Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookly to Aug. 1900, including action at Belfast; operations in Orange River Colony, Sept. to 29 Nov. 1900 and 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900; operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900 to March 1901, and operations in the Transvaal, March, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 23 April, 7 May, and 10 Sept. 1901]; Brevet of Major, Queen's medal with five clasps, King's medal with two clasps, D.S.O.; placed on list of officers concerned qualified for stall employment, in consequence of services on the Staff in the Field); was in charge at Vereeniging during deliberations of Boer Generals and with Col. (afterwards Major-Gen.) Hubert Hamilton brought home peace despatches to Windsor, June. 1902; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief, East Indies, 28 Nov. 1902 to 30 April, 1904; Private Secretary of State for War (Mr. Arnold Foster), 1 Jan. 1905 to 18 Oct. 1905; A.D.C. to Com.-in-Chief East Indies, 5 Nov. 1905 to 27 Oct. 1906; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Home Counties Division, E. Command, 1 April, 1908 to 12 June, 1910; in command of 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, March 1912 to Nov. 1913; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot Command, 29 Nov. 1913 to Aug. 1914; A.A. and Q.M.G. 1st Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force, in France; served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Aisne and the Marne (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 19 Oct. 1914, and 17 Feb. 1915]; Cross of Officer of the Legion of Honour); was wounded at Ypres, 4 Nov. 1914, and died at Boulogne on the 13th. Buried at Gittisham, Honiton. He _m._ at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 21 Nov. 1906, Beatrice Minnie Shrieve, 3rd dau. of Sir Thomas Jackson, of Stansted House, Essex, 1st Bart., and had a son: Richard Raymond Kitchener, _b._ 18 June, 1908. [Illustration: =Raymond John Marker.=] =MARKHAM, ALLAN=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 8683), 295344, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MARKHAM, JOHN ADDIS=, Capt., 1st Battn. The East Yorkshire Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Markham, of Popenhoe, Wisbech, Norfolk, by his wife, Henrietta Jane, dau. of William Addis, of London; _b._ Faulkner House, Walpole-St.-Peter, Wisbech, 31 Dec. 1886; educ. Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st East Yorkshires from the Militia, 27 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 3 Sept. 1910. He was appointed temporary Capt. 15 Nov. 1914, and this rank was made substantive, 6 Feb. 1915. He went to France with the 6th Division in Sept. 1914, and was mortally wounded by a sniper's bullet in the trenches near Armentières, 7 May, 1915, and died two hours later, being buried in Le Bizet Convent; _unm._ Major I. L. I. Clarke, commanding 1st East Yorkshires, wrote: "I looked upon Markham as my most reliable Company Commander, always cheery and a splendid example to all under him. He was beloved by his men, and exceedingly popular with his brother officers"; and Private John Brady, of his company: "He was the gentleman who led my platoon to the trenches on the Aisne, the platoon that was the first to come under the fire of the Germans' famous coalboxes. He laughed at those shells, bucked us up, making us so that we could not do anything else but follow him." Capt. Markham was a fine horseman, and in 1913 he won the East Yorkshire's Regimental Point-to-Point Race, on his horse, Loretto. =MARKILLIE, EDGAR JOHN=, Private, No. 944, Machine Gun Section, 13th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of the late John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife, Frances J. (85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of Harrow, Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 1 Dec. 1890; educ. Bellingdon Road Higher Grade School, South London School, Camberwell, and Clarke's College, Lewisham; went to Sydney, New South Wales, 3 Aug. 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the Australian Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915; _unm._ He had gained accountancy examination just before enlistment, also examination in book-keeping, first class. He excelled in sport of all kind, and was one of the crack shots of the second Australian contingent. His brother, Ernest Stuart, was killed in Belgium (see his notice). [Illustration: =Edgar John Markillie.=] =MARKILLIE, ERNEST STUART=, Private, No. 156, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late John Adam Markillie, Mayor of Camberwell in 1908, by his wife, Frances J. (85, Norbury Crescent, Norbury), dau. of Thomas Morris, of Harrow, Tailor; _b._ Peckham, 24 March, 1895; educ. Bellingdon Road Higher Grade School, and South London School, Camberwell; was a Clerk in the London County and Midland Bank, 1913-14; volunteered and enlisted on the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914; went to France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Bailleul, 18 Jan. 1915, while fixing barbed wire; _unm._ He was in first Rugby team, and was a fine swimmer. His brother, Edgar John, was killed at the Dardanelles (see his notice). [Illustration: =Ernest Stuart Markillie.=] =MARKQUICK, ARTHUR CHRISTIAN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 23520, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MARLER, ALBERT WALTER=, Officer's Steward, R.N.V.R., Sussex 1/305, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Albert Marler, of 116, Montgomery Street, Hove; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MARQUER, TOUSSAINT MARYS=, Shipwright, 2nd Class, 342455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MARROW, EDWARD ARMFIELD=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, only surviving _s._ of the late Major Peter Marrow, of the King's Dragoon Guards, by his wife, Mary (Belhaven Hill, Dunbar), dau. of the Rev. Alexander Stewart, Rector of Liverpool; _b._ Blantyre, co. Lanark, 26 Sept. 1883; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the K.O.S.B., 18 Jan. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 24 Jan. 1906, and Capt. 1 April, 1910; served with the 2nd Battn. in India, 1902-06; was at the depot at Berwick-on-Tweed from 1908 to 1912, and then joined the 1st Battn. in India, and was appointed Adjutant, 15 May, 1914. He returned with his Battn. to England on 31 Dec. 1914, and was at Rugby till 17 March, 1915, when they embarked for the Dardanelles, took part in the landing at Y beach, Gallipoli, on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Y Beach the following day. He was buried just above the landing place there. He _m._ at Norham, Berwickshire, 11 Jan. 1911, Constance Marion (Belchester, Coldstream), 2nd dau. of the late Lieut.-Col. Bloomfield Gough, 9th Lancers, and had three children: Peter, _b._ 11 Jan. 1913; Edward Charles Gough, _b._ posthumous, 21 Nov. 1915; and Margaret Constance, _b._ 29 Nov. 1911, died in infancy. [Illustration: =Edward Armfield Marrow.=] =MARSH, ARTHUR=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 3940, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mi |