Adeane H R Captain Coldstream Guards

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Adeane H R Captain 1st Coldstream Guards

CAPTAIN HENRY ROBERT AUGUSTUS ADEANE, COLDSTREAM GUARDS,

son of the late Admiral Edward Adeane and the late Lady Edith Adeane, was born at 28, Eaton Place, London, on the 31st July, 1882. He was educated at Winchester, and the R.M.C., Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the Coldstream Guards in 1902, becoming Lieutenant in 1905, and Captain in 1912, retiring in May, 1913. At the outbreak of the war, he was voluntarily in the Reserve of Officers, and joined his regiment for service at the front. He was killed near Ypres on the 2nd November, 1914.

Captain Adeane married in 1909, Victoria Eugénie Bigge, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Stamfordham, and left one son, Michael Edward, born 30th September, 1910.

Source : The Bond Of Sacrifice Vol 1

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Maitland-Addison A C Lt 1st Cheshire Regiment Attd Royal Flying Corps

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LIEUTENANT ALEC CRICHTON MAITLAND-ADDISON,

1st BATTN. THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT

born at Brighton in 1886, was the son of Major A. Maitland-Addison, late 71st Highlanders; he was a great grandson of Charles Bisset, 42nd Highlanders (mentioned in “Lives of Eminent Scotchmen”) and closely connected with the family of the poet Joseph Addison.

He was educated privately, and was gazetted to the Cheshire Regiment in September, 1914, as Second Lieutenant.

Joining the Royal Flying Corps, he landed in France in August, 1914, and served continuously till the time of his death, having been promoted for distinguished service in the Field. He was wounded at Ypres on the 25th October, 1914, and died at Boulogne on the 27th October, 1914. Lieutenant Maitland-Addison was a fine man -6 feet 3 inches in height, and broad in proportion extremely powerful, and without fear.

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Adair W F Captain Indian Army

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Adair W F Captain Indian Army

CAPTAIN WILLIAM FINLAY ADAIR, 129th DUKE OF CONNAUGHT’S OWN BALUCHIS.

was born at Mauchline, Ayrshire. Scotland, on the 21st September, 1877, the youngest son of the late Major Wallace Adair, Northumberland Fusiliers (the “Fighting Fifth “). He was educated at the French College at St. Serven, Brittany, and afterwards in Jersey. He obtained his commission as unattached Second Lieutenant in January, 1897, joining the Indian Staff Corps in March, 1898, in which he became Lieutenant in July, 1899, and Captain in January, 1906. He saw most of his service with the 130th King George’s Own Baluchis, of which for some years he was Adjutant, being transferred to the 129th, on promotion, as Double Company Commander, and he was also qualified as a First Class Interpreter in French. He served in China in 1900 and received the medal; in the operations in Somaliland, 1902, receiving the medal and clasp, and in operations in the interior, Aden. 1903-04.

He was a member of the Junior Army and Navy Club, and of the Bath and County Club, Bath. Captain Adair was killed on the 30th October, 1914, at Hollebeke, Belgium, having been, at his own request, left mortally wounded in a trench when his men had to retire. The following account of the circumstances was received by his relatives:” On October 30th, 1914. at Hollebeke, Belgium, Captain Adair had orders from his General to retire, as the Germans were close up; while giving instructions to his men he was shot high up under the arm. The native Corporal wished to carry him away, but he refused, fearing to delay them, and so insisted on being left in the trench alone. The Germans came up almost immediately, and nothing further has been heard. The Corporal, who said Captain Adair was mortally wounded and could not have lived long, led the men back to a safe position already prepared, without any loss, and so the sacrifice was not in vain.”

Captain Adair was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of 14th January, 1915.

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Abbott G D Lt 1st Connaught Rangers

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Abbott G D Lt Connaught Rangers

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LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY DYETT ABBOTT, 1st BATTN. CONNAUGHT RANGERS.

who was born on the 12th October, 1801, at Srinagar, Kashmir, was the son of the late Colonel Frank Abbott, late 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse), and a grandson of the late Lieutenant- General H. D. Abbott, C.B., and of Major-General J. C. Berkeley, C.I.E. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Having been gazetted to the Connaught Rangers in March. 1911, he served with the 1st Battalion in India, and was promoted Lieutenant in June, 1014. He was a good shot, and played football, cricket, billiards, and tennis.

Lieut. Abbott was killed in action at Laventie, France, on the 2nd November, 1914. His Company Commander sent the following account of the circumstances –

On the 2nd instant (November, 1914) we went to relieve the 2nd Gurkhas and came under rather heavy fire crossing an open place. It was in the above open place he was killed.”

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Abadie E H E Major 9th Lancers

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Abadie E H E Major 9th Lancers

MAJOR EUSTACE HENRY AGREMONT ABADIE. D.S.O.

9th QUEEN’S ROYAL LANCERS, is reported to have been killed in action at Messines in October, 1914. He was at first officially reported to be a prisoner of war; as no official confirmation of his death has been received, and as nothing has born heard of or from him since, it must be unhappily assumed that the gallant officer has lost his life. He was the elder surviving son of the late Major- General Henry Richard Abadie, C.B., 9th Lancers, whose death occurred after that of his son, and was born on the 24th January, 1877. He joined the 9th Lancers in August, 1897, becoming Lieutenant in May, 1890. He served with much distinction in the South African War, having taken part in the advance on and relief of Kimberley, including the actions at Belmont, Enslin, and Magersfontein; he was present at operations in the Orange Free State, and at Paardeberg, including actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Karee Siding. Houtnek (Thoba Mountain). Vet River and Zand River, between February and May, 1900: at operations in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria; and in the Cape Colony between November, 1900, and May, 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches, “London Gazette,” 10th September, 1901, was awarded the D.S.O., and received the Queen’s medal with eight clasps, and the King’s medal with two clasps. It is believed that not other officer received more than eight clasps with the Queen’s medal, in that campaign.

Major Abadie, who was a Staff College Graduate, was promoted Captain in March, 1904; from February, 1906, to August, 1907, he was Adjutant of his Regiment, and he received his Majority in March, 1912. For his services in the Great War he was mentioned in Sir John French’s Despatch of the 14th January. 1915.

It is an interesting fact, illustrating how the name of the same family recurs in military history, that the first name in “The Last Post,” a work containing biographies of officers who lost their lives in the South African War, which commenced fifteen years before the present war, was also that of a cavalry officer named Abadie, viz., Lieutenant H. B. Abadie, 11th Hussars. That officer was Major E. H. A. Abadie’s eldest brother; and another brother, Captain G. H. F. Abadie, late 18th Lancers, died of fever in February, 1904, at Kam, West Africa, where he was serving as Resident, after having been awarded the C.M.G. for his services in the Kam-Sohoto Campaign.

Major-General Abadie, the late officer’s father, also had a most distinguished military career of 40 years.

Source : The Bond Of Sacrifice Vol 1