The Washington herald., 1916-06-04

are included in the recent lists of those
who have been killed at the front, and
the ever growing lists of casualties con-
tain almost daily the names Of men who
had been in the public eye long before
the outbreak OF the present war.
Maj. 81. W. Rhelwall, who is reported
to have been killed in action was born
IN 1875 and after serving for five years
IN the ranks was given a commission
In the West India Regiment. He saw
active service in the South African war
and in 1902 was attached to the West
African frontier force. Last September
he was appointed second In command
Of q battalion Of the Sherwood Foresters.
with which he was serving when he met
his fate.
Another battery commander. Mai. H.
H. S. Vaughan, is reported to have been
killed in action on April "a at the age OF
& He was the son Of H. F. ]. Vaughan,
OF Humphreston Hall, Shropshire, and
heir Of his fathers estate. and obtained
a commission from the Militia in the
Royal Artillery, In 1900. Prior to the
present war he had seen no active ser
vice, but he was employed in Nigeria
with the West African frontier force
from 1906 to 1910 Then he went back
to regfmental duty and was serving in
India when war broke out. He was sent
with his battery to Join the Indian ex-
took part in the battles around Ypres
and at Loos.
Capt R E. Bullen, who has died OF
wounds, was the son Of W. A. Buuen OF
Cape Town and was in his Path year.
He was reading for the bar when war
broke out and at once joined the Special
Reserve till he was given a commission
in the Sixtieth Rifles in April last year.
He was promoted temporary captain last
October.
-Four Brothers in Service.
Capt E. B. Frazcett. NInety-second
Punjabis, who has been killed in ac-
tion, belonged to a well known Brad
ford family. and he leaves three broth
srs in active service. He went through
the South African war. and before
this war broke out he was on the stafr
in India He was wounded in Janu-
AIRY. but had been able to rejoin his
regiment
Lieut.. E. J. Maxwell Stuart, Royal
Engineers, who was killed in action
a fortnight ago, was the third son of
Edward Maxwell Stuart, OF Batworth
Park, near Arundel. who was the
fourth son Of the late Henry Con-
stable Maxwell Stuart, OF Traquair,
brother of the tenth Lord Herries.
Lieut.. Maxwell Stuart's younger
brother was killed about two months
ago.
Lieut.. H F Northcote, Indian Army,
who has been killed in action in Mes
opotamia, was the second son of
Prebendary Northcote, chaplain to
the King. and a grandson of the late
Lord Iddesleigh and of the late Dean
Farrar. He was for some years in
the Indian Public Works Department
and Joined the army when the war
broke out He was wounded last
winter.
Fleet Surgeon W. r Center, who
died as the result of injuries sustain
ed when the Russell was sunk by a
mine, had nearly completed twenty
years of service, his first commission
and appointment to Haslar being
dated May 13, 1896. His appoint
ments abroad included the Fox on
the Cape Station in 1898; the Families
IN the Mediterranean in 1901, and the
Cambrian in Australian waters in
1906. Fleet Surgeon Center is the sixth
officer Of his rank thus far lost in
the war, but the number of medical
officers OF all ranks killed in action
Is just five times that figure.
Lieutenant-Comander L. Freyberg,
the senior executive officer lost in
the sinking OF the Russell. passed
Into the navy as a midshipman IN
February, 1902, and was promoted
sub-lieutenant three years later. His
early sea service was spent with the
Mars and Vengeance in the Channel
ieet and the Caesar and Duncan
(both commanded by the present
First Sea Lord) in the Mediterranean,
and in August, 1906. he Joined the
Mercury for submarine service.
Gen. Greenfield Had Active Career.
Brig. Gen R. NJ Greenfield who died
asst week at the age Of So, Joined the
Inniskillin FusIliers in 1874 and was pro-
noted lieutenant colonel to command a
seen active service in Burma in 1928,
when he got a mention and a brevet
lieutenant colonelcy, and with the Tirah
expedition in 1s97-98 He served subse-
quently on the staff at Indian army head
quarters and commanded the Bombay
Brigade. He retired In 1903, but offered
his services when the war broke out He
was posted on the Irish command as
brigadier general on the staff
Lieut. Col Henry Thomas Cantan, who
was reported last week to have been
killed In action, was the son OF the late
Henry Cantan, Of Thornhiu Place, Maid
stone, and after leaving school enlisted
In the army, in which he served nearly
six years before being given a commits
sion in the Duke Of Cornwall's Light In
iantry. He served as a captain through
put the South African war.
After repeatedly distinguishing himself
at the front and being twice mentioned
In dispatches, Lieut. Col. E. B. Luard
has succumbed to wounds received on