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Hamilton-Johnston, Douglas Charles, eldest son of Augustus Hamilton:Johnston, of Chelsea, by Bessie, daughter of Major-Gen. Patrick Robertson-Ross, C. B., of Glenmoidart, Inverness-shire; b. May 20, 1889; adm. from Charterhouse Sept. 22, 1904 (G); left July 1906; matric. at London Univ. and afterwards went to Frankfurt; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1908; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. the Black Watch (the Royal Highlanders) Feb. 24, 1909; Lieut. Feb. 14, 1912; Capt. Feb. 25, 1915; temp. Major Jan. 7, 1916; arrived with his batt. from India at the western front in Oct. 1914; wounded in Dec. 1914, and again in May 1915; was invalided home after the second casualty; returned to the western front in Nov. following, and at the end of the month went with his batt. to Mesopotamia; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 1, 1916; killed in action at El Shaad, Mesopotamia, while leading his batt. against the Turks Jan. 21, 1916; unm.

HAMMANS, ARTHUR WILLIAM; b. (Marcham, Berks. ) 31 Aug 1846; adm. 28 Sep 1860 (James'); left Aug 1864; Ensign, 32nd Foot 18 Dec 1866; Lieut., 25 Sep 1869; Capt., 32nd (Duke of Cornwall’s) Light Infantry 29 Jun 1881; Maj., 14 Dec 1887; retd. 31 Aug 1894; served Burma 1892-3; re-employed as Recruiting Officer, Bletchley District, in First World War; m. 23 Oct 1889 Mary Josephine, eldest dau. of John Wagner, Stormont, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia; d. 13 Jun 1916, from effects of overwork as Recruiting Officer. [evidently kin to Robert Hammans, Marcham, Berks., maltster, will proved PCC 23 Apr 1856]

HANMER, LAMBERT ALFRED GRAHAM, elder son of Rear-Adm. John Graham Job Hanmer, Royal Navy, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and Mary Caroline, dau. of Rev. John Cobbold Aldrich, Incumbent of St. Lawrence, Ipswich; b. 21 Oct 1868; adm. 4 Apr 1882 (G); left Dec 1885; RMA Sandhurst Dec 1887; 2nd Lieut., West Riding Regt., 23 Mar 1889; Lieut., Indian Staff Corps 29 Oct 1890; Squadron Officer and Adjutant, 1st Punjab Cavalry 29 Oct 1894; Capt., 23 Mar 1900; ADC to Lieut. -Gov., Punjab 5 Jan 1900 – 16 Oct 1901; Squadron-Commander, 21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry 6 Apr 1905; Maj., 23 Mar 1907; Lieut. -Col., 23 Mar 1915; DSO 7 Feb 1918; served in Waziristan expedition 1894-5, on North-West Frontier 1897-8 and in First World War; m. 17 Dec 1901 Ethel Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Col. Thomas Heaton Lovett, Belmont, Shropshire; d. 29 Apr 1918, of wounds received in action.

Harrison, Francis lnglehy, son of the Rev. JohnJames Harrison, R. N., of Highgate, Chaplain and Naval Instructor, by Louisa Edith, daughter of the Rev. Frederick William Darwall, Vicar of Sholden, Kent; b. April 27, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902; matric. Michaelmas 1902; left the Univ. in 1904 to read for the Civil Service; went to Ceylon, where he was engaged as a tea planter, and subsequently to the Malay States, where he managed a rubber property; returned to England in 1915 and joined the O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regt. Nov. 3, 1915; Lieut. 1917; went out to the western front in Aug. 1916; was transferred to Italy in Dec. 1917, but returned to France in April 1918; d. at Aire May 8, 1918, of wounds received the same day in the front line trenches there; unm.

Heigham-Plumptre, Leslie Grantham, son of John Vallis Nicholl Plumptre, of London, solicitor, by Mary Ling; b. Oct. 9, 1897; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (A); migrated up Grant's; left Easter 1913; H. M. S. Worcester training ship; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Beds. Regt. Sept. 12, 1917, attached R. F. C. Dec. 1917; went out to the western front March 11, 1918, and was wounded on March 22 and invalided home; returned to the western front May 19; d. at Riquier, near Abbeville, France, June 4, 1918, of injuries acci­dentally received when starting on a bombing raid on June 2.

Helsdon, Harold Leofric, eldest son of Horace John Helsdon, F.R.I.B.A., of Regent's Park, by Flora, eldest daughter of W. Franklin Dickson, of Hendon, Middlesex; b. Nov. 18, 1896; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left Easter 1915; entered the Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) Dorsetshire Regt. July 28, 1915; was attached to 1/7th Batt. Royal Warwickshire Regt., and went out to the western front in June 1916; acted first as bombing officer, and afterwards as intelligence officer; killed in night patrol work near Butte de Warlencourt Nov. 25-6, 1916; unm.

Hepburn, George, brother of Jonathan King Hepburn (q.v.); b. March 3, 1888; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (R); left July 1905; readm. Jan. 1906; left July 1906; passed into the Technical Coll., South Kensington, 1906; took B.Sc., and won a nomination to the R.E. at Chatham for one year 1909; obtained an appointment at Rosyth 1910; entered the Indian Public Works Dept. as asst. engineer 1911; returned to England May 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.E. July 1916; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1918; went out to the western front Feb. 1917, and served with the 98th Field Co.; killed in action at Driencourt, near Peronne, France, March 22, 1918; umm.

Hicks, Eric Raymond, second son of Charles Oliver Hicks, of Ealing, by Ellen Louisa, daughter of William Hedges, of Ealing; b. March 3, 1897; adm. May 4, 1911 (A); left July 1914; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. Aug. 1, 1915; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Nov. 26, 1915; Lieut.; served on the western front July to Nov. 1916, at Salonika Nov. 1916 - May 1917, and sub­ sequently in Palestine, where he acted as Intelligence Officer on Headquarters Staff and as A.D.C. to Generals Drake and Robinson; M.C. Jan. 1, 1917; d. of pneumonia at 17th Military Hospital, Alexandria, Dec. 25, 1918; unm.

Hobson, Geoffrey Hamilton, brother of Eric Hamilton Hobson (q.v.); b. Sept. 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left Dec. 1913; entered Melle Coll., near Ghent, where he remained until the outbreak of Great War I; enlisted in the 28th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) Jan. 11, 1915, and went out to the western front in Aug. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. the Hampshire Regt. Nov. 6, 1916; d. April 14, 1917, of wounds received in action at Arras April 9, 1917; umm.