SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES

SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES

Second Lieutenant Hamo Watts Sassoon R.E.

Hamo Sassoon was the younger brother of Siegfried Sassoon. On 28th October 1915 he was at Suvla Bay. Going out into No Man's Land to supervise the construction of barbed wire entanglements he was very badly wounded in the leg. Although he made light of his injury, the medical officer diagnosed a serious wound which would necessitate amputation. He was taken aboard the hospital ship SS Kildonan Castle where he died on 1st November from the effects of his wound. He was later buried at sea and his name is on one of panels of the Helles Memorial.

Arthur Asquith left the Hood battalion with the rank of Brigadier-General on 18^th 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.

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^nd NZ Div. in WW2. Later Governor-General of New Zealand. Died 4^th July 1963. Buried Chilworth, Surrey.

Sub.Lieutenant William Denis Browne RNVR ("The Musician") was killed in action 7^th June 1915. He has no known grave and his name is inscribed on the panels of the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.

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).

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

Lt.Cmdre. Frederick S.Kelly RNVR DSC. ("Cleg") Whilst in Gallipoli he was wounded twice. Eventually killed in action on the Ancre. 13.11.16. Buried Martinsart British Cemetery (Somme).

Lt.Cmdre. Patrick H.Shaw Stewart RNVR. ("Financier") Killed in action at Welsh Ridge. 30.12.17 Buried Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery Extn. (11 miles SW Cambrai)

Lieutenant-Colonel John Arnold Cuthbert Quilter. Grenadier Gds. Attached in command Hood Bn. RNDiv. Killed in Action 6.5.15. Buried Skew Bridge Cemetery, Helles.

Major-General Sir Archibald Paris (GOC 63^rd (RN) Div.) was wounded by shellfire 12th October 1916. Died 30^th October 1937.

Lt. Raymond Asquith. 3^rd Bn. Grenadier Guards. Son of the Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and brother of Arthur Asquith. Died of Wounds received in the battalion’s attack at Ginchy (Somme) 15.9.16. Buried Guillemont Rd. Cemetery, Guillemont.

Sub.Lieutenant Brian Trevor Roper Melland. 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^th May 1915. He has no known grave and his name is inscribed on the panels of the Helles Memorial.

Lt. Alfred Victor Ratcliffe 10^th 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"

This is a photograph of the grave of Private John Simpson whose real name was John Kirkpatrick and who came from South Shields in North East England. He had jumped ship in Australia and when enlisting in the Australian Army Medical Corps decided to take the name of Simpson.

He became quite a legend in the Gallipoli campaign. His fame arose because he made repeated journeys to and from the front transporting wounded men on the back of his donkey "Duffy". Sadly after three weeks of such duties he and his donkey were killed. Simpson is buried in Beach Cemetery, Plot 1, Row F. Grave 1.

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