Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookst. dau. of the late William Knott, of Stanton, and had three children: Frederick Arthur William, _b._ 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, _b._ 22 May, 1906, and Florence Lucy, _b._ 23 Aug. 1908. [Illustration: =Frederick Rosier.=] =ROSS, ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 3rd and yst. _s._ of the late Edward Charles Russell Ross, Barrister (first winner of the Queen's prize at Wimbledon), by his wife, Margaret Seymour (Callands, North Berwick), yst. dau. of Capt. John Osborne, of 67, Eton Place, S.W., 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; and gdson. of Horatio Ross, of Rossie Castle, Montrose; _b._ The Rounds, Wimbledon Common, co. Surrey, 26 Nov. 1889; educ. Ardoreck, Crieff; and Glen Almond, Perth; joined the 3rd Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 18 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, afterwards being transferred to the 1st Battn. and joined them at the front, 11 Feb. 1915; was reported missing after the action at Richebourg L'Avoué, 9 May, 1915, and was later ascertained to have been killed that day while leading his men in a charge; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: "I cannot speak too highly of Ross. He was brave to the extreme, and liked by all ranks. I shall never forget his splendid coolness under very heavy shell fire on Neuve Chapelle day, 10 March, 1915, an example, not only to the men, but to myself as well"; and another: "if he died, he died splendidly. I have never met anyone who I admired more. His character was great and noble, his personality charming, his mind pure and simple. As he ran forward to that fatal charge, he shook hands with a brother officer, left in reserve, saying 'Good-bye--if I don't come through, anyway, it's a glorious death to die.'" 2nd Lieut. Ross was a good all-round sportsman and expert with rod, rifle and gun, and a keen yachtsman. [Illustration: =Archibald Seymour Ross.=] =ROSS, CECIL JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7241). S.S. 102193, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROSS, COLIN JOHN=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270035, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROSS, GEORGE ALEXANDER SINCLAIR=, M.A., Capt., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder _s._ of the late William Sinclair Ross, of Marchmont Road. Edinburgh, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Nilson; _b._ Edinburgh, 8 March, 1870; educ. Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1894, and became a teacher of mathematics in Broughton Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; joined the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.) in 1902, as Lieut. in the College Coy. (recruited from students attending the Training Colleges of the Scottish Churches studying in Edinburgh); promoted Capt. 22 March, 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was transferred to the 4th Battn. with the bulk of his Company, 19 Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, leading his Coy. in a charge on the enemy's trenches; _unm._ He was a keen golfer, being well known on several of the golf courses near Edinburgh. [Illustration: =George Alexander S. Ross.=] =ROSS, JAMES JOHN (ERIC)=, Private, No. 11208, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots; _b._ Ireland, 6 Dec. 1888; educ. South African University; went to South Africa with his parents in infancy, but returned to England after their deaths; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 3 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vierstraat, 22 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while on sentry duty; _unm._ Buried there. =ROSS, JAMES OSWALD=, Private, No. 8/846, 14th Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Duncan Ross, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand, Farmer; _b._ Mandeville aforesaid, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. there; joined the Otago Regt., 1 April, 1911; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, at Dunedin, 22 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried at Walker's Ridge. =ROSS, WILLIAM JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10808), S.S. 2905, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ROSS, WILLIAM MUNRO=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only _s._ of William Edmond Ross, and his wife, Gertrude Maud, dau. of the late Thomas Bevan, of Stone Park, Greenhithe, co. Kent; _b._ Bishops Stortford, co. Herts, 22 March, 1892; educ. St. Andrew's, Eastbourne, Eton (J. H. M. Hare's House), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club and took a Tripos degree in 1914. In Oct. 1914 he received a commission (dated 14 Aug.) as University Candidate in the 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, being given a year's seniority in respect of his university degree, was promoted Temp. Lieut. (commission ante-dated, 25 Oct. 1914) and confirmed in rank of Lieut. Dec. following. In Jan. 1915, he took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. (formerly the 92nd) and was killed close to the German trenches in the attack on Neuve Chapelle, 11 March. A brother officer wrote: "He was leading his platoon in splendid style when he was hit by several bullets." He was very keen on hunting, shooting and cricket, and was very musical. [Illustration: =William Munro Ross.=] =ROSSER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4251), 207934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ROSSITER, PHILIP=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., elder _s._ of Sydney Rossiter, 11, Cumberland Road, Brighton, Assistant Inspector of Schools for East Sussex, formerly Headmaster (1904-14) of Fairfields School, Basingstoke, by his wife, Ada, dau. of John Cooper, of High Street, Cheltenham; _b._ South Hackney, London, 15 March, 1894; educ. Fairfields School and Queen Mary's Grammar School, Basingstoke and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. of the Berkshires, 22 July, 1914, joined in August, sailed from Southampton on 19 Dec. following and was attached on landing to the 2nd Queen's Royal West Surreys; killed in action near Armentières, 19 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Fleurbaix. Philip Rossiter won a Hants County Junior Scholarship in 1906 and a Senior in 1910. He held the latter for four years at Reading University College. He was an undergraduate of London University and passed the B.Sc. Intermediate examination in 1912. At college he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Sports Club and a member of the Student's Representative Council. He obtained his Colours for Rowing and was a member of the 2nd Four in 1913 and 1914. He, however, showed most interest in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Colour-Sergt. and passed the examinations for both the "A" and "B" Certificates. He was also a keen swimmer, and at Basingstoke Grammar School he won the Senior Cup for two years in succession. His younger |