from Mons, and at the Battle of the Marne in France, being killed in
action at La Court Soupir Farm, near Vailly on the Aisne River, 14
Sept. 1914; _unm._ He was buried in Soupir Churchyard.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. des Vœux.=]
=DETTNER, WALTER JOSEPH=, Private, No. 2657, 1/18th Battn. (London
Irish Rifles), London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Charles Ephraim
Dettner, of 22, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, S.W., Coachman, by his wife,
Emily, dau. of Charles King; _b._ Westminster, 6 May, 1896; educ.
St. Mary’s School, Vincent Square, London; volunteered and joined the
Irish Rifles, 6 Sept. 1914; went to France, 17 March, 1915, and was
killed in action near Festubert, 17 May, 1915, being buried close to
the front line of trenches in Bethune Wood; _unm._
=DEVANNEY, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Rifleman, No. 1688, 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th _s._
of the late Simon Devanney, of 22, Essex Street, Kingsland Road, E.,
Market Porter, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Thomas O’Shea;
_b._ Shoreditch, 24 Feb. 1898; educ. St. Monica’s R.C. School,
Hoxton Square, W.; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about Sept.
1913; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went
to the front in March, 1915, and was killed in action at Loos, 26 Oct.