Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Books going into the trenches, and died in No. 4 General Hospital, Versailles, 6 June, 1915, of brain fever, following gunshot wound in the head, received in action, 28 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried in the General Cemetery, Versailles (G.R.C. 3378). [Illustration: =George West.=] =WEST, HERBERT GIDEON=, Private, No. 9527, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of John West, of Silver Street, Steeple Ashton, near Trowbridge, Farmer, by his wife, Annie, dau. of John Kingman; _b._ Steeple Ashton, co. Wilts, 18 Jan. 1895; educ. National School there; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 18 March, 1912; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Rentel, 6 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried in Rentel Woods. [Illustration: =Herbert Gideon West.=] =WEST, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman, 197482, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WEST, ROBERT JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10382, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WEST, WILFRED SCRIMSHAW=, L.-Corpl., No. 10886, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Edward Scrimshaw West, of Yarwell, Peterborough, Entire Horse Proprietor, by his wife, Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Robert Spiers, of Eye, Peterborough; _b._ Wood Newton, co. Northants, 23 Nov. 1894; educ. Yarwell; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted, 8 Aug. 1914; went to France, Oct. 1914; was promoted L.-Corpl. in Sept., and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. 1914, when the Coldstreams suffered heavily from concealed German machine-guns. He was a keen all-round sportsman; was a member of the choir at the Parish Church, and the Chaplain wrote saying what a help he had been to him in organising the open-air services. [Illustration: =Wilfred Scrimshaw West.=] =WEST, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7810), S.S. 103265, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WEST, WILLIAM FRANK=, Private, N. 823, 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest and only surviving _s._ of Frank Albert West, of 111, Townsend Road, Southall, by his wife, Louisa Maria, dau. of Mathew Henry Leagas; _b._ Dalston, London, 17 March, 1890; educ. The Grocers' Company School, Hackney Downs, N.E. and Islington Day Training College; was Assistant Master at St. Clement's Church of England School, Notting Hill, but joined the London Rifle Brigade after the outbreak of war, 9 Sept. 1914; went to France with the 1st draft to join the 1st battn. 25 Jan. 1915, and died at Netley Hospital, Southampton, 12 May, 1915, after undergoing three serious operations, one being the amputation of his leg, rendered necessary by wounds received in action at the Battle of St. Julien, 25 April, 1915; _unm._ He was a keen athlete, fond of all games and sports; he held three silver medals for football, and the bronze Medallion and certificate for life saving. [Illustration: =William Frank West.=] =WEST, WILLIAM HENRY=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, 199111, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =FAZAKERLEY-WESTBY, GILBERT BASIL JOCELYN=, Capt., 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria's Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Capt. Jocelyn Tate Fazakerley-Westby, of Mowbreck Hall, Kirkham, and Whitehall, Great Eccleston, late Royal Scots Greys and Lancashire Hussars, D.L., J.P., Lancashire, by his wife, Beatrice, 3rd dau. of Thomas Barlow Jarvis, of Swinnerton Park, Lancashire, and Croft Lodge, near Ambleside, Westmoreland; _b._ Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square, London, W., 27 April, 1881; was christened in Aug. 1881, at the Roman Catholic Church, The Willows, Kirkham, Lancashire, by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Liverpool; educ. St. Charles' Roman Catholic College; entered the Queen Victoria's Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 23 July, 1911; and promoted Lieut. 23 July, 1913, and Capt. Dec. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action during the fighting at Hill 60 on the night of 20-21 April, 1915, on which occasion Queen Victoria's Rifles brilliantly distinguished themselves; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: "I cannot speak too highly of your son; all ranks loved and respected him. His fortitude and forbearance during that terrible week was an example to the whole regt. and never to be forgotten." He was a good all-round sportsman, a dead shot with the pistol, and the holder of five silver cups and seven other silver articles as prizes for shooting and rowing, etc. [Illustration: =G. B. J. Fazakerley-Westby.=] =WESTERN, WILLIAM CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 230364, Devonport, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =WESTLAKE, JOHN LUKE=, Corpl., No. 3235, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Treliving Westlake, of 3, Woburn Terrace, Tavistock, retired Prison official, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Luke Knight, of Gunnislake; _b._ Princetown, co. Devon, 11 Feb. 1883; educ. Princetown Public School and Tavistock Grammar School; was apprenticed to the ironmongery business on leaving there, and was subsequently in the employ of Messrs. Helliwell, Ltd., of Dudley, as a Traveller; gave up this position and joined the 2nd London Scottish on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; was promoted to the rank of Sergt. in Dec. following, but in Aug. 1915, when volunteers for the 1st Battn. were called for, he offered himself, sacrificing his rank as sergt., and, crossing over to Rouen on the 18th of that month, joined the 1st Battn. as a Private. He took part in the Battle of Loos on 25 Sept., in which, though his company suffered severe losses, he was unwounded, and assisted in capturing and bringing in some prisoners. For his conduct on this occasion, he was restored to the rank of Corpl. He was killed in action on 13 Oct. 1915, while gallantly leading his men in an attack upon the German trenches near Loos, death being instantaneous; _unm._ His Coy. Commander, Capt. H. L. Seyer, wrote: "I find it difficult to tell you in what high regard Corpl. Westlake was held. I looked upon him as one of my coming men, a worthy successor of many fine non-commissioned officers who have left me to take commissions in this and other regts. His conduct at our severe engagement on 25 Sept. was beyond all praise, and his untimely end whilst leading his men on 13 Oct. is an enormous loss to me, his coy. and the whole battn. Your son was quite close to me when he fell, and I can vouch that he was killed quite instantaneously. It is such men as Corpl. Westlake who add lustre to the fame of the British Army and more particularly to the regt. to which they belong." [Illustration: =John Luke Westlake.=] =WESTMACOTT, ERIC WALTER POYNTZ=, Lieut., Royal Navy, H.M.S. Arethusa, yr. _s._ of Edgell Edward Westmacott, of Udney Place, Teddington, by his wife, Marian Charlotte Isabel, dau. of Innes Colin Munro, of Poyntzfield, late Capt. His Majes |