Way, of Spaynes Hall

SECTION XV.

WAY, OF SPAYNES HALL.

KATHARINECORBOULD-WARREN, of 14, Wynnstay Gardens, London, W., eldest daughter of the Rev. Wm. Corbould-Warren (see Section XIII), b. at Tacolneston 30 Jan. 1842, d. at Cranleigh, Surrey 23 Nov. 1923, bur. at Heene, Worthing. Married 3 Aug. 1864, COLONELGEORGE AUGUSTUS WAY, C.B. (1896), J.P., of Spaynes Hall, Essex, b. 6 March 1837, educ. at Eton, entered Army 18j 5, Lieut. 1858, Capt. 1867, Major 187j, Lieut. Col. 1881, served in the Punjab Frontier Force, Commandant 7th D.C.O. Rajputs, served in the Mashud Waziri exped. 1860 (medal and clasp) and Akha exped. 1883-4 (mentioned in despatches), d. 19 Oct. 1899, bur. at Heene, Worthing ; will pr. 23 Jan. 1900 ; son of the Rev. Charles John Way, M.A. Trin. Coll. Camb., of Spaynes Hall, Essex, Rector of Boreham and Chaplain to the Duke of Atholl. They had issue :- I. GEORGEJOHN WAY, of Stegi, Swaziland, South Africa, b. at Nagode, Peshawur, India 7 Aug. 1865 ; educ. at Felstead. Unmarried. 2. LEWISNORMAN WAY of Spilfeathers, Ingatestone, Essex, b. at Jubbulpore, India 23 April 1867 ; educ. at Sherborne ; d. at Spilfeathers 24 Dec. 1928 ; will proved in London 3 April 1929 Married in London 7 Jan. I 895, UNAMARGARET, b. at Mingbool, Victoria, Australia, served in V.A.D. during the Great War from 1914 to 1918, dau. of Malcolm MACKINNON, Esq., of Broadford, Isle of Skye, and Mingbool, Australia (by his wife Mary Margaret, dau. of Edward MacCallum, Esq., of Ardro, Argyllshire), and granddau. of Charles Mackinnon, Esq., of Broadford, by his wife Una, dau. of Malcolm Nicolson, Esq., of Usabost, Isle of Skye. One of Mrs. Una Mackinnon's seven brothers was Alexander Nicolson, Esq., M.A., LL.D. Edin., Sheriff Substitute of Kircudbright and later of Greenock, the eminent Greek and Gaelic scholar and poet, who revised the Gaelic Bible and wrote "The Lay of the Beanm6hr: a Song of the Sudreyar," "The Misty Isle of Skye " and " Memoirs of Adam Black." They had :- Ia. LIEUT. RODERICKNORMAN WAY, R.F.A., b. at Spilfeathers 17 Oct. 1896, educ. at Harrow, and R.M.A. Woolwich ; on passing out of Woolwich in 191 5 he was gazetted to the R.F.A. and attached to the 28th Battery, 9th Brigade, Meerut Division. Went to France in May 191j, and in Dec. was ordered to Mesopotamia with his battery to join in the relief of Kut. Killed in action 13 Jan. 1916, while serving as observation officer during the battle of Orah. za. UNAKATHARINE MARY WAY, b. at Spilfeathers 11 July 1899, and was a land worker during the Great War.

Page 108 Married at Fryerning Church, Ingatestone, Essex, 7 Jan. 1922, LIEUT. CMDR. FRANCISCHARLES HARRISON, D.S.O. (1917), R.N. (ret. 1929), of Innstead, Newdigate, Surrey, and the Naval and Military Club, London ; b. I 893 ; educ. in the training ship " Conway " and at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth ; served in the European War I 914-1 8 (desp., D.S.O. and bar, Croix de Guerre), and was present at the attack on Zeebrugge. They have issue :-

~b.SUSAN HARRISON, b. at Southsea 20 Oct. 1922. 2b. JANETHARRISON, b. at Spilfeathers I 5 Feb. 1929. 3a. LEWIS MALCOLMWAY, b. 19 NOV. 191I ; educ. at Sherborne School, and at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge (matric. 1930, 2nd class English Tripos, June 1933). 3. RUPERTEDWARD WAY of The Croft, Abbot's Wood, Guildford, late of Russia, mining engineer, b. at Jubbulpore, India, 30 June I 868, d.s.p. at Grey- lands, Guildford 27 April 1933 ; bur. at Woking. Married in 1904, ROSALIA TANENBAUMof Vladikafkas, Russia. 4. MABELKATHERINE WAY (LADY BINGLEY, o.B.E.), b. at Saugor, India 19 Dec. I 869, member of the Indian Joint War Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, served in the War Hospital at Guildford as a member of V.A.D.6, Surrey, 1914-16, and was awarded the British Red Cross Medal for Home Service. Married at Umballa, India, 12 Aug. 1893, LIEUT.GENERAL SIR ALFRED HORSFORDBINGLEY, K.C.I.E. (1918), C.B. (I~IJ),Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of The Cause y, Cranleigh, Surrey ; b. 28 Ma 186j, educ. at St. Edward's School, Oxford, and the Royal Military Col rege, Sandhurst ; Lieut. Leinster Regt. I 88 j ; Indian Staff Corps 1887 ; Capt. I.A. 1896, Major 1903, Lieut. Col. 1906, Bt. Col. 1910, Col. 1911, Major-General 19 I 5, Lieut.-General 1920 ; employed on plague duty, Bombay 1897-8 (thanks of Govt., Kaisar-I-Hind medal 1st class) ; D.A.A.G. Headqrs. Staff, India 1901-06 ; Dep. Sec. Army Dept. Govt. India 1906-09 ; Commandant 7th D.C.O. Rajputs 1909-1 I ; General Staff Officer, 1st Grade Hqrs. Staff, India 1911-14 ; Dep. Adj. Gen. Hqrs. Staff, India, 1914 ; Brigade Commander 1911 ; Chief Staff Officer, Suez Canal Defence Force 1914-16 ; Sec. Army Dept. Govt. India 1916-21 ; retired 1921. Colonel of the 3rd Bn. (D.C.O.) 7th Rajput Regiment, April 1934. Served in Burma 1891-2 (medal with clasp), China 1900 (desp., brevet Major, medal with clasp), E ypt and Mesopotamia in Great War of 1914-16 (desp., prom. Major-~enerjfor distinguished service in the field, Japanese Order of the Rising Sun) ; Gold Medal of the United Services Institution, India, I 896 ; Governor of Cranleigh School, the Royal School for Officers' Daughters and of St. Catherine's School, Bramley ; County Controller for Surrey Voluntary Aid Detachments 1923-28 ; member of the Council of the Surrey Archzological Society; author of a series of handbooks on the races recruited in the Indian Army ; member of the United Service Club ; eldest son of Peregrine Taylor Bingley (who d. 1886) and his wife Alice, only dau. of

Page 109 Capt. John Wentworth Austen, and granddau. of Sir Henry Edmund Austen, Kt., J.P., D.L., of Shalford House, Surrey, a gentleman of the Privy Chamber. They have issue :- Ia. BARBARABINGLEY, b. at Simla 9 March 1902. Married at Peshawar, India, 9 Nov. 1921, LIEUT.COLONEL EDWARD HUMFREY VERE HODGE, M.D. (Cantab. 1928), B.A., M.B., B.CH. (Cantab. I~IO),M.R.C.S. Eng. 1908, L. 1908, M. 1927, R.C.P. London ; I.M.S. ; educ. at Oakham School, Clare College, Cambridge, and at St. George's Hospital ; now Civil Surgeon, Bengal ; late Opth. Asst. Ho. Surg. and Ho. Phys.St. George's Hosp., and Clin. Asst. Gt. Ormond St. Hosp. Children ; served in the Great War, France and East Africa 1914-17 ; part author of Birch's " Management and Med. Treatm. of Children in India " 7th ed. They have issue :- ~b.PHYLLIDA BINGLEY VERE HODGE,b. at The Causey, Cranleigh, 17 March 1928. j. WINIFREDWAY (LADY WILLCOCKS), b. at Saugor 4 April 1871, did war work in England and was for six months with the Church Army Huts in France, 1914-18 ; awarded British War Medal. Married at Saugor, India, 29 July 1889, GENERALSIR JAMESWILLCOCKS, G.C.B. (1921), G.C.M.G. (191 j), K.C.S.I. (I~IJ),D.S.O. (1887), LL.D. (Amherst, U.S.A.), Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France), Colonel of the Loyal Regiment ; b. I April I 8 j 7 (4th son of Capt. W. Willcocks, H.E.I.C.S., and brother of Sir Wm. Will- cocks, the distinguished engineer) ; educ. at Easton, Somerset ; entered Army 1878 ; Capt. Leinster Regt. 1884 ; Major 1893 ; Lieut. Colonel 1899 ; Col. 1902 ; Major-General I 906 ; Lieut. General I 908 ; General 19 I 6 ; served in the Afghan Campaign I 879-80 (medal), Waziri Exped. I 88 I (desp.), Soudan Campaign 1885 (medal with clasp and bronze star), Burma Exped. 1886-9 (medal with 2 clasps, desp., D.s.o.), Chin Lushai Exped. 1889-90 (clasp), Munipoor Exped. 1891 (desp. clasp), as A.A.G. with Tochi Field Force 1897 (desp., medal, clasp, brevet of Lt. Col.) ; as 2nd in Command, -West African Frontier Force 1899-1900, local Col. Sep. 1898 ; in command of Ashanti Field Force, relief of Kumasi 1900 (Brevet of Col., K.c.M.G., recd. Freedom of the City of London and a sword of honour, mentioned in the King's Speech at the opening of his first Parliament) ; served in Field Force in South Africa 1902 (medal and clasp) ; commanding Nowshera Brigade, India 1902-07, Peshawur Division 1907-08, Zakha Khel Exped. 1908, Northern Army 1908-14 ;commanded Indian Army Corps in European War 1914-11 (desp. twice) ; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda 1917-22 ; author of " From Cabul to Kumassi " 1904, " With the Indians in France " 1920, and " Romance of Soldiering and Sport " 1923 ; member of the Naval and Military Club ; d. at Bharatpore I 8 Dec. 1926 ; will pr. in London 16 May 1927. They had :-

ra. MAJOR JAMESLUGARD WILLCOCKS, D.S.O. (1918), M.c., late Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) ; b. 1893 ; educ, at Cheltenham College ;

Page 110 served in the European War 1914-1 8 (despatches, D. s.o., M.c.) ; retired in 1922 and entered Colonial Civil Service ; now Assistant Com- missioner, Kenya ; member of the Naval and Military Club. Married in 1916, MURIELKATHLEEN, dau. of the late Colonel Gordon PRICE,I.M.s., of Ootacamund, India, and has :-

~b.WENDY WINIFRED WILLCOCKS, b. at Bermuda I 5 Nov. 1919.

6. CHARLESGREGORY WAY, b. 9 Sep I 872, bapt. at Saugor, India, d. 2 Oct. I 8 73 at Moulsham, Chelmsford.

7. SYBILLAWAY (LADY BARROW), b. at Chelmsford 22 May 1874. Served in the War Hospital at Guildford as a member of V.A.D.G (Surrey) and afterwards at the Haslemere Convalescent War Hospital, and was awarded the British Red Cross Medal for Home Service.

Married 4 June 1902 GENERALSIR GEORGEDE SYMONSBARROW, G.c.B., K.c.M.G., Indian Army (retd.), of 37, Holland Villas Road, Kensington, iV.14, and the Cavalry Club ; b. at Naini Tal, India, 25 Oct. 1864 ; educ. at Stubbington House ; passed out of R.M.C. Sandhurst, " with honours " 1883 ; gazetted to 88th Connaught Rangers 23 Aug. 1884 ; appointed to 4th Bengal Cavalry (now 2nd Lancers) I 886 ; Personal Assistant to Mily. Member of Council I 89 1-3 ; Waziris tan Expedition 1894-j, orderly officer to Lieut. General Sir W. Lockhart ; passed out of Staff College, Camberley 1899 ; A.D.C. and A.M.S. to Commander-in-Chief in India 18 9-1900 ; China Expedition 1900 ; Police Commissioner, Pekin (thanks o ? Chinese Govt., and mention in despatches) ; D.A.Q.M.G. Army Headquarters 1901-03 ; D.A.Q. M.G. Eastern Command 1904-06 ; G.S.O. I Lucknow District 1906-07 ; Instructor, Staff College, Camberley 1908-1I, and Staff College, Quetta 191 1-12 ; Commandant 3 j th Scinde Horse 1912-14 ; Special Service, Manchuria, 1913 ; served in the Great War as Chief Staff Officer, Cavalry Division, Cavalry Corps, X Corps, and First Army ; commanded IS t Indian Cavalry Division, 7th Division, Yeomanry Division, 4th Cavalry Division, XXIV Corps, Desert Mounted Corps, and North Force (comprising all troops British and Foreign in Palestine and Syria) ; promoted Colonel, Major-General for distinguished service in the field, C.B. 191j, K.C.M.G. 1918, K.C.B. 1919, nine mentions in despatches ; Com- mander of the Legion of Honour (France) ; Order of the Nile, 2nd Class ; operations against the Milli Kurds 1918 ; Afghan War 1919 ; G.O.C. Peshawur District 1919-23 ; Adjutant-General in India 1923 ; G.O.C. in

I C. Eastern Command, India, 1924-28 ; Lieut. General 1920 ; General 192j ; A.D.C. General to H.M. The King 1924-28 ; Colonel 14/20 Hussars and 14 P.W.O. Scinde Horse; G.C.B. 1928 ; retired 1929; author of " Life of General Sir Charles Monro." Sir George is a son of the late Major-General de Symons Barrow, and has one son and one daughter :-

Ia. SYBILLAMARY DE SYMONSBARROW, born at Carnberley, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1908, Married at Holy Trinity, Brompton, IS May 1932,

Page 111 CAPTAINFRANK MCCALLUM, M.c., 9th Gurkha Rifles, youngest son of the late Lieut. Colonel D. McCallum, R.A.S.C., and Mrs. McCallum, of Edinburgh. They have :- ~b.ANGUS DE SYMONSMCCALLUM, b. at Mussoorie, India, 26 May I93 3. za. LIEUT. DAVIDDE SYMONSBARROW, b. at CamberIey 7 Dec. 1910 ; educated at Stowe School and the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Gazetted to the 2nd Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, Aldershot, 29 Jan. 1931. Promoted Lieut. 29 Jan. 1934. 8. KATHARINEWAY, b. at Spaynes Hall, Great Yeldham, Essex, 3 Oct. I 875. During the Great War she worked at the free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Waterloo Station, and for the Hospital Stores Dept. Married at Christ Church, Simla, India, 23 Jan. 1904, COLONELJAMES MORRISCOLQUHOUN COLVIN, v.c., of Catchbells, Stanway, near Colchester, and the Junior United Service Club ; b. at Bijnor, N.W.P., India, 26 Aug. 1870 ; educ. at Charterhouse and at the R.M.A., Woolwich (Pollock Gold Medallist), and joined the Royal Engineers on 27 July 1889. He served in the Chitral Relief Expedition in 1895 with the 4th Coy. Bengal Sappers and Miners (India medal 1895, with clasp " Chitral Relief Force "), and on the North West Frontier of India, with the Malakand Field Force 1897-98, taking part in the operations in Bajaur, in the Mahmund country, and in Buner. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette, I I Jan. 1898)~ received a clasp (Punjab Frontier 1897-98) and was awarded the Victoria Cross. The London Gazette, dated 20 May 1898, records that on the 16 Sep. 1897 at the village of Bilot in the Mahmund Valley on the Indian- Frontier (C . . . after Lieut. Watson [v.c.] had been incapacitated by his wounds from further effort Lieut. Colvin continued the fight and persisted in two more attempts to clear the enemy out of the dark and still burning village. He was conspicuous during the whole night for his devotion to his men in the most exposed positions, under a heavy fire from the enemy." In 1901-2 he served in South Africa as Special Service Officer, and also on the Staff, was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette, 22 Aug. 1902) and was given the Brevet of Major. He qualified for Staff Employment, and received the Queen's medal with three clasps (" Transvaal," " South Africa 1901 " and " South Africa 1902 '7. He passed out of the Staff College, Camberley, in 1909, and was Staff Captain, Army Headquarters, Simla, from 11 April 1903 to 15 March 1906 ; General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, Quetta Division, from 7 May 191I to 2 NOV. 1915 ; Lieut. Col. 18 Jan. 1917, and Commandant 3rd Sappers and Miners, Kirkee, India. Retired in 1921. Colonel Colvin is the elder son of the late James Colquhoun Colvin, Esq., of the Manor House, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, who was in the Bengal Civil Service and was awarded the Indian Mutiny medal as a defender of the House

Page 112 of Arrah, and of kin to Sir John Russell Colvin, Lieut. Governor of N.W.P. in the Indian Mutiny, Sir Auckland Colvin, K.C.S.I., Sir Sidney Colvin and Sir Elliot Graham Colvin, K.C.S.I. His mother was Camilla Fanny Maria, eldest dau. of the Rev. Edward Morris. They have two sons and one daughter :- I a. KATHARINECAMILLA COLVIN, b. at Simla, India, I 3 Jan. I 90 j . Married in London 27 July 1929, as his 3rd wife, LIEUT.COLONEL NOEL MONSON DE LA POERBERESFORD-PEIRSE, D.s.o., R.A., of the Army and Navy Club, b. 22 Dec. 1887, educ. at Wellington College, the R.M.A. Wool- wich, and Staff College, Camberley ; served in the Great War (D.s.o. 1918), and afterwards became G.S.0.2 War Office in Directorate of Military Training ; son of the late Colonel William John de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, and nephew of Sir Henry Beresford-Peirse, 3rd Bt. 2a. LIEUT. JAMESBAZETT (HAMISH) COLVIN, b. at Heytesbury, Wilts, 27 Oct. 1910, educ. at Charterhouse (Cadet pair and Ashburton VIII, Bisley 1928) and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (service rifle VIII, 2nd highest average in 1930). Gazetted to the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 28 Aug. 1930 ; promoted Lieut. 28 Au~.1933. 3a. ZND LIEUT. JOHNALEXANDER (SANDY) COLVIN, b. at Quetta, Balu- chistan, 9 July 1913 ; educ. at Charterhouse (Captain of Fencing, Cadet pair, and Ashburton VIII, Bisley 1929), and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Captain of Fencing). Gazetted to the Unattached List, Indian Army, and attached to the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1933. 9. EHRETWAY, of Bhusawal, Bombay Pres., India, b. at Murree, Punjab, India, I Sep. 1877, educ. at City and Guilds Engineering College and Taafe Valley Railway Workshop ; employed in construction of the bridge over the Banas River on the Nagda Muttra line (now part of the Bombay and Baroda Railway) and subsequently on the North Western and G.I.P. Railway, India. Died at Broads tairs 29 Aug. 1913 ; bur. at Heene, Worthing ; administration of his estate granted in London 12 March 1914. Married at Belgaum, India, j Sep. 1906, CLARICEIMOGENE, who was born at York, and during the Great War worked for the Y.M.C.A., dau. of Surgeon-Major-General Alfred Malpas TIPPETTS,M.R.C. s., A.M. s., of 14, St. Andrew's Road, Southsea, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Isabella de Courcy, dau. of Colonel Charles Deacon, c.B., 46th Regt. General Tippetts was born 5 April 1832, joined the Army Medical Service in 1854, and was appointed to the 7th (Royal) Fusiliers. He took part in the battles of Alma and Inkerman, the siege of Sebastopol (medal with three clasps and Turkish medal), and ten years later, 1866, joined the 1st Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers. He served as a Surgeon-Major in the Afghan War of I 878-80, was in charge of the hospital at Gozo during the Egyptian Campaign of I 882, and died at Southsea on 16 Aug 1904.

Page 113 He was a son of James Berriman Tippetts, Solicitor, of London, and a grandson of Obediah Tippetts of London, weaver, a member of a family which is said to have originated here in one of the settlements of Flemish weavers, the name being derived from Theobald. They had :- Ia. DRUSILLAMARY WAY, b. at Simla, India, 2 June z908, educ. at the Grove School, Highgate, and at the Slade School of Art, London University, for three years. Married 24 Sep. 1932, LIEUT.DERRICK GORDON HARINGTON HAWES, I.A., who was born at Murree, India, 22 May 1907, educ. at Wellington College (awarded the King's Medal as Head of the School in 192j) and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (awarded the Norman Medal as the senior cadet qualifying for the Indian Army in 1926) ; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Unattached List, Indian Army, 29 Jan. 1927, and attached to the 2nd Bn. Seaforth Highlanders for one year ; appointed in April 1928 to the 2nd Bn. 14th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Punjab Regiment (Brownlow's Pun jabis). He is the only son of Colonel Charles Howard Hawes, D.s.o., M.v.o., of Kelston, London Road, Camberley, by his wife, a dau. of Lieut. Colonel Andrew Pennell Williamson, 25 th Cavalry, Indian Army, of co. Tip erary, by his wife Leila Kathleen Cobbe, descended from the Saxon P amily of Cobbe of co. Kent. Colonel Hawes was born at Lucknow 3 I Aug. I 871, educ. at Welling- ton College, was gazetted to the West Yorkshire Regt. in 1891, and the 3rd Punjab Cavalry (now z~rdCavalry) 189j ; served on the North West Frontier of India I 897 and Tirah (medal and three clasps) ; was in charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers (M.V.O. 1913) ; served in Mesopotamia in the Great War ; appointed Brigade-Major, 6th Cavalry Brigade, in July 191 5 ; was present at the battles of Ctesiphon, Retreat to Kut, and Ali-el-Gharbi ; with Kut Relieving Force, battles of Shaik Saad, Wadi, Hannah and Dujailah (D.s.o., desp.), operations on the Euphrates 1918 (desp.), on the Tigris, battle of Huwaish 27-30 Oct. I 91 8 (bar to D. s.o.) ; Afghan War 1919 (desp.) ; promoted Colonel in 1921, and retired in 1922. Colonel Hawes is a son of Major-General William Harington Hawes, B.S.C., who served throughout the Indian Mutiny Campaign 1857-9, at Lucknow and Cawnpore, and died in 1899. 2a. LIEUT.LEWIS DURAND WAY, b. at Simla, India, 2 Oct. 1910, educ. at Hill Crest, Frinton, for j years, at Wellington College for j years, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was captain of the athletic team in 1930, in which year at the Triangular Contest (Sand- hurst, Moolwich and Cranwell) he won the IOO yds. in the remarkable time of 9 4/j th secs. Leaving Sandhurst as an under-officer, he was gazetted to the 1st Bn.. Northumberland Fusiliers, York, on 28 Aug. '930.

Page 114 At Colchester in 193 I he won the IOO yds. individual championship of the Northern Command. He was promoted to the rank of Lieut. 28 Au~.1933. 3a. PHYLLIDAEHRET WAY, b. posthumously at Kensington, London, 19 OC~.1913.

Mrs. Ehret Way married zndly, at Chelsea Old Church, 22 NOV. 1932, Major Joseph Douglas Wells, o.B.E., M.B., CH.B. (Edin. 190j), R.A.M.C.T. (ret.), of Sheirdayes, Billericay, Essex, M.O.H. Billericay, member and formerly President of Edinburgh Royal Medical Society, late Senior House Surgeon at Walsall District Hospital and Resident House Surgeon, out pat. dept., Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, who served in the British and Italian Exped. Forces during the Great War as a Captain, R.A.M.C.

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