Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookning road, and a cross erected; _unm._ =ELIOTT-LOCKHART, PERCY CLARE, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 59th Scinde Rifles, Frontier Force, only _s_. of Col. William Eliott-Lockhart, of Glentromie, Camberley, Royal (Madras) Artillery (died 23 Aug. 1915), by his wife, Ada Clare, dau. of Henry Clan Cardew, Lieut., 94th Regt.; _b._ Kamptee, India, 21 Sept. 1867; educ. Somerset College, Bath, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.) Indian Army, 23 Nov. 1887; served for one year with the King's Own Scottish Borderers, and then for two years (1888-90) with the Indian Staff Corps, 14 Nov. 1890; was appointed to Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides in 1892; and became Capt. 23 Nov. 1898; Major 23 Nov. 1905, and Lieut.-Col. 16 Nov. 1913; served (1) as Brig. Transport Officer in the Waziristan Expedition, 1894-95 (medal with clasp); (2) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895, present at storming of the Malakand Pass (medal with clasp); (3) on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1897-98; took part in the defence, and relief of, Malakand; the relief of Chakdara, Malakand; operations in Bajaur and in the Mamund country; Utman Kiel and Buner (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1897], medal with two clasps, D.S.O.); (4) in China, 1900 (medal); (5) in East Africa, 1903-04 as D.A.A. and Q.M.G., 2nd Brigade. Somaliland Field Force; took part in operations in Somaliland; action at Jidballi (again mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 2 Sept. 1914], medal with two clasps): and (6) with the Expeditionary Force in France, in command of the 59th Scinde Rifles from 28 Jan. 1915, and died 12 March, 1915, from wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, a few hours previously. Buried about a mile to the west of Neuve Chapelle. He _m._ at High Leigh, Cheshire, 26 April, 1905, Katherine Mary, dau. of James Worrall, of High Leigh, and had two children: William, _b._ 11 Feb 1906; and Katharine Clare, _b._ 3 March, 1909. =LOFT, ALMA JAMES=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1847U, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LOFTS, BERNARD=, Private, No. 1966, 6th, attd. 8th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Alfred Lofts, of Amersham, co. Bucks, Provision Merchant, by his wife, Isabel, dau. of William Hicks, of Looe, Cornwall; _b._ Canonbury, N., 20 April, 1891; educ. Watford Grammar School, and Bethany House School, Goudhurst, co. Kent; was apprenticed to the drapery trade at Uxbridge; and was successively employed by Eaden and Lilley, Cambridge; Hitchcock Williams, St. Paul's Churchyard; and C. Jenner and Co., Edinburgh; joined the Royal Scots after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried near Festubert. [Illustration: =Bernard Lofts.=] =LOFTS, JAMES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306070, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1915; _m._ =LOGAN, JAMES AIRD=, A.B., 215575, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LOGAN, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9595), S.S. 106972, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LOMAX, GERALD DAVID=, Lieut. 3rd Battn. The Welch Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Capt. David Alexander Napier Lomax, Welch Regt. (killed in action at Driefontein, 10 March, 1900 during the South African War), by his wife, Annette (now wife of Major Frank Towle, of 3, Clarence Terrace, Regent's Park, N.W.); _b._ Manorbier, co. Pembroke, 6 Jan. 1895; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., The Welch Regt., 15 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 14 March, 1915; went to France, 12 March, whilst there was attd. to the 2nd Royal Berkshire Regt., and died in the hospital barge, 11 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Fromelles two days previously; _unm._ Buried at Estaires, in the English Cemetery. His Doctor wrote: "We did all we could to make him comfortable, but his wounds were so severe that medically speaking he never had a chance; fortunately he suffered very little pain, and died as I fancy he must have lived, bravely thinking of others more than himself." His brother, Capt. C. E. N. Lomax, also Welch Regt., is now (1916) on active service, being a Temporary Major in the Manchester Regt. [Illustration: =Gerald David Lomax.=] =LOMAX, HARRY=, Private, No. 2164, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Robert Lomax, of 4, Birmingham Street, Bolton, Mechanic, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Smith; _b._ Bolton, co. Lancaster, 10 Jan. 1885; educ. St. Matthew's Church of England Schools and Bolton Municipal Secondary School; sometime employed at the Bolton Post Office; emigrated to New Zealand in Sept. 1909, and later went to Sydney, Australia, where he was a member of the Lancashire Association; volunteered for Imperial service, 4 May, 1915, and joined the 2nd Battn. Australian Imperial Force; left for Egypt, 16 June, 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 1 Aug., and was killed in action there, 6-9 Aug. 1915, during the fighting at Lone Pine; _unm._ [Illustration: =Harry Lomax.=] =LONG, FREDERICK RICHARD RANDOLPH=, Bugler, R.M.A., 10307, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LONG, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Cl. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7397), S.S. 102426, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LONG, STEWART SHACROFT=, Leading Seaman, 231412, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =LONGBOURNE, WILLIAM LOUIS JENNINGS=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Battn. The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. (F.), 4th surviving _s._ of the late Charles R. V. Longbourne, of Ripsley, co. Sussex, by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth Ainslie, dau. of the late Rev. and Hon. James Norton, of Anningsley Park, co. Surrey [4th son of Hon. Fletcher Norton, a baron of the exchequer in Scotland, and gdson. of Fletcher, 1st Baron Grantley, P.C.]; _b._ Ripsley, 24 Aug. 1887; educ. Malvern College, passed all the Law examinations for a Solicitor; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5th Battn. The Queen's, 9 May, 1914, promoted Lieut., took part in the landing at Suvla Bay on the early morning of 9 Aug. 1915, and in the subsequent attack on Chocolate Hill, the same day; while leading his platoon in the attack he was badly wounded when near the top of the hill, but refused to allow his men to help him, telling them to go on. Afterwards, owing to the cross fire and nature of the country, it was found impossible to get to him and he was never seen again. [Illustration: =William L. J. Longbourne.=] =LONGHURST, CHARLES=, Private, No. 10029, 2nd Battn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Charles Longhurst, of 68, Regent Street, Whitstable, Kent; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action at Gheluvelt, 29 Oct. 1914. =LONGMAN, FREDERICK=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Charles James Longman, of Upp Hall, Braughing, |