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red for first. Both in his
life and death he was a splendid example."

 [Illustration: =John Roger Wallace.=]

=WALLACE, JOSEPH=, Leading Stoker, 282825, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALLACE, THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 7349, 1st Battn. Royal Scots
(Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed
in action at Ypres, 12 May, 1915.

=WALLACE, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Private, No. 7865, 1st Battn. East
Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France;
killed in action, 14 Dec. 1914.

=BURGOYNE-WALLACE, DOUGLAS BURGOYNE=, Lieut., 7th Duke of
Connaught's Own Rajput L.I., Indian Army, elder _s._ of Frederick
Burgoyne Burgoyne-Wallace, of Beechmont, Cheltenham, by his wife,
Hannah, dau. of Robert Watson, of Victoria Park, co. Ayr, and gdson. of
the late Gen. Hill Wallace, C.B., R.H.A., by his wife, Harriet, dau.
of Capt. Frederick Burgoyne, R.N. (who was present at the Battle of
Cape St. Vincent); _b._ Edinburgh, 12 June, 1893; educ. Cheltenham
College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and was gazetted
2nd Lieut. to the unattd. list for the Indian Army, 12 Aug. 1912. He
was attached to the 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt. at Belgaum for a year, and
was posted to the 7th Rajputs 2 Nov. 1913, being promoted Lieut. Nov.
1914. He left India with his regt. for the Persian Gulf in the same
month and was reported as missing after the heavy fighting at Ahwaz, 2
March, 1915. He was _unm._ Whilst at Cheltenham College he gained
the Gold Medal in 1910 presented by the Republique Francaise Ministère
de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux Arts for French competed for by
all the Public Schools.

 [Illustration: =D. B. Burgoyne-Wallace.=]

=WALLARD, WALTER=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1817), H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=WALLER, GEORGE=, Private, No. 3082, C Coy., 5th (Cinque Ports)
Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Waller, of
Uckfield Road, Ringmer, Lewes, Stockman to Mr. John Porter, Park Farm,
Ringmer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Godcher, of Streat; _b._
Curd's Farm, Barcombe, co. Sussex, 25 Nov. 1895; educ. Ringmer Council
School, near Lewes; was Groom and Gardener to Mr. Moore Wellingham,
Ringmer; enlisted 25 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb., and was killed
in action at Richebourg, 9 May, 1915; _unm._

 [Illustration: =George Waller.=]

=WALLER, HORACE EDMUND=, Private, No. 1530, Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry, yr. _s._ of John Edward Hopkins Waller,
of Rockvale, co. Tipperary, 172, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and The
Nook, Westgate-on-Sea, M.Inst.C.E., by his wife, Annette Elizabeth,
dau. of Adolphe Naudé, and grandson of the late John Francis Waller, of
Finoe House, co. Tipperary, LL.D., J.P., Barrister-at-Law, writer and
poet; _b._ in London, 16 April, 1891; educ. the Towers, Wellington
College, and Tonbridge School (Scholar), and on leaving there entered
the Engineering Section of the University of London at King's College,
and was one of the earliest members of the O.T.C. In 1910 he went to
Canada where he engaged in engineering, the principal work with which
he was connected being the Hydro Electric installation of the Algoma
Central Railway at Steep Hill Falls, Ontario, and the government survey
of Strathcona Park, Vancouver Island, B.C. On the declaration of war
he joined the 1st Contingent of Princess Patricia's Canadian L.I. as
a private, and after training in Canada, on Salisbury Plain, and at
Winchester, left Southampton for France with his regt. to join the
Expeditionary Force on Sunday, 20 Dec. 1914. Owing to his intimate
knowledge of French and his experience as an engineer, he was detailed
to act as interpreter and guide. He was frequently in the trenches, and
although as a result of the severe conditions prevailing he developed
dysentery, he would not be persuaded to rest. On 4 Feb. however, he
was obliged to enter hospital at Boeschèpe, and he died there, 7 Feb.
1915; _unm._ He was buried in the churchyard at Boeschèpe with
full military honours. Lieut. Crubbe wrote: "I must tell you as one of
his company officers how great a loss to No. 4 he is. He was always an
excellent soldier, and seemed to thoroughly realise how his superior
education and position necessitated his being a good example, and in
this he never failed. Since we have been actually fighting he was of
great service as a company guide, and invariably showed the greatest
courage and devotion to duty"; and Sergt. Phillips: "Everybody in No. 4
Coy. and anybody in other companies who knew him join you in mourning
the loss of one of the best little fellows that ever lived, and one
whom I am very proud to have called friend. He was the most popular man
in the company."

 [Illustration: =Horace Edmund Waller.=]

=WALLER, JAMES=, A.B., J. 8260, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in
the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914.

=WALLER, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 2467, 1/7th Battn. The
Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Charles Waller, of
121-123, Edgware Road, London, W., Master Tailor (died 2 Feb. 1916), by
his wife, Alice Easter (123, Edgware Road, London, W.), dau. of James
Waller, of Old Catton, Norwich; _b._ New Cross, London, 14 June,
1896; educ. Regent Street Polytechnic; was a student at Selfridges;
enlisted in Aug 1914 on the outbreak of war; left for France, 12
March, 1915, and was killed in action, 7 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried
in the Military Cemetery on the Rue Petillon, near Neuve Chapelle.
Lieut. A. G. Groser wrote: "He was a universal favourite among the
non-commissioned officers and men of No. 3 Platoon. 'Best man in my
section,' his sergeant used to say to me. Among the men all spoke well
of 'Nobby,' as they used to call him.... On the night of May 7, your
son was in the party of 19 under myself which was to occupy an advanced
trench 70 yards in front of the trenches, and within 70 yards of the
German lines. We occupied this advanced trench at 8.30 p.m., and barely
had the sentries been posted, when a party of over 24 Germans, bent
on slaughter, appeared on all sides and attempted to rush this trench.
They had crawled up under cover of darkness, then jumping up they fired
at us and then rushed into close quarters. After a hand-to-hand fight
lasting a few minutes, they were beaten off with the loss of seven
killed and several wounded. But four of the platoon lay on the ground
wounded, and three more had slight wounds. Your son with five others
under Sergt. Hocking (who has since died of wounds) stood up and fought
like the gentleman he was against fully 15 of the Germans. Facing the
enemy who appeared in front, he was shot in the back by one of those
who sprang up from the rear. Though four were badly wounded they went
on fighting till they drove the Germans off, which undoubtedly went
a long way to saving the position. He behaved like a gentleman and a
hero, as I ever thought he would should such circumstances arise. He
was conscious the whole
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