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Gates, Eric Chasemore, 1890-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-07706
  • Person
  • 1890-1915

Gates, Eric Chasemore, elder son of Percy George Gates, M. P., of Kensington, solicitor, by Mabel Anna Jane, daughter of the Rev. George David William Dickson, Vicar of King's Somborne, Hants; b. July 20, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left Easter 1908; adm. a solicitor 1913; Lieut. 13th (Co. of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Batt. the London Regt. Sept. 1914, Capt. Feb. 1915; went out to the western front Dec. 1914; killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, France, March 12, 1915; unm.

Gascoyne-Cecil, Rupert Edward, 1895-1915

Gascoyne-Cecil, Rupert Edward, 1895-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-07686
  • Person
  • 1895-1915

Gascoyne-Cecil, Rupert Edward, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) Beds Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; was attached to 1st Batt. and went out to the western front May 11, 1915; wounded May 28; Lieut.; killed in action near Ypres July 11, 1915; unm.

Gascoyne-Cecil, Randle William, 1889-1915

Gascoyne-Cecil, Randle William, 1889-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-07685
  • Person
  • 1889-1915

Gascoyne-Cecil, Randle William, son of the Right Rev. Lord Rupert William Ernest Gascoyne­Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, by Lady Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham, daughter of Edward, 1st Earl of Lathom; b. Nov. 28, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left Dec. 1905; Univ. Coll. Oxon., rnatric. Michaelmas 1908; successively a secretary, a journalist, and an actor; emigrated to Vancouver; enlisted in the Mountain Rangers, and arrived in this country with the second Canadian contingent in Feb. 1915; went out to the western front with the Scottish Canadians in April; 2nd Lieut. Warwickshire R. H. A. June 13, and returned to England on obtaining his commission; went out again to the western front in Feb. 1916; Lieut. July 17, 1917; attached to a Trench Mortar Battery; was thrice slightly wounded in July and Sept. 1916, and in July 1917; m. 1916 Elizabeth Claire Turner, of Birmingham; killed in action at Masnieres Dec. 1, 1917.

Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, 1893-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07684
  • Person
  • 1893-1918

Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. March 28, 1893; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1912; entered Vickers' works; 2nd Lieut. 5th Kent (Howitzer) Battery R. F. A., 4th Home Counties Brigade, July 27, 1913; Lieut. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front with his brigade, which was converted into a Divisional Ammunition Column in Dec. 1914; attached to a Regular Battery of the R. F. A. and given a section; Adjutant Oct. 31, 1915; joined the Salonika Expeditionary Force Jan. 1916; Capt. May 1917; Brigade Major; returned to the western front Aug. 10, 1918; mentioned in des­ patches; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action Aug. 27, 1918; unm.

Garvin, Roland Gerard, 1895-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-07677
  • Person
  • 1895-1916

Garvin, Roland Gerard, only son of James Louis Garvin, of Kilburn, editor of the Observer, by Christina, daughter of Robert Wilson, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; b. Oct. 12, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (H); won the Public Schools Foils Championship at Aldershot 1913; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 7th (Service) Batt. the Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancs Regt.) Sept. 19, 1914; Lieut. July 3, 1915; went out to the western front July 15, 1915; Capt. July 15, 1916; killed in action near Bazentin le Petit July 22, 1916; unm.

Garrett, Maurice Humphris, 1884-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07673
  • Person
  • 1884-1918

Garrett, Maurice Humphris, brother of Ernest Phillips Garrett (q.v.); b. April 10, 1884; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (G); left July 1901; joined the Artists O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 15th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Civil Service Rifles) Nov. 28, 1917; went out to the western front; m.; killed in action at Peronne, near Albert, Sept. 2, 1918.

Gardiner, Paul Wrey, 1898-1918

Gardiner, Paul Wrey, 1898-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-07652
  • Person
  • 1898-1918

Gardiner, Paul Wrey, brother of Geoffrey Baring Gardiner (q.v.); b. April 13, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; left July 1915; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) The Manchester. Regt. Sept. 25, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front April 11, 1918, and was attached to the 1st Batt. of the Worcestershire Regt.; killed in action at Roney, Cham­ pagne, May 27, 1918; unm.

Furze, Nevil Ford, 1897-1917

Furze, Nevil Ford, 1897-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07561
  • Person
  • 1897-1917

Furze, Nevil Ford, youngest son of Herbert Furze, of South Kensington, by Mary Ford, daughter of Edward Tidswell, of Chigwell, Essex; b. April 30, 1897; adm. April 26, 1912 (H); left July 1914; enlisted in the 18th (Service) Batt. (1st Public Schools) the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regt. June 12, 1915; was attached to the 2nd Batt. and went out to the western front in Sept. 1915: killed while leading a night attack on Bucquoy March 14, 1917; unm.

Frith, Herbert Philip, 1890-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-07509
  • Person
  • 1890-1914

Frith, Herbert Philip, only son of Edward Philip Frith, of Notting Hill, and grandson of William Powell Frith, R. A., C. V. O.; b. Jan. 21, 1890; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left Easter 1907; Asst. District Officer at Lokoya, Nigeria, West Africa; was attached to the West African Frontier Force on the outbreak of Great War I; d. Nov. 16, 1914, from wounds received in action at Lokoya.

Forster, Ralph Louis Francis, 1898-1917

Forster, Ralph Louis Francis, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07314
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

Forster, Ralph Louis Francis, son of Ralph George Elliott Forster (q.v.); b. July 13, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (G); left Dec. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. the Buffa (East Kent Regt.) Aug. 16, 1916; went out to the western front in the autumn of 1916; killed in action at Monchy May 3, 1917; unm.

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