Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookoresaid, 15 Nov. 1895; educ. Pyrford Council School; enlisted 10 Aug. 1914; left England for the Dardanelles July, and was killed in action there, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =WORSFOLD, STEPHEN=, Private, No. 20175, Supery. Coy. 2/5th Battn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late William Worsfold, of Holmwood, Dorking, by his wife, Betsy Ann, dau. of (--). Tidy; _b._ South Holmwood, 4 Sept. 1871; educ. there; was a Gardener; served for sometime with the 2nd Vol. Battn. The Queen's R.W. Surrey Volunteers; was called up after the outbreak of war, 19 Oct. 1914, with the Veteran Reserve, and died suddenly at Chilworth, 1 Jan. 1916, of syncope, while changing guard. He _m._ at Dorking, 26 Oct. 1901, Lilian Caroline (5, Cotmandene Square, Dorking, Surrey), yst. dau. of James Howard, of Dorking, and had five children: Stephen Noel, _b._ 25 Dec. 1912; Adelaide Lilian, _b._ 25 May, 1902; Gladys Emma, _b._ 2 Aug. 1904; Evelyn Louise, _b._ 27 Sept. 1906; and Norah Eileen, _b._ 12 April, 1915. [Illustration: =Stephen Worsfold.=] =WORSLEY, CHARLES SACKVILLE PELHAM, LORD=, Lieut., Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ and heir of Charles, 4th Earl of Yarborough, P.C., by his wife, Marcia Amelia Mary, _suo jure_ 7th Baroness Fauconberg, and 13th Baroness Conyers; _b._ London, S.W., 14 Aug. 1887; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 5 Oct. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 6 Oct. 1908; was extra A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Douglas Haig, K.C.B., G.C.B., Aldershot command, from 1912 to 1913, when he rejoined his regt.; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in one of the special brigades, and was given the command of the machine-gun detachment, for which work he had been specially trained; and was killed in action at Zandvoorde, Flanders, 30 Oct. 1914. On this day the Germans attempted a general offensive on the whole front from Nieuport to Arras, and there was severe fighting to the south of Ypres, in which region Zandvoorde was one of the Allies' _points d'appui_. After the engagement Lord Worsley was reported missing, and for some time was believed to be a prisoner, but later evidence of his death in action this day was received. He was gazetted Capt. after his death, 15 Nov. 1915. He _m._ at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 31 Jan. 1911, the Hon. Alexandra Vivian, dau. of Hussey Crespigny, 3rd Baron Vivian P.C., G.C.M.G.; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Lord Worsley.=] =WORTABET, JOHN CECIL=, Private, No. 1625, 9th Battn. 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Emin Whiting Wortabet, of Babbacombe, Torquay, co. Devon, formerly an Official of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, by his wife, Emma Elizabeth (Marie), dau. of Michael Constantinidi, of Liverpool and Nicosia, Cyprus, and grandson of the late Dr. John Wortabet; _b._ Nicosia, Cyprus, 1 Nov. 1886; educ. The High School, Glasgow, and Bath College; and on leaving there in 1904, joined the Cairo Branch of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, but in 1909 went to Australia and settled in Queensland as an Assistant in a Station; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 9th Battn. A.I.F., left for Egypt with the third reinforcements, 13 Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 29 April, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Gascon, 14 May following, of wounds received in action at Gaba Tepe on the previous day; _unm._ He was a good shot and an accomplished horseman. [Illustration: =John Cecil Wortabet.=] =WORTH, JOHN ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9273), S.S. 106472, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WORTHINGTON, ARTHUR TOM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1316), 203289, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WRATTEN, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24625, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =WRAY, HERBERT JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 1647), 191296, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =WRIGHT, ALBERT GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 2091), 173141, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of James Wright, of Canewdon, near Rochford, co. Essex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =WRIGHT, ALLAN O'HALLORAN=, Capt. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Frederick Wright, Consul at Adelaide, by his wife, Frances Jane (Clanferzeal, Redhill, Surrey), dau. of the late Major Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran, 97th Regt.; _b._ Adelaide, South Australia, 27 April, 1886; educ. St. Peter's College, Adelaide, and Bedford Grammar School; served some time in the Bedfordshire Royal Engineers (Volunteers), and joined the Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia) in 1903, was promoted Lieut. 1905, and entered the regular army as 2nd Lieut., 1st Royal Irish Rifles, 29 May, 1907, being promoted Lieut. 22 Jan. 1909, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant from 1 Jan. 1913; served in the South African War, 1899-1900, with the Mounted Rifles (Queen's medal with three clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Oct. 1914 to 13 March, 1915, on which date he was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Gen. A. Lowry Cole wrote of him: "We have all lost a dear comrade and a good soldier, who met his death assisting his Col. to lead his Battn. against the enemy." He was Scout Officer of his Battn., also Instructor of Musketry, Signalling and Gunnery. Went in extensively for polo and all sports, and for music, and composed Military marches and other compositions. He was in action before 14 years of age in the Boer War. [Illustration: =Allan O'Halloran Wright.=] =WRIGHT, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7555), 189743, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =WRIGHT, EDWARD=, A.B., 213768, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =WRIGHT, EDWIN=, Capt. Prince of Wales's, 3rd Dragoon Guards, only surviving child of James Walker Wright, M. Inst. C.E., London, late Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Assam, India, and Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Joseph Hodgson, of Crofton Mills, Blyth, Northumberland; _b._ Jalandhar, Punjab, 27 Nov. 1879, came to England, 1883; educ. Bedford Grammar School and Greenwich Naval College, entered the Royal Marine Artillery, as 2nd Lieut., 1 Sept. 1897, promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1898, and left Greenwich, 30 June, 1899. He passed his torpedo course (H.M.S. Vernon), in 1900, and was appointed to H.M.S. Repulse (Channel Fleet), 22 Dec. 1900, till Dec. 1901. On leaving this ship he became Assistant Adjutant in his branch, Jan. 1902, a post he gave up on his promotion to the rank of Capt. 3 Dec. 1904. In the following year (1 Aug.) he took up the Adjutancy of the South-East of |