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Logan, Edward Townshend, 1865-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-11303
  • Person
  • 1865-1915

LOGAN, EDWARD TOWNSHEND, eldest son of Edward Logan, Upper Lawn, Chester, copper merchant, and Emily Eliza, dau. of Lee Porcher Townshend, Wincham Hall, Cheshire; b. Valparaiso, Chile 5 Nov 1865; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (G); left Aug 1882; 2nd Lieut., 3rd battn., Cheshire Regt., 27 Jun 1888; Lieut., 20 Jul 1889; Capt., 4 May 1891; Maj., 1 Apr 1907; Lieut. -Col., 6 Apr 1912; served in South African War 1900-2; joined South African Constabulary, becoming Commandant of Middleburg, Transvaal; returned to England 1907; went out to France Sep 1915 in command 5th battn., Durham Light Infantry; DSO 24 Mar 1901; mentioned in despatches LG 23 Apr and 10 Sep 1901; m. 22 Jan 1896 Hilda Emma Frances, widow of Walter Duckworth, West Kirby, Cheshire, and dau. of Carruthers C. Johnston[e ?], Chorlton Hall, Cheshire, sugar merchant; killed in action at Loos 25 Sep 1915.

Logan, Hugh, 1885-1919

  • GB-2014-WSA-11304
  • Person
  • 1885-1919

Logan, Hugh, brother of John Montagu Logan (q.v.); b. May, 10, 1885; adm. May 6, 1897 (G); left July 1903; Trin. Hall. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1903; 2nd Lieut. 2/1st Leics Yeomanry June 20, 1915; Lieut. June 22, 1917; served on the western front; m. April 27, 1911, Phyllis, third daughter of Charles Robert Hemingway, of the Park, Nottingham; d. of pneumonia at the 51st Clearing Station at Tournai, Belgium, Feb. 24, 1919.

Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, 1888-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11337
  • Person
  • 1888-1917

Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Sept. 7, 1888; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); exhibitioner 1902; left Easter 1907; temp. 2nd Lieut. 6th (Serv.) Batt. Berks Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1914; Capt. Nov. 17, 1914; Major May 5, 1917; acting Lieut.-Col.; went out to the western front July 1915, and was wounded in 1916; killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge Oct. 12, 1917; unm.

Longton, Edward John, 1896-1915

Longton, Edward John, 1896-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-11350
  • Person
  • 1896-1915

Longton, Edward John, eldest son of George Harold Longton, M.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Ella Constance Clara, daughter of Major Pontifex, of Guildford, Surrey; b. April 24, 1896; adm. April 29, 1909 (G); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Res.) The Essex Regt. Dec. 30, 1914; attached 1st Batt.; went out to Gallipoli in May 1915; killed in action June 6, 1915.

Looker, Leonard Davies, 1888-1917

Looker, Leonard Davies, 1888-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11359
  • Person
  • 1888-1917

Looker, Leonard Davies, only son of William Looker, of Westminster, by Katherine, daughter of John Price Davies, of Knighton; b. Sept. 16, 1888; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left Dec. 1906; a member of Lloyd's 1911; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. Royal West Surrey Regt. Dec. 19, 1916; went out to the western front Jan. 1917; m. Sept. 21, 1916, Molly, elder daughter of Richard John Davies, of Poynder's Road, Clapham Park; killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres, Aug. 1, 1917.

Macfarlane, Harold Embleton, 1898-1917

Macfarlane, Harold Embleton, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11574
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

Macfarlane, Harold Embleton, elder son of Harold Macfarlane (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1916; temp. 2nd Lieut. R. F. C. Feb. 27, 1917; Flying Officer May 25, 1917; killed in action in France July 14, 1917.

Macnab, Colin Lawrance, 1870-1918

Macnab, Colin Lawrance, 1870-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-11640
  • Person
  • 1870-1918

Macnab, Colin Lawrance, third son of Alexander Macnab, C. E., of Kensington, by Elizabeth Gilpin, daughter of Benjamin Smith, of Digby, Nova Scotia; b. Dec. 2, 1870; adm. April 1885 (H); left Dec. 1887; 2nd Lieut. Border Regt. Oct. 10, 1891; Lieut. Aug. 9, 1893; Capt. Northumberland Fusiliers May 9, 1900; Major Royal Sussex Regt. March 21, 1903; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 12, 1911; Col. Aug. 12, 1915; Brig.-Gen. July 17, 1915; asst. Adjt.-Gen. Nov. 1, 1916; retired on account of ill health contracted on active service Sept. 1918; served in South Africa 1899-1900; mentioned in despatches L. G. Feb. 8, 1901; served in France 1916-7; mentioned in despatches L.G. Feb. and Dec. 1917; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1918; m. Beatrice Marian, daughter of the Rev. William Blowers Bliss, Rector of Wicken Bonant, Essex; d. Oct. 13, 1918.

Macpherson, Duncan Stuart Ross, 1889-1914

Macpherson, Duncan Stuart Ross, 1889-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-11651
  • Person
  • 1889-1914

Macpherson, Duncan Stuart Ross, only son of Surg.-Gen. William Grant Macpherson, C.B., C.M.G., R.A.M.C., of South Kensington, by Elizabeth Anne, daughter of J. Clunas, of New Orleans, U. S. A.; b. Aug. 23, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (H); left July 1903; at Fettes Coll. 1903-8; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1908; 2nd Lieut. unattached, Jan. 20, 1909; Indian Army March II, 1910; Double Company Officer 1st Batt. 7th Gurkha Rifles March 14, 1910; Lieut. April 20, 1911; Asst. Adjt. 8th (Serv.) Batt. Black Watch Aug. 1914 - Nov. 1914; went out to the western front, attached 2/8th Gurkha Rifles Nov. 1914; killed in action at Festubert, near La Bassee, France, Nov. 23, 1914; unm.

Madge, Charles Albert, 1874-1916

Madge, Charles Albert, 1874-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-11684
  • Person
  • 1874-1916

Madge, Charles Albert, youngest son of Henry Madge Madge, M.D., of St. Marylebone, by Margaret, daughter of David Broun, of Broxburn Lodge, N.B.; b. Aug. 26, 1874; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (H); left July 1889; 2nd Lieut. 6th Warwicks Regt. Oct. 12, 1898; Lieut. June 7, 1899; Capt. Jan. 18, 1901; retired 1905; temp. Lieut.-Col. while specially employed Dec. 20, 1915; served in South Africa 1899-1902; mentioned in despatches L.G. July 29, 1902; m. Nov. 30, 1910, Barbara, youngest daughter of Henry Hylton-Foster, of Tolworth Hall, Surrey; killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt May 10, 1916.

Mansel-Howe, Charles Iorwerth, 1891-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-11777
  • Person
  • 1891-1918

Mansel-Howe, Charles Iorwerth, eldest son of Sidney Iorwerth Mansel-Howe, M.D., M.R.C.S., of Pimlico, barrister-at-law; b. July 18, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1910; joined the 28th Batt. the London Regt. (Artists' Rifles) at the outbreak of Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 23rd Batt. the London Regt. July 11, 1916, and became Lieut.; killed in action Aug. 9, 1918.

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