Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookwas reported missing after the first Battle of Ypres, 3 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or after that date. He had played Rugby for the Army. His elder brother, Capt. Charles Burnett Partridge, Royal Marine L.I., was killed in action in H.M.S. Good Hope two days previously (see his notice). [Illustration: =Geoffrey D. Partridge.=] =PARTRIDGE, THOMAS JOSIAH=, Ship's Corpl., 1st Class, 189739, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PATEMAN, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 9157, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Emily, dau. of George Pateman; _b._ Little Houghton, near Northampton, 22 Aug. 1890; enlisted 29 June, 1911; went to France in Aug. 1914; was wounded 22 Oct. 1914, and invalided home; returned to the front 7 April, 1915; and was killed in action at Vermelles, 20 May, 1915; _unm._ The Officer Commanding No. 2 Coy. (the Hon. T. Agar-Robartes) wrote: "A large shell fell on the top of his dug-out where he was resting and he never regained consciousness. He was a most gallant soldier and will be greatly missed"; and Sergt. (now 2nd Lieut.) H. O. Tomkins wrote: "There were four of us in our dug-out in the trenches when a shell came right through the roof, seriously wounding Will in the head, killing a corpl. instantaneously and leaving myself and the other fellow untouched. He was knocked unconscious and died two hours afterwards. He did not even moan when he was hit, so he died painlessly, and was buried in a garden in front of an old Castle at Vermelles, near La Bassée. Vermelles is marked on the map, but the castle itself is one mile to the east of the village. It can easily be traced." [Illustration: =William Pateman.=] =PATERSON, ALASTAIR FINLAY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Paterson, of Yewbank, Beauly, Ironmonger and Seed and Hay Merchant, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Tinlay Maclennan of Ardnagrask, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire; _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 4 Feb. 1888; educ. Beauly Public School and Inverness High School; joined the 4th Camerons as a Private in 1905, and previous to receiving his commission was considered one of the most efficient non-commissioned officers in D Coy. He went to the Front with his Battn. in Feb. 1915, and received his commission (24 Feb.) shortly after landing. He was wounded early in the charge against the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, and his brother, L.-Corpl. Paterson (see succeeding notice), was reported missing after the action. His wounds were not at first considered dangerous, but on 5 June he died at No. 2 British Red Cross Hospital, Rouen; _unm._ He was buried with full military honours in the St. Sevère Cemetery, Rouen. Lieut. Paterson was well known in the north, both as a noted shot and as a shinty player of high repute. He was captain of the Beauly Shinty Club for several years, and led it during the season when it won the Championship Cup. A player of skill, courage and resource, he was a notable figure on the shinty field, and the high place which his club attained was mainly due to his leadership. [Illustration: =Alastair F. Paterson.=] =PATERSON, DONALD=, L.-Corpl., No. 645, 4th Battn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of John Paterson, of Yewbank, Beauly, etc. (see preceding notice); _b._ Beauly, co. Inverness, 20 Dec. 1891; educ. Beauly Public School and Dingwall Academy; enlisted in the 4th Camerons in 1908. An architect by profession, he was at the time war broke out engaged in lands valuation work at Nethy-Bridge, but at once volunteered for foreign service. After the attack on the German trenches at Festubert on the night of 17 May, 1915 (at which his brother, 2nd Lieut. A. F. Paterson was mortally wounded), he was reported missing, but was later officially reported to have been instantaneously killed during the night of 17-18 May. From information received by his parents from L.-Corpl. Ferguson, of the same corps, it appears that Paterson was advancing towards the German trenches with the other members of D Coy., but remained behind to bind up the wounds of the said L.-Corp. Ferguson. Afterwards unable to get into touch with his companions, Paterson returned to Ferguson and remained with him over night. At daybreak he raised himself up to have a look round and endeavour to ascertain their whereabouts. Unfortunately, they were in close proximity to a German trench, and Paterson was shot by a German sniper, dying immediately. This was the second comrade whose wounds Paterson had bound up that night, and truly it may be said that he gave his life to save others. Paterson, who was _unm._, was piper to the Beauly Coy., a player of much merit and also a composer of Highland music. He was one of the champions of the Beauly Shinty Club, of which his brother, Lieut. Paterson, was captain. [Illustration: =Donald Paterson.=] =PATERSON, JOHN AGAR=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of William Morison Paterson, of 80, Great Portland Street, W., Manufacturers' Agent, by his wife, Margaret S., dau. of John Agar; _b._ Glasgow, 19 Nov. 1893; educ. Dulwich College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Bedfordshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913; went to France, early Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, 31 Oct. following; _unm._ Buried there. =PATERSON, JOHN McLELLAN STEWART=, M.A., Private, No. 2832, 4th Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Robert Paterson, M.A., Minister, Savoch U.F. Church, Auchnagatt, co. Aberdeen, by his wife, Agnes Y., dau. of John McLellan, of Burnhouse, Galston; _b._ Savoch aforesaid, 13 Dec. 1890; educ. there, Ellon H.G. School, Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh University (graduated with honours in English literature, July, 1913), and on leaving there spent several months in France and Germany with a view to qualifying as a journalist; joined the staff of the Aberdeen Free Press, as a Sub-Editor, on his return to England in May, 1914, to which paper he contributed articles, as well as to the Glasgow Herald, and The Student, etc., but, on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year, he volunteered and joined the Gordon Highlanders in Oct.; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, 22-23 April, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried there. While at Gordon's College, Aberdeen, he was one of the originators and joint editor during its first year, of the school magazine, The Gordonian, and contributed articles to it on "An Aberdeenshire Wilderness," "Bird Life on a Lake," and "The Night Shore," etc. At Edinburgh University he was one of the founders, a President, and an Honorary member, of the Edinburgh University English Literature Society; was an office bearer, and member of the Historical Society there, and of the Diagnostic Society, also of the O.T.C., and the Hockey Club. He was a great lover of nature, and wa |