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onard John Harrison.=]

=HARRISON, THOMAS=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270750, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6606), 197077,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARRISON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16459, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=HART, EDWARD JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7915), S.S.
103600, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HART, FREDERICK JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 9811, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HART, HAROLD GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1767, 9th Battn. (Queen
Victoria's Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of G. I. Hart,
of The Gables, East Acton Lane, W.; _b._ Collingham, Newark, co.
Notts, 16 Jan. 1880; educ. St. Mark's, Windsor, and Salisbury School,
Salisbury, and was admitted a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Jan. 1914; enlisted 1 April, 1908, and was discharged
(time expired) 31 March, 1914, but on the outbreak of war re-enlisted
in Queen Victoria's Rifles, 5 Aug. 1914; left with his regt. for the
Front; served in France and Flanders, and was killed by a bullet wound
received in a trench near Messines, Belgium, 8 Jan. 1915; _unm._
His Col. wrote to his parents: "Your boy was always splendid in his
earnest endeavours to benefit the Coy. in every way. Not long ago a
member of the Coy. got embedded in the mud of the trench, and whilst
others waited to be ordered to help the man, your son got to work and
largely by his exertions the man was released."

=HART, HORACE CECIL=, Private, No. 2365, 5th Battn. The Buffs
(East Kent Regt. (T.F.)), 2nd _s._ and 5th child of John William
Hart, Master Mariner, by his wife, Eliza Jane, dau. of (--) Nowland,
of Praze, Penryn, Cornwall; _b._ Dover, 7 June, 1895; educ. Holy
Trinity Boys' School, Dover; was in business with Messrs. Baker &
Clarke, but on the outbreak of war enlisted, and after a period of
training at Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Sandwich, sailed for India, 30
Oct. 1914. Here he remained until 15 Nov. 1915, when he left for the
Persian Gulf, and died of wounds received in action there, 17 Jan.
1916; _unm._ His elder and next younger brothers also enlisted
after the outbreak of war, the first in the R.F.A. and the latter in
the Buffs, and are now (1916) on active service. A brother-in-law,
L.-Corpl. H. R. Harman, Australian Imperial Force, died of wounds at
the Dardanelles (see notice), and another, Drummer M. J. Ford, King's
Own Royal Lancaster Regt., is a prisoner of war in Germany.

 [Illustration: =Horace Cecil Hart.=]

=HARTNELL, CUTHBERT=, Capt., 8th Battn. West Yorkshire Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of Wilson Hartnell, of Aysgarth, Roundhay,
Leeds, M. Inst. M.E., M. Inst. E.E., M. Brit. Ass., F.R.S.S.A.
Edinburgh, F.R.S.A. London, Managing Director of Wilson Hartnell &
Co., Ltd., Leeds, Manufacturers of Dynamos, motors and electrical
machinery, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Giles, of Manchester,
and grandson of the Rev. Mark Antony Hartnell, M.A. Oxford; _b._
Leeds, 26 Aug. 1887; and was educ. at Bedford Grammar School and Leeds
University. After leaving Bedford, he spent three years in the works
of Messrs. J. & H. Maclaren, Ltd., Messrs. Kitson & Co.'s Airedale
Foundry, and Messrs. Hathorn, Davy & Co., and then attended a two
years' course in Engineering and Science at the Leeds University.
Subsequently he became a director of Wilson Hartnell & Co. (Ltd.), and
was a member of the Leeds Court of Referees under the Insurance Act. At
Leeds University he was a member of the O.T.C., and after rising to the
rank of Col.-Sergt. was given a commission in the Leeds Rifles in 1911;
and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for Foreign Service,
and went to France with his battn. 15 April, 1915. He was promoted
Capt. 10 June, and was killed in the trenches by a shell near Ypres, 16
July, 1915; _unm._ Capt. Hartnell was an Associate Member of the
Institution of Civil Engineers of London, and took a keen interest in
boating and Rugby Football. He was capt. of the Leeds Rifles football
team and also played for the University team.

 [Illustration: =Cuthbert Hartnell.=]

=HARTNOLL, HUGH PETER=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Worcestershire Regt.,
_s._ of Sir Henry Sulivan Hartnoll, Puisne Judge of the Chief
Court, Lower Burma, by his wife, Grace, dau. of the Rev. Peter Dodwell
Digges La Touche; _b._ Bassein, Lower Burma, 16 Sept. 1893; educ.
The Wells House, Malvern Wells, and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 2nd Battn. Worcesters, 3 Sept. 1913, later posted to the 1st
Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and promoted
Lieut. while serving there; killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 12
Dec. 1914; _unm._

 [Illustration: =Hugh Peter Hartnoll.=]

=HARTRIDGE, FRANCIS HENRY=, A.B., Acting Chief Stoker (R.F.R., B.
4499), 192177, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=HARVEY, BERNARD MATHESON=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., _s._ of
the late Hon. Augustus William Harvey, of St. John's, Newfoundland, by
his wife, Elizabeth Gertrude; _b._ St. John's, Newfoundland, 4
July, 1882; entered H.M.S. Britannia and obtained his naval cadetship
in Jan. 1908, became Midshipman April following, sub-Lieut. Oct. 1901,
Lieut. 31 Dec. 1903, and Lieut.-Commander, 1912; held various Torpedo
Boat Commands, including T.B. No. 6, 1908-10 and the Destroyer Foyle,
May, 1910-11; joined H.M.S. Cressy, 27 Jan. 1912, and was lost on 22
Sept. 1914, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea. He _m._
4 Aug. 1910, Hester, dau. of His Honour Josiah Wood, Lieut.-Governor of
New Brunswick, and had issue a son: Maurice, _b._ 11 Oct. 1911.

 [Illustration: =Bernard Matheson Harvey.=]

=HARVEY, CHRISTOPHER EDWIN=, Rifleman, No. 2113, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of
Robert Charles Harvey, of 102, Whitehorse Street, E., Foreman, Stepney
Borough Council, by his wife, Martha Charlotte, dau. of Benjaman
Morris; _b._ Forest Gate, co. Essex, 8 Oct. 1894; educ. St. Mark's
School, Whitechapel, and on leaving school entered the employ of Messrs
Lawrence & Sons, Hounsditch, Wholesale Toy Merchants, and was with them
when war broke out; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 7 Aug. 1914;
left for France 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action by shell fire
at Pont Fixe, Givenchy, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in an orchard
just behind the spot where he fell.

 [Illustration: =Christopher E. Harvey.=]

=HARVEY, EMMANUEL=, L.-Sergt., R.M.A., 9497, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=HARVEY, JOSEPH VICTOR=, Private, No. 61974, C Coy. 22nd (French
Canadian) Regt. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Elie Harvey,
of Murray Bay, P. Quebec, Canada, Merchant, by his wife, Liveadis, dau.
of Louis Batti; _b._ Murray Bay, 8 Dec. 1891; educ. there and at
St. John's College

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