Frank Millet, 65, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who had lived the last 25 years of his life in Broadway, and was widely popular in the picturesque Cotswold village.

He was born in America, served as a drummer boy with the Massachusetts Volunteers in the American Civil War, graduated from Harvard University and was vice-chairman of the US National Commission of Fine Art.

In the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, he was a special correspondent for The Times, Graphic and London Daily News. He was last seen aboard the Titanic dining in very prestigious company. He was making one of his fairly regular visits to America and left a widow, two sons and a daughter.