Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookthrough the South African War, and was in Ladysmith during the siege; went to Australia about 1907; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 Dec. 1915; _unm._ =GERRISH, FRANK=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7615, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GERRY, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. 13632, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Albert Gerry, of Heward, Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Edith Jane, dau. of George Rowland; _b._ Souris, Manitoba, 9 Jan. 1893; was in a Livery business; volunteered on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; left Canada with the First Contingent, 23 Sept., and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914-15 crossed to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: "Private Gerry was a wonderfully cheerful man, nothing seemed to damp his spirits. Even in those days at Ypres, when things looked so black, he was cheerful. He was killed when we made a charge on a strong German position which we captured on 24 May. We were able to get his body and bury him near a little village called Festubert. He met his death like a hero, his face to the foe." [Illustration: =Albert John Gerry.=] =GETHING, HUGH BAGNALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry (T.F.), yr. _s._ of James Edwards Gething, of Siddington Hall, Cirencester, by his wife, Maria Llewellyn, dau. of James Bagnall, of Castle Hill House, Carmarthen, J.P.; _b._ Letherllistry, Llanddarog, co. Carmarthen, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Elstree (1892-1897), Harrow (Bushnell's and Graham's Houses) (1897-1902), and Trinity College, Cambridge (1902-1906), joined the Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry 25 March, 1911, volunteered with them for active service, and was killed at the Dardanelles 21 Aug. 1915. Writing to his father, Col. Playne, who was himself wounded in the same action, said: "Your son was one of our best officers and the whole regt. will feel his loss keenly." Major Yorke wrote: "Poor Lusty, as we always called him, was most gallantly leading his troops, setting them a splendid example, when a shell burst close to him, inflicting injuries to his head, which must have caused instantaneous death"; and Capt. Turner, the second in command of his squadron, also wrote "the whole division was ordered to advance across a stretch of about a mile and a half of open country after a heavy artillery preparation. They had only started a few minutes, when heavy shell fire was opened, and we began to suffer pretty heavy casualties amongst officers and men. Lusty had survived almost the whole way across, and had just faced forward, after turning to say a few encouraging words to his men, when he was struck by a shrapnel, and killed instantly. He was later buried in a grave by himself, close to where he fell, nearly under the shelter of a hill, the one we are now on, ... he was ... always cheerful, and was always ready to do anything that was going." Gething was a keen sportsman, was captain of the cricket and football eleven at Elstree, played five years in the House Cricket Eleven at Harrow and four years in the football eleven, and was captain one year. He passed the Dolphin (swimming) test, 1899, and won the Beale Cup for diving, 1901, and the middle-weight boxing in the Public School Competition at Aldershot, 1902. He played in the Freshman's Association Match at Cambridge, 1902, and in the Seniors' Match, 1903, 1904, played regularly for the Trinity Harrovians A.F.C., and was secretary of the club from 1903 till its extinction. He won the Freshman's middle-weight boxing, 1902, the C.U. middle-weight boxing, 1903, and the same event for Cambridge v. Oxford, 1903-1904 (beating Gardner in 1903, and Sheepshanks in 1904). He hunted with the Fitzwilliam, the Oakley and the Drag, and also played polo at Cambridge; won the Fairwell Cup at Cottenham on Mr. Pemberton's "Hector," and rode the same horse against Oxford over the Whaddon Chase Country, 1907, &c. He hunted with the Old Berkshire, V.W.H. and Lord Bathurst's hounds after leaving Cambridge. His elder brother, Lieut. J. S. B. Gething, South Wales Borderers, was killed in the South African War. [Illustration: =Hugh Bagnall Gething.=] =GIBB, WILLIAM ALEXANDER=, M.D., Lieut.-Col., Royal Army Medical Corps, eldest _s._ of Alexander Gibb, of the Capital and Counties Bank, Ipswich, J.P., by his wife, Jessie Violet, dau. of Donald Coghill, of Wick, Caithness; _b._ Ipswich, 17 June, 1872; educ. Ipswich School, Edinburgh University, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, London University, and Vienna; Matriculated at Edinburgh and London, 1889; M.B., C.M., 1895; M.D., 1900, and was successively House Surgeon, Royal Infirmary and Skin Dispensary, Edinburgh; Gloucester Royal Infirmary and Eye Institution, and Noble Hospital, Douglas, Isle of Man; Clinical Assistant to the Ear, Throat and Nose Hospital, Golden Square, and the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. He then took up practice in Ipswich about 1900 and became Assistant Hon. Surgeon to the Ipswich and Suffolk Hospital, and Public Vaccinator for Ipswich Union; Member of the Red Cross Council of the County of Suffolk and the Scout Council; District Staff; District St. John Ambulance Brigade, and Lecturer to St. John Ambulance Association. While at Edinburgh he joined the University Coy. of the 1st V.B. Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers in 1898, serving for four years in the ranks, and later becoming Lieut. in the Harwich Infantry Brigade Bearer Company, R.A.M.C. He was gazetted Capt. to the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance at its formation, and on 16 July, 1912, was transferred to the 6th (Cyclist) Battn. Suffolk Regt. as Medical Officer. He was promoted Major, R.A.M.C. (T.F.), 3 Dec. 1913, and after the outbreak of the War, was made Lieut.-Col. of the East Anglian Casualty Clearing Station, 22 Dec. 1914. He raised the unit solely through his personal influence, both with regard to officers and men. He died at the Eastern General Hospital, Birmingham, 10 March, 1915, of pleurisy and pneumonia, contracted on active service. Dr. Gibb received the Coronation medal and was Honorary Associate of the Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. He _m._ at St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London, 20 Sept. 1905, Rosina Sarah, only dau. of James Bullock, of Westbury, co. Wilts; _s.p._ [Illustration: =William Alexander Gibb.=] =GIBB, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/1214, 2nd Auckland Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of David Neneen Gibb, of Karanganake, Thames, New Zealand; _b._ Auckland, New Zealand, 1886; educ. Thames Gold Fields, New Zealand; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted 1 Nov. 1914; went to Egypt, took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there the same day; _unm._ [Illustration: =William James Gibb.=] =GIBBARD, WIL |