Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookrnford House, Thoralby Aysgarth, co. Yorks, Boarding-House Keeper and Farmer, by his wife, Isa, dau. of the late John Mills, of Sunderland, Shipbuilder; _b._ Masham, co. Yorks, 18 Feb. 1889; educ. Driffield and Thoralby; and was a Clerk in the N.E.R. Stationmaster's office at Ferrybridge; enlisted 5 Jan. 1915, and died at Ferrybridge, co. Yorks, of pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._ =GOULD, LIONEL BERTRAM=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342695, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOULD, RICHARD WALTER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3249), S.S. 100944, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOULD, ROBERT STEPHEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10033), 226881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GOULD, ROLAND=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4305), S.S. 1383, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOVER, FREDERICK THOMAS=, Officer's Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4894, (Devon.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GOWER, ARTHUR JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2423, 1/10th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); eldest _s._ of Joseph Gower, of 31, Delorme Street, Fulham Palace Road, S.W., Fitter's Mate, by his wife, Emma, dau. of Thomas Dicheson; _b._ Walworth, London, S.E., 4 Aug. 1896: educ. Everington Street Council School, Fulham; was Booking Clerk at Down Street Station; enlisted 28 Aug. 1914, went to India with his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died at Jalapahar, India, 5 June, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._ =GOWER, FRANK HERBERT HENRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 12685, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GRACE, JOHN LEYBOURNE=, Trooper, No. 11/264, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late Nathaniel Grace, of Gladstone, Carterton, Sheep Farmer, by his wife, Emily (Carterton, New Zealand), dau. of James Sexton; _b._ Gladstone, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand, 4 Nov. 1895; educ. High School there, and Wellington College; was learning sheep farming; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles, 12 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force, 16 Oct.; went to the Dardanelles, May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 30 May, 1915; _unm._ His Chaplain wrote: "Your boy has fallen at his post like a good soldier, fighting against overwhelming odds. One of our outposts was cut off for a long night and day, and extricated on Sunday evening. Happily the enemy was desperately afraid of our boys or not one would have returned alive, as it was your son was killed in action along with others." =GRAHAM, CYRIL=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Capt. John Graham, manager of the London Joint Stock Bank, at Whitehaven, by his wife, Allie, dau. of Joseph Saudert Barnes; _b._ Bank House, Aspatria, Cumberland, 8 Sept. 1895; educ. St. Bee's School; obtained a commission in the 5th (Cumberland) Battn. of the Border Regt. (T.F.), 13 June, 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war for Imperial service; went to France 1st Nov. 1914; was promoted Lieut. April, 1915; took part in the Second Battle of Ypres in Whitsun week and was shot by a sniper, 27 May, 1915, the day his Battn. was relieved. He was buried in the grounds of a Chateau at Potyje; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: "Your son was a most promising young officer and is a very great loss to us all. He was a great favourite with his brother officers and his men had implicit trust in him." [Illustration: =Cyril Graham.=] =GRAHAM, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307260, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GRAHAM, HENRY=, Private, No. 7931, 3rd Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of the late Ralph Graham, of Jarrow-on-Tyne, by his wife, Mary (52, Pearson Place, Jarrow), dau. of Alexander (and Jane) Coulter; _b._ Jarrow-on-Tyne, 14 Oct. 1890; educ. Dunn Street Council School there; enlisted 21 June, 1908; served six years with the colours, then worked as a Labourer at Hawthorns Leslies; was called up on the outbreak of war, 6 Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept., and was killed in action in France, 1 March, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Henry Graham.=] =GRAHAM, JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 12576, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =GRAHAM, JOHN=, Jun., Capt., 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of John Graham, of Mohrcroft, Aigburth Drive, Liverpool, and the Croft, Hoylake, Sugar Refiner, by his wife, Mary Gilkison, dau. of James Allan, of Glasgow; _b._ at Liverpool, 3 April 1877; educ. Marlborough, and became a partner in the firm of Macfie & Sons, the well-known Sugar Refiners of Liverpool. He had joined the old Liverpool Scottish Volunteers in 1900 and continued with them after they became the 10th Territorial Battalion of the King's Liverpool Regt., retiring with the rank of Capt. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he immediately rejoined as a Private and was given a Commission as Lieut., 25 Sept., and promoted Capt. 13 April, 1915; went to France, Oct. 1914, and was killed in the great charge of the Liverpool Scottish near Hooge, 16 June, 1915; _unm._ He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. Though good at racquets and cricket, it was as a golfer that Capt. Graham was best known in the sporting world. He was in the first flight of amateur golfers, and had attained international honours, and, while never getting further than the Amateur Championship semi-final, he had won most of the Club and open prizes. _The Times_ said: "Not only was he one of the very finest of amateur golfers, but his most delightful and modest nature had endeared him to everyone who ever met him. 'Jack' Graham will be remembered in golfing history as the one really great player who never won a championship. It would not be right to call him an unlucky golfer. He had good chances and a natural genius for the game, but there was something in his temperament that prevented him from playing his best game in the crucial rounds towards the end of a championship. It was certainly not lack of courage in the ordinary sense of the word. No one who knew him could doubt that, and he has given the finest and most conclusive proof to the contrary. But the strain of hard matches day after day always proved too great a strain on his powers of endurance, and though he five times reached the final of the Amateur Championship he never got any farther. He was more successful as a score player than a match player. Only last year at Sandwich he won the St. George's Vase at Sandwich by truly magnificent golf; his record in the Hoylake medals was one of many successes and he several times finished firs |