Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookd in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CHILES, STANLEY MOORE=, Leading Seaman, 210508 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHILMAN, EDWARD RENNE=, Seaman, R.N.R., 37453, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHILTON, FRANK=, Lieut., 13th (Service) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of Dr. Charles Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., LL.D., etc., Professor of Biology, Canterbury College, New Zealand, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Jack; _b._ Port Chalmers, New Zealand, 27 Sept. 1892: educ. West Christchurch District High School, Waitaki Boys' High School and Edinburgh University, where he was a member of the O.T.C. Prior to the outbreak of war Lieut. Chilton was studying medicine, but he immediately applied for and received a commission in the 3rd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 15 Aug. 1914; was promoted Lieut., 31 Oct. 1914, and transferred to the 13th (Service) Battn., and left for the Dardanelles in May, 1915, being attached for service to the 2nd Hampshires. He was killed in action there, 4 June, 1915; _unm._ =CHILTON, FREE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7510), S.S. 102823, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHILVERS, PERCY ERNEST=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13375, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHING, HUGH= (_alias_ =HUGH WILLIAM POWER=), Private, No. 1631, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria's Rifles) The London Regiment (T.F.), only _s._ of Richard Ching, of 180, Esywn Road, Tooting, London, by his wife, Annie; _b._ London, 25 Jan. 1887; educ. Stockwell Board School, was an Advertising Expert and Agent; joined Queen Victoria's Rifles in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914, and died in Hospital at Ypres, 26 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres two days previously. Buried in the ramparts of Ypres. His Capt. wrote: "All who knew your husband appreciated him very much, he was in every way a good soldier, no higher praise can be given to a man"; and 2nd Lieut. K. Lloyd wrote: "I only joined the 1st Battn. here in Jan., but he was then on the list of 'staunch ones,' which my platoon sergt. gave me. Ever since that first night when he took out a listening patrol, he has been a great rock of comfort to me. It is just the men like him that give such a feeling of confidence to us when we feel a touch of downheartedness. I am glad to say I was able to go back to him for a moment after he had been hit and the last I heard of him was his calling 'Good luck' to his friends as they filed past him along the path." He _m._ at Manchester, 2 May, 1914, Pollie (Meadowside, New Mills, Derbyshire), 4th dau. of James Henry Pimley; _s.p._ [Illustration: =H. Ching= (_alias_ =H. W. Power=).] =CHIPCHASE, CHARLES WILSON=, Private, No. 4333, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Chipchase, of Hull, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Charles Leadley; _b._ Scott Street, Hull, 12 Sept. 1880; educ. Charterhouse Lane Board School; enlisted 19 Aug. 1901; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 5 Nov. 1914, being buried in Rentel Wood. He _m._ at St. Saviour's Wilmington, Hull, 10 June, 1906, Elizabeth (31, Poplar Avenue, Poplar Road, Hull), dau. of Edward Pritchard, and left four children: Charles Edward, _b._ 2 Sept. 1907; Percy Pritchard, _b._ 15 Feb. 1909; Stanley Pritchard, _b._ 18 Nov. 1910; and David William, _b._ 20 Nov. 1912. =CHISHOLM, ALEXANDER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), 188284, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =CHISIM, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9121), S.S. 105949, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CHISNALL, GEORGE HENRY=, M.B., B.S. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.), Lieut., R.A.M.C., _s._ of Charles Henry Chisnall, of Frating Abbey, Colchester, co. Essex, by his wife, Eugénie Ellen (Frating Abbey, Colchester), dau. of Thomas Patrick Hitchcock, of Lavenham, co. Suffolk; _b._ Great Bentley, co. Essex, 4 April, 1886; educ. Framlingham College, Suffolk, and The London Hospital Medical College. He received his commission as temporary Lieut. in the R.A.M.C. on 6 Aug. 1914, having qualified in 1908, and taken the M.B. (Lond.) in 1910. Leaving England on the outbreak of war, he was attached to and started work in the surgical ward of No. 7 General Hospital set up at Amiens. This had to be abandoned in the retreat from Mons, and he was afterwards attached to the 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders. He was struck by a shell while attending the wounded in the open during an engagement north of Ypres, and died the following day, 24 Oct. 1914, in hospital at Elverdinghe. He was buried in the churchyard there. He was the only Chisnall at that time on the British Medical Register, and the first F.R.C.S. to fall in the war. [Illustration: =George Henry Chisnall.=] =CHITTENDEN, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5685), 186140, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =CHIVAS, EDWIN JOHN=, Private, No. 27051, 15th Battn. (48th Canadian Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Hay Chivas, of 74, Chisley Avenue, London, Ontario (who served for 16 years in the 3rd Battn. Gordon Highlanders and then settled in Canada), _b._ Fraserburgh, co. Aberdeen; educ. there; went to Canada with his parents in 1901; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left with the first Contingent in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action at St. Julien, Belgium, 24 April, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. L. D. Anderson, A. Coy. 15th Battn., who was invalided back to Canada after this action, gave the following account: "I was in charge of the fort in which he was, and we retired together after being forced out by the gas fumes in the Battle of St. Julien, 24 April. Twenty or more of us lay all day under a terrible shell fire, being unconscious for most of the time, from early morning--5 o'clock--till dusk. At dusk, I being the senior, and having come to my senses, decided that we must start to gain shelter or else we should all be lost, as our breathing was coming harder and I felt I was becoming worse. I crawled over to him and braced him up, with my arms around him, telling him that we would try to get across two fields to a road; here I felt we might get water or aid. Your son's strength had so far gone that he could walk but a very few paces and then dropped to the ground. Whether he died then or later I cannot tell you, as I, with two others, forced my way till I lay exhausted, only to be rescued by two artillerymen and brought back to life in the hospital. Your son was very much beloved by all his comrades and always was cheery and happy. We slept side by side for a long time, and so I knew him very well. When on several occasions, as I was accustomed to read from the 'Book' on Sundays, I forgot, your son would remind |