Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booke late Herbert Baring Garrod, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Lucy Florence (13, Gainsborough Gardens, Well Walk, Hampstead), and gdsn. of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod, M.D., F.R.S.; _b._ West Hampstead, London, 31 May, 1895; and was educ. at Loudoun House School, St. John's Wood, London, and Uppingham, which he entered as a scholar in 1909. He was elected to a Classical Scholarship at Clare College, Cambridge, and to the Archdeacon Johnson Exhibition at the same College, Dec. 1913. At Uppingham he had been a member of the O.T.C., and on the outbreak of War was given a commission, 26 Aug. 1914, in the 6th London Regt. He went to the Front, 16 March, 1915, and was killed in action while in charge of the machine-guns of his battn. at Festubert, France, 22 May, 1915, and buried in the English Cemetery there; _unm._ Lieut. Garrod was a cross-country runner of some mark in connection with Uppingham School Sports, and was also a good 'cello player and led the 'cellos in the Uppingham School Orchestra. [Illustration: =Roland Percival Garrod.=] =GARROWAY, ALFRED HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7210), S.S. 101907, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GARWOOD, BERTRAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 10042, No. 1 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late Capt. John Thomas Garwood, 22nd (The Cheshire) Regt., and his wife Ellen (1, Star and Garter Mansions, Riverside, Putney, S.W.), dau. of George Wakeling; _b._ Bedford, 17 June, 1892; educ. St. Augustine's High Grade School, Kilburn; served in the Grenadier Guards, 18 Sept. 1909 to 2 Nov. 1909 (discharged "By Purchase"); the Coldstream Guards, 17 March to 3 Oct. 1910 (discharged "By Purchase"), and the Northamptonshire Regt., 27 Aug. 1911 (discharged "By Purchase"); re-enlisted in the Coldstreams, 26 March, 1913; appointed L.-Corpl. 21 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried half a mile S.W. of Givenchy Church. [Illustration: =Bertram Garwood.=] =GATER, WALTER FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17529, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GATES, FREDERICK JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4544), 202986, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GATES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. G. 2654, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Alfred Gates, of King Street, Cotton, Beds.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, &c.; killed in action, 26 April, 1915. =GAUGHAN, JAMES=, Private, No. 1794, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of James Gaughan, of 141, High Street, Dunbar, now an employee of the Dunbar Corporation, formerly Northumberland Fusiliers (who saw active service in Afghanistan), by his wife, Mary, dau. of Patrick McGuinness; _b._ Dunbar, 18 Nov. 1891; educ. Public School there; and was a General Labourer; joined the 3rd (Special Reserve Battn.) Royal Scots, in 1908, and on the outbreak of war transferred to the 2nd Battn.; went to the Front at end of Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ =GAUNT, CECIL=, Private, No. G. 10817, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, _s._ of Richard Gaunt, of 69, Rood Road, Walthamstow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 30 July, 1915. =GAUTREY, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2768), 300802, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GAUTREY, THOMAS ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4911), 197584, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GAWLER, GEORGE VICTOR=, Private, No. 2275, A. Coy., 4th Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of George Edward Gawler (died 5 May, 1912), by his wife, Alice Mary Ann Matilda (83, Richmond Road, Barnsbury, N.), dau. of William Ingrey; _b._ Pentonville, 5 Jan. 1896; educ. Victoria Street Council School, Copenhagen Street, N.; was employed at the Home & Colonial Stores, Upper Street, Islington; volunteered and joined the 4th London Regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Malta and from thence to France, 23 Dec., and was killed in action at Ypres, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ =RATCLIFF-GAYLARD, CECIL CHARLES ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 167, 2nd Battn. Head Quarters Staff, 1st Infantry Division, Australian Imperial Force, elder _s._ of James Ratcliff-Gaylard, of Clifton Park, Birkenhead, M.D., Hon. Assoc, of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England, by his wife, Jeannie, eldest dau. of Alexander Watt, of Aberdeen; _b._ The Ferns, Shildon, co. Durham, 17 Sept. 1889; educ. Aberdeen and Manchester Grammar Schools and King's College, Taunton, co. Somerset; went to Australia in Sept. 1911, and when War broke out was Assistant Manager on a "Station" in New South Wales. He immediately volunteered, being one of the first 200 to enlist in New South Wales; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action during the great attack by the Turks on the Australian positions north of Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 19 May, 1915, and was buried behind the firing line in Victoria Gully, S.E. of Shrapnel Valley; _unm._ Letters from his Adjutant, the Chaplain, and many comrades, all testify to his popularity, and ever-readiness to help others. One comrade wrote: "He died with that fine, soldierly, good-humoured smile on his face, which it always possessed. He was always happy, and we all loved him." He was a keen sportsman, rode straight to hounds, and was an excellent shot. At Aberdeen he was a member of the Vol. Battn. Gordon Highlanders (Students' Section, Aberdeen University), and was "Victor Ludorum" in his last year at school and a member of the Bisley Eight. [Illustration: =C. C. A. Ratcliff-Gaylard.=] =GEARD, FREDERICK JOHN PARSONS=, Corpl., No. 47, Royal Flying Corps, 2nd _s._ of John Geard, of 45, Lascelles Road, Maxton, Dover, Stone Mason, by his wife, Amelia Emily, dau. of the late William Parsons, of Chislehurst, Kent; _b._ Mottingham, near Eltham, Kent, 1 Sept. 1892; educ. Herne Bay; enlisted in the Royal Engineers at Woolwich, 1 Sept. 1910, and after going through a course of training at Chatham was, in Jan. 1911, posted to the Balloon Section, R.E. at Aldershot. He then belonged to No. 1 Aeroplane Section (R.E.); was appointed Airman Rigger in Sept. 1911, and the following year transferred to the R.F.C. He was killed, while on active service, in an aeroplane accident at Peronne, France, 18 Aug. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Frederick J. P. Geard.=] =GEARING, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312042, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GEDDES, AUGUSTUS DAVID=, Col., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., 3rd _s._ of Col. John Geddes, of 4, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham, late 44th and 76th Regts., by his wife, Madeline Mary, dau. of John Augustus Hessing; _b._ Dover, 6 June, 1866; educ. Cheltenham College, and Sandhurst; gazetted to the 2nd East Kent Regt. 5 Feb. 1887, prom |