Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookand a horse, the officer and two men being wounded. The remaining four streaked away across country. We returned in triumph with our prisoners, and they gave us a tremendous reception. It was really great sport, and I have the honour of being the first to draw blood. Then the cars went out again this morning and captured the remaining four, so that I think we mopped up the whole covey" Always most thoughtful of the men in his troop, Capt. Charrington was immensely popular with them. Sergt. Ridley, who had served under him from the time he joined the regt., and who came from York to London to attend a memorial service to his troop officer, on his own account afterwards wrote to Mrs. Charrington: "I required no thanks for coming, as it was only natural for me to attend, considering that he was my troop officer when he first joined us on our return from South Africa in 1903 after the Boer War. He soon became most popular, not only because of his smartness, but because he took a great interest in the N.C.Os. and men belonging to his troop. He was a general favourite with us all, and your sad loss is shared by every single man of the Royal Dragoons." It is evident from the many letters written by his friends that Capt. Charrington, known to his intimates as "The Kid." had a singularly lovable disposition and the gift of inspiring affection in others. He was a famous gentleman jockey and well-known at Sandown, and was recognised as one of the best riders in India. As a race-rider Capt. Charrington established a record which must surely remain as a memento to his equestrian skill for all time. He was riding out at a meeting at Simla during the course of which he accepted 15 mounts. Of these, he brought 13 home in front, and one of the other two was second, an almost incredible performance. In 1909 he won the Army Cup on Capt. Gibb's Pommard, while in the following year he won the same race on Major Campion's Injas, and the Indian Grand National on Major Wilson's Kaffirpan. Also as a game shot Capt. Charrington achieved considerable reputation, having made several expeditions to Kashmir and the Central Provinces, and while out shooting with Sir John Hewitt, the Governor of the United Provinces, he bagged two tigers. [Illustration: =Arthur C. Charrington.=] =CHARTERIS, MALCOLM MAXWELL McINNES=, Private, No. 12874, 16th (Waikato) Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David Charteris, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Land Agent; (a native of Dumfrieshire, Scotland); _b._ South Canterbury, New Zealand, 27 Jan. 1887; educ. Temuka, and Taranaki; was living near Rotorua, Auckland Province, when war broke out, and at once volunteered for Imperial Service; left for England with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there the same day; _unm._ He was a great athlete and a representative footballer. One of his nephews and a cousin-german were also killed in action. [Illustration: =Malcolm M. M. Charteris.=] =CHASTY, RICHARD CHRISTOPHER=, L.-Corpl., No. 9834, 1st Battn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers,] _s._ of James Chasty, Caretaker for the High School, 40, Harcourt Street, Dublin, naval pensioner of 38 years (10 Jan. 1876 to 27 July, 1914), by his wife, Clara Lucretia, dau. of Samuel How; _b._ Portaferry, co. Down, 24 Aug. 1893; educ. Strangford, Lower Moville, co. Donegal, and Shanaher Belmullet, co. Mayo, National Schools; enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers about 25 Sept. 1909; was wounded in action at the Dardanelles, 22 May, 1915, and died at Netley Hospital, 7 Sept. following; _unm._ [Illustration: =Richard C. Chasty.=] =CHATTERIS, TOM BRODIE=, Capt., attd. 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt., 4th _s._ of the late Charles C. Chatteris, of Chatteris, Nicholls & Chatteris, Chartered Accountants; _b._ London, W., 9 March, 1881; educ. Sherborne; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Militia) Battn. Sherwood Foresters, 1 Feb. 1900; and promoted Lieut., 19 March, 1902; served through the South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen's medal with one clasp), and retired with the rank of Hon. Lieut. in the Army, joining the Special Reserve of Officers. He then engaged in forestry work in Siam for the Borneo Co., London, but when war broke out returned home and rejoined his regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France in May, 1915, being gazetted Tempy. Capt. in June, and was killed in action at Hooge, 9 Aug. following; _unm._ [Illustration: =Tom Brodie Chatteris.=] =CHAWNER, JOHN HENRY=, A.B., J. 5865, H.M.S. Liberty; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =CHAYTOR, ALBAN KINGSFORD=, 2nd Lieut., 6th, attd. 3rd, Battn. Worcester Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Charles Chaytor, Rector of St. Helens, and St. Albans with St. Michael's, Worcester, since 1881; _b._ there 23 Oct. 1891; educ. at King's School (Cathedral), Worcester, where he was successively captain of cricket and of the boats, and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he held the Worfield Scholarship and the Inge Exhibition. On leaving there he took up tea planting in Ceylon, was a member of the Volunteer Defence Force, and on the outbreak of war joined the Ceylon Rifle Corps. Early in 1915 he came to England, obtained a commission in the County Regt. 6 Feb. 1915, and (while serving later with the 3rd Battn.) was severely wounded in the trenches near Ypres, 24 May, 1915, and died in a field hospital two days later; _unm._ His colonel and brother officers wrote of him as "a most promising officer," a "born soldier," "always ready to volunteer on any dangerous venture." He was buried in the churchyard of La Clytte. [Illustration: =Alban Kingsford Chaytor.=] =CHEALES, CLEMENT BELLINGHAM=, Able Seaman in Public School Corps of the Naval Brigade, Hawke Battn., brother of the Rev. John Patey Cheales, Vicar of Friskney, and _s._ of the late Rev. Henry John Cheales, formerly Vicar of that place, 1869-99, by his wife, Edith Maria, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Booth; _b._ Friskney, 6 April, 1876; educ. Marlborough College; served with the Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War (medal with two clasps), and was in South Africa when the European War broke out. He immediately came home in Jan. 1915, and enlisted in the Public Schools Battn. of the Royal Naval Brigade, spent the winter in training at the Crystal Palace, and went to the Dardanelles in April. His work lay with the machine gun section of the Division. He died in hospital at Alexandria, 5 Sept. 1915, of fever contracted in Gallipoli, where he had been fighting until 20 Aug.; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote that he had decided to recommend him for a commission when death intervened. [Illustration: =Clement B. Cheales.=] =CHEESE, ALFRED=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 989), late R.M.A., 7113, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHEESE, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 55979, 19th Battn. (Lincoln Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary |