Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookEmmy (123, Inverness Terrace, Bayswater), dau. of Charles (and Jeanette) Jacob; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Ernest Alex Myer.=] =MYERS, GEORGE MAURICE=, Private, No. 2250, 7th Battn. London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Henry Myers, Wholesale Tobacconist (died 1908), by his wife, Amelia, dau. of J. B. George, of Paris; _b._ Regent's Park Road, N.W., 10 April, 1894; educ. Kilburn Grammar School; enlisted early in Sept. 1914, following the outbreak of war; went to the Front, March, 1915, was badly wounded on the night of 12 Sept. following, and died two days later (14 Sept.) in No. 18 Casualty Clearing Station; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. C. J. Salkeld Green, wrote that he had been "marked for promotion when opportunity arose" and that "when he received his wounds he was on a working party on a very important piece of work." He was buried at Lapugnoy, near Bethune. Lieut. Sydney Frankenburg, in a letter to Mrs. Myers, said: "He was buried in accordance with Jewish ritual in a part of the soldiers' cemetery set apart for Jews. I performed the ceremony yesterday [15 Sept.] afternoon, and also spent some hours with him before his death. To show you the esteem that your son was held in by his comrades and officers I may mention that a party of soldiers from his platoon of their own free will marched several miles to attend his funeral. His Coy. Commander was present." [Illustration: =George Maurice Myers.=] =MYERS, SIDNEY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24128, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =MYLAM, ALFRED CLAUDE=, Rifleman, No. 1728, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of Henry Mylam, of 441, King's Road, Chelsea, Ironmonger, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of George Henry Cornwall; _b._ Chelsea, 29 May, 1889; educ. St. Mark's College School there; was a Solicitor's Clerk; joined the Rangers in Sept. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec. 1914, and died at St. Julien, 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action while advancing to relieve the Canadians; _unm._ Buried at Hazebrouck. [Illustration: =Alfred Claude Mylam.=] =NAIRN, WALTER=, Bugler, No. 1366, 7th Battn. Durham Light Infantry (T.F.), 4th _s._ of the late John Nairn, of Southwick-on-Wear, Fruiterer, by his wife, Isabella (23, Grosvenor Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of Benjamin Cook, of Monkwearmouth; _b._ Southwick, 12 Dec. 1895; educ. Board School there; joined the 7th Territorial Battn. of the Durhams, 26 March, 1911, and was employed at Priestman's Yard, Sunderland; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war, and was killed in action "somewhere" in France, 22 June, 1915, by a sniper; _unm._ His four brothers are all on active service, a fact upon which their mother was complimented by H.M. the King. [Illustration: =Walter Nairn.=] =MERCER-NAIRNE, LORD CHARLES GEORGE FRANCIS=, C.V.O., formerly Fitzmaurice, of Meikleour and Tullybeagles, co. Perth, and of Aldie, co. Kinross, Major, 1st Royal Dragoons, yr. _s._ of Henry Charles, 5th Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., etc., by his wife, Lady Maud Evelyn, née Hamilton, C.I., V.A, Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to H.M. Queen Alexandra, 7th and yst. dau. of James, 1st Duke of Abercorn, K.G.; _b._ London, 12 Feb. 1874; educ. Eton; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 1st Dragoons from the Royal Scots Militia, 29 May, 1895; and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1898, Capt. 27 June, 1901, and Major 30 June, 1910; was A.D.C. to G.O.C. the Forces in Ireland, 29 May, 1897, to 19 Oct. 1899; A.D.C. to Commander-in-chief (F.M. Earl Roberts), 3 Jan. 1901 to 11 Feb. 1904; Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1 April, 1909, to 6 May, 1910, and to His Majesty, 10 June, 1910, to Sept. 1914; created C.V.O. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899-1900; took part in the relief of Ladysmith, including action at Colenso; operations of 17 to 24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5 to 7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights, 14 to 27 Feb. 1900, and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March, 1900, and in the Orange Free State, May, 1900 (Queen's medal with four clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 6 Oct. to 30 Oct. 1914, on which date he was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, Ypres. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French President for gallantry in the field. He _m._ at Calcutta, 20 Jan. 1909, Lady Violet Mary, née Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (11, Hyde Park Terrace, W.), yst. dau. of Gilbert John, 4th Earl of Minto), K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., and had issue, George John Charles, now of Meikleour, etc., _b._ 27 Nov. 1912, for whom H.M. King George V was sponsor; and Mary Margaret Elizabeth, _b._ 6 Feb. 1910, for whom H.M. Queen Mary was sponsor. [Illustration: =Lord Charles Nairne.=] =NAISH, WILLIAM CHARLES GATTON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6656), 196269, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NAISMITH, PERCY THOMAS=, Private, No. 1543, C Coy., 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt., eldest _s._ of Thomas Naismith, of 589, Romford Road, Woodgrange, and Thomas Street, Burdett Road, E., formerly of Eastfield, Leith, Licensed Victualler; _b._ Poplar, 17 March, 1894; educ. Thomas Street School, Burdett Road, and Pitman's, Southampton Row; joined the London Scottish; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in Boulogne Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines on 30 Oct. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._ =NANCARROW, JOHN VIVIAN=, Capt., 4th Battn. Yorkshire Regt., York and Durham Infantry Brigade, Northumbrian Division T.F., eldest _s._ of George Bennett Nancarrow, of Ravenscroft, Grove Hill, Middlesbrough, a partner in the firm of W. B. Peat & Co., Chartered Accountants, by his wife, Charlotte Alice, dau. of Capt. Josiah Thomas; _b._ Middlesbrough, 6 June, 1885; educ. Leys School and King's College, Cambridge (M.A., LL.B.); admitted a Solicitor, 1909, and became Secretary to the Middlesbrough Chamber of Commerce. He joined the 1st Vol. Battn. Durham L.I. in 1907, was later attached to the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle and then to the Duke of Cornwall's L.I., before settling in Middlesbrough where he became Lieut. in the 4th Yorks, and after passing through a school of instruction, was promoted to the Captaincy in the latter part of 1913. On the outbreak of war he undertook Imperial service obligations and landed in France with his Battn. in the middle of April 1915; they were immediately hurried up to the front in consequence of the French troops north of Ypres having been "gassed" on 22 April, and on the afternoon of the 24th were ordered to attack the German lines near the village of Fortuin, near St. Julien, a few miles north-east of Ypres. During the day. Capt, Nancarrow was seen cheering on his me |