Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookto tell you how very well he did commanding his platoon, during a most trying three days in the trenches under practically incessant fire the whole time. My husband was always, from the time he joined his company, very pleased with the work your son did. He always showed great keenness in his work, and was a most promising young officer, always cheerful and bright and eager, and very popular with his men. The night before he was killed he and Mr. Fulton and my husband were sharing the same dug-out together, and they were both in such brave spirits in spite of all they had been through, that my husband says he could not help being proud of having such officers serving with him. One of your son's last acts was to try and help my husband after he was wounded, but of course he had to go on and look after his men." [Illustration: =John Edward Hyland.=] =HYNES, JAMES=, A.B. (Coastguard), 166525 (Devon.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HYNES, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1095, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., only _s._ of the late John Hynes [_b._ St. John's, Newfoundland, died Halifax, N.S., 1900], by his wife, Margaret (now wife of John Paul Francis, of 285, South Side, St. John's, Newfoundland), dau. of Stephen Fitzgerald; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 12 Dec. 1896; educ. Christian Brothers' Schools there; was serving his time as a Cooper with Mr. E. G. Cousens, Mercantile Cooperage, St. John's, when war broke out; volunteered for Imperial service, joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 8 Feb. 1915; left for England, 20 March, went to the Dardanelles, 12 Sept., and was killed in action there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ Buried Borderers Ravine, 117 J. 3 Grave 41. A comrade wrote that they were having a rest in the support trench just behind the firing line, when at 9 a.m. they were sent up to the firing line to dig some dug-outs. They had been working for an hour when they were discovered by a Turkish sniper and Hynes was struck, being killed instantly, adding "Jimmie was one of the finest young men in our regt.; well liked by all." [Illustration: =James Joseph Hynes.=] =IMRIE, JAMES WALTER=, Private, No. 63470, 13th Battn. (Royal Highlanders of Canada) Canadian Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of James Harrison Imrie, retired Civil Engineer, Poona, India, by his wife, Letitia Ellen, dau. of the late Thomas Edward Kelly, Indian Police (who had the Mutiny medal of 1857); _b._ Khandwa, Central Provinces, India, 14 March, 1887; educ. Blairlodge School, Polmont, Stirlingshire, where he won several prizes for shooting and also the Spencer Cup at Bisley in 1903, and upon leaving there studied Civil Engineering in Scotland, and later went through a course of training at the Crystal Palace School of Engineering. He left for Canada in the autumn of 1910, being employed in Civil Engineering in various towns there, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for Imperial service and joined the 23rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force. He came over with the second contingent in March, 1915, and was drafted to the 13th Battn. Royal Highlanders then at the Front. He went into action on 15 May, and was killed in action a week later during the active operations at the Orchard, 23 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried by a shell in the communication trench leading to the Orchard at Festubert, and the official statement concluded "unfortunately there are no marks by which the place can be located." [Illustration: =James Walter Imrie.=] =IMS, ROBERT THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 1577, 16th Battn. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late Edwin George Ims, by his wife, Sarah Homred (34, Besborough Place, Pimlico), dau. of John Henley, of Broadway, Westminster; _b._ Westminster, 23 May, 1895; educ. Christ Church, Westminster, and Westminster City School; was a second grade Clerk in the Board of Education (Scottish Department); joined the Queen's Westminster Rifles in 1912, having previously served in a Yeomanry Corps and the Civil Service Cadets; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at St. Albans; went to France in Oct. 1914; took part in the First Battle of Ypres, Oct. and Nov.; the Battle of Festubert, Second Battle of Ypres, and the Battle of Hooge; went through his course of training as a bomber, and then through the Machine Gun School, where it was requested that he should be lent to the School as an Instructor, but his commanding officer could not spare him, and was killed in action at Ypres, 23 Aug. 1915, by shell fire; _unm._ Buried at Ypres. He had been recommended for a commission, and the papers were found in his pockets and sent to his mother. [Illustration: =Robert Thomas Ims.=] =INGATE, WALTER WILLIAM=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4050B, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =INGHAM, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, No. 1559, 5th Battn. Supernumerary West Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.); _b._ co. Lancaster, 28 Feb. 1853; served in the 14th, 15th and 7th Hussars; took part in the Afghan War, 1878-80 (Afghan medal); the Boer War, 1881, and with the Royal Reserve Hussars; in the South African War, 1899; joined the National Reserve in Leeds, soon after its formation, and was accepted in April, 1915, at the age of 62, as medically fit for Reserve Service, and attached to the 5th Supernumerary West Yorkshire Regt. He died in North Ormesby Hospital, Middlesbrough, 25 June, 1915. He _m._ at Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, Eliza (6, Shepherd's Place, Harehills Avenue, Leeds), dau. of Thomas Laford, of Garforth, Yorkshire, and had three surviving children. His second son, Sergt.-Major Ingham, is now (1916) on active service with the West Yorkshire Regt. =INGLES, ALEXANDER WIGHTON=, Major, 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Canon David Ingles, Vicar of Witham, co. Essex, M.A., by his wife, Anna, dau. of the Rev. Arthur Scrivener; _b._ at Apsley End, co. Herts, 20 May, 1869; educ. Haileybury; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the West Yorkshire Regt., from the Militia, 12 March, 1892; and promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1894; Capt. 26 March, 1900, and Major 7 March, 1914, was Adjutant of volunteers from 10 Jan. 1902, to 9 Jan. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899-1901, including operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900-Dec. 1901 (Queen's medal with clasp); and with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 24 Sept. 1914. The second in Command of the 1st West Yorkshires wrote: "You will be proud to know that he died a glorious death at the head of his Coy. The companies on the firing line were tricked by the Germans, who advanced under cover of the white flag, and then opened fire and enfiladed our men in the trenches. Your husband then shouted out, 'All who will not surrender follow me,' and retired fighting to the trenches on the left and was soon shot down and killed by a rifle bullet. He was buried where he fell with others of the Coy. I know no more |