KEKEWICH

Hanbury Lewis

[SDGW states Major] Old Etonian. Captain, Sussex Yeomanry. Killed in action 6th November 1917. Aged 32. Husband of Dorothy Page-Turner (formerly Kekewich), of Old Place, Bicester, Oxon. Buried in BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY, Israel. Section M. Grave 38. Further notes on Hanbury Lewis KEKEWICH's family

KEKEWICH, MiD

Arthur St John Mackintosh

Old Etonian. Captain, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 25th September 1915. Aged 28. Son of Charles Granville Kekewich and Mary Kekewich, The Hill House, Hatfield, Herts; husband of Kathleen Cecil Turner (formerly Kekewich, nee Stirling), of Bacton Rd., Felixstowe, married 3rd August 1914 at Exeter, St David, Devon. Left Eton College in 1904. Matriculated 1905 Christ Church, Oxford University. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In the 1911 census he was aged 23, unmarried, born Eltrace, Hertfordshire, a Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, Lucknow, Mooltan & Lucknow Barracks, North Tidworth Andover, Wiltshire. No known grave. Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 35 to 37. See also Aldenham War Memorial

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page 188:

KEKEWICH, ARTHUR ST. JOHN MACKINTOSH, Capt., 8th (Service) Battn. The Devonshire Regt., eldest s. of Charles Granville. Kekewich, by his wife, Mary Marion, dau. of Æneas Mackintosh, of Inverness. J.P., D.L.; and gdson. of the late Right Hon. Sir Arthur Kekewich, P.C., M.A., Judge of High Court of Justice 24 June. 1887; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated BA. In 1909, and M.A. in 1911, and while there was attached to the Seaforth Highlanders as a University Candidate 'for the Army, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. 18 Sept. 1909; promoted Lient. 16 Aug. 1911, and on the formation of the 8th Battn. after the outbreak of war, was appointed Adjutant 20 Aug. 1914, and Capt. 20 Nov. following, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos 25 Sept. 1915. Capt. Kekewich was mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette, 1 Jan. 1916] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Oxford steered the Christ Church Eight in 1906, 1907 and 1908, being head of the river at Oxford for the last two years, and steered them at Henley Regatta when they won the Grand Challenge Cup in 1908; was also well known in the hunting field, and was the winner of several point-to-point races. He m. at St. David's, Exeter, 2 Aug. 1914, Kathleen Cecil, dam of General James Wilfrid Stirling, of Rochbeare, Devon, C.M.G.

Extract from Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Friday 15 October 1915, page 10:

The Devons.
LATE CAPT. KEKEWICH.
SPECIAL MEMOIR.

The Devonshire Regiment, particularly its 8th and 9th Battalions, played a big part in the recent fighting in France which resulted in substantial advance in front Vermelles and Grenay and at the village of Loos. But the regiment was called upon to sacrifice many brave lives. Among those who fell was Captain Arthur St. John Mackintosh Kekewich, who, since its formation, had been Adjutant of the 8th Battalion, and was killed in taking the first German trench alongside of Lieut.-Col. Grant, the officer commanding the regiment, and Major Carden, D.S.O., the second in command. Captain Arthur Kekewich belonged to the family of that name which has for generations been honourably associated with Devon and Exeter. Their military service may be recalled by the heroic charge at Inkerman of the 20t!h Foot, then recruited from East Devon, in which Ensign Lewis Kekewich received wounds of which which died, and in later years by the many campaigns honours, and wounds of General Kekewich, C.B. Deceased's father is Mr. C. Granville Kekewich, of 10, Vicarage Gate, London, who is the eldest son the Right Honourable Sir Arthur Kekewich, the second of Mr. Samuel Kekewich, formerly M.P. for Exeter, and at the time of his death M.P. for South Devon. Captain Arthur Kekewich's mother is the eldest daughter of the late Mr. Æneus Mackintosh, J.P., D.L., of Daviot, Inverness-shire, and through his mother, Captain Arthur Kekewich was connected with the Clan of Mackintosh and others of the leading families of the Highlands of Scotland. He was born on the 24th June,1887, and, after having been at Mr. Tabor's Preparatory School at Cheam, he went to Eton in 1900. and matriculated atb Christ Church, Oxford, in 1905. When he went up to Oxford he became coxswain of the Christ Churcn Eight. He steered them at the head of the river for two years, and when they won the Grand Challenge Cup a Henley Regatta in 1908, and in 1909 he rowed in his College Torpid and entered for 'the University Sculling Race.

While at Oxford he determined upon the military profession, and became attached to the Seaforth Highlanders as a University candidate. He took his degree of B.A. in 1909, and subsequently proceeded to M.A., and in due course he was offered a commission in the Devonshire Regiment, which, owing to the family associations with the county, was gladly accepted. and his commission as a second lieutenant was in September, 1909. He became a lieutenant in 1911 and captain this year. He was to have been married on the 16th August 1914, to Kathleen Cecil, daughter of Colonel Stirling. pf The Grange, Rockbeare, but owing to the mobilisation of the regiment on the impending outbreak war, the weddiong took place on Monday, 3rd August, at St. David'e Church, Exeter, in the prescence of a few relations, friends, and brother officers. Soon aftterwards when the new Armies were in course of formation, Captain Arthur Kekewich was appointed adjutant of the 8th Devons. which formed part of the first New Army, and throughout short, strenuous preparation of elevn months he devoted the whole of his energy to the work of making them as efficient as possible. His life and character were marked by the zeal and enthusiasm which he threw into at subject which occupied him for the time being. He had often been engrossed in sport, and had distinguish himself in fishing, deer stalking and hunting. He was known a fearless rider to hounds particularly with the East Devon Fox hounds, and had ridden winners in several Point-to-Point races in the district. But the whole of his energy was devoted during the last year of his life to the 8th Devons; their cares were his cares, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than when their efficiency received commendation from superior officers. They went to France in July, 1915, were very soon in the trenches, and took part in the great attack of Saturday, the 25th September, when Captain Arthur Kekewich was killed at the first German trench that they took. He was shot in the head. having come under machine-gun flre, and fell unconcious. Three of his men carried him a little distance when he passed away, but the battalion went on, and played an important part in the success of the day.

The remaining officers and men of the battalion have expressedtheir grief of his loss, and say how gallantly he died. Capt.Roberts, son of Mr. C. T. K. Roberts, of Exeter, the senior surviving officer, has written to the widow expressing, on behalf of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Regiment, the deep - sympathy which they feel for her on account of her husband's death in action. The letter goes on : “Throughout the months of preparation at home and during the two monthsof active service in Prance he gave all his energies and all the thoughts to the good of the battalion, There is not a man of us left who does not realise how much hard work and care he exercised for us. As he was for a long time stationed at the Depot in the Higher Barracks, he was well known in Exeter and neighbourhood, with those who only knew him a little, his straight-forward look, cheery manner and quick intelligence made him very populatr, while by those who knew him better he was beloved because of the conscientious and enthusiastic way he carried out what he took in hand and of his character of a Christian gentleman, as well as keen soldier. We had him recorded not long ago in these columns as attending the funeral, at Exminster, of his cousin. General Kekewich, C.B.; and more recently when a letter was read from him from the Front, at the meeting of the East Devon Hunt, in which he said that he hoped the Pack would be kept together, and sent a subscription from the wife and himself. Devon has reason to be proud of her sons, and no one had a greater right than Captain Arthur Kekewich to bear the motto of Exeter city and of the Devonshire Regiment,“"Semper Fide.”

KENNARD, D.S.O.

Willoughby Arthur

[SDGW states Captain] Old Etonian. Major, 13th Hussars. Died 30th October 1918. Aged 37. Son of Howard John Kennard, and Elizabeth Kennard. Awarded the Distinuguished Service Order (D.S.O.). In the 1891 census he was aged 9, born London, Middlesex, residet with his brother-in-law at Borough Court, Murrell Green, Odiham, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. Left Eton College in 1895. Buried in ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XLVIII. Row C. Grave 8.

Extract from Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915 published by Naval & Military Press:

KENNARD, WILLOUGHBY ARTHUR, Capt., was born 20 May, 1881. He joined the 13th Hussars 21 March, 1900, being promoted Lieutenant 22 Feb. 1902. He saw active service in South Africa from 1899 to 1902, during which he was present in operations in the Transvaal 30 Nov. 1900, to Sept. 1901; Oct. 1901, to April, 1902, and May, 1902; operations in Orange River Colony, April to May, 1902; operations on the Zululand Frontier of Natal in Sept. and Oct. 1901 (Queen's Medal with four clasps). He became Captain 13 Dec. 1906, and took an appointment as a Territorial Force Adjutant 9 April, 1912. Capt. Kennard served in the European War from 1914 to 1916. He was mentioned in Despatches, and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915] "Willoughby Arthur Kennard, Capt., 13th Hussars." He was severely wounded, and died in Oct. 1918. His D.S.O. was awarded" for services in connection with operations in the field."

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1919:

KENNARD Willoughby Arthur of the Cavalry Club Piccadilly Middlesex major 13th Hussars D.S.O. died 30 October 1918 in France Probate London 29 January to Henry Staney Bruce Greenfield stockbroker and Louise Emmet (wife of Robert Emmet). Effects £28948 14s. 9d.
Resworn £22256 19s. 11d.

Extract from Western Mail - Tuesday 5 November 1918, page 3:

ROLL OF HONOUR.
FORMER MONMOUTHSHIRE MAJOR.

Major Willoughby Arthur Kennard. D.S.O., Hussars, who died of bronchial pneumonia following influenza, was the youngest son of the late Mr. H. J. Kennard. He was born in 1881, was educated at Eton, and joined the Monmouthshire Militia in 1899. He obtained his commission in the 13th Hussars in 1900, and served in the South African war (Queen’s Medal with four clasps). He was extra A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, India, in 1910-11, and from 1912 to 1915 served as adjutant to the Northumberland Hussars.

KENNAWAY

Arthur Lewis

Old Etonian. Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own). Killed in action 21st August 1915. Aged 34. Born 16th June 1881, baptised 25th July 1881 in Garboldisham, Norfolk, son of The Rev. Charles Lewis and Edith Letitia Kennaway, of Stephens Plot, Spettisbury, Blandford. Educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. Left Eton College in 1900. Matriculated 1900 Oriel College, Oxford University. Land Agent. Took Commission in Dorset Yeomanry in 1911. In the 1901 census he was aged 19, born Garboldisham, Norfolk, son of Cahrles L and Edith L Kennaway, resident The Rectory, Garboldisham, Guiltcross, Norfolk. Buried in GREEN HILL CEMETERY, Turkey. Special Memorial D. 7. Also listed on the Garboldisham War Memorial

Note: There are now 2,971 servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 2,472 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate a number of casualties known or believed to be buried among them.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 5, page 99:

KENNAWAY, ARTHUR LEWIS, Lieut., 1st (Queen's Own) Dorset Yeomanry (T.F.), 2nd s. of the Rev. Charles Lewis Kennaway, of Stephens Plot, Spetisbury, Blandford, Vicar of Tarrant Crawford, by his wife, Edith Letitia, claw of Charles Joseph Parke, of Henbnry Hounse, Wimborne, co. Dorset; b. Garboldisham, co. Norfolk. 16 June, 1881; educ. Eton, and Oriel College, Oxford; was a Land Agent; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1st Dorset Yeomanry 12 June, 1910; promoted Lieut. 25 Nov. 1914; was called up on mobilization 5 Aug. 1914: served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, in Gallipoli from April. 1915: was reported wounded and missing after the attack on the Turkish trenches near Chocolate Hill and the heights beyond, near Sulva Bay, 21 Aug. following, and is now assnmed to have been killed in action on or about that date. A brother officer wrote: "Lieut. Kennaway was known to many friends as one, of those who combined strength of character with a great charm of personality, and a keenness in whatever work he took in hand," and a Trooper: "He was the bravest officer that ever walked." Unm.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

KENNAWAY Arthur Lewis of Sherborne Dorsetshire second-lieutenant H.M. Army died 21 August 1915 at Suvla Bay Gallipoli Probate London 2 July to the reverend Charles Lewis Kennaway clerk and John Augustus Gedge solicitor.
Effects £5301 11s. 2d.

Extract from Diss Express - Friday 24 January 1919, page 5:

GARBOLDISHAM
LIEUT. ARTHUR KENNAWAY

Lieutenant Arthur Lewis Kennaway, 1st Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, who was reported missing' on September 6th, 1915, is now presumed to have fallen in the attack on the Turkish position near Suvla Bay on August 21st, 1915. Born in 1881, he was the second son of the Rev. C. L. and Mrs. Kennaway, of Stephen's Plot, Spetisbary, Blandford, and formerly rector of Garboldisham. He went from a private school to Eton, and from there to Oriel College, Oxford. After a course at Wells Theological College, with a view to taking Holy Orders, he came to the conclusion that he was not called to the clerical profession, and turned his attention to land agency, eventually becoming a partner in the firm, as it was then called, of Eden, Baines, and Kennaway, of Sherborne, Dorset. At the outbreak of war he was holding a commission in the 1st Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry, and went out with the regiment to Egypt in April, 1915. In August the Yeomanry were ordered to Gallipoli, acting as unmounted troopers, and in the attack on the Turkish trenches near Chocolate Hill and the heights beyond, near Suvla Bay, on August 21st, when the Dorset Yeomanry suffered heavy losses, it is believed that he was killed.

One who knew him well writes:— “Lieut. Kennaway was knownto many friands as one of those who combinad strength of character with great charm of personality and keenness in whatever work he took in hand.”

Like his father he was well known on Norfolk cricket grounds. He made his debut for the County in the Suffolk match at Lakenham in July, 1904, a match memorable for a fine century innings by the Rev. G. B. Raikes, and the splendid bowling of Smith and Gibson.

KERRISON

Roger Orme

Old Etonian. Lieutenant-Colonel, 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment (Formerly Suffolk Yeomanry) attached 4th Brigade, Australian Field Artillery. Died of dysentery 18th September 1917. Aged 44. Son of Roger and Florence Lucy Kerrison, of Tattingstone Place, Ipswich, Suffolk. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Left Eton College in 1891. Joined the Loyal Suffolk Hussars (Yeomanry) in 1896, subsequently commanded the Regiment. In the 1881 census he was aged 7, born Norfolk, a scholar, son of Roger and Florence Lucy Kerrison, resident Tower House, 17, Ipswich St Mary at the Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk. Married Diana Elizabeth Postle Heseltine in 1896 in St Paul, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, Middlesex who he divorced and then married Elizabeth Isobel Stuart Ferguson in the July to September Quarter 1915 in St. Martin registration District, London. . Buried in WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot IV. Row N. Grave 4. See also Trinity College, Cambridge.

Photograph Copyright © Illustrated London News - Saturday 20 October 1917, page 17

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1917:

KERRISON Roger Orme of 56 Brompton-square Middlesex died 18 September 1917 iri France Probate London 28 December to Elizabeth Isobel Stuart Kerrison widow.
Effects £19578 12s. 2d.

Extract from Hampshire Independent - Saturday 22 September 1917, page 7 and Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 22 September 1917, page 6:

Lieutenan Colonel Roger Orme Kerrison, Reserve Regiment of Cavalry, attached Australian Artillery, died on September 18th, in hospital abroad, of dysentery contracted on active service, aged 44. Colonel Kerrison formerly commanded the Suffolk Hussars Yeomanry. He was a magistrate for Suffolk, and Lord of the Manor of Tattingstone. He married first in 1896 Diana Elisabeth, third daughter of John Postle Heseltine, formerly of Walhampton, Lymington, and second, in 1915, Elizabeth I. Stuart-Ferguson.

KING, M.C.

Charles Eustace Dickson

Captain, 2nd Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Killed in action 11th October 1916. Aged 28. Born 1st April 1888, baptised 5th May 1888 in Woolwich, Kent, son of Col. Charles Dickson King, C.B.E. (late Royal Field Artillery), and Evelyn Marie King, of Notton House, Lacock, Chippenham, Wilts. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Kent, a scholar at St Michaels, Westgate on Sea, Kent. Buried in CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot/Row/Section S. Grave 8.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 3, page 165:

KING, CHARLES EUSTACE DICKSON, M.C., Capt., 2nd Battn. (105th Foot) The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), elder s. of Col. Charles Dickson King, late Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Evelyn Marie, dau. of Ernest Alers Hankey, of Notton House, Lacock, co. Wilts; b. at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1 April, 1888; educ. St. Michael's School, Westgate-on-Sea; Wellington College, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined the 2nd King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) as 2nd Lieut. at Sheffield in Dec. 1906, successively moving to Aldershot in Dec. 1907, Cork in Oct. 1910, and to Dublin in Sept. 1913; was promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1912, and Capt. 14 Jan. 1915. The outbreak of war found him temporarily seconded as Second in Command of the 5th Divisional Cyclist Coy. at the Curragh; he requested permission to join his battalion, but this was not granted; landed at Havre 18 Aug. 1914; was present at the Battles of Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne, the Aisne, La Bassée, and the First Battle of Ypres, after which he took command of the 5th Divisional Cyclist Coy. On 10 March, 1915, he went as A.D.C. to Sir John Keir, but this was afterwards cancelled, and on 16 April he rejoined the Cyclist Coy., and four days later volunteered to temporarily rejoin the 2nd Battn. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry), which had suffered severely at Hill 60, and was badly in need of officers; was wounded 7 May, and invalided home; rejoined the 5th Divisional Cyclist Coy. at the end of June; returned to England in Feb. 1916, with a slipped cartilage, which kept him at home till 11 July, when he once more returned to France, this time rejoining the 2nd Battn. The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) on the Somme as Adjutant. He was again wounded 22 Sept., but remained on duty, and was killed in action near Bethune at 10.30 on the night of 11 Oct. 1916, by a stray shot, while jumping over the parapet to go out to a wiring party. Buried in a cemetery at Cambrin, four miles east of Bethune. Capt. King was three times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazettes, 19 Oct. 1914, 17 Feb. 1915, and 1 Jan. 1916] by F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French, for gallant and distinguished service in the field, and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 13 Jan. 1916] for services in the field. He was in the Wellington XI. and the Racquet VIII., also in the Sandhurst XI., and a member of the I.Z. Free Foresters and Yorkshire Gentlemen Cricket Clubs. In 1912 and 1914 he and Capt. A. C. G. Luther won the Military Doubles Racquet Championship at Prince's Club. He was well known in the hunting field in Ireland; unm.

Extract from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Friday 20 October 1916, page 4:

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAPT. CHARLES EUSTACE DICKSON KING M.C., who was killed in action on October 12, received his commission in the K.O.Y.L.I., November, 1906. He was promoted in January, 1912, and received the substantive rank of captain in January, 1915, having been made temporary captain two months before. He had served with distinction in the war, being mentioned in the despatches from Viscount French in October, 1914, and afterwards receiving the decoration of the Military Cross. Capt. King was the elder son of Colonel and Mrs. Charles D. King, of Prospect House, Countess Wear, Exeter, and 28 years old.

Extract from Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Saturday 15 January 1916, page 3:

Notes the Day.

Captain Charles Eustace Dickson King, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, has been awarded the Military Cross. He has already been mentioned three times in despatches. He is the elder son Colonel Charles D. King, R.F.A., now commanding Topsham Barrack.

KINGTON, D.S.O.

William Miles [Nairn]

Captain, 1st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 20th October 1914. Aged 38. Born 25th April 1876 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Son of Lt. Col. W. M. Kington (late 4th Hussars); husband of Edith Mary Agatha (nee Soames) Kington, of Bryn Estyn, Wrexham, Denbighshire, married 11th August 1908 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales. Awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). Height 5 feet 9¾ inches. In the 1911 census he was aged 35, a Captain, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, billeted at oberts Barracks, Quetta, Baluchistan, India. [SDGW gives a second entry for him in the Welsh Regiment as well as Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Listed as William Miles Nairn Kington in British Army Service Records]. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 22.

Extract from Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915 published by Naval & Military Press:

KINGTON, WILLIAM MYLES, Lieut., was born at Cheltenham 25 April, 1876, son of the late Colonel M. Myles Nairne Kington, formerly of the 4th Hussars. He was educated at Glenalmond College and at Sandhurst, and joined the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Aden in Sept. 1896, and became Lieutenant in Jan. 1899. He served in the South African War of 1899-1902, on the Staff as Brigade Signalling Officer from Nov. 1899, to Dec. 1900. He was present at the Relief of Ladysmith and the Battle of Colenso; operations and action at Vaal Kranz; on the Tugela Heights and action at Pieter's Hill; in the Transvaal at the beginning and end of 1900, including the action at Frederickstad, and in Cape Colony, including the action at Ruidam. He was again in the Transvaal in 1901 and 1902, and in the Orange River Colony. He was four times mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette of 8 Feb., 9 July, and 10 Sept. 1901, and 29 July, 1902]; received the Queen's Medal with five clasps; the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 Oct. 1902] : "William Myles Kington, Lieut., The Royal Welsh Fusiliers. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa." From Feb. 1902, to May, 1904, he was employed with the South African Constabulary, and front April, 1906, in which month he received his company, to Sept. 1910, he was an Adjutant of Volunteers and of the Territorial Force. He served in the European War, and was killed by a shell in the First Battle of Ypres on 28 Oct. 1914. He was a very popular officer, and a man in the battalion who was present said in an account of the engagement: “For three days we remained in the trenches, firing and being fired at, without food or water. Lieut. Hoskyns, who commanded my platoon, was killed by a sniper, and about three hours later Capt. Kington, D.S.O., was killed. He was a very fine officer, and would crack a joke in the trenches which would set us all laughing our sides out. It made us all mad to avenge his death." He was a well-known cricketer, a member of the M.C.C., the I Zingari and the Free Foresters, and was an excellent shot. Capt. Kington was very artistic, and has been described as a "musical genius." He married Edith, only daughter of Mr. F. W. Soames, of Bryn Estyn, Wrexham, and left one son.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume 1, page 216:

CAPTAIN WILLIAM MILES KINGTON D.S.O., 1st BATTN. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS, who was killed in action on the 21st October, 1914, was the eldest son of the late Colonel Kington, formerly of the 4th Hussars, and was born at Cheltenham on the 25th April, 1876.

He was educated at College, and joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in September, 1896, becoming Lieutenant in January, 1899. He took part in the South African War, in which he was on the Staff as Brigade Signalling Officer from November, 1899, to December, 1900. He was present at the relief of Ladysmith and the Battle of Colenso; operations and action at Vaal Krans; on the Tugela [eights and action at Pieter's Hill; in the Transvaal at the beginning and end of 1900, including the action at Frederickstad; and in the Cape Colony, including the action at Ruidam. He was again in the Transvaal in 1901 and 1902, and in the Orange River Colony. He was four times mentioned in Despatches ("London Gazette," 8th February, 9th July, and 10th September, 1901; and 29th July, 1902); was awarded the D.S.O., and received the Queen's medal with five clasps and the King's medal with four clasps. From February, 1902, to May, 1904, he was employed with the South African Constabulary, and from April, 1906, in which year he received his company, to September, 1910, he was an Adjutant of Volunteers and of the Territorial Force.

He was a well-known cricketer, member of the M.C.C., the I Zingari, and the Free Foresters, and was an excellent shot. He was also very artistic and a musical genius.

He was killed by a shell in the first Battle of Ypres, where his battalion was in the VIIth Division, near Zonnebeke, Belgium, and was buried on the field in a trench. Many of the officers of his battalion were killed or wounded in the same battle.

Captain Kington was a very popular officer, and a man in the battalion who was present said in an account of the engagement: “For three days we remained in the trenches firing and being fired at without food or water. Lieutenant Hoskyns, who commanded my platoon, was killed by a sniper, and about three hours later Captain Kington, D.S.O., was killed. He was a fine officer, and would crack a joke in the trenches, which would set us all laughing our sides out. It made us all mad to avenge his death."

Captain Kington married the only daughter of Mr. F. Soames, Bryn-Estyn, Wrexham, and left one son.

Extract from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1915:

KINGTON William Miles of Wrexham Denbighshire captain H.M. Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action 20 October 1914 at Tonnebeke Belgium Administration London 19 February to Edith Mary Agatha Kington widow. Effects £233 16s. 9d.

Extract from Gloucestershire Echo - Wednesday 28 October 1914, page 1:

CAPTAIN W. M. KINGTON.

Captain William Miles Kington, D.S.O., who has been killed in action, was the son of the late Col. W. M. N. Kington, 4TH Hussars, and was born at Priory Lodge, Cheltenham, April 25, 1876. He was educated at Glenalmond, and joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1896. He served with great distinction in the South African War, in which he was present at the relief Ladysmith, and was four times mentioned in despatches. The D.S.O. was conferred upon him, and he received the Queen's medal with five clasps and the King's medal with two clasps. He was well known as a cricketer, being a member of the I Zingari and Free Foresters clubs.

Extract from Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph - Saturday 31 October 1914, page 5:

Captain William Mile Kington, of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action in France, was the eldest son of the late Lieut.-Colonel W. M. N. Kington, 4th Queen's Own Hussars, of Tunbridge Wells, grandson of the late Colonel H. Brabazon Urmston, B.S.C., of Ardenlee, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, and nephew of Mr. A. B. Urmston, of Fintonagh, Boxley Road, Maidstone.

KINNAIRD

the Hon Douglas Arthur (Master of Kinnaird)

Old Etonian. Captain, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Killed in action 24th October 1914. Aged 35. Master of Kinnaird. Son of 11th Baron Kinnaird, of Rossie Priory, Inchture, Perthshire, resident 10, St. James's Square, London. His brother The Hon Arthur Middleton also fell. Educated Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Left Eton College in 1898. Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Religious denomination Presbyterian. Served in Egypt 22nd March 1912 to 1st January 1913 and France from 4th October 1914. Buried in GODEZONNE FARM CEMETERY, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row A. Grave 1. See also Cambridge University, Trinity College and King's College Chapel, Cambridge.

Extract from De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour 1914-1918, volume 1, page 216:

KINNAIRD, HON. DOUGLAS ARTHUR, Master of Kinnaird, Capt., 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, eldest s. of Arthur Fitzgerald, 11th Lord Kinnaird, K.T., by his wife, Mary Alma Victoria, dau. of Sir Andrew Agnew, of Lochnaw, 8th Baronet; b. Rossie Priory, Inchture, co. Perth, 20 Aug. 1879; educ. Cheam School, Surrey; Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge (13.A. 1901, M.A. 1905); gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Scots Guards, 22 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 1 Feb. 1904, and Capt. 3 Feb. 1 912; transferring to the 2nd Battn. when the 3rd was disbanded; went to Antwerp with his Battn. in the 7th Division; served through the retreat from that place and was killed in action, 23 Oct. 1914, during one of the numerous rearguard actions, to protect the retirement of the Belgian Army. Buried with another officer at Zonnebeke Farm, near Poligne, Belgium; unm. Capt. Kinnaird was in the Volunteer Corps at Eton and Cambridge, and travelled much on the Continent to study Art and Literature. In 1906, he went to East Africa for big game shooting, aud made a large collection of heads and trophies. lie also visited India for the Coronation Durbar at Delhi in 1911.

Extract from The Bond of Sacrifice, Volume 1, page 216:

CAPTAIN the Honble. DOUGLAS ARTHUR KINNAIRD, MASTER OF KINNAIRD, 2nd BATTN. SCOTS GUARDS, who was killed in action on the 24th October, 1914, near Ypres, was the eldest son of the eleventh Baron Kinnaird and the Baroness Kinnaird, of Rossie Priory, Inchture, Perthshire, and was born there on the 20th August, 1879. He was related to the Duke of Leinster, the Earl of Gainsborough, and Sir Andrew Agnew. Captain Kinnaird was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, as Lord Kinnaird had been, taking his degree of M.A. at the University. He was a Lieutenant in the Eton College Volunteer Corps, and also in the Cambridge University Volunteer Corps. He subsequently joined the Forfar and Kincardine Artillery Militia, afterwards entering the Scots Guards in May, 1901, becoming Lieutenant in February, 1904.

The 2nd Battalion Scots Guards formed part of the VIIth Division, which left England for Belgium early in October, and in the severe fighting near Kruiseik, in which Captain Kinnaird was killed, the battalion lost many officers. The Master of Kinnaird, who obtained his company in February, 1912, was not married, and his next brother, the Hon. K. F. Kinnaird, becomes heir to the barony.

He was a member of the Guards' and Bachelors' Clubs, and among his recreations were polo and cricket.

Extract from Dundee Evening Telegraph - Monday 2 November 1914, page 1:

MASTER OF KINNAIRD.
Son and Heir of Lord Kinnaird,
Has Been Killed in Yser Battle.

Intimation was received at Rossie Priory to-day that the Master of Kinnaird, son and heir of Lord Kinnaird, had been killed in action at the Yser on 24th ult.

The Hon. Douglas Arthur Kinnaird was a lieutenant in the Scots Guards. He was born on 20th August, 1879, and was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Great sympathy will be extended throughout the Carse of Gowrie to Lord and Lady Kinnaird on their loss.

Extract from Dundee Courier - Tuesday 3 November 1914, page 4:

HEIR OF LORD KINNAIRD
OF ROSSIE PRIORY
IS KILLED WHILE FIGHTING
IN FRANCE.

ONLY 600 OF BATTALION OF 1200
ANSWER ROLL CALL.

Information was received at Rossie Priory yesterday that the Hon. Douglas Arthur Kinnaird, the Master of Kinnaird, and son of Lord and Lady Kinnaird, of Rossie Priory, Perthshire, had been killed in action on the Yser on 24th October.

Lord and Lady Kinnaird are at present in London, where they are spending the winter months, and the sad news was conveyed to them there.

Deceased was a captain in the 2d Battalion of the Scots Guards. He was 35 years of age, and was gazetted second lieutenant on 22d May, 1901, lieutenant on 1st February, 1904, and captain on 3d February, 1912. He was the eldest of four brothers, two of whom are at present serving with the colours, Kenneth Fitzgerald, with the Scottish Horse, and Arthur Middleton, with a London Territorial body.

Educated at Cambridge.

The late Master Kinnaird, who was educated at Cambridge, took a great interest , all military matters. He was busily engaged training recruits until about a month ago, when his battalion was ordered to the front for active service. Out of the 1200 who comprised the battalion, only some 600 answered the roll-call at the conclusion of the engagement in which the Master of Kinnaird was killed. Deceased was in command of the battalion when he met his death. His servant was wounded in the same engagement.

The late Master of Kinnaird, who was unmarried, was most popular with all who knew him, and he will be sadly missed. His untimely death has cast a deep gloom over the surrounding district.

Extract from Scottish Referee - Friday 6 November 1914, page 4:

LORD KINNAIRD'S SON KILLED.

The death is announced this week of Captain the Hon. Douglas Arthur Kinnaird, the eldest son of Lord Kinnaird, President of the English Football Association and President of the Polytechnic Harriers. Captain Kinnaird, who was 35 years of age, was killed in action on October 24. His death will be a great blow to Polytechnic sportsmen. He was a frequent attendant at the executive meetings, and a protagonist of every form of athletic sport. It is but a few weeks back that Lieut.-Col. Ian Hogg, son of the founder of the institute, was killed in action, while Major H. W. Studd, brother to Mr J. E. K. Studd, president of the institute, has been severely wounded in action.

Extract from Dundee Courier - Monday 8 March 1915, page 4:

THE LATE MASTER OF KINNAIRD

Captain the Hon. Douglas Arthur Kinnaird Master of Kinnaird, 2d Battalion Scots Guards, of Rossie Priory, Perthshire, and of 10 James's Square, S.W., who was killed in action “in France or Belgium” on the 24th October last, aged 35 years, intestate and bachelor, left unsettled property gross value £10,090 17s 6d, personalty £973 6s 7d. Letters of administration of his property have been granted to his father, the Right Hon. Arthur Fitzgerald, Baron Kinnaird, K.T., of 10 James's Square, S.W., as next of kin.

KIRWAN

Robert Mansel

[The Reverend] Chaplain 4th Class, Army Chaplains' Department, Indian Army. Died on active service of dysentery 23rd May 1916 in 2nd London Military Hospital. Born on 13th March 1861 at Gittisham, Devon. Baptised 6th April 1861 in Gittisham, Devon. Son of Revd. Richard and Rose Helen Kirwan. Educated St Paul’s School, London and Oxford University. Married Marguarite Theodora, Wadley, at Azimgurh, Bengal, 29th October 1882. Matriculated 1882, Keble College, Oxford University - member of the 1st Cricket XI 1884-5, and a member of the 1st Football XI 1881-4. A keen cricketer playing for Forest School 1880, W H Laverton’s XI 1888, Devon 1888, Westbury 1888, Wiltshire 1891, Upper India 1892-3. Ordained 1888. Curate at Westbury 1888-1891. Army chaplain serving as Assistant Chaplain at the Eccles Establishment, Allahabad 1891-3, Cawnpore 1893-5, Lucknow Cantonment 1895-8. Assistant master at Bedford Grammar School in 1897. Meerut 1898-02, Chakrata UP 1902-5, Lucknow 1905-6, 1908-12, Bareilly 1912-14. Served as Chaplain to the Tirah Expeditionary Force 1897-8 and was awarded the Queen’s Tirah Expedition medal (2 clasps). In the 1871 census he was aged 10, born Devon, son of Richard and Rose H Kirwan, resident The Rectory, Gittisham, Honiton, Devon. In the 1881 census he was aged 20, born Gittisham, Devon, an Undergraduateat Oxford, nephew of W E Lionel Lampet (a widower), resident The Vicarage, Great Bardfield, Dunmow, Essex. In the 1891 census he was aged 30, born Gittisham, Devon, a Clerk in Holy orders, lodging at Church Terrace, Church Street, Westbury, Wiltshire. Buried in HANWELL CEMETERY, KENSINGTON, Middlesex. Grave reference 166. 7 and 8.

Extract from Surrey Advertiser - Monday 29 May 1916, page 1:

THE REV. E. C. KIRWAN’S BEREAVEMENT.

The Rev. E. C. Kirwan, rector of Holy Trinity and S. Mary’s, has suffered bereavement by the death of his brother, the Rev. Robert Mansel Kirwan, senior chaplain on the Ecclesiastical Establishment, Indian Army, who died in London Tuesday, had been on service with the Indian Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia. The late Mr. Kirwan was a graduate of Keble College, Oxford, where he took his degree 1885, and had been on the Indian Establishment since 1891. He officiated at th© interment of the men of Tho Queen’s Regiment, who fell in tho Tirah campaign. In more recent times he met tho 5th Queen s at Lucknow.

Extract from Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 2 June 1916, page 8:

DIED.

The Rev. R. M. Kirwan

The Rev. Robert Mansel Kirwan, who died in the 2nd London Military Hospital on May 23, was the eldest son of the late Rev. Richard Kirwan, Rural Dean of Honiton, and Mrs. Kirwan, of 63, Eardley Crescent, S.W. He was born in 1861 and was educated at Forest School and Keble College, Oxford. He took his degree in 1885 and was ordained in 1883, and in 1891 became a chaplain on the Indian Establishment and a senior chaplain in 1904. He went as a chaplain with the Indian E.F. to Mesopotamia in November, 1914, and for six months was the only chaplain with the Division. After four months' sick leave in India he was sent home in November, 1915, in bad health, and died after a severe operation, and was buried with military honours in the Kensington Cemetery, Hanwell. He was a keen sportsman and a good cricketer, playing in M.C.C. and Incogniti matches. The Warden of Keble. writes: “I have the remembrance of strong upright manliness of which it is a pleasure to think at such a moment, and that has evidently led him to give a useful life for his country.”