Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookn that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ELLAWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4654), S.S. 103868, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELLENDER, RICHARD STANLEY=, Leading Seaman, 239356, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ELLINGHAM, WILLIAM ALBERT HENRY=, Bugler, R.M.L.I., Ch./17902, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIOT, JAMES=, Carpenter's Mate (Pensioner, 3700), 133049, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIOT, JOHN AMYAND=, Q.M.-Sergt., No. 162, 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. Charles Sinclair Elliot, R.N., Chief Magistrate of Norfolk Island, 1907-14 [who on the outbreak of war offered his services to the Commonwealth Government and was appointed Naval Officer in charge of Largs Bay, South Australia, where he died suddenly, 30 March, 1915, from heart failure], by his wife, Florence Louisa (Braemar, Eastwood, Sydney), dau. of Frederick Leacroft Dudley; _b._ Plymouth, England, 6 April, 1891; went to New South Wales with his parents in 1904; educ. The King's School, Parramatta, Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, and Hawkesbury Agricultural College. On leaving there he went to Gillendoon, Warren, and later to Illilliwa, Grenfell, and at the outbreak of the war was managing Grawlin, near Forbes, for Mr. J. M. Holland. He joined the 2nd Infantry Battn., and was appointed Colour-Sergt. to B Coy., commanded by the late Major C. C. Gordon, and on the re-formation of the battn. in Egypt was appointed Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. to D Coy., under the late Major D. Wallack. He was killed in action during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a good all-round sportsman, excelling particularly at football, representing S.C.E.G.S. in the great Public Schools' Competition, and winning his honour cap both at S.C.E.G.S. and at the Hawkesbury College, and representing Warren as a member of the team that won the District Cup in 1912. Three of his brothers are (1916) on active service, W. A. Elliot is a Sub-Lieut., R.N., Lieut. Dudley Sinclair Elliot, A.I.F., went with the Expedition to New Guinea, and was in charge of the Native Affairs Department at Rabaul, and 2nd Lieut. Alban Charles Elliot, A.I.F., is in England prior to going to France. [Illustration: =John Amyand Elliot.=] =ELLIOT, MATTHEW TAYLOR=, L.-Corpl., No. 6311, No. 3 Coy., 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Elliot, of 19, Albert Street, Shieldfield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Cooper; _b._ Tyne Dock, South Shields, 28 Feb. 1882; enlisted 21 Aug. 1905; appointed L.-Corpl. 23 Feb. 1915; served in Egypt 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914 to 8 Oct. 1915, on which day he was killed in action at Vermelles, Belgium; _unm._ ELLIOT, THOMAS, Private, No. 14373, 10th (Service) Battn. Yorkshire Regt., _s._ of Joseph Elliot, Miner, by his wife, Edith, dau. of Thomas (and Jane) Hall; _b._ Frimdon Colliery, co. Durham, 20 Aug. 1886; educ. Ryhope Colliery School; was a Miner; volunteered and enlisted Sept. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1915, and was killed in action between Albert and Fricourt, 1 July, 1916. His commanding officer wrote speaking highly of him as one of the best and bravest of his men, and saying that had he lived he would have gained a D.C.M. He _m._ at Sunderland, 11 April, 1911, Florence, dau. of Charles (and Mary) Hindmarch, of 28, Fulwell Road, Sunderland, and had a son: Charles Hindmarsh, _b._ 25 Jan. 1914. [Illustration: =Thomas Elliot.=] =ELLIOTT, FREDERICK JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 5471), 295811, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ELLIOTT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Private, No. 16885, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the Rev. William Elliott, of Jubilee, British Columbia, Methodist Minister, formerly a missionary in Japan, by his wife, Maria, dau. of George Willan Robinson; _b._ Toyama, Japan, 17 April, 1893; educ. various public schools of Manitoba, 1899-1902; privately, in Japan, 1902-08; and at Victoria and Vancouver (B.C.) High Schools, 1908-10; for some time worked as a house carpenter, with a view to becoming an architect; enlisted in the 88th Victoria (B.C.) Fusiliers in Nov. 1913, for special service (to assist in quelling the strike troubles at Vancouver Island) and, when, nine months later, the European War broke out, volunteered for Imperial Service; left Canada with the 1st Contingent in Oct. 1914, and, after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action at Langemarck, 24 April, 1915, being shot through the head; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. F. F. Elliott, who volunteered at the same time, is now (1916) on active service with the same battn. in France. [Illustration: =George William Elliott.=] =ELLIOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, 231737 (Ports.), H.M.S Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIOTT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8165), S.S. 104009, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ELLIS, BASIL HERBERT=, Lieut., 5th (Service) Battn. King's Shropshire L.I. 2nd _s._ of Rev. Henry Maitland Ellis, Vicar of Hedge End, co. Hants, M.A., by his wife, Ida Mary, dau. of the late Capt. Herbert Reid Lempriere; _b._ Exbury Rectory, co. Hants, 20 May, 1895; educ. Highfield Preparatory School, Liphook, and Shrewsbury; at which latter he won a scholarship, was subsequently head of his house. He should have gone into residence at Oxford, as a Scholar of Wadham College, in Oct. 1914, but, having been in the O.T.C. while at Shrewsbury, was given a commission in the King's Shropshire L.I. 22 Sept. 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. following. He went with his regt. to the Front in May, and was killed in action at Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the garden of a Farm House, on the left side of the Ypres to Zillebeke Road. An officer wrote of him: "He was an excellent scout officer, and had done some good work since our arrival in France--absolutely fearless and perfectly calm under fire--greatly liked by the men of his platoon, which he had in excellent order"; and another, describing his death: "It was while going out across the open to get water for several men who had been badly wounded that he was killed." Lieut. Ellis was a keen sportsman; while at Shrewsbury he was in the 1st XI. Cricket Team, and also had his Fives Colours, and was Editor of the "Salopian." [Illustration: =Basil Herbert Ellis.=] =ELLIS, EDMUND ALBERT=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./68O6, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ELLIS, GEORGE WILLIS=, A.B., J. 1773, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ELLIS, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F. |