wpf1958 Posted 4 September , 2008 Share Posted 4 September , 2008 I am researching 2nd Lt Ernet Philip Morris Panes, 9th Bn KRRC, who is commemorated on the Menin Gate. I know he was a student of Brasenose College, Oxford, but that is about all. Has anyone any information about him? Please excuse any delay in replying as I am on the battlefields and don't have access to the internet 24/7. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorac Posted 4 September , 2008 Share Posted 4 September , 2008 His MIC from Ancestry. Lorac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantowi Posted 4 September , 2008 Share Posted 4 September , 2008 From SDGW: Named as Ernest and a Temp 2lt Regiment, Corps etc.: King's Royal Rifle Corps Battalion etc.: 9th Battalion Last name: Panes First name(s): Ernest Philip Morris Initials: E P M Decoration: Rank: TEMP 2/LT Date died: 25 September 1915 How died: Killed in action From CWGC: Still Ernest but now a Lt Name: PANES, ERNEST PHILIP MORRIS Initials: E P M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 25/09/1915 Additional information: Son of the Rev. John Benjamin and Mrs. L. C. Panes, of The Rectory, Torver, Coniston, Lancs. Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 51 and 53. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottsGreys Posted 5 September , 2008 Share Posted 5 September , 2008 From "The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Vol. V, pge. 110: "...Subsidiary attacks were made at various points in the British line during the 25th. In each case the result was about the same. The attackers met with some success at first, capturing trenches and prisoners, but were then bombed out by counterattacks, finishing the day where they had started. In an attack on Bellewaarde, by the V Corps, our 9th Battalion, near the scene of their losses on July 30, went to the support of the 9th Rifle Brigade, who had obtained a footing in the German second-line trenches. They had a hard fight, chiefly bombing on both sides, and lost 2nd Lieutenants C.W. Murray, P.H. Habershon, J. Howell, L. Pemberton, and E.P.M. Panes killed; and Captain M. Mallalue, Lieutenants F.S. Dansey and G.M. Warren wounded. Other ranks, 33 killed, 188 wounded, 29 missing." Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esskay Posted 5 September , 2008 Share Posted 5 September , 2008 His death was announced in The Times of 5th October 1915 - it said he was the youngest son of the Rev J B Panes of the Church Missionary Society, South India - and asked Indian papers to copy In the 1901 census his parents (John B - 41 and Louisa C - 45) were "on furlough" from the CMS at the home of his fathers widowed mother - Westend House in Blagdon Somerset. She was shown as Hannah - but from previous census and BMD looks like she was actually Anna Maria. Also there were 2 sisters of Ernest - Mary G (10) and Alice M (7) who were shown as being born in the Indian city of Anansol (now in West Bengal). Another boy George B(Benjamin - per Free BMD) (5) born Blagdon was also shown - apparently another brother - though this would make him the youngest son rather than Ernest - so not sure?? Ernest (aged 8) and his 10 year old brother Arthur Benjamin were shown as boarders at the Church Missionaries Children's Home (for the children of Church of England missionaries) at Limpsfield in Surrey. They were both shown as born in Blagdon Ernest and Arthur must presumably at some time also been students of Dean Close School Cheltenham - as they are listed on this war memorial - http://www.remembering.org.uk/dean_close_memorial.htm This is Arthur - http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_detail...casualty=349640 From:http://www.photoship.co.uk/Disaster%20Chest/446.pdf MALDA British India Steam Navigation Co.; 1913; Barclay Curie & Co.; 7,896 tons; 450x58-2x33-3; 900 n.h.p.; 12-5 knots; tripleexpansion engines. The liner Malda, Capt. Charles Davidson, was torpedoed by a German submarine 130 miles W. i S. of the Bishop Rock, Scilly Isles, on August 25th, 1917. The attack took place at 1.40 p.m. in a north-westerly gale, the ship being struck on the port side and the engine-room flooded. She did not sink at once, however, and the submarine surfaced and endeavoured to contact the boats but could not make her demands known owing to the gale. Capt. Davidson set course for the Scillies but was picked up by a ship in an eastbound convoy and landed at Milford Haven. Meanwhile the first officer's boat found the Malda still afloat and stood by in the hope of boarding her next morning, but the submarine again came on the scene and forced the boat to sail away. By morning the Malda had foundered. The boats reached land at various places and it was first reported that seven men had lost their lives, four of them were killed by the explosion, one died from exposure in the boats, and the remaining two were lost overboard. An official report published later, however, gave the number of lives lost as 64. Hope this little bit of background helps a bit Cheers Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 5 September , 2008 Share Posted 5 September , 2008 Here's Ernest's obituary from the 1915 edition of the KRRC Chronicle: Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 6 September , 2008 Share Posted 6 September , 2008 Pals, Here are some more details - and some interesting commentary - on the 25th September 1915 Action at Bellewarde Farm. These scans are actually from the 1916 edition of the KRRC Chronicle as 9/KRRC were unable to submit their War Records in time for the 1915 edition deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBrockway Posted 6 September , 2008 Share Posted 6 September , 2008 The report continues ... It seems this Action by 9/KRRC and 9/RB was one of the various diversionary attacks associated with the Battle of Loos further south. Cheers, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpf1958 Posted 7 September , 2008 Author Share Posted 7 September , 2008 From SDGW: Named as Ernest and a Temp 2lt Regiment, Corps etc.: King's Royal Rifle Corps Battalion etc.: 9th Battalion Last name: Panes First name(s): Ernest Philip Morris Initials: E P M Decoration: Rank: TEMP 2/LT Date died: 25 September 1915 How died: Killed in action From CWGC: Still Ernest but now a Lt Name: PANES, ERNEST PHILIP MORRIS Initials: E P M Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: King's Royal Rifle Corps Unit Text: 9th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 25/09/1915 Additional information: Son of the Rev. John Benjamin and Mrs. L. C. Panes, of The Rectory, Torver, Coniston, Lancs. Scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 51 and 53. Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Grant Many thanks for this - really helpful. Here's Ernest's obituary from the 1915 edition of the KRRC Chronicle: Cheers, Mark Hi Many thanks for you kind help with Ernest Panes. Most grateful. Best wishes Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walther Posted 30 April , 2013 Share Posted 30 April , 2013 Is there any more detail on the death of 2nd Lt. PH Habershon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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