Casualties

<body bgcolor="#B5C8B6" text="#000050" link="#000050" vlink="#000050" alink="#000050"> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Arthur Asquith left the Hood battalion with the rank of Brigadier-General on 18<sup>th</sup> December 1917 and two days later was wounded in the leg which necessitated its amputation some weeks later. After the war he became a Director of several companies and died in 1939. He is buried in the churchyard in the village of Clovelly in Devonshire.</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Lt.General Sir Bernard Cyril Freyberg. VC.,DSO & 3 Bars. Wounded 9 times. Awarded V.C. for the action at Beaucourt-sur-Ancre 13.11.16. Commanded 2<sup>nd</sup> NZ Div. in WW2. Later Governor-General of New Zealand. Died 4<sup>th</sup> July 1963. Buried Chilworth, Surrey.</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Sub.Lieutenant <a href="browne%20memorial%20picture.htm" target="left">William Denis Browne</a> RNVR ("The Musician") was killed in action 7<sup>th</sup> June 1915. He has no known grave and his name is inscribed on the panels of the <a href="helles%20memorial%20small%20picture.htm" target="left">Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.</a></strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Sub. Lieutenant John Bigelow Dodge RNVR. During the actual landings Dodge and his platoon were detached from the battalion and put on board the landing ship the famous "River Clyde", being amongst the very first units to land at Cape Helles. Here he was badly wounded and was repatriated to England to recover. After leaving the Navy he joined the Army. He died in 1960 having achieved the rank of Colonel and the (Army) awards of DSO, and MC. together with the Distinguished Service Cross (a Royal Navy award).</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Lt. The Hon. Charles Alfred Lister. Royal Marines Hood Bn. ("The Diplomat"). Died of wounds 28th August 1915. Aged 27. Buried East Mudros Military cemetery, Lemnos</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong><a href="kelly%20picture%20small.htm" target="left">Lt.Cmdre. Frederick S.Kelly RNVR DSC.</a> ("Cleg") Whilst in Gallipoli he was wounded twice. Eventually killed in action on the Ancre. 13.11.16. Buried <a href="martinsart%20cemetery%20picture.htm" target="left">Martinsart British Cemetery</a> (Somme).</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong><a href="stewart%20small%20picture.htm" target="left">Lt.Cmdre. Patrick H.Shaw Stewart RNVR.</a> ("Financier") Killed in action at Welsh Ridge. 30.12.17 Buried Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery Extn. (11 miles SW Cambrai) </strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="quilter%20memorial%20picture.htm" target="left">John Arnold Cuthbert Quilter.</a> Grenadier Gds. Attached in command Hood Bn. RNDiv. Killed in Action 6.5.15. Buried Skew Bridge Cemetery, Helles.</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Major-General Sir Archibald Paris (GOC 63<sup>rd</sup> (RN) Div.) was wounded by shellfire 12th October 1916. Died 30<sup>th</sup> October 1937.</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Lt. Raymond Asquith. 3<sup>rd</sup> Bn. Grenadier Guards. Son of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and brother of Arthur Asquith. Died of Wounds received in the battalions attack at Ginchy (Somme) 15.9.16. Buried Guillemont Rd. Cemetery, Guillemont.</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong>Sub.Lieutenant <a href="melland%20memorial%20picture.htm" target="left">Brian Trevor Roper Melland</a>. RNVR Anson battalion RNDiv. aged 20 years. This officer was the nephew of Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister (father of Arthur and Raymond Asquith). Like Lieutenant-Colonel Quilter, S/Lt Melland was killed in action 6<sup>th</sup> May 1915. He has no known grave and his name is inscribed on the panels of the Helles Memorial.</strong></font></p> <p ALIGN="center"> </p> <p ALIGN="center"><font face="Arial"><strong><a href="ratcliffe%20small%20picture.htm" target="left">Lt. Alfred Victor Ratcliffe</a> 10<sup>th</sup> Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. (Barrister and Poet). Killed in action 1.7.16. in the disastrous attack at Fricourt (Somme) which was watched by Siegfried Sassoon from the Bois Francais trenches. The battalion had the highest number of casualties of any battalion taking part in the Battle of the Somme. Knew Rupert Brooke at Cambridge. Ratcliffe was a student of the Inner Temple and "he seemed to live in a higher sphere than the rest of us and to breathe purer air"</strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><strong><a href="blandford%20camp%20frame.htm" target="_top">1</a>    <a href="royal%20naval%20division%20frame.htm" target="_top">2</a>    <a href="gallipoli%20frame.htm" target="_top">3</a>   <a href="lancs%20landing%20frame.htm" target="_top">3a</a>   <a href="lone%20pine%20frame.htm" target="_top">4</a>   <a href="france%20frame.htm" target="_top">5</a>   <a href="brookes%20brother%20frame.htm" target="_top">6</a>   <a href="summary%20of%20casulaties%20frame.htm" target="_top">7</a>  </strong></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"><a href="index.htm" target="_top"><strong>HOME</strong></a></font></p> <p align="center"><font color="#000050" face="Arial"><small>Copyright © www.1914-18.co.uk, 1999. All rights reserved</small></font></p> </body>