Goold-Adams J Captain 1st Leinster Regiment

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Goold-Adams J Captain 1st Leinster Regiment

CAPTAIN J. GOOLD ADAMS

IST BATTALION THE PRINCE OF WALES’S LEINSTER REGIMENT (ROYAL CANADIANS)

JOHN GOOLD ADAMS was the only son of the Venerable John Michael Goold Adams, M.A., Archdeacon of Derry, and of Emma his wife.

He came to the School in 1898 and left in 1900. He entered the R.M.C., Sandhurst, in 1901, was gazetted to the Leinster Regiment in 1903, and was promoted Captain in 1912. He served in the West African Frontier Force, North Nigeria Regiment Mounted Infantry, from 1908 to 1913, and, with it, took part in a punitive expedition.

He went to France with his Regiment in December, 1914, and was wounded in the following February. He rejoined and took part in the Battle of Hill 60, near Ypres, and, while leaning over the trenches in order to fire at the enemy, was killed by a shell, on May 4th, 1915. Age 31.

He married in August, 1913, Ierne Grace, eldest daughter of Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguymeen, King’s Co.

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

 

Goold-Adams J Captain 1st Leinster Regiment

ADAMS, JOHN GOOLD, Capt., 1st Battn. Prince of Wales’ Leinster Regt. (Royal Canadians), s. of the Ven. John Michael Goold Adams, Rector of Clonleigh, co. Donegal, and Archdeacon of Derry, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Robert McClintock, of Dunmore, co. Donegal, D.L.; b. Rossdowney Vicarage, Londonderry, 10 Oct. 1883; educ. Bilton Grange Preparatory School, Rugby, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Leinster Regt. 22 April, 1903, becoming Lieut. 15 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 21 Sept. 1912; served at Pretoria, 1903-4, with the Mounted Infantry at Harrysmith, 1904-5, and in the Mauritius, 1905-6, and was employed with the West African Frontier Force in Northern Nigeria, 1908 to Nov. 1913.

After the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he accompanied his regiment to France (Dec. 23), was wounded in Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, near Ypres, 4 May following. He m. at Moneyguine, Birr, King’s County, 5 Aug. 1913, Ierne Grace, dau. of Assheton Biddulph, M.F.H., of Moneyguyneen aforesaid; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Gilliat-Smith A Lt Royal Engineers

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Gilliat-Smith A Lt Royal Engineers

LIEUTENANT A. GILLIAT-SMITH

26TH FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS

ARTHUR GILLIAT-SMITH was the only surviving son of Harold and Sybil Gilliat-Smith.

He entered the School in 1902, and left in 1906. He passed into the R.M.A., Woolwich, and was gazetted to the 26th Field Company R.E., which formed part of the 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force in France.

He was killed near Ypres, on November 1st, 1914. The 26th Company was in reserve, and received orders to reinforce. On arriving at the spot indicated it was found that the attack had been beaten back and the trenches were full. The 26th Company was exposed to a cross fire, and Lieutenant Gilliat-Smith, in endeavouring to get his men under cover, was shot just as it was reached. Age 26.

His Commanding Officer writes:-

“A most keen and efficient Officer, who died gallantly leading his section.”

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

 

Gilkison J D R Lt 1st Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

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Gilkison J D R Lt 1st Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders

LIEUTENANT J. D. R. GILKISON

1ST BATTALION PRINCESS LOUISII’s (ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS)

JAMES DAVID RALSTON GILKISON was the younger son of Dugald Stewart Gilkison, East India Merchant, of Wimbledon and Dalquharran, Ayrshire, and of Margaret his wife.

He entered the School in 1898, went to Trinity College, Oxford, 1903, was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, the same year, and obtained his Commission in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in December, 1907.

He entered the and Battalion and served with it in South Africa and, on its return home, exchanged into the 1st Battalion at Malta, in order to go with it to India, where he served over a year.

He was home on leave when the War broke out, joined the 2nd Battalion at Fort George in time to go to France on August 12th, 1914, and took part in the fighting there till August 26th, when he was killed at the Battle of Le Cateau. He was shot down while leading his men towards one of the enemy’s machine guns. Age 30.

A soldier in his Company wrote of him:-

“He was a fine Officer, and was a man loved by all the men in his Company. I served under him in Africa and in India. I was under him at Harrismith, in the Mounted Infantry, and afterwards with him in India, where he was in charge of the machine-gun section. We knew him as a first-class soldier, and we all looked up to him and respected him in the Regiment. A finer Officer we could not be under.”

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