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The Rangoon Times
Jan. - Dec. 1915
B. M. D.'s, Obituaries, Estates & Separations
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January
​Silver Wedding
Court-Phillips
On the 14th January 1890 at the Baptist Church, Rangoon by the Rev’d. Dr. Rose, Albert Benjamin Court, Burma Railways, to Alice, second daughter of the late Charles Phillips, Collector of Customs, Akyab.
​In Memoriam
Jordan
In ever loving and tender memory of my dearly beloved husband
John Chater Jordan
who fell asleep in Jesus
on the 9th day of January 1913.
Inserted by his sorrowing wife and broken hearted children and grandchildren.  R.I.P.
Death
La Val
At the Civil Hospital, Maymyo,
George Howard La Val,
of the Burma Mines Ltd. Namtu,
on the 18th January 1915. 
​​Birth
Hall Jones
On Jan. 29th 1915
at “Iris Lodge” 5, Tamway Rd.
the wife of L. Hall Jones,
a daughter
Marriage
Dunbar - McKerron
At Minbu on 27th Jan. 1915, Archibald Dunbar, Imperial Police, to Annie McKerron,
daughter of the late Rev’d. P. McKerron, Kelso, Scotland and Mrs McKerron, 21, Merchist-on-Crescent, Edinburgh.
Public Notice
In the Chief Court of Lower Burma ... ...
The Matter of the estate of Maria Allen deceased.
Whereas Minnie Gertrude Hazlewood of Rangoon, claiming to be a daughter of Maria Allen, late of Rangoon, deceased, has applied to the above mentioned Court for a grant of letters of administration of the property and credits of the said Maria Allen, deceased: 
Notice in pursuance of the 250th section of ... ... is hereby given to all persons claiming
to have any interest in the property and credits of said Maria Allen, deceased, to appear in the said matter if they think fit so to do either personally or by a duly authorised agent on the 1st February 1915, when the Court will proceed upon the application of the said Minnie Gertrude Hazlewood and pronounce judgement in the said matter.  M.H. Cumming, Asst. Registrar.
February
​Births
Scott
At Dalhousie Lodge, Park Rd., on 5th inst. the wife of John Scott, of a daughter.
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Calvert
On February 13th at “Sefton Bank” Churchill Rd., the wife of T.R. Calvert, of a son.
A marriage has been arranged and will take place at Tavoy towards the end of April between Mr Arthur B. Nixon, Indian Forest Service, son of the late Charles Nixon and Mrs Nixon of Stansted, Mountfitchet, Essex and nephew of Sir Bamffylde Fuller and Ruby, only daughter of W.L. Thompson, D.S.P. (retired) and Mrs Thompson of Tavoy.  
March 
​Late Mr Seton Morris
The death of Mr Henry Seton Morris, F.R.I.B.A., Consulting Architect to the Govt. of Burma, writes the Indiaman of 5th Feb. removes from the architectural branch of the Public Works Dept. of India an officer who was doing excellent work in it.  It may seem curious, but it is only in comparatively recent years that architects have been employed in the service of the Indian Govt.  In the early days of the British occupation of the country the work, which forms the special duty of the P.W.D. was in the hands of the Madras, Bombay and Bengal engineers of the Company’s service and whether it was a matter of engineering or architecture, they were amateurs at the business.  ... ...  H. Seton Morris was the first Consulting Architect to the Govt. of Burma and arrived in Rangoon to take up his appointment in April 1911.  He was the over forty years of age and possessed considerable experience.  ... ... In 1898 he was ... ... The works which bear his name:  The Court House at Insein, the extensions to the Rangoon College, the Physical and Chemical Laboratories of the Hospital, the Memorial Church at Maymyo, the house for the General Officer Commanding at Rangoon are all buildings of which no architect would have any reason to be ashamed and it is believed that he was engaged on the plans for a large lunatic asylum, to accommodate one thousand patients at Kokiul, at the time of his death. ... ...
​Major deCourcy Ireland of the 36th Sikhs,
died at Peking on Thursday week. ​He was the elder son of
​Mr W. deCourcy Ireland, late Commissioner of Burma and was born in 1873.  ... ...
​Public Notice
My wife Bridget Adelaide having of her own free will left my protection on the 3rd instant, I shall not be responsible for any debt or debts incurred by her.  G.R. Wells
​Birth
Burns
At 7 Camp Rd., Rangoon on the 5th inst., to Mr & Mrs W. Burns, a son.
The Ohn Ghine Estate
Yesterday Mr Justice Robinson delivered judgement in the suit of Maung Chit Maung vs Ma Yait and Ma Noo.  The suit was for a declaration that the instrument of the 5th May 1908, executed by the late Ohn Ghine was wholly inoperative and that the property purported to be disposed of thereby formed part of the estate of Maung Ohn Ghine.  In the alternative a declaration was sought that the dispositions in the said instrument in favour of persons unborn at the date thereof was void.  In his decision on the preliminary issues His Honour found that U Ohn Ghine was neither a Hindu nor a Buddhist in the sense in which these words were used in sub-section ... ... Burma Laws act 1898.  ... ...  What he had now to decide was what enactment, if any, governed the distribution of his estate ... ...  By that document U Ohn Ghine purported to transfer to the Trustees the movable and immovable properties   ... ...  This settled all the questions arising out of the suit for a declaration as to the Settlement ... ...  Mr Coltman and Mr Ormiston appeared for the plaintiff, Mr N.M. Cowasjee and Mr A.B. Banurjee appeared for the defendants. 
​Marriage
Silvester - Stonham
At Thazi on the 11th March 1915, by Rev’d. H.S. Dudley,
​James H. Silvester, Loco Engineman, Burma Railways, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire,
to Hilda, only daughter of Mr and Mrs F.L. Stonham, Maymyo and Maidstone, Kent.
Wedding at Simla
Cubitt - Caddick-Adams
The quiet but pretty wedding of George Eaton Stannard Cubitt, Imperial Forest Dept., Burma, son of Mr Frederick Cubitt of Ipswich, and Edith Mary, third daughter of Mr John Caddick-Adams and niece of J.W. Meares, took place at Christ Church, Simla, on Mar. 10th 1915.  The bride arrived at the church at 2 p.m. and was conducted up the aisle by her uncle to the strains of the wedding march from Lohengrin.  She wore a charming gown of soft white satin, veiled by a graceful tunic of white ninon.  Her veil was gathered into a most becoming cap round her head by a dainty wreath of orange blossom.  She wore a gold bracelet watch, the gift of the bridegroom and carried a beautiful bouquet of white roses and lilies.  She was attended by Miss Warlow as bridesmaid, wearing a Wedgewood blue gown and black lace hat, carrying a bouquet of pale  pink sweet peas and wearing a gold and amethyst brooch, the gift of the bridegroom.  The service, which could not be choral as it took place in Lent, was conducted by the Ven. The Archdeacon of Lahore and Rev’d. J.S. Caddick-Adams, brother of the bride.  The duties of best man were performed most ably by Capt. More.  After signing the register the bride and bridegroom went down the aisle as Mendelssohn’s wedding march was being played and they left the church to the sound of the joy-bells.  After the ceremony Mrs Meares, attired in a becoming gown of grey satin, veiled by a tunic of black and white shadow lace and worn with a black hat trimmed with ostrich feathers, held the wedding reception at her residence “Rookwood,” where many friends were present to drink the health of the bride and groom which Sir Edward Maclagan proposed in a witty little speech and to which Mr Cubitt replied on behalf of his bride and himself.  Shortly before 4 o’clock Mr and Mrs Cubitt left for Naldera en route for Chaba where the honeymoon is to be spent.  Mrs Cubitt’s going away dress was a pale grey travelling coat and skirt worn with a pretty grey hat trimmed with blue and white satin ribbon.
May
​Birth
Gilman, on 28th April 1915 at Maymyo to Mr & Mrs W.S. Gilman, a son.
 
Marriage
Davies – Jardine
At Christ Church, Cantonment, Rangoon, on 21st April 1915, by the Rev’d. G.H. Seeley, Arthur Davies, 2nd Lt., Indian Army Reserve of Officers, to Donley, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Jardine of Cape Town.
Robert John Vernon Harcourt-Cooze, deceased
Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having debts, claims or demands against the estate of Robert John Vernon Harcourt-Cooze, deceased, late of Prome Rd., Rangoon, who died on or about the 9th day of Aug. 1914, and whose Will was proved on the 31st Mar. 1915, ... ... Chief Court of Lower Burma, to Dolly Harcourt-Cooze alias Ma Pan Oo, widow and executrix therein named, are hereby required to send in the particulars of their debts ... ...
Giles & Coltman, 7 Phayre St., Rangoon, Advocates for the said Executrix
Marriage - Boyd-Christiansen
At Bassein on the 6th May 1915, John Boyd, of Movile Villa, Inverness, Scotland to Anna Christiansen, daughter of the late H. Christiansen of Bassein.

​Death - Jackson
On 21st May 1915 at 8.30 p.m. Margaret, alias Mah Mei, dearly beloved wife of J. Jackson, Photographer, 278 Dalhousie St., Rangoon.  Aged 69 years.
In Memoriam
In loving memory of
​Boniface Victor Pereira
who departed this like on 22nd May 1910.
Gone from us but not forgotten
Never shall they memory fade. Dearest thoughts
​shall always linger around the spot where thou art laid.
Death - Luce
On Friday the 28th May, 1915 at the General Hospital, Rangoon.  The Very Rev’d. Fr. Eugene Luce, Pro-Vicar, Southern Burma Mission.  The funeral will take place at St. Mary’s Cathedral today at 5.30 p.m.  Please accept this intimation.
Death - Mackenzie  
At the Rangoon General Hospital
this morning,
Charles Edward Stuart MacKenzie
​of Messrs. Finlay, Fleming & Co. 
Aged 25 years.
Death
The General Officer Commanding regrets to announce the death of 2nd Lieut. C.G.S. MacKenzie, Rangoon Port Defence Volunteers.  The funeral takes place at 5 p.m. this evening from the General Hospital.  All British Officers not on duty are asked attend.  The assembly will be at the crossroads outside the Cantonment Cemetery at 5.20 p.m.
​The late Fr. Luce
With the death, which took place at the hospital yesterday afternoon, of the Rev’d. Fr. Eugene Luce, Pro-Vicar of the Southern Burma Catholic Mission, the Roman Catholic community  of Rangoon have sustained an almost irreparable loss.  The Rev’d. E. Luce had been ailing for some time past but it was not till Thursday last that it was thought that his condition was becoming serious, when he was taken to the hospital in a fainting condition, having the same morning half gone through the morning service.  No sooner had he arrived at the hospital than he became unconscious ad never regained consciousness till his death which took place at 3.45 p.m. yesterday.  His demise came as a shock to all who knew him and who had not been informed of his illness.  His remains were brought to the Clergy House. 
 
All last night and today hundreds of people who knew him of all denominations, visited the Clergy House and continued to call all today.  All the Roman Catholic Schools in town and in the suburbs were closed for the day and strings of little children came up to offer prayers for his repose.  The late Rev’d. Fr. E. Luce, was born at Havre, Normandy, on June 5th 1863 and was therefore fifty-two years old at the time of his death. 
 
He was educated at Yvetlot College and the Seminary for Foreign Missions and was ordained priest on March 20th 1886.  He left Paris for Burma on May 5th 1886, reaching Rangoon about the middle of June.  Deceased remained in Rangoon and was first appointed Chaplain to St. Paul’s High School.  He next left Rangoon to take charge of the Thonze Mission in June 1889.  He left Thonze to establish a new mission in Gyobingauk and at the present time there are 3,000 Christian children attending the school attached to this mission.
 
Whist at Thonze the late Rev’d. Fr. Luce founded an Anglo-Burmese School, a Vernacular Boys’ and Girls’ School, two Orphanages and a Church.  The deceased father was appointed Pro-Vicar of the Mission of Southern Burma and left Gyobingauk for Rangoon in June 1896.  He had since that year been in Rangoon and his term here extended over no less than nineteen years with only a break in the year 1905 when he went to France to undergo a serious operation.
 
The late Rev’d. Fr. E. Luce took a very keen interest in educational and other work, not only amongst his own flock, but also amongst other denominations.  He became a member of the Burma Educational Syndicate in the year 1908 and was a member of that committee at the time of his death.  He was also a member of the Rangoon Charitable Society in 52nd St., ever since its inauguration.  His energies covered a far wider field than his own particular ecclesiastical work and he was the inaugurator and editor of the well known Catholic paper The Voice of the Grotto, which has been in circulation for a number of years. 
His burial takes place this evening from the Clergy House and his remains will be interred in the tomb in which the great Bishop Bigandet had been placed.  The Indian Catholic Assoc., no. 27c Phayre St. was closed today as a mark of respect and esteem to the memory of the late Very Rev’d Fr. E. Luce, Pro-Vicar of the Southern Burma Catholic Mission, whose irreparable loss is deeply mourned by his numerous congregations, friends and acquaintances.
June
​Major A.T. Pridham, I.M.S. (late of Burma) committed suicide on a Plymouth train of May 5th (June?) The jury returned a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane.  He suffered from incurable blood poisoning.
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The death under sad circumstances of Major A.T. Pridham, M.B., I.M.S., recorded by Reuter today will be keenly regretted by many people in this province.  The deceased gentleman left Burma on Oct. 6th 1913 on three months privilege leave and one year and six months leave on medical certificate, which leave would expire on July 5th inst.  He first entered the I.M.S. in 1902 and entered Civil employ in Burma in 1912.  His last post in Burma was that of Superintendent of the Rangoon Jail.  He was always careful and painstaking in his work, a fair and just disciplinarian.  He saw service with the Abor expedition.  On one side of his family – he was a Plymouth man – he was descended from the great Drake who smashed the Armada.
Birth
 LaBouchardiere
On Tuesday the 8th June 1915 at Maymyo, to Rose Myrtle,
​the wife of Asst. Surgeon B. LaBouchardiere, Maymyo, a daughter.
July
2nd Lt. H. C. Des Voeux, whose name appears in the list of casualties today,
​being amongst those who have died of wounds received in Dardanelles,
was the son of Lt.-Genl. Des Voeux and nephew of Lt.-Col. des Voeux, Inspector-Genl. of Police, Burma. 
Lt. Des Voeux was on the Unattached List, Indian Army attached to the 4th Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers.
In Memoriam
Houston
Sacred to the memory of our dearly beloved mother
who departed this life on the 10th July 1913, R.I.P.
In memory thou art ever with us,
though the grave has closed above thee,
​dearest mother mine.
The Burma Contingent - Dardanelles Casualty
Hugh Alan Thompson
We regret to announce the death in action of another member of the 1st Burma Contingent in the Dardanelles.  On the 18th June, Mr Hugh Alan Thompson, aged 18, the eldest son of Mr J.A. Thompson of the Customs Department, Rangoon, who left with the 1st Burma Contingent in January and was the youngest member of it, was killed.  A fellow member of the Burma Contingent and friend of the deceased in writing to Mr Thompson, Rangoon, states:  “The poor lad was shot in the trenches on the 18th.  It will be some comfort to you to know that he did not suffer much pain.  It was all over soon.  Hugh was greatly liked in the regiment by the officers and men.  He was always keen and whenever there was dangerous work to be done he was always to the fore.”  Much sympathy is expressed with the deceased’s parents.  A solemn requiem mass will be held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral on Wednesday next. 

The late Mr Thompson was a pupil of St. Paul’s School.  He was 18 years of age and was a keen sportsman.  He also took a very active part in the Boy Scouts movement, being himself a boy scout.  It will be remembered he was awarded the Boy Scouts Medal for his plucky action in stopping a runaway.  He chased the animal, which was attached to a trap and climbing in by the back succeeded in bringing it to a stop.  He was a permanent member of the Bigandet Club and represented the club in both football and boxing.  He was the winner of several medals for football.  In boxing he was a pupil of Mr A.H. Sperinck of the Customs and never lost a fight.  He appeared twice at the Port Defence and once at the Jubilee Hall where he defeated Mr Rourke of Insein.  He was very popular with the other boys and very friendly with the O’Brien boys and when the latter decided to go with the contingent he made up his mind to go with them.
James Neil (or Neil James)
The late Mr James Neil, whose death in action was announced today, was aged twenty-eight.  He first came to Burma in 1910 for Messrs. Rowe & Co. and after being in Rangoon for two years was given charge of the Mergui branch, where he remained till November 1914, when he took leave and went home, at the same time as Mr Duthie.  While at home Mr Neil enlisted in the 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders.  He was of an extremely kindly nature and made a friend of everyone with whom he came in contact by his courtesy.  He was very much liked by his employers who appreciated his work and had entire confidence in him. 
 
His last letter was written from the Front and in that he expressed his regret that his friend Duthie, had been wounded in the thigh.  Now Duthie has recovered and again gone to the front and he wrote to say that he was going into the trenches that night (16th June.)  His letter contained news of the death of Neil.  He was unable to give particulars but hoped to learn about it when he got back into the trenches and promised if he came through safely to write and communicate full details.
Mandalay Wedding
Maxwell-Arnott – Barton
On Wednesday a very pretty wedding took place in Mandalay the bride being Miss Doris Barton and the bridegroom Lt. Allan Maxwell-Arnott, 4th Gurkha Rifles, at present Asst. Commandant, Burma Military Police.  The wedding ceremony took place in St. Mary’s Church, which was prettily decorated for the occasion with white flowers and palms.  The Rev’d. R. Lister was the officiating clergyman.  The service was choral and the church was crowded with friends and many Indian Officers were present from the Mandalay Brigade.
 
The bride arrived punctually at 4.30 p.m. accompanied by her uncle Lt.-Col. Aplin, I.A., I.C.S., who gave her away.  The best man was Lieut. Milne, 1-10th Gurkhas.  The bride looked radiant and charming in a dress of white charmeuse, the skirt full and falling over a petticoat of lovely Brussels lace.  The bodice was of draped net and Brussels lace caught together in front with a bunch of orange blossoms and a wide belt of satin and lace was softly folded round the waste.  The train of white charmeuse fell from the shoulders and was fastened there by handsome pearl ornaments.  The bride’s veil was of white tulle arranged as a cap with a wreath of orange blossoms resting on the hair.  Each corner of the veil was of Brussels lace lent by the bride’s grandmother.  She carried a bouquet of roses and maidenhair fern and wore a diamond pendant and earrings, the gift of the bridegroom. 
 
After signing the register the happy couple left the church under an arch of swords formed by the officers present in the church and by the Indian officers outside.  Accompanies by a mounted escort of Military Police they drove to Lt.-Col. Aplin’s house where a reception was held and where Lieut. and Mrs Arnott received the congratulations of the friends.  
 
The band of the 64th Pioneers was present at the church and also at the house and played appropriate music and later on in the evening dancing was indulged in.  The health of the bride and bridegroom was proposed by Mr Sherman and drunk with enthusiasm by the company present and responded to by the bridegroom.  Lieut. Milne then proposed the health of Col. and Mrs Aplin which was drink with musical honours. 
 
The presents were not on view as they had all been sent to Taunggyi but they were numerous and very handsome.  The happy couple left a little before seven to catch the evening train en route for Kalaw where the honeymoon will be spent.  They had a very hearty send off amidst shower of rice and roses.  The bride’s going away dress was a very pretty frock of white embroidered muslin trimmed with a wide sash of powder-blue velvet fastened on one side with a wide bow and long ends.  The hat was a large shady shape white lined with pink and trimmed with blue ribbons and a wreath of pink roses most becoming to the wearer.  The geusts lingered on for some time in the cool of the evening before saying farewell to their host and hostess, who had been indefatigable in looking after them.
​Killed in Action
Killed in action on the 18th June 1915 at the Dardanelles 
Hugh Alan Thompson
Aged 18 
eldest son of Mr J.A. Thompson, Customs Dept.
R.I.P.
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Killed in action in France, on or about the 15th June
Neil James
Aged 28 years
​ Late of Messrs. Rowe & Co., Mergui.
Death
Munro
At the General Hospital Rangoon on 26th June 1915
​Jean, the dearly beloved wife of Thomas Munro. 
Funeral at 9 a.m. on the 27th June, at the Kemmendine Cemetery.
​Man of the World
It is often said when a well known man dies that “a feeling of sorrow has spread through the town.”  Nine times out of ten the phrase is a more convention, a kindly politeness which means little.  On the few occasions however, on which it does mean more than this means a vast deal.  Many men will miss Archie Hamilton, although they had but the most nodding acquaintance with him.  He was one of those rare men whom it was impossible not to like and who had the delightful faculty of making a comparative stranger meeting him in chance converse think himself an old friend.  Others have already spoken of his keenness as a volunteer and his abilities as a business man.  I am only concerned with the fact that in Hamilton we have lost one of the most unpretentious, straight forward of men, simple-minded in the best sense of the term, a man who, in a quiet way, influenced others much more than he ever knew, or would have desired, had he ever known.  There is no one in Rangoon to fill the gap which his death has caused.

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A drowning fatality occurred on Thursday in the Cooum river, near Chitadripet, the victim being a European named Ralph Baldrey, aged 30.  It is said the unfortunate man was subject to epileptic fits and that while he  was standing on the bank of the river he was seized with a fit and fell into the water.  Before assistance could be rendered he was drowned.
Capt. Hamilton
There will be a church parade at the English Cathedral tomorrow in memory of the late Capt. Hamilton and the other members of the Rangoon Vol. Rifle Corps who have lost their lives on active service.  The parade will fall in at the Headquarters at 5.45. Dress: for the Highland Company Review Order; for the remainder drill order with caps.  It is hoped that every members of Capt. Hamilton’s company will endeavour to be present.
The Burma Contingent
Dardanelles Casualty
We regret to announce the death in action of another member of the 1st Burma Contingent in the Dardanelles.  On the 18th June, Mr Hugh Alen Thompson, aged 18, the eldest son of Mr J.A. Thompson of the Customs Department, Rangoon, who left with the 1st Burma Contingent in January and was the youngest member of it,
was killed.  A fellow member of the Burma Contingent and friend of the deceased in writing to Mr Thompson, Rangoon, states:  “The poor lad was shot in the trenches on the 18th.  It will be some comfort to you to know that he did not suffer much pain.  It was all over soon.  Hugh was greatly liked in the regiment by the officers and men.  He was always keen and whenever there was dangerous work to be done he was always to the fore.” 
Much sympathy is expressed with the deceased’s parents.  A solemn requiem mass will be held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral on Wednesday next. 
The late Mr Thompson was a pupil of St. Paul’s School.  He was 18 years of age and was a keen sportsman.  He also took a very active part in the Boy Scouts movement, being himself a boy scout.  It will be remembered he was awarded the Boy Scouts Medal for his plucky action in stopping a runaway.  He chased the animal, which was attached to a trap and climbing in by the back succeeded in bringing it to a stop.  He was a permanent member of the Bigandet Club and represented the club in both football and boxing.  He was the winner of several medals for football.  In boxing he was a pupil of Mr A.H. Sperinck of the Customs and never lost a fight.  He appeared twice at the Port Defence and once at the Jubilee Hall where he defeated Mr Rourke of Insein.  He was very popular with the other boys and very friendly with the O’Brien boys and when the latter decided to go with the contingent he made up his mind to go with them.
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The late Mr James Neil, whose death in action was announced today, was aged twenty-eight.  He first came to Burma in 1910 for Messrs. Rowe & Co. and after being in Rangoon for two years was given charge of the Mergui branch, where he remained till November 1914, when he took leave and went home, at the same time as Mr Duthie.  While at home Mr Neil enlisted in the 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders.  He was of an extremely kindly nature and made a friend of everyone with whom he came in contact by his courtesy.  He was very much liked by his employers who appreciated his work and had entire confidence in him. 
 
His last letter was written from the Front and in that he expressed his regret that his friend Duthie, had been wounded in the thigh.  Now Duthie has recovered and again gone to the front and he wrote to say that he was going into the trenches that night (16th June.)  His letter contained news of the death of Neil.  He was unable to give particulars but hoped to learn about it when he got back into the trenches and promised if he came through safely to write and communicate full details.
​Public Notice
Any Person having a claim against the Estate of the late Asst. Commissary and Hony. Lieut. Robert Walsh, Military Works Service, Asst. Engineer, Rangoon Divn., Insein, who died on board the “Tenasserim” off Perim on 24th May 1915, are hereby requested to submit same with proofs to the undersigned on or before the 1st Sept. 1915, after which date no claims will be considered.
R.D. Saigol, Major, I.M.S., President, Committee of Adjustment, 79th Carnatic Infantry, Rangoon.
August
An Estate Matter
A petition had been filed in the Chief Court by Charles M. William de Facien, Extra Asst. Commissioner, Magwe, through his advocate Mr D. Wilshire, in the matter of the goods of Marie Eugenie Louise Rawlings, who died on the 22nd August last having by her last will, dated 11th August last, appointed the petitioner her executor.  Property was left in Sagu and Mandalay and the assets were valued at Rs. 20,100.
​Estates
​A.G. Paton
Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 120 of the ..., that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of the above deceased who died at Rangoon on the 10th day of May 1915, and Letters of Administration of his estate were granted to W.P. Okeden by the Chief Court of Lower Burma on the 30th day of June 1915 ...   
​Okeden & Hichens, Solicitors for the Administrator.
​A.C. Bomford
Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 26 of the ..., that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of the above deceased who died at Maymyo on the 2nd  day of November 1914, and Letters of Administration of his estate were granted to the Administrator General of Burma by the Chief Court of Lower Burma on the 22nd day of June 1915 ...  
​Okeden & Hichens, Advocates for the Administrator-Genl. of Burma.
​W. H. Allen
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 26 ... that all creditors and other persons having any claims against the estate of the above deceased who died at Rangoon on the 3rd April 1915 and Letters of Administration of his estate were granted to the Administrator-Genl. of Burma by the Chief Court of Lower Burma on the 12th day of Aug. 1915 ...
​G.B. Pollexfen
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 26 ... that all creditors and other persons having any claims against the estate of the above deceased who died near Ypres in Belgium on the 26th day of January  1915 and Letters of Administration of his estate were granted to E. Dunk by the Chief Court of Lower Burma on the 12th day of Aug. 1915 ...
​Deaths
​E.N. Biaggini
The Officer Commanding,
Rangoon Port Def. Vols.
regrets to record the deaths of
Sapper E.N. Biaggini,
who died of heatstroke
at Basra on the 13th June 1915,
while employed with the searchlight
section in the Persian Gulf. 

Also of
Gunner J. C. Jordan,
who was accidentally drowned
in Mesopotamia
on the 31st July 1915,
​while service with the Mobile Vol. Battery.
​Jordan
Accidently drowned at Amara
on the 31st July 1915.
Joseph Clifford Jordan,
youngest son of the late
J. Chater Jordan. 
Aged 19 years 5 month and four day. 
Greatly mourned and dearly missed by his loving
​ and sorrowing mother, sisters and brothers.
​ 
Mrs Jordan and family desire to tender their most heartfelt thanks for their many friends for their kind sympathy expressed by them in their letters, which are too numerous to reply to, on the very untimely
and irreparable loss of the ​youngest of the family.
Duncanson
At the Civil General Hospital, Rangoon on
Saturday 21st August 1915,
Sophie Augusta Plunkett Lapsley,
wife of Jas. H. Duncanson, Engineer, Rangoon,
​and fourth daughter of the late Genl. Wm. Lapsley, R.A.M.C. Funeral will take place at Poozoondaung Cemetery, leaving General Hospital at 9.15
​tomorrow (Sunday) morning.
Catchick
It is with regret that the Commandant
has to announce the death of No. 4018
Lance Corpl. S. Catchick
“Municipal” Coy. which took place at Rangoon
​on the 10th August. 1915.
Rawlings
A petition has been filed in the Chief Court by Charles M. William de Facien, Extra Asst. Commissioner, Magwe, through his advocate Mr D. Wiltshire, ​in the matter of the goods of Marie Eugenie Louise Rawlings, who died on the 22nd August, having by her last will, dated 11th August last appointed the petitioner her executor.  Property was left in Sagu and Mandalay and the assets ​were valued at Rs. 20,100.​
Russell
Killed in action at the Dardanelles,
Alexander James Russell,
of the Bombay Burma Trading Corpn.
2nd Lieut. in the 7th Battn. Dublin Fusiliers. 
Aged 32 years.
McKinlay
It is with regret that the Commandant
has to announce the death of
No. 6446 Rifleman A. McKinlay,
which took place at Rangoon
​on the 30th August 1915.​ 
September
Estate
Mackinlay
On behalf of Mrs Sarah Cameron, the Administrator-Genl. Burma, Mr P.C. Sen, yesterday applied to the Chief Court for Letters of Administration to the estate of the late Capt. A. Mackinlay, formerly Marine Superintendent, B.I.S.N.C.  The deceased died at Rangoon on the 30th August last, intestate.  His next of kin were Sarah Cameron and Mr J.A. Mackinlay, a 2nd Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry in France.  The assets likely to come into petitioner’s hand would not exceed Rs. 52,400.  Mr Justice Robinson’s order said “If there is no person entitled immediately available, the Administrator-Genl. can apply within a month.  Here the only person so entitled asks the Administrator-Genl. to administer the letter issue as prayed.
Births
Peacock
On the 23rd August 1915 at Mandalay
to Mrs Eva Rosamund,​wife of Dr. Percy M.C. Peacock, of a son.
Hayfield
On the 10th September 1915 at Mandalay,
the wife of W.M. Hayfield, Executive Engr., ​Tharrawaddy, of a son.
Brearley
On the 16th Sept. 1915,
at Churchill Rd., Rangoon,​the wife of Alfred Brearley, of a daughter.
​Marriage Null & Void
Ross
Madras 16th Sept. 1915
Before Mr Justice Bakewell, Mr Clarence Melbourne Ross, Asst. Superintendent of the Madras Electric Supply Corpn. applied for the nullification of his marriage with Elizabeth Jane D’Rozario, alias Elizabeth Jane Ross (nee Miss Elizabeth Stracy) on the ground that at the time of the respondent’s marriage with petitioner she was a married woman, her husband being then alive. 
 
Petitioner alleged in his petition, he was married before a registrar to respondent in January 1911 and continued to live with her for some time, when he learnt respondent was not a widow but a married woman at the time of the marriage, having been previously lawfully married on  24th June 1895, in the R.C. church at Rangoon to one Joseph Patrick D’Rozario who was living in January 1911 and only died in February 1912. 
Respondent admitted in her written statement her marriage with petitioner and also her previous marriage with Patrick D’Rozario in 1896 [1895] and alleged that since 1896 [1895] Patrick D’Rozario had deserted her at Rangoon and had gone away and never communicated with her about his whereabouts and that at the time of her marriage with petitioner both petitioner, who was informed of the pervious life of respondent, and herself bond fide believed the said Joseph Patrick D’ Rozario was dead.  His Lordship declared the marriage null and void.

ABL note:  Elizabeth Jane’s maiden name was registered as Stacey, the marriage date 24th June 1895.
Death
Horace Belton
The last rites in connection with the sad case of drowning of Stoker Petty Officer Horace Belton were preformed last evening when the remains were consigned to their last resting place.  The deceased was given a Naval funeral.  At 4.30 p.m. a arty of three officers and ninety-four men, including a firing party of 26, landed at Barr Street jetty and marched to the hospital where the body lay in the mortuary.  Here the coffin, over which was placed the Union Jack, surmounted with a number of wreaths, was placed in the hearse and the cortege proceeded to Pazundaung Cemetery.  The hearse was preceded by the firing party and followed by the remainder of the blue-jackets, while at the rear were a few members of the Royal Engineers, Police and civilians.  There was no band but the ceremony was very impressive, the firing party carrying their rifles at the trail.   At that hour, the members of the R.V.R. were on their way towards headquarters and as the cortege passed, these stood to attention.  Others in motor cars saluted.  At the Sule Pagoda Road crossing the traffic was stopped, while two European Sergeants of Police stood at the salute till the hearse had passed some distance on its way.
 
At the cemetery  there was a large concourse of Burmans and natives of India.  Here the escort marched with reversed arms.  The cortege was met by Rev’d. Cowper-Johnson, who officiated at the graveside.  The coffin was borne to the grave by six of the deceased’s comrades.  The firing party was drawn up in double rank on the north, the remainder grouping themselves round the grave on the south, east and west.  At the close of the service the customary volleys were fired, the bugle sounding between each volley.  This was followed by the “Last Post.”  The escort then fixed bayonets ​and presented arms and the sad ceremony was brought to a close.  The men then marched back to the jetty from where they returned to their ship by launch.
October
The Man of The World
Ceremonial parades are very much on our minds just now; chests are being thrown out and those which have slapped down are being brought back as nearly as possible to the normal position.  We all want to make a good show before our departing L-G; and what is more, we mean to do it.  Our Adjutant’s new crown (not to speak of his new daughter) has been the cause of many congratulations as well deserved.  In fact when Rangoon likes a man it likes him thoroughly, hence our wish to keep Capt. Stewart; I’m sorry – I meant Major.

Marine & Commerce Dept.
The Lt.-Governor appoints A.R. McLean to be Engineer Surveyor for the purposed of the act at the port of Moulmein as a temporary measure in place of J.D. Pyne deceased.
 
Burma Gazette - Appointments
F.E.C. Palmer, Extra Asst. Conservator of Forests, on duty in the Mu Forest Divn., is transferred from Shwebo and posted to the charge of the Mansi Forest Divn.
​in place of R.B. Finney, Extra Asst. Conservator of Forests, deceased.
Separation  -  Disney
My wife. Mercy Muriel having left my protection without cause or reason, I shall not be responsible for debts incurred by her.  John Disney, Rangoon, 5th Oct. 1915.

​Marriages - J. Galloway-Miss Nichols  &  Jas. McCracken-Miss Johns
Bassein will be en fete this month when two weddings will take place.  On Oct. 21st the marriage will be solemnised of Mr J. Galloway, Irrawaddy Flot. Coy.’s Agent at Bassein, the popular Hony. Secretary of the Bassein Club to Miss Nichols, daughter of Dr. and Mrs Nichols of the American Baptist Mission, Bassein.  On October 30th Mr Jas. McCraken a so very popular member of the European community in Bassein and local Manager of Messrs. Steel Bros. is to be married to Miss Johns, daughter of Capt. and Mrs L.C. Johns who are well known and highly respected Basseinites.  Both Mr McCraken and Miss Johns are well known amateur historians and took park in the 1913 Bassein “Week” in “The Marriage of Kitty.”
Memorial
John Wilcocks
Rangoon Municipality – a meeting of the P.W. Sub-Committee will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m., when a letter, dated 8th September, from the Agent, Burma Railways Co., will be considered, enquiring if the Municipality would be prepared to allow a clock tower as a Memorial to the late Mr John Wilcocks to be built on the site shown on the plan forwarded.
Memorial Service
Mrs Hankins
Epworth Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Fraser and Lewis Streets, Rangoon.
Sun. 10th Oct. 1915  ... ...  Owing to the illness of the Pastor the pre-announced Memorial Service to the late Mrs Hankins, has to be unavoidably postponed. 
​Estate - L.V. Bagshawe
Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 321 of the ... ... that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demand against the estate of the above deceased who was killed in action in France on the 21st day of July 1915 and Probate of whose Will was granted to E.J. Holberton by the Chief Court of Lower Burma on the 20th day of September 1915 ... ...  Lentaigne, McDonnell & Clifton, Advocates for the Executor.
​Death
Jolly
At Hsipaw, on the 12th October 1915, of Malaria,
the dearly beloved infant daughter
of Mr and Mrs F. Halligan Jolly, P.W.D.  
Aged 10 months.​
Birth
Ewing
At “Mayville,” Thamaing, on the 13th Oct. 1915,
​to Mr & Mrs H.F.R. Ewing, of a son.
Separation  -  Lee
My wife Margaret Elenor Louisa (nee Weyman-Jones) having, with my children, left my protection without my knowledge on 3rd April 1915, I am not responsible for any debt or debts incurred by her on my name from this date. 
Clement W. Lee, Toungoo, 18th October 1915.

Separation  -  Lee
I hereby give notice that I did not leave my husband’s protection on the 3rd April 1915, as published, but I was sent by him with my children to my parents on the 11th December 1914 owing to his inability to support me to date. 
​Margaret Eleanor Louisa Lee.  Rangoon, 4th Nov. 1915.
23rd Oct. 1915
Death - G.G. Hancock
We deeply regret to announce the death by accidental drowning of Mr George Garfield Hancock, a well known local barrister, which took place this morning in the Rangoon river.  Mr Hancock was the guest of the Chief Engineer Mr Mackinder of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s Bassein steamer “Bandoola.”  He was also a friend of Capt. Coutts and had been visiting the latter, as Capt, Coutts who was joined the Royal Indian Marines is leaving very shortly for the Persian Gulf.  Early this morning Mr Hancock, while out on deck, fell overboard.  There were only some natives about at the time and it was slack water.  Apparently no alarm was raised and when one of the European officers on board was informed of the sad occurrence it was of course, too late to render any aid.  Up to the time of writing the body had not been recovered. 
 
The late Mr Hanccck was a very promising barrister and his parents, originally of Penarth and now of Brockweit, Glostershire, are very highly respected in South Wales, where Mr Hancock was equally well known. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1911 and practised for a short time in the South Wales circuit.  He threw himself heart and soul into the political activities in South Wales at the time, being one of a number of political speakers on behalf of the Young Liberals League in various constituencies in South Wales and elsewhere.  In April 1912 he came out to Burma as a partner of Mr W. Ashley Gregory and continued a member of that firm till a few months ago when Mr Hancock started practice on his own account.  His career in Burma was a distinctly promising one.  He married in March 1913, a young Gravesend lady, Miss Hart, the wedding taking place at St. Philip’s Church, Brooking Street. 
​
Mrs Hancock went home last year and great sympathy will be felt with her in her bereavement.  Sympathetic reference was made to the sad death of Mr G.G. Hancock at the Court of the Western Sub-divisional Magistrate.
Birth
Stochen
At Moulmein, on the 3rd Oct. 1915,
​the wife of Commander F. Stochen, R.I.M. of a daughter.  
Birth
Evans
At no. 24 Brooking St., Rangoon,
​on the 29th Oct. 1915, the wife of Mr A.M. Evans, E.A.C. of a daughter.
In Memoria​​
Dawson
In loving memory of our darling mother,
Ellen Dawson,
widow of the late G.E.L. Dawson,
who died on the 24th October 1910. 
​Gone but never forgotten.
In Memoria​​​
Peppin
In loving memory of my darling mother,
Margaret Joanna Peppin
(widow of the late H.A. Peppin,)
who departed this life on the 24th October 1910. 
​Not gone from memory. Not gone from Love.
​But to her Father’s Home above.
Public Notice
In the Chief Court of Lower Burma  ... ... In the matter of the Estate of Regina Ma Thet Martini, deceased.  Whereas Rose Josephine Beale nee Martini of Rangoon, claiming to be the daughter and one of the heirs of Regina Ma Thet Martini, late of Pegu, deceased, has applied to the above mentioned Court for a grant of Letters of Administration of the property and credits of the said Regina Ma Thet Martini, deceased.  Notice in pursuant of the 250th section of the Indian Successions Act 1865, is hereby given to all persons and credits of the said Regina Ma Thet Martini, deceased, to appear in the said matter if they think fit to so do either personally or by a duly authorised agent, on the 29th day of November 1915, when the Court will proceed upon the application of the said Rose Josephine Beale nee Martini and pronounce judgement in the said matter.  M.H. Cumming, offg. Asst. Registrar
November
Obituary
Colin S. Campbell
 A wire received from Myitkyina dated 13.40 hrs. 5th inst. from mile 688.9, was received at the Burma Railways Offices yesterday, stating that Mr Colin S. Campbell, the Dist. Engineer, Ywataung, had been drowned accidentally in a jheel while trying to save a trolleyman named Swajoo.  The trolleyman was saved.  The body was taken to Myitkyina.  Full details of the accident have not yet been received, but apparently the fatal accident happened to the late Mr Campbell while out shooting in the Mu Valley.

Mr Campbell was born on the 17th Aug. 1880.  He was educated at King’s College, London, from 1897 to 1900 when he won the prize offered by Prof. Henry Robinson for the best paper read before King’s College Engineering Society during that year.  From 1900 to 1902 he was an articled pupil to Messrs. Beesley Son & Nichols of Victoria St., Westminster.  In 1903 he was appointed Resident Engineer at the Chertsey Main Drainage Works, a post he held till 1905 when he joined the Burma Railways Co.   

He came to Burma in September 1905 as Assistant Engineer, Rangoon Works Divn. and was engaged on the construction of the new traffic and loco yards and round house at Malagon.   ​Afterwards he was appointed first Assistant Engineer and placed in charge of the doubling of the line to Pegu and was next made Dist. Engineer in charge of doubling the line to Pyuntaza.  He carried out the work of remodelling the Rangoon and Pazundaung station yards and also supervised the work of construction of the new Rangoon station buildings. 
 
He went on leave on the 27th June 1913 and on his return in May 1914 he was posted as Dist. Engineer, Ywataung a post he held at the time of his death.  The deceased was extremely popular and when in Rangoon served on the committee of the Boat Club.  He was a very fine man in a punt.  He was a keen volunteer, fond of shooting and an acceptable soloist. 

​He leaves a widow and four children, the eldest of whom is eleven years of age, who are at Home.  A facile writer of the humorous type, he contributed several sketches to this paper and was also a light lyricist of no mean order.
Death
Ripley
At Mandalay, on the 3rd Nov. 1915, 
Fred Ripley, 
retired Asst. Registrar of Stamps.  
Aged 61 years.
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Mrs Rolston takes this opportunity of thanking all those who so kindly sent them letters and telegrams of condolence in her recent sad bereavement, which is too numerous to reply to individually.
Deaths
Rangoon Vol. Rifles
Capt. R.F. Greer and Rifleman A. Scott
The offg. Commandant much regrets to report the deaths of
Capt. R.F. Greer and Rifleman A. Scott. 
Capt. Greer was a particularly energetic and capable Vol. Officer
whose death is a great loss to the Corps. 
Capt. Greer and Rifleman Scott
​are struck off the strength of the corps.
Death - Lucas
Driver Lucas of the Burma Railways, died yesterday ​in the General Hospital. 
He was an old servant of the Company, having passed out from the Insein Workshops and by dint of hard work and steady application worked himself up to the position of driver. He had been suffering for a long time from sprue.  ​He was a keen volunteer, being a member of “C” Coy. and was consequently accorded a military funeral.  The Burma Railways Vol. Corps supplying a firing party of two N.C.O’s and twelve men.  The Band played the cortege
​to Tamway where the deceased was buried.
​Marriage
Climo-Geaves
On Tuesday the 9th Nov. 1915 at the Cantonment Church, Rangoon, Miss Gladys H. Lyon Geaves, second daughter of R. Lyon Geaves of “The Manor House” Yateley, Camberley and Mrs Geaves, to Major P.H. Climo, R.A., youngest son of Colonel W. Hill Climo of “Fir Glen,” Yateley, Camberley.
December
Estate - Hyka Volcovitch
Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having debts, claims or demands against the estate of Hyka Volcovitch, who died in Rangoon at the General Hospital on the 17th day of January 1915 and whose Will was proved on the 16th day of November 1915, in Civil Misc. no’s ... ... of the Chief Court ... ... to W.H. Tarleton, Commissioner of Police, executor therein names are hereby required to send in the particulars of their debts .. ..  S.A. Christopher, Advocate for the Executor of the Will of the said Hyka Volcovitch.
Births
Brookman
Edward William, son of Colour Sergt. Instructor A.E. Brookman, having been born at Rangoon on the 2nd Nov. 1915 is taken on the strength from that date.  
(The above extract is from the Rangoon Vol. Rifles Orders.)
 
Duncan
On Thursday the 2nd Dec. 1915, the wife of P.M. Duncan, ​Supdt. of Excise, Mandalay, of a daughter.
Marriage
Lindgren-Hunt
On the 24th Nov. 1915, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Rangoon, Theobald Oscar Lindgren, (Bulloch Bros.) to Kate Louise Hunt, of Barnes, London S.W.
​Thompson
St. Mary’s R.C. Cathedral
... 14th Tuesday.  7 a.m.  High Requiem Mass for the late Hugh Allan Thompson, late Lance-Corpl. Border Regt., who was killed at the Dardanelles; and unveiling of a Memorial Tablet to him in the church. .. ...
Death
Cunningham
At Braemount, Ralston, Paisley
(the residence of his brother-in-law R.S. Cochran)
​on the 25th Nov. 1915
John Patrick Cunningham, Bassein, Burma
in his 48th year
beloved husband of Margaret P. Arnott
and eldest son of the late Robert Cunningham
manufacturer and the late Mrs Cunningham, South Park, Paisley.
​Public Notice
Estate of Major W.W.F.C. Musgrave, deceased
Notice is hereby given that all creditors and others having claims or demands against the estate of the deceased above named, of which Letters of Administration were granted to his widow Ma Shwe On, by the Dist. Court, Mandalay, in Civil Miscellaneous no. 25, of 1913, are hereby required to send particulars .... ....  H.M. Lutter, Advocate for Ma Shwe On.
​Hyka Volcovitch, deceased
Pursuant to section 320 of the Indian Succession Act, 1865.  Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having debts, claims or demands against the estate of Hyka Volcovitch, who died in Rangoon at the General Hospital on the 17th day of January 1915, and whose Will was proved on the 16th November 1915, in Civil Misc. No. 169 of 1915 of the Chief Court of Lower Burma to W.H. Tarleton, Commissioner of Police, executor therein named are hereby required to send in the particulars of their debts, claims and demands to the undersigned on or before the 1st Feb. 1916 after which the said executor will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased ... ...
S.A. Christopher, 2 Barr St., Rangoon.  Advocate for the executor of the Will of the said Hyka Volcovitch, deceased.