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

and a Senior in 1882, a Silver Medal for Classics and the Jex Blake prize for English Literature, and was Cox of his College Boat, 1881–83. He _m._ at All Saints’ Church, Dearne, co. Hants. 3 March, 1908, Vera Colville (residing at Oakley Hall), dau. of William Oswald Gilchrist, of Oakley Hall, Basingstoke: _s.p._ His two brothers, Brigadier-General John Gordon Geddes, C.B., R.A., and Lieut.-Col. George Hessing Geddes, C.B., R.A., are both (1916) on active service. [Illustration: =Augustus David Geddes.=] =GEDDES, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10500), 209339, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GEE, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 838, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Charles Frederick Gee, of Mill House, Whitfield, Dover; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =GEE, ROBERT FRANCIS McLEAN=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attached 1st, Battn. Wiltshire Regt. (The Duke of Edinburgh’s), eldest _s._ of George Francis Gee, of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Te Whare, St. John’s Road, Eastbourne, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of the late Hon. George Buckley, of Christchurch, New Zealand; granddau. of Capt. William Henry Buckley, 82nd Regt., and great-granddau. of Capt. William Buckley, Royal Scots Regt., who was killed at Quatre Bras; _b._ Wellington, New Zealand, 29 April, 1894; educ. at Wellington, New Zealand, and Eastbourne College, and had entered at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was in the Eastbourne College O.T.C., and having volunteered his services at the outbreak of the war, was given a commission in the 3rd Wiltshire Regt., 15 Aug. 1914. He joined on 3 Sept. 1914, and after four weeks’ training at Weymouth, was transferred to the 1st Battn. and went to France. He received his fatal wound--a sniper’s bullet in the head--a few days after his arrival at the firing line, during an attempt to capture the village of Ilies, and died at Netley Hospital, 27 Oct. 1914, being buried in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne; _unm._ His younger brother, Alan, is a Lieut. in the R.H.A. [Illustration: =Robert F. McLean Gee.=] =GENERY, HUGH THOMAS WATSON=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7382), S.S. 102512, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GENT, EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3823), S.S. 101485, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GEORGE, ALEC=, Private, No. 21145, 7th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of John George, of Granite House, Eversfield Place, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Thomas Allen; _b._ Narborough, near Leicester, 3 Feb. 1893; educ. The Wyggeston School, Leicester; and became a Sanitary Engineer. He left for Canada 19 March, 1914, and settled at Winnipeg, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, immediately volunteered and joined the Expeditionary Force. After going through a course of training at Valcartier, he came over with the first Canadian Contingent on 15 Oct., went to the western front 27 April, and died 8 June, 1915, from wounds received in action on 6 June, 1915. He was buried at Lillers; _unm._ At Wyggeston, George was in the cricket XI and football XV, and afterward played both for Hendon and Golders Green, He won several medals for boxing, including one at the St. Pancras Boxing Club and one at Lark Hill--Canadians _v._ A.S.C. [Illustration: =Alec George.=] =GEORGE, BERTIE AARON=, Seaman, R.N.R., 2779C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GEORGE, ERNEST FREDERICK=, Corpl., No. 51, A Coy. 8th Battn. (90th Winnipeg Rifles), 2nd Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force, elder _s._ of Arthur Atherton George, of Leverington, near Wisbech, by his wife, Sarah, sister of Capt. Thomas Elson-Ivey, 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire L.I. (taken prisoner at Kut), and dau. of Samuel Ivey, of Bristol; _b._ Leverington, co. Cambridge, 23 Sept. 1889; educ. Church School, Wisbech; was employed for five years with Messrs. Dawbarn & Sons, Wisbech; went to Winnipeg, Canada, in April, 1912, and worked on the Canadian Pacific Railroad; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force; came over with the 1st Contingent in Nov. 1914; trained at Valcartier Camp, Quebec, and Salisbury; went to France, 8 Feb. 1915, and was reported missing after the heavy fighting at Ypres, 22–24 April, 1915. On this occasion the 8th Battn. commanded by Lieut.-Col. Lipsett held the extreme left of the Brigade position at the most critical moment. The Battn. was expelled from the trenches early on Friday morning (23 April) by an emission of poisonous gas, but recovering in three-quarters of an hour, it counter-attacked, re-took the trenches it had abandoned, and bayoneted the enemy; and after the 3rd Brigade had been forced to retire, Lieut.-Col. Lipsett held his position, though his left was in the air, until two British regts. filled up the gap on Saturday night. It would seem that George was wounded and taken prisoner, for, according to a postcard received from Corpl. W. S. Pozer of the same Battn. (himself a prisoner), George died of wounds or gas poisoning, in the Red Cross Hospital at Roulers, 26 April, 1915. He was _unm._ His yr. brother, Private John Robert George, served with the 1st Northamptonshire Regt. in France, Aug. 1914 to March, 1915, and is now (1916) with the 3rd Battn. at Gillingham. [Illustration: =Ernest Frederick George.=] =GEORGE, MAXIM=, Stoker (Native), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =GERMAN, THOMAS=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1884T, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GERRANS, CHRISTOPHER DAVIES=, Private, No. 4220, Australian Field Artillery; _b._ Peckham, S.E., 1870; educ. Rye College, Peckham Rye; enlisted; served through the South African War, and was in Ladysmith during the siege; went to Australia about 1907; joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force after the outbreak of war and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 2 Dec. 1915; _unm._ =GERRISH, FRANK=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7615, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =GERRY, ALBERT JOHN=, Private, No. 13632, 5th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd _s._ of Albert Gerry, of Heward, Saskatchewan, Canada, by his wife, Edith Jane, dau. of George Rowland; _b._ Souris, Manitoba, 9 Jan. 1893; was in a Livery business; volunteered on the outbreak of war, Aug. 1914; left Canada with the First Contingent, 23 Sept., and after training on Salisbury Plain during the winter of 1914–15 crossed to France, 15 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action there, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “Private Gerry was a wonderfully cheerful man, nothing seemed to damp his spirits. Even in those days at Ypres, when things looked so black, he was cheerful. He was killed when we made a charge on a strong German position which we captured on 24 May. We were able to get his body and bury him near a little village called Festubert. He met his death like a hero, his face to the foe.” [Illustration: =Albert John Gerry.=] =GETHING, HUGH BAGNALL=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry (T.F.), yr. _s._ of James Edwards Gething, of Siddington Hall, Cirencester, by his wife, Maria Llewellyn, dau. of James Bagnall, of Castle Hill House, Carmarthen, J.P.; _b._ Letherllistry, Llanddarog, co. Carmarthen, 7 Oct. 1883; educ. Elstree (1892–1897), Harrow (Bushnell’s and Graham’s Houses) (1897–1902), and Trinity College, Cambridge (1902–1906), joined the Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry 25 March, 1911, volunteered with them for active service, and was killed at the Dardanelles 21 Aug. 1915. Writing to his father, Col. Playne, who was himself wounded in the same action, said: “Your son was one of our best officers and the whole regt. will feel his loss keenly.” Major Yorke wrote: “Poor Lusty, as we always called him, was most gallantly leading his troops, setting them a splendid example, when a shell burst close to him, inflicting injuries to his head, which must have caused instantaneous death”; and Capt. Turner, the second in command of his squadron, also wrote “the whole division was ordered to advance across a stretch of about a mile and a half of open country after a heavy artillery preparation. They had only started a few minutes, when heavy shell fire was opened, and we began to suffer pretty heavy casualties amongst officers and men. Lusty had survived almost the whole way across, and had just faced forward, after turning to say a few encouraging words to his men, when he was struck by a shrapnel, and killed instantly. He was later buried in a grave by himself, close to where he fell, nearly under the shelter of a hill, the one we are now on, ... he was ... always cheerful, and was always ready to do anything that was going.” Gething was a keen sportsman, was captain of the cricket and football eleven at Elstree, played five years in the House Cricket Eleven at Harrow and four years in the football eleven, and was captain one year. He passed the Dolphin (swimming) test, 1899, and won the Beale Cup for diving, 1901, and the middle-weight boxing in the Public School Competition at Aldershot,