The Roll of Honour, Volume 1 : A biographical record of all members of His…

Corps, and trained for a commission in the Army Special Reserve at York in 1913 and at Aldershot, obtaining the highest place in the respective examinations. Gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the King’s (Liverpool) Regt. (Special Reserve), 4 April, 1914, he was shortly afterwards given the command of a fort at Crosby, in the north of England. Subsequently he went to the Front in command of a hundred men, being specially selected for the post, and was mortally wounded near Ypres, 24 Oct. 1914, and died two days later. The following account of the action is taken from information given by officers and men of his regt.: The Liverpools were required to take a village occupied by the enemy, between Ypres and Roulers. Advancing to the attack they found that all the houses were filled with Germans, who greeted them with a devastating fire. After four days’ fighting the position was taken, but at a terrible sacrifice of life. Of the officers, five, including the Col., were killed, and six wounded, only a Capt. and a subaltern being left. Lieut. Denny ‘gallantly led a charge not only once, but a second time against some houses strongly held by the enemy,’ and fell mortally wounded in the second charge, with his last words urging on his men. His three brothers, Edward Maynard Coningsby Denny, 2nd Lieut., Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.; Mowbray Charles Maynard Denny, Lieut., 11th King’s Liverpool Regt.; and Michael Maynard Denny, Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, are all (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Barry M. R. Denny.=] =DENNY, ROBERT EDMUND BARRY=, Private, No. 28612, 50th Gordon Highlanders, 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battn., Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Edmund Barry Denny, of Barkwith House, co. Lincoln, L.R.C.S.I., L.R.C.P.E., by his wife, Emily Barclay, dau. of Henry Colclough Allen, and gdson. of the late Rev. Henry Denny, of Churchill Rectory, Tralee, B.A. [3rd son of Sir Edward Denny, of Tralee, 3rd Bart., M.P.]; _b._ Wragby, co. Lincoln, 19 March, 1891; educ. Sutton Valence School, Kent; after which he was a medical student for some time at the London Hospital, but went out to British Columbia in May, 1913. There he enlisted, with a brother, immediately on the outbreak of war, coming to England with the first Canadian Contingent. Both were offered commissions in Dec. 1914; his brother accepted, but he declined. He left for France with his regt. in Feb. 1915, came safely through the famous charge for the wood near St. Julien, but was seriously wounded by a shell, while on observing patrol, at Festubert, and died in hospital at Bethune, 22 May, 1915, having been recommended for a commission a few days previously. He was buried in Bethune R.C. Cemetery; _unm._ One comrade wrote of him: “He was one of the most courageous of comrades and I have seen him perform several deeds worthy of recognition”; and another: “He was wounded doing his duty as a soldier should, and evidences of his coolness and bravery under heavy fire were numerous. I once assisted him (at great personal risk to himself but very little to me) to bandage a wounded comrade. The King has lost a good soldier, and we a good pal.” Two of his brothers--Henry Allen Maynard Denny, 2nd Lieut., 9th Battn. Lincs. Regt. (previously 50th Gordon Highlanders, Canadian Scottish), and Thomas Hamilton Denny, Lieut., 6th Devon Regt.--are now (1916) on active service, and the third, Arthur de Courcy McGillycuddy Denny, is at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. [Illustration: =Robert E. Barry Denny.=] =DENTON, MARK=, Private, No. 13262, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Arthur Denton, of Victoria Street, Moor Top, Ackworth, near Pontefract, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Higham, near Barnsley; educ. Moor Top; enlisted 21 Oct. 1914, and was killed at Vermelles, Flanders, 19 Oct. 1915, while on sentry duty. He _m._ at High Ackworth, 25 Dec. 1913, Martha (2, Leight Street, Moor Top, Ackworth, Yorks), dau. of William Reeve, of Leight Street, Ackworth, and had a son, Frank. _b._ 9 June, 1914. =DENYER, CHARLES PETER=, C.P.O. 186636, H.M.S. Arethusa; killed in action in the Heligoland Bight, 28 Aug. 1914. =DERING, FREDERICK CHARLES=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 269692, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =DERISLEY, FRANK MARTIN=, L.-Corpl., No. 73211, C Coy., 28th Battn. (2nd Canadian Rifles), 6th Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Harry Derisley of Old Buckenham, Norfolk, Farmer, by his wife, Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham; _b._ East Farm, Docking, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, 12 Jan. 1886; educ. National School, Palgrave, Diss; went to Canada in March, 1911, and settled in Rouleau, Sask.; joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Moose Jaw, Sask., in Oct. 1914, and died 6 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; _unm._ His company officer, Capt. F. G. D. Quick, wrote “he died of wounds on 6 Nov. 1915. Corpl. Derisley was severely wounded at noon on the 5th, being struck in the head by a bullet. He was taken to hospital and died at 1.30 a.m. next morning without regaining consciousness. He was buried on 8 Nov. in the Cemetery at Bailleul, Belgium. Corpl. Derisley enlisted at Moose Jaw in Oct. 1914, and has been in my company ever since. His loss is felt keenly by myself and all the other officers, N.C.Os. and men in the company, in which he was a general favourite. He was an excellent soldier, and was held in the highest esteem by all his comrades.” [Illustration: =Frank Martin Derisley.=] =DERISLEY, HERBERT=, L.-Corpl., Middlesex Regt., _s._ of Harry Derisley, of Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, by his wife, Julia Jane, dau. of William Fincham, Farmer; _b._ Valley Farm, Hillington, King’s Lynn, 23 Jan. 1884; educ. Palgrave, Diss and Eye Grammar School, Suffolk; was a Draper; volunteered and joined the Middlesex Regt., Jan. 1915; went to France Oct. 1915, and was killed in action 1 June, 1916; _unm._ Buried in the Military Cemetery,... His brother, L.-Corpl. R. M. Derisley, died of wounds, 5 Nov. 1915. [Illustration: =Herbert Derisley.=] =DERRICK, TOM=, Private, No. 2044, 2nd Battn. Royal West Kent Regt., 4th _s._ of Joseph Derrick, of Curry Mallett, Taunton, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Edwardes; _b._ North Curry, near Taunton, co. Somerset, 12 Feb. 1857; educ. Hatch; joined the Navy, 30 Oct. 1875; invalided out 3 Sept. 1880; then worked as a Cab Proprietor, enlisted 3 Dec. 1914, after the outbreak of war, and was killed on the railway near Chatham, 30 June, 1915, while on sentry duty. He _m._ at Plymouth, 30 July, 1876, Louisa E. (5, Gloucester Place, Plymouth), dau. of Edward Lawrence, of Plymouth, Dockyard Pensioner, and had three children: Thomas Herbert Hartman, _b._ 5 May, 1880; James Henry, _b._ 30 Nov. 1885; and Mabel Ellen, _b._ 29 Dec. 1886. [Illustration: =Tom Derrick.=] =DESMEULES, JOSEPH EDGAR=, Private No. 32/792, 1st Field Ambulance, Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Nazair Desmeules, of Chambord Lake, St. Johns, P. Quebec, Canada, by his wife, Eleanore; _b._ St. Irene, P.O., 8 Oct. 1890; educ. Chambord Lake; volunteered for service overseas, on the outbreak of war; came over with the first Canadian Contingent; went to France in Feb., and died, 28 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at Langemarck; _unm._ [Illustration: =Joseph Edgar Desmeules.=] =des VŒUX, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yst. _s._ of the late Sir G. William des Vœux, G.C.M.G., by his wife, Marion Denison, yst. dau. of Sir John Pender. G.C.M.G., and nephew of the late Sir Charles Champagné des Vœux, 6th Bart.; _b._ at Government House, Hong Kong, China, 29 Nov. 1889; entered the Navy, 1905, as a cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, but owing to ill-health, left that Service in 1909, his admiral (Lord Charles Beresford) expressing his regret in writing, and saying “he felt sure, if he had remained in the Service, he would have made a very brilliant officer.” He joined the 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, as 2nd Lieut. from the special reserve, 28 May, 1910, and was promoted Lieut., 25 Oct.