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CAPT. P. B. JONES (O.P.) 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment.

The following is an extract from the Yorks. Herald.

Mr. J. Edmund Jones, solicitor, of York and Scarborough, has received an official intimation that his second son, Capt. Percy Barrett Jones, of the 3rd Middlesex Regiment, was killed in action in France on September 3oth. Capt. Jones is another old boy of St. Peter's School to lay down his life for his country. After leaving St. Peter's School, he went to Christ's College, Breckon. He served during the South African Campaign with the 3rd East Yorks. (Militia), and, at the close of the war, received a nomination for a line regiment, and was gazetted to the ist Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment which he joined at Quetta, India. Subsequently Capt. Jones entered the Indian Army and served several years with the 5th Light Infantry, and three years ago he was transferred to the Middlesex Regiment, and stationed at the Depot at Mill Hill. He joined his regiment which came from India, six months ago in France, and took part in the second battle of Ypres. The deceased officer, who was 34 years of age, leaves a widow and child, and to them and his parents the greatest sympathy will be extended in their sad bereavement.

LIEUT. J. R. A. RIGBY (O.P.) 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.

The following is an extract from the Yorks. Herald.

The Rev. J. Rigby, vicar of Sheriff Hutton, has received intimation from the War Office to the effect that his only son, Lieut. J. R. A. Rigby, B.A., of the 2nd Batt. Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action between September 25th

and September 27th. The deceased officer was 25 years of age, and was educated at Hymer's College, Hull, and St. Peter's School, York. He took his B.A. at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was an enthusiastic member of the Officers' Training Corps. He received his commission, dated February, 1914, in the '3rd Battalion Yorks. Regiment, and joined the colours on the outbreak of war. The late Lieut. Rigby was stationed at Hartlepool during the bombardment by the German warships in December last, and in March was transferred to the znd Battalion Yorks. Regiment. He was immediately despatched to France, and has been on active service ever since. Much sympathy is expressed with the bereaved parents by the inhabitants of the village and the surrounding district.

LIEUT.-COL. A. H. ALLENBY (0.P.) O.C. 7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.

Lieut.-Col. Augustus Heathcote Allenby, commanding the 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers, was the second son of Major R. Allenby, J.P., of St. Mary's Lodge, Bootham, York, and received his first commission in the York and Lancaster Regiment from the Militia in May, 1885. He joined the Indian Staff Corps in April, 1887, and retired under the limitation of age rule in November, 1914, having commanded the 83rd Wallajabad Light Infantry since May, 1911. He served in the Burma Expedition, 1885-87, with the Upper Burma Field Force, 1887-89, and in the Chin Hills Expedition, 1891-92, and held the Burma Medal with three clasps. On his return to England after retirement from the Indian Army he at once sought employment in the New Armies, and left for the front in command of the 7th Royal Scots Fusiliers less than a month ago. Lieut.-Col. Allenby leaves a widow, having been married at Secunderabad in September, 1890.