Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booku. of George Fish; _b._ Blackburn, 9 Dec. 1894; educ. St. Paul's School there; enlisted 9 Aug. 1914; went to France, Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ =READ, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1618U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =READ, WILLIAM=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 312525, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =READER, HENRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6719), 186352, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =READING, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1389), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =REARDON, GEORGE HERBERT=, A.B., 236287, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =REARDON, SAMUEL MICHAEL=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 156685, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =REASON, PATRICK EDWARD=, 2nd Writer, 345759, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =REDDOCK, SAMUEL ALLAN=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. (Toronto Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of ---- Reddock; _b._ Toronto, Canada, 5 April, 1885; educ. Dutferin School, and the Central Business College, Toronto; joined the 2nd Queen's Own Rifles of Canada as a Private in 1906, and became successively Corpl., Sergt., Colour-Sergt.; volunteered for Imperial Service after the outbreak of war; came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915; was promoted Lieut., 12 May, 1915, after the battle of St. Julien, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 26 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert; _unm._ Buried Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne. [Illustration: =Samuel A. Reddock.=] =REDHEAD, THOMAS=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =REDMAYNE, JAMES=, Sergt., No. 2017, 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of William Redmayne, of 7, Cecil Street, Barnoldswick, co. York, Farmer, by his wife, Isabella Jane, dau. of Thomas Parker; _b._ Kirkby Malham, near Bell Busk, co. York, 2 June, 1879; educ. Wigglesworth, near Settle, co. York; was employed with Messrs. Bateman, Wholesale Provision Merchants, of Colne, co. Lancaster, for several years, but went to Australia in Jan. 1908; settled at Kyogle, and worked at a Sawmill for Messrs. Munro & Lever; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, and joined the Australian Imperial Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt in April; went to the Dardanelles in the beginning of June, and died on Hospital Ship Gascon, 11 July following, of wounds received in action there; _unm._ [Illustration: =James Redmayne.=] =REDMOND, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8209), S.S. 104015, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =REDPATH, JAMES THOMAS=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, eldest _s._ of the late James Alexander Redpath, Northumberland Constabulary, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of Police Supt. Robert Henry Taylor, of Hexham), adopted dau. of Thomas and Hannah Mattison, of South Lodge, Blagdon, Northumberland; _b._ Haddon-on-the-Wall, co. Northumberland, 15 July, 1887; educ. Morpeth; enlisted in Feb. 1903; promoted Sergt. in 1906, and was given a commission, 11 Feb. 1915, in his own Battn.; served in Egypt and India, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at Y. Beach the following day. A commanding officer wrote: "His was a promising young life cut down. He had the brains and ability to rise to anything he wished"; and a comrade: "He was one of the best and died like a soldier. Twice he was wounded, had his wounds dressed and returned to the firing line between the time of landing on Y. Beach, on 25 April and 26 April, when he was killed gallantly leading his men. He behaved most coolly and well all through." He was for two years running the Battn. shot, and held certificates for efficiency; took a keen interest in shooting, and hunting big game. He _m._ at Rothbury. 19 Oct. 1906, Agnes McMillan (16, Comely Bank, Edinburgh), dau. of William Macdonald, of Edinburgh, and had two children: Alexander William, _b._ 4 Sept 1909; and Rosalind Constance, _b._ 27 Feb. 1915. [Illustration: =James Thomas Redpath.=] =REED, ERNEST WILLIAM=, Chief Stoker, 295282, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =REED, JAMES McGREGOR=, A.B., 233483, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =REED, JOHN ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5263), S.S. 1916, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =REED, JOSEPH JOHN=, Private, No. 10903, No. 3 Coy., 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, only _s._ of Joseph Reed, of 30, Cleaveland Street, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Brass Dresser, by his wife, Comfort Thurza, dau. of John Miles, of Deepfields; _b._ Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, 28 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Mark's Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton; was a Grocer's Assistant at Burges & Coulbourn's, Team; enlisted on the outbreak of war, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France on 26 Nov. 1914, and died in No. 4 Clearing Hospital, 26 Dec. following, of wounds received in action at Givenchy, on the 21st; _unm._ Buried in cemetery at Lillers. =REED, OLIVER=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3790), S.S. 1028, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =REED, REGINALD JOSEPH=, Leading Seaman, 234667, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =REED, WILLIAM ELLIS=, Private, No. 8571, 1st Battn. The Bedford Regt., eldest _s._ of William Reed, of The Mount, Royston, co. Herts, formerly of Whaddon, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Ellis (and Jane) Smith, of Whaddon; _b._ Whaddon, co. Cambridge, 9 Oct. 1887; educ. National School there; enlisted 3 July, 1906; served five years in Gibraltar, Africa and Bermuda, and passed into the Reserve, 13 March, 1913; was called up on mobilisation, 5 Aug. 1914; landed in France on the 13th of that month; took part in the retreat at La Bassée, and round Ypres, also in various other engagements during the winter of 1914-15, and was killed in action near Ypres, 30 March, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Ellis Reed.=] =REEVES, GEOFFREY FREDERICK JOHN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., only _s._ of Edward John Reeves, of The Cottage, Chandler's Ford, co. Hants, Civil Engineer, by his wife, Erica Mary, dau. of the Rev. F. Young, of South Sheen; _b._ St. Leonards-on-Sea, 12 Oct. 1894; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and Jesus College, Oxford (Scholar); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Hampshires, 15 Aug. 1914; joined his regt. on the 31st, and was attd. to the 2nd Battn.; landed at the Dardanelles, 26 May, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 June following; _unm._ Burie |