Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book, including officers of his company (Sec. 11), also bore testimony to the respect in which he was held by all. [Illustration: =Leslie Thomson.=] =THORBURN, WILLIAM=, Sergt.-Artificer, A.S.C., No. M./2, 101388, attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Gun Service, eldest _s._ of William Thorburn, of 110, Second Avenue, Clydebank, Linotype Operator, by his wife, Jessie Symington, 3rd dau. of the late Alexander Briton, Boot and Shoe Maker, Queen Street and Shawlands, Glasgow; _b._ Glasgow, 27 May, 1894; educ. at Dalmuir Public School, Clydebank; was employed by the Singer Manufacturing Company, Kilbowie, as an Engineer; enlisted 18 Nov. 1914; was promoted Corpl. and transferred to the Active Service Corps on Saturday, 29 May, 1915, being attd. to the 11th Battery, Motor Machine Guns, as Mechanic, and went to France on 7 July, 1915. He was employed at the time of his death in a blacksmith's shop constructing an iron covering to bring a cycle and machine gun into action under cover, when one of the battery accidentally discharged a loaded revolver at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 7 Aug. 1915. The bullet entered his throat and travelled to his back and down the spine, and two and three-quarter hours later he died in hospital. He was buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, just outside Bethune; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Thorburn.=] =THORNTON, EDWARD=, Private, No. 11817, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Thornton, of 16, Berkeley Street, Lambeth; _b._ co. Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action near Cambrin, 27 June, 1915; _unm._ =THORNTON, JACK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2997), 220331, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =THORNTON, LEACH=, Telegraphist, J. 11559, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =THORNTON, WILLIAM CHATMAN=, A.B., S.S. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =THORPE, CYRIL KIRKMAN=, A.B., J. 7169, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =THORPE, EDWARD ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310026, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =THORPE, GEORGE ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110938 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =THRUSH, GEORGE=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., B. 2050), 164113, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =THUMWOOD, ARTHUR GEORGE=, Leading Stoker, 300662, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =THUNDERCLIFFE, ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8086 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =THURGOOD, JOHN EDWARD=, Petty Officer, 180071, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =THURLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./14029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =THURLEY, ANSELL GIFFORD=, Armourer's Crew, M. 2565, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Joseph Thurley, of 24, Station Road, Westgate-on-Sea; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =THURLOW, ARTHUR GEOFFREY=, 2nd Lieut., 8th Battn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regt., only _s._ of the late Arthur James Thurlow, of The Rookery, High Wycombe, co. Bucks, by his wife, Florence; _b._ High Wycombe, 8 Nov. 1891; educ. Norfolk House School, Beaconsfield; Felsted School, and won an open classical scholarship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (where he graduated B.A. with classical honours, June 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 8th Duke of Wellington's Regt., 9 Sept. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 1 June, 1915; took part in the landing at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug.; was wounded 21 Aug., and died at Alexandria, 29 Aug. 1915, of his wounds; _unm._ Buried at Alexandria. He was a fine athlete; was Captain of his College football team, and a member of The Wanderers Club, and played hockey for the University. [Illustration: =Arthur Geoffrey Thurlow.=] =THURSTON, SIDNEY GEORGE=, A. B. (R.F.R., B. 9808), 203210, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TIBBO, JAMES JOSEPH=, Private, No. 1017, D Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd _s._ of Richard Tibbo, of 7, Lime Street, St. John's, Newfoundland, Labourer, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of Richard Roach; _b._ St. John's aforesaid, 12 Nov. 1894; educ. St. Patrick's Hall and Holy Cross Christian Brothers' Schools; was a Seaman; joined the Newfoundland Regt. 13 Jan. 1915; left for England, 20 March; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 1 Dec. 1915, while gallantly assisting a stretcher bearer to remove the wounded; _unm._ [Illustration: =James Joseph Tibbo.=] =TIDBURY, ALFRED HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9670), S.S. 107002, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TIDMAN, THOMAS JAMES SAMUEL=, Petty Officer, 196090, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =TIERNEY, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9535), S.S. 106901, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TIGHE, BERNARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4818), S.S. 1738, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TILBURY, DAVID=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 548), late R.M.A., 5982, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TILDESLEY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3195), S.S. 100853; H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TILLETT, JAMES ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (O.S.), 178794, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TILLEY, HENRY PERCIVAL=, Private, No. 8669, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Parkstone, co. Dorset; enlisted 5 Aug. 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 Oct. 1914. =TILLEY, JAMES CHARLES=, Gunner, R.M.A., 1288, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =TIMBRELL, GORDON=, Sergt., No. 225, 3rd Light Horse, Australian expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of the late Samuel Timbrell, for many years Manager of the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow, by his wife, Charlotte Whyte (now wife of Anderson Rodger, of 59, Longridge Road, Earl's Court, S.W.), dau. of George Gordon, of Aberdeen; _b._ Glasgow, 13 April, 1891; educ. Glasgow High School, and on leaving there in 1906 went to Stubbington House, Fareham, to be prepared for entrance in the Royal Navy as an Engineer Cadet. This idea had to be abandoned owing to the new age limit (12 years) coming into force, bringing Engineers under the same regulations as the Executive Cadets. Shortly afterwards he entered the office of a shipping firm in Stettin, with the purpose of learning the German language in combination with business training, and on leaving there, returned to Glasgow where he served a brief a |