Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booket Dulcibella (51, Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W.), dau. of Hugh Hammersley, of 6, Cromwell Gardens, London, and grandson of the late Rev. Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne [yr. bro. of George, 8th Duke of Leeds]; _b._ London, S.W., 1 July, 1889; educ. The Old Ride, Bournemouth and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Rifle Brigade, 20 April, 1910; promoted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1911, and Capt. 15 Dec. 1914; was appointed machine gun officer in May, 1913; went to France, 5 Sept. 1914, and died in Bailleul Hospital, 25 Feb. 1915, of wounds received in action in the trenches near Armentières on the 10th, while making an emplacement for one of his machine guns; _unm._ Buried at Bailleul. Capt. Osborne was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 23 June, 1915. He was a member of the Army Revolver Thirty in 1912, and won several cups and prizes in the All-Ireland Rifle Meeting of 1912 and 1913, both individually and in the Regimental Officers' Team, and in 1911 he won the Regimental Heavyweight Point-to-Point, on his own horse Chance. =OSBORNE, WILLIAM JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of John Hall Osborne, of Summer Court, Queen's Walk, Ealing, formerly of China, by his wife, Jane Jenkinson, dau. of Capt. John Whittle; _b._ Tientsin, China, 9 Nov. 1891; educ. St. Edmunds, Canterbury, and in Germany for some months, and after spending two years in the office of a Chartered Accountant, entered his father's office in London, and was to have taken up an appointment in China in Oct. 1914. At school he was a member of the O.T.C., and during his subsequent residence in London joined the H.A.C., but had resigned some time before war was declared. He enlisted in the 18th Battn. (1st Public School) Royal Fusiliers, 11 Sept. 1914, and was given a commission, 24 Nov., and posted to the 9th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers with which regt. he left England in July. On 6 Aug. they landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. He was wounded the following morning in an attack on Hill 10, and died of his wounds two days later (9th) on board the Hospital Ship Sudan. His company commander (Capt. Milnes), writing from Alexandria, said: "The men who are back here wounded, all say how very well he did during the landing. He was an excellent officer who looked after his men, often at the expense of himself, and no work was too big for him. He never left anything unfinished. He was a good friend and my right hand platoon officer." A brother officer who picked him up, and had him carried off the field, said he was quite cheerful though very weak, and only anxious about his men and his brother (Lieut. L. H. Osborne, who was killed there the same day, see his notice). 2nd Lieut. Osborne was conspicuous at school as an athlete, especially in hockey and football, and was always deeply interested in natural history, especially in birds; in fact, sports of all kinds appealed to him very strongly. He was a member of the Wild Fowlers' Association and of the True Waltonian Society. [Illustration: =William John Osborne.=] =O'SHEA, MICHAEL JOHN=, Private, No. 5111, 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, _s._ of Patrick O'Shea, of 70, Ethel Street, Cardiff, Labourer, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Cardiff, 3 Jan. 1897; educ. St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Canton, Cardiff; enlisted 1 Nov. 1913; went to France 21 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée 21 Dec. following. His company officer, Capt. Ford, wrote highly of him, and added he "was buried beside a shrine, and his grave is beautifully turfed and has a cross with his name on it." [Illustration: =Michael John O'Shea.=] =OSMOND, ERNEST HERBERT=, Pensioner, Blacksmith, 340821, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =OSMOND, HAROLD COOMBS=, Cook's Mate M. 5542, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =O'SULLIVAN, ARTHUR MOORE=, Capt., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, only _s._ of the late Patrick O'Sullivan, Advocate-General, Madras Presidency, by his wife, Sydney Jane (Auburn, Greystones, co. Wicklow), dau. of William Daniel Moore, M.D.; _b._ Ootacamund, India, 19 Aug. 1878; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and Hertford College, Oxford; enlisted in the Oxfordshire L.I. in 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Irish Rifles, 23 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 9 July, 1906; Capt. 11 March, 1910; was adjutant of his regiment from 1 Jan. 1910 to 31 Dec. 1912; served in the South African War, 1900-01; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal, April, 1900, to April, 1901 (Queen's medal with four clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 1 Oct. 1905 to 22 Nov. 1907; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Capt. O'Sullivan was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =Arthur Moore O'Sullivan.=] =OTELLIE, WILLIAM GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3678), 196618, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =OTTLEY, GEOFFREY CLAUDE LANGDALE, D.S.O.=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, only child of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Langdale Ottley, of 17, Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W., and Coruanan, Fort William, Inverness-shire, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., by his wife, Kathleen Margaret, dau. of Col. Alexander Stewart, R.A., and grandson of the Rev. Lawrence Ottley, Canon of Ripon; _b._ Southsea, co. Hants, 20 Jan. 1896; educ. Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Scots Guards, 1 Oct. 1914; promoted Lieut. 10 Dec. (ante-dated to 9 Nov.); went to France, 7 Nov., and died in the Australian Voluntary Hospital, Wimereux, near Boulogne, 21 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action while leading an attack on the enemy's trenches on the 18th. Lieut. Ottley was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry and good reconnaissance work. =OUSLEY, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 230179, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =OWEN, ALFRED FREDERICK=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 204497, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =OWEN, CHARLES=, L.-Corpl., No. 7668, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 Aug. 1914. =OWEN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 9004, 1st Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915. =OWEN, CHARLES=, Private, No. 10022, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Bushey, co. Renfrew; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 16-18 May, 1915. Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast, in front of Dead Cow Farm; _m._ =OWEN, EDWARD R |