Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookin the trenches; _unm._ His elder brother, Surgeon William Tyndall, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on active service in France. =UDEN, FREDERICK EDWIN=, A.B., J. 7028, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =UNDERHAY, GEORGE THEODORE=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8930), 222560, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =UNDERHILL, CLARENCE GORDON=, Leading Seaman, 208615, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =UNDERHILL, FREDERICK TOM=, Private, No. 1109, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Frederick Tom Underhill, of Aptor Marldon, co. Devon, by his wife, Emily (6, Killieser Avenue, Streatham Hill, S.W.), dau. of James Stidston; _b._ Aptor Marldon, 22 July, 1886; educ. Bancrofts School, Essex, and was afterwards employed in the City. On the outbreak of war he enlisted in the West Kent Yeomanry, and was later transferred to the London Rifle Brigade, with which he went to the Front, 6 Nov. 1914. He saw five months of service with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action in the Ploegsteert trenches, 29 March, 1915, having been nominated for promotion just previous to his death. He was buried in the Rifle Brigade cemetery, in the Ploegsteert Wood; _unm._ Letters from his officers and comrades all testify to his wonderful cheerfulness under the greatest of discomforts, his helpfulness, and his readiness for any and every fatigue duty. His brother, Lieut. G. Underhill, 9th Devons, is now (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Frederick Tom Underhill.=] =UNDERHILL, RAYMOND BENWELL=, Private, No. 1685, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensingtons) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Richardson Underhill, Watchmaker and Jeweller, by his wife, Annie (123, Holland Park Avenue, W.), dau. of James Benwell, of Knightsbridge; _b._ Kensington, W., 9 Oct. 1881; educ. St. Mary Abbotts Higher Grade School there; joined the 4th Middlesex Volunteers afterwards, in 1907, the 13th London Territorials, and served eight years; went to Canada in March, 1907; returned to England in 1909, and went into business as a watchmaker and jeweller at 39, Earl's Court Road, Kensington; rejoined his old regt. immediately war was declared; volunteered for foreign service; went to France in Oct., and died at No. 6 Clearing Station, Merville, 11 Feb. 1915, from appendicitis contracted while on active service; _unm._ Buried in Merville Cemetery, France (Grave No. E 10) [Illustration: =Raymond B. Underhill.=] =UNDERWOOD, JOSEPH SAMUEL GEORGE=, Ordinary Signalman, J. 17076, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =UNWIN, ROBERT, HENRY=, Leading Signalman (R.F.R., B. 3500), 164358, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =UPFOLD, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1797), 353621, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =UPRICHARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10810), S.S. 108911, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =UPTON, HON. ERIC EDWARD MONTAGU JOHN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 2nd Battn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, elder _s._ and heir of Henry Edward Montagu Dorington Clotworthy, 4th Viscount Templetown, of Castle Upton, Templepatrick, co. Antrim, by his wife, Lady Evelyn, née Finch Hatton, dau. of George William, 10th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham; _b._ Steventon, co. Hants, 8 March, 1885; educ. at Eton (Mr. H. E. Luxmoore's) and Sandhurst. He passed out of Sandhurst with honours, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 16 Aug. 1905, and joined the 2nd Battn. King's Royal Rifles in India, being promoted Lieut. 3 Oct. 1908, and returning with them in 1910. He was assistant Adjutant, 1910-13, and was appointed Adjutant, 1 Jan. 1914. On the outbreak of war the 2nd Battn. mobilised on the Chobham Ridges and went out under Lieut.-Col. Pearce Serocold in the 2nd Infantry Brigade under Major-Gen. Bulfin. Capt. Upton served through the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne. He was wounded at the first Battle of Ypres, was twice mentioned in Despatches, 31 May and 30 Nov. 1915 [London Gazette, 22 June, 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916], and promoted Tempy. Capt. 15 Nov. 1914. He was killed near Rue de Bois during the action of 9 May, 1915. His Colonel wrote of him: "Besides being an exceptionally gallant officer, the work he has done for the battn. will live and be felt by it for years. I need hardly say there was no more popular officer in the regt., and I personally have lost a very dear and loyal friend, and those who knew him well realised that his character and abilities had marked him out for a great career in the Service." A good cricketer and football player, and an experienced big game shooter in India, and deeply devoted to his regt., he had a remarkable power of gaining the affection of all with whom he came in contact, rich and poor alike, and his loyalty to his friends was one of his most marked characteristics. He was _unm._, and was buried in the Soldiers' Cemetery, near the Rue de Bois, Richebourg St. Vaast. His yr. brother, the Hon. Henry Upton, is now (1916) on active service as a 2nd Lieut. in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry. [Illustration: =Hon. E. E. M. J. Upton.=] =UPTON, RICHARD=, Sergt., No. 2356, The Royal Flying Corps, 3rd surviving _s._ of the late Capt. Richard Upton, 4th Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt.), and of the Political and Secret Department of H.M. India Office, by his wife, Harriet Frances (92, Tooting Bee Road, S.W.), dau. of the late Richard Clayton Strelley, of Oakerthorpe, co. Derby; _b._ Finchley, 11 Sept. 1881; educ. privately, and deciding upon a sea career, passed through the stages of his apprenticeship in a sailing boat, and eventually became a captain and master mariner in the Straits S.S. Service, L.F., being regarded as the commodore of the fleet of 17 boats. While home on leave in July, 1914, he obtained his first-class flying ticket in the Grahame-White School of Flying, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, joined the Legion of Frontiersmen; went to France, where he did good work as a free lance with the Red Cross Society. He then joined the R.F.C., was promoted Sergt., and died in Tidworth Military Hospital, 3 May, 1915, of pneumonia, contracted while on active service; _unm._ [Illustration: =Richard Upton.=] =UPTON, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 19637, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =UREN, GEORGE THOMAS=, L.-Corpl., No. 8/1149, 14th Otago Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Uren, of Clyde, Otago Central, New Zealand, formerly of St. Ives; _b._ Clyde, Otago, New Zealand, 2 April, 1887; educ. there; was by trade a Printer; volunteered on the outbreak of war; joined the New Zealand Expeditionary |