Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookR, ERNEST EDWIN=, Private, No. 2980, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John Tanner, of Cheltenham, Labourer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Wheeler; _b._ Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, 16 Sept. 1877; educ. Devonshire Street School there; was Labourer at Kynock's Ammunition Works, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 Oct. 1899; served in the South African War 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902 (medal with three clasps, "Cape Colony," "S.A. 1901," "S.A. 1902"), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 7 Oct. to 12 Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 3 German Field Hospital, 15th German Army Corps, Hallin, of wounds received in action. Buried at Hallin. He _m._ at Emmanuel Church, Bristol, 3 Aug. 1907, Lillie (10, Willway Street, St. Phillip's, Bristol), 3rd dau. of Thomas Slocombe, of Bristol, and had one son, Arthur Thomas John, _b._ 23 June, 1908. [Illustration: =Ernest Edwin Tanner.=] =TANNER, RALPH EYRE=, Capt., 1st Battn. The King's Liverpool Regt., elder _s._ of Ralph Tanner, of 2, Little Dean's Yard, Westminster Abbey, S.W., M.A., Senior Assistant Master at Westminster School, by his wife, Lucy Lawrence Le Grice, dau. of George Lewis Phipps Eyre; _b._ Regent's Park, 16 July, 1885; educ. South Kensington Preparatory School; Westminster, and Sandhurst. He was gazetted on 16 Aug. 1905, as 2nd Lieut. to the King's Liverpool Regt., which had formerly been commanded by his great-uncle, Major-Gen. Edward Tanner, C.B. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 16 Sept. 1912, and served for a year with the 1st Battn. in India, 1908-9. On the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was in the retreat from Mons, behaving in the first action in which the regt. was engaged, as his Colonel wrote, "with great coolness under a murderous fire." On 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne, while leading his company through thickly wooded country he was seriously wounded by a party of Germans upon whom they came suddenly. Owing to heavy shell fire it was impossible to move from the wood, and during the course of the day another shell, bursting near, killed the two stretcher-bearers and wounded Capt. Tanner again. By the devotion of his men he was carried back some 4 miles to the dressing station, where he was skilfully doctored by Major A. Martin Leake, V.C., who, like Capt. Tanner, was an old Westminster. After seven days he reached Versailles, where he died from his wounds at No. 4 General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1914. He was buried in the Cimitière des Guards with full military honours, a guard of honour being furnished by a detachment of French cavalry and a large number of French officers attending. Col. Bannatyne, who was afterwards himself killed, wrote: "We in the regt. are sustained by the knowledge that Capt. Tanner met his death when leading the van in a magnificent attack on the enemy, who were holding an enormously strong position. The regt. was advance guard to the whole Division.... Capt. Tanner and Capt. Feneran, both of whom were wounded, most gallantly sustained the honour of the King's. Our great sorrow at his loss will consequently be mingled with pride at his most gallant conduct." Letters from his brother officers and from privates in the regt. testified to the affection in which he was held and how deeply his loss was felt. Capt. Tanner _m._ at Westminster Abbey, 11 June, 1913, Edith Vere Marjorie, 4th and yst. dau. of John Henry Brodie, then of Chart's Edge, Westerham, co. Kent, and had one son: Peter Ralph Eyre, _b._ 13 Sept. 1914. [Illustration: =Ralph Eyre Tanner.=] =TAPLIN, ALFRED CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 76), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TAPLIN, PERCY CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 7897, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TAPSFIELD, CLAUDE REGINALD=, Bandsman, No. 704, 1/5th Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), 2nd _s._ of the late Frederick Tapsfield, for 18 years a member of the East Kent Yeomanry, by his wife, Laura Louisa (2, East Hill, Ashford, Kent), dau. of Valentine Munn (now the sole survivor of the first 80 men of the 1st East Kent Volunteers sworn in at Maidstone); _b._ Maidstone, co. Kent, 5 June, 1889; educ. British School, Ashford, and S.E.A. College, Wye; was a Newsagent and Tobacconist; joined the Kent Territorials in 1905; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to India with his regt. 29 Oct. 1914, and died on service at Pachmari, 1 June, 1915, following an operation for appendicitis; _unm._ Capt. F. Muckley wrote: "Tapsfield was not only a clever musician and good soldier, but was so well liked by every one of us for his cheerful good fellowship. He was attended to his grave by every man of the 5th Buffs stationed at Pachmari, and buried with military honours." [Illustration: =Claude Reginald Tapsfield.=] =TARN, MARK AITCHISON=, Engine-Room Artificer, H.M.S. Aquarius, R.N., only _s._ of John Tarn, of Hornby Road, Bootle, Liverpool (formerly of Alston, Cumberland), Foreman Joiner, Messrs. J. Ellerman's Engine Works, Liverpool, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of James Aitchison, of Melrose; _b._ Jarrow-on-Tyne, 1 Aug. 1894; educ. Christ Church Higher Grade and the Junior Technical Schools, Bootle, and was nominated by the local authority for training as Engine-Room Artificer on board H.M.S. Fisgard, Portsmouth, 31 Dec. 1909. Here he won the high esteem of his officers and comrades by his attention to duty and proficiency. On the outbreak of war he was appointed to H.M.S. Vernon, and later to H.M.S. Aquarius, and while serving on the latter at the Dardanelles was taken ill with acute dysentery. He was transferred to No. 15 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, Lemnos Island, and died 31 Aug. 1915, being buried in the cemetery there. Tarn was an all-round sportsman, being elected captain of the Rugby football team for three years, and won his cup in the final at Devonport. A memorial tablet was placed in St. Matthew's Church, Bootle, where he served as a choir boy. [Illustration: =Mark Aitchison Tarn.=] =TARRANT, WILLIAM THOMAS=, Ship's Corpl., 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9590), 209374, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TATHAM, TREVOR HODGSON STANLEY=, Lieut., Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of Stanley Tatham, of Montana, Bournemouth, member of the Institute of Naval Architects, by his wife, Frances Emma Constance (Montana, Branksome Park, Bournemouth), dau. of Michael Hodgson Tatham; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 16 Nov. 1887; educ. The Old Ride, Branksome Park, Bournemouth; Stubbington House, Fareham, and H.M.S. Britannia; entered the Navy and became Midshipman, 15 Feb. 1904; Sub-Lieut. 15 April, 1907, and Lieut. 15 July, 1908; served six years on H.M. ships Formidable, Duncan and Barham; was A.D.C. to Capt. Walker while a Midshipman on the Formidable; took part in the Somaliland Expedition, 1909 (medal); re-appointed to t |