Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book. 11520, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =WEEKES, JOHN=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9369), 296881, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =WELBURN, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 6663, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _s._ of Thomas Welburn, of Weaverthorpe, Sherbarn Eke, York, by his wife, Louisa, dau. of the late Thomas Swain; _b._ Allerston Marshes, Pickering, 9 Feb. 1889; educ. Sledmere; enlisted 25 Feb. 1904, served three years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve, and was for some time in the Huddersfield Police Force and at the time of the outbreak of war was an attendant at the County Asylum, Rainhill, near Liverpool; he was called up on mobilization 5 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, Belgium, 30 Oct. 1914, by the bursting of a shell; _unm._ [Illustration: =Arthur Welburn.=] =WELBY, RICHARD WILLIAM GREGORY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, elder _s._ and _h._ of Sir Charles Glynne Earle Welby, of Denton Manor, Grantham, 5th Bt., C.B., formerly M.P. for Newark; by his wife, Lady Maria Louisa Helen, sister of Frederick William Fane, 4th Marquis of Bristol, and elder dau. of the late Lord Augustus Hervey; _b._ Denton Manor, 16 Oct. 1888; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 24 May, 1911; went to France with his battn. which formed part of the 4th (Guards) Brigade, 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 16 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried in Soupir Churchyard, near Vailly on the Aisne. The Officer Commanding his battn. wrote: "We have been fighting a hard battle and had a very severe action on Tuesday, when Dick Welby was wounded in the shoulder. We were very short of officers owing to our heavy casualties, and every officer of Dick's coy. had been killed or wounded. He very pluckily insisted on remaining at duty (instead of going to the hospital) to help us through the difficulty, and remained at duty during the following day; on the third day we got a terrible shelling and poor Dick was killed. I can't tell you how we all deplore Dick's loss, nor how gallantly he did his duty to the end." Lieut. Welby was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 8 Oct [London Gazette, 19 Oct.] 1914. [Illustration: =Richard W. G. Welby.=] =WELCH, GEORGE RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 190986, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WELCH, WALTER GEORGE FREDERIC=, Lieut., 117th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, only _s._ of Reginald Courtenay Welch, for twenty years Principal of the Army College, Heath End, Farnham, near Aldershot, by his wife, Adeline Charlotte, dau. of the late Abingdon Compton; _b._ Hyde Park, London, 7 March, 1890; educ. Charterhouse; The Army College, Farnham, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (passed in 25th on list, Jan. 1909); gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.F.A., 22 July, 1910, and posted to 127th Battery at Bordon; went to Depôt at Preston, Jan. 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 23 July following. On mobilization he was attached to the 44th Brigade Ammunition Column; went to France 21 Aug. 1914, where he was, shortly after his arrival, posted to the 117th Battery, 26th Brigade, R.F.A. (1st Division), and took part in the fighting on the Aisne and in Flanders. He was killed in action while fighting his guns about 1,000 yards south of Veldhock, E.S.E. of Ypres, on the evening of 30 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote of him: "He was the life and soul of our little mess: a keen and a good soldier. We buried him alongside the guns he had fought"; and one of those who served under him wrote: "Mr. Welch was always very popular with the men, especially so in action." Lieut. Welch was a keen football player and on one occasion at the Front took part in a match played behind the firing line, which was interrupted by a German bombardment and resumed when the fire died down. [Illustration: =Walter George F. Welch.=] =WELCH, WALTER LEONARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15266, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =WELCH, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Armourer's Crew, M. 5907, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =WELCHMAN, EDWARD THEODORE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Edward Welchman, of Carshalton, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., formerly of Heckington, Lincolnshire, by his wife, Alice, dau. of James Singleton; _b._ Southea, co. Cambridge, 21 July, 1881; educ. Sleaford Grammar School and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd West Yorkshires, 11 Aug. 1900; and promoted Lieut. 20 March, 1902, and Capt. 7 March, 1910; served in the South African War, 1901-2; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, April, 1901, to 31 May, 1902 [Despatches, London Gazette, 17 Jan. 1902; Queen's medal with three clasps, D.S.O.], and with the 1st Battn. in the Mohmand Expedition, 1908 (medal with clasp). On his return home he joined the 3rd Reserve Battn. at York, but on the outbreak of war rejoined the 1st Battn.; went to France, 1 Oct. 1914, and died 26 Oct. following, at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, of wounds received at Le Paradis on the 20th. Buried Boulogne Hospital Cemetery; _unm._ Capt. Welchman had a fine record, and numberless letters bear the highest testimony to his character and attainments. He was a keen sportsman, and very popular in both his regt. and outside it. He qualified for the Staff College, Camberley, which he entered Jan. 1914. =WELFARE, HAROLD CUTHBERT=, Sergt., No. 1341, 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry (T.F.), _s._ of John Henry Welfare, of St. Elliott's, Crowborough, Farmer, by his wife, Emily, dau. of William Boarer, of Boarshead, Sussex; _b._ Crowborough, co. Sussex, 6 Oct. 1892; educ. King Charles' School, Tunbridge Wells; was for some time in a solicitor's office; afterwards returned to his father's farm; joined the Sussex Yeomanry in 1910; volunteered for foreign service in Aug. 1914, on the outbreak of war, and the same month was promoted L.-Sergt., Aug. 1915, and Sergt. 6 Oct. 1915, the day before landing at Gallipoli. He took part in the fighting there during Oct., Nov. and Dec., and was almost the last man of the Brigade to leave on the evacuation on 1 Jan. 1916. He died in the Island of Lemnos, 28 Jan. 1916, from heart failure while leading in a Brigade Marathon Race, and was buried there in Portianos Cemetery with full Military Honours. A memorial cross was subscribed for and erected by his comrades. His chief officer, Major H. Powell-Edwards, wrote: "I would rather have lost anyone in my squadron sooner than him. He was a most capable soldier, cheerful under all circumstances, and a tower of strength in hard times. He died in the service of his country, and was in his life a gallant soldier and a gentleman whom England could ill spare." At King Charles' School he was |