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NORMAN KELLEY d. 1940
Kelley’s background was rather different from
that of the other cadets. He was born in Heck-

mondwike, Yorkshire, where Kelley’s Carpets
had been based since 1851. For unknown
reasons his father George left the business
and moved to Lancashire. Kelley attended

Manchester Grammar School and was study-
ing architecture at the Manchester Technical
School in 1914. He joined the 1st Battalion of the Loyal North
Lancashire Regiment in May 1915, and went to France in Novem-
ber to replace one of the many oficer casualties. A month later

he suffered an epileptic it, fell over and dislocated his shoulder.
He was shipped back to England and never returned to France.
Epileptics could not be accepted as soldiers, so either Kelley lied
about his condition, or it was triggered by the stressful nature of

front-line life. He underwent a series of operations on his shoulder
which were at last successful in 1921.
Above left: Eileen McCallum, Layard’s girlfriend. She gave
him this photograph at Christmas 1914 (copyright Admiral Sir IVOR COCHRANE d. 1940
Michael Layard, KCB, CBE). Above right: Layard in uniform
(copyright Admiral Sir Michael Layard, KCB, CBE). Left: Layard’s Although Cochrane was born in Glamorgan, his
Military Cross (Admiral Sir Michael Layard, KCB, CBE)
family too had links with the Empire as his father
was born in Bombay. He was sent to Welling-
ton College which probably means that he was

Ofice in December 1917, much against his intended to become an army oficer from an early
family’s wishes. His body was eventually found in age. He was the captain of the hockey team and
1920, and he is buried in the Dury Cruciix Cemetery, the use of a ‘bafle’ on his stick suggests he was
near Arras. In 1933 a spiritualist told Stanlie’s mother that he was
an experienced player. He joined the 2nd Battalion
a “beautiful Spirit Visitor happy in Heaven”.
of the South Wales

Borderers in March
Eileen married a widower in 1926 and died childless in 1945.
1915, and took part
in the dramatic and
JAMES FOWLIE d. 1917
hard-fought landing

Fowlie was born in Singapore, where his father, at Cape Helles, Gal-
a Municipal Commissioner, was one of the most lipoli. In August the
powerful men in the colony. Fowlie was study- Battalion moved to
ing medicine at St Andrew’s University when he Suvla Bay and suf-

enrolled for the RMC course. He was a close fered heavy casual-
friend of Douglas Wimberley (see below). They ties. Cochrane was
visited London together in their scanty free
transferred to either
time, enjoying good the 7th or 8th Battal-

meals and theatre ions and fought in the
visits, occasionally Salonika campaign.
trying to pick up Hewaspromotedto
chorus girls. Fowlie captain in 1917.
joined the 1st Bat-

talion of the HIgh- In the Second World
land Light Infantry War he served in
and survived the Egypt where he was
Somme unscathed, seriously injured. He

subsequently being returned to England
promoted to lieu- where he died. He is
tenant. He com- buried in Kewstoke ICochrane’s gravestone
manded a company in Somerset.
(copyright Reverend Geoffrey Eales)

for about ive weeks
before his death. In TREVOR SOUTHGATE d. 1963
April 1917 the HLI Southgate was born in London and went to Fel-
were in the front sted School in Essex, but his family was based

line near Arras, and in Rio de Janiero. He joined the 2nd Battalion
Fowlie was killed by of the Essex Regiment in France in December
a direct hit from a 1915 and was then attached to the 12th Bri-
shell. His CO wrote gade of the Machine Gun Company in Febru-
to Fowlie’s father: ary 1916. According to regimental sources, he

“He was a irst rate returned to England on 1 July 1916 to train as a
fellow ... I personally pilot with the Royal Flying Corps, and lew with them irst in India
will miss him and his and then in northern Russia. Southgate resigned his commission
services more than I in 1919 and joined the United Africa Company, working in Nigeria

can say.” He is bur- and Mozambique.
ied in the Faubourg
d’Amiens Cemetery,
Arras.

Fowlie’s gravestone
(copyright www.britishwargraves.co.uk,)

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