Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book25 Feb. 1915, of frozen feet; _unm._ Buried at Pont à Vendin. [Illustration: =George Nelson.=] =NESMITH, JAMES=, Capt., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Nesmith of Glencairn, Port Glasgow, Accountant, by his wife, Catherine (Glencairn, Port Glasgow), dau. of Donald Gillies, of Craigenterue, Argyleshire; _b._ Glasgow, 17 July, 1881; educ. Greenock Academy, and Glasgow University; was a Solicitor practising in Glasgow; joined the E Coy. (Port Glasgow) of the 1st Renfrew Volunteer (afterwards the 5th Territorial) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 10 April, 1900, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 29 Nov. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 22 Feb. 1911, and Capt. 13 July, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 28 May, 1915; and was killed in action during the British attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, 12 July following. Buried on the field; _unm._ =NESS, GORDON STUART=, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Royal Scots Fusiliers, yst. and only surviving _s._ of the late Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by his wife, Charlotte Jane Wells (19, Dawson Place, Notting Hill Gate, W.), dau. of Stephen Powell; _b._ London, 4 Nov. 1885; educ. Westminster School, and Clare College, Cambridge; was elected an underwriting member of Lloyds in 1909; joined the 3rd Battn. (Royal Ayr and Wigtown Militia) Royal Scots Fusiliers, as 2nd Lieut. 7 April, 1906, and was promoted Lieut. 9 Dec. 1909; went to France 11 Sept. 1914, attached to the 1st Battn. of his Regt.; and was killed in action during the 1st Battle of Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914. Buried near Ypres. He _m._ in London, Gladys, dau. of Charles Ernest Gwynne Harrison; and had a son and daughter: Patrick, _b._ 15 June, 1914; and Marguerite Gordon, _b._ 3 June, 1915. [Illustration: =Gordon Stuart Ness.=] =NEVE, BASIL HOVENDEN=, Acting Chief E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270424, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =NEVE, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 184688, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NEVETT, THOMAS ALFRED=, L.-Corpl., No. 13041, 5th Battn. King's Shropshire L.I., yst. _s._ of William Berber Nevett, of Cotsbrook Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Richard Jones, of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co. Salop, 24 June, 1895; educ. Elleray Park, Wallasey, and Shrewsbury School (1911-13), and on leaving there took up an agricultural life, but on the outbreak of war volunteered and joined the King's Shropshire L.I. with several other Salopians. After some months of training he was placed in the battn. machine-gun section, and went with this unit to France in May, 1915. During the violent attacks and counter-attacks around Hooge in Aug. he was wounded on the 9th by a shell which destroyed his gun, and on the way to the dressing station he received another and more severe wound from shrapnel, resulting in spinal injury and paralysis, from which he died in Edmonton Military Hospital, 10 Sept. 1915; _unm._ The Headmaster of Shrewsbury said of him: "He was one of those unselfish boys whose real goodness gives them an influence out of all proportion to their prominence in school life." His eldest bro., Sergt. W. P. Nevett, was killed at the Dardanelles landing (see his notice). [Illustration: =Thomas Alfred Nevett.=] =NEVETT, WILLIAM PERCY=, Sergt., No. 851, 12th Battn. Australian L.I., Australian Imperial Force, eldest _s._ of William Barber Nevett, of Cotsbrook Hall, co. Salop, by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Richard Jones, of Norton, co. Salop; _b._ Sansaw, co. Salop, 4 June, 1889; educ. Bridgnorth Grammar School and Birmingham University and after securing first-class in the Engineering Course, 1906-9, became Assistant Engineer to the Miners' Water Supply, Perth, Western Australia. On the outbreak of war he joined the Australian L.I., and having been a member of the O.T.C. at Birmingham University, was set immediately to train recruits. He left for Egypt in Nov. 1914, and while there was offered a commission in the New Army at home but declined it, preferring to stay with his comrades. He was killed in action during the landing of the Australians at Sedd-el-Bahr, Gallipoli, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ The Sergt.-Major of his battn. wrote: "Nevett was on the left flank on the Sunday we effected a landing here, and at this point the fighting was particularly heavy. Your brother was hit in the firing line, and was carried to a place of more safety by Private Michie, another of our good men since killed. The wound was so serious that before the stretcher-bearers could get him to the beach, he died. He was one of our most efficient and popular N.C.O.'s, and my best friend." [Illustration: =William Percy Nevett.=] =NEW, ALEXANDER HERBERT=, Private, No. 5712, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Harry New, of Bournemouth, by his wife, Theresa, dau. of (--) Hazel; _b._ Ringwood, co. Hants, 5 June, 1886; educ. at Bournemouth; enlisted 12 Sept. 1904; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906, to 14 Feb. 1908; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Tretoire, 8 Sept. 1914, being buried in the wood there. His company officer wrote saying that he was a good soldier, and fought gallantly, and cheerfully carried out the hard marching of the first three weeks of the campaign; also how well he helped to maintain the reputation of the Coldstream Guards and the British Army. He _m._ at St. Luke's, Burton, Christchurch, 18 April, 1910, Fanny (67, Forton Road, Gosport), only dau. of Charles Langrish; _s.p._ =NEWBURY, WILLIAM JOHN=, Chief Ship's Cook, 165257, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =NEWBY, GEORGE EDWIN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2629), 207242, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NEWCOMBE, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 10707 (Ports.), H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NEWHAM, ARTHUR JOHN=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 208884, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =NEWMAN, CHARLES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2948), S.S. 264, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NEWMAN, CORMIE AUBREY=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, M. 1478, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NEWMAN, FRANCIS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2512), 201770, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NEWMAN, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Petty Officer, 6325, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =NEWMAN, HENRY=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =NEWMAN, RICHARD HARRY=, Chief Petty Officer, Tel. 183585, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by |