Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booklled in action there the following day. His Col. wrote of him as "devoted to his duty and always to be relied on," and a brother officer said that when wounded "lying on the ground he still cheered his men on--'Stick it, Welsh,' he shouted, and kept on shouting until another bullet came along and got him in the lung. He died the best death any man could die, and as game as possible. His lot did wonderfully well and fought like 'good 'uns,' and it was a hot shop they were in." A private also wrote: "He led his men into one of the fiercest fights that has ever been fought on Gallipoli Peninsula. He was loved by his men and admired by all. He fought as gallantly as any as long as he was able to lead, and I am expressing the thoughts of all the Battn. when I say it has lost one of its best soldiers." [Illustration: =Douglas Parker Robathan.=] =ROBBINS, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9916, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ROBERTS, BERTRAM=, Private, No. 2802, 1/15th Battn. (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Robert Roberts, Stationmaster at Coedpoeth, near Wrexham, G.W.R., by his wife, Mary Jane (43, Talbot Road, Wrexham), dau. of the late Edward Jones, of Glanravon, Wrexham, Farmer; _b._ Southsea, near Wrexham, co. Denbigh, 25 June, 1890; educ. Victoria Council School and Grove Park Secondary School there; entered the Civil Service in 1907; joined the Civil Service Rifles following the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915; and was killed in action at Festubert, 30 May following; _unm._ Buried near Festubert. His platoon sergt. wrote: "We feel we have lost in him a comrade who could ill be spared; his absolute indifference to danger did much to inspire confidence in those around him. He was killed by a shell that fell right in the trench and death was instantaneous." [Illustration: =Bertram Roberts.=] =ROBERTS, CECIL HARRY=, Acting Stoker, Petty Officer, K. 3377, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ROBERTS, CLIFFORD EDWARD=, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 271333, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ROBERTS, FRANK=, Private, No. 383, 1st Newfoundland Regt., 4th _s._ of Samuel Roberts, of 120, Hamilton Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, by his wife, Julia; _b._ St. John's, aforesaid, 27 March, 1892; educ. Springdale Street Commercial School; was an employee in the Boot and shoe Factory of Mr. F. Smallwoods, later entering the Dry Goods Department of Marshall Bros.; joined the Red Cross Division, 1st Newfoundland Regt., after the outbreak of the European War, 31 Aug. 1914; was at his own request transferred to the Army; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died 23 Oct. 1915, from wounds received while on patrol duty the previous day; _unm._ Buried at Mudros Island. He was a keen athlete, being the Champion Bantam-Weight Wrestler of Newfoundland, winning three gold medals and one silver one. He also won many prizes on the parallel bars. =ROBERTS, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, L.-Corpl., No. 8666. 2nd Battn. The Hampshire Regt., 7th _s._ of Robert Roberts, of 19, Clarendon Road, Havant, Labourer, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late George Maxwell; _b._ Havant, co. Hants, 22 Feb. 1892; educ. St. Faith's School there; enlisted 18 April, 1910; served in India; returned to England in Dec. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 28th; _unm._ His half-brother, Chief Petty Officer Bertram Jessie Maxwell, was killed in action in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May, 1916, and another brother, A.B. Leonard Roberts, was drowned off the S.S. Highland Corrie, 5 May, 1916. [Illustration: =Frederick William Roberts.=] =ROBERTS, GEORGE BRADLEY=, 2nd Lieut. Indian Army, attd. 1st Battn. Manchester Regt., yr. _s._ of the late Major Henry Bradley Roberts, R.E., by his wife, Alice, dau. of the Rev. G. J. Banner, M.A.; _b._ Chatham, 23 Aug. 1895; educ. Bedford Grammar School; Liverpool College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut, unattd. list. Indian Army, 15 Aug. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Manchester Regt., 11 Jan. 1915, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 7 May, 1915, of wounds received in action, near St. Julien, during the second Battle of Ypres on the 26th of the previous month; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne. =ROBERTS, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26650, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Henry Roberts, of 38, Choubert Square, Choubert Road, Peckham, S.E.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ROBERTS, HENRY GEORGE LLOYD=, Clerk, R.N., only _s._ of Charles Lloyd Roberts, of Victoria, B.C., by his wife, Mary (142, Bishop's Mansions, Bishop's Park, S.W.), dau. of the late John Byrne, of Birr, King's Co.; _b._ East Molesey, co. Surrey, 11 July, 1896; educ. Millington School, Upper Richmond Road, Putney, and Christ Hospital, Horsham; entered the Navy, 15 July, 1913, served a year on H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was lost in H.M.S. Hogue when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. The Chaplain, who was saved, wrote: "Your son was standing on the aft bridge and he and four Midshipmen were throwing wood overboard; then as the Hogue was sinking I told him and all who could swim to strip off boots, coats, etc. (he was fully dressed), and jump off and swim to something that would float, and that was the last I saw of him--your boy was not afraid, he was as cool as any one I saw, and I believe every piece of wood he threw over saved some lives." [Illustration: =Henry G. L. Roberts.=] =ROBERTS, HERBERT EDWIN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. B. 7504), 102749, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =ROBERTS, JAMES RHODERIC TRETHOWAN=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., elder _s._ of William Roberts, of Errington, 18, King's Avenue, Clapham Park. S.W., and Bridgestone House, Sheppey, Author and Journalist, a member of the literary staff of The Times since 1895; by his wife, Adelaide Rodder, dau. of the late James Trethowan, of Truro, Cornwall; _b._ London, S.W., 4 March, 1896; educ. St. Olave's Grammar School, London, and the Royal Military College. Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Suffolks, 1 Oct. 1914; went to Ypres, 1 Dec. following, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3 March, 1915, being shot near his trench by a sniper; _unm._ Buried Locre Churchyard. [Illustration: =James R. T. Roberts.=] =ROBERTS, JOHN ALFRED=, Private R.M.L.I., Ports. 14951, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ROBERTS, JOSEPH BALDWIN=, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3178), 183890, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROBERTS, OSWALD HENRY=, Private, No. 2670, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of James Casimer Roberts, of |