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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.

Geare, William Duncan, brother of Henry Leslie Geare (q.v.); b. Nov. 28, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1909; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; Leeds Clergy School 1913, ord. 1913; Curate of St. Margaret, Ilkley, Yorks, 1913; temp. Chaplain to the Forces May 1, 1916; went out to the western front, being attached to the 7th and 9th Batts. of the King's (Liverpool) Regt., in Sept. 1916; killed while ministering to the wounded on the battlefield near Ypres July 31, 1917; unm.

Goodman, Gilbert Anthony, only son of Alfred William Goodman, of Belvedere, Kent, barrister-at-law, by Penelope Mary, daughter of Edwin Alfred Everett, of Erith, Kent; b. July 5, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left July 1913; London Univ., matric. Sept. 1913; enlisted in the Universities and Public Schools Batt., but subsequently exchanged into the Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. the Loyal North Lancs Regt. Dec. 24, 1914; went out to the western front May 11, 1916; was mistaken for another officer of the same name and reported by the War Office April 11, 1917, as killed; seriously wounded in the thigh while leading his men in an unsuccessful assault on Greenland Hill April 29, and was invalided home; joined the Air Force on his recovery in the autumn of 1917, and was gazetted to a permanent lieutenancy in the army July 12, 1918, with seniority from Sept. 1915; having received his wings as a pilot he was ordered to the Italian front Sept. 11, 1918; killed while fighting two Austrian machines over an aerodrome at Pianzana, North Italy, before the rest of his patrol could get to his assistance, Oct. 28, 1918; unm.

CROFT, SIR HERBERT ARCHER, BART., eldest son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, Bart., MP, and Georgiana Eliza Lucy, eldest dau. of Matthew Henry Marsh (qv); grandson of Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart. (qv); b. 5 Sep 1868; adm. (R) 12 Apr 1882; left Dec 1884; went to Australia 1887, sheep-farming; succ. father as 10th baronet 11 Feb 1902; enlisted as private in Herefordshire Regt., Aug. 1914, and raised company of 150 men within a week; 2nd Lieut., 1st batt., Herefordshire Regt. 2 Sep 1914, Lieut.; Capt., 12 Sep 1914; went out with British expeditionary force to Mediterranean Jul 1915; DL Herefordshire, JP (1896), High Sheriff 1911; m. 1st, 20 Jun 1892 Kathleen, second dau. of John Hare, Invercargill, New Zealand; m. 2nd, 3 Feb 1903 Katharine Agnes, eldest dau. of Joseph Charlton Parr DL, Grappenhall Heyes, Cheshire; killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 10 Aug 1915.

Ness, Gordon Stuart, youngest son of Patrick Ness, of Braco Castle, Perthshire, by Charlotte Jane Wells, daughter of Stephen Powell; b. Nov. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1902; Clare Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; 2nd Lieut. 4th (Volunteer) Batt. the Black Watch May 28, 1904, 3rd Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers April 7, 1906; Lieut. Dec. 9, 1909; attached 1st Batt.; went out to the western front Sept. 11, 1914; m. Gladys, daughter of C. E. Gwynne Harrison; killed in action at Ypres, Flanders, Nov. 10, 1914.