Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booke Mounted Infantry Company of the old 2nd Manchester Volunteers (now the 6th Manchester Regt.) in 1904, and became Capt. 1 June, 1913. On the declaration of war he volunteered for foreign service, and went to Egypt in Sept. 1914, as A.D.C. to Major-Gen. Douglas, commanding the East Lancashire Territorial Division. In Aug. he exchanged the comparative safety of Divisional Headquarters for the fighting line, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 24 Sept. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Lancashire Cemetery at Gallipoli. His Colonel wrote: "When we went to the front line it was greatly due to his coolness and bravery that the men were kept cool and every one in his place when we had a very large mine blown up just against our trench;" and the Right Hon. C. F. G. Masterman: "Courage, mental and physical, was the outstanding element in Harold Cawley's character. In the House of Commons he commenced by advocating an unpopular cause in his constituency and opposed those who desired to effect economies through retrenchment in the Navy. He made short speeches, putting his points with lucidity and ability." In a letter to a friend, Capt. Cawley wrote: "I told the General I wanted to join the Battn., and he has sent the application forward; I was ashamed of being behind here whilst all those fellows were being killed." Capt. Cawley was a good sportsman, and he was known as a hard rider. He won the North Hereford point-to-point in 1913 and the Bar point-to-point in 1914. He was the third Member of the Commons killed in action. His next yr. brother, Major J. Stephen Cawley, was killed in action in France (see following notice). [Illustration: =Harold Thomas Cawley.=] =CAWLEY, JOHN STEPHEN=, Major, 20th Hussars, and Brigade-Major, 1st Cavalry Brigade, 3rd _s._ of Sir Frederick Cawley, 1st Bart., M.P.; _b._ Crumpsall, co. Lancaster, 27 Oct. 1879; educ. Lockers Park, Rugby and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and obtained his commission in the 20th Hussars, 3 Aug. 1898, joining them at Mhow, India. He became Lieut. 8 Jan. 1900, and obtained his troop, 12 Oct. 1906. He served in the South African War, going to the Cape in 1901; was signalling officer to General Lowe's Column, being present at the operations in the Orange Free State and Cape Colony, for which he received the Queen's medal with four clasps. He subsequently served in Egypt, and was Adjutant of his regt. 7 Nov. 1903 to 6 May, 1907; and after passing through the Staff College, he became instructor at the Cavalry School at Netheravon, 8 Aug. 1910, and the following year (12 Aug. 1911) was appointed General Staff Officer at the War Office, an appointment he held till 15 April, 1913. On 16 April, 1913, he was made Brigade Major of the 1st Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot, and on the outbreak of war accompanied it to France. He was killed in action at Nery during the retreat from Mons, 1 Sept. 1914; was buried there; _unm._ A brother officer gave the following account of his death: "Our brigade was attacked soon after dawn at Nery by a force double our number--a cavalry division with 12 guns. Owing to thick mist they managed to get within 600 yards of us; 350 horses of the 'Bays' stampeded and their men went after them, and the L Battery was cut to pieces. The occasion was one which called for personal example, and Major Cawley, by permission of the General, went to help to restore order and get the broken remnants in their places. The situation being met and every one being in his place, he joined the advance line and was almost immediately killed by a piece of shell. The splendid manner in which he met his death in deliberately facing the awful fire to help others where he really need not have done so, is only what his whole life has led us to expect." And a well-known cavalry officer, in a letter to "The Times," said: "We had billeted in a village, and when day broke there was a thick mist. Our patrol came back saying that a German force was close by. My regt. got the warning first, and we had time to get our men into position behind some, thick walls; but the Artillery and the 'Bays,' who had picketed their horses in the open, were too late and were caught by a terrific fire. All the officers of the battery were killed or wounded, and the 'Bays' had nine casualties amongst their officers. They were very hard pressed, and Cawley, who was in the village, ran out into the open to try and collect some men and take them up into support. Just then a shell burst, and he was hit in the head. He was unconscious from the moment he was hit, and died in about a quarter of an hour." General Briggs, commanding the Brigade, wrote of him: "He has been a true friend and always a conscientious staff officer to me for nearly two years, and it is needless to say how much I feel his death. He proved himself to be a real fighter in war, and was always cool and collected." Major Cawley was a good all round sportsman. He was in the Rugby football team and shooting eight at Sandhurst, and in the hockey team, and was whip to the Drag at the Staff College; played for his regt. at polo when they won the Inter-Regimental Cup in India (Meerut), 1901; the Clements Polo Cup in South Africa (Pretoria), 1903; and the Inter-Regimental Cup (Hurlingham), 1906 and 1907. He won the Officers' Riding and Jumping prize at the Royal Military Tournament in 1905, and was well known with the North Hereford and Whaddon Chase Hunts. =CAWSE, SAMUEL GEORGE=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ch. 13420, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =CAWTHRA, HAROLD=, Private, No. 3739, 1/10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) The King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Carl Barber Cawthra; _b._ Arwick Green, Manchester, 10 June, 1895; educ. Claughton Higher Grade School, Birkenhead; joined the Army at the outbreak of the war, 15 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 13 March, 1915; _unm._ =CAYME, BERNARD GLYDE=, Private, No. 81142, 10th Battn. (Western Canada Regt.) Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of Harry Cayme, of The Red House, Horndean, co. Hants, by his wife, Minnie Annie, dau. of Edward Culver, of 9, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, N.; _b._ Stamford Hill, 17 Feb. 1891; educ. Ardingly College, Haywards Heath, in 1908 emigrated to Canada to take up farming, and eventually settled at Manson, Manitoba, where he purchased land. On the outbreak of war he joined the 3rd Battn. Western Canada Regt., came to England with the 2nd Contingent early in the spring of 1915, was quartered at Shorncliffe, and ordered to France to reinforce the Canadians after the first memorable attack of gas by the Germans in April, being then transferred to the 10th Battn. He was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 22 May, 1915, being killed instantly with some 10 comrades by shrapnel; _unm._ Officers and men alike wrote in high praise of his courage and constant cheerfulness under any circumstances however difficult, and being the only |