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night, for we lost our section officer, Lieut. S. W. Paine. He was
the best officer we had, and I had known him for years. He was at the
Grammar School when I was, and was in the same company of Engineers as
I was in Auckland. A finer chap I never met--his first thoughts were
always for the men, and he always mixed up with them. Just before he
was shot he was laughing and joking with us. When the news came down
that he was shot and had rolled down the gully, we rushed up to get
him, but by the time we found him he was dead. We feel lost without
him, and are feeling pretty miserable." He was awarded the Royal
Humane Society's Bronze Medal for saving a comrade from drowning at
Fort Cantley, and was congratulated by Col. Wolffe on being the first
Territorial in camp to receive it.
[Illustration: =Sydney William Paine.=]
=PAINE, THOMAS HARRY=, Leading Telegraphist, 239741, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=PAINTIN, SHAYLER=, Sergt., No. 9784, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots,
yst. _s._ of the late Joseph Paintin, of West End, Witney,
Carpenter, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of J. Mann, of Witney; _b._
Witney, co. Oxon, 5 April, 1885; educ. Wesleyan Higher Grade School
there; was a Grocer; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 17 Sept. 1906; went
to India with the 1st Battn. in 1909; served there until the outbreak
of war; returned to England, Nov. 1914; went to France the following
month, and was killed in action at the Second Battle of Ypres, 12 May,
1915; _unm._ His Coy. Sergt.-Major wrote: "He was highly respected
by the officers, N.C.Os. and men, and a better soldier never wore the
uniform. He died like a good British soldier in the trench not far from
the machine gun he was in charge of. We buried him in the Bellewarde
Wood, near the village of Hooge, about 4 kilometres from the now ruined
city of Ypres." Sergt. Paintin was a keen sportsman and a first-class
shot, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won the championship
medal, India, 1912; he was in C Coy. hockey team, which won the Meay
Ahmed Hockey Cup, 1911-12, and at the Royal Scots Rifle Meeting he won
third prize, aggregate, 1914.
[Illustration: =Shayler Paintin.=]
=PAKENHAM, CHARLES JOHN WINGFIELD=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire
Regt., _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall, Alum Bay,
I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers
[gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red,
3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his 2nd wife,
Gertrude Edith Mary, yst. dau. of William Wingfield; _b._ Northam,
near Bideford, co. Devon, 25 April, 1892; educ. Royal Naval College,
Osborne, and Victoria College, Jersey; joined the 3rd (Special
Reserve) Battn. of the Hampshire Regt., in Aug. 1910; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. to the 2nd Battn., then at Mhow, India, 21 Jan. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. following; took part in the landing at the
Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there three days
later (28 April); _unm._
=PAKENHAM, ROBERT EDWARD MICHAEL=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Munster
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Major Charles Pakenham, of Headon Hall,
Alum Bay, I.W., late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers and Royal Irish
Fusiliers [gdson. of the Hon. Sir Thomas Pakenham, G.C.B., Admiral
of the Red, 3rd _s._ of Thomas, 1st Earl of Longford], by his
wife, Emily Blanche, dau. of Charles Hercules Harrison, of Singapore;
_b._ Armagh, 27 July, 1874; educ. Lausanne House, Worthing, and
United Service College, Westward Ho!; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 24 March,
1897, and promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1898, and Capt. 1 May, 1902; served
(1) in the South African War, 1899-1900, 1902; took part in the advance
on Kimberley, including action at Belmont; operations in the Orange
Free State, April to May, 1900, and those in Orange River Colony,
May to June, 1900 (Queen's medal with three clasps and King's medal
with two clasps); and (2) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, and died in the Military Hospital, Boulogne, 17 Jan. 1915,
of wounds received in action. He _m._, 12 Sept. 1900, Nancye
(Ballinacurragh, co. Cork), 2nd dau. of William Fowler, of Broadlands
Park, Liverpool, and had three children: Ivo Robert Lygon, _b._ 4
Dec. 1903; Osmund Edward Michael, _b._ 20 April, 1905, _d._
13 April 1906; and Emilie Estelle Rosemary, _b._ 4 Feb. 1907. His
yr. brother, Lieut. C. J. W. Pakenham, was killed in the Dardanelles
(see his notice).
=PAKENHAM, WILLIAM HENRY=, L.-Corpl., No. 7765, 2nd Battn.
Connaught Rangers, only _s._ of the late Henry Pakenham, by his
wife. Maria; _b._ Granard, co. Longford, 4 June, 1885; enlisted
5 March, 1903; served eight years in India; went to France 13 Aug.
1914, and died in the Military Hospital, Colchester, 26 Feb. 1915,
from a shrapnel wound in the right shoulder received in action near
Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Holy Trinity Church, Culmore,
co. Londonderry, 20 Jan. 1914, Caroline (Burgage, Blessington, co.
Wicklow), dau. of Michael Bryant, of Tallamore, King's Co., and had a
dau., Violet Charlotte, _b._ 5 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =William H. Pakenham.=]
=PALIN, ARCHIBALD EDWIN= ("Blue"), Private, No. 938, 13th Battn.
4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, foster child of Mrs.
Ann Charman; _b._ Dorking, Surrey, 7 Jan. 1872; educ. Dorking
National Schools; afterwards going to Australia; volunteered on the
outbreak of war, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 3 May,
1915; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "He proved himself thoroughly brave
and courageous in action and always put his duty before personal
safety. He did invaluable work in his capacity as a scout and set a
great example to the other men by his coolness under heavy fire."
=PALLANT, HERBERT=, Sergt., No. 7001, 2nd Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, _s._ of Harry Pallant, Ipswich, employee on the Ipswich
Corporation Tramways Co., by his 1st wife; _b._ Ash Bocking, co.
Suffolk, 14 May, 1879; educ. Ipswich; enlisted 5 Oct. 1898; became
L.-Corpl. 1 May, 1900; Corpl. 1 Feb. 1901, and Sergt. 28 Feb. 1904;
served in Malta, Crete and South Africa (Queen's medal with four
clasps); was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve,
at the end of which time he again signed on for four years, during
which period he was employed as a Postman at the G.P.O.; mobilised 5
Aug. 1914; went to France on the 30th, and was killed in action at
Messines, 2 Nov. following. Buried on the Eastern Edge of Ploegsteert
Wood. Qrmr.-Sergt. Clague, 2nd Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, wrote: "I
did not know Sergt. Pallant previous to his joining the company on
active service, but what I saw of him convinced me that he had no fear
and died a glorious death, he was always willing to do any duty he was
called upon to do, and was a great help to the officers of company when
any trying work was to be carried out. He was liked very much by the
men of his platoon and they miss him very much now." He _m._ at
Ipswich, 3 June, 1906, Helen ( |