[Illustration: =Percy Stuart Banning.=]
=BANON, HAROLD OLIVER=, Private, No. 77982, 7th (British Columbia) Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 3rd _s._ of Capt. A. T. Banon, of the Manali Orchards, Kulu, Punjab, India, late Bengal Staff Corps; _b._ Manali, Kulu, afsd., 2 June, 1890; went to Canada, 1 March, 1910; volunteered from the Canadian Naval Volunteers, and enlisted after the outbreak of war; came over with the second contingent, 14 Feb. 1915; went to France, 29 April, 1915, and was killed by a shell in the trenches near Petit-pond, Ploegsteert, near Messines, 19 Oct. 1915; _unm._ Buried at the Canadian Cemetery, Chateau Rosenberg. He was wounded on 23 May, 1915, at Festubert when 60 men volunteered to attack the Germans with bombs. Of these 58 were killed or wounded, and only two returned unwounded. Capt. W. Holmes, who led the party, got the Military Cross for leading on this occasion.
[Illustration: =Harold Oliver Banon.=]
=BARBER, ALFRED EDWARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., 8817), 205320, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARBER, CYRIL FREDERIC=, Major, Royal Marine L.I., 3rd _s._ of the late Ven. Edward Barber, Archdeacon of Chester, and Canon of the Cathedral, and Rector of St. Bridget with St. Martin’s, Chester, by his wife, Edith Sarah (St. Bridget’s, Hall Place Gardens, St. Albans), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Evetts, Hon. Canon of Christchurch, Oxford, and Rector of Monk’s Risboro’, Bucks; _b._ Radley Vicarage, Abingdon, co. Berks., 18 Oct. 1876; educ. New Brighton (Miss Staley’s), Rossall and Greenwich, where he gained the Sword of Honour, being gazetted to the R.M.L.I. 1 Sept. 1895, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1896, Capt. 27 May, 1901, and Major 11 April, 1915. In his examination for company officer he received special certificates with distinction in fortification and topography. He was appointed to the Naval Intelligence Department 1 Aug. 1906, and Intelligence Officer at Gibraltar in Aug. 1910. He also qualified as a first-class gunnery officer. He joined the Goliath 2 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship went down on 13 May, 1915. A fellow officer wrote: “I worked a great deal with your husband in the Goliath. He and I were together in the control top all day long during the majority of days in action since we came to the Dardanelles. I have made careful inquiries concerning your husband’s actions on the night of the accident, and there appears no doubt that he went from his cabin straight on to the marines’ mess deck and endeavoured to save the lives of his men by calling to them to keep quiet and not panic, and not to scramble for the ladder. He then, according to Sergt. Thorne, went still further along the mess deck. I imagine he was going to X3 casemate to try and get his men out. Anyhow he must have known by the heel the ship had on that he was going away from his own personal chance of safety. I heard yesterday when in London from the Capt. of Marines there that on the day of the accident or the day following your husband had received his promotion, and that Gen. Paris, in command of the Naval Brigade, has specially asked for him. I think it is to your husband that we all owe our escape from several sure disasters when on the East African coast. I have such a deep and lasting admiration for your husband, as we all had in the Goliath, and he was a real good friend to me. It was only the day before the loss of the Goliath that your husband went ashore into the French trenches on the right flank to confer with the officer in command concerning the position of some enemy snipers that were worrying them. He went there at considerable risk to his own life, but someone had to go, so he went without any hesitation, and ascertained what was wanted. This great war is taking its hourly toll of brave men, and your husband was one of the best, and he had done his share and more than his share for the country ere he too was called.” Major Barber _m._ in Spain, 5 March, 1912, Satunina Josepha, dau. of Manuel Morales; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Cyril Frederic Barber.=]
=BARBER, JAMES WILLIAM=, Petty Officer, 183362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=BARBER, ROBERT=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4186A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=BARCLAY, ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 158, 1st Battn. 1st Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of Alexander Barclay, of 38, Braemar Place, Aberdeen, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Davidson, M.A.; _b._ Aberdeen, 13 Feb. 1895; educ. Ashley Public School. He went to Australia in May, 1914, having previously served nearly four years in the Royal Engineers (T.F.), and at the outbreak of war volunteered, joined the Australian Imperial Force, and was killed in action at Gabe Tepe, 29 May, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Alexander Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, ALLEN=, 2nd Lieut., 170th Coy. R.E., eldest _s._ of Henry James Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, by his wife, Mary Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary, Board of Trade; _b._ Penge, S.E., 17 Feb. 1887; educ. The Hall, Sydenham, Dulwich College and Birmingham University. On leaving Dulwich the master wrote: “He is a sound chemist. He works well and systematically; his conduct and industry have always been excellent.” He matriculated at Birmingham in 1905, and took the B.Sc. degree three years later, studying geology, on which he was particularly keen, under Prof. Lapworth. On going down from the University, “to which he has been a credit,” wrote Prof. Redmayne, he was granted a Post-Graduate scholarship, and went out to the Transvaal, where he spent three years as sampler, assistant surveyor and head surveyor to the Consolidated Langlaagte and the new Primrose Gold Mines, doing his work throughout in that thorough manner which was characteristic of his labours. “He has carried out his onerous and responsible duties in a manner very satisfactory to his employers, as well as to the Government Mines Department. Mr. Barclay is a man of high integrity, and is thoroughly capable and experienced. He is leaving at his own request in order to extend his mining experience beyond South Africa,” wrote the manager in 1912. He afterwards went to Burmah, Norway, Spain, etc. On the outbreak of war he applied as an old member of the O.T.C. for a commission, and while waiting for this enlisted in the Royal Engineers. He was soon promoted, quickly becoming L.-Corpl., Corpl. and Sergt. On 16 Nov. 1914, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., and at the request of his commanding officer was appointed to the regt. in which he was serving. From this he was transferred to the Mining Corps on its formation in Feb. 1915, as an expert. Lieut. Barclay was killed by the exploding of a mine on 24 April, 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer, Capt. Preedy, in announcing his death, wrote as follows: “At the time of his death he was working underground with some of his men. The Germans exploded a mine, killing him and one of his N.C.Os. instantaneously. His men were very anxious to extricate his body to bury him, but having inspected the spot I was reluctantly compelled to forbid them to do so, as it would not have been possible without a very grave risk of losing further lives in the attempt. His body lies buried under about 15 feet of earth half-way between our trenches and the German trenches in the orchard just east of Givenchy.” Canon King, who had known him all his life, wrote: “A more unsullied boy I never came across, and though so retiring and humble, he had, and must have known he had, great gifts.”
[Illustration: =Allen Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, KENNETH=, Private, No. 1547, G Coy., 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt., 3rd _s._ of Henry James Barclay, of Wapella, Silverdale, Sydenham, S.E., by his wife, Mary Allen, dau. of the late Allen Stoneham, Financial Secretary, Board of Trade; _b._ Sydenham, 31 Dec. 1892; educ. The Hall, Sydenham, and Dulwich College; joined the London Scottish, May, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, took part in the charge at Messines and the first battles of Ypres, and was killed in action, 12 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His colonel, writing, says: “No commanding officer could have had under his command a braver or more gallant soldier.” The bell of St. Philip’s Church, Sydenham, suitably inscribed, commemorates him, and a beautiful memorial in bronze and hammered ironwork was placed in the chancel of that church, where for years he sang in the choir. His elder brother, Lieut. Allen Barclay, was killed in action, 24 April, 1915 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Kenneth Barclay.=]
=BARCLAY, RAFE HEDWORTH MYDDELTON=, 2nd Lieut., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only _s._ of Hedworth Trelawny Barclay, Major 2/1 Leicestershire Yeomanry, formerly member of the Jockey Club and Clerk of the Course at Hurst Park [a cadet of Barclay of Urie], by his wife, Agnes Mary, yr. dau. of Richard Myddelton, of Chirk Castle, co. Denbigh; _b._ 31, Lennox Gardens, London. S.W., 14 Nov. 1892; educ. Rugby and Army College, Aldershot; joined the 3rd Battn. Wiltshire Regt. 1910, and was promoted Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. He was gazetted to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps 10 June, 1914, accompanied the first Expeditionary Force to France, went through the retreat from Mons, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914, having previously been reported missing; _unm._