Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookshot in his head." At St. Paul's he took a leading part in the school life, being captain of the football XV. He was one of the first captains of the well-known Harlequin Rugby Football Club. He _m._ at Vancouver, B.C., 4 Dec. 1905, Sophie Almon, eldest dau. of the Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., and had two sons and a dau.: Charles Cecil Ingersoll, _b._ 10 Nov. 1908; Francis William, _b._ 16 Aug. 1913; and Beatrice Ormonde, _b._ 14 Feb. 1907. [Illustration: =Cecil Mack Merritt.=] =MERRITT, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2400), 201016, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MESSAGE, EDGAR=, Private, No. 2479, 5th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Herbert Message, of The Old School House, Rush Lake Green, Warbleton, Sussex, by his wife, Miriam, dau. of the late Thomas Rumery, of Warbleton; _b._ Rush Lake Green, 30 April, 1893; educ. Warbleton National School; enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; went to France, 21 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following, being shot through the head; _unm._ Buried in cemetery at Richebourg. =MESSAM, JOHN WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16830, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =METCALFE, RICHARD=, Master-at-Arms, 159487, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =METHUEN, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 7902, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, _s._ of William Methuen, of Edinburgh, late 78th Seaforth Highlanders, by his wife, Mary, dau. of William Hamilton; _b._ Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 23 Sept. 1878; educ. North Merchiston School; enlisted 21 Jan. 1901, and was killed in action in Belgium, 14 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 1906, Margaret (10, McLeod Street, Edinburgh), dau. of the late James Bathgate, of Edinburgh, and had four children: James, _b._ 11 April, 1914; Alison, _b._ 5 Nov. 1906; Mary, _b._ 16 Dec. 1907; and Agnes, _b._ 16 June, 1912. =MICKELS, THOMAS EDWARD=, S.S.A., M. 2159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MIDDLETON, JOHN LIDDLE=, Private No. 2731, 1/8th Battn. Durham Light Infantry (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Thomas Middleton, of 38, South Burns, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, Brewery Mason, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late George Brown, of Washington, co. Durham; _b._ Chester-le-Street, 8 May, 1895; enlisted 12 Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of war; was wounded in the fighting at Ypres on 26 April, 1915, by a gunshot wound in the head, and taken prisoner, and is stated to have laid for 36 hours in a greenhouse without water or care. He died of his wounds at Ostneeuw Kerke, Belgium, two days after his twentieth birthday, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =John Liddle Middleton.=] =MIDMER, HARRY GEORGE=, A.B., No. S.S. 2026, Ch. R.F.R. B8844, R.N. eldest _s._ of George Midmer, of Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Ticehurst, Roadman, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Henry Taylor, of Horsham; _b._ Stonegate, Ticehurst, 10 Oct. 1888; educ. there; joined the Navy, 29 July, 1907, and was lost in H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =MIELL, CHARLES FREDERICK=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10220), 183675, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MIGHALL, CECIL CHARLES NEWMAN=, Sergt., No. 560, 16th (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late William Mignall, of East Grinstead, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Prodger, of 53, Brook Hill Road, Woolwich), dau. of Charles Newman, of Findon, near Worthing, Sussex; _b._ East Grinstead, co. Sussex, 3 Aug. 1890; educ. East Grinstead Council Schools, and entered the employ of Messrs. Pugh & Co., of 16, Buckingham Palace Road, as a Clerk in 1906; joined the Queen's Westminster Rifles in 1908, became L.-Corpl., 1910; and, passing the examination, was promoted to Corp., 1911. On the outbreak of war, he volunteered for foreign service, was promoted Sergt.; went with his regt. to the Front, and was killed in action, in the trenches at Houplines, France, 7 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Letters from his Commanding Officer and others speak highly of his capabilities and great courage. Sergt. Mighall took part in the pageant held by the regt. at Chelsea in 1913, and he also held the Trollope Cup. [Illustration: =Cecil C. N. Mighall.=] =MILES, DAVID=, Private, No. 1126, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., eldest _s._ of David Miles, of Malt House, Llanblethian, Cowbridge, Quarry Labourer, by his wife, Angelina, dau. of Thomas Bond; _b._ Cadoxton Barry, co. Glamorgan, 15 Dec. 1897; educ. Denas Powis National School; enlisted, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 11 Jan., and was killed in action at Richebourg St. Vaast, 9 May, 1915. He was a great favourite in the regt. and his officers described him as a fearless and efficient soldier; _unm._ [Illustration: =David Miles.=] =MILEY, JOHN=, Stoker, R.N.R., 804U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MILLAR, ARTHUR JAMES=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of James Millar, of 87, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, F.C.I.S., by his wife, Jane Isabella, dau. of William Hardie, of Edinburgh; _b._ Belfast, 10 Sept. 1890; educ. Methodist College and Queen's University there, where he attended the medical course, and served for over three years in the O.T.C., from which he joined the Special Reserve of Officers, and was attd. as 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, 25 May, 1912; promoted Lieut. 21 Nov. 1914, and Capt. 10 April, 1915; joined his regt. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France with a draft in Sept.; was in the trenches during the winter, 1914-15, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ An officer wrote: "He met his soldier's death gallantly leading his platoon forward against very heavy rifle and machine-gun fire--the way he led his platoon was splendid. Almost the last act under this fire was to crawl over and bandage a man of his platoon who had been wounded, and was certainly one of the most gallant things I have ever seen done. It was almost immediately after this that he was so very unfortunately killed. His name was sent forward prior to the 25th for his excellent work during the whole time he was out here, and has now been sent forward for his most gallant conduct on the 25th, and I only hope he will get the reward he so thoroughly deserves. He is buried with his men where he fell on the field between the villages of Fortuin and St. Julien, north-east of Ypres. His name will ever be remembered in the regt. and its glorious annals." [Illustration: =Arthur James Millar.=] =MILLAR, JOHN JAMES=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 25646 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MILLAR, JOHN TROTTER=, Private, No. G 5023, 2nd Battn. Middlesex Regt., yr. _s._ of William Millar, of 107, Trinity Road, Edinburgh, formerly of St. Margaret's, Mus |