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, 5 Aug. 1914, he was called up, went
to France, 8 Aug. 1914, and served through all the various engagements
up to the 26th Dec. 1914, when he was severely wounded in action at
La Bassee, while assisting a wounded comrade. He died in hospital
at Boulogne, 19 Jan. 1915, and was buried in the cemetery there. He
_m._ at Wadsley Bridge Church, 30 Jan. 1913, Lillian Moore (35
Fielding Road, Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield), dau. of John Parkin, of
Sheffield, Accountant, _s.p._

 [Illustration: =William Henry Batty.=]

=BATY, ROBERT=, Private, No. 13061, 5th Battn. Canadian
Expeditionary Force, 3rd and yst. _s._ of William Baty, of
Saskatoon, Canada, Accountant and Auditor, by his wife, Sarah, dau.
of William Giles, Newcastle-on-Tyne; _b._ Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, 27 July, 1890; educ. Winnipeg, Canada; was a Manufacturing
Jeweller; joined the 29th Saskatchewan Light Horse in 1907, and became
Regt. Sergt.-Major in 1912. When war was declared in Aug. 1914, he was
the first man in Saskatoon to volunteer for service overseas; came over
with the 1st Contingent in Oct., went to France, Feb. 1915, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915, during the taking of a
fortified redoubt described as "K. 5"; _unm._ Buried at Festubert.
Lieut.-Col. J. A. Aikin, Officer Commanding Sask. 29th L.H., wrote
that he had been his Regt. Sergt.-Major for two years, and had always
proved himself a good soldier. His two brothers, Major William Baty,
3rd Canadian Mounted Rifles, and Lieut. Edward Baty, are now (1916) on
active service.

 [Illustration: =Robert Baty.=]

=BATY, THOMAS=, L.-Corpl. No. 3607, 2nd Royal Scots, 2nd _s._
of Alexander Baty, of 127, North High Street, Musselburgh, Collier, by
his wife, Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Fraser, 42nd Highlanders (Black
Watch) (who was killed in action at the Relief of Lucknow in 1857);
_b._ Musselburgh, 3 Nov. 1877; educ. St. Peter's School, Mill
Hill, there; enlisted 13 Nov. 1899; served through the South African
war (Queen's and King's medals); retired, 28 May, 1902, and afterwards
worked as a miner; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of
war; promoted L.-Corpl. March, 1915; went to the Front, 27 Dec. 1914,
and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915. He _m._ at
Musselburgh, 8 July, 1910, Elizabeth (7, Rothesay Place, Musselburgh),
dau. of William Moffat, of Musselburgh, and had two children, William,
_b._ 20 Jan. 1914, and Mary Anne, _b._ 22 April, 1911.

=BAUCHOP, ARTHUR, C.M.G.=, Lieut.-Col., Otago Mounted Rifles,
N.Z. Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Robert Bauchop,
of Port Chalmers, New Zealand, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Peter
Stewart; _b._ Port Chalmers, N.Z., 27 Feb. 1871; educ. there and
Otago Boys School, Dunedin; entered the Volunteer Garrison Artillery
at Dunedin in 1898, and served through the South African War with the
4th New Zealand Contingent 1900-2, being promoted Capt. 1900, Major
1901 and Lieut.-Col. 5 Sept. 1904. He first distinguished himself in
the action at Ottoshoop, and was three times mentioned in despatches
[London Gazette, 16 April, 1901, 20 Aug. 1901 and 25 April, 1902];
once, when a Major, for good service at the capture of a laager at
Fanny Home, by Col. Bing. He held the Queen's medal with four clasps
and the King's with two, and was awarded the C.M.G. for his services.
He remained in South Africa for some time after the conclusion of the
war and then returned to New Zealand, where he commanded in succession
the Canterbury (1904), Wellington (1907) and Otago (1912) Military
Districts. On the outbreak of the European War he was appointed to
command the Otago Mounted Rifles with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force.
Lieut-Col. Bauchop was wounded early in July, 1915, but had returned
to duty, and was mortally wounded on Bauchop's Hill during the great
advance in Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915, and _d._ on board H.M.S.
Delta, 10 Aug. following. He was buried at sea. Lieut.-Col. Bauchop
was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's despatch of 22 Sept. 1915, for
gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen and very
efficient officer, and most popular with his men. As a young man he
was a prominent athlete, and held several long-distance records. He
_m._ at Waikana, New Zealand, 12 Dec. 1912, Mary Jean, dau. of
Henry Richardson Elder, of Waikana, N.Z., and had a dau., Elizabeth
Elder, _b._ 19 May, 1915.

 [Illustration: =Arthur Bauchop, C.M.G.=]

=BAVERSTOCK, ALFRED GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, 237242, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.

=BAVIN, NIGEL BENJAMIN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Essex Regt., yst.
_s._ of the late Benjamin Bavin, of Norwich, Solicitor; _b._
Northdene, Eaton, Norwich, 7 May, 1896; educ. Stubbington House,
Fareham, Norwich Grammar School and Berkhamsted, was gazetted to the
Essex Regt. from the Special Reserve of Officers, 15 Aug. 1914, and was
killed by a shell, which fell in the trench, at St. Jean, near Ypres,
23 May, 1915; he was buried at La Brique.

 [Illustration: =Nigel Benjamin Bavin.=]

=BAXTER, ALFRED JOYCE=, Private, No. 2769, 14th Battn. (London
Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.); _s._ of Arthur Boyd Baxter, of
161, Burntwood Lane, Tooting, S.W., Wholesale Bookbinder, by his wife,
Jessie, dau. of William Joyce; _b._ Stoke Newington, N., 17 Oct.
1895; educ. Cambridge House School, Margate; joined the London Scottish
after the outbreak of war, 1 Sept. 1914, was wounded at Vermelles,
during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; and _d._ at No. 18
Casualty Clearing Station the following day; _unm._

=BAXTER, BERNARD EYRE=, Private, No. 10/275, West Coast (A) Coy.,
Wellington Infantry Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._
of Stanley Eyre Baxter, of North Lees, Mangamuka, Hokianga, N.Z.,
Farmer [_b._ Upper Holloway, Highgate, London, 1861; emigrated
with family to New Zealand, 1909], by his wife, Emma Louisa, dau. of
Stephen Green, of Downhead, Somersetshire; _b._ Hagg Hill Farm,
Hinton, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, 2 July, 1893; educ. at Shepton
Mallet and Ashford (Kent) Grammar Schools; was for 12 months a Cadet
at Weraroa Experimental Farm, near Levin; volunteered directly war
was declared in Aug. 1914; went to Egypt with his regt.; took part in
the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb., and in
the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action at
Anzac, Gallipoli, 29 April, 1915; _unm._

 [Illustration: =Bernard Eyre Baxter.=]

=BAXTER, JAMES PATRICK=, Private, No. 5640, 2nd Battn. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of James Baxter, of School Street,
Kilcock, co. Kildare, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Word; _b._
Kilcock, 26 Jan. 1883; educ. the Christian Brothers' School there;
joined the 3rd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the outbreak of war,
and was later transferred to the 2nd Battn. He died at Netley Hospital,
4 May, 1915, from wounds received at St. Julien on the night of 25-26
April; _unm._ Private Baxter's two younger brothers are also in
the Army.

=BAXTER, JOHN HENRY=, Privat

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