopotamia. Capt. Adam was present in two severe engagements, and during a third one was killed 21-22 Jan. 1916, whilst with the relieving force for Kut. He was mentioned in Despatches (Kut Relief Force) 20 Oct. 1916, and recommended for the D.S.O. The General Officer in command, in addressing the remnant who had gathered together after the first engagement, said “they had done grandly, and that seasoned and regular troops could not have done better, and that they were a credit to their regiment, their country, the Territorial Force and the Empire.” He m. at the Cathedral of Bombay, India, 8 Nov. 1915, Victoria Marjory Melville, 3rd dau. of William Shaw, of Ealing, London; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Acton S Pte 7831 2nd Royal Scots

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ACTON, SAMUEL, Private, No. 7831, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died in No. 8 Clearing Station 10 Dec. 1914, from wounds received in action.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Ackland-Allen H T 2nd Lt Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Ackland-Allen H T 2nd Lt Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Source : The Sphere 21st Nov 1914

ACKLAND-ALLEN, HUGH THOMAS, Lieut., 1st Battn. (23rd Foot) The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, only s. of C. Ackland-Allen, of St. Hilary Manor, Cowbridge; b. 17 Sept. 1893; educ. Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3 Sept. 1913; went to Malta with his regiment in Jan. 1914; returned to England in Sept.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke on the 23rd.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Ackland-Allen H T Lt 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers

LIEUTENANT HUGH THOMAS ACKLAND-ALLEN, 1st BATTN. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS, who was killed in action on the 23rd October, 1914, was only son the of C. Ackland-Allen, of St. Hilary Manor, Cowbridge, South Wales. Lieutenant Ackland-Allen was educated at Wellington College, where he was in the Beresford from 1907-1910, proceeding to the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1912. He received his commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in September, 1913; the battalion went to Malta in January, 1914, returned to England in September, and went out with the VIIth Division on the 4th October. He was 21 years of age when he was killed near Zonnebeke on the 23rd October, 1914.

Source : Bond Of Sacrifice Vol 1

Ackers W J Pte G/3988 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment

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ACKERS, WILLIAM JAMES, Private, No. G. 3988, 2nd Battn. (2nd Foot) The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt., s. of the late William James Ackers, by his wife, Emma Sarah (77, Speke Road, Battersea); b. Battersea, 25 May, 1886; educ. Surrey Lane School, Battersea; volunteered and enlisted 28 Dec. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Abercrombie J B S Pte 5532 7th Black Watch

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Abercrombie J B S Pte 5532 7th Black Watch

ABERCROMBIE, JOHN BALFOUR SYMINGTON, L.R.I.B.A., Private, No. 5532, 1/7th Battn. (T.F.) The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), s. of William Abercrombie, of Glasgow and Grangemouth, Timber Mer-chant, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau. of John McAllister Symington; b. Nether Park, Paisley, 17 June, 1879; educ. Paisley Grammar School, and Hanover, Germany (for the study of lan-guage); gained the silver medal for drawing at Paisley School, and, on leaving, was articled for five years to James Miller, F.R.I.B.A., of Glasgow, Architect, remaining with him after-wards as assistant for two years; in 1906, when in practice for himself, he was the Archi-tect for numerous buildings in Paisley, Ren-frew and Grangemouth, Brockwood Park, Hants, and other places; he closed his business in order to enlist as a Private, 23 Oct. 1915, in the 14th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; transferred to 15th Battn.; volunteered for a draft to 1/7th Battn. The Black Watch in place of a married man; went to France 30 June, 1916; after being ten days in the trenches, he was returning to billets, and when six miles from the front near Mametz Wood a German shell fell amongst four of them, wounding him in the lower right side of the abdomen; he was carried at once to the 69th Field Ambulance, and, arriving there in a semi-conscious condition, died almost immediately, 31 July, 1916; Buried in the soldiers’ cemetery at Fricourt, France. From numerous letters written by his comrades after his death, it is evident he was most popular with all his fellow soldiers in the ranks; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Abbott S A Cpl 1722 4th Gloucestershire Regiment

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Abbott S A Cpl 1722 4th Gloucestershire Regiment

ABBOTT, SIDNEY ADOLPHUS, Corpl., No. 1722, 1/4th Battn. The Gloucestershire Regt. (T.F.), s. of Frederick Goodlett Abbott, of Bristol, late R.E., by his wife, Alice (162, Wick Road, Brislington, Bristol), dau. of F. Trout, and grandson of Staff-Q.-Master-Sergt. Adolphus Frederick Abbott, R.E. (who served through the Indian Mutiny); b. Derby, 30 Sept. 1896; educ. Leeds and Brislington; was a Car Conductor; joined the 4th Gloucestershire Territorials in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 30 March, 1915; was promoted Corpl. for an act of gallantry on 9 May, when he went out with a small party to lay planks on the barbed wire in front of the German trenches, and was killed in action 13 June following, being shot by a German sniper at 5 a.m. as he was about to leave the dug-out. His Major wrote, speaking of him as one of their best N.C.O.’s; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2

Abbott R F W Pte 1694 1st Honourable Artillery Company

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ABBOTT, REGINALD FREDERICK WILLIAM, Private, No. 1694, 1st Battn. Honourable Artillery Coy., s. of the late John Octavius Abbott, of The Priory, Breakspear Road, Brockley, S.E., Architect, A.R.I.B.A. and F.S.I., by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of the Rev. James Francis Ellis, of Pocklington, Yorks, and brother of Private A. L. V. Abbott (q.v.); b. Brockley, 28 May, 1882; educ. St. Peter’s College there; was for some time a Clerk in the Stock Exchange, and served three years in the R.N.V. Reserve; was afterwards engaged in Mining in Rhodesia for six years; returned from there after the outbreak of war, and enlisted in the H.A.C., 2 Dec. 1914; went to France February, 1915, and was killed in action during the British attack at Hooge, Flanders, 16 June, 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 2