Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookn action during the first days of the retreat from Mons; _unm._ [Illustration: =Randal Kirk.=] =KIRKLAND, THOMAS LINDSAY=, Petty Officer, 170934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =KIRKPATRICK, ALEXANDER DOUGLAS=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force (1st Canadian Contingent), _s._ of Alexander Mainwaring Morris Kirkpatrick, of 204, Rusholme Road, Toronto, by his wife, Caroline Adelaide, dau. of Col. George Taylor Denison, the Veteran Canadian Cavalry leader and writer on Imperial Defence; _b._ Toronto, 1 Jan. 1891; gazetted Lieut. in Governor General's Body Guard, 10 July, 1910, transferred to the 2nd Regt. (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada), 14 Aug. 1914, went overseas with the 3rd Battn. of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 26 Sept. following, and was killed in action, near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Alexander D. Kirkpatrick.=] =KITCHING, ABNER PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8620, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Abner Kitching, of Crouch Farm Highworth; _b._ Chadlington, co. Oxon, 1883; enlisted 28 Feb. 1910; left for France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914; and died 24 Sept. following, of wounds received at the Battle of Mons on 23 Aug. Buried, Military Cemetery, Netley. He _m._ in Swindon, 14 April, 1914, Elizabeth, dau. of William Collins, of the Buildings, Highworth, and had a dau., Elise, _b._ posthumous, 12 March, 1915. =KLITZ, EVELYN ANTHONY=, Private, No. 9512, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of William Lawson Klitz, of 88, High Street, Lymington, co. Hants, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Gossling; _b._ Lymington, 7 Nov. 1894; educ. Gillingham Grammar School; joined the London Rifle Brigade early in 1913; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; and died at the Rawal Pindi Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne, 12 March, 1915, of wounds received in action on the preceding 12 Feb. at Ploegsteert. Buried in a private grave in Wimereux Cemetery; _unm._ Private Klitz was one of the company of the London Rifle Brigade who took part in the march in full kit from the Duke of York's Column to the Aquarium at Brighton, on 18 April, 1914, in 14 hours 23 mins., thereby breaking the world's record. For this feat he was awarded a bronze medal. =KLOSS, SIDNEY ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310981, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =KNIGHT, ALBERT ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11029, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =KNIGHT, HENRY ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3397), S.S. 101168, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =KNIGHT, HENRY CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., B. 2701), 160065, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =KNIGHT, JOSEPH=, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., A. 1363), 128345 (Port.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =KNIGHT, STEPHEN=, Leading Stoker, 1st Class (A. 1584), 126510, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =KNIGHT, THOMAS=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 3041), 307737, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =KNOCKER, ARTHUR PAGET=, Capt., 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., only _s._ of Col. Herbert Paget Knocker, of Bushey Ruff, Eastbourne, late R.E., by his wife, Maud, dau. of Major-Gen. Philip Ravenhill, C.B., R.E.; _b._ Kensington, 3 Aug. 1889; educ. Eastbourne College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Hampshires, 18 Sept. 1909; promoted Lieut. 9 Aug. 1911, and temp. Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; left for France, 22 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 8 Feb. 1915. Buried, Ploegsteert Cemetery; _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur Paget Knocker.=] =KNOTT, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 354781, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =KNOWLES, JONATHAN EDWARD=, Capt., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt. eldest _s._ of the late Edward Sugden Knowles, and grandson of the late Jonathan Knowles, of Rawdon, co. York; _b._ Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 21 May, 1882; educ. Sedbergh School; joined the 2nd Vol. Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., as 2nd Lieut.; served with the 4th Durham L.I. (Militia) in the South African War, 1902, and took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, Feb. to 31 May, 1902 (Queen's medal with three clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Middlesex, 4 July, 1903, and served with his Battn. in India, Burma and at Aden; promoted Lieut. 14 Jan. 1906, and Capt. 1 Feb. 1914, when he was transferred to the 4th Battn.; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, in which the 4th "Diehards" formed part of the 8th Brigade (3rd Division), and was killed in action at the Battle of Mons, on the 23rd of the same month. Buried in Cemetery at Maisieres. He _m._ at St. Peter's Church, Bexhill, Sussex, 3 June, 1909, Viva Brabazon, dau. of the late C. F. Bagot, and had three children: Jonathan Maynard, _b._ 11 Oct. 1913; Nina Mary, _b._ 21 April, 1910; and Viva Joan, _b._ 14 Aug. 1912. =KNOWLES, WILLIAM ALFRED=, A.B., 239360, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =KNOX, RALPH=, Private, No. 9748, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), eldest _s._ of Ralph Knox, now serving as a private in the Canadian Highlanders, by his wife, Isabella, 2nd dau. of John Flood; _b._ Berwick-on-Tweed, 9 May, 1888; educ. Boys' National School there; enlisted 9 Oct. 1906: went to France 23 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action near Ypres, on the night of the 14-15 May, 1915, being shot by a sniper while engaged in carrying rations to the trenches; _unm._ =KOCH, WILLIAM JAMES=, Trooper, No. 2518, Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regt.) (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Oswald Hugo Koch, of 24, Cranmer Road, West Croydon, by his wife, Frances (24, Cranmer Road, West Croydon), dau. of William Wood, of Shirley; _b._ Croydon, 25 July, 1896; educ. Brighton Road Board Schools, Croydon; was a Grocer's Assistant with Francis of Brixton; volunteered and joined the Surrey Yeomanry, 6 Jan. 1915, and died at 73, King's Avenue, Clapham, 5 Feb. following, from injuries caused by a fall from his horse two days previously. Buried Mitcham Road Cemetery, Croydon; _unm._ [Illustration: =William James Koch.=] =KYDD, JAMES PHILLIP=, Leading Seaman, 215363, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =KYLE, ROBERT BRUCE=, Private, No. 1781, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late John Kyle, M.I.C.E., Resident Engineer, Harbour Works, Colombo, Ceylon, by his wife, Agnes (100, Station Road, Barnes, London, S.W.); _b._ Colombo, 30 April, 1893; educ. Kelvinside Academy, Glasgow, and Royal High School, Edinburgh; was a member of the foreign staf |