Attended CSM 1914-1915. Second Lieutenant (Observer), 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died of wounds on 9 October 1918 in France from wounds received 8 October 1918. Aged 20. Resident Camborne. Born 22 December 1897. Son of Frederick John and Cecilia Mary Gardenner, of "Eshiels", Chapel St., Camborne, Cornwall. In the 1911 census he was aged13, born Camborne, at school, resident with his parents at Bassel Road, Camborne, Cornwall. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Camborne, Cornwall, resident with his parenst at Lambert Villas, 1, Tehidy Road, Camborne, Redruth, Cornwall. Buried in VADENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, MAISSEMY, Aisne, France. Plot III. Row C. Grave 21.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 5, Page 65:

GARDENNER, JOHN VERNON, 2nd Lieut., Royal Air Force, yst. s. of Frederick John Gardenner, of St. Denys, Basset Street, Camborne, Head Master of the School of Art there, by his wife, Cecilia, dau. of Henry Cave, of Swansea ; b. Camborne, co. Cornwall, 22 Dec. 1897 ; educ. County School, Redruth and Camborne School of Mines, where he finished first of his year in June, 1915 ; joined as a Corpl. in the Royal Engineers (Special Brigade) in July, 1915 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Aug., and took part in the attack on Loos 25 Sept., and in the fighting at Hulloch 13 Oct. of the same year, where he was gassed, and invalided home, returning to France in the following Dec. ; was again invalided home 10 Nov. 1916 ; rejoined his regiment 28 March, 1917 ; was slightly gassed 27 July following, and sent to hospital; transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in Sept. of the same year, he returned home for training ; obtained his Wings in July, 1918 ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Air Force the following month, and was attached to No. 6 Squadron as Observer ; made repeated observations over enemy lines, and died at Vandencourt 9 Oct. following, of wounds received in aerial action the previous day. Buried in Vandencourt New British Cemetery, north-north-west of St. Quentin. His Major wrote " His death is greatly felt by us all ; I am awfully sorry to lose him, he was such a stout fellow, and always so keen. He had been out on contact patrol, and one of his wings was nearly shot away by rifle fire. Just as he had dropped some most valuable information the wing broke away, and he crashed." Unm.

[Spelt HUTCHISON on CWGC and SDGW] Attended CSM 1906-1909. Lieutenant, 9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 22 October 1916 in France. Aged 29. Resident Ayr. Formerly Lovat Scouts. He went to CSM at the age of 18 from Scotland and gained a 1st Class certificate on leaving in 1909. He was a top student at CSM winning 1906-07 Geometry First Prize 10 shillings (10/-) and Hydrostatics First Prize 10 shillings (10/-). He was a student member of the IMM 1909-1916. Buried in ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY, MIRAUMONT, Somme, France. Plot VIII. Row C. Grave 2.

Extract from an account of 'The Hillsfoots in World War 1';

'Second son of Robert and Mrs Hutchinson, of Alderston, Ayr, educated at Dollar Academy. He boarded with Dr. Thom. He left in 1906 to study at the Camborne School of Mines. From there he won a scholarship, which took him to Broken Hill Australia for three years. He was home on leave from his work when war broke out and joined the Lovat's Scouts. He received a commission in the Seaforth Highlanders in June 1915. He was transferred to the Gordon Highlanders when he went to the front in February 1916. Killed in action on 22/10/1916. France ADNAC Military Cemetery. Also commemorated at Dollar Academy. The Dollar Academy war memorial takes the form of a freestone cenotaph crowned with the bronze life-size sculpture of a robed and kneeling youth with hands outstretched in appeal by sculptor George Henry Paulin.'

Attended CSM 1910-1911. Lieutenant, 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry attached to Seaforth Highlanders. Killed in action 9 May 1915 in France. Aged 32. Resident Edinburgh. In the 1911 census he was aged 27, born Calton, Edinburgh, employed in Mettaliferous Mining, a patient at Nightingale Nursing House, Bassel Road, Camborne, Cornwall. Served in the South African (Boer) War as Trooper 33957, 86th (Rough Riders) Company, 22nd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 37 and 38.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War Volume 2 January to June 1915, page 246:

CAPTAIN (temp.) CHARLES JOHN ALTON CHETWYND, VISCOUNT INGESTRE, M.V.O., ROYAL HORSE GUARDS, (THE BLUES) LIEUTENANT, RESERVE OF OFFICERS, only son of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury and Talbot, died on the 8th January, 1915, of pneumonia contracted while on military duty.

He was born at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, on the 8th September, 1882, was educated at Eton College, and joined the Royal Horse Guards from the Militia in April, 1900, becoming Lieutenant in July, 1907. He subsequently retired from the Active List and joined the Reserve of Officers, from which he was called up for the war and appointed Captain (temp.) in the Royal Horse Guards.

He had received the Coronation medal, and was a member of White's, Lord's, and the Turf Clubs. Viscount Ingestre married, in 1904, Lady Winifred Constance Hester Paget, sister of the Marquis of Anglesey, and left four children : the Honourable Ursula Chetwynd Talbot, born September, 1907 ; the Honourable Victoria Chetwynd Talbot, born March, 1910 ; Honourable Joan Chetwynd Talbot, born October, 1911 ; and John George Henry Alton Alexander Chetwynd Talbot, now Viscount Ingestre, born December, 1914.

Attended CSM 1913-1914. Lieutenant, 7th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial), Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 October 1917 in Belgium. Aged 22. Resident Kingsbridge, Devon. Son of William Southmead Langworthy, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., and Ethelind Marian Langworthy, of Brock's Holt, Galmpton, Brixham, Devon. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Penryn, Cornwall, resident with his parents, William S and Ethelrind M. Langworthy, at The Retreat, Village, Yealmpton, Plympton St Mary, Devon. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 38 to 40.

Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4, page 104:

LANGWORTHY, WILLIAM SOUTHMEAD, Lieut., 7th (Territorial) Battn. (Cyclist.) The Devonshire Regt., elder s. of Capt. William Southmead Lang-worthy, of Belle Vue, Dartmouth, R.A.M.C., by his wife, Ethelind Marion, dau. of the late Dr. Langworthy, of Salcombe, South Devon ; b. Penryn, co. Cornwall, 28 Aug. 1895 ; educ. Plymouth College, and St. Paul's, London ; was a Mining student at Camborne, co. Cornwall ; joined the Honourable Artillery Company on the commencement of war ; obtained a commission in the Cyclist Battn. The Devonshire Regt. July, 1.915 ; was promoted Lieut. Dec. 1916 ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from May, 1917, and was killed in action 4 Oct. following ; unm.

Attended CSM 1914-1914. Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Died of wounds 6 July 1917 in England. Aged 20. Resident Cranleigh., Surrey. Son of Arthur E. Lawson, C.I.E., and Mrs. Lawson, of " Barcroft", Cranleigh, Surrey. Buried in BROMPTON CEMETERY, London, Grave reference E.2. 174322.

Extract from Du Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4, page 106:

LAWSON, ARTHUR CYRIL, 2nd Lieut., The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), only s. of Arthur Ernest Lawson, C.I.E., of Chesney, West Byfleet, co. Surrey, and of Madras, by his wife, Lillie, dau. of R. S. Mair, M.D. ; b. Madras, India, 26 July, 1896 ; educ. Elstree ; Wellington College, and The School of Mines, Camborne ; joined the Artists' Rifles in Sept. 1914 ; obtained a commissioned in the Worcestershire Regt. in Jan. 1915 ; transferred to the Rifle. Brigade ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the beginning of Aug. 1915 ; was wounded at Arras in March, 1916, and died at No. 4 London General Hospital, Denmark Hill, S.E., 6 July, 1917. Buried in Brompton Cemetery.

Attended CSM 1908-1911. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Killed in action 11 March 1915 in France. Aged 24. Resident Oundle. In the 1911 census he was aged 20, born Middlewick, Cheshire, a Mining Student, a boarder, resident Wellington Road, Camborne, Cornwall. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 28 to 30. See also Oundle and Ashton War Memorial and also Manchester University

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 1, page 223:

LEES, PERCY BERESFORD, 2nd Lieut., End Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., s. of Col. Charles Percy Lees, of Herne Lodge, Oundle, co. Northampton, by his wife, Anna Madeleine, dau. of Edward Whetham Allpress; b. Newton Hall, Middlewich, co. Chester, 12 June, 1890; educ. Wellington College and the School of Mines, Camborne, where he took his degree; was engaged in mining in Canada When war broke out, and at once returned to England, applied tor a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Northamptons, 14 Oct. 1914; went to France, 1 March, 1915, where he joined the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915. Buried at Neuve Chapelle; unm.

Attended CSM 1887-1900. Captain, 1st Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 18 September 1916 in France. Aged 37. Baptised 30 March 1879 in Llangattock Vibon Avel, Monmouthshire, Wals, son of Alexander and Mary Eugina Maclaverty. Resident Monmouth. Son of the Rev. Alexander Maclaverty and Mary Eugenia Maclaverty (nee Tombs); husband of Geraldine Antoinette Dodgson (formerly Maclaverty nee Hewat), of The Elms, Hereford. The Rossal Svhool Register 1902 lists him as born 20 February 1879, resident Llangattock Manor, Monmouth. Trooper, South African Constabulary, in the South African War (1899-1902). No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 3, page 183:

MACLAVERTY, COLIN JOHNSTONE, Capt., 1st Battn. (53rd Foot) The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry), s. of the Rev. Alexander Maclaverty, Vicar of Llangattock, co. Monmouth, by his wife. Mary Eugenia, dau. of the Rev. Charles Tombs; b. Llangattock aforesaid, 20 Feb, 1879; educ. Rossall ; served in the South African War 1899-1902 (Queen's Medal with four clasps) ; joined the 4th Battn. The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 1908, and on the abolition of the battalion transferred as Capt. to the 3rd Battn. The Scottish Rifles, from which he resigned in May, 1914. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was in Northern Nigeria, prospecting, and immediately volunteered for service with the Nigerian troops; landed at Duala with the original Expeditionary Force, being attached to the 1st Battn. The Nigeria Regt.; took part in the main actions until wounded at Boga June, 1915, and was invalided to England ; rejoined the King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) on recovery: was gazetted as Regular Capt.. in the 1st Battn. 30 .June, l916; proceeded to France. and was killed in action 18 Sept. 1916, on the Quadrilateral, near Leuze Wood. Buried on the railway bank there. An officer wrote "His company was the leading company, and it was thanks to his fine and gallant, leading the whole attack was such a magnificent success. After having captured the first trench he was killed, collecting his men to go and attack the second." He m. at Hereford, 14 Oct. 1915, Geraldine Antoinette, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Henry Roper Curzon Hewat, and had a son, Colin Arthur Morris, b. 16 Sept. 1916.

Attended CSM 1911-1914. Second Lieutenant, 25th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 3 April 1917 in France. Aged 24. Baptised 24 May 1893 in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, resident Street, Aston House. Resident Banbury. Son of Maj. Arthur Mullaniffe O'Beirne and Gertrude Sophia Mary O'Beirne, of Astrop Grange, Banbury, Oxon. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.

Extract from National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1921:

O'BEIRNE John Ingram Mullaniff of Astrop Grange Banbury Oxfordshire lieutenant R.A.F. died 3 April 1917 in France Administration London 9 February to Arthur Mullaniff O'Beirne major H.M. Army. Effects £5563 10s. 4d.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4, page 146:

O'BEIRNE, JOHN INGRAM MULLANIFFE, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve) Battn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. s. of Major Arthur Mullaniffe O'Beirne, Royal Warwickshire Regt., of Astrop Grange, near Banbury; and Augherea, co. Longford, Recruiting Officer at Budbrooke Barracks, Warwick, by his wife, Gertrude, dau. of James C. Harter ; and brother to Lieut. A. J. L. O'Beirne (q.v.) ; b. Leamington, co. Warwick, 24 April, 1893 ; educ. Summerfields, Oxford ; Radley College, and the School of Mining, Camborne, co. Cornwall ; obtained a commission in the Reserve Battn. The Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Aug. 1914 ; underwent training at Lyndhurst ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, being attached to the 2nd Battn. ; took part in the First Battle of Ypres ; was invalided home in Nov., suffering from poisoning, contracted through drinking polluted water ; on his recovery entered the Royal Military College, Sandhurst ; was again gazetted to the Royal Warwickshire Regt. 19 Oct. 1915 ; transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in Feb. 1916 ; returned to France in May, 1916, as an Observer ; was sent to England on sick leave in Aug. 1916, but returned to France in Dec., and was killed 3 April, 1917, while with the 25th Squadron on a photographic expedition over Vimy Ridge. A brother officer wrote : "As an observer he was in my opinion second to none, and I would have gone anywhere with him. He was the finest fellow I have ever known, and I wish we had more like him. He was always one of the most cheerful in the squadron, and we all feel his loss most fearfully. I don't think there was anyone more popular than he was." Unm.

Attended CSM 1910-1913. Captain, 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Killed in action 11 July 1915 in Gallipoli. Aged 26. Resident Southsea. In the 1901 census he was aged 1, born London, Middlesex, resident with his parents, Francis Slater Picot and Ada Melvill Picot, at The Hawthorns, Langley Road, Langley Burrell, Chippenham, Wiltshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born London, a Mining Student, resident at the C S M Club, Camborne, Cornwall. Buried in TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Grave lost. Special Memorial Row C. Grave 149. See also Singapore Cenotaph

Extract from The Straits Times, 23 June 1919, Page 2:

The Roll of Honour.
SETTLEMENT OF PENANG AND KEDAH STATE
Official List

The details given are name in full, last residence, occupation, rank at death, regiment, and date of death:-

Penang
Picot, Philip Simons, Eastern Smelting, Metallurgical Chemist, Captain, 14th Sherwood F.

Attended CSM 1913-1916. Corporal S/14862, 1st/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's). Died of wounds 28 August 1918 in France. Aged 21. Born Briouxe, France. Resident Newquay. Enlisted Newquay, Cornwall. Son of J. Henry and Annie Rickard, of Newquay, Cornwall. Buried at LIGNY-ST. FLOCHEL BRITISH CEMETERY, AVERDOINGT, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 15.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, Volume 4, page 168:

RICKARD, HENRY CECIL, Corpl., No 14862 1/5th (Territorial) Battu. Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), yst. s. of John Henry Rickard, of 3, Colchester Villas, Newquay, co. Cornwall, Mining Engineer, by his wife, Mary Annie, dau. of James Mitchell ; b. Brionde, Haute Loire, France, 9 June, 1897 ; educ. Truro College, and the Metalliferous Mining School, Cornwall (where he obtained a first-class certificate) ; enlisted in the 3rd Battn. The Seaforth Highlanders 5 July, 1916 ; was subsequently appointed Gas Instructor at Cromarty, N.B. ; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from April, 1918, being transferred to the 5th Battn. ; was gassed on the 27th of the following month, and sent to Le Tréport Hospital ; on recovery rejoined his regiment on 8 Aug., and died at No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station on the 26th of the same month, of shell-gas poisoning, received while holding the line near Arras on the previous day. His Commanding Officer wrote : "I can't express my sorrow at the death of your son, one of the best N.C.O.'s of my company." Unm.

Attended CSM 1912-1914. Second Lieutenant, 171st Company, Royal Engineers. Died 19 May 1915 in Belgium. Aged 20. Resident St Austell. Son of Maj. Edward Gaved Stocker (R.A.M.C., T.F.) and Ethel Fuller Stocker, of Calartha, St. Austell, Cornwall. Buried in VLAMERTINGHE MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot I. Row D. Grave 8.

Extract from Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1915, volume 2, page 452:

2nd LIEUTENANT (temp.) THOMAS FULLER STOCKER, 171st (MINING) COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, born at Weedon, Northamptonshire, on the 12th March, 1895, was the elder son of Surgeon-Major Edward (laved Stocker, Royal (Wessex) Engineers, T.F., on active service as Medical Officer in charge 27th Divisional R.E., British Expeditionary Force, and Ethel Fuller Stocker, of Cam Brea, Cornwall.

He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, Devon, where he was a member of the O.T.C., matriculated at London and Bristol Universities, and passed through the Cornwall School of Mines ; at the latter he obtained several first class certificates, and two bronze medals, twice being first in all England for Surveying. When the War broke out he was on the staff of the West of England China Clay Co. He was Assistant Scout Master of the St. Austell Troop of Boy Scouts, and was fond of golf and motoring.

On the outbreak of war he enlisted as a sapper in the Wessex Field Company, R.E., his father's corps, and in six weeks was promoted Lance-Corporal, and was gazetted temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the R.E. in April, 1915.

He was shot through the heart on the 19th May, 1915, in the trenches near Ypres, by a German sniper, and was buried at Vlamertinghe in the British Officers' annexe.

In writing to Surgeon-Major Stocker, Captain E. W. Wellesley, R.E., says : "I was most grieved to hear this evening of your son's death in the trenches. He was so full of interest and enjoyment in his work, and I could not have wished for a better Subaltern. He was always ready to do everything to help me ho could, and was, I know, most popular with the men under him."

Attended CSM 1896-1899. Major, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 5 July 1916 in France. Aged 39. Resident Mortimer, Berkshire. Youngest son of George Walter and Annie Tyser, of Oakfield, Mortimer, Reading. In the 1891 census he was aged 13, a scholar, resident with his parents, George W and Annie Tyser, in Bere Court Mansion, The Marsh, Pangbourne, Bradfield, Berkshire. In the 1911 census he was aged 33, born Reigate, Surrey, a Stock Broker's Clerk, married to Lucy Norah Tyser, resident 64, St Mary's Mansions, St Mary's Terrace, Paddington W., London & Middlesex. Buried in BAPAUME POST MILITARY CEMETERY, ALBERT, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 7. See also London Stock Exchange

Extract from the Stock Exchange Memorial Book:

MAJOR GEORGE BEAUMONT TYSER, East Lancashire Regiment, was born in 1876, and educated at Harrow and Camborne Mining College.

He served in the South African War for two years, acting as Lance Bearer to Lord Methuen. On returning home he went on the Stock Exchange and became a member in 1911, joining the firm of Robinson and Glyn.

On the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th East Lancashire Regiment, and was promoted to Captain soon afterwards. He went to France in July 1915 and later was given his Majority. He was killed at the head of his men in the attack on La Boiselle on 5 July 1916.

Attended CSM 1911-1912. Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps and and 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds 11 July 1916 in France. Aged 21. Resident London. Son of the late Capt. Price Vaughan Lewes, R.N., C.B., D.S.O. and Mrs. Vaughan Lewes, of Glenroy, West Lulworth. Buried at BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot II. Row F. Grave 57.

Extract from England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1917:

LEWES Martyn Tullock Vaughan of Glenroy Cottage West Lulworth Wareham Dorsetshire lieutenant H.M. Army died 22 July 1918 in France Administratin London 4 June to Anne Josephine Lewes widow. Effects £6774 6s. 3d.

Attended CSM 1910-1913. Lieutenant, H.M.S. "Victory", Royal Marine Light Infantry. Killed in action 13 November 1916 in France. Aged 23. Resident Grampound, Cornwall, Naval records states born at 8 St Andrews Square, Surbiton. Son of Henry Acton Welman and Mary Laetitia Welman, of Trewarthenick, Grampound Road, Cornwall, later of 5, Winchester Rd., Oxford. In the 1911 census he was a boarder, aged 17, a Mining Student, born Surbiton, Surrey, boarding at Fore Street, Camborne. Born 20 May 1893, attended Bedford Grammar School in 1904. Served in Malta and Mudros. Embarked Mudros 7 May 1916, disemabarked Marseilles 12 May 1916 from H.M.T. Briton. Buried in MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET, Somme, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 28.

See Australian War memorial for photograph

[Listed as Lieutenant on CSM] Captain, 174th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Killed in action 21 March 1918 in France. Aged 29. Born 16 December 1888, baptised 9 June 1889 in Collaton St Mary, Devon, son of Percy and Elizabeth Reid Whitehead. Resident Paignton. Son of Mrs. Whitehead, of Orchardleigh, Paignton, Devon, and the late Percy Whitehead; brother of Hugh (both died on the same day). Educated Charterhouse and Camborne School of Mines (1910-1913). Also served in German South West Africa. Awared the Military Cross (M.C.) and Meritorious Service Medal (M.S.M.). In the 1891 he was aged 2, born Essex, resident with his mother, Elizabeth R Whitehead, at Barton Pines, Oakleigh Terrace, Paignton, Totnes, Devon. No known grave. Commemorated at ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 1. See also Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey

Extract from National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1918:

WHITEHEAD Percy Neil of South Mount Paignton Devonshire captain R.E. M.C. died 21 March 1918 in France Administration London 26 September to Elizabeth Reid Whitehead
widow. Effects £1073 18s. 8d.

Extract from Evening Mail - Monday 21 August 1916, page 6:

Temp. Lt. (temp Capt.) PERCY NEIL WHITEHEAD. R.E.
For conspicuous gallantry. When a party of out troops had lost their direction during an attack, he immediately went out and led them to the correct line. At the enemy's parapet he was wopunded in two places at a point blank range, but was rescued. His gallant act saved a serious situation

Attended CSM before 1900. Lieutenant, South African Light Horse. Died of typhoid fever 13 February 1900 at Pretoria. Aged 27. Resident Bulawayo. Son of Percy Tarbutt, of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa.

Extract from The Last Post - Roll of Officers who fell in South Africa 1899-1902 by Mildred G Dooner, published by Naval and Military Press:

Tarbutt. - Lieut. Charles A. Percy Tarbutt, South African Light Horse, died of typhoid fever at Pretoria, Feb. 13th, 1900. He was the eldest son of Percy Tarbutt, Esq., of the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa. Lieut. Tarbutt was twenty-six years of age, and was educated at University College School (where he was in the football XV.), and at the Bedford Grammar School. When Lieut. Tarbutt landed in South Africa he was given a commission as lieut. in the South African Light Horse. After the battle of Colenso he was reported missing, but it was subsequently discovered that he had been wounded and captured. (15 December 1899)