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.