Deaths FALLEN OFFICERS. 'THIE TIMES' -LIST -OF CASUALTIES. WVe -have received news of the de'ath of the iollowindg officers, ia additi'on 'to' those whose. narnes have been published inl the offEicial list:- AnceLsE. Capt. J. A, X.O.S.15. Roomi55.2I5. 'W. F?.. H.1eA. Ar-m-N.ss Lt. E.w B.F.A. Toss.nese. Capt. H., X.50 Th~ So. L-. .rji,*Loald. lI EFC.'' - D&Ie.01. . W.; YOrr tfusS,L.HI. and Lane. it. Load. it. - VALENTINE FLEMING. AN APPPRE;CIATION. W.S.C." writes 'of the death of MIai6r Valentine rileming, M.P., who' as anneoinneed ini The, Time, oni Wednesday:,'was- killed 'in' action:- _This newvs will Cause sorrow 'in Oxfordshire and in the House of commons ancl wherev or the inember of ,the Henley. Division was. well. khown. Valentine Fleming was one of those younger. Conservatiives ,who easily and naturauly combine loyalty to party ties w-ith -% broad liberal outlook uponi affuns and a totial tabsence of claiss prdjudice., -i H as m iost earnest and'.sincere ini his desire to'-miike things better for the great' body of the people, and hiad cleared his miind of all particuLarist tendencies.'- He was a man of tboughit- ful and ' tolerant opinionks,, -which 'were, not the less stronkly or clearly held beeetsse they were, not loudly or 'frequent-ly asserted. The' violenice of 'factioni and the lierce tumults which swayed' our- politieal life utothe very thresholdi of thie: Great' War, cuiusd Mia keen distress. 'Ha could not share othe extrava gant Passions with which the rii~al parties'ponfronted each other. He felt acutely that neither' w as, wholly tight in piolcy an;h that both were wrong in iood Althouigh he 'could robably have held the Henley Division tas long as tle cared to flght it, he decided to wvithdraw from' public life rather than become in- vsolved in conflicts whose bitterness seemed 'so 'far to exceed the practical issue~ at stake. Friends Were not wsnting on both 'sides of the,H1ouse to urge-him to remain and to enco'urage hima to display tbe solid abiitis hposesed.It s pssilewe should have previle. H shred he ope towhih so many of ciet pbli lie ad Prlimenarysystemn arising out f thse rial, nu evnts avepursued,a 'differ-. Asa Yeomanry oMeier he alway a tjiok.the' greatest pamis toflit himiself for militar.y dluties. There wvas scarcely an instructional ~ooire open before the war to the Territorial Forces of which he. had not avaLiled himiself,, Rnd on' mobilization there were few more compet~nt civilian soldiers of hi& rank.' The Oxford- shire Hussars were' the lflst or almost ihe. first Yeo- 'snenry regiment to come under the flrd. of the enemay, anid in the firs batt-le of Ypres acquitted, t-hemselves with credit. He had beeni nearly three years in Franc-L., as squadron leader.or 'second in command, and had been twice mentioned in dispat?ches, before the shell which ended his life 'foundl him., 'From the beginning his' letterB showed the 'deep 'emrotions which the devastation -and carusige' of thwe struggle aroused in -his brejast.' But the' strength and buoyancy 'of his 'natur6 wvere proofs against the sombre realizations 'of his mind.' He neve'r for a moment flagged or Wearied or lost his spirits.' 'Alert, methodical, reso- lutea, untihing lie did !li.s work, wvhether perilous or dull, without the slightest sign of strain or stress to the end. "'"We all of' us." wi~rites a brother- officer, .were 'devoted to himn. The. loss to the regiment is indescribable. ~He was,' as 'you know, absolutely our best 'officer, 'utterly fearless, full' of r-esource, and per- fectly inagniflcent, with hiis men." ., His~ passion in sport was' deer stalking in his mauch-loved native Scot- hind. He rode well and sometimes brillantly to hounds; and was always a gay and excellent com- panion. He bad everything in the wvorld to mnak-e him hap;a delightful home life;, active interesting ex- pnigbusiness 'occupations, contented dlisposition. a_l loabl and charming personality. He had 'more. Hehdtat foundation 'of spontaneous and aimost unconscious sell-suppression in the discharge of what he conceived to be his duity wvithout which happiness, however full, is precarioxus and imiperfect. That these qualities are'not singular in this generationi does not lessen the loss of those in whom thiey sliine. As the war lengthens and intensifies and the exteniding -lists appear, it 'seems as If onie watched at niight a well- loved city whose lig,hts, wichil burni so bright, whlich burn so true, are extinguished in the distance' in the darkness one by one. L=gvTm-&NT ELW'YNI ATsoy, R.F.A., whio died en May 18, of w-ounids received in action th'e same day, was the youngest son of Air. and Irs. 'Frederic WI. Atkinson, of Heathfleld Housqe, Blackheath. He was' born in 1865, and -as in the Cadet Corps at Stratheden House School, Blackheatli, and in the O.T.C. at Toabridge School. On the outbreak of warhe isistd i.te RF.A, .l~.,and voluiiteered Lafcaterwad byimnt hiscoonel for a ortenrssiong was wounded, nlow knowni to hiave been lkilled oii May 3, was the only son of Mr. S. G. Richardson, -of Stone- grove, Sheffield, wars born in 1882, enid educated at Charterhouse and Trinity' College, 'Cansbrliige, where he t6ok his degree in law. Ile was thlen articled to Mr. TH. B. Sandford, of the flirmi'of Rodgers aend Co., solicitors, SheMfeld, 'and was ndniitted a' solicitor in 1eee, iii Which year he, join6d Afr.'T. Walter 'Hall In the finm of Sorby, Hall, and'Richardson. - In 1910 Mr. Hall retired from practice, anid Major Richardson entered into partnership wvith his brotbier-iii-law,' Mr. Samuel Roberts, juni. As soon as the wvar broke out Mr. Richardlson, joined the Army, and in less, than four months was promoted captain,' 'while -in JulIy, 191,6, he'wa gazetted major. 'lie was keenly iii-. teresed inRugby footbalJ, aend for some years, was secreotary of the SheffIeld' Rugby- Pootball Cblub. I-e wvas' one of the founders of the Cavendish Associationi. Major Richardson marre ' the only 'daughter of MUr. Saue Roberts, M.P., an -laes two sons. MNA.iOu'WXU,Rns FRANZK B-oesss, 'R.F.A., killed on May 19, was the elder son of the Rev. Alfred G. Rogers, rector of Gatton, Surrey: BDorn in 1890, ho was 'educated at Charterhouse and 'Merton College, Oxford, where lie took his degree in 101-2. In the same year he 'was grantedl a commaission, and' Avent to the front withi tlhe original Expeditioniary Force int August, 1014. After going through' the retreat from Monq 'and the earlier actions of the 'war, he wias transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery, and--"was severely'wounded at Festubert in May. 1915. After It year at home he returned to the Thpnt last June, being given conminand of a battery, and Was agains woutnded on Good Friday. L=EuTENAa-'T TAwii5 'HAam'oLL,' of 'Well-place, ipsden, wvho died of enteric in Cairo oil May 20I, wvas the onIy son of the'late James: Harttuoll, 'of Glanwic, Bernet, and was born in 1883. He' was educated at Windleshiam House, Brighton, Harrowv, sa Universit Clee, Oxford. He 'joined the R.HA (errtoral)ing 910,. aiid, went with hiis battry o Eyptin April, 1015. He niar-ried, in 191.,- 'IniTred daghe ofMs Blackett, of Islip, Oxford, and ~ leaves a wIdow cd a son and a daugliter. (Txsme.) iETsgrrxAssT-C0L0-gnr. EasxINEMAGNAC, Indian Infantrv, news of whose death in action o April 27 has niow been received, was t-he youngest son of the late M1ajor-General Francis LaLna Magniaco and Mr's. Magniac,, of Clifton, and was 34 years of age. He was educated.at Clifton College and Sand- hus,and in January, 1902, he obtained his com- mission for the Indian Army, being at first attached to the Somerset Ihght Infantry. In 1909 he saw active' service on the.Indian Frontier, and in 1911l ho'~ was appointed A.D.C. to Sir Edward Baker, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal; and in the' same year- he'- was~ gazetted captain. Afterwards he became personal assistaut to Sir Archibald Earle, Chief 'Commissioner. of Assam. Colonel Meagniac was 'a.kee'n sp9rtsman, polo player, and cricketer. He played" for t-he XI. at school and att Sandhiurts sand or 2North-West India. He was 'much' interested in'big game shooj~ing and in racing in India, in both of which he achieved considerable success. F rom 1914-15' he.was in charge of his regimental dep6t'at Lisbore, and in 1916 he'joine~ his regimaent on active service, and, was shortly' after given f-he comxmand, which he was holding at the time of his death. WILLS .AND BEQUESTS. LARGE -RESIDUE FOR WELSH UNIVERSITY. - All. wIMrtA3 'PIrCE hfB., of 'Sandyniount' Southerndown, Bridgend, who died on January 11, left estate valued ac ?:29,990 gross, with not persoaalty ?27,153.' After providing for two annulties of ?lOO each to relatives andotherlegacies,thotestatorlett- "'A,aulties of ?52 e.ach to his coachso sand to his late wvtfe's muild and oftM e' ach to tvro other ervants; aid thie residue of his estate to, the UnIrersity College of South Vales and Mionmouthshile., ior the Medical Departsneiut. ' G' Mr. WxLAIr HEuXi Si,DLEY,, of Hingswood-road, Nkseloy, and of Augusta-street,,Birmingham, jeweller's factor, who died on-V;ovember 25, left estate' of the gross valuo of ?16,7D7, of which9?16,021 is net per- sonaty. I He left .- - ' ' Such sum as nay bo necessary for the endowrnent of a bed tn ISue Cleneral H03tal, Bimisslmn, and the resIdue'of his estate in equal dsares tthle'Queenafe.ospltal and the Generil nospittal Aniohg other la w it wlls' are tho following - Gross value. Kr. JosLrn W&,T%rooD TuoMrso.. aced e9, ot Oakdane, Chirch End, Finchler. N: and thle Junior Cariton Club, foaetdy ot Wrntored.coutt. E-.C., stock. btoker. left, an annuity of e9s to hbi housekceper. and legades to other aervants'.. '. 70,180 MAJOs EBRasIV WMAsi. D.S.0.. ILV.A.. ot,Lynwoed. StIverhils' arkz, St, Leonards.oa,Ses.' who diedi ot wounds on September Ih .2. . . . I 8zeoso LT-vrssaxT AnTnun HesAcE LA-a. Grenadler Guard.s. Captata of the Hsorw School Cricket El.ven from 1P0-1lP. rearesentatiLve of Cambridge Urvevr- sitat Rackets aud In the University Cricket mstch tn 1913. killed at La Bae oua January 28.-1915. left 0lo0 to Harrow School Cricket Chlb '.. .. 15,348' 1M'A-T. Non llor,s Wiso-. R.S..A., of La=stosi Lode, C,hatltoa hlansa Cheltenuhsn. wvho was klled a' mesopotasml on January II, aed 28 ..... 10.016