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the Cadet Corps, and served three years in the Dorset Yeomanry. In 1909
he went to Ceylon and became a Tea and Rubber Planter. He had joined
the Ceylon Mounted Rifles, and on the outbreak of war, he volunteered
for active service with the Ceylon Contingent, and accompanied this
force to Egypt. In January, 1915, he obtained a commission in the
Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and being attd. to the 89th Punjabis,
took part in the fight at Kantara. Subsequently he proceeded to the
Dardanelles, became attd. to the 14th Sikhs, and was killed in action,
4 June, 1915. The Officer Commanding 89th Punjabis wrote: "During the
time your son was with us, both in Egypt and in the Dardanelles, he
worked hard, both at Hindustani and at his military duties. During
the fight at Kantara, he showed himself cool under fire. Again in the
Dardanelles, when Capt. Scruby was wounded, he and Lieut. Masters
carried on under a heavy fire, while the Double Company dug itself
in, and he gave a good example to everyone near him. I may mention
that I sent both his name and Lieut. Masters' to the General Officer
Commanding Brigade for a 'Mention in despatches,' though it is probable
that owing to the large number of recommendations their names have
gone no further." Capt. Scruby wrote: "We were together in a trench
for 3 days, and at the time I got hit we had gone on to take up a new
position in front of the old line. He was left in charge all day; we
had fairly heavy casualties and I feel sure that if it had not been
for his influence our company would not have held the new line. Your
son made the men dig a hole for me and looked after me until we were
relieved that night."
[Illustration: =Sidney Vandyke Hasluck.=]
=HASTINGS, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6833 (Ports.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HASTINGS, FREDERICK STEWART=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27391 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=HATCH, WILLIAM LEONARD RINGROSE=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Irish
Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), elder _s._ of William Keith
Hatch, Lieut.-Col. (retired) I.M.S., of 8, Earlham Road, Norwich,
by his wife, Clare Catherine, dau. of Deputy Surgeon-Gen. S. Homan;
_b._ Bombay, India, 27 Nov. 1890; educ. Shrewsbury and Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Irish Fusiliers,
25 March, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 13 April, 1913. On the outbreak
of war was at Quetta with his regt.; returned to England in Oct.,
and after a short stay went to France, and was killed in action near
Vierstraat, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Vierstraat.
=HATCHELL, THOMAS=, Acting Chief Stoker, 278685, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=HATCHER, FRASER=, Rifleman: No. 2790, 12th Battn. (The Rangers),
The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Leonard George Hatcher, of 7
Dorville Road, Hammersmith, Clerk in Charge, West Kensington Station,
District Railway, by his wife, Helen Johnston, dau. of Patrick Barry,
Member Institute Journalists; _b._ Shepherd's Bush, London, W.,
2 Nov. 1898; educ. William Street Central School; was for some time
a member of the Hammersmith Branch of the Lads' Naval Brigade, and
entered the Great Western Railway Co.'s service (Chief Accountant's
Office) in March, 1914; joined the Rangers, 1914, and showed so much
keenness and energy in becoming efficient that he was selected for the
service battn. and was one of the first to join it. He went to France,
8 March, 1915, and was killed in action north-east of Ypres, 4 May,
1915, and was buried near Fortuin; _unm._
[Illustration: =Fraser Hatcher.=]
=HATCHER, GEORGE ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 299240 (Dev.), H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=HATFIELD, ROY BERRIMAN=, Lieut., 8th Battn. (Post Office Rifles)
The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of George Frederick Hatfield,
of 11, Bedford Square, London, and The Old Lighthouse, South Foreland,
Dover, Solicitor, by his wife, Ada Sophia Lucy, dau. of James Berriman
Tippetts, and grandson of the late Charles William Hatfield, of Hall
Cross, Doncaster; _b._ London, 6 Oct. 1885; educ. Merchant
Taylors' School, and Brasenose College, Oxford; was admitted to the
Livery of the Merchant Taylors' Company, 9 April, 1908, and a Solicitor
in Jan. 1912; and obtained a commission in the Post Office Rifles on --
Jan. 1912. In 1914 he was appointed Private Secretary and additional
A.D.C. to the Governor of Hong Kong with the local rank of Capt., but
on war being declared he applied for leave and rejoined his regt.,
and went to France with them on 17 March, 1915. At Festubert he was
acting as Bomb Officer; was mortally wounded while leading his men
down a German trench, 24 May, 1915, and died in the Bethune Hospital
the same day. He was buried in the Military Cemetery there. His
Commanding Officer wrote: "He had most gallantly led an attack when
he was mortally wounded. The success of our operations that night was
very largely due to the most gallant way in which Roy had organised
and arranged the bombers and gone into the minutest details with them
before starting off. Needless to say Roy is one of the greatest losses
the regt. has had, and will be mourned by all ranks." He _m._ at
Marylebone, London, 7 April, 1914, Florence Elizabeth Elaine, dau. of
William Brownhill, of Dawson City, Alaska; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Roy Berriman Hatfield.=]
=HATHAWAY, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1446, 4th Battn. East Yorkshire
Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joseph Hathaway, of 17, Fleet Street,
Stepney Lane, Hull, Plasterer; _b._ Hull, 7 Aug. 1894; educ.
Beverley Road Council Schools there; was an employee in Messrs. Holmes'
Tannery, Hull; joined the 4th (Territorial Battn.) East Yorks Regt.,
in Feb. 1912; volunteered for active service on the outbreak of war;
went to France, and was reported missing after the fighting, 4 May,
1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that day;
_unm._
=HATHORN, GEORGE HUGH VANS ("Jerry")=, Lieut., R.M.L.I., eldest
_s._ of the late Charles Hugh Vans Hathorn, of Seconce Tea Estate,
Assam, by his wife, Emily Rose (5, Ravenlea Road, Folkestone), dau.
of the late Benjamin Bensley, and grandson of the late Admiral George
Hathorn, R.N.; _b._ Tezpur, Assam, 30 June, 1887; educ. Pretoria
House Preparatory School, Folkestone, and Dover College; joined the
R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1906, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1907; served in the West
Indies, Gibraltar, and Home Waters; was appointed to H.M.S. Formidable,
25 Jan. 1914, and lost his life in the disaster to that ship, 1 Jan.
1915; _unm._ In forwarding the following report by Lieut. V. C.
V. Soutter, senior surviving executive officer of the Formidable, the
Admiralty added that had Lieut. Hathorn survived, an expression of
their appreciation of his conduct would have been conveyed to him. The
report is as follows: "Lieut. George H. V. Hathorn, Royal Marines,
collected volunteers and searched th |