Carless, Hugh Dobbie, younger son of Albert Carless, M.B., F.R.C.S., of London, Professor of Surgery at King's Coll., London, and temp. Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C., by Ada Bridger, daughter of General George Staple Dobbie, of the Madras Army; b. May 13, 1897 adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); exhibitioner 1911; non-resident K.S. 1912; left Dec. 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Michaelmas 1916); enlisted in the 14th Batt. the London Regt. (London Scottish) in Nov. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) the Gordon Highlanders June 26, 1915; was attached to the 2nd Batt. and went out to the western front May 29, 1916; wounded at High Wood in the battle of the Somme July 21, 1916; returned to the front after his recovery Jan. 10, 1917, and was attached to the 7th Batt.; d. April 24, 1917, of wounds received in action on the Scarpe the previous day; unm.
CARTWRIGHT, ALFRED GRAHAME, brother of Arthur Babington Cartwright (qv); b. 29 Jul 1858; adm. 22 Sep 1871; left Aug 1875; 2nd Lieut., 19th Foot, from Militia, 1 Jan 1879; Lieut., Yorkshire Regt., 11 Feb 1880; Capt., 1 Sep 1886; Maj., 16 Dec 1896; second in command 16 Feb 1906; ret., 29 Jul 1906; served Nile Expedition 1884-5, Sudan Frontier Field Force 1885-6, Tirah Expedition 1897-8; Brigade-Maj., South Lancs. Territorial Brigade, 1907; volunteered for service Aug 1914; second in command, 7th (service) battn., Yorkshire Regt., 15 Sep 1914; served in France 1915; Lieut. -Col., 14th (Reserve) battn., Yorkshire Regt., 20 Apr 1916; commanding 81st Training Reserve Battn. until retirement from ill health 31 May 1917; despatches 30 Apr 1916, also on Secretary of State for War’s list of those who had done good service in the War; m. 22 Dec 1891 Julia, dau. of Charles [George?] Plumer, Madras Civil Service, Chief Justice of Madras [check]; d. 5 Aug 1917.
Challis, Arthur Bracebridge, eldest son of Charles Edward Challis, of Brixton, Surrey, by Jane Alice Ellen, daughter of Edward Ledger Bracebridge, of London; b. March 1, 1872; adm. Jan. 22, 1885 (R); left Dec. 1888; adm. a solicitor June 1897; practised at Rochester, firm Hayward, Smith and Challis; served in the Queen's Westminster Volunteers 1900-2, and in the West Kent Yeomanry 1902-14, retiring with the rank of Sergeant in March 1914; 2nd Lieut. Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery R.G.A. Aug. 29, 1914; Lieut. June 1, 1916; temp. Capt. May 1, 1915; temp. Major March 17, 1916, commanding the 2nd H. C. (Kent) Heavy Battery; went out to the western front in Dec. 1917, where he commanded the 133rd Heavy Battery R.G.A.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 23, 1918; killed in action at Agincourt, near Cambrai, Sept. 21, 1918; unm.
Chalmers, Robert, second son of Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, K.C. B., Governor of Ceylon, by Maude Mary, daughter of John George Piggott, of Kensington; b. April 13, 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (A); left July 1911; Peterhouse, Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1911; adm. to Lincoln's Inn 1912; 2nd Lieut. 15th (Co. of London) Batt. London Regt. (The Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles) May 13, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 26, 1914; went out to the western front in March 1915; mentioned in despatches Nov. 30, 1915; d. at Chocques, March 26, 1915, of wounds received in action at Festubert the previous day; unm.
Charlton, Arthur Nesbit, younger son of Henry Edward Charlton, of Streatham, Surrey, Senior Assistant Comptroller of the Post Office Savings Bank, by Rachel Edmondson, daughter of Henry Pariss, of Battersea; b. Sept. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); K.S. 1910; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. Norfolk Regt. Sept. 9, 1914; Lieut. July 1, 1915; Adjutant Oct. 6, 1915; Capt. Nov. 29, 1916; went out to the western front in May 1915; was mentioned in despatches Jan. 4, 1917; M.C. June 30, 1917; killed in action at Cambrai Nov. 30, 1917; unm.
CHURCHILL, ARTHUR LINDSAY MAURY; b. Ceylon 21 May 1865; adm. (J) 25 Sep 1879; left Aug 1881; Westminster Hospital; LSA 1895, LMSSA 1907; Assistant Medical Officer, Wonford Hospital, and County Asylum, Lancaster; general medical practitioner at Mevagissey, Cornwall; Lieut., RAMC, attached Hampshire RHA (TF), 17 Dec 1914; Capt., attached 18th (Co. of London) Batt., London Regt. (London Irish Rifles), 17 Jun 1915; d. on active service 24 Jun 1917.
Clarke, Edwin Charles Kay, only son of Charles Sidney Clarke, of Laughton, Essex, stockbroker, and Elizabeth Clarke; b. Oct. 29, 1890; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (R); left July 1910; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in 1911; 2nd Lieut. Oct. 18, 1914; Lieut. June 8, 1915; Officer Cadet Batt. March 20, 1916; Capt. March 23, 1916, attached to 8th Batt. London Regt. May 1918, and went out to the western front; M.C. Oct. 15, 1918; killed in action while leading an attack on Massiere's Wood Aug. 31, 1918.
Clark-Kennedy, Alexander Kenelm, brother of William Hew Clark-Kennedy (q.v.); b. Dec. 18, 1883; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (A); left July 1902; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1902; B.A. 1905; one of H. M. Inspectors of Factories July 31, 1906; acted as secretary to the Employ ment of Children Act 1909; 1st division clerk in the Home Office. Jan. 15, 1912, but was reappointed an Inspector of Factories Aug. 13, 1912; hon. sec. of the Elizabethan Club 1912-3; 2nd Lieut. the Galloway Rifles (afterwards known as the 5th Batt. of the King's Own Scottish Borderers) Oct. 19, 1906; Lieut. Aug. 20, 1907; Capt. July 12, 1915; went out to Gallipoli in May 1915; invalided home in Oct. 1915; joined his batt. in Egypt April 1916; killed in action near Gaza, Palestine, April 19, 1917; unm.
Clark-Kennedy, Archibald Douglas Hewitt, brother of William Hew Clark-Kennedy (q.v.); b. July 30, 1888; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (A); left Dec. 1903; a clerk in the Standard Life Assurance Company's office in Edinburgh and afterwards at Bombay; returned from India in 1914 and entered the Law Union and Rock Assurance Company's Office in London; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers; Lieut. July 12, 1915; temp. Capt. Sept. 18, 1915, Capt. Jan. 18, 1916; joined the Gallipoli expedition May 1915, and was invalided to Cyprus; returned to Gallipoli and afterwards served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine, where he commanded an armoured train in 1917; was transferred with his regt. to the western front in April 1918; mentioned in despatches; killed in action in France Sept. 18, 1918; unm.
Codd, Stephen Arthur Herbert, only son of Arthur William Codd, of West Hampstead, by Florence, daughter of William Whitley, of Woodstock, co. Oxon.; b. Oct. 24, 1891; adm. as K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905 (H); left July 1910; entered the office of the High Commissioner for South Africa, but in 1913 went to King's Coll. London with the intention of taking holy orders; gained the Wordsworth Latin Prize in the Intermediate B. D. Exam. in 1914; enlisted in the Univs. and Pub. Schools Batt. of the Royal Fusiliers Sept. 3, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 11th (Service) Batt. Gloucestershire Regt. Dec. 18, 1914; was attached to the 7th Batt. and went out to Gallipoli Sept. 24, 1915, but after the great blizzard there in Nov. was invalided home with frostbite; went out to the western front after his recovery Aug. 24, 1916; killed in action at High Wood on the Somme Sept. 9, 1916; unm.