Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookCastleford Parish Church, 1906, Sarah Ann (16, Douglas Street, off Brook Street, Selby, co. York), dau. of Joseph Clements, of Evesham, and had three children: Joseph, _b._ 12 Nov. 1906; George Alexander, _b._ 21 April, 1909; and John Stanley, _b._ 29 Sept. 1911. [Illustration: =Alexander Patterson.=] =PATTERSON, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 12/826, Auckland Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, yst. _s._ of the late James Patterson, of Henhill, Forteviot, Farmer; by his wife, Jessie, dau. of the late Robert Mitchell, of Golland[P2, P1 had changed this to Holland, the image is clearly Golland so probably printer error]; _b._ Forteviot, co. Perth, 24 July, 1884; educ. Crieff Academy; went to New Zealand about 1907, and was farming at Moeafoa Ye Kmiti; but on the outbreak of war, volunteered for Imperial service; left for Egypt with the Main Body, 16 Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 22 May following; _unm._ =PATTERSON, CYRIL JAMES=, A.B., 208036, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PATTERSON, JOHN HEADLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 8976, 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of James Patterson, Joiner; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 7 Feb. 1884; educ. Ouseburn Board Schools there; was employed in the moulding shop of Messrs. Henry Watson & Sons, High Bridge Works; was a Reservist, and was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France at the end of Nov., and was killed in action, 4 March, 1915. Buried at Ypres. He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 28 July, 1907, Mary Pringle, dau. of (--) Melville, and had with three other children a son, John Headley, _b._ 24 Sept. 1914. =PATTINSON, HUGH LEE=, Capt. and Adjutant, 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Hugh Lee Pattinson, of Lowlynn, Beal, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Mary Constance, dau. of Lawrence W. Adamson; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 21 Aug. 1888; educ. Bengeo School, co. Herts; Rugby (Payne Smith's, now Wilson's House); Stubbington House, Fareham, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 6 Feb. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 14 Feb. 1912; temporary Capt. 28 Sept. 1914, and Capt. 9 March, 1915, being Adjutant of the 9th Battn. from 5 Sept. till the time of his death. He joined his regt. in Pietermaritzburg in 1909; went with it to Mauritius, then to Meerut and Chakrata, India, and finally to Lucknow; returned to England on leave in May, 1914, and on the outbreak of war the following Aug. was posted to the 9th Battn. Royal Fusiliers; went to France, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Houplines, 4 Aug. 1915, while superintending a working party in the communication trenches. Brig.-Gen. Borradaile wrote: "His loss will be severely felt in the Battn., in forming which he took such a large and conspicuous share, and also in the Brigade, as his qualifications as a soldier were exceptional, and had he been spared he would have made his mark." The Major commanding the Battn. wrote: "I should like you to know that this is an irreparable loss to the Regt., and particularly to this Battn. Taken all round he was the most efficient fellow I have ever worked with"; and a brother officer: "He was a splendid soldier, absolutely fearless, and loved by both officers and men." He _m._, 22 July, 1914, Catherine Lina, dau. of John Patricius Chaworth-Musters, of Annesley Park, co. Notts, J.P., and had two daus. [Illustration: =Hugh Lee Pattinson.=] =PATTLE, ERNEST=, Private, No. 11086, 4th (Reserve) Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Arthur Pattle, of Denham, Bury St. Edmunds, by his wife; _b._ Denham, co. Suffolk, 8 Sept. 1881; educ. National School there; enlisted Oct. 1914, and was missing after the action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed that day; _unm._ =PATTON, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 188359, H..M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =PAUL, GAVIN=, Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), elder _s._ of the late Gavin Paul, of Edinburgh, Coalmaster; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 Aug. 1893; educ. Bramcote, Scarborough, and Radley College, near Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards, 4 March, 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and was killed in action at Messines, 31 Oct. following; _unm._ =PAUL, GEORGE THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =PAUL, ROBERT=, Private, No. 196, H Coy. 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 2nd. _s._ of Robert Paul, of 22, Lutton Place, Edinburgh, Plumber, by his wife, Eliza; _b._ Edinburgh, 28 May, 1889; educ. Preston Street Public School there; enlisted in Sept. 1908; served at Chatham, Malta, in India and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Hooge, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his father, his Chief Officer, Capt. J. R. Couper, said: "He was killed instantaneously by a shell which burst on the parapet in front of him and two others with him. The company was heavily engaged at the time and later had to evacuate the trench by order of our General. At night we went back and buried your son along with ten others. The company lost on this date 11 killed and 22 wounded. The place was close to Hooge, which is east of Ypres, and the exact spot of his grave is not marked by any special feature or by a cross as the burial had to be done very hurriedly.... Your son was a splendid 'sticker,' and though he suffered from very bad feet, always refused to 'go sick,' and on one occasion when ordered to go to the dressing station to have his feet treated, as he could not keep up with his company, he very reluctantly went, but rejoined us within three hours, having found his way to the trench at his own pace." =PAUL, WILLIAM HENRY BOWEY=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class (Pensioner), 121261, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PAULL, ALAN DRYSDALE=, Private, No. 721, Honourable Artillery Company (T.F.), elder _s._ of Alan Paull, of Kylecote, Harrowdene Road, Wembley, J.P., F.S.I., by his wife, Catherine Swan, dau. of James Drysdale, of Devonside; _b._ Wembley, co. Middlesex, 10 June, 1894; educ. Colet Court, and St. Paul's School, where he was a Corpl. in the O.T.C.; entered his father's office on leaving school, having previously passed the examination and entered as a student of the Surveyors' Institution, and in 1914 passed the Intermediate Professional Examination; joined the H.A.C. in 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in the Ypres district 12 Dec. following, being shot by a sniper while proceeding with his section to reinforce the firing line; _unm._ He was buried at Kemmel, by a cottage now know as "Paull's Cottage." His officer wrote: "T |