Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookug. 1914, at the battle of Cambray-Le Cateau, while covering the retreat of the Allied forces. He was shot through the head, and was almost the first man of his regt. to fall. Referring to his death, one of the Generals under whom he had previously served, wrote: "It was with more than ordinary feeling of sorrow that we learnt of the death of Col. Dykes at the head of his regt.... in the act of cheering on his beloved regt. against tremendous odds. Col. Dykes' loss to the battn. is great indeed. I had a very high opinion of Col. Dykes' capabilities as an officer, and I watched his career in the King's Own with more than ordinary interest. After recovery from his wound in South Africa, I brought him to the War Office to assist me at a time of great pressure, and I never regretted it. The bravery and example of their Colonel will not be forgotten by the King's Own, and it will ever act as an incentive to all ranks to do their duty to the end"; and a brother officer: "He loved his regt. with absolute devotion; and well have they repaid his love by dying with him.... He was a man far above the ordinary in ability, one of our best soldiers, a man who knew not fear, the very staunchest of comrades, and a gentleman without reproach. He never made an enemy, everyone who knew him loved him, he never spoke ill of anyone, and he never did anything that was not absolutely downright honest and good." Singularly gifted both in mind and body, a man of unusual achievements, the keynote of his character was straightforward simplicity. His humility, his gaiety, and above all his power of self-less devotion, endeared him to all with whom he came in contact. "I am almost afraid to say how much I hope from him," wrote the Warden of Glenalmond in one of his school reports. "He never thought of himself, only of others," was the verdict of one of his officers after his death. Lieut.-Col. Dykes _m._ at Southwick Crescent, London, 21 April, 1914, Rosamund Ann, dau. of the late Frederick Willis Farrer, of 16, Devonshire Place, W., and had a dau., Andrea Mary, _b._ 23 Feb. 1915, exactly six months after her father's death. [Illustration: =Alfred McNair Dykes.=] =DYNES, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (M.), 289177, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =DYSON, CECIL VENN=, Private, Malay States Volunteers, yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Samuel Dyson, of Koilash, Stevenage, co. Herts, D.D., Vice-Principal Church Missionary College, Islington, by his 1st wife, Matilda Julia, dau. of the Rev. Charles Henry Blumhardt; _b._ Calcutta, 7 Aug. 1873; educ. Merchant Taylors' School, and Queen's College, Cambridge (Senior Classical Scholar, Bell's Scholar); entered the Malay States Civil Service in 1896, and was District Judge of Singapore. He was killed while assisting to quell the riots there, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Cecil Venn Dyson.=] =EADE, REGINALD JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 10142), 202124, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =EADES, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I. 7291 (Ply.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =EADY, JOHN=, Private, No. 1095, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late John Eady, of 5, Fisher Street, Birmingham, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Joseph Sarty; _b._ Sheep Street, Birmingham, 6 March, 1868; served for 12 years with the South Staffordshires; then went to Canada, and to Australia, 1910. Enlisted at the end of 1914, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 13 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =EAGAR, FRANCIS RUSSELL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of the late Capt. Edward Boaz Eagar, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (who was killed in action at Belmont, South Africa, 23 Nov. 1899), and his wife, Ada (now wife of Edward Franks, of The Priory, Bishop's Cleeve, co. Gloucester), dau. of Col. Newman Burfoot Thoyts, of The Mythe House, Tewkesbury, J.P.; _b._ Fawdon House, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, 27 Sept. 1893; educ. Connaught House (J. R. Morgan), Weymouth; Sherborne, Dorset, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1913-14); gazetted to the Royal Field Artillery, 12 Aug. 1914, and left with his battery for active service in France in November, and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, France, 9 May, 1915, while on observation duty. He was buried in the Rue Petillon Cemetery, Fleurbaix; _unm._ His two brothers, Capt. E. F. Eagar, Royal Berkshire Regt., and Capt. H. St. G. Eagar, Lincolnshire Regt., are now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Francis Russell Eagar.=] =EAMAN, ALFRED=, P.O., 192106. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EARL, STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1388), 201346, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =EASON, JESSE HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 6007), S.S. 100950, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =EASON, SAMPSON=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt.; yst. _s._ of Robert Eason, of Crewkerne, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of John Marks; _b._ Crewkerne, co. Somerset, 20 April, 1876; enlisted in the Dorsetshire Regt. 7 March, 1893; served in India, and in the South African campaign (Queen's medal with two clasps); and was Colour-Sergt. Instructor to H Co., 4th (Territorial) Battn. Dorsetshire Regt. at Blandford, 1909-14. He obtained his discharge with the same rank, 6 March, 1914, after 21 years' service, and received the Long Service medal, and went to live near Dorchester. On the outbreak of war he at once volunteered for active service, and after helping as Coy. Sergt.-Major to train the 5th (Service) Battn. of the Dorsets, he was offered a commission, and was gazetted Lieut. to his own battn. 8 March, 1915. He left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 1 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915, being shot through the head whilst directing the men to their companies. In the official report from Brig.-Gen. C. C. Hannay, lately commanding 5th Dorsets, he said: "Lieut. Eason was shot through the head, dying shortly after, on the 7th instant at Suvla Bay, about a quarter-of-an-hour after he landed. It was about 4 a.m. and dark at the time; I was within two yards of him at the time. He never spoke after he fell." A Sergt. of the same company wrote: "It was the duty of Mr. Eason and myself to direct the men to their proper companies as they came ashore in the dark. About half-an-hour after landing, I was talking to Mr. Eason, and he had only left me two or three seconds when the Colonel called me to come to him and pick somebody up. I did, and when I turned him over I found it was Mr. Eason. Everything was done for him that could be done, but he did not speak. The doctor was with him almost at once. He died doing his duty, which he always did, and was always considered a good N.C.O. and afterwards a good officer, and we were v |