Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookWinchester and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Coldstream Guards 18 Jan. 1902; promoted Capt. 1910, and retired 17 May, 1913. On mobilisation he rejoined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Coldstream Guards, 5 Aug., and was killed in action near Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914, with the 1st Battn. He _m._ at the Chapel Royal, St. James' Palace, 15 Sept. 1909, Victoria Eugenie, dau. of Col. Sir Arthur Bigge, now Lord Stamfordham, and had a son, Michael Edward, _b._ 30 Sept. 1910. [Illustration: =Henry Robert A. Adeane.=] =ADLAM, ARTHUR WILLS=, Private, No. 1269, 1/4th Battn. (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) The Royal Scots (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Richard Wills Adlam, Superintendent of Public Parks in Johannesburg (_b._ co. Wilts., England; _d._ 17 July, 1903), by his wife, Grace Campbell (49, West Savile Terrace, Edinburgh), dau. of Duncan McDiarmid; _b._ Johannesburg, 7 Jan. 1895; came home with his mother after his father's death; entered the service of the British Linen Co. Bank on leaving school in 1911; joined the Banker's Coy. of the Royal Scots in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; left Liverpool about the end of May, 1915, and landed at the Dardanelles, 14 June, and was killed in action there in the attack on Achi Baba, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ He was twice hit early in the charge, and was endeavouring to get back to the dressing station when he was again struck, this time fatally. [Illustration: =Arthur Wills Adlam.=] =ADMANS, WALTER GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 13092, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Walter William Admans, of Sunnyside Cottage, Newbury, Farmer, by his wife (1st son), Jane Sophia, dau. of (--); _b._ Kentish Town, London, 3 Dec. 1889; educ. Charlton Road School there; enlisted 6 Oct. 1914; was severely wounded in the head at the Battle of Hooge, 10 Aug. 1915, and _d._ at Calais, 13 Aug. following, being buried in the Southern Cemetery there. He _m._ at Oxford, 26 July, 1909, Alice Elizabeth (Avon Villas, Avon Street, Stoke, Coventry), dau. of Eli John Greenwood, of Magdalen Road, Oxford, and had two children: Walter William John, _b._ 25 Jan. 1910, and Dorothy Mary Alice, _b._ 30 July, 1912. [Illustration: =Walter George Admans.=] =ADSHEAD, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12294, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Thomas Adshead, of 47, Ermott Street, Stepney, E.; killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Feb. 1915. =AFFLECK, LEWIS ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 8494, 1st Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of George Affleck, of Loanhead, Midlothian; _b._ Lesmahagow, co. Lanark; killed in action on the Western Front, 12 Nov. 1914. =AGER, JAMES ALFRED=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 19331, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =AGNEW, NATHANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8676), S.S. 105083, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =AIKENHEAD, ROBERT=, Private, No. 27853, 15th Battn. (48th Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Major Frank Aikenhead, commanding The (Somerset) R.H.A., by his wife, Mabel, dau. of the late Major-Gen. Edward Andrée Wylde, R.M.L.I., and grandson of the late Robert Aikenhead, of Otterington Hall, near Northallerton; _b._ Southsea, 22 April, 1892; educ. Cheltenham College. Was Commercial Editor of the "Toronto News," but on the outbreak of war enlisted in the 48th Highlanders, and was killed in the second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915. His Commanding Officer wrote: "He displayed the greatest gallantry and courage, and though severely wounded and gassed, continued fighting till killed by a bullet in the head. He was always brave and cheerful, and one of the best." A memorial tablet has been erected to his memory in the Great Elm Parish Church, Somerset. [Illustration: =Robert Aikenhead.=] =AINAND, CHARLES=, Private, No. G. 5942, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 30 April, 1915; _m._ =AINDOW, FRANK NORMAN=, Sapper, No. 47873, 14th Division, 89th Field Co., R.E., 2nd _s._ of George Aindow, of 10, Cunard Road, Litherland, Liverpool, Bricklayer, by his wife, Eliza, 3rd dau. of Thomas Potts; _b._ Litherland, near Liverpool, 6 Dec. 1896; educ. Church School there; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914; killed in action at Ypres while working in the first line of trenches; buried at Cambridge Road Junction, Ypres; _unm._ =AINGE, GEORGE ALFRED=, Private, No. G. 845, 1st Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 16 May, 1915; _m._ =AINGER, HAROLD=, 1st Class Boy, C.Y. 27513, H.M.S. Hawke, 2nd _s._ of Charles Ainger, of Horsley Cross, Mistley, Essex, Horseman on Farm, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Goby; _b._ Horsley Cross, 16 Nov. 1897; educ. St. John's School there; entered H.M.S. Ganges at Shotley, 15 Sept. 1913; was transferred to H.M.S. Hawke at Chatham in Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed, 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._ =AINGER, JOHN=, Corpl., No. 11337, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Christopher Ainger, of 14, Southern Road, Fulham; killed in action on the Western Front, 23 Dec. 1914. =AINLEY, CHARLES ERNEST=, Private, No. 1638, 4th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Frederick Ainley, of 51, Cogan Street, Hull; _b._ Hull, 9 March, 1896; educ. South Myton School there; joined the Army, 18 Aug. 1912, and was shot through the head during a battle of Hill 60 by a sniper whilst leaving a trench and instantaneously killed on 1 May, 1915; _unm._ Before entering the Army he was an apprentice with Messrs. King & Co. [Illustration: =Charles Ernest Ainley.=] =AINSLEY, GEORGE HENRY=, Private, No. 7834, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date. He _m._ Susan (254, Bensham Road, Thornton Heath). =AINSLIE, DENYS ALFRED LAFOUE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Devonshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of William Langstaff Ainslie, of Hanworth House, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Alfred Lafoue; _b._ Hanworth Park, 21 May, 1894; educ. Wellington College, Berks. Joined 3rd Reserve Battn. Devonshire Regt. in Jan. 1911, promoted Lieut. 25 April, 1913; gazetted to the 1st Battn. as 2nd Lieut. 14 Aug. 1914, killed in action at Givenchy 24 Oct. following; buried there. He was promoted Lieut. (after death) March, 1915. Col. Boles (commanding 3rd Battn. Devonshire Regt.) wrote: "We deplore the loss of a capable and gallant officer, and one who was most popular with all ranks." And the chief of the Tutorial Staff of the Law Society says: "No one who knew Ainslie could fail to be impressed by the charm of his character, and attracted by his personality." [Illustration: =Denys Alfred Lafoue Ainslie.=] =AINSLIE, EDWARD=, Private, No. 5860, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.; killed in action on the Western Front, 15 Dec. 1914; _m._ =AINSWORTH, PHILIP=, Private, No. G 4661, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., killed in action on t |