Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookin Hospital at Alexandria, 1 Nov. 1915, of dysentery contracted in the trenches. Buried in Chatby Military Cemetery; _unm._ [Illustration: =William Wykes.=] =WYLD, GEORGE RICHARD=, Capt., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Wiltshire Regt., attd. 1st Berkshire Regt., only _s._ of the Rev. Edwin George Wyld, Vicar of Melksham, Wilts, Canon of Salisbury, by his wife, Mary Caroline, eldest dau. of Sir Hungerford Pollen, 3rd Baronet; _b._ Woodborough, co. Wilts, 8 July, 1879; educ. Marlborough, and on leaving there entered the Stock Exchange. He served through the South African War, 1899-1902, with the 13th Middlesex V.R.C. (now the Queen's Westminsters) and received the Queen's medal with four clasps, and was appointed an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1 July, 1901. When the European War broke out he was on the Reserve of Officers and immediately volunteered for foreign service, and after being attached to the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 19 Aug. 1914, was gazetted Capt. 3rd Wilts Regt., 7 Oct. following. He went to France with the 7th Division, attd. to the 1st Berkshires, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy 24 Dec. 1914; _unm._ The Chaplain wrote: "He was most popular with his brother officers of the Berkshire Regt., and was considered very efficient in his duty, and it was whilst bravely doing his duty in trench at Givenchy that he was mortally wounded by a bullet." [Illustration: =George R. Wyld.=] =DOUGHTY-WYLIE, CHARLES HOTHAM MONTAGU, V.C., C.B. C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Col., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, elder _s._ of Henry Montagu Doughty, of Theberton Hall, Suffolk, J.P., formerly R.N., by his wife, Edith Rebecca, only child of David Cameron, Chief Justice of Vancouver Island; _b._ 23 July, 1868; educ. Winchester and Sandhurst (1888-89); gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 21 Sept. 1889, and promoted Lieut., 23 Sept. 1891; Capt. 9 Sept. 1896; Major 21 Aug. 1907, and temp. Lieut.-Col. 31 March, 1914; served (1) in the Black Mountain Expedition, 1891 (severely wounded; medal with Hazara clasp); (2) with the Chitral Relief Force as transport officer on the Staff of Gen. Gatacre, 1895 (medal with clasp); (3) with the Nile Expedition, 1898-9, being employed with Egyptian Army, 22 May, 1898, to 1 March, 1900; was Brigade Major, Infantry Brigade, Flying Column: took part in the Battle of Khartoum, and in the operations resulting in the final defeat of the Khalifa (twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 30 Sept. 1898, and 30 Jan. 1900]: Sudan medal; Egyptian medal with three clasps; order of the Medjidieh); (4) in the South African War, 1899-1900; in command of a Battn. of Mounted Infantry; took part in operations in the Orange Free State, May-29 Nov. 1900, including actions at Wittebergen (1-29 July), and Vredefort (severely wounded; Queen's medal with three clasps); (5) at Tien-Tsin, where he raised a regt. of Mounted Infantry; and (6) as Special Service Officer with Somaliland Field Force, 14 Jan. 1903, to June, 1904 (medal with clasps). From 26 Sept. 1906 to 3 Dec. 1909, he was acting Vice-Consul at Mersina and Konia, Asia Minor, and during his tenure of this appointment occurred the massacre by the Turks of Armenians at Adana. Of his services on this occasion, a correspondent wrote: "On his own responsibility he assumed the practical command of the city of Adana, and his courage and capacity saved the lives of hundreds--indeed, it was believed by those best able to judge, thousands--of many nationalities. Wearing his military uniform, he rode through the town with a half company of Turkish troops, compelling the raging mob to stop the killing, and posting guards over particular houses. His right arm was broken by a bullet, but this did not prevent him from riding out again, and in the second and worst outbreak of massacre again saving more hundreds of lives. The then British Ambassador at the Porte, Sir Gerard Lowther, afforded him a generous meed of support and encouragement, and Major Doughty-Wylie's services were recognised by the award of the C.M.G. He also received the warm thanks of many foreign Governments and public bodies. He afterwards organised a system of relief to the destitute--22,000 persons, exclusive of refugees in his own house, and exclusive also of the inmates of three hospitals which were managed by Mrs. Doughty-Wylie. On 4 Dec. 1909, he was appointed Consul at Adis Ababa, Abyssinia, where he rendered important services, acting as Chargé d'Affaires for considerable periods. Being home on leave in 1912, he was, with the consent of the Government, appointed Director-in-Chief of the Red Cross units with the Turkish Forces during the Balkan War, and from 29 Aug. to 21 Dec. 1913, was British representative on the International Commission for the delimitation of the Southern Frontier of Albania, of which Commission he was elected President. For his services he received the Companionship of the Bath, and the second class of the Medjidieh from the Sultan. On his return to England he was appointed to the General Staff (2nd grade), and in 1915 went to the Dardanelles on the Staff of Sir Ian Hamilton. During the landings at the Beaches 25 and 26 of April, 1915, he represented the Staff in the steamship River Clyde, which had been specially prepared for running on shore on V Beach, and which carried 2,200 troops of the 29th Division. This landing had almost failed, owing to the raking Turkish fire from the Castle and village and both sides of the bay, and no progress was made on the 25th, in spite of the desperate valour of the Munster and Dublin Fusiliers and the Hampshire Regt., but on the 26th Col. Doughty-Wylie obtained leave to land, and collecting the brave survivors of the above-named regts., with the assistance of Capt. Walford, organised an attack, and in some hours' fighting took the Castle and village of Sedd-el-Bahr, and finally led his handful of troops in a bayonet charge up Hill 141, since known as Col. Doughty-Wylie's Hill. The Turks fled before them, and they occupied the old Fort on the crest, but Col. Doughty-Wylie fell at the moment of victory. An eye witness wrote: "All he carried was a small cane and from a band he wore round his arm the men gathered he was Staff Officer. He walked about in the open under a continuous fire, talking to the men, cheering them up, and rallying them together. Then when all was ready for the bayonet charge, he placed himself in front of them all, and armed simply with a small cane led them in a great charge up the hill. No braver man ever lived. He had no business to be there as a Staff Officer, but the loss among officers in landing had been so great and the necessity for making headway quickly was so essential, that he felt his duty lay in leading the men, so he went forth fearlessly to his death and the hill will be a lasting monument to his self-sacrifice and great valour. The magic of his personality and example infused the men with new resolution and they pressed the attack home." For his services on the |