Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booknd class in "Mods," and "Greats," second class in Jurisprudence, the Senior Hulme Exhibition in 1912, and finally, in 1913, his B.C.L.; and was in the second year of his articles with Messrs. Stuckey, Pope & Carr. In 1910 he obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Battn. Oxford and Bucks L.I. In March, 1914, was gazetted Lieut. to the 5th (Special Reserve) Worcester Regt. He went to France, 13 Aug 1914, attd. to the 2nd Battn.; served through the retreat from Mons, and was seriously wounded in a charge through the Polyon Wood, near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, dying on his way to the 22nd Field Hospital. He was buried in the cemetery on the Hollebeke Road, just past the junction of the Menin Road; _unm._ Major Sweetman, of the 2nd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., wrote: "I saw him just after I was hit leading on his men most gallantly against a strong position of the enemy." At Brasenose he stroked the first Torpid in 1912 and was a member of the Association football team. [Illustration: =Cyril Montagu Pope.=] =POPE, ERNEST RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9964), S.S. 2589, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =POPE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111165, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Henry Richard Pope, of 2, Hampton Road, Hanworth; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =POPE, HENRY JAMES=, Private, No. 2292, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Henry Pope, of High Street, Burwash, Platelayer on the S.E. & C.R., by his wife, Emma Annie, dau. of the late John Isted, of Burwash; _b._ Burwash, co. Sussex, 28 July, 1883; educ. National School there; was a Gardener; joined the 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers in 1899 for three years and in 1912 became a member of the National Reserve. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined his old corps, went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Richebourg, 9 May following. He _m._ at Burwash Parish Church, 7 July, 1910, Alice Elizabeth (Sketrick, Etchingham, Sussex), dau. of Jabez Munday, of Faringdon, Berkshire, and had a dau., Alice, _b._ 28 Oct. 1912. [Illustration: =Henry James Pope.=] =POPE, HERBERT=, Private, No. 631, 10th Battn. Australian Light Horse (Western Australia), _s._ of William Pope, of Henrietta Street, Waterford, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth (Brook House, Moss Lane, Pinner), dau. of Richard Harieey, of Killoteran House, Waterford; _b._ Tower Hill, Ferry Bank, co. Waterford, 11 April, 1893; educ. privately and at Waterford. About four years before his death he went to Western Australia and acquired a farm there. On the outbreak of war he enlisted, and was killed in action in the charge of the Australians at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =POPE, REGINALD THOMAS BUCKINGHAM=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Welch Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late Reginald Barrette Pope, of 41, Sussex Square, Brighton, LL.B., Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Richardson (4, The Cliff, Blackrock, Brighton), dau. of Alexander Reid; _b._ Eton Place, Brighton, 29 July, 1891; educ. Junior House, Brighton College; Rottingdean School, near Brighton; Bradfield College, where he won an exhibition, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Welch Regt. 20 Sept. 1911, and joined at Cairo in Nov., was promoted Lieut. 16 July following; proceeded to France with his regt. in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 16 Feb. 1915. His Major wrote: "We had a most terrible time.... Your brother thought he had seen a sniper and got up with a rifle to try and shoot him, when almost immediately he was hit right through the forehead. He died at once without any suffering at all. When night fell I managed to get his body back and had him sent out of the trenches. He is buried at Chateau Rosenthal, Ypres, between Capt. Lloyd and another officer." Lieut. Pope was a very keen sportsman, played football and cricket for his school, and went big game shooting in the Soudan in Jan. 1914. His elder brother, Cyril Montagu Pope, Worcester Regt., was fatally wounded near Ypres, in Oct. 1914 (see his notice). [Illustration: =Reginald T. B. Pope.=] =POPE, WALTER GEORGE HENRY=, M.A.A., 165439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =PORT, HARRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3905), 191709, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =PORTEOUS, DICK MACDONALD, D.S.O.=, Capt. 1st Battn. Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of Col. John James Porteous, of 7, Sloane Street, S.W., late R.A.; _b._ Dublin, 15 June, 1883; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (the old 91st), 22 Oct. 1902, Lieut. 19 Oct. 1907, and Capt. 13 Sept. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, greatly distinguishing himself; was awarded the D.S.O. for conspicuous gallantry on many occasions throughout the campaign [London Gazette, 15 April, 1915], the official record stating that "His very great daring and total disregard of danger on reconnaissance duty, especially at St. Eloi on 19 Feb. 1915, were noticeable," and was mentioned again in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915], for distinguished service in the field. He was killed in action, being shot through the head in the trenches near Ypres, 10 May, 1915; _unm._ =PORTER, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Rifleman, No. 1551, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of the late Edward Porter, Plasterer, by his wife, Alice (now wife of Benjamin William Hatine, of 1, Ferndale Road, Forest Gate, E.), dau. of Edward Jackson; _b._ Childs Hill, London, N., 28 July, 1896; educ. Manse Road School, West Ham; was a Clerk in an Assurance Office, 110 Cannon Street; joined the London Irish Rifles in July, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, March, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 29 Aug. following. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. =PORTER, GEORGE HENRY=, Petty Officer 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2455), 169078, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =PORTER, HARRY=, Private, No. 3617, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ Codford St. Mary, co. Wilts; educ. there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 14 June, 1900; was called up from the Reserve on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 24 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Wellow, co. Somerset, Elizabeth Ann (The Batch, Wellow, Somerset), dau. of (--), and had three children: William George, Frederick Robert, and Florence Gertrude. [Illustration: =Harry Porter.=] =PORTWAINE, HARRY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16678, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =POSTLETHWAITE, JOHN JOYCE=, Trooper, No. 336, 11th, attd. 5th, Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Frank Postlethwa |