Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookham, co. Warwick, 8 Sept. 1883; educ. Severn Street Council School, Birmingham; enlisted, 1 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 23 March, 1911; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; died in No. 12 General Hospital, Rouen, 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Soupir; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetière des Brugeres, Rouen. =HEDEN, ALFRED HOWARD=, Sergt., No. 1226, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Alfred Henry Heden, of 11, Grove Road, Barnes, S.W., by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Samuel Skeats; _b._ Peckham, 25 Oct. 1894; educ. Wandsworth Secondary School; was a Clerk; joined the Kensingtons, Oct. 1911, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; trained at Abbots Langley, and went to France, 3 Nov. 1914. He took part in the actions at Neuve Chapelle in March and at Aubers Ridge on 9 May, 1915, and was seen to fall shot through the lungs at the latter, and was reported killed. Two months later a letter was received from him saying he was wounded and a prisoner of war; he died of his wounds at Valenciennes, 25 July, 1915, and was buried there; _unm._ [Illustration: =Alfred Howard Heden.=] =HEDGE, LEONARD AUGUSTUS=, L.-Corpl., No. 2471, and Dispatch Rider, 2nd Montgomery Yeomanry (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Charles Edward Hedge, of Stoke-on-Trent, Brewer, by his wife, Mary Ann (54, Broomhill Road, Ipswich), dau. of George Thomas William Mugliston, M.D., of Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex; _b._ Stoke-on-Trent, 14 June, 1888; educ. Dean Close School, Cheltenham; and when war broke out was Senior Bank Clerk at the United Counties Bank, Ltd., Brecon, South Wales. He volunteered, and joined the Montgomery Yeomanry, 29 Sept. 1914, and was killed in a motor cycle accident at Welshpool, co. Salop, 16 June, 1915, while going through his course of training; _unm._ [Illustration: =Leonard Augustus Hedge.=] =HEDGES, HENRY THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 8916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HEDGES, HERBERT=, Private, No. 9798, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 20 Oct. 1914, of wounds received in action. =HEDGES, RONALD EGERTON=, Rifleman, No. 2869, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Frederick John Hedges, of The Shrubberies, George Lane, South Woodford, by his wife, Charlotte Elizabeth, dau. of John Abraham, of Dunstable, Beds; _b._ South Woodford, co. Essex, 9 Dec. 1896; educ. Woodford College and Loughton School; was a Marine Engineer; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Rangers, 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 29 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Verlórenhock. His Adjutant wrote of him that: "He was brave and cheerful, one of our best ... a keen soldier, eager at all times to do his duty." =HEELEY, ARNOLD=, Private, No. 3426, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Abraham Heeley, of 20, Eastfield Place, Sutton Mill, near Keighley, Yorks; _b._ co. York; enlisted 10 March, 1900; served in South Africa, 15 April, 1902, to 4 Oct. 1902 (Queen's medal with two clasps, "Cape Colony," "South Africa, 1902"), and in Egypt, 16 Jan. 1908 to 23 March, 1911; obtained his discharge, 9 March, 1912; re-enlisted following the outbreak of the European War, 22 Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 Sept., and died 23 Oct. following, of wounds received in action at St. Julien; _unm._ Buried in St. Julien Churchyard. =HEFFERNAN, WILLIAM PATRICK=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Irish Regt., attached 1st Gloucesters, 2nd _s._ of William Kickham Heffernan, of Riversdale, Killenaule, co. Tipperary, and Harlow Moor Drive, Harrogate, M.D., J.P. co. York; _b._ Riversdale, 10 Dec. 1885; educ. Ampleforth College, Yorkshire, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took honours in Mathematics. On leaving Trinity he settled down at Brittas Cashel, co. Tipperary, and kept a number of hunters, but on the outbreak of war applied for a commission, and was gazetted to the 3rd Reserve Battn. of the Royal Irish Regt. 15 Aug. 1915, being later attached to the Gloucesters. He was wounded at La Bassée in Feb. and was invalided to the Hospital de Cimiz, Nice, but rejoined, and was killed in action at Festubert, 9 May, 1915, leading the company, his company officer having been previously killed. While at Trinity he won a number of prizes, including the 'Varsity heavyweight at boxing and the Viceroy's quarter-mile, which in 1911 he did in 51 seconds. Lieut. Heffernan was a regular follower of the Tipperary Hounds, and was noted in the south of Ireland as a keen and fearless rider in the Point-to-Point. [Illustration: =William Patrick Heffernan.=] =HEGARTY, DENNIS=, A.B., 234197, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HELLIWELL, JOSEPH GRANT=, B.A.Sc., Capt., 1st Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Grant Helliwell, of 526, Confed. Life Building, Toronto, Canada, Architect, by his wife, Anna Maria, dau. of the late Isaac James Biggs Fitzsimons; _b._ Toronto, 26 Nov. 1888; educ. Toronto Public School, Collegiate Institute, and Toronto University, from which he graduated in the department of applied science with the degree of B.A.Sc. in 1910, and was an engineer. He was a member of the Cadet Corps at Jarvis Street Collegiate and of the Engineers Corps at the University, in which he held rank of Lieut., and joined the 21st (Essex Fusiliers) Regt. at Windsor, Ontario, in 1911. After taking his course at London, Ontario, he was gazetted Capt., 1 April, 1912, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, was the first officer in the Windsor Regt. to offer his services. He left Windsor with his regt. on 21 Aug., and after a few weeks at Valcartier, crossed to England with the 1st Contingent and went into training on Salisbury Plain, where he was given command of the Salisbury Piquet. They went to France in Feb., and he was killed in action at the Battle of Givenchy, 15 June, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Brian Henderson wrote: "At Givenchy the 1st Battn. did the attack. His company and D Coy. were to start the attack. Our artillery had been shelling the German trench and had made a very good job of cutting the wire. On Tuesday, 15 June, the artillery opened up a terrific bombardment of the German trench and kept this up for three hours when at 5.58 p.m. a mine was blown up. One minute later these two companies went over our parapet and in a few seconds had arrived at the German trench which contained only a lot of dead; but machine guns on the flank were working, also the German artillery was doing terrific damage and the men began to fall in large numbers. At this trench Capt. Wilkinson was hit, and Joe took over the company and led them on to the next trench. An officer who saw him leading his men said it was magnificent, especially as he thought Joe had already been hit in the arm |