Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookand where to aim. He was in command of a half company of B Coy. and had been doing excellent work the whole day. He had been looking after and superintending a machine-gun which did very good service. He also had done a lot of very dangerous work in scouting through the wood in front of his section of trenches, and had shown much pluck and coolness." Capt. Evans also wrote: "On Tuesday and Wednesday, 20 and 21 Oct., the Germans attacked our position in point of the outskirts of Zonnebeke. Lennox was in charge of half a company, and was hit on the Wednesday afternoon by a ricochet. Hayward told me afterwards that he was doing extraordinarily good work and was absolutely fearless in the way he moved from trench to trench to direct the fire against the Germans. It was while he was close by the machine-gun that he was hit. He was simply adored by the men, and, of course, his death upset them terribly and they fought magnificently to avenge his death. So that his example lived after him. Hayward's own words to me were, 'If ever a man deserved the V.C. he did'"; and Corpl F. Barrett: "On 22 Oct [this should be the 20th] 1914, I was working my machine-gun when Mr. Holmes came up and acted as my No. 2, also my observer, and we got over that day all right. On the 23rd [this should be the 21st] he visited me again, and I shifted my position close to where Mr. Holmes was killed about three o'clock. He was at the back of his trench taking cover, bandaging up Private Millar, after that he was taking aim at the Germans, and was just going to pull the trigger when a bullet hit him straight between the two eyes. I shall never forget him as long as I live." [Illustration: =Francis Lennox Holmes.=] =HOLMES, FREDERICK HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17488, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =HOLMES, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3984), S.S. 102041, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HOLMES, LOUIS GORDON=, Capt., 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Dr. Louis Saenger Holmes, of Norwood, Adelaide, by his wife, Lucy Mary, dau. of the Rev. John Mewton; _b._ Launceston, Tasmania, 7 July, 1892; studied for the Army, and took special subjects at the Adelaide University and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 79th Infantry Battn. of the Commonwealth Army 28 Feb. 1913, and after the outbreak of the European War, Lieut. to the 10th Infantry Battn. of the First Australian Expeditionary Force, with which he left Australia in Oct. 1914. Arriving in Egypt, he spent several months in training with his battn., and early in 1915 was appointed A.D.C. to the Brigadier. He took part in the famous landing and the opening engagements of the Australians at Gaba Tepe in the Dardanelles. He landed on 25 April and the following day was promoted to a captaincy. He died 23 June, 1915, on board the Hospital Ship Gascon, near Gaba Tepe from shrapnel wounds received in action. Col. Maclagan, writing of the loss the brigade had sustained, said, "Capt. Holmes was beloved by all and one of the most unselfish of men, brave and courageous under all circumstances." Capt. Holmes excelled in nearly every branch of athletics and was endowed with an extraordinarily good physique. He got his "Blue" as head of the river at the Wesley College Public School, Melbourne, and also his "Blue" for rowing and football as an Undergraduate of Adelaide University. For three years he was captain of his school Scotch College, Launceston, Tasmania. He was chosen in 1912 to row in the inter-state "eight" for South Australia. To his other athletic accomplishments it may be added that he was distinguished in his regt. for his expert use of the gloves. [Illustration: =Louis Gordon Holmes.=] =HOLMES, ROBERT=, Leading Seaman, 140749 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =HOLMES, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7873, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of Thomas Holmes, of South Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Joseph (and Barbara) Burnett; _b._ Hebburn-on-Tyne Colliery, 26 Oct. 1891; educ. St. Oswald's School there; enlisted 10 Nov. 1910; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 28 Nov. 1914, to 16 June, 1915, and was reported missing after the fighting at Hooge, on the latter date. He _m._ at Jarrow-on-Tyne, 12 March, Wilhelmina (54, Pearson's Place Back, Jarrow), dau. of Jonathan Craik, and had three children: Jonathan, _b._ 15 Feb. 1911; William, _b._ 30 Dec. 1912; and Margaret, _b._ 30 Oct. 1914. =HOLROYD, JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110089 (Po.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HOLT, CECIL WILLIAM=, Midshipman, R.N., 2nd _s._ of Thomas Holt, of the Hall, Burnham, co. Somerset, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of Edward Webb Edwards; _b._ The Hall, Burnham, 13 Sept. 1899; educ. Morgan and Halton's Connaught House, Portmore, Weymouth; entered the Navy as a Cadet in May, 1912; appointed to H.M.S. Hogue at the beginning of the war and promoted Midshipman, 14 Sept. 1914; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HOLTBY, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Private, No. 27812, 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders), Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Mitchell Holtby, of North Coate Farm, South Cave, Hull, by his wife, Charlotte, dau. of James Smith; _b._ Pickering Marshes, York, 17 May, 1890; educ. Hilnwick-on-the-Wolds; went to Canada, 20 April, 1911, and settled at Toronto as a Railway Rullyman; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto; left for England with the first contingent, 26 Sept. 1914, arriving 16 Oct.; went to France, 29 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 27 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur William Holtby.=] =HONEY, ALBERT TOM=, Sergt., No. 1144, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry), 4th _s._ of the late Colour-Sergt. Thomas Honey, of Usk, co. Monmouth (who served in the Crimea), by his wife, Sarah; _b._ at Beech Hill, Usk, 8 Feb. 1876; educ. at Usk and Bristol; was Manager of Liptons, Ltd., at Pontypool; joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry, 19 March, 1903; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, 14 Aug. 1915, and was killed in the charge of the Yeomanry there on 21 Aug. following. His four brothers were all in the Regular or Auxiliary Forces, and a nephew, Stewart Hardy, is serving in the Yeomanry. [Illustration: =Albert Tom Honey.=] =HONEY, HERBERT=, Armourer's Crew, M. 7486, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HONEYWILL, HERBERT CECIL=, Private, No. 10955, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Samuel Honeywill, of Ashburton, Devon; _b._ Hampshire; killed in action at Givenchy, 19 April, 1915; buried Windy Corner there. =HOOD, CHRISTO |