The Washington herald., 1916-06-04
MANY BRITONS OF NOTE
KILLED WHILE IN ACTION
Figured in Public Eye Long Before Beginning Of the War
Brigadier-General and Many Colonels in List.
Chaplain Had Notable Record for Bravery

, April "a The son of the late Lieut. Gen.
r. G. A. Luard. who fought in the Cri-
mean war. Col. Luard received his first
commission in the Shropshire Light In
fantry in May, 1891, and was promoted
lieutenant colonel last August to COM
mand battalion of his regiment at the
front. He had previously seen active
service in South Africa, first as a regi-
mental and afterward as a staff officer,
when he held a signalling appointment.
He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Order in February last year.
Lieut.. Col. J. G. Fairlie. who has been
killed in action at the age of IS, was the
son of Commander H. ]. Fairlie, royal
navy, of Fantaisie, Jersey, and was edu-
Gated at Harrow. Before he was trans
ferred to another theater of war; he
served with the Thirteenth Division in
the Dardanelles campaign and took part
In the fighting in Suvla Bay He was
promoted major in March, 1915, and tenn
porary lieutenant colonel in August last
on appointment as second in command of
one of the new battalions OF his regi-
ment
Indian Campaigner Lost.
The Indian army has lost Maj. o. H.
Lawson, a regimental officer of consider
able war experience, who was wounded
on March and died on the 18th. He
was the son of the late w. n. Lawson,
barrister at law, and was educated at
Uppingham and Sandhurst, getting his
commission in the Northumberland Fusi-
liers in 1890. and joining the Indian Staff
Corps two years later. He served with
the Twenty-siXth Punjabls in the ad-
vance on Dongola in 1896 and in the Tirah
expedition OF 1S9T-9S, while he was base
transport officer with the expedition
which accompanied Sir Francis Young
husband to Tibet In 1904.
Maj. A NJ. Caulfeld Berkshire Regi-
ment, who had been returned as missing,
is now reported to have been killed at
Suvla Bay. He Joined the Berkshire
Regiment in 1873 and served with 1t in
the Afghan war OF 1S79-S0, being present
at the action of Giriskh and at the bat
tie of Maiwand. where he was wounded
He subsequently took part in the defense
OF kandahar and was awarded the medal
for distinguished conduct in the field.
He transferred to the Border Regiment
in 1881 and in the Burmese war of 1868
he acted as brigade transport officer to
Maj. Gen. Sir Robert Low, getting a
mention and the Distinguished Service
Order in recognition Of his services
After retiring in 1902 he came back to the
colors at the outbreak of war and was
appointed second in command of one of
the new battalions of his old regiment
'4NAA "AA4CA4 AAO " do StINlI4b "uGu ne lell
in action.
Two brothers, Maj. Arthur Forbes and
Capt Hunter Forbes, both of the In
dian army, were killed in action last
month within a few days of each other
The elder brother served in the ranks tor
nearly two years and was then given a
commission in the West India Regiment
in 1902, being transferred to the Indian
army in 1905 and posted to the 12Sth
P1nnpnrE hA ,lEa ha
through the South African war and came
home with five clasps to his medals. Last
october he Was made a brevet-major His
brother, Capt. H. Forbes, who was only
twenty-nine at the time of his death
Joined the Indian army in 1906 and in
1913 was appointed adjutant Of Sikh
regiment which has suffered heavily dur
ing the war.
Capt. John Gray, Of the Indian army,
who was killed on April II at the age
of 80. was the son Of the late A. E. Gray
of Aberdeen. and passed into sandhurst
in 1900. getting the Sword OF Honor as
the best cadet of his year before he
passed out of the college. In 1902 he was
sazetted to the Indian Staff Corps and
was promoted captain in 1911 When war
broke out he was serving at Tientsin and
from there went to Join the British force
which with the Japanese forces under
sequently stationed at Peshawar, and
while there came in for some frontier
fighting before he went to join one Of the
Indian expedtionary forces.
The news OF the death in action of Col
Fairlie, Lancashire Regiment has been
received with deep regret in Ayrshire
He belonged to a family long settled In
the county, and his grandfather COM
manded the Ayrshire Yeomanry and mar
ried a daughter OF Macleod of Macleod,
chief Of the weI-known Invernesshire
clan
The chaplains department has lost a
very brave man by the death of the Rev.
H. B. St John de Vine. who was killed
on April q at the age of 30. The son Of
the Rev. W. T. de Vine, vicar of Upton,
he was educated in the high school, Bir-
mingham, and then went up to Jesus
College, Cambridge, where he was grad
uated in 1913 When the war broke out
he was serving as a curate at Birming-
ham Cathedral and at once Joined the
chaplains department going to the front
with the West Riding Regiment, and be-
ing subsequently transferred to a Scottish
battalion CHEEKY companion, ALWAYS
to be found in the thick Of the fight, he
was an immense favorite with all ranks.
and his loss will be keenly felt. There
Is no man." wrote a brother officer "I
would sooner have beside me when he'll fs
let loose than De Vine"