Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookwith it went to the Front in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle 16 March following; _unm._ The commanding officer of his company wrote that he "was doing his turn of duty in the trenches, and at 5.30 p.m. volunteered to go to a spring near his trench and fetch some water. He obtained the water and was on his way back when he was shot by a German sniper. Two of his comrades--one of whom was wounded in the attempt--went out and brought him back but it was seen at once that he was very dangerously wounded, and he had been hit through both buttocks, just below the body, and he died quite peacefully at 7 p.m. on the same day whilst being removed to the dressing station on a stretcher. He was buried the next day in a wood about one-and-a-half miles west of Ploegstraat, in Belgium; _unm._ A wooden cross, with his regimental number, was erected over his grave." [Illustration: =Walter Arthur Curtis.=] =CUSACK, ERIC ATHANASIUS=, Private, No. 513, 4th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late James Holmes Cusack, of Sydney and Melbourne, by his wife, Jessie Mabel (Toorak, Melbourne), dau. of (--) Austin, and gdson. of Samuel Athanasius Cusack, of Merrion Street, Dublin, M.D., F.R.C.S.; _b._ Sydney, 29 Jan. 1894; educ. Melbourne Grammar School; enlisted in Aug. 1914; left Australia with the 1st Division, and was killed in action in Gallipoli, 3 or 4 May, 1915; _unm._ A N.C.O. wrote: "He was killed in a reinforcing action, for which his party was specially thanked by the General of a British regt." [Illustration: =Eric Athanasius Cusack.=] =CUSSELL, SIDNEY WILLIAM=, Blacksmith, 343850, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CUTFIELD, HAROLD=, Trooper, No. 6006, 16th Lancers, 3rd _s._ of the late Arthur Cutfield, of Ross, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., B.Sc.; _b._ Ross, co. Hereford, 3 May, 1895; educ. Eastman's, Southsea, and Cheltenham College; enlisted on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914, and was blown up with many others of his regt. in a trench near Ypres, 21 Feb. 1915. =CUTHBERTSON, NORMAN WILLIAM=, Major, Reserve of Officers, late Royal Highlanders, 4th _s._ of William Gilmour Cuthbertson, by his wife, Jane Agnes, dau. of James Lister; _b._ at Shanghai, 21 Oct. 1861; educ. Trinity College, Glenalmond; entered the Army as Lieut. Royal Highlanders, 9 Sept. 1882; and was promoted Capt. 7 Dec. 1888, and Major 13 July 1898; passed through the staff College 1894; was Instructor Royal Military College, 25 Aug. 1897 to 21 Oct. 1899; served in the Egyptian Campaign (medal and bronze star), and in the South African War in the 2nd Battn. Royal Highlanders; took part in the advance on Kimberley, including the action at Magersfontein, at which he was severely wounded, and also those at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Vet River, and afterwards served on the Staff (mentioned in despatches, Queen's medal with five clasps), retiring in 1901. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed a General Staff Officer (second grade), 5 Aug. 1914. He died in London, 12 Feb. 1915, while serving as a Staff Officer at Plymouth. =CUTHBERTSON, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 1535, C (Belford) Coy., 7th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of William Cuthbertson, of Bamborough Castle Hotel, Sea Houses, Northumberland, Trinity House Boatman and Pilot, by his wife, Marget; _b._ Bamborough Castle Hotel, 16 Sept. 1896; educ. Barnard Castle County School; and on leaving there entered the service of the North Eastern Banking Co., Ltd., and at the time war was declared was an assistant at the Belford branch. He had joined the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers in 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service, and went to France with his regt. in April, 1915. He was seriously wounded at St. Jean, 1 June, 1915, and died in the 14th General Hospital at Wimereux, Boulogne, 10 June following. He was buried in the cemetery there; _unm._ [Illustration: =Thomas Cuthbertson.=] =CUTLER, WILLIAM CHARLES=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5100, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =DABNER, ROBERT=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 198199, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DADD, STEPHEN GABRIEL=, Leading Seaman, Z 544, Anson Battn., Royal Naval Division, yst. _s._ of Stephen Thomas Dadd, of 26, Sunderland Road, Forest Hill, S.E., Artist, by his wife, Eva Elizabeth, dau. of John Hilton; _b._ Lewisham, 17 May, 1894; educ. Aske Hatcham School, New Cross, S.E., and received his art education at the Goldsmiths' College School of Art under Mr. Frederick Marriot, Hon. A.R.C.A. (Lond.), A.R.E. He joined the Royal Naval Division on 7 Oct. 1914, after the outbreak of war, left with his battn. for the Dardanelles on 17 May, his twenty-first birthday, and was killed in action on 5 July, 1915; _unm._ Petty Officer William Arblaster, writing on behalf of his comrades, said: "He was in my platoon and was liked and respected by all, both by his seniors and by those he was in charge of.... He was killed yesterday morning about 7 a.m., and was quietly buried in the afternoon." He early showed a preference for the sculptor's art, in which he made rapid progress, and in 1912, when under 18, exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy, "Elfreda," a bust of his sister; and in 1914 he was again represented in the Academy, this time by an animal group, "True Foes Once Met are Joined till Death." This represented an Indian elephant with his massive head and trunk crushing into the earth, as he kneels over him--a tiger--who, in his last agony, with claws extended, tears vainly at his huge antagonist. In the 1915 Royal Academy was the portrait bust of "Winnie," considered by many who are entitled to speak with authority as showing high technical experience. Also in this year's Royal Academy (1916) he is represented by a group, "Lions and Prey," modelled by him three years ago. He made many studies of animals and birds at the Zoological Gardens, in which he showed remarkable grasp of form, movement and character. He was well known as a fine swimmer, being a member of the Lewisham Swimming Club. He won, among other races, the 100 yards junior championship of London (under 16 years) in 1910, the 1,000 yards championship river race of the Lewisham Swimming Club in 1911-12, and on several occasions the old Askean quarter-mile championship. He was, besides, a member of the Blackheath Harriers, and was well known as a good cross-country runner. [Illustration: =Stephen Gabriel Dadd.=] =DADE, WILLIAM=, No. 10600, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Samuel Dade, of 5, St. James' Street, Taunton; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; reported missing, 7 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have been killed in action on or about 14 Sept. 1914. =DADSON, FREDERICK=, Driver, No. 2247, R.E., 4th _s._ of Frederick Dadson, of Great Lodge, Tonbridge, Labourer, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James |