Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booktration: =A. J. Akehurst.=] =ALCOCK, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6711), S.S. 999, H.M.S. Hawke; lost in action in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =ALDER, DAVID=, Petty Officer, 212628, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ALDER, WILLIAM STANLEY=, Corpl., No. 11057, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, yst. _s._ of Joseph George Alder, of 35, Floyd Street, Charlton, S.E., by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Gilson; _b._ East Greenwich, 13 Oct. 1896; educ. Christ Church School there; enlisted 8 or 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 1 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in Cuinchy Cemetery (Section C, Grave No. 4). [Illustration: =William Stanley Alder.=] =ALDERSON, HENRY=, Corpl., No. 5902, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Thomas Alderson, of 33, Martin Street, Sheffield, Carpenter; _b._ Sheffield, 18 Nov. 1885; educ. there; enlisted Oct. 1904, and was killed in action at St. Julien, 21 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at St. Andrew's Church, Islington, 24 Dec. 1911, Ethel Francis (75, Copenhagen Street, Islington, N.), dau. of Thomas Barker, of London, and had a son, Edward Thomas, _b._ 21 July, 1913. [Illustration: =Henry Alderson.=] =ALDERSON, JOSEPH=, Private, No. 423, 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of James Alderson, of Ingleboro' House, Formby, near Liverpool, Farmer and Butcher, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Ellison, of Yorkshire; _b._ Duke's Farm, Formby, 27 July, 1890; educ. Clitheroe Grammar School, and was then articled to a well-known firm of solicitors in Liverpool. After two years of office life he felt the need of open living, so went to Canada, where he joined the Saskatoon police force, and quickly rose to a detective. On the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, he at once joined the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, known as "The Little Black Devils," and came over with the first contingent. After being in several engagements he was killed, 3 June, 1915, by a "coal-box" shell which exploded at the door of a dug-out he was leaving, in a communication trench known as "Gunners siding" in Givenchy; death was instantaneous. He was buried in an orchard behind the trenches. [Illustration: =Joseph Alderson.=] =ALDERTON, ARTHUR=, Arm. Mate, 342982, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ALDERTON, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3310), 176323, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ALDISS, HARRY=, Stoker, P.O. 283643, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =ALDOUS, CECIL=, A.B., 211922, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =ALDOUS, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 8286, 1st Battn. Middlesex Regt.; died on active service with the Expeditionary Force in France, 20 Sept. 1914; _m._ =ALDRED, JOHN WILLIAM=, A.B., R.F.R., B. 2386, 208914, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ALDRIDGE, DAVID=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 14961, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ALDRIDGE, ERNEST SIDNEY=, Private, No. 9720, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt., _s._ of William Harry Aldridge, of 5, Curzon Road, Chatham; died 4 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on the Western Front. =ALDRIDGE, REGINALD JOHN PETTY DEVENISH=, Capt. 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., _s._ of the late Reginald Aldridge, of Poole, Dorset, Solicitor; _b._ Poole, co. Dorset, 7 Sept. 1877; educ. privately and at Worcester College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. Degree, and won his blue for football, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Sussex Regt. 23 May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 21 March, 1903, and Capt. 1 April, 1910. In 1902 he was Instructor of Signalling at Kasauli, and in 1904 commanded a company of Mounted Infantry in Malta. He was attached to the West African Regt. from May, 1905 to Jan. 1908, being Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster from June, 1906, to Jan. 1908, and was Adjutant to the 2nd Royal Guernsey L.I. Jan. 1908, to Jan. 1912, when he rejoined his regt. at Woking. He went to France with the first Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed instantaneously by a high explosive shell, 7 Oct. 1914, while preparing to return to the trenches for the night. He was buried in the little churchyard at Troyon. He _m._ in London, 5 May, 1908, Mabel Dulcibella (Broadlands, 2, Prideaux Road, Eastbourne), yst. dau. of the late Rev. John Padmore Noble, of 20, Palace Court, London, W., formerly Vicar of Childs Ercall, Market Drayton, and had two children: Reginald, _b._ (posthumous), 24 Dec. 1914, and Dulcibella, _b._ 24 Dec. 1909. [Illustration: =R. J. P. D. Aldridge.=] =ALDRIDGE, THOMAS=, Sapper, No. 1103, Kent Fortress R.E. (T.F.), _s._ of John Aldridge, of 50, Cambridge Road, Strood; died at Sheerness, 16 Aug. 1914, of pneumonia contracted on active service. =ALDRIDGE, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1540, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Absolam Aldridge, of Aston Farm, Wallingford, Berks; enlisted 18 March, 1898; served at Gibraltar, 10 March to 27 Oct. 1899, and in South Africa, 28 Oct. 1899, to 20 July, 1902 (Queen's medal with six clasps: "Belmont," "Modder River," "Dreifontein," "Johannesburg," "Diamond Hill" and "Belfast"; King's medal with two clasps: "South Africa, 1901," "South Africa, 1902"); obtained his discharge, 17 March, 1910; re-enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 8 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915. =ALEXANDER, CHARLES=, Stoker, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =ALEXANDER, ERNEST=, Officer's Steward, 3rd Class, L. 5030, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =ALEXANDER, JAMES=, Private, No. 27032, A Coy., 15th Battn. (48th Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of James Alexander, of 3, Eastmount Avenue, Toronto, formerly of Drumoak, Scotland, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Andrew Milne, of Echt, Aberdeenshire; _b._ West Cairnton, Peterculter, co. Aberdeen, 9 July, 1892; educ. Drumoak Public School, and Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen; on leaving the latter, joined his father at Niagara Falls, Canada, afterwards going with him to Toronto. Here he spent several years with the firm of Cockburn and Bundy, wholesale milliners, during which time he gained the respect of all. After being with them for one year, he became one of their travellers, and was making a success of his work. He was an enthusiastic member and officer of the Prince of Orange Lodge, No. 111, of Toronto. When war was declared, he volunteered for overseas service, 11 Aug. 1914, and left Canada with the first contingent. He was gassed, wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of St. Julien, and died of wounds about 27 April, 1915; _unm._ He was buried at Moorseele. [Illustration: =James A |