MAJOR BERNARD EDWARD FURLEY, THE BUFFS (EAST KENT REGT.) KILLED IN ACTION AT THE QUARRIES, HULLUCH, IN THE BATTLE OF LOOS, OCTOBER 13th, 1915. AGED 30. At the School 1899—1901 (Parkside). Major B. E. Furley was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Furley, of Combe House, Barton Fields, Canterbury. On leaving school he spent some time in Germany, and then went to Sandhurst, being gazetted to the 1st Battn. of the Buffs in 1905. He obtained his full Lieutenancy in 1908, and his Captaincy in July, 1914. In October, 1914, he was appointed Temporary Major for service with the 6th Battn. He had qualified as a first-class interpreter in German, and it is evident that he was an exceedingly able and keen officer. It was even said of him by one of his brother officers, writing of the irreparable loss they had sustained, that he was the most capable officer in the Battalion. In the Battle of Loos, which started on September 25th, he led three companies of the 6th Buffs on October 13th in their attack at the east end of " The Quarries," Hulluch, not far from the famous Hohenzollern Redoubt. The smoke screen unfortunately cleared just as the attack was timed to start, and the German barbed wire was found to be uncut. The trenches that were to be taken ran at an angle down towards our trenches, with the redoubt some little distance away on our right front, and there was a space of some three hundred yards absolutely without cover, raked by machine guns from right and left, that had somehow not been destroyed by our preparatory artillery fire. This space the Battalion had to cross, and their losses were terrible in officers and men. No less than ten of the officers were killed, and the total casualties of the Battalion exceeded 400. Major Furley fell " riddled with bullets," and was buried in the cemetery at Vermelles. He was " mentioned " in Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch, dated April 30th, 1916. An universal favourite, loved by his men and by every one who knew him, he was a man who " never said an unkind thing of any one," as a brother officer has said. " I cannot tell you how brave he was," wrote his Colonel. " Would to God I could replace him, but I never shall."