Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Books._ of Joseph Wearmouth, of James Street, Stanhope, Durham; _b._ co. Durham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 6 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action. Buried Boulogne Cemetery. =WEATHERILL, EDWARD THEAKER=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Capt. John Weatherill, of 6, Ailesbury Road, Dublin, Shipowner, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Mackenzie; _b._ Dublin, 19 March, 1887; educ. at St. Andrew's College, Dublin; Fettes College, Edinburgh; and Armstrong College (Durham University), Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he obtained at the age of 20 his B.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture and Engineering, and, after serving his time as a Marine Engineer, gained his First Class Certificate, and subsequently became a Partner in his father's firm of Shipowners. At its formation in Sept. 1914, he joined the "Football" Coy. of the 7th Royal Dublin Fusiliers (having previously been a Member of the Monkstown and Lansdowne Football Clubs), and was elected by the Coy. to be Sergt. of the Machine Gun Section. On his being gazetted 2nd Lieut. in March, 1915, he was transferred from "D" Coy. to "B" Coy. of the same Battn. He left for the Dardanelles 9 July, 1915, and in the last letter received from him, dated 14 Aug. 1915, said: "We got here a week to-day, and I expect you will have heard by now all we have done so far. We landed under a very heavy shrapnel fire. Russell and I were left behind on the boat to load the stores of the Battn., and before we landed our first wounded started to come back. Then an old Taube flew over, dropped a bomb--which just missed us by inches--and gave those on shore the range, so we got shelled before we even got into the lighter. They did not hit us, however. We then landed and had to unload the boat on the beach. They got the range of us all right and we had some very narrow shaves. My water bottle was hit. Luckily we had no casualties. I will not tell you any more till I get home, except that all my fellows have behaved splendidly, and one, P. Quinn, has been mentioned. He was out sniping with me from an advanced trench on Thursday, and we got four of their snipers, so I recommended him this morning.... I am fit and well, and so far have been very lucky." He was killed in action at Suvla Bay 16 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Letters received from officers and men alike testify to his gallant conduct. Capt. J. Lucie Smith, B Coy., wrote: "He bore himself in a most gallant manner, and at 'Chocolate Hill' brought in five wounded men under fire, for which deed I believe he has been mentioned in despatches." Lieut. R. Douglas, Machine Gun Officer: "From the moment we landed he was splendid. He was in the thick of all the worst fighting round Hill 53 (the original position taken by our Battn.), he was seen one day carrying five different wounded men of ours under terrible fire, leaving his own trench each time to do so. It was on the early morning of Monday last, the 16th, that he was killed during a bomb attack by the Turks. At the time he was hit he was rallying some men of another battn. who were breaking up. He succeeded in getting them back, and so saved the position for us, but in doing so he was killed. No praise could be too high for the manner in which he fought, lived and died out here; he was wonderful." L.-Corpl. Fraser, Machine Gun Section, now Lieut. in Connaught Rangers: "We had a very severe shelling on landing, and your brother distinguished himself on several occasions for bravery, leaving the trenches and bringing five wounded men under fire. On other occasions he displayed his fearlessness of danger also. I need hardly say his deeds have commanded the admiration and respect of everyone"; and Sergt. Charles E. Sawyer, B Coy.: "He was a fearless leader and a good friend to us all. The event of Lieut. Weatherill's death needs some explanation. We were ordered to take up a position on a long ridge overlooking the sea, and 'B' Coy., with Engineers, had to dig a fire trench from the top down to the sea, and occupy it in the front line. In going towards this position in firing line formation No. 2 platoon became detached from the remainder of the Coy., the night being so dark. Mr. Weatherill then ordered us under cover while he went out to look for our Coy. He went to the top of the ridge, where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were keeping the right flank and found they had lost all, except one wounded, of their officers, and the men in a state of depression. Lieut. Weatherill returned to us and told me to go with him to where the Royal Irish Fusiliers were posted, and ordered me to find their N.C.O.'s and rouse the men as much as possible. I found they had only one L.-Corpl., and after some persuasion got the men to keep a look-out to ensure their own and our safety. We were thanked by their poor wounded officer and were returning to our platoon when Mr. Weatherill stopped and told me he felt it was his duty to stay with the Royal Irish Fusiliers, and ordered me back to take command of No. 5 and join up with the Coy. as soon as possible. He wished me good-bye and to do our best, and left me. That was the last I saw of him alive. Next morning the fighting was very great and I heard the Royal Irish Fusiliers were being badly pressed and I went to the top of the ridge and learned from one of their men that Mr. Weatherill had been killed at daybreak (only a few yards from his great friend Lieut. Russell). I must say I was with Mr. Weatherill from the moment of landing in that terrible advance round Salt Lake and other places, and can truly say that a more brave and cool officer never took men into action in that awful Peninsula, and he fell in the knowledge that he was doing his duty and died as only a gentleman and a British Officer can die." [Illustration: =Edward T. Weatherill.=] =WEAVER, ALBERT=, Leading Stoker, 308507, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WEAVER, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 312062, H.M.S. Laurel; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =WEAVER, WALTER=, Private, No. 8655, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late John Weaver, of Child Pitt, Newport, Shropshire, by his wife, Mary (Oak Cottage, Bicton Heath, near Shrewsbury), dau. of the late Edward Broome, of Hill End Farm, Lydbury, Salop; _b._ Crudgington, co. Salop, 12 Oct. 1890; educ. Lilleshall Public School, Newport, co. Salop, was a Porter, Rowton House, Newington Butts, London; enlisted in the Coldstreams in March, 1910; went to France 12 Aug. 1914, and was reported missing during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; _unm._ [Illustration: =Walter Weaver=.] =WEBB, ALBERT=, Private, 846, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; killed in action, 15 May, 1915. =WEBB, ARTHUR STUART=, Sergt., No. 11533, 1st Battn. King's Royal Ri |