The Roll of Honour (part 14)

ROGERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST, Capt., 10th Battn. Durham L.I., and Adjutant 12th (Service) Battn. of the same, yr. s. of John Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall, Durham; b. Croxdale Hall, 19 Oct. 1872; educ. Aysgarth; Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (2nd Durham Militia) Durham L.I., 1893, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1898, was for six years Instructor of Musketry, afterwards retiring. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined, was gazetted Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., 19 Aug., and appointed Adjutant of the 12th Battn., 18 Sept. following, and died very suddenly at Bullwater Camp, Woking, 13 Nov. 1914, while on active service. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Cambridge was Master of the Trinity Foot Beagles, and hunted with the South Durham, Hurworth and Zetland hounds. The Gen., in announcing his death, stated that he had rendered most valuable service to the regt. from the date of its being formed, and his loss would be greatly felt. He m. 3 Nov. 1898, Violet, elder dau. of Lieut.-Gen. William Henry Mackesy, 79th Highlanders and Indian Staff Corps, and had, with another son and two daus., an elder son Richard William, b. 1902.

ROLLESTON, FRANCIS LANCELOT, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of Humphry Davy Rolleston, of 55, Upper Brook Street, London, W., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P., Temporary Surgeon-Gen. (Consultant Physician) Royal Navy, and Senior Physician, St. George’s Hospital, London, by his wife, Lisette Eila, 2nd dau. of Francis Mackenzie Ogilvy; b. London, 7 April, 1895; educ. Hillside, Godalming (1904–8) and Eton (1908–14), where he was in the O.T.C., and was undergoing his annual training in camp when war broke out. He immediately offered his services at the nearest recruiting office, and was given a commission in the 2nd Battn. The London Regt., 29 Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept. 1914; proceeded to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at l’Epinette, near Armentières, 26 April following, being shot through the heart while examining the barbed wire in front of his trench at night; unm. Buried at Ferme Buterne, Armentières. While in the Eton O.T.C. he was three times in the winning section, the last time as commander, and had been singled out for special commendation by the Gen. at the 1914 Inspection. He obtained his House Colours in 1913; won the Novice Pulling in 1912, with Armstrong (also killed in action), and the Junior Pulling again with Armstrong in 1914. He was also second in Junior sculling and rowed in House Fours.

ROLSTONE, JAMES HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5918), 187177, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROLT, JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROMANS, ALFRED, Private, No. 1390, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of William Romans, of 7, Farnell Road, Staines, Stoker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Charles Lamb; b. Staines, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept. 1897; educ. Kingston Road Central Schools there; was a Lino Worker; joined the Middlesex Territorials when only 15, in 1912, and on the outbreak of war immediately volunteered for foreign service; went with his regt. to Gibraltar, 10 Sept. 1914, and returned to England, 12 Feb. 1915, crossed to France, 8 March, and was killed in action during the repulse of a German attack on the trenches occupied by the 8th Middlesex at Zonnebeke, Sunday, 25 April, 1915.

RONALD, JAMES McBAIN, Capt., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent Regt., 6th s. of the late Robert Bruce Ronald, of Pembury Grange, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of (—) Fowler; b. 26 April, 1876; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 5 Sept. 1896; promoted Lieut., 9 April, 1899, and Capt. 1 July, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 6 April, 1904, to 31 Dec. 1907; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein (slightly wounded), and afterwards served as Railway Staff Officer; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900, and those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (again slightly wounded in Oct. 1901; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queens medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps). He retired in 1912, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, resumed service as a Railway Transport Officer, and rejoined his old regt. in the following March; went to France, and was killed in action near St. Julien during the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. Buried there. Capt. Ronald m. at Bagenalstown, 7 Oct. 1903, Evelyn Mary (Bifron’s Cottage, near Canterbury), dau. of S. Crosthwaite, of Bagenalstown, co. Carlow, and had a dau., Patience Mary, b. 3 Nov. 1908.

RONALD, KENNETH McGEORGE, Trooper, No. 452, 6th Light Horse, 2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd s. of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Nap Nap, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Veronica, dau. of the late Thomas McGeorge, grandson of Robert Bruce Ronald, of London and Melbourne, and great-grandson of Robert Wilson Ronald, of Liverpool; b. in Hay, New South Wales, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Church of England Grammar School, Geelong (July, 1905–Dec. 1913); volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in 6th Light Horse; went to the Dardanelles and was killed in action at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915. Buried in Shell Green burial ground on slope of Island of Samothrace; unm. Lieut. G. A. Ferguson wrote: “He was one of the 12 attd. to my troop on that day, to do a certain piece of work, and how well they did it, and how brave they were. I can assure you it was very hot work. On and on they came in the face of a murderous fire, but not one of them flinched. I am very proud of the men who were with me that day. I had been in close touch with your son Kenneth ever since he joined the regt., and always found him to be one of the keenest of soldiers, and the most gentlemanly boy it has ever been my pleasure to meet. He was loved by all his comrades. I feel extremely sorry for his brother, who was wounded a few days before, they were such great mates. Kenneth was one of the bravest and the strongest constitutional man I ever seen. He was wounded with shrapnel, and although fearfully wounded, was fully conscious right to the last”; and the Rev. T. G. Robertson, Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force, 6th Light Horse: “On 12 July, our Southern forces were engaged in a big attack, and our work here was to harass the Turks, and so cause reinforcements to be sent to them, instead of to Cape Helles. In this a small troop of the 6th Light Horse played a very gallant part—Mr. Ferguson, the officer in charge, being mentioned in Despatches. They went out from our trenches towards the enemy, and stormed an enemy hill very gamely, but unfortunately we lost four good men and many wounded. They had to face rifle fire, machine-guns and shrapnel. They did their work however, and were successful in their object, and that meant saving many lives probably among our Southern forces. So that your son liberally gave his life for others. I understand that he was hit behind the ear by a shrapnel pellet.” And a comrade wrote of him: “On the 12th, Kenneth Ronald was in a small covering party to draw the Turks fire. Ken had the bad luck to be in the thickest of the fire, and was hit by shrapnel. He was carried away to safety almost immediately, but did not live long. He was very highly thought of by all his comrades. I marked his grave, as to make sure for a headstone, but to-day I find his good friends have already fixed up a temporary cross. When all is arranged properly I will take a photo of Ken’s grave for Mrs. Ronald; if I get through myself, she shall have it. It is terribly sad for Bob Ronald, who is away wounded. He and Ken were always together, they were almost inseparable.” At his school he was a Prefect; Senior Member of the Upper Sixth, and Captain of the Boats. He won the School Cup for Sports in 1913, and rowed two years running in the School eights in the Public Schools (of Victoria) Eight Oar race. He was also a good football player.

ROOME, PHILIP WILLIAM, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 3rd s. of Henry Roome, of 114, Breakspear Road, Brockley, late of the Admiralty, by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of the late George Wade, of Deptford; b. Brockley, 28 June, 1872; educ. Mercers School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon; entered the Navy as an Assistant Clerk, Jan. 1889; and was promoted Paymaster, Jan. 1903, Staff Paymaster, Jan. 1907, and Fleet Paymaster, Jan. 1911; served in China, 1899–1901, and 1903–05 (medal); was appointed to H.M.S. Aboukir, July, 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He m. at St. Margaret’s, Lee, 22 Dec. 1902, Maud Hunter (2, Dacre Park, Lee, S.E.), dau. of the late James Davisson, Civil Servant, and had issue, four children: Philip Pearse, b. 30 Sept. 1904; Richard William, b. 12 Nov. 1905; Phoebe Isabella Maud, b. 4 May, 1908; and Phyllis Mary, b. 21 Feb. 1911.

ROOTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the late John Wilcoxon Rooth, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Elizabeth Crudy (Gordon House, Hythe Road, Brighton), dau. of Henry Smith, of Bristol, Solicitor; b. London, 22 March, 1866; educ. Highgate School; France, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut., Dublin Fusiliers, 29 Aug. 1885, and promoted Capt. 7 June, 1894; Major, 7 June, 1896, and Lieut.-Col. 7 June, 1914; joined the 2nd Battn. in Egypt in Aug. 1885, and later went to Quetta, and Poona; was Adjutant of his Battn. from 16 Dec. 1893, to 30 March, 1897, and of the Poona Volunteers, 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1902; took part in the operations in the Aden Hinterland, 1903, and then returned to Ireland; was in command of the Depot at Naas, for some years, he was then stationed at Gravesend till June, 1914, when he was appointed to the command of the 1st Battn. then in Madras; was at Fort George when that town was attacked by the Emden; returned with his regt. to England in Dec. 1914; left for the Dardanelles in March, and was killed in action at Sedd-ul-Bahr, during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915. He was killed instantly as he was stepping on the beach. He m. at Dawlish, Amy, dau. of Francis Cann, of Dawlish, M.D., and had two children: Richard, b. 7 June, 1900; and Nancy, b. 23 May, 1908.

ROPER, WILLIAM ALBERT, Private, No. 11784, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Albert Edward Roper, of West Charleton, near Kingsbridge, co. Devon, Labourer, by his wife, Caroline Jane, dau. of Thomas Ellis; b. Malborough, co. Devon, 13 April, 1893; educ. West Charleton Village School; was intending to join the Police Force when war was declared, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 5 Sept. 1914; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while digging a small trench from the main one; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

ROSE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2058), 192157, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROSE, CHARLES EDWARD, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1351), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSE, CLEMENT, Private, No. 15734, 8th (Service) Battn. The Yorkshire Regt., 3rd s. of John George Rose, of 19, Hamilton Street, Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, Mastmaker, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas (and Jane Anna) Browell, of Monkwearmouth; b. Monkwearmouth, 30 April, 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted in the East Yorkshires, 14 Oct. 1914. but was claimed by a brother serving with the Yorkshires for that regt. and was accordingly transferred. He was killed in action in France, 13 Oct. 1915.

ROSE, GEOFFREY CRAIG, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, attd. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, elder s. of Charles Edward Rose, of Townshend House, Regent’s Park, N.W., Author and Dramatist, now Hon. Supt. of St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s Park, by his wife, Mary Greer, dau. of James Connell, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire; b. Hampstead, 2 Nov. 1896; educ. Ovingdean Hall, Brighton (Rev. D. H. Marshall), and Aldenham School, co. Herts (E. Beevor’s House); was given a commission in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, from the O.T.C., 14 Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Gordons, and died in London, 13 Feb. 1915, from wounds received in action near Wytschaete on 14 Dec., while gallantly leading his men into action. He was distinguished at school for his exceptional promise as a writer and debater (he had an article accepted by a magazine at the age of 16).

ROSE, HERBERT JOHN, T.D., Capt., 1/8th (Ardwick) Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), only s. of John Henry Roberts Rose, formerly of the Red House, Yoxford, Suffolk, and late of 21, Victoria Road, Withington, Manchester, Engineer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Fletcher, of Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; b. Beckenham, co. Kent, 18 May, 1866; educ. Wrexham and Manchester Grammar Schools; was for many years in business with the Calico Printers Association, Manchester, but early in 1914, became a partner in the firm of Etchells Cougdon & Muir, Engineers, Ancoats, Manchester. He had joined the 6th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Volunteers in Nov. 1884, and received a commission in the old 5th Volunteer (now the 8th Territorial) Battn. of the Manchester Regt., Nov. 1904. He was gazetted Capt. 15 June, 1906, after passing the School of Instruction for field service, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered with his regt. for foreign service. He left England, 10 Sept. 1914, and proceeded to Egypt where they landed, 27 Sept. 1914. Three weeks later the Battn. were sent to Cyprus, landing 20 Oct. They were the only troops on the Island, and Capt. Rose was in command of the detachment at the annexation ceremony at Limasol on 7 Nov. 1914. On 18 Jan. 1915, they left Cyprus for Cairo, where they stayed until they embarked for Gallipoli on 2 May, landed at the Dardanelles, 4 May, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915. A brother officer wrote: “Rose did splendidly well, behaving (I saw him) with the utmost gallantry. When I left about one hour before he was killed, he was alive and well, and doing jolly well in exceedingly difficult and dangerous circumstances. He was always at it, comforting the badly wounded, conducting the midnight burials, and so on, and many fellows had cause to thank him for numerous such services performed, all at the sacrifice of the little time available for rest. These things were done quietly and without advertisement, but I saw them and think it right they should be recorded. On the day of the big fight he did splendidly, taking risks in his efforts of cheering and encouraging his men. He died a gallant gentleman”; and another: “Rose was perfectly splendid over here.... He was an absolute hero.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. 1915 [London Gazette, 5 Nov. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. Capt. Rose received the Long Service medal in Nov. 1904. and the Territorial Decoration in May, 1915; was a good marksman, a Bisley shot and won the old Mancunians gold cup. He took a great interest in the work of the Church Lads Brigade, and was for some time Adjutant of the 6th Manchester Church Lads Brigade. He m. at Croydon, Surrey, 2 Aug. 1899, Caroline Emily (Tregenna, Cheadle, Cheshire), dau. of the Rev. Thomas Theodore Waterman, Secretary of the Christian Evidence Society, and had two daus.: Marian, b. 24 July, 1900; and Margaret Louisa, b. 29 Oct. 1905.

ROSE, JOHN, Seaman, R.N.R., 1973D, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSE, LAUNCELOT ST. VINCENT, Major, 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, 2nd s. of Frederick William Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, by his wife, Katherine Ross, dau. of Daniel Gilchrist, of Ospisdale, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, 12th Lancers; b. London, S.W., 4 Aug. 1875; educ. St. Paul’s (Scholar) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers, 15 March, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1898, Capt. 1 April, 1904, and Major 30 Oct. 1914; served in Gibraltar; in Ireland doing Ordnance Survey Work; went to South Africa in 1910; returned to England with the 7th Division after the outbreak of war, 19 Sept. 1914; went direct to Lyndhurst Camp to get his 55th Field Coy. equipped; left with it for France, 5 Oct. following; took part in the First Battle of Ypres, and was killed in action near Sailly-sur-La-Lys, Rue de Bethune, 28 Nov. 1914. Buried there. A brother officer wrote: “Very keen regret at his death is felt through the Division, as he was liked by all who knew him, whilst the men of the company feel that they have lost a friend, as well as an officer. He died attempting a very brave act”; and the following is an extract from the 20th Brigade War Diary: “29 Nov. 1914, Major Rose, commanding the 55th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, which has been attached to the Brigade during the war, was killed last night putting up the wire outside the trenches—a great loss. Neither he nor his company have spared themselves in helping us with our trenches and wire entanglements the whole time. He was a man full of resource and courage.” A commanding officer wrote: “He was a fine officer and a great loss to us all. We were all so fond of him, always cheery and hard-working, he met a soldier’s death in work of great risk and had done already his full share of fighting for his country and for freedom.” Another extract: “Such a plucky chap, and just the sort we want. He need not have joined in the attack in the wood as he was cutting stakes for barbed wire, and the Brigade came along for an attack, passed his company, so he ordered them to charge with the Brigade and fixed bayonets: it is called the R.E. Charge.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. At St. Paul’s he was in the rowing four for two years, and for some time Capt. of the four; was in the gymnasium eight at Woolwich Academy in 1894; represented Woolwich in their running team, winning many prizes; his best record being the half mile in 2 minutes, 6 seconds, in a grass track. He represented the officers at Rugby and rowed for two seasons, giving many fine exhibitions in the R.E. four. While in Gibraltar he gained a name for himself as a polo player, and played in the Garrison’s team. He ran ponies in several races, winning, amongst others, the well-known Steeplechase for the Subalterns Cup, riding his pony himself in that race. He also won many prizes in the Gymkhana Races, and in one cracked his skull and was unconscious for a fortnight. He started a boxing club for the N.C.O. and sappers, which was in flourishing condition. In Ireland he won many prizes for his flowers, being a great gardener, and in South Africa went in for big game shooting, polo, playing, etc. He m. at St. John’s Church, Chelsea, 18 Dec. 1909, Jonkvrouwe Agneta Wendela Elizabeth (The Chestnuts, Hartford Bridge, Winchfield, co. Hants), dau. of Jonkheer Dr. Wilhem van Citters, of Zeeland, Holland, Consul-General for the Netherlands in Berne, and had a dau.: Noreen Leonie Ross, b. 16 Oct. 1913. His brother, Capt. Walrond Rose, of the Cameronians, was killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914.

ROSE, OWEN WILLIAM, Private. No. 1795, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Thomas Rose, Private, No. 12775, 6th (Service) Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Mary (4, Du Burstow Terrace, Hanwell), dau. of George Mills, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; b. West Ealing, London, W., 6 Oct. 1896; educ. St. Mark’s Council School, Hanwell; and was employed as a roundsman at Sainsbury’s when war broke out. He had joined the Middlesex Territorials about 1912, and volunteered for foreign service; mobilized at Sittingbourne and went with his regiment to Gibraltar and while there shot a German prisoner who was trying to escape from a detention camp. The matter was the subject of an official enquiry and it was held that Rose had done no more than his duty. He afterwards accompanied the Battn. to France, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 30 April, 1915; unm.

ROSE, RONALD HUGH WALROND, Capt., 1st. Battn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), yst. s. of the late Frederick William Rose, of Kensington, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, of Tarlogie, co. Ross, 12th Lancers; b. London, 11 July, 1880; educ. Scott’s Preparatory School, Kensington, and St. Paul’s; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Warwickshire Regt. from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899; and promoted Lieut., 17 March, 1900, and Capt. 4 May, 1905, transferring to the Scottish Rifles, 20 May, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 10 Oct. 1906, to 31 March, 1908, and Adjutant Territorial Force, 1 April, 1908, to Jan. 1910; joined his regt. at Bloemfontein in 1910, and nine months later was made Commandant of the South African School of Signalling at Pretoria; returned to Scotland in 1912, and was stationed at Glasgow when war broke out in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne; was wounded in the ankle during the German rush for Calais, when he was in command of a covering party to the regt., but went on leading his men until he was killed at Fromelles in the same action, 22 Oct. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He m. at Eastham, 29 March, 1910, Hetty (The Paddock, Heston, Cheshire), yst. dau. of the late George Fletcher, of Liverpool, and had two children: Audrey, b. 13 April, 1912; and Jean Diana, b. 1 May, 1914.

ROSE, THOMAS, Private, No 1466, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder s. of Lewis Rose, Caretaker, Edinburgh Public Library, by his wife, Hughina, dau. of John McIntosh, Farmer, Tonque; b. Edinburgh, 20 July, 1896; educ. Broughton Public School (Junior and Higher Grade), Edinburgh; was an apprenticed clerk in the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., 64, Princes Street, Edinburgh; joined the 4th Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 13 June, 1915, and was killed in action there, 13 July following. His Sergt. wrote: “I always found him a good soldier and a willing and consistent worker. He never shirked anything either while we were at home or since we have been out here, and we all feel deeply the loss of one of our most steady, reliable, and hard-working comrades.” The Manager of his firm writing, said: “He was a boy of promise, and would probably have had a successful career here.”

ROSE, TOM ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1751), 200364. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROSEVEARE, HAROLD WILLIAM, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Wiltshire Regt., eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Polgreen Roseveare, Rector of St. Paul’s, Deptford, and Rural Dean of Greenwich, by his wife, Mary Isabel, dau. of Thomas Martin Skinner, of Monmouth. J.P.; b. Monmouth, 18 March, 1895; educ. Little Appley School, Ryde (1902–8), Marlborough College (Scholar, 1908–July 1914), and had won a classical scholarship at St. John’s College, Cambridge, where he was to have gone into residence in Oct. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the Wiltshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 18 April, 1914; and on the outbreak of war joined his regt. direct from his O.T.C. annual training camp, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force on the 13th, and died 20 Sept, following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of the Aisne the same day, while leading a section of his men to locate and take a machine gun. Buried at Vailly. While at Marlborough he was senior prefect, a member of the Rugby football fifteen, and Cadet Captain of the O.T.C.

ROSIER, FREDERICK, Sergt., No. 9623, 7th (Service) Battn. The Suffolk Regt., eldest s. of Brad Rosier, of Walsham-le-Willows, by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick Price; b. Pakenham, co. Suffolk, 5 June, 1875; educ. Rickinghall village school; enlisted in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., 15 March, 1894; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps (“Belmont,” “Modder River,” “Orange Free State,” “Transvaal”), and King’s medal with two clasps (South Africa, “1901,” “1902”); took his discharge, 14 March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six years. After the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 7th Suffolks, 7 Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill Sergt. for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France, 30 May, 1915, and died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 25 July, 1915, of wounds received in action. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 2582). His commanding officer wrote: “He was not only a very efficient sergt., but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his wound was magnificent.” He was for ten years a bellringer at St. Mary’s Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier m. at Walsham-le-Willows, 13 Dec. 1902, Ellen (Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds), yst. dau. of the late William Knott, of Stanton, and had three children: Frederick Arthur William, b. 26 July, 1903; Winifred Dorothy, b. 22 May, 1906, and Florence Lucy, b. 23 Aug. 1908.

ROSS, ARCHIBALD SEYMOUR, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 3rd and yst. s. of the late Edward Charles Russell Ross, Barrister (first winner of the Queen’s prize at Wimbledon), by his wife, Margaret Seymour (Callands, North Berwick), yst. dau. of Capt. John Osborne, of 67, Eton Place, S.W., 6th Inniskilling Dragoons; and gdson. of Horatio Ross, of Rossie Castle, Montrose; b. The Rounds, Wimbledon Common, co. Surrey, 26 Nov. 1889; educ. Ardoreck, Crieff; and Glen Almond, Perth; joined the 3rd Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 18 Aug. 1914, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 26 Aug. 1914, afterwards being transferred to the 1st Battn. and joined them at the front, 11 Feb. 1915; was reported missing after the action at Richebourg L’Avoué, 9 May, 1915, and was later ascertained to have been killed that day while leading his men in a charge; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: “I cannot speak too highly of Ross. He was brave to the extreme, and liked by all ranks. I shall never forget his splendid coolness under very heavy shell fire on Neuve Chapelle day, 10 March, 1915, an example, not only to the men, but to myself as well”; and another: “if he died, he died splendidly. I have never met anyone who I admired more. His character was great and noble, his personality charming, his mind pure and simple. As he ran forward to that fatal charge, he shook hands with a brother officer, left in reserve, saying ‘Good-bye—if I don’t come through, anyway, it’s a glorious death to die.’” 2nd Lieut. Ross was a good all-round sportsman and expert with rod, rifle and gun, and a keen yachtsman.

ROSS, CECIL JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7241). S.S. 102193, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSS, COLIN JOHN, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 270035, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSS, GEORGE ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, M.A., Capt., 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), elder s. of the late William Sinclair Ross, of Marchmont Road. Edinburgh, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of James Nilson; b. Edinburgh, 8 March, 1870; educ. Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. in 1894, and became a teacher of mathematics in Broughton Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; joined the 6th Royal Scots (T.F.) in 1902, as Lieut. in the College Coy. (recruited from students attending the Training Colleges of the Scottish Churches studying in Edinburgh); promoted Capt. 22 March, 1908; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and was transferred to the 4th Battn. with the bulk of his Company, 19 Nov. following; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915, leading his Coy. in a charge on the enemy’s trenches; unm. He was a keen golfer, being well known on several of the golf courses near Edinburgh.

ROSS, JAMES JOHN (ERIC), Private, No. 11208, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots; b. Ireland, 6 Dec. 1888; educ. South African University; went to South Africa with his parents in infancy, but returned to England after their deaths; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 3 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vierstraat, 22 March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while on sentry duty; unm. Buried there.

ROSS, JAMES OSWALD, Private, No. 8/846, 14th Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Duncan Ross, of Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Mandeville aforesaid, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. there; joined the Otago Regt., 1 April, 1911; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of the European War, at Dunedin, 22 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; unm. Buried at Walker’s Ridge.

ROSS, WILLIAM JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 10808), S.S. 2905, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ROSS, WILLIAM MUNRO, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, only s. of William Edmond Ross, and his wife, Gertrude Maud, dau. of the late Thomas Bevan, of Stone Park, Greenhithe, co. Kent; b. Bishops Stortford, co. Herts, 22 March, 1892; educ. St. Andrew’s, Eastbourne, Eton (J. H. M. Hare’s House), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Pitt Club and took a Tripos degree in 1914. In Oct. 1914 he received a commission (dated 14 Aug.) as University Candidate in the 2nd Battn. Gordon Highlanders, being given a year’s seniority in respect of his university degree, was promoted Temp. Lieut. (commission ante-dated, 25 Oct. 1914) and confirmed in rank of Lieut. Dec. following. In Jan. 1915, he took out a draft to the 2nd Battn. (formerly the 92nd) and was killed close to the German trenches in the attack on Neuve Chapelle, 11 March. A brother officer wrote: “He was leading his platoon in splendid style when he was hit by several bullets.” He was very keen on hunting, shooting and cricket, and was very musical.

ROSSER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4251), 207934, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROSSITER, PHILIP, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Royal Berkshire Regt., elder s. of Sydney Rossiter, 11, Cumberland Road, Brighton, Assistant Inspector of Schools for East Sussex, formerly Headmaster (1904–14) of Fairfields School, Basingstoke, by his wife, Ada, dau. of John Cooper, of High Street, Cheltenham; b. South Hackney, London, 15 March, 1894; educ. Fairfields School and Queen Mary’s Grammar School, Basingstoke and University College, Reading, where he was a member of the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Battn. of the Berkshires, 22 July, 1914, joined in August, sailed from Southampton on 19 Dec. following and was attached on landing to the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys; killed in action near Armentières, 19 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried at Fleurbaix. Philip Rossiter won a Hants County Junior Scholarship in 1906 and a Senior in 1910. He held the latter for four years at Reading University College. He was an undergraduate of London University and passed the B.Sc. Intermediate examination in 1912. At college he was Secretary and Treasurer of the Sports Club and a member of the Student’s Representative Council. He obtained his Colours for Rowing and was a member of the 2nd Four in 1913 and 1914. He, however, showed most interest in the O.T.C., in which he attained the rank of Colour-Sergt. and passed the examinations for both the “A” and “B” Certificates. He was also a keen swimmer, and at Basingstoke Grammar School he won the Senior Cup for two years in succession. His younger brother, Sydney, Leading Seaman, Nelson Battn. R.N.D., was severely wounded at Gallipoli, 4 June, 1915.

ROSSON, WILLIAM HAROLD, Private, No. 3782, 9th, attd. 1/7th, Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Joseph Rosson, of The Cottage, Kestrel Grove, Bushey Heath, Butler to Mr. W. B. Gair, of Kestrel Grove, by his wife, Kate, dau. of John Cato, of Kirtlington, near Oxford; b. Bushey Heath, 14 Nov. 1896; educ. Stanmore, Middlesex; was a Groom; joined 9th Middlesex, 8 Aug. 1914; transferred to the 1/7th Battn. and left for France, 13 March, 1915, and died at Merville Hospital, 18 June, 1915, of wounds received on the 15th. Buried in Military Cemetery, Merville; unm. His Company Commander, Capt. I. M. Cossar, wrote: “he was seriously wounded on the 15th of this month, as we were coming into the trenches. The Germans turned a machine-gun over the ground behind the trenches for some long distance back, and caught the company, wounding two of my best men. Your son received a bullet wound in his back, injuring the spinal column. He was at once taken to the dressing station where a motor was waiting to take him to Merville Hospital. His wound was very serious.”

ROSTRON, JOHN, Private, No. 6/928, D Westland Coy., Canterbury Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force; b. about 1872; educ. Peel School, Little Hulton; was for some time in the mechanic’s shop at Lord Ellesmere’s Wharton Hall Colliery; went to New Zealand in 1903, and took up work in the coal pit at Ronango; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Canterbury Infantry Regt.; served in Egypt; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 8 May, 1915. He m. at Peel Church, Little Hulton, 20 Feb. 1901, Clara, dau. of Thomas Boardman, and had a dau., Ethel (63, Manchester Road West, Bottom Lane, Little Hulton), b. 4 April, 1902.

DE ROUGEMONT, MAURICE HENRY, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt., only s. of Arthur Francis de Rougemont, of 5, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Janet Emma, dau. of Henry Goodenough Hayter, of Winterbourne, Sidmouth, South Devon; b. Westbourne Gardens, London, W., 13 June, 1889; educ. Charterhouse (Gown boys), 1903–07, and Lausanne, 1908; was at Lloyd’s; joined the Artists’ Rifles, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France as Sergt. in the 1st Battn. Oct. 1914, and, after passing through the School of Instruction at Bailleul, received a commission in the 2nd Queen’s Royal West Surreys, 27 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert, 16 May, 1915. According to the statement made by his servant they and two other men got separated from the rest of the Coy., and after attending to some of our wounded in the trench near which they found themselves, they came across another Coy. of the Queen’s, which had lost all its officers. It was whilst leading his own men and this Coy. that he was shot, as they were climbing the parapet of a German trench; unm. Buried near Festubert. An officer wrote, “He was an excellent officer, and very much liked by his men. His loss is a great trouble to them”; and another: “If there is one thing that can help you in your loss, it will be knowing that he died doing his duty like a man, and leading his platoon over the German trenches. He was shot when on the top of the parapet.”

ROURKE, THOMAS, A.B., No. 234175, 1st Class Gunner, H.M.S. Tiger, only s. of the late Edward Rourke, by his wife, Lucy (5, Stand Street, London Road, Manchester), dau. of Dennis Kennedy; b. Ashton-under-Lyne, 11 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s School, George Lee Street, Ancoates; entered the Navy about 1906 and was killed in action in the North Sea, 24 Jan. 1915; unm.

ROUST, JOSIAH ROBERT, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307023, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

ROUTH, HAROLD, Rifleman, No. 1959, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Routh, of 189, Rosebury Avenue, E.C.; b. Birmingham, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. there and L.C.C. School; joined The Rangers in May, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in the General Hospital, Boulogne, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 27 April. Buried at Boulogne. He was the youngest in the regt.

ROW, HARRY AKERS, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham, Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; b. Saxmundham, co. Suffolk, 22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; unm. Col. H. W. Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss. It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of shooting and fishing.

ROW, JAMES EDWARD, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia) Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne, and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; b. Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876; educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; unm. He was killed instantly by a bullet in the head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing, but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and Empire.”

ROWAN, JOHN LECK, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest s. of John Rowan, of Dardenne, Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James Shearer; b. Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while leading his platoon; unm. Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote: “The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son, Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and 30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut. Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him. While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position, where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”

ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROWE, ARTHUR, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROWE, FRANK CHARLES, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROWE, JOHN, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near Aldborough; b. Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11 Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following; unm.

ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROY, KENNETH JAMES, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regt., s. of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman, Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); b. Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York, and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903, and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in 1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road, 23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner, wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.” His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now on active service.

ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

ROYES, THOMAS PERCY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUCK, JOHN EGERTON, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., only s. of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck, of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw Wanklyn; b. Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21 Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec. 1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July, 1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action near Anzac Bay. He m. at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May, 1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol), dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, b. 31 Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, b. 5 Feb. 1912.

RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy, s. of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk; b. Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W., Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.), Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th and youngest s. of the late Montague Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; b. Richmond, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22 Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby Cemetery there. He m. at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June, 1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey, and had two children: Henry Edward, b. 13 May, 1910; and Alice Mary, b. 22 March, 1914.

RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only s. of the late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135, Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath; b. Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford; went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch. New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June; went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; unm. He was buried in the Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.

RUEGG, KENNETH STANES, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd s. of the Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; b. Llanvair-Kilgeddin, near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm.

RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUMBLES, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Hampton; b. Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; unm.

RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Walter Rush, of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’ Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender, of Bow; b. Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ. Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business; joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.

RUSSELL, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554), 302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUSSELL, FRANK, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUSSELL, HENRY, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles, only s. of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow, Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath, of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh; b. Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the 89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in action there, 2 July, 1915; unm. Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for war service.

RUST, EDWARD, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; b. Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct. 1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith, Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.

RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, eldest s. of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Dillon; b. Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

RUTTER, EMANUEL, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RUTTER, JOHN, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of the late (—) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); b. Birmingham, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried there.

RUXTON, WILLIAM RALPH, L.-Corpl., Imperial Light Horse, only child of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, of Rosmeath, Park Town, Johannesburg, Lieut., 4th South African Horse (now on active service in German East Africa), by his wife, Lauvetta Eliza, eldest dau. of the Rev. Ralph Daly-Cocking, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Brighton, and grandson of William Ruxton, of Ardee House, co. Louth, J.P., D.L.; b. Sylhet, Assam, India, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Park Town School, Johannesburg (1904–6); Mowden School, Brighton (1906–9), and Haileybury College (1909–12), where he was in the O.T.C., and Matriculated at the London University in 1912; on leaving Haileybury entered the Staff of Electrical Works of the Victoria Falls Power Company in Johannesburg; joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, enlisted as a trooper in the Imperial Light Horse, being promoted L.-Corpl., in Sept., for plucky conduct under big shell fire at Kumos, N.W. Cape Province, in action against Maritz, leader of the Rebellion, and was killed in action against Kemp on the farm Rooidam, near Upington; unm. Buried there. His Squadron Officer wrote: “We have lost in your son a gallant gentleman whose memory will remain green in the hearts of his comrades.”

RYAN, CHARLES, Petty Officer (N.S.), 177312, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RYAN, GEORGE JULIAN, D.S.O., Capt. and Brevet Major, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Ryan, Army Medical Service, by his wife, Louisa Clotilda (Ashby Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight), dau. of Major N. Colthurst-Brabazon, 83rd Regt. (R.I.F.); b. Tenby, co. Pembroke, 18 Sept. 1878; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and United Services College, Westward Ho!, North Devon; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 11 March 1899, Capt. 9 June, 1906, and Brevet Major 7 Nov. 1908, being employed with the Egyptian Army from 6 Feb. 1903, to 15 Feb. 1910; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1901; employed with the Mounted Infantry in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont and Modder River; operations in the Transvaal, June-29 Nov. 1900; operations in Cape Colony; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–March, 1901, and those in the Orange River Colony, March-June, 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with five clasps, D.S.O.); (2) in the Soudan, 1905, with force sent against the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 May, 1906]; Egyptian medal with clasp); (3) in the Sudan, 1906; took part in the operations at Talodi, in Southern Kordofan (clasp to Egyptian medal); (4) in the Sudan, 1908: in operations in the Blue Nile Province, then with force commanded by El Lewa Dickinson Pasha sent to punish the murderer of the Deputy Inspector and Police Commandant, who had been treacherously slain at Kamlin; and (5) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914; was promoted temp. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 23 Jan. 1915, when returning across the danger zone, after inspecting his men in the trenches, while in temporary command of the Battn. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915. He was unm.

RYAN, JOHN JAMES, A.B., F.F. 3609, killed in action at Tsing-Tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet, while engaged in chasing the German destroyer S.90.

RYE, FREDERICK CLEMENT, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1183), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RYLANCE, WILLIAM HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4190), 277713, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RYLANDS, REGINALD VICTOR, Capt. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of Richard Walter Rylands, of Ashburn Lodge, Worsley, Manchester, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Isherwood, of Bolton; b. Eccles, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. All Saints’ School, Bloxham, and Shrewsbury School, and after spending a short time in Germany, went to Manchester University, taking his LL.B. in 1912. While there he served his articles as solicitor with his father’s firm, Messrs. Boote, Edgar, Grace & Rylands, of Manchester, Solicitors, and passed his final examination in June, 1914. He was three years in the Cadet Corps at Shrewsbury, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 18 July, 1910, attained the rank of Lieut. 5 Jan. 1912, and received his Company, 26 Sept. 1914. Along with other units of the East Lancashire Territorial Division, his battn. went out to Egypt in the autumn of 1914, and for some time he commanded the detachment that guarded the important railway centre at Atbara, a position of great responsibility for a young officer of 23. He left Atbara, about Feb. 1915, for Khartoum and was later moved to Suez, going to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, and was killed during a night attack at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915; unm. Capt. Williamson wrote of him: “He has proved himself to be one of the finest officers that a regiment could have. You can well imagine the amount of grit in a man when he goes forward under heavy fire though badly wounded.... I say unreservedly that I am proud to be in the same regiment as such a man as that.” Lieut. George Chadwick, of the same battn. wrote: “The battn. was ordered to move on the night of 28 May and dig new trenches which the Manchester Brigade were to man on the day of the charge. Your son was on the left, in command of half the Company. We advanced about 11 o’clock, with a full moon which was not to our advantage; we crept to within about 150 yards of the enemy’s trench and started to dig in. A message came down the line that your son had been hit in the shoulder, a Sergt. that was near by gave him water and did everything that was possible, but the bullet must have got in to some vital spot, as he passed away in about five minutes. We put him to rest the next day in a grave in rear of our trench and put him a cross up made out of a periscope which had been broken by a sniper”; and A. E. Fawcus, Capt. and Act. Adjt. 1/7th Manchester Regt.: “On the night 28–29 May, B and D Companies of our Battn. were ordered to advance and dig ourselves in about 200 yards from the enemy’s trenches; this meant advancing across the open under fire for a distance of about 170 yards. Your son was on the extreme left of our Company and trying to get into touch with the Battn. on our left, but as they had failed to reach their proper place he was unable to do so. Unfortunately the moon rose, and as we had no cover were easily seen by the enemy who opened a hot fire on us.... The section he was with consisting of about eight men were cut off from our next trench and we did not get connected with them for about 48 hours. I was receiving verbal messages from him up to about 2 o’clock on 29 May, 1915, and then I heard he was seriously wounded. Unfortunately we were entirely cut off from our lines behind, as the communication sap was only completed after 72 hours and he in turn was cut off from us so that we could give him no assistance. An hour or two later I received a message to say that he was dead. I afterwards heard that he died in five minutes and never recovered consciousness after he was hit. It is difficult to say whether he was hit once only or by a machine-gun. I regret to say that we could not bury him until the third day as on the day after he was killed a party attempted to do so and one man was immediately killed. His men told me he was slightly hit during the advance but this did not deter him from leading his men splendidly. The operation was a difficult one and our casualties were severe, but thanks to the bravery of the men and their officers was successfully carried out.” A younger brother, 2nd Lieut. Harold B. Rylands, is now (1916) attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers, now in France.

STOPFORD SACKVILLE, GEOFFREY WILLIAM, Sub-Lieut., R.N.. 2nd s. of the late Col. Lionel Richard Stopford Sackville (Commanding 4th Battn. 1891–7), Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Constance Evelyn (Ecton, Northampton), dau. of Major George Gosling, and grandson of Sackville George Stopford Sackville, of Drayton House, co. Northants, M.P., J.P., D.L. [grandson of Rev. the Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford, 4th s. of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P., P.C.]; b. South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, 22 May, 1893; educ. St Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and the Osborne (1906) and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; served as Midshipman on H.M. ships St. Vincent, 15 May, 1911, to 14 Jan. 1912, Cornwallis, 15 Jan. 1912 to 29 Sept. 1913, and Invincible, 30 Sept. 1913 to 31 Dec. 1913; took 1st Class for Seamanship and did his three months course at Portsmouth in H.M. ships Victory, Excellent and Dryad; appointed Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Hampshire, 30 May, 1914, but never joined, being sent to Britomart Gunboat on arrival at Hong Kong; and on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. following, was with the rest of the crew drafted to H.M. Destroyer Ribble; served in that ship at the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was severely wounded while superintending the landing of troops that day, and died 21 May following, in the Bombay Relief Fund Hospital, Alexandria; unm. Commander R. Wilkinson wrote: “Geoffrey was struck in the forehead standing aft, and superintending the disembarkation of soldiers, and cheering them up in his quiet manly way. He was always keen to go into action and to be doing something.”

SADLER, ROBERT HENRY, Trimmer, 92 T.S., Trawler Section R.N.R.; lost when the mine sweeping Trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.

SADLER, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7474). S.S. 102594, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SADLER, WILLIAM EDWARD, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. South Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of William Frederick Sadler, of 41, Hampstead Lane, N., East India Merchant, by his wife, Ada Mary Barton, dau. of the late Z. F. Warren; b. Upper Clapton, 20 Sept. 1896; educ. Cranleigh School, and Highgate School, and on leaving the latter in May, 1913, entered the employ of Messrs. Price, Forbes & Co., of Lloyds. Having served 4½ years in the O.T.C., he applied for a commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th South Lancashires, 13 Nov. 1914, but quickly transferred to 3rd Battn.; went to France, 24 March, 1915, attd. to 2nd Battn., and was killed in action while deepening some partly made trenches on Hill 60, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; unm. His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly, doing his duty. His company commander had a very high opinion of him. Shortly before he was hit I had been round his platoon in the trenches and thought what a cheerful, smart young fellow he was, and how well and bravely he was doing his duty,” and the Adjutant, Major (now Lieut.-Col.) Cotton: “He was a gallant lad, most deservedly popular and a thoroughly—especially I might say—promising young officer, keen, energetic, and reliable”; and numerous other letters from officers and friends bear testimony to his energy, capability, and great courage.

SAIGEMAN, JACK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4805), S.S. 1717, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ST. CLAIR, HON. CHARLES HENRY MURRAY, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, yr. s. of Charles William, 15th Baron Sinclair, formerly 57th Foot (with which he served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Margaret Jane, yr. dau. of James Murray, of Bryanston Square; b. 19 Dec. 1878; educ. Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 7 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on Kimberley, was present with the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein, and also in the demonstration at Koodoosburgh against the right of the Boer position, and in the final scene at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb., mentioned in Despatches), Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; was attached to Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Rawlinson’s Column as signalling officer during the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, 1900–1, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July), and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He became Capt. 19 April, 1902, served as Adjutant 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, June, 1903–6, was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton, commanding 2nd Division at Aldershot, June, 1906–7, and Staff Capt. Scottish Command, 1908–12, in which last year he was posted to the 1st Battn. of his regt. then at Agra. He landed in France with the Indian (Meerut) Expeditionary Force, 13 Oct. 1914, and served in the north of France until the 20 Dec. following, when he was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée; unm. He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French, 31 May, 1915. Capt. St. Clair was a member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) and a Knight of the Saxe-Ernestine Family Order.

ST. GEORGE, GUY STANFORTH WEMYSS, Lieut., 1st Battn. King George’s Own, Gurkha Rifles, only surviving s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Harry Hamersley St. George, Senior Ordnance Officer, Scottish District, by his wife, Agnes Collin Wemyss (The Cottage, Lexden, Colchester), dau. of George Wright Loch; b. Colombo, Ceylon, 1 July, 1888; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst: gazetted to the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 19 Jan. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 April, 1909. In 1908 he was transferred to the Indian Army and was appointed to the 1st Gurkha Rifles. When the war broke out his regiment was sent first to Egypt, and then to France in Nov. 1914, where he was made Brigade Machine-Gun Officer. He was in action at Festubert and Neuve Chapelle, and became Adjutant on the death of Capt. Gilbert Kennedy. Lieut. St. George was mortally wounded at Ypres, 27 April, 1915, and died the following day, and was buried at Hazebrouck, France; unm. His Col. wrote to his mother: “Since Capt. Kennedy was shot, your son has been adjutant, and, as such, has been constantly with me and has endeared himself greatly to me. His death is a great shock to me; he was a most capable soldier, and a first-rate Adjutant, and he will be a very great loss to the regiment”; and Gen. Powell said: “His loss has been very much felt by the 1st. as he was so liked by his brother officers and so much thought of as a capable and promising officer. He appealed to me because of his keenness for rifle shooting; a great shot, a good marksman, and an enthusiastic sportsman.”

SAIT, JOHN, Private, No. 20248, East Surrey Regt. (T.F.), s. of Thomas Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth, Carpenter; b. Hammersmith, London, 19 March, 1863; educ. Tolworth; enlisted in the 2nd East Surreys, 24 June, 1878; served 7 years and 87 days with the Colours, and 4 years 278 days in the Reserve, obtaining his discharge, 23 June, 1890; took part in the Egyptian War, 1885 (medal with clasp and bronze star); rejoined 9 Nov. 1915; died in Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, 15 Jan. 1916, of double pneumonia contracted while on active service. He m. at Kingston-on-Thames, 1 July, 1887, Ellen (27, Cross Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex), dau. of Charles Russell, Gamekeeper, and had six children: John Thomas, b. 22 Jan. 1889; Arthur Edward, b. 7 May, 1904; Henry James, b. 1 July, 1906; Margaret Ethel, b. 3 July, 1891; Florence May, b. 16 Dec. 1896; and Gwendoline, b. 22 Feb. 1897.

SALE, ALEXANDER GORDON, Lieut., King’s African Rifles, yr. s. of Richard Sale, of Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, J.P., by his wife, Mary Alexina, dau. of Alexander Gordon, of Ashludie, Forfarshire, D.L., J.P.; b. Barrow-on-Trent, co. Derby, 14 Nov. 1894; educ. Horris Hill, and Repton School; went to British East Africa in Feb. 1914, and was on the Staff of Pauling & Co., Contractors for the Railway to the Magadi Soda Lake, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. of the same year joined a Pioneer Corps and was engaged in laying telegraph wires and making transport roads, until he was given a commission in the King’s African Rifles, in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action during his first engagement at Utegi, Nyanza Province, British East Africa, 9 March, 1915; unm. Buried on the border of German East Africa. While at Repton he was head of his house, a school prefect and a sergt. in the O.T.C., and obtained his colours for both cricket and football.

SALE, FREDERICK HAROLD, Yeoman of Signals, 226735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SALES, HENRY, Stoker, Petty Officer 29, 4058, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SALMON, ALBERT, Stoker, 1st Class, 302930 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SALMONI, FRED STANLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 791, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of William Salmoni, of 8, Elm Street, Cardiff; b. there 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Stacey Road Board School, Cardiff, emigrated to Queensland in 1912; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the Australian Contingent, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; unm. On the morning of the 27th his platoon commander, Lieut. T. Robertson, with a party of thirty picked men (including Salmoni) went forward to occupy an outpost position in advance of the main line of defence. Early the following morning the enemy massed in large numbers opposite their position and demanded their surrender; this was refused, but as they were greatly outnumbered they had to retire, and only a few of the party succeeded in reaching the main line. Although killed on 28 April, his body was not found until the 24 May. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley, about one mile north-east of Gaba Tepe. Before going to Australia he was a member of the 14th Coy. of the Cardiff Boys’ Brigade.

SALT, THOMAS FREDERICK CYRIL, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. (2nd Gwent) South Wales Borderers, formerly Private, No. 3203, 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., only s. of Thomas Frederick Salt, of Gwentland, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, Colliery Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of the late John Carpenter, Colliery Proprietor; b. Arral House, Aberbeeg, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. County Intermediate School, Abertillery, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. W. Stewart, M.E., Managing Director of Messrs. Powells’ Tillery Colliery Co., with whom he served for four years; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 3rd Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.); trained at Northampton and Cambridge; went to France, Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 April following; unm. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery. A comrade wrote: “From the time we went to Northampton to the fatal night he and I had been great pals, and during our stay in France we always slept and lived together. When he went away to hospital I was sadly alone, and felt his absence keenly. The evening he was shot his platoon was relieving us in the firing line, and it was within 20 yards of his destination that the blow came. As the men of his platoon were filing by me I heard someone say ‘Cyril is hit,’ and I immediately went out and found him, and in company with three other fellows took him to cover of our trench. The bullet had entered his temple right behind his right eye, and passed through parallel with his forehead. As soon as we got under cover another young fellow and I bandaged his wounds and sent for the ambulance. As the enemy’s fire at this time was very hot and our parapets were in places blown away, the work of our stretcher-bearers was much hindered, and as a consequence they were unable to move Cyril for about two hours. Meanwhile, I got coats, etc., and made him as comfortable as possible. At intervals I would talk and try to cheer him up, and it was honestly grand to see the way poor Cyril would try to pull himself together. He was a soldier in every sense of the word.... In losing Cyril, not only I but the whole regt. has sustained a great loss, and his absence caused quite a gloom over us all. With the officers as well as the men he was highly respected, and I don’t think in this world there was a more conscientious and upright fellow breathing. It will be gratifying, and I am positively certain a great joy to you, to know that he led a real Christian life, and died as you would have wished him. On more than one occasion he has prompted me, and was ever on the alert to do a good turn when he thought necessary. I cannot possibly say enough in his favour. He honestly was a genuine pal.... He laid down his life for freedom and the right, and his end was a glorious one.” He had been gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th South Wales Borderers, 6 March, 1915, and he was on the point of returning to England to take up his commission when he was wounded.

SALTER, JOHN, Private, No. 1816, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 3rd s. of the late Charles Salter, by his wife, Henrietta (55, Albert Terrace, Cardigan Road, Leeds), dau. of Alexander Broughton; b. Leeds, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Central High School there; was employed by the Leeds City Tramways, and was a Member of the Leeds Engineers (T.F.), 1905–7; went to Australia in Sept. 1912, and settled at Adelaide, S. Australia, as a Tramway Trust employee; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, 16 June following; unm. Buried there.

SALTMARSH, WILLIAM, Private, No. 12461, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Saltmarsh, of 17, Jacob Wells Mews, George Street, Manchester Square, London, W., Coachman, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Wallis, of Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex; b. Hutton, co. Essex, 10 June, 1892; educ. St. Mary Abbotts School, Kensington; was a Brass Finisher; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 23 Sept. 1914; trained at Caterham, Surrey; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 March following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 20th; unm. Buried at Boulogne.

SALVESEN, EDWARD MAXWELL, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd s. of Edward Theodore Salvesen, a Lord of Session with the title of Hon. Lord Salvesen, etc., by his wife, Isabelle, dau. of John Trayner, LL.D., Hon. Lord Trayner of the Court of Session; b. Crawford Priory, co. Fife, 30 Aug. 1891; educ. Cargilfield, Midlothian; Clifton College, and University College, Oxford, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and graduated with 2nd Class Honours in Law in Oct. 1914; enlisted as a trooper in Lovat’s Scouts in Sept. 1914, and after training with them for two months was given a commission in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Dec. 1914; went to France to join the 2nd Battn., 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 25 April following; unm. He was engaged to Kitty, dau. of Hugh Peake, of Lambton Hall, Hounslow.

SAMPSON, FREDERICK JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14507, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SAMS, HARRY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 4095 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 648), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SAMSON, WILLIAM HORACE, Leading Stoker, 182954, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SANDBACH, WILLIAM, Major, 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. and last surv. s. of the late Rev. Gilbert Sandbach, Rector of Upper Sapey, co. Hereford, J.P., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Maxwell, and grandson of Samuel Sandbach, of Woodlands, co. Lancaster, and Hafodunos, Abergele, J.P.; b. Upper Sapey, 24 Oct. 1865; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Royal Fusiliers, 7 Feb. 1885; transferred into King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. in 1885, being promoted Lieut., and Capt. 21 Oct. 1895; served in India, Malta, Gibraltar, and through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in relief of Ladysmith, including operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop (severely wounded); operations in the Transvaal, May–June, 1900; operations in Natal, April-June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek; operations in Orange River Colony, June, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, Feb. to March, 1901, and April to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Orange River Colony, Sept. to Nov. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps, King’s medal with two clasps). He retired 15 July, 1903, and in 1907 bought the property of Hazelby, near Newbury, where he resided until the outbreak of war, when he immediately offered his services and joined the 6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. He was gazetted Capt. Reserve of Officers, 13 Sept. 1914, and promoted Major 24 Oct. following; left for Gallipoli, 12 June; landed at the Dardanelles about 10 July, and was killed in action during the attack on Chanak Bair, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Gallipoli Peninsula, near the scene of action. The Adjutant, Capt. Birley, wrote: “I want to tell you what a noble death your gallant husband died. He was the first one of all to give us warning of the Turks’ attack about 4.45 last Monday morning. Quite early on in the engagement he got a terrible wound in the mouth, and I saw him in the firing line trying to give his men instructions as though nothing had happened. I begged him to go back to the Regimental Aid Post, to have his wound properly dressed, but he wouldn’t leave his men. The next I saw of him was taking ammunition boxes across the open to be refilled, and he was finally killed whilst rallying his men back into the trenches. He was shot through the heart, and must have died instantaneously.... I should just like to tell you that I am mourning the loss of a splendid comrade and brave brother-officer, and that the Battn. in general, and his own company in particular, was simply devoted to him.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. He m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1907, Helen Margaret (Hazelby, Newbury), yst. dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert James Dundas, for 33 years Rector of Albury, near Guildford, and had three children: Peter Dundas, b. 17 Oct. 1907; Ralph Maxwell, b. 20 April, 1909; and Pamela Margaret, b. 11 Jan. 1910.

SANDERS, RICHARD INGERSOLL (JACK), Private, No. 26001, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of James Harris Sanders, of 110, Cannon Street, E.C., Merchant, by his wife, Marie Louise, dau. of James Ingersoll Day, of U.S.A.; b. Shenley, co. Herts, 21 April, 1891; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, and Wellington College, and on leaving there went to Germany, where he remained for just over a year. On his return to England he started in business with Messrs. Jardine, Mathesons, Merchants, London; went to Canada in Dec. 1911; was for a short time in the Bank of Montreal, and then in the British Trade Commissioners’ Office there, but subsequently entered the firm of A. K. Drury, of Montreal, and only left them on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when he volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 14th Battn., D Coy.; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915, and was reported “wounded and missing” after the fighting near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; unm.

SANDERSON, ARTHUR WATSON, T.D., Major, 1/7th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), yst. s. of the late William Sanderson, of Leith, Distiller; b. Leith, 31 May, 1870; educ. Edinburgh Institution; was a Rectifier and British Wine Manufacturer; joined the 5th Vol. Battn., The Royal Scots, 9 Jan. 1895; and became Major (Special Reserve of Officer), 21 Dec. 1908; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; landed at the Dardanelles about 12 June, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He m. in 1905, Ethel C. (Lyne Villa, 252, Ferry Road, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert L. Watson, of Dundee, and had four children.

SANDERSON, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9224), 202928, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SANDERSON, PHILIP NOEL, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2nd s. of William John Sanderson, of Eastfield Hall, Warkworth, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Amy, dau. of Peter Wright, of Upper Clapton; b. at Newcastle, 24 May, 1887; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst; received a commission in the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 9 Oct. 1907, was promoted Lieut. 24 March, 1909; exchanged to the 1st Battn., and went with them to Khartoum and India. Here he made a special study of signalling, and when ordered to Ismailia, in Oct. 1914, was appointed to Gen. Wilson’s Staff, and the following month gazetted Capt. Returning to England during the equipment of the 29th Division, he was stationed at Rugby, whence he proceeded to the Dardanelles. He landed 25 April, fell mortally wounded on the 26th, and was taken to the hospital ship Guildford Castle, where he died the same day. He was buried at sea a mile off Cape Helles the next morning, with his Colonel, another officer, and six of his men. Capt. Sanderson m. at Lucknow, Doris, dau. of Charles Jordan, of Richmond, Yorkshire; s.p.

SANDHAM, JAMES FREDERICK, Sergt., No. 566, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Sandham, of 6, East Block, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea, by his wife, Sophie, dau. of William Bryant; b. Chelsea, S.W., 19 Nov. 1888; was in the employ of Messrs. George Pulman & Sons, Printers, of High Street, Marylebone; joined B Coy. 1/3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, of which Mr. H. Pulman was Capt., 8 May, 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, and left for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914; left there for France, 31 Dec. following, and died at the Clearing Hospital, Merville, 12 March, 1915, of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th. Buried in Merville Cemetery, Grave F 2. Capt. H. A. Moore, commanding D Coy., 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, wrote he “died from wounds received while serving with my company in a charge which was successfully made against the German trenches in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th, during the recent Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It will be some comfort for you to know that Sergt. Sandham did his duty bravely, and fought and died like a true British soldier.” And a comrade wrote that the battn. had lost one of its best men, who had died like a hero, his last words being to kiss his boy and to tell his wife not to worry as he had done his duty. Sergt. Sandham m. at Marylebone Parish Church, 1911, Alice (16p, Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of William Brown, of 39B, Lewis Buildings, Chelsea, and had a son, Frederick Alfred, b. 18 Nov. 1911.

SANDISON, JOHN BURNETT, Private, No. 16768, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of Lewis Grant Sandison, of West Granton Road, Edinburgh, Printer, Compositor, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Burnett; b. Edinburgh. 6 Sept. 1882; educ. Board School there; volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War and enlisted in the Royal Scots; served there in South Africa, 1902 (medal); on leaving the Army went to America, and Canada, where he worked at various occupations in various places; returned to England, 1 Jan. 1915, and at once enlisted in his old regt.; went to France in March, and died in No. 8 Field Hospital, 23 June following, from wounds received in action at Ypres on the 21st; unm.

SANDS, HUGH, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109990, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SANSOM, ROBERT ANDREW, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 855), 217455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SANSOME, ARTHUR, A.B., 210412, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SAPSTEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12320, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SARFAS, ALBERT EDWARD, Petty Officer (N.S.), 166241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SARGEANT, WILLIAM, Painter, 1st Class, 170798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SARGEAUNT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, Lieut.-Col., Royal Engineers, eldest s. of Col. Richard Arthur Sargeaunt, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, late R.E., by his wife, Emily Alberta, dau. of Charles Sargeaunt, J.P.; b. Bombay, 1 Nov. 1870; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1890; and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1901; Major 14 Feb. 1910, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. for his services, 1915; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp and King’s medal with two clasps); was instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1 Oct. 1908 to 13 Feb. 1910; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, in command of a Field Coy.; was subsequently appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of a Division, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 July, 1915. Buried at Brandhoek. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915]. He m. at St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh, 9 May, 1906, Clare Marguerite, dau. of Andrew Smart, of Edinburgh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had two daus.: Hilda Clare, b. 13 Feb. 1907; and Aileen Marguerite, b. 18 Feb. 1909.

SARGENT, ALFRED, Ch. E.R.A. (Pensioner, Pension No. 17108), 132356, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SARGENT, FREDERICK, Chief Ship’s Cook, 149368, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SARGENT, HENRY BENJAMIN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SAUL, CHARLES THOMAS, Leading Signalman, 217688, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAUNDERS, ARTHUR COURTENAY, Capt., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., yr. s. of Lieut.-Col. Robert Erasmus Saunders, of Alton Pancras, Dorchester J.P., formerly of 1st Battn. 7th Royal Fusiliers, and of 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Col. James William Graves, 18th Royal Irish Regt.; b. Rownhams House, near Southampton, 29 May, 1883; educ. Northwood House, near Winchester (Mr. T. Eastman), and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., from the Militia, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 6 July, 1904, and Capt. 26 Oct. 1911; was employed with the King’s African Rifles from 20 Oct. 1909, to Dec. 1914; served in the Somaliland Expedition, 1908–10 (medal with clasp); was in command of the Chebling Patrol against the Marakwet tribe Oct. and Nov. 1913 (mentioned in Despatches of 29 Dec. 1913); and of a force of the King’s African Rifles, when they repulsed a much stronger force of the enemy, including 50 Europeans with six Maxims, at Mizima on Tsavo River, 26 Sept. 1914. He rejoined his own regt., 25 Jan. 1915, and went to France, 6 March; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915; unm. Buried at Dickebusch about three kilometres from Ypres. On leaving the King’s African Rifles, Sir H. Conway Belfield, K.C.M.G., wrote to him: “As I understand you are rejoining your regt. at the expiration of your leave after five years’ service in the 3rd Battn. King’s African Rifles, I have pleasure in expressing to you my satisfaction at the efficient manner in which you have performed important duties in the British East Africa, and in commending you for the sterling and soldierlike qualities which you have exhibited. Your handling of your men in the recent skirmish at Mizima was most creditable, and is testimony to your skill as a tactician.” Lieut.-Col. H. D. Tuson, after the death of Capt. Saunders, wrote: “He had only arrived the previous day, and was commanding a company on the day the Germans attacked the trenches near St. Eloi, and during the attack was moving by a communication trench from one of his trenches to another when he was shot through the head and killed instantaneously,” and Major F. A. Dickenson: “He was doing extremely well when he was killed. When we were attacked in force he collected some of his men and rushed up a communication trench and held on for a long time, and so helped stave off the attack, which gradually dwindled away till we re-took the last trenches by a vigorous counter attack.” Lieut.-Col. B. R. Graham, Commanding 3rd King’s African Rifles, wrote from Nairobi: “I am very grateful for the sad details regarding your son’s death. He was a very gallant soldier who did not know the meaning of the word ‘fear’ and we all tender our very genuine sympathies in the loss you have suffered, and which we share,” and an officer who served with him in British East Africa: “I have known him for the last few years well. He was a soldier, a sportsman, and a man, and it was with grief I read of his death to-day.” He won the officers’ championship cup at the Garrison rifle meeting at Gibraltar in 1906, while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., and played in the polo team of that Battn.

SAUNDERS, FREDERICK, Private, No. 9920, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Edwin Saunders, of Cadbury, Thorverton, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary; b. Cadbury aforesaid, 31 May, 1893; educ. Cadbury School; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died in Aldershot Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on 29 Oct.; unm.

SAUNDERS, RICHARD, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3799), 202656, Chat., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAUNDERS, ROBERT EDWARD, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4184), 193887, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SAUNDERS, STANLEY ROLAND, L.-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports./11383, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAUNDERS, WALTER LAYTON, Private, No. 7075, 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only s. of William Walter Saunders, of 136, Muirkirk Road, Catford (professionally known as Walter Fullerton, Humourist), Letter Sorter at G.P.O, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Thomas Morgan; b. at Walworth, S.E., 17 Oct. 1883; educ. Hollydale Road Board School, East Lambeth; enlisted in 3rd Worcesters, 8 July, 1902, and served three years with the Colours and nine with the Reserve; being for more than two years in the Officers’ Mess. His time with the Reserve expired on 7 July, 1914, but on the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service with his old battn., left for France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 27 Oct. following. He was much liked and esteemed in his regt. His commanding officer, on his leaving the service, wrote that he had found him “an excellent lad in every way.” He m. at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Southwark, 7 Jan. 1911, Olivia Sophia (49, Surrey Square, Walworth, S.E.), only dau. of William Monk Wheeler, and had a son: Walter Ernest Louis, b. 3 Oct. 1912.

SAUNDERS, WILLIAM, Private, No. 10912, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, s. of the late Richard Saunders; b. Dublin; educ. St. John’s School there; enlisted 5 Aug. 1910; joined the 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, and was drafted to the 1st Battn. in India; returned to England with his regt., arriving 23 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 14 May following; unm. Buried on the Beach there.

SAVAGE, ARTHUR HENRY, Private, No. 2000, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Henry Savage, of Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex. Gamekeeper to Lord Leconfield, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Carver, of Tillington, Petworth, Sussex; b. Tillington, Petworth, co. Sussex; was a Gamekeeper on Lord Leconfield’s estate; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914; trained at Newhaven; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 12 Aug. 1915; unm. He was buried in a cornfield at Anafarta Sagir, 1:20,000, 105 H Furrow.

SAVAGE, EDWIN, Petty Officer (N.S.), 202244, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAVAGE, HARRY, Chief Armourer, 340576, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SAVAGE, JOHN ARDKEEN, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Francis Forbes Savage, Vicar of Flushing, Falmouth, by his wife Ethel Margaret; b. Chatham, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Militia) Battn. West Riding Regt., Oct. 1899, and served with it in the South African War, 1900–1, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to June, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison Regt., 22 Nov. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; transferred to the 1st Northamptons (then in India), 8 July, 1905, and became Capt. 28 March, 1912; served with the West African Frontier Force from June, 1909, to Nov. 1913; left for France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Troyon, during the Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried near Troyon.

SAVIN, THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13859, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SAWKINS, CLAUDE THOMAS, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22753, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Oscar Joseph Sawkins, of Kingsland Cottage, Fingringhoe, near Colchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SAWYER, THOMAS HENRY, M.A.A., 150159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SAXTON, HAROLD HENRY, Rifleman, No. 1641, A Coy., 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Henry Saxton, of Church Street, Eastwood, co. Notts., by his wife, Mary Wilcockson, dau. of Henry Bircumshaw, and grandson of Henry Saxton, J.P.; b. Eastwood, 15 March, 1895; educ. Heanor Secondary School and Grosvenor School, Nottingham. Later he took up a business appointment in London with Messrs. Shoolbreds, when he was invited by the management to join A Coy. of the Queen’s Westminsters, of which Lieut.-Col. Rupert Shoolbred was commanding officer, and accepted. On the outbreak of war he wrote to his parents intimating that the Brig.-Gen. had promised the Grey Brigade for foreign service, when needed, and went on to say, “The Queen’s Westminster Rifles is one of the regts. that form the Grey Brigade, and practically all the fellows have volunteered to go abroad if necessary. I feel it my duty to do so, not because the others have done so, but because I am a trained man. I know a fellow has his duty to his home as well as his country, and if you say I have not to volunteer I shall not. Of course, I know you won’t want me to go, but it’s the same with every fellow, and someone must do it.” He went with his regt. to France early in Nov, and was killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper at Armentières, 10 Dec. 1914; unm. He was buried in Chapelle d’Armentières Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote of him to his mother in the highest terms of appreciation, both as his commanding officer and as a member of the firm whose company was proud to include him amongst its members. Sergt.-Major A. H. Davis wrote to his father: “He was such a good chap, and had the making of a splendid soldier. He was very keen at everything he had to do.”

SAYER, ROBERT WILLIAM, Private, No. 10872, 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., eldest s. of James Sayer, of Sunderland, Labourer, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of William Burn Moore, of Sunderland; b. Millfield, Sunderland, 6th June, 1879; educ. Bishopwearmouth; enlisted in the 1st Durham L.I.; was seven years with the Colours and five with the Reserve; served through the South African War (Queen’s and King’s medals with bars for the relief of Ladysmith), 1899–1902, and in India; was then employed at Osborne, Graham; re-enlisted for the war, 5 Oct. 1914, and died 7 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres. He m. at St. Bennett’s, Sunderland, 1907, Agnes (8, Clarendon Street, Southwick-on-Wear), dau. of John Tunney, of Mayo, and had four children: John James, b. 7 March, 1912; Robert William, b. 23 Sept. 1914; Margaret Agnes, b. 1 Aug. 1907; and Emily, b. 13 Sept. 1909.

SAYER, STANLEY KILBOURNE, Ordinary Signalman, J. 21993, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCAMATON, PATRICK, Ship’s Steward’s Assistant, 347430, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCARFE, JOHN WILLIAM (alias ERIC GREY), Chief Stoker, 177681, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCARTH, JOHN WILLIAM, Private, No. 10683, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of John William Scarth, of 10, Prospect Terrace, Neville’s Cross, Durham, formerly A.B., R.N., by his wife, Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Atkinson, Verger at Durham Cathedral; b. Durham, 27 Feb. 1895; educ. Crossgate Parish School there; enlisted 15 April, 1914, and died in No. 13 General Hospital at Boulogne, 15 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action at Rentel on 29 Oct.; unm. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery.

SCATCHARD, THOMAS, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps, yst. s. of Thomas Edward Scatchard, of Boston Spa, co. York, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., by his wife, Martha, dau. of Robert Theakston; b. Boston Spa, 6 July, 1878; educ. Epsom College; gazetted Lieut. in the R.A.M.C., 31 July, 1905, and promoted Capt. 31 Jan. 1909; joined his regt. at Aldershot, where he served for 18 months, then proceeded to India and was there for 5½ years, being stationed at Lucknow, Agra, Kailana and Ranikhet; returned to England, and served the nine months’ course at Millbank, London, for promotion to Major, and then a year at Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, where he was when war was declared in Aug. 1914; went to France with the 26th Brigade, R.F.A., 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Sablonnières on 8 Sept. following. Buried in the Cemetery there. He m. at Agra, India, 12 Nov. 1907, Ada Mary, yst. dau. of Col. Hugh de la Motte Hervey, and granddau. of Gen. Hervey, C.B., and had a dau.: Phyllis May Lindsay, b. 20 Dec. 1908.

SCHLEIDER, GEORGE JAMES WILLIAM, Rifleman, No. 1882, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Jacob Thomas Schleider, of 2, Darlington Road, West Norwood, late R.E.; b. Dulwich, 12 March, 1898; educ. Gipsy Road School, West Norwood; volunteered and joined the 1st Surrey Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, by the bursting of a shell.

SCHMIDT, HENRY, Car. Crew, M. 1936, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Henry Schmidt, of 49, Bowen Road, Harrow, co. Middlesex; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SCHMIDT, HENRY JOHN, Corpl., No. 1047, 14th Battn., 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Henry Charles Schmidt, Baker and Confectioner, by his wife, Annie (now wife of William Godfrey Fish, of 70, Woodstock Street, Canning Town, London, Bootmaker), dau. of Eli Benn; b. Plaistow, London, E., 3 May, 1895; educ. Holy Trinity Schools there; went to Australia in 1912, and settled at Melbourne as a Clerk; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt, 24 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, April, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, 7 Aug. 1915 following; unm. Buried there. Capt. Andrew Gillison, Chaplain to the 14th Battn. wrote: “After reaching the position by a night advance, the Battn. took up the post and dug in on the morning of that date. The enemy, who were holding a ridge opposite, were firing on our men, and Corpl. Schmidt was unfortunately hit by a bullet which passed through his body. He was very cheery and we thought he might pull through, but shortly afterwards he became unconscious and death ensued very speedily. He was such a bright cheery fellow and a general favourite ... [he] was buried with an officer and another comrade near the place where he fell.”

SCHNEIDER, HERBERT HUGO, 2nd Lieut., Royal Engineers (S.R.), 2nd s. of Theodore Schneider, of Granville House, Overhill Road, Dulwich, S.E., Merchant; b. East Dulwich, 5 Feb. 1888; educ. Bedales School, Petersfield, Hants, and at the Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering; was assistant to the firm of Messrs. Barry, Leslie & Egerton, 1907–9; elected a Graduate of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1909, and an Associate Member, 1914; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Special Reserve of Officers, R.E., 8 Jan. 1910; went to West Africa, 1911, and served as Assistant Engineer on the Lagos Railway Northern Extension, Northern Nigeria; returned to West Africa in 1912, after leave of absence, as Assistant Engineer on the Sierra Leone Government Railway; appointed Surveyor to the Survey of Northern Nigeria, 1914, and was holding this post when war broke out; joined the West African Frontier Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Lum, near Molle Bridge, in the Cameroons, 5 Dec. following; unm. The General Officer Commanding wrote: “Lieut. Schneider was killed instantaneously. His loss is much felt, as, in addition to his attractive personality, he was a most capable young officer, and had done previously particularly meritorious work with the Royal Engineers.” Chief Engineer, Capt. Frank L. Giles, wrote: “He was always so cheery and bright, and yet his keenness and energy for his work were inexhaustible, and with this were combined technical skill and absolute thoroughness and reliability and complete fearlessness.”

SCHOFIELD, THOS., A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2864), S.S. 186, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCHREIBER, VIVIAN GEORGE EDWARD SPENCER, Midshipman, H.M.S. Monmouth, only child of the late Major Julian Meade Schreiber, 12th Battn. Suffolk Regt. (Vol.), by his wife Hilda Rose (Patcham Place, Patcham, Sussex), 2nd dau. of the late S. B. Abinger, of Hampton House, Hampstead, N.W.; b. Thames Ditton, co. Surrey, 21 Feb. 1899; educ. Holyrood House, Bognor (Naval Preparatory School), Osborne and Dartmouth; appointed Midshipman to H.M.S. Monmouth, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, 4 Aug. 1914, and was lost when the Monmouth was sunk in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. following; unm.

SCHURER, LOUIS HENRY, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., A. 1935), 134774, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCHWABEN, HENRY ROBERT, Private, No. 1984, 10th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), attached 2nd Battn. Norfolk Regt., 3rd s. of the late Hans Walter Schwaben, Engineer and Artist (b. Gelsenkirchen, Germany; came to England with his parents in 1875, became denationalised in 1875, and died in London, 25 May, 1914), by his wife, Helena Geraldina (5, Fairfax Road, Bedford Park, W.), dau. of Peter Henry Jordan, 60th Rifles (who served through the Crimea and Indian Mutiny); b. Edinburgh, 17 July, 1889; educ. Birmingham and London; was a Traveller; served for some years in the King’s Royal Rifle Cadets, and then for three or four years in the Royal Bucks Hussars (Volunteers) Yeomanry; volunteered and enlisted in the 10th Middlesex, the second week in Aug. 1914; was one of 16 selected for the Scout Section of the battn.; went to India in Oct.; volunteered for service in the Persian Gulf in Feb. 1915; went there attached to the 2nd Norfolks, and died of dysentery while on active service, 29 July, 1915; unm. Buried at Asaui, 14 miles below Nasaryeh. An officer wrote: “I know that his section officer in the Middlesex thought very highly of him, and told me he was giving me one of his best men.”

SCINDEN, ALFRED, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 846), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, ALEXANDER, Private, No. 9689, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; b. Barony, co. Lanark; enlisted 2 Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Forces in France, etc.; killed in action between 4 and 12 Nov. 1914. He m. at Leith, 4 April, 1893, Rachel (3, Cavendish Place, Edinburgh), dau. of (—) Cavanagh, and had a son John, b. 9 Dec. 1902.

SCOTT, CHARLES, Seaman, R.N.R., 2930 A., H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, CHARLES EDWARD ARTHUR, Leading Seaman, 218970, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, DAVID CAMERON, Private, No. 1389, 5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), s. of James Scott, of 2, Glenorchy Place, Edinburgh, Baker, by his wife, Isabella C.; b. Edinburgh, 29 July, 1895; educ. London Street School there; joined the Boys’ Brigade connected with the Greenock Parish Church; became Staff Sergt., and, in 1912, joined the Royal Scots (T.F.); volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 27 May following; unm. Buried there.

SCOTT, EDWARD CLAUD, 2nd Lieut., 28th Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery, only surviving s. of the late Gen. Hugh Aboukir Scott, R.A., by his wife, Laura Millicent (The Garth, Winchester), dau. of Henry Wells Allfrey; b. Jersey, 15 May, 1892; educ. Repton; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 23 Dec. 1911; joined the 5th Siege Battery, 19 Feb. 1912; left for France, 27 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Armentières, 21 Nov. following. Buried at Fleurbaix, near Armentières; unm.

SCOTT, FRANCIS WILLIAM, Sapper, No. 5203, Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force, late Lieut., R.N., yr. s. of the late Hon. Henry Robert Hepburne-Scott, of Knipton, Grantham, by his wife, Lady Ada, née Douglas Home (Nisbet Mill, Ancrum, Roxburghshire), dau. of Cospatrick, 11th Earl of Home; b. Springhill, Coldstream, 19 Aug. 1886; educ. Remenham, Henley-on-Thames, and Ascham School, Bournemouth; entered the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet on H.M.S. Britannia, 24 May, 1901, became Sub-Lieut. March, 1907, and Lieut. 31 Dec. 1908; and was invalided out of the service in Aug. 1912, owing to deafness. He then went to British Columbia and when war broke out was at Kitselas, on the Skeener River, Prince Rupert. He immediately went to Vancouver City and joined the 1st Coy. Canadian Engineers. He came over with the first contingent, Oct. 1914; went to France, Feb. 1915, and died, 4 May, 1915, in Boulogne Hospital, from wounds received in action on the Ypres Canal two days previously. He was buried in the British Military Division, Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 1885); unm. He received the bronze medal of the Royal Humane Society for saving life at sea, 15 Jan. 1910, while acting as Lieut. on H.M.S. Hindustan off Spithead.

SCOTT, GEORGE, L.-Corpl., No. 11518, A Coy., 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of Charles Scott, of 2, Hawthorn Vale, Leith, Engineer, by his wife; b. Leith, 8 Aug. 1895; educ. North Fort Street School there; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 6 June, 1913; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Hooge, 26 Sept. 1915; unm.

SCOTT, HENRY FRANK, Private, No. 12490, 1st Battn. Somersetshire L.I., s. of Samuel Scott, of Lansdown View, Rush Hill, Bath, Labourer, by his wife, Lydia, dau. of William Green; b. Camerton, near Radstock, 25 Oct. 1890; educ. Church School there; enlisted Sept. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 27 April, 1915; unm.

SCOTT, RICHARD THOMAS FOLLIOTT, Lieut., 1st Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., eldest s. of the Rev. Richard Curtis Folliott Scott, Rector of Hulcote and Salford, co. Bedford, by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Thomas R. Wilson, of Newlands, Hitchin, co. Herts; b. Arlesey Vicarage, co. Bedford, 8 Dec. 1893; educ. The Knoll, Woburn Sands, and Lancing College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Yorkshire Regt., 17 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 30 Oct. 1914; went to France in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooplines, 16 March, 1915; unm. Buried in Hooplines Cemetery.

SCOTT, ROBERT FRASER, Private, No. 2086, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 4th s. of the late James Edward Scott, Shipbroker (died 10 June, 1915); b. London, 15 July, 1888; educ. City of London School; and on leaving there entered his father’s business; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 13th London Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Laventie, 23 Dec. following; unm. Buried Aux Quatre Paroises, between Ypres and Armentières. An officer wrote: “He had all the ideal qualities of a good soldier, though he really should have been an officer; he was always cheerful, he did not care at all whether a task was dangerous or not, and he never shirked any duty. It was through doing his duty that he died, and I know, from what he said to me, that no death could have been nearer his choice.”

SCOTT, VICTOR, Private, No. 4054, 10th Battn. (Liverpool Scottish) The King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frank Scott, of 42, Warbreck Road, Aintree, Capt. in Booth Steamship Co., by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John Fulton; b. Liverpool, 28 March, 1894; educ. Skerry’s College there; was a Shipping Clerk; volunteered and joined the Liverpool Scottish, 11 Nov. 1914; went to France, 12 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, 11 March, 1915, during the fighting in the Ypres salient; unm. Buried at Zillebeke.

SCOTT, WALLACE, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4984), S.S. 1805, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, Corpl., No. 1101, 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), only s. of William Scott, of 28, Glover Street, Perth, Assistant Stationmaster, North British Railway, Perth General Station, by his wife, Jessie, dau. of Thomas Tosh; b. Craigie, Perth, 26 Jan. 1890; educ. Western District School and Sharp’s Institution, Perth; was for some time a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Thomas & McLeish, Solicitors, Perth; enlisted in the Black Watch, 23 Dec. 1907; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Bigshute, 23 Oct. following, during a charge on the German trenches; unm. He was a first-class shot, and for over three years had been clerk to the President of the Regimental Institute. He was also a good musician (organ and piano), being exceedingly fond of music.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16447, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SCOTT, WILLIAM LESLIE, Lieut., 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battn. Gordon Highlanders (T.F.), elder s. of William Leslie Scott, of Peterhead, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Campbell, dau. of the Rev. James Lowe, Minister of Thornton; b. Peterhead, 24 Dec. 1892; educ. at home and at Peterhead Academy; was studying medicine at Aberdeen University, but after the outbreak of war received a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted to the 2/5th Battn. of the Gordon Highlanders, 24 Nov. 1914. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battn. 19 April, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. about the time that battn. joined the Expeditionary Force in France. He was killed in action during the fierce fighting that took place at and along the lines from Festubert, 16 June, 1915; unm. He was buried immediately behind the firing line, not far from Festubert village.

DAWSON-SCOTT, JOHN KEARSLEY, Capt., Royal Engineers, yst. s. of Gen. Robert Nicholl Dawson-Scott, of Brent House, Penrith, Col. Commandant, Royal Engineers, by his wife, Grace Mansel, dau. of John Whitlock Stradling-Carne; b. The Grove, Boltons, South Kensington, 18 May, 1883; educ. The Castle, Tonbridge; Tonbridge Grammar School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal Engineers, 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 26 Dec. 1904, and Capt. 31 July, 1913; was on home service, 1902–6, on foreign service at Cairo, 1906–11, and was appointed 2nd Assistant Instructor, School of Military Engineering, 24 April, 1912; went to France with the 1st Army Corps, attd. to the 5th Field Coy., R.E., in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Zonnebeke, 29 Oct. following, by a high explosive shell, while reconnoitring the German position at a distance of about 300 yards; unm. Buried there. Brig.-Gen. Rice wrote: “We R.E. of the 1st Army have had many severe losses during this battle near Ypres, but none that we deplore more than that of your boy,” and his commanding officer, Major North: “He was the most able assistant a company commander could hope for.” Capt. Dawson-Scott received the cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour for gallantry during the operations between 21–30 Aug. His eldest brother, Lieut. Geoffrey Nicholl Dawson-Scott, R.G.A., died on active service at Pretoria, 31 Dec. 1900, during the Boer War.

SCOUGALL, ALEXANDER, Colour-Sergt., No. 5970, Royal Marine L.I., 3rd s. of the late George Scougall, of Peebles, by his 2nd wife, Agnes, dau. of George Kay, of Eloridgehill, Lanarkshire, and brother of William Scougall, Stationmaster, West Calder; b. Woodhouse, Manor Parish, co. Peebles, 25 May, 1873; educ. Manor, Walkerburn, and Peebles Public Schools; joined the Royal Marine L.I. at Edinburgh in Nov. 1890; did one year boy’s service; passed for Corpl. at Chatham, 13 July, 1894, with 98 marks, and was awarded First Class Certificate; and for Sergt. at Walmer, 31 March, 1896, obtaining 187 marks and a special certificate; served in the Orinoco River (in H.M.S. Fantome) during the dispute between the United States and Venezuela; in the South African War (medal), and in China, and on completing his 22 years’ service (Oct. 1912) entered the Shanghai Municipal Council’s Service. When the European War broke out he was an Inspector in the Shanghai Public Works Department, and immediately volunteered, but was not accepted until Oct. He left within 24 hours for London, but the Japanese boat by which he travelled took 65 days to do the trip (12,000 miles), being held up in the Indian Ocean for 10 days by the German Cruiser Emden. He took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action at Quinn’s Post, Gaba Tepe, between 9 and 10 a.m. on 3 May following; unm. A comrade wrote: “Colour-Sergt. Scougall was an old pal of mine also, he being of about the same service as myself. He was well known at Chatham and we all regret his loss, and he is one of many veterans of ours who have gone. He was killed on Monday, 3 May, between 9 and 10 a.m. The shot entered his eye and death was immediate. Bugler Sillence of our Battn. was a few yards from him when he was hit, and I have gone over the day with him. We were ordered out at 4 a.m. to prepare an attack up a very steep ravine between two hills; the Turks held all the crests. It was hopeless to carry out. As soon as our troops got in view they were mowed down with M.G. and rifle fire, it was awful; time after time fresh troops went on but all suffered the same, nobody got to the objective, and we had to give it up. Our Battn. had over 300 casualties, all who tried suffered the same; the dead and wounded had to be left till dark. The wounded were got down by degrees; it took days to bury the dead. Every movement brought a deadly fire, they were within a 100 yards. This happened at Gaba Tepe where we reinforced the Australians and New Zealand forces on their first landing; we afterwards were shipped to this end, Sedd-ul-Bahr, and are having some tough work still. I expect we are in for a winter of it. Trench fighting is awful slow work, and you are kept on a tension all the time; the devils have plenty of grit and put up a fair fight, no gas or gas shells at present and no white flag incidents since the first, when we weren’t having any, and nipped them all. About the difference in date, many of the dead were not buried by our own people, and their effects are not gathered properly. They are reported missing until their bodies are found and identity discs are sent in; facts known to people near one get mixed or reported wrongly because it is impossible to thoroughly inquire into every case unless a doubt is raised. Dead often have to be left even for weeks when an attack fails. You may take my date as correct; it is the date in my book, also in the Battn. records. I don’t know where the other date came from, we had re-embarked and started afresh elsewhere before then, so it is obviously incorrect. I am an old China bird myself, but I came home in 1897,” and another: “He was killed on 3 May at Quinn’s Post; Gaba Tepe, where the Australians landed, and buried in a little trench with others of his comrades. You see he was some 300 to 400 feet up the cliffs, and it was practically useless bringing the dead down in the gully where we had to depend on water running. He was accorded a Christian burial, and a very decent one considering the time and space allotted. I myself buried 14 in one grave, and read the Burial Service.” Scougall had the Long Service, and Good Conduct medals. He was a good all-round sportsman, played cricket and football, and was in the winning tug-of-war team in Shorncliffe District Tournament in 1897.

SCRIVENER, CYRIL ALFRED, Sapper, No. 4/344, New Zealand Field Engineers, s. of Alfred Thomas Scrivener, of Hamilton, New Zealand, Farmer; b. Stratford, New Zealand, 2 July, 1893; educ. Public schools there; joined the New Zealand Engineers in Sept. 1914; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and died at Mudros, Lemnos Island, 13 June, 1915, of enteric fever contracted while on active service; unm. Buried there.

SCRUTTON, FRANK RICHARDS, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 3347), 212547, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCULLY, CHARLES RICHARD, E.R.A., 3rd Class, 345433, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SEABROOK, JAMES HERBERT, 2nd Lieut. and Despatch Rider, attd., 5th Cavalry Brigade, 4th s. of William Seabrook, of the Nurseries, Chelmsford, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary Ann, dau. of James Pertwee (of a Huguenot family originally named Pertuis); b. Brent Hall, Boreham, co. Essex, 30 Oct. 1883; educ. Chelmsford College, was before the war associated with his father in the well-known horticultural business of Messrs. W. Seabrook & Sons, but on mobilisation volunteered as a Despatch Rider, was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade. He left England with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Marne, 10 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried at Grandelu, about 18 miles north-east of Meaux. Writing to his mother, Lieut. F. F. Blake, Commanding 5th Signal Corps, Royal Engineers, said: “Your son was killed yesterday, while carrying out his duty. He was sent to me some weeks ago as a motor cyclist despatch rider, and he had done splendid work for me and was immensely popular with all.... We were in touch with the Germans early in the morning and moved to turn their flank. I sent your son to Headquarters of 2nd Army with a message before this, and when he returned to the point of despatch, we had gone. He was told by another of my motor cyclists where we had gone, and which road to take, but he appears to have missed his way, coming in contact with the enemy. The end must have come very quickly and painlessly, as he was shot in the head, two other bullets also found their mark. All this we found later in the day, as we were in action all the forenoon, and I was not informed of his death till late in the evening, when I am glad to say we had gained a decisive success. Your son died a glorious death, which we must all be prepared for, doing his duty in the service of his country.”

SEAGER, THOMAS, Stoker, Petty Officer, 294712, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEAMAN, HENRY, Private, No. 4608, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of James Seaman; b. Westminster, 11 April, 1888; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 3 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Oct., and was reported missing between 29 Oct.-2 Nov. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed between those dates. He m. at St. Andrew’s Church, Peckham, 8 March, 1914, Ellen (7, Blackhouse Street, Canterbury Road, Old Kent Road, S.E.), dau. of Joseph (and Ellen) Mackey, and had a dau.: Ellen, b. posthumous, 10 Feb. 1915.

SEAR, JOSEPH SACKVILLE, Private, No. 4359, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only s. of the late Frank Sear, Hay and Straw Dealer, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of Thomas Kearsey, of Dustfield Farm, Charlbury, Oxon; b. Wendlebury, Oxon, 8 July, 1894; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, 25 June, 1915; proceeded with the 11th Battn. to the Dardanelles, and was killed there by a bomb, 6 Aug. 1915, only 48 hours after his arrival at the Front; unm.

SEARLE, GEORGE CHARLES, Leading Stoker, 302485, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEARLE, GEORGE WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25452, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEARLE, JOHN, Ship’s Corpl., 1st Class, 154450, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEARLES, EDWARD GREGORY, A.B., J. 12270, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SECKER, GEORGE VANE, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17010, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEDGELEY, FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 8768), S.S. 2013, Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEDGWICK, GEORGE, Stoker, R.N.R., 2057U, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEELEY, WILLIAM ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13408, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEENEY, HUGH, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports./14615, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEFTON, THOMAS HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7882), S.S. 103314, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SELBY, BEAUCHAMP HENRY, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, eldest s. of Beauchamp Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, Mindrum, Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Fanny, yst. dau. of the late Joseph Pocklington Senhouse, of Netherhill, Cumberland, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Prideaux Selby, of Pawston, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Bart.; b. London, 4 June, 1882; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., 8 Jan. 1901, and appointed to the Northumberland Fusiliers, 23 March following; promoted Lieut. 21 May, 1902, and Capt. 1 Oct. 1912; served on the North-West Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country, and engagement at Matta (medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and died 21 Sept. 1914, from wounds received in action the previous day, near Vailly, during the Battle of the Aisne; unm. His Col. wrote: “You will doubtless have heard from the W.O. the sad news of your son’s death. It has been a sad blow to us all to lose such a gallant soldier, and good comrade. He was shot through the head in the trenches north of Vailly, on the 20th, and though he lingered for nearly 24 hours, he was quite unconscious, and his chance of recovery was looked upon as practically hopeless. He is buried close to where he fell.... Your son was one of the lion-hearted breed that are such a power in a regt. At the fight at Fromières, the day after Mons, he did very gallant work under a heavy fire to the great admiration of the O.C. 1st Lincolnshire Regt. with whom he was temporarily detailed. My brother officers all join in offering you our most sincere sympathy in the loss of your gallant son.”

SELLEN, ALBERT FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8993, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SELLENS, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9466), S.S. 105406, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SELLICK, WALTER, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11306, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SEMARK, WILLIAM RICHARD, Sergt., No. 9609, 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), s. of Harry Semark, Cement Labourer, late Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Rose (57, Cuxton Road, Strood, Rochester), dau. of William Chappell, of Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent; b. York, 23 Dec. 1892; educ. St. Nicholas School, Strood; enlisted in Feb. 1910; was in the Special Reserve, going up for a month’s training each year, headquarters being at Canterbury; was called up on mobilisation, 4 Aug. 1914; went to Dover, where he was promoted Sergt., and was engaged in drilling recruits at Hythe and Dover during the winter; went to France, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Hill 60, Ypres, 3 May following, during the gassing of the Canadian troops; unm. Three of his brothers are now (1916) on active service; two with the East Kent Regt. (both wounded), and one with the Royal Warwickshire Regt.

SETTER, AUGUSTE ARTHUR LEOPOLD, Private, No. 8139, 1/2nd Battn. The Border Regt., 2nd s. of Thomas Setter, of Caterham, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, by his wife, Emilia (The Lodge, Grove House, The Grove, Ealing, W.), dau. of Louis Cugny, of Ferreyre, Switzerland; b. Tower of London, 28 July, 1887; educ. Caterham Board School; enlisted in Nov. 1908; went to France about the 4 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18 Dec. following. Buried there. His company officer wrote saying he was a thorough soldier and one of the best men in the company. He m. at Norwich, 3 Aug. 1914, Edith, dau. of (—) Gallant; s.p.

SETTERFIELD, CHARLES ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3322, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SETTERFIELD, EMMANUEL WILLIAM, Ch. E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 160543, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SETTERFIELD, FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6596), 184292, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEVERNE, HENRY FRANCIS, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Battn. Sherwood Foresters, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Arthur De Milt Severne, of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Solicitor, by his wife, Adelaide Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Hubbersty; b. Wirksworth, co. Derby, 16 Feb. 1892; educ. Riber School, near Matlock; Marlborough College (where he was in the O.T.C.), and the Royal School of Mines; joined the University of London Artillery in 1910 or 1911; volunteered on the outbreak of war and enlisted in E Coy. of the 6th Sherwood Foresters; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 25 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Kemmel, Belgium, 10 May, 1915, being shot through the heart by a sniper; unm. Buried at Kemmel. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915, and recommended for saving the life of an officer on 27 April. On that day a small charge was exploded in a mine. Some hours afterwards a small party of Royal Engineers, consisting of a Sergt. and two Lieuts., entered the gallery. One Lieut., who was a little way behind the others, found them unconscious from the effects of gas. He ran back to the entrance and shouted for help. 2nd Lieut. Severne, who was standing near, without a moment’s hesitation, jumped down the shaft although, being a mining engineer, he well knew the danger. He helped the Lieut. to drag his brother officer along the gallery until the former also began to suffer from gas. He told him to go back and said that he would bring the unconscious man along. This he did, although his burden was a heavy one, until he was himself rendered unconscious. In the meantime other help had arrived, and all were brought round except the Sergt. It was undoubtedly due to 2nd Lieut. Severne’s prompt and gallant conduct that the life of one officer was saved and possibly that of the other. The late Capt Johnson, V.C., who was in charge of the party of Engineers, was filled with admiration and reported 2nd Lieut. Severne’s conduct for official recognition.

SEWARD, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3004), S.S. 100460, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SEWELL, HENRY, Stoker, R.N.R., 1576 U., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEWELL, REUBEN JOHN, Petty Officer, 215836, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SEWELL, SIDNEY DAVIES, Major, 3rd London Field Coy., Royal Engineers (T.F.), elder surv. s. of Col. Thomas Davies Sewell, of 29, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W., F.R.A.S., Senior proprietor of the Broad Arrow and Naval and Military Gazette; clerk of the Spectacle-Makers’ Company and Secretary of its diploma scheme; late Commandant 4th Battn. The Essex Regt., by his wife, Elizabeth Sophia, eldest dau. of the late George Burt, formerly a Sheriff of the City of London; b. London, 12 Oct. 1875; educ. Tonbridge School; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. (Volunteers) 23 June, 1892; and was promoted Lieut. 23 June, 1894; Capt. 19 June, 1898, and Major 16 April, 1910; was in command of the 3rd London Field Coy. (T.F.), and volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 18 Feb. 1915; unm. Buried there. Capt. Sewell was a long service volunteer and had the Territorial Decoration, and was a member of the London Territorial Force Association.

SEWELL, THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15140, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SEWELL, WILLIAM FANE DALZELL DALRYMPLE, Private, No. 2053, B Coy., 4th Battn. Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), attd. Dehra Dun Brigade, Meerut Division, Indian Expeditionary Force, only s. of William George Dalrymple Sewell, of 20, Balcombe Street, N.W., by his wife, Edith Maud, dau. of the late Robert Dalzell, grandson of Col. Henry Fane Haylett Sewell, Indian Army, and great-grandson of the late Gen. Sir William Henry Sewell, K.C.B., Hon. Col. 79th Cameron Highlanders; b. Valparaiso, Chili, 24 March, 1896; came home to England, 11 May, 1906; educ. at Mr. Charles D. Pridden’s at Walton-cum-Felixstowe, Suffolk, and at Lancing College, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex. Joined the O.T.C. at Lancing, and rose to be Bugler L.-Corpl. in the band. Entered Great Northern Railway service, 1 May, 1913. Enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, joining regt. at Bedford, which left for France on 5 Nov. 1914, being the first Highland Territorial unit to cross. Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle on 11 March, 1915, while his battn. were pushing forward an attack in front of the Bois de Biez, he having been hit by shell. From all his superiors and comrades the highest testimony came of this boy, who was just completing his nineteenth year. A comrade wrote: “He was a popular and brave soldier, and we miss him exceedingly.” The officer commanding of B Coy. wrote: “He was a good soldier, and always carried out his orders promptly and well. We buried him on the field of battle.” His Major wrote: “Young Sewell is shaping well, is a favourite and will be a fine soldier. We’ve got our eye on him.” His Colonel wrote: “The boy’s associations with the regt. were of the very best kind from start to finish, and it was a very real pleasure to do anything I could for him as regards his commission.... The last time I saw your dear son alive was when I took him to see our General about his commission. Would that it had been possible for him to have got his commission before the fight. I know he would have made a good officer and done well for his King and Country.” In civil life his keenness for duty and the right was of the soundest. His chief superior on the Great Northern Railway wrote thus concerning him: “I deeply regret the tragic end of so young and promising a life. Your son was a most likeable fellow, and everyone with whom I placed him spoke most highly of his capability and personality. I can only hope you may be consoled by the thought that he died like a man, and in furthering the great cause so near to all our hearts. His letters are typical of all that is best and bravest in British youth.”

SEYMOUR, WILLIAM GEORGE, A.B. (Coastguard), 212477 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHADRAKE, CHARLES, Stoker, Petty Officer, 306734, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHAFFOND, CHARLES, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 85), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHAKERLEY, ERIC PIERS, Capt., King’s Royal Rifles, yst. s. of Capt. Geoffrey Joseph Shakerley, of Weddington Hall, Nuneaton, late R.H.A., by his wife, Emma, 2nd dau. of Sir Richard Pierce Butler, of Ballin Temple, co. Carlow, 9th Bart.; b. Shrewsbury, 8 March, 1885; educ. Clifton College and Cooper’s Hill, 1904–6; and on leaving the latter accepted an appointment in the Soudan Irrigation Service in preference to entering the Indian Public Works Department, and went out to the Soudan in the autumn of 1906. A little later he was put in charge of the works then in progress in the Sudd region of the Upper Nile, and remained in charge of this work till he retired from the Service early in 1913, to join a firm of horticultural chemists at Alperton. For his services in the Soudan he received the Medjideh (4th class) in 1912. Immediately on the outbreak of war he applied for a commission in the Army, and was gazetted Lieut. in the 6th (Reserve) Battn. King’s Royal Rifles, 15 Aug. 1914, obtaining his Captaincy 24th Nov. following. After three months training with the regt. at Sheerness he left for the Front on 13 Nov. 1914, and was attached to the 1st Battn. then in the trenches. On 10 March, 1915, he commanded an assaulting party in an attack upon the enemy’s trenches at Givenchy. The party came under a heavy fire from rifles and machine guns suffering very severe casualties, notwithstanding which, headed by Capt. Shakerley, it succeeded in reaching the wire entanglements, which had not been breached, but here Capt. Shakerley was shot dead, 5 yards from the enemy’s trench; unm. Capt. Shakerley was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field.

SHANNON, IAN HERBERT CROAL, Private, No. 2713, 1/7th Battn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (T.F.), elder s. of Rev. John Alexander Shannon, M.A., Minister of Balbirnie U.F. Church, Markinch, co. Fife, by his wife, Annie Molyson, dau. of the late James Croal, of the Haddington Courier; b. Balbirnie U.F. Manse, Markinch, 11 Feb. 1895; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh; and Royal Technical College, Glasgow, of which latter he was an Associate, having taken his diploma in Electrical Engineering (with distinction) in the Spring of 1914; was in the employment of James Howden & Co., Engineers, Glasgow, when the war broke out, and immediately enlisted in 1/7th Battn. Black Watch, being attd. to the Machine Gun Section; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed in action while dressing the wounds of a comrade at Festubert, France, 16 June, 1915; unm.

SHANNON, WILLIAM HENRY, Colour-Sergt.-Major, No. 9019, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, yst. s. of William Henry Shannon, of 42, Mountjoy Street, Dublin, late Corpl. 2nd Middlesex Regt., and Warder, Prisons Service, by his wife, Bridget, dau. of Rodger McGoldrick, of Dromahair, co. Leitrim; b. Rangoon, British Burmah, 15 March, 1882; educ. St. George’s and Marlboro’ Street National Schools, Dublin; was for a short time in the Prisons Service, then for about a year in the A.M. Corps; enlisted 5 Dec. 1902; served at Aldershot, Dublin, Butafant, Fermoy, Naas, and Gravesend, and was then posted to 1st Battn. in India; returned home end of Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 17 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 12 July following. He m. at Gravesend Military Church, 18 Jan. 1915, Ada Amy (5, Albion Road, Gravesend), dau. of Charles Fennell, of 5, Albion Road, Gravesend; s.p.

SHAPTER, LEWIS HENRY, Capt., 3rd Special Reserve (West Suffolk Militia) Battn. Suffolk Regt., s. of Lewis Shapter, of Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, M.D.; by his wife, Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of Capt. Edgar Bayly, Suffolk Regt., and great grandson of Col. Richard Bayley, of the same regt., and nephew and adopted s. of Col. Charles Edward Brown, and of his wife, Frederica Louisa (Kahun, Talbot Hill, Bournemouth), née Bayly; b. Exeter, 7 Sept. 1886; educ. Stourwood College, near Bournemouth; obtained a commission in the West Suffolk Militia; promoted Lieut. 18 March 1905, and Capt.; had passed the School of Instruction and qualified as an Instructor of Musketry; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, attd. to the 1st Battn. Hampshire Regt., and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in the Military Cemetery, Chateau Rosenberg, Croix le Blanc.

SHARMON, FREDERICK, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 2009), 163555, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHARP, ARTHUR, Gunner, R.M.A., R.M.A. 12711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHARP, JOHN, Private, No. 2330, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Sharp, of 26, Gloucester Road, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Louiza Annie, dau. of George Lovegrove; b. Station Road, Hounslow, 14 Sept. 1884; educ. there; was a Stone and Earthenware Carver; had joined the Middlesex Territorials, 11 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Poljitze, 23 May following; unm.

SHARP, VIVIAN KING, Sapper, No. 67686, Royal Engineers, (Railway Section), yr. s. of Sidney Sharp, of The Grove, Ealing (formerly of Tangleymere, Chilworth, Surrey), Consulting Engineer, by his wife, Ellen Blanche, dau. of William Eager, of Whipley, Wonersh, Surrey; b. Surbiton, 6 Feb. 1891; educ. at Colet Court and St. Paul’s School, and was a keen oarsman and rowed in his House boat. In 1909 he entered the General Manager’s Office of the Great Western Railway, and from the outbreak of war was engaged on military work in connection with the railway. He volunteered for the Front in Nov. 1914, was accepted in March following, his detachment being sent to France at the end of the month. After much good work he was invalided into hospital on 12 June, sent over to England to the 1st London General Hospital on the 18th, and died on the 20th; unm.

SHARP, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12874, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHARRATT, SIMEON, Private, No. 11391, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Simeon Sharratt, of 1, High Fields Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Felt Hat Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth; b. Nuneaton, 21 Sept. 1894; educ. Nuneaton and Hinckley Church Schools; was a Gardener; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, went to France, 22 Dec., was wounded in action near La Bassée, 24 Jan. 1915, and died on the 26th; unm. He was buried at Bethune. Sergt. V. White wrote: “A Private Clarke was badly hit by a sniper on 24 Jan. 1915, and your son went to his assistance, when he was shot, probably by the same sniper, through the wrist and stomach.”

SHATTOCK, MONTAGU DE MANCHA, Capt., No. 4 Coy., 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Henry Foster Shattock, member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Charlotte Rice (88A, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.), dau. of James Allerton; b. Broad Green, Croydon, co. Surrey, 9 Oct. 1867; educ. St. John’s, Hurstpierpoint, and King’s College, London, and was afterwards a member of the Stock Exchange. He enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters in Nov. 1892, and after passing through the ranks as Corpl., Sergt and Colour-Sergt., obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 April, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 6 June, 1903 and Capt. 21 March, 1905. He afterwards went through the Hythe musketry courses and became musketry instructor for the regt., under Lieut.-Col. A. Shoolbred, whose firm provides a company in the corps. He had resigned some time before the war broke out, but rejoined, and obtained his company again, 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, presumably by a German sniper, in the trenches near River Lys, Armentières, France, 9 Jan. 1915, and was buried there behind the trenches; unm. In 1905 he captained the team of the Queen’s Westminsters which defeated a team of the 7th New York National Guard at Bisley. In the following year he took a team to New York, the return match being won by the Americans.

SHATTOCK, THOMAS HENRY, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5731, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHAVE, WILLIAM JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5822), 187872, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHAW, ALFRED, Private, No. 2023, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of John Hellawell Shaw, of 36, George Street, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Wood; b. Marylebone, London, 13 June, 1871; educ. Huddersfield, co. York; went to Australia in March, 1910, and settled at Worsley Bush, Worsley, and worked on the Railways; joined the 11th Battn., 27 Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 27 April; went to the Dardanelles, 1 July; and was killed in action there, 1 Aug. following, during an early morning charge; unm. Buried there.

SHAW, BERNARD HENRY GILBERT, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Right Rev. Edward Domett Shaw, Lord Bishop of Buckingham, D.D., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alfred Gilbey, of Wooburn Park; b. Bishop’s Stortford, co. Herts, 11 Oct. 1893; educ. Marlborough College (Foundation Scholar), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 May, 1914; went to France 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 19 Dec. following; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “Your boy died most gallantly, fighting in a German trench, which had been taken during the night.” While at Marlborough he was in the cricket eleven, 1911, scoring 94 against Rugby at Lords, and at Sandhurst was captain of the hockey and cricket eleven. His yr. brother, Lieut. A. G. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action, 24 Dec. 1915; and his eldest brother, Lieut. E. A. Shaw, Oxford and Bucks L.I., fell in Oct. 1916. The only surviving brother, R. G. Shaw, is a Midshipman, R.N.

SHAW, HUGH JAMES, Capt., 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, eldest s. of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; b. Madras, India, 16 May, 1886; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Harrow; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Special Reserve of the Royal Fusiliers in 1908; promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. 1910, and Capt. 26 Sept. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Battn. in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 12 Nov. following, being suffocated by falling earth in his dug-out; unm. Buried where he fell. His brother, Capt. R. P. Shaw, was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Nov. 1915 (see his notice).

SHAW, MANFRED SAMUEL, Private, No. 8820, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of the late Joseph Camm Shaw, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Sedgwick, of 50, Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Manfred Ball, Farmer; b. Sheffield, 26 April, 1893; educ. Handsworth, Birmingham; was employed at the Lorry Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 12 Aug. 1910; served three years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Vaast, Belgium, 11 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast. His brother, Corpl. Jesse Shaw, is now (1916) serving with the R.G.A.

SHAW, RAYMOND PUGH, M.A., Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; b. Madras, India, 15 Aug. 1887; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Harrow; Cheltenham College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), and was afterwards a partner with Mr. R. F. de Winton in a Preparatory School at Gore Court, Sittingbourne, and The Grange, Folkestone, but on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1915, and Capt. Oct. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 27 Nov. following, being shot dead on leaving his trench to go to the help of a wounded man in the open; unm. Buried there. His brother, Capt. H. J. Shaw, was killed in action in France, 12 Nov. 1914 (see his notice).

SHEA, BATT, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284107 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHEA, JAMES HENRY, Gunner, R.M.A., 8154, B. 1114, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEARIN, EDWARD, Private, No. 12711, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of James Shearin, of 10, Albert Street, Govan, Glasgow; b. 25 Nov. 1896; educ. St. Saviour’s School, Govan; enlisted in the Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died 31 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action; unm.

SHEARMAN, SAMUEL, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 343091, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHELBOURNE, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4614), S.S. 103732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7115, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SHEPHEARD, RICHARD JOHN, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9919), 297749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEPHERD, CHARLES ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10101), 208670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEPHERD, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHEPHERD, GERALD ALEXANDER GASELEE, Capt., 57th Wilde’s Rifles, F.F., Indian Army, eldest s. of the late Major Alexander Innes Shepherd, 4th Punjab Infantry, F.F. (now 57th Wilde’s Rifles), who died on active service 1884, by his wife, Agatha (Wychcote, Somerville Road, Bournemouth), dau. of the late Rev. John Gaselee; b. Kasauli, India, 14 July, 1882; educ. Bedford, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Suffolk Regt., 8 May, 1901; transferred to the Indian Army, 3 Sept. 1902; promoted Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 May, 1910; served (1) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1902; took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; (2) in Tibet, 1903–4, action at Niana; took part in the operations at and around Gyantse, including the march to Lhassa (medal with clasp), and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from end of Oct. to 22 Dec. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at La Bassée; unm. Buried in Bethune Cemetery.

SHEPHERD, JAMES, Petty Officer (N.S.), 187749, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEPPARD, CHARLES EDWARD, Leading Stoker, 310548, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHEPPARD, ISAAC, Private, No. 11369, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of the late Frederick Sheppard, of Bower Chalk, by his wife Sarah (Bower Chalk, Salisbury), dau. of William Feltham, of Bower Chalk; b. Bower Chalk, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1889; educ. National School there; was a carter; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 Dec., and was killed in action at Richebourg, Belgium, 5 May 1915; unm. He was buried on a farm on the west side of the road from Rue des Benceaux to Rue du Bois.

SHEPPARD, REGINALD, Private, No. 6124, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Thomas Sheppard, of Salisbury, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Amos Hallett; b. Salisbury, co. Wilts, 30 May, 1886; educ. St. Edmund’s School; was a Small-holder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 27 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; passed into the Reserve, 26 Feb. 1908; rejoined his old regt. on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, the fighting in the Ypres salient, and was killed in action in the trenches at Zillebeke, 20 Nov. 1914. He m. at Salisbury, 18 Sept. 1909, Mary Jane (40, Wingford Road, Clapham Park, S.W.), dau. of Dathan Sumbler; s.p.

SHEPPEE, FREDERICK JOHN, alias Frederick Johnson, Private, No. 1371, C Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Frederick John Sheppee, of Clapham, S.W. [of a family of French origin], by his wife, Mary, sister of William Adams, of The Towers, Taroona, Tasmania, and dau. of John Adams; b. London, 25 April, 1873; educ. Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common; was in New Zealand when the war commenced, and immediately tried to enlist there, but was refused as over age. He then went to New South Wales and joined the Australian Contingent under the name of Frederick Johnson; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, was wounded in the thigh in the first landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was for some time in hospital in Egypt, but returned to duty, and was killed in Gallipoli between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; unm.

SHERGOLD, GEORGE HENRY, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4881), 195173, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHERRING, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Rifleman, No. 3077, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frederick William Sherring, of 80, Clinton Road, Bow, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of William Johnson; b. Forest Gate, Essex, 2 March, 1896; educ. Malmesbury Road Council School, Bow; entered the employ of Messrs. H. S. King & Co., of Cornhill, Bankers, on leaving school, and joined the Territorials, 8 Sept. 1914. He volunteered for foreign service, left for France in March, 1915, was in several engagements, including the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action in the trenches at Loos by shell fire, 30 Oct. 1915; unm. He was buried at Fort Tosh, north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulluck Road.

SHERWOOD, SIDNEY WILLIAM, Private, No. 3260, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Harry Leslie Sherwood, H.B.M. Consul at Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., by his wife, Adeline Myra, dau. of the late Robert Taylor, of Brighton; b. London, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. privately, and studied at School of Musical and Dramatic Art, 1907–10. He played the part of Elf Pickle in “Pinkie and the Fairies,” His Majesty’s Theatre, Dec. 1908; in “Where Children Rule,” Garrick Theatre, 1909–10; Kiffin in “Vice-Versa,” Comedy Theatre, 1910–11; in “The Great Name,” Prince of Wales’ Theatre, 1911; in “Where the Rainbow Ends,” Savoy Theatre, 1911–12, and Garrick Theatre, 1912–13 and 1913–14; and in the plays produced by the Play Actors’ Society at the Court Theatre, “The Demagogue” and “Hester” and others. Immediately after the outbreak of war he threw up his many private interests and enlisted in the Army. He left England in Feb. 1915, and soon afterwards went into the trenches. Was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and fell, during the terrible fighting, in the attack on the German trenches at Aubers Ridge, Sunday, 9 May, 1915. It was a perfect Spring morning, with sunshine and a blue sky. The Kensingtons were ordered out to take part in what was thought to be a great attack. They went forward from trench to trench in the face of the deadliest fire, and, with a regt. of Regulars, succeeded in dislodging the enemy from their positions. They maintained their hardly-won position for a number of hours, and then were ordered to withdraw, having lost eight officers and 89 men killed. He was unm.

SHIELDS, THOMAS, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112628, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHIMMIN, WILLIAM, Private, No. 11741, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of John Shimmin, of Avonmore, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man; b. Isle of Man; enlisted 23 Oct. 1914, aged 34; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16–18 May, 1915.

SHINGLETON, ARTHUR ROBERT, Driver, No. 1624, Battery, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 4th s. of the late Thomas Shingleton, of Dover, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth (now wife of (—) Newing, of 3, Jubilee Cottages, Primrose Road, Dover), dau. of George Falwell, of Dover; b. Dover, 30 Dec. 1896; educ. Holy Trinity School, Dover, Kent; joined the R.F.A., 30 Oct. 1914, and was knocked down and killed by a runaway horse at Sevenoaks, 12 Feb. 1915, while on service; unm.

SHINNIE, HERBERT FORSYTH CRAIG, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Reserve, 8th s. of Robert Shinnie, of 150, Bon-Accord Street, Aberdeen, Carriage and Motor Car Manufacturer; b. Aberdeen, 21 July, 1892; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School (1902–7) and having joined the Navy League in 1906 decided to adopt the sea as a profession. He was then too old to join the Navy direct, so was indentured as an apprentice in seamanship to the Adam Line, and in the autumn of that year joined the s.s. Aberlour at Newcastle. Under Captain Barnett on this ship he served for the next four years, making three voyages round the world, and while still on his last voyage as an apprentice, was gazetted Midshipman, R.N.R., 1 April, 1911. During the following Nov. and Dec. he was on H.M.S. Africa the flagship of the Third Division, Home Fleet, completing the first part of his naval training, which had already been begun with the men of the Naval Reserve at Aberdeen. In the latter month he received an appointment as a junior officer in the British India Company’s Service, and joined the s.s. Ekma at Belfast, his rank being that of Fourth Officer. He sailed at once for the East, and soon after his arrival in Calcutta was promoted Third Officer and transferred to s.s. Ellenga, and in the summer of 1912, was again promoted, this time to R.M.S. Kaurthala, one of the large mail boats running between Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore. In the spring of 1913, he joined the s.s. Chakrata at London, and continued upon her until the end of March, 1914, when he returned home to prepare himself for his First Officer’s Certificate. The examination for this he successfully passed in June, 1914, and almost immediately afterwards was notified by the Admiralty to join the Home Fleet for the Annual Manœuvres. He accordingly reported himself for duty, and was despatched to Sheerness to complete the complement of H.M.S. Formidable. During the whole month of July they were at sea engaged in manœuvres on a greater scale than usual. During the next three months Shinnie was twice mentioned for commendable service, and received his promotion to the rank of Sub-Lieut. while at sea. He was lost when the Formidable was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on the morning of 1 Jan. 1915. One of the Petty Officers who was with Shinnie on the quarterdeck, writing after the disaster, says: “I had no time to exchange words with my officers, but Sub-Lieut. Shinnie superintended the lowering of the quarterdeck boats and ordered Petty Officers to take charge of them, as they were mostly married men. He remained perfectly cool and calm to the very end, and when the order came from the Capt. to look out for ourselves the Sub-Lieut. went to see that each of the men near him had something that would float and that they could hang on to. As far as I know he went down with the ship.” A brother officer, who was badly injured by the second explosion and had to be helped overboard at the end says: “I was amongst the last who left the ship, but after I was in the water I saw Sub-Lieut. Shinnie still at his post. He was then fastening on one of the life-saving collars.” He was unm.

SHIP, FRANCIS ALFRED, L.-Corpl., No. 7648. 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), s. of Francis Charles Ship, of 203, Maxey Road, Plumstead; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 25 Dec. 1914.

SHIPLEY, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3899), 309117, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHIPP, GREGORY, L.-Corpl., No. 8338, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Frederick Shipp, of Gaywood Road, King’s Lynn; b. co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915. Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune-Richebourg Road; unm.

SHONK, WILLIAM CHARLES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch B. 8533), 396982, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHORT, ALBERT FREDERICK, Rifleman, No. 2563, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Alexander William Short, of Stepney, Lighterman, by his wife, Emma Amelia (33, Salmon’s Lane, London, E.), dau. of Alfred Seymour; b. Stepney, E., 3 March, 1894; educ. Cayley Street Council School, S.; was a Confectioner’s Packer; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about 24 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Oct. 1915, while acting as stretcher-bearer. Buried Fort Tosh, a little north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulloch road; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was killed by a shell while endeavouring to succour some of his unfortunate comrades, and he died like a hero. I mourn the loss of a true and brave comrade who never shirked his duty, and he was laid to rest alongside his fellow stretcher-bearer, who was killed with him. I attended his funeral the following evening, and a little wooden cross now denotes where heroes fell.”

SHOTTON, ROWLANDSON HARDY, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8558), 203871, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Robert Shotton, of 2, East Street, Hendon, Sunderland; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SHOVE, VICTOR ALBERT, A.B., 227275, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHRUBB, FRANK JAMES, Private, No. 14121, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Henry Shrubb, of Almodington House, Sidlesham, Chichester, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Green; b. Birdham, co. Sussex, 25 July, 1895; educ. Manhood School there; enlisted 8 Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 15 Aug. 1915, took part in the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept., and was killed in action at Levantie, France, 8 Jan. 1916; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was filling sandbags to build up the trenches with. Four of them were together and a shell fell among them. Frank being killed instantly.... He was buried in a little cemetery about a mile from the trenches, and a cross marks the spot.”

SHUTE, THOMAS JOHN, Rifleman, No. 2774, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas John Shute, of 56, Conder Street, Stepney, E., by his wife. Jenny, dau. of (—) Harris; b. Limehouse, E., 12 Nov. 1889; educ. Dalglish Street School, Limehouse, E.; was a Shipping Clerk; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos. Buried New Cemetery, Choques. He m. at Stepney, 8 March, 1915, Annie (17, Tredegar Square, Bow, E.), dau. of Michael Hurley; s.p.

SHYER, HARRY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports/16676, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIBBALD, JOHN, Private, No. 10001, D Coy., 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, yst. s. of John Hadden Sibbald, of Harelaw Cottages, Longniddry, for 27 years Forrester to the Earl of Wemyss, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Abner Baillie; b. Aberlady, co. Haddington, 25 Dec. 1885; educ. Aberlady Public School; enlisted 4 Jan. 1906; was stationed at Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow; Stirling Castle, and Chatham; went to South Africa with a draft for the 2nd Battn.; served with the Military Police there; formed one of the Guard of Honour, during the King’s visit to Balmoral in 1911, and again on the occasion of their Majesties visit to Edinburgh after the Coronation; and took part in the Military Pageant in London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. following; unm. Buried there. He was in the winning team of the inter-company tug-of-war challenge shield in the 1st Battn. 1905–6–7, and had the cross guns four years in succession for his musketry.

SICHEL, GEOFFREY MICHAEL JOHN, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt. (“The Die Hards”), elder s. of Walter Sydney Sichel, of 50, Egerton Gardens, S.W., Author and Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Constance Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late John Holms, M.P.; b. Campden Hill, London, W., 15 May, 1890; educ. Bradfield College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 27 Sept. 1912; was in India with his regt. when war broke out; left for France, 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action 3 miles east of Ypres, 9 Feb. 1915, while his battn. was engaged in repelling an attack of the Prussian Guard; unm.

SILCOX, WILLIAM HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10074), 213480, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SILK, GEORGE DOLLAR, Private, No. 5951, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date; m.

SILK, JOSEPH, Private, No. G. 14063, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915.

SILK, NORMAN GALBRAITH, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, only child of Fleet-Paymaster Ernest Edwin Silk, R.N., Royal Naval Depôt, Sheerness, by his wife, Isabel Maud, dau. of Capt. Ernest C. Wilford, late 65th Regt.; b. Rushbrook. co. Cork, 30 April, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea; Cheltenham College (Newick House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. 1913 to Feb. 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st South Wales Borderers, 24 Feb. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France with his battn. at the outbreak of war; served through the retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, and Ypres, where he was wounded in Nov., and invalided home; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. on recovery in Feb. 1915, and left England with it for the Near East in March; took part in the landing at Sedd-ul-Bahr on 25 April, and in the subsequent fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and was killed in action there, 9 June, 1915; unm. The colonel commanding South Wales Borderers wrote: “To me, as a commanding officer, he is a very great loss. He had proved himself to be a most gallant and capable officer and as devoted to his men as they were to him. He was always bright and cheerful, and always only too keen to be ever right at the front, and I know that had he lived he must have made a name for himself.”

SILKSTONE, BERT, Private, No. 9570, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Silkstone, of 103, Padget Street, Brightside, Sheffield; b. co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Oct. 1914.

SILLETT, ERNEST HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1047), 173052, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

CIVILIAN-SILLS, STEPHEN, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SILVER, CHARLES, Private, No. G. 2053, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 12 March, 1915.

SILVESTER, ALFRED FERDINAND, Rifleman, No. 2895, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Keeley Silvester, of 34B, Lavender Sweep, Clapham Common, S.W., Minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church, by his wife, Julia, dau. of Joseph Simpson; b. London, 30 Dec. 1887; was a Confidential Clerk in a City Bank; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1909; completed his term of service in 1913, but volunteered and rejoined after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Houplines, near Armentières, on the 6th; unm.

SILVESTER, ANSON LLOYD, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., elder s. of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., F.R. Hist. Socy., Vicar of Great Clacton and Little Holland, Clacton-on-Sea, author of “The Spiritual Year,” “A Century of Sonnets,” and other works, and Editor of “The Lord’s Portion,” by his wife, Constance Ellen, formerly Sister Lloyd of H.M. Nursing Service, dau. of William Lloyd, of the General Post Office [Baronet coll.]; b. Walcot, Bath, where his father was senior curate of the parish, 11 Dec. 1888; educ. Trent College, co. Derby, where he distinguished himself in study and sport, becoming Victor Ludorum of the school, and in 1908 won an Exhibition in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in the Honours School of Modern History in 1912, with 2nd Class Honours. At Oxford he belonged to the Officers’ Training Corps, as a member of which he was one of the guard of honour at the funeral of His Majesty King Edward VII and at the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, and afterwards joined the 9th Royal Sussex Regt. Special Reserve, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Sept. 1913. He spent some time in Germany in the spring of 1914, to obtain a thorough proficiency in German, having also studied French, with a view to an appointment in H.M. Consular service, for which he had received the necessary nomination. He was engaged in volunteer Y.M.C.A. camp work when the war broke out, and on mobilisation he was summoned to join his regt. at Chichester. For some time he was on duty at Dover, but went to the Front in Sept. 1914, with five other officers of his regt., receiving leave of absence for a few days, after terrible experience in the trenches; and returning to the Front at the end of Nov. He fell in action, while bravely leading forward his men to recapture a position the Germans had taken the same day at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, on the night of 31 Dec. 1914; unm. His body was not recovered until 12 Jan., when he was buried in the cemetery at Cuinchy. W. R. Smethurst, his platoon Sergt., wrote: “We had some very rough times together, shared each other’s rations, and always the same dug out during that awful time we had last October at Ypres. About that time he contracted that bad cough that he had, and I tried many a time to get him to go to hospital, but he would not. When he went on leave I never expected that he would come back to us again as he really was not fit,” and referring to his death: “We crept up to 30 yards of them (the Germans) when they opened on us a terrific fire both from machine guns and rifles. Your son fell practically at the first shot, and so did 11 men out of 2. I spoke to Mr. Silvester and asked him if he was badly hit. He did not answer my question but ordered me to take the men away and retire back to our old position. He must have expired almost immediately.”

SILVESTER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6976), 191889, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SILVERTON, WILLIAM HENRY, Private, No. 1347, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late William James Silverton, by his wife, Alice (14, Appleford Road, North Kensington); b. North Kensington, 18 Nov. 1895; educ. Middle Row School there; was a Chemist; joined the Royal Fusiliers in July, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 10 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; unm.

SIMMONDS, GEORGE HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4910), 159624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SIMMONDS, RICHARD STANLEY, Gunner, R.M.A., 11386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMMONS, ALBERT, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4165), 291953, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMMONS, ALBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10519), 193736, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SIMMS, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11783, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Alfred Simms, of 28, Albert Street, Bedford; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SIMMS, GEORGE, Private, No. 1066, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd s. of William Simms, of Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland, Fisherman, by his wife, Norah, dau. of Jacob Parsons; b. Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. there; was a Lumberman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 11 Feb. 1915; left St. John for Britain, 20 March, 1915; trained at Stob’s Camp, Scotland; left for the Dardanelles, 10 Aug., and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 30 Dec. 1915, by shrapnel; unm. His company officer (Capt. March) wrote: “During storm and rain and amid shot and shell he always managed to attend to the needs of the fatigued men and officers. A cup of hot tea and something to eat he always had ready”; adding: “He did splendid work; he kept us alive during those terrible days at Suvla.”

SIMMS, GEORGE NORMAN, M.V.O., Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, yst. s. of the late George Simms, of 7, Porchester Gate, and Sumner Grange, Sunningdale, by his wife, Alice Maud (Gilderdale House, Gerrards Cross), dau. of Thomas Pearson, of Scarborough, Yorks; b. 7, Porchester Gate, London, W., 21 Oct. 1875; educ. Eastbourne College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1899, and Capt. 6 June, 1906; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Etreux or Oisy, 27 Aug. 1914; unm. Capt. H. S. Jervis, Royal Munster Fusiliers, wrote: “It falls to my lot, as the Senior Officer surviving the action of 27 Aug., to write and amplify the terrible news which I presume you have already received from the War Office, of the death of your son. To say that we all feel the acutest sorrow at your loss, which is also ours, is to but inadequately express our feelings. He leaves a gap which it will take many years to fill. On 27 Aug. his company was on outpost duty with mine, in front of the Battn. which was to cover the withdrawal of our Brigade. The latter got away safely, but to achieve this the Battn. had to sacrifice itself. The enemy was coming from the north and began working round to eastward of us. Your son’s company was sent to the post of danger to prevent this. It was a most difficult undertaking, inviting his complete isolation from the rest of us, but he carried it through, fought a smart little action, and returned with the loss of but three men. We then continued the withdrawal, and it was discovered that the enemy had surrounded and cut us off. Again George Simms was sent to the post of danger, this time in front. He went off at the head of his men, and having revealed the enemy in an entrenched position straight across the line of retreat, he proceeded to attack at once. A murderous fire was opened on him and his men, and a destructive cross-fire was brought to bear on them from a loopholed house. While gallantly exposing himself as an example to his men, he was shot in the body and fell dead. The whole five officers of his company were killed—a magnificent example to the remainder of the Battn. The next day the Germans sent out a party of our men whom they had taken prisoners, to bury our dead, and your son was placed in a grave with eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action. His personal effects were buried with him, nothing being touched. His kit was on our transport wagons, which may have escaped. When I came to this Battn. four months ago, I was attd. to your son’s company so that I might see how the new system was run, and it really was a lesson on the art of managing men. The Brigadier, after inspecting his company, said: ‘I should like to serve under Capt. Simms myself.’ No higher praise is needed. The whole Battn. was devoted to him, and his company was far the best of the Battn. In the Mess we shall miss him more than anywhere, his invincible good temper, tact and sense of humour made him an ideal senior member of the Mess.” In the War Office Record he is spoken of as a sound Company Commander. He was awarded the 5th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the presentation of new Colours to the Battn. by His Majesty King Edward VII at Cork, 1 Aug. 1903.

SIMPKINS, FREDERICK THOMAS, Signal Boy, J. 21561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, ABRAM, Private, No. K.P. 458, 8th Section, D Coy., Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, s. of Abram Simpson, of 9, Maltkiln Lane, Castleford; b. Castleford, co. York, 6 June, 1895; educ. Lock Lane School there; enlisted after the outbreak of the war, 11 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the Drake Battn. of the R.N.D.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was wounded in the hip during a bayonet charge on 14 May, 1915, but returned to the trenches after a few days in hospital, and died, 20 June following, of wounds received in action; unm.

SIMPSON, ALBERT VICTOR, A.B., No. 235888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MATHIESON, Private, No. 14455, A Coy., No. 4 Platoon, 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders, only child of the late Alexander Lee Simpson, of Glasgow, Slater, by his wife, Maggie, widow of (—) Logan, dau. of John Mathieson, Coal Miner, grandson of William Simpson, of Glasgow, Schoolmaster (by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Robert Lee, of (—), Ireland), and great-grandson of Alexander Simpson, of Girvan, co. Ayr, who emigrated to Rockhampton, Australia, about 1850; b. Glasgow, Jan. 1890; brought up by his aunt, Miss Sarah Simpson, of 68, John Street, Dunoon, Argyle, and educ. Glasgow and Dunoon Grammar Schools; was a Painter; enlisted about Oct. 1914; went to France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He m. at Dunoon, 1914. Annie (Orwell Cottage, Edward Street, Dunoon), dau. of (—) Smith.

SIMPSON, ANTHONY HENRY, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. s. of James Herbert Simpson, of Rugby, M.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria, dau. of Henry Wilson; b. Rugby, 28 Dec. 1887; educ. Hillbrow School, Rugby (1896–1901); Rugby School (1901–6), and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1906–11, Scholar), and was afterwards an assistant master at Tonbridge School, where he was an officer in the O.T.C.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France, 19 Jan. 1915, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 1 Feb. following, from bronchitis contracted while on active service; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD, Leading Seaman, 220490, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD CRANBY, Trooper, No. 13/442, No. 3 Troop, 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of (—) Simpson, by his wife, Katherine (Ohaupo, New Zealand); b. Turakina, New Zealand, 1891; educ. Government Schools, and St. Patrick’s College, Wellington; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and joined the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 14 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles in May and died about 19 May following, of wounds received in action there the same day; unm. His Major wrote: “As far as I can remember your boy was wounded on 18 May, when the Turks attacked us. I cannot say if he spoke after being wounded, as he was taken away by the stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and from there to the clearing hospital. I understand he died whilst being taken from the dressing station to hospital, and was wounded in the head. He was given a Christian burial in the North Cemetery, and now lies on the portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula which he fought so bravely to hold. You have the satisfaction to know that he fought like a man and died like a hero for his King and Country. He was a brave man and a true comrade, and I felt the loss of his assistance.”

SIMPSON, EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9675, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, GEORGE, Private, No. 10129, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 March, 1915.

SIMPSON, HUBERT ZEPH, Assistant-Paymaster, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Hawke, elder s. of the late Zephaniah Simpson, member of the London Stock Exchange (1875–1913), by his wife, Lucy Eva (61, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.), dau. of John Tucker, of Barnstaple, Solicitor; b. Herne Hill, S.E., 20 Nov. 1880; apprenticed to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., 12 Feb. 1896, and qualified as Master, 16 Oct. 1903, but, after serving with that company and in the Glen and Union Lines, was compelled through near sight to give up his career and start anew. He obtained an Assistant Pursership in the R.M.S.P. Co., and in 1907 was made Purser, being one of the very few Pursers to hold a Master’s Certificate. On 30 May, 1913, he was appointed Purser of the R.M.S.P Arcadian, on which he served until the outbreak of war. He had joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, 13 April, 1897, being promoted Sub-Lieut. 25 July, 1903; but eye trouble having rendered him unfit for combatant service, he retired, and in April, 1909, applied for appointment as Assistant Paymaster, which he received, 5 Sept. 1910. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; unm. Admiral Fremantle, writing in May, 1913, described him as “a keen and zealous officer, who would give valuable assistance in war time”; and the Secretary of the R.M.S.P. Co. wrote: “During the years he was with us he won the esteem of those with whom he served and the warm regard of his brother officers, and he will be very greatly missed, not only by our own people ashore and afloat but also by numbers of passengers with whom he travelled.”

SIMPSON, JAMES, Corpl., No. 9856, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., s. of Frank Simpson, of 72, Larch Road, Balham Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Feb. 1915.

SIMPSON, JOHN, Private, No. 1798, 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, s. of Thomas Simpson, of Clitheroe, Cotton Weaver; b. Clitheroe, co. Lancaster; educ. there; enlisted 16 Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action, 8 May, 1915; unm.

SIMPSON, JOHN, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164860, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SIMPSON, JOHN EDMUND, Capt., King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder s. of the late Rev. John Curwen Simpson, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, by his wife, Frances Maria (Dale Lodge, Brompton, near Scarborough), dau. of Samuel Sheppard, of Taunton; b. Bayswater, London, 9 July, 1873; educ. St. James’, Southleigh, and St. Paul’s, Stony Stratford; joined the Volunteers, gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5 May, 1900; promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1907, and from 1910 to 1913 was Adjutant of the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. at Pontefract. On the outbreak of war he went to France with his regt. and was shot through the chest while leading his men in an attack on a farm house occupied by Germans, at Messines in Flanders, 31 Oct. 1914; buried in a field near to where he fell; unm. Capt. Simpson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914 [London Gazette, 9 Dec. 1914], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, (Capt. Launcelot Simpson, M.V.O., another “K.O.Y.L.I.” officer, after being wounded at Le Cateau, is now (1916) a prisoner of war at Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany.

SIMPSON, WILLIAM, Private, No. 1320, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, s. of the late William Simpson, by his wife, Eliza (17, Warkworth Street, Lemington-on-Tyne), dau. of William Tiplady, of Kibblesworth, co. Durham; b. Dewley, Throckley, 2 Jan. 1897; enlisted following the declaration of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action west of Wieltte, 25 May, 1915; unm. Sergt. R. Rewcastle, of B Coy., in forwarding to his mother a Bible taken from his pocket, wrote: “He died nobly while doing a duty that would have increased the safety of his comrades. He was buried the same day, and a cross marks the spot where he lies.”

SIMPSON, WILLIAM RUSSELL, Trooper, No. 8531, 2nd Squadron, 5th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), s. of James Simpson, of 5, Bruce Street, Edinburgh, Vanman, by his wife, Agnes Baird, dau. of William Russell; b. Edinburgh, 21 June, 1889; educ. South Morningside School; was in the employ of W. Bell & Son, Cab Proprietors, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; died at York, 14 Jan. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while training; unm.

SIMS, HERBERT, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8741, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMS, JOHN, Naval Cadet, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Bulwark, eldest s. of Charles Sims, of Lodsworth, Petworth, A.R.A., by his wife, Agnes Helen, dau. of the late John Macwhirter, R.A.; b. Hammersmith, London, W., 17 Oct. 1898; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells; entered the Navy, Sept. 1911; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 16 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914.

SIMS, JOHN, Stoker (Coastguard), 148321 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SIMS, WILLIAM JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, 304106, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMSON, HERBERT, Chief Petty Officer, 158864, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SINCLAIR, WILLIAM JOHN, Private, No. 10942, Machine Gun Section, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. s. of George Thomas Sinclair, M.A., of 91, Comiston Road, Edinburgh, formerly of Craigengar, Culross, by his wife, Marian, dau. of John McEwen, Register House, Edinburgh, and grandson of the Rev. William Sinclair, of Kirkwall, Orkney; b. Sanquhar, co. Dumfries, 10 Oct. 1889; educ. High School, Dunfermline, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there was employed in the British Linen Company’s Bank, Dunfermline; went to Canada in 1910 to take up an appointment in the Bank of Montreal; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 4th Battn.; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in February, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; unm. Buried at Vlamertinghe, three miles west of Ypres. Lieut. Washington wrote. “He died a hero’s death. Rushing to the aid of a wounded comrade he was hit, and died shortly after. He was absolutely fearless and game to the last, and his behaviour under terrific fire was splendid. His memory is much honoured by myself and the Machine Gun Section.” His brother, Lieut. Fraser McEwen Sinclair, of Glencraig, co. Fife, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on active service in Egypt.

SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Sindall, of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of Thomas Usher Crass; b. Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentières, and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; unm. The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warmly congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman, in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said: “We were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me. It was an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 a.m. Monday.” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The people of Cambridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that the 1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p.m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. E. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates. Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it. After drawing tools and sandbags, we went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say that I never saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them. After our spell close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving ‘home’ at 8 a.m. after a good hard night’s work.” His brother, Capt. W. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the Front on 6 April, 1916.

SINGER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6779), 194593, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SINGLETON, JOSHUA, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345952, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SINNOTT, PETER, Private, No. 11726, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, s. of Peter Sinnott, of 1, Ellis on Street, Gateshead; b. Edinburgh, 17 March, 1896; enlisted 26 Nov. 1913; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, in an attack on the Turkish trenches, 28 June, 1915; unm.

WILMOT-SITWELL, STANTON DEGGE, Lieut., Portsmouth Battn. Royal Marine L.I., 2nd s. of Francis Stanton Wilmot-Sitwell, of Monk’s Well, Beaulieu, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Innes, elder dau. of Capt. Charles Elliot Farquharson, 21st Lancers, and grandson of Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, co. Derby, J.P., D.L.; b. The Grove, Bolton’s, London, S.W., 25 July, 1896; educ. Newlands, Seaford, and Malvern College, where he was a prefect; was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Marines, 29 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 27 March, 1915; went out with the R.N.D. in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Feb. 1915, landed at Gaba Tepe with the Anzacs, and was killed in action on the slopes of Achi Baba, 13 July following; unm.

SIZER, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS, Seaman, R.N.R., 4851B., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SKARRATT, WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1986), 12977, R.F.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SKEATES, ARTHUR WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, 309112, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SKELTON, HENRY, Trimmer, No. 3376, Trawler Eagle, s. of John Skelton, of 31, James Street, Holderness Road, Hull, Coalheaver on sea-going ships, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of George Hullah, of Beeford; b. Hull, co. York, 23 March, 1886; educ. Blenkin Street School, Holderness Road, there; was employed in the firm of Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co., Ship Owners, Hull, as a fireman on the steamers sailing from Hull to New York and Boston, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 joined a trawler which had been taken over by the Admiralty for mine-sweeping purposes, and was accidentally drowned at Cromarty, 13 Jan. 1915. He was returning from a few hours’ leave, and the weather being very bad the small boat he was in was capsized. He m. at St. Philip’s Church, Sculcoates, 11 April, 1908, Catherine (14, May Terrace, Walker Street, off Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Tom Clark, and had two sons: Arthur, b. 21 Sept. 1912; and Henry, b. 18 April, 1914.

SKIN, ALBIN SAMUEL, A.B., 237656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SKINNER, ARTHUR, Private, No. G. 1454, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.

SKINNER, JOHN THOMAS, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5048), S.S. 1834, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SKINNER, PHILIP JOHN LANCELOT, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. s. of Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner, of 57, Eccleston Square, S.W., late 4th Hussars, by his wife, Lady Kathleen, née Ponsonby, yst. dau. of Walter William Brabazon, 7th Earl of Bessborough; b. The Chantry, Ipswich, 23 Jan. 1894; educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, where he was cadet capt., H.R.H. the Prince of Wales being under his charge; served as a cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland; joined H.M.S. Hercules as a Midshipman in 1911, afterwards served on H.M.S. King George V.; was appointed acting Sub-Lieut. H.M.S. Formidable, 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan 1915. The following is an extract from one of the many letters received from some of the bluejackets and other survivors off H.M.S. Formidable: “We found him a most kind and considerate officer, a fearless and true British sailor, and a splendid type of the true English gentleman. He was esteemed and respected by all who knew him, both by officers and men, and we loved him.”

SKINNER, RONALD SWEYN, Sergt., No. 737, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of the Rev. Frederick William Skinner, Vicar of Tibenham, co. Norfolk, by his wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of Edward Cooke; b. Ashwe11thorpe, co. Norfolk, 22 Nov. 1888; educ. Banham Grammar School; joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Nov. 1910, was promoted Sergt. Jan. 1915, and on the outbreak of war proceeded to the Front with them; he died of wounds received in action at Hill 60, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; buried Dranoutre; unm. His Capt. wrote: “From the first moment he went into action in the trenches he showed himself a bold and resolute soldier who thought first of his duty and nothing of himself. He had recently been named for a commission. At all times he showed a fine example and exercised a most beneficial influence thereby over the men under his command. I cannot think how we shall get on without him: men such as he proved himself over and over again are hard indeed to replace.” He was Capt. of the Olympic Rifle Club five years, and shot for his company at Bisley two years.

SKINNER, WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1816), 187806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SCOT SKIRVING, ARCHIBALD, Capt., 5th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, yr. s. of Robert Scot Skirving, M.B., of Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Trefferson Hester, M.D.; b. Sydney, New South Wales, 7 Sept. 1884; educ. Sydney Grammar School; Eton House, Tonbridge; and the University of Sydney, at which last he graduated as M.B. and C.M. in 1911 with high honours, being the second man of his year. A resident medical officer in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney till 1913, he proceeded in that year to England to take the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, but on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for active service. He had previously joined the University Scouts in 1907, and the 2nd Australian Infantry Regt. in 1909, transferring from the latter in the following year to the N.S.W. Scottish Rifles, which became the 25th Australian Infantry under the new regulations, and after being temporarily attached to the Black Watch was given a commission as Lieut. in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1914, and promoted Capt. 2 Dec. following. He died 9 Aug. 1915 (on board the hospital ship Valdivia), from wounds received near Suvla Bay, and was buried at sea five miles south of Imbros Island. The letters of his fellow officers show him to have been as able and keen in his military duties as he was capable and distinguished in his profession of medicine.

SLADE, EDWARD FRED, Rifleman, No. 3604, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Edward Henry Slade, of Bedmond, King’s Langley, by his wife, Kate, dau. of George Gamby; b. Abbots Langley, co. Herts, 9 Dec. 1892; educ. Watford Grammar School; was employed on the London & North-Western Railway at Euston, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Queen Victoria Rifles, 17 Nov. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in France, while bathing in the rear of the British trenches, 12 Aug. 1915; unm. Buried in the village yard at Chippilly. Slade was a student at the Guildhall School of Music, and a choirman and deputy organist at Abbot’s Langley Parish Church, and was considered by Professor Docker, R.A.M., to be a very promising organist. His company officer wrote that his death was “a great loss to the company, as he was an able and willing soldier under all circumstances.”

SLATER, CHARLES, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110190 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SLATER, DAVID, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1354, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SLATER, GEORGE MICHAEL, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9611), 297247, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SLATTER, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109395, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SLATTERY, HENRY JAMES, Rifleman, No. 2953, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Alfred Richard Slattery, by his wife, Elizabeth (2A, Frederick Mews, Kinnerton Street, Knightsbridge, S.W.), dau. of Elijah Peachey; b. Knightsbridge, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s Schools, Knightsbridge; was in the employ of Mr. John Morgan, Army Tailor, of 5, Albemarle Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Irish Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; trained at the White City and St. Albans; went to France, 9 March, 1915; took part in the actions at Givenchy and Festubert, and died 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, on the 25th; unm. Buried in the cemetery at Noeux-les-Mines. He was in the choir at St. George’s Hospital, and afterwards at St. Mary’s, Graham Street, S.W.

SLAUGHTER, JAMES GALLOTHY, Chief Shipwright, 340623, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SLESSOR, WILLIAM, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 12370), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SLIMM, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS, Acting Corpl., No. 1267, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Frederick George Slimm, Private, No. 71299, A.S.C., now serving with the British Expeditionary Force, by his wife, Jessie (15, Taylor’s Place, Stepney), dau. of James King; b. Mile End, London, E., 16 June, 1893; educ. Ben Jonson Schools, Stepney; was a Printer’s Layer-on; joined the 17th County of London Regt. in March, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while finding range for the battn.; unm. He was to have been married shortly.

SLINEY, RICHARD, Leading Seaman, 179858 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SLOPER, WILLIAM, Chief Petty Officer, 160618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMALL, AUSTIN JAMES, Cook’s Mate, M. 5525, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMALL, FREDERICK GEORGE, Bugler, No. 823, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Frederick Small, of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Carman, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Robert Stephenson; b. London, W., 12 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Andrew’s Council School, London; was a Cloth Shrinker; joined the London Irish Rifles, 13 March, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and died 28 Sept. 1915, at a Base hospital, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos on the 25th. Buried at Neoux-les-Mines. He m. at St. Thomas Church, Regent Street, W., 22 Feb. 1914, Josephine (101, Beaufoy Road, Battersea), dau. of Alexander Fromant, and had a dau., Elsie, b. 4 June, 1915.

SMALL, NORMAN HOWARD, Private, No. 2096, 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) the Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd s. of David Alexander Small, of 106, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; b. Edinburgh, 27 Sept. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy; was a Business Student; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots in Aug. 1914; left for France, 23 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, 23 April, 1915, of wounds received the same day at St. Jean, near Ypres. Buried in Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; unm. His elder brother, W. E. A. Small, was killed, 26 Sept. 1915 (see following notice).

SMALL, WILLIAM ERNEST ALEXANDER, L.-Corpl., No. 2306, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest s. of David Alexander Small, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; b. Edinburgh, 10 May, 1891; educ. Royal High School and Edinburgh University; was a Farmer in Saskatoon, Canada; volunteered and joined the Royal Horse Guards in Dec. 1914; was formerly for six years in Lothians and Border Horse; joined as Trooper; promoted to Corpl.; left for France, 23 May, 1915; was killed instantaneously by direct shell at Vermelles, 26 Sept. 1915, when advancing to Loos. Buried in Military Cemetery, Vermelles; unm.

SMART, ERNEST JOSEPH, Petty Officer, 192004, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMART, JOHN GORDON, Sergt., No. 1218, Orsett Troop, Essex Yeomanry, 2nd s. of John Smart, of 13, Brunswick Street, Hillside, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academician, by his wife, Agnes P. (15, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Robert Main, of Doune, Perthshire; b. Edinburgh, 26 June, 1876; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship with Mr. H. J. Blanc, of Edinburgh, Architect, after which he migrated to London, where he achieved a considerable reputation as an architectural designer. During the South African War he joined the 2nd Battn. of the Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1901, and served through that campaign, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps (Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony), and obtaining his discharge with the rank of Corpl. in Sept. 1902. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted in the Essex Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and was promoted Sergt. May, 1915. He distinguished himself in action at Poljitze, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was specially mentioned for his gallant conduct on this occasion in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of May, 1915. He reached Burnham-on-Crouch from the Front, on four days’ leave, on 19 June, 1915, and died there on the 23rd from acute pneumonia supervening on gas poisoning at Ypres. His principal hobby was yachting, to indulge in which he resided at Burnham, and he was buried there with full military honours on his 39th birthday; unm.

SMEATON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS, Private, No. 4208, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of John MacRae Smeaton, of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, retired Civil Servant, and late of the London Scottish, by his wife, Florence Jane, dau. of William Kench; b. Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 17 Jan. 1897; educ. Wimbledon School and privately; joined the London Scottish, 1 Jan. 1915; went to France, 5 July, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following. An officer wrote: “The company had to advance under very heavy fire, and it may be some small satisfaction to know the company went forward as steadily as if they had been in Hyde Park, and worthily upheld the splendid reputation of this regt. Your son when dashing forward fifty yards in front of the trenches was hit in the lower part of the stomach, and rapidly became unconscious, died and was buried on the field of battle.”

SMEETH, WILLIAM, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1095), late R.M.A., 10436, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMELLIE, JAMES MILLER STIRLING, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4509, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, ADOLPHUS SAMUEL, Leading Signalman, 220809, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, ALBERT EDWARD, Telegraphist, J. 1624, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, ALBERT ERNEST, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3044), S.S. 100458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMITH, ALBERT JAMES, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1139), Late Chat./9954, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, ALFRED, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 155565, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMITH, ALFRED EDWARD, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17617, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, AMOS CHARLES, Bugler, No. 9377, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., eldest s. of Shipley Vickers Smith, of 2, The Grove, Shaw Heath, Stockport, District Agent, Prudential Insurance Co., formerly of the same regt. (who served in Malta, India, Afghanistan and the Jhobb Valley Expedition), by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late James Harris, of Morley, Contractor (who served with the 31st Regt. in the Crimean War), and grandson of Amos Charles Smith, of Sheffield; b. Sutton-upon-Hull, co. York, 4 Dec. 1892; educ. Middleton Street School, Hull, and Army School; enlisted as a Bugler in the 1st King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 15 Oct. 1907; served in South Africa, and was afterwards stationed at Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was when war broke out. His battn. was ordered home. While at home he was taken ill with malarial fever, but hearing that his battn. had been ordered to the Front, despite the advice of the doctor, he immediately set off to rejoin it at Winchester. He arrived too late, however, and was sent to the 3rd Battn. at Hull, but left for France a fortnight later with a draft for the 2nd Battn. (13th Brigade, 5th Division), and died on 7 April, 1915, of wounds received on the 5th, near Hill 60; unm. A comrade wrote: “I am sorry to state that he got shot on Easter Monday, losing a leg. He bore his pain well, not a word of complaint and still merry and bright. Shells were dropping around us all the time and, to make matters worse, it rained all day.” His only brother, Shipley Vicker Smith, Bandsman, No. 10428, King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., is now (1916) on active service.

SMITH, ALFRED LEONARD, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 3599), 189658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMITH, ARCHIBALD, Sergt., No. 12802, 2nd Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 March, 1915.

SMITH, ARTHUR, Private, No. 1155, A Squadron, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, only s. of Charles Slater Smith, of Norton House, Tenby, Farmer, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Joseph Hill; b. River View, Woodford, near Thrapston, Northants, 24 Sept. 1890; educ. Lewisham College, Weston-super-Mare; volunteered and joined the Northants Yeomanry, 8 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front in the 8th Division in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 March, 1915; unm. Buried, Walle Farm, Pont Riqueult, Lestrem, Flanders. He was a well-known and successful rider under the National Hunt Rules.

SMITH, ARTHUR, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5299), 297535, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, ARTHUR, Private, No. 2108, 1/6th Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt (T.F.), s. of Richard Smith, of 9, Brighton Street, Cromwell Road, Shipley, by his wife Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of John Sutcliffe; b. Shipley, co. Yorks, 30 July, 1897; educ. Baildon Wood Bottom Board School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the West Yorkshires, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 April, and was killed in action at Rue Petillon, 3 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; unm. Buried in Rue Petillon.

SMITH, ARTHUR, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 3016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, ARTHUR GILLIAT, Lieut., 26th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, only surviving s. of Harold Gilliat Smith, of 37, Kenilworth Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Laura Sybil, dau. of the late Philip Grove, of Eastcote, Northants, and grandson of the late Joseph Smith, formerly of The Oaks, Woodmansterne, co. Surrey; b. Blackheath, S.E., 3 July, 1888; educ. Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 18 Dec. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1911; left for France, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, 1 Nov. following; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “I have lost a loyal friend and a most keen and efficient officer.... He died a fine death, gallantly leading his section against the Germans.”

SMITH, ARTHUR GUY, Lieut., R.N., 2nd s. of Capt. Charles Valentine Smith, R.N., of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, and 17, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W., by his wife, Josefa Francis, dau. of the Hon. Robert Butler, Receiver General of the Bahamas; b. Poona, India, 10 July, 1891; educ. Alperton Hall, Wembley, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered the Navy, 5 May, 1904; became Midshipman 15 July, 1909; Sub. Lieut. 15 July, 1912; and Lieut. 15 July 1914; was mainly employed in the surveying service at Home and in the West Indies in H.M. ships Research and Mutine; joined H.M.S. Good Hope in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; unm.

SMITH, ARTHUR MARK, Private, No. 2550, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at St. Jean; m.

SMITH, ARTHUR PHILIP, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308719, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, BERNARD RIDLEY WINTHROP, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots Guards, only s. of Francis Nicholas Smith, of Wingfield Park, Ambergate, Derby, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Constance Ella, dau. of the late Rev. Benjamin Winthrop, of 82, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and a nephew of Sir Gerard Smith, K.C.M.G., formerly Lieut.-Col. Scots Guards; b. at Duffield, near Derby, 19 Dec. 1882; educ. at Carter’s, Farnborough; Eton College (Evans’ House), and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Scots Guards, 1 Aug. 1905, promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; was seconded for service under the Colonial Office and appointed A.D.C. to Sir Henry Belfield, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East African Protectorate, 13 Aug. 1913; obtained leave from the Colonial Office to rejoin his regt. on the outbreak of war; returned to France direct in Oct. 1914; was wounded in action in the trenches near Ypres, 8 Nov. 1914, and removed to Christol Hospital at Boulogne, where he died, 15 Nov. 1914; unm. His body was brought to England and buried in a private cemetery in Wingfield Park. He rowed No. 6 in the Cambridge eight v. Oxford in 1905.

SMITH, BERTIE WILLIAM, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22119, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, CHARLES, Private, No. 1513, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), Transport Section, 2nd s. of John Smith, by his wife, Annie (83, Under Road, Hastings), dau. of Norman Tomars; b. Hastings, 25 June, 1879; educ. Village School, Ore, Hastings; was an employee of the Local Board; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 17 Feb. 1915; invalided back to England July following and died of disease in Camberwell Hospital, 5 Aug. 1915. He m. at Hastings, 1904, Louisa (45, Sandown Road, Ore, Hastings), dau. of John Robert Gringer, of 51, Jersey Street, Brighton, Fishmonger, and had two sons and three daughters: Harry P., b. 3 Oct. 1904; William J., b. 3 May, 1912; Edith P., b. 26 Nov. 1906; Winnie L., b. 20 Oct. 1909; and Rose E., b. 17 Feb. 1915.

SMITH, CHARLES JOSEPH, Plumber’s Mate, N. 5491, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, CHARLES KING, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12461, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Frederick Smith, of 104, Priory Park, Kilburn, N.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, CHARLES SAMUEL, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 112414, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, EDWARD, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 10510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, ERNEST GEORGE, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 17544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, ERNEST LAURENCE, Private, No. 227, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd s. of John Smith, of 160, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tailor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Liny Lloyd Daney; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13 Aug. 1889; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School and Westgate Road Council School; was employed with the North-Eastern Advertising Company, Newcastle, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers (now the 6th Territorial Battn.) about 1907; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches, near Ypres, 15 June following. He had a medal for good work in rifle practice in connection with the Ponteland Coy.; He m. at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 Oct. 1912, Mary Alice (72, Mason Street, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late Thomas Smith, and had two children: Dorothy Vera, b. 30 March, 1913; and Audrey, b. 29 Dec. 1914.

SMITH, FRANK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4823), 202637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6480), 288029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, GEORGE, Private, No. 9220, 4th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died there, 23 Aug. 1914; m.

SMITH, GEORGE, Private, No. G. 1243, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915; m.

SMITH, GEORGE CATT, Corpl., No. 917, No. 3 Platoon, A Coy., 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst. s. of Alfred William Smith, of Ramsgate, Photographer, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of J. Sackett, of Pegwell, Ramsgate; b. Canterbury, 29 July, 1887; educ. Holy Cross Church School there; went to Australia; joined the 2nd Australian contingent in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, during the night of 6–7 Aug. 1915; unm. According to particulars given to his brother, Mr. A. G. Smith, by survivors of this action, they were over the ridge and well on to the of Sari Bair, when he apparently got ahead of his comrades. He was found the next morning in a fighting attitude with rifle and bayonet at the engage, and, most remarkable of all, in an upright position, smiling. He was buried at the foot of Sari Bair, side by side with a New Zealander.

SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10168), 298691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, GEORGE HARRIS, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10152), S.S. 107881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, GEORGE HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6170), 182124, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, GEORGE STUART, Private, No. 2499, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of Robert Smith, of 19, Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, Manager, Central Meat Market Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Inveriarity Millar; b. Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1888; educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; was a Wholesale Meat Salesman; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Royal Scots; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 19 March, 1915, and was killed in action, 28 June, 1915; unm. Buried near Krithia, Gallipoli. His comrade, Private Charles Groves, wrote: “We have lost a true and loyal comrade, who never hesitated to say what he meant, and whose word was a bond. Everyone who knew him here and who had any dealings with him had the greatest respect and affection for him. He died as he lived—doing his duty, and with his face to the foe. His life was an example for all. In the section he was at all times a pillar of strength, and his quiet confidence often imbued us with strength to carry out our work.” Private Smith was a member of the Heriot Golf Club and Turnhouse Golf Club (Midlothian), of which latter he was a “plus” player, representing his club in the Inter-Club Tournament of 1913. He played in the Battn. Rugby football team.

SMITH, GILBERT JAMES, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6468, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, HARRY SCELLEY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10076), S.S. 2619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, HENRY, Seaman, R.N.R., 3670C, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, HENRY WILSON (TAS.), Sergt., No. 11/378, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of the late Frederick Charles Smith, by his wife, Louise Emily (174, Terrace, Wellington, N.Z.); b. Featherstone, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand, 4 April, 1887; educ. Featherstone and Carterton, Wairarapa, and Hawkes Bay, Hastings; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles; was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was killed in action at Anzac Cove, 30 May, 1915; unm. Sergt. Smith was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches. The deputy censor (Selwyn Chambers), who was in the trenches with him, wrote: “He was killed in action on Sunday, 30 May, and we have lost one of our best soldiers and a true friend. We were hard pressed and nobody in the squadron did more to encourage those about him and help them to bear up in a very difficult position. He was injured by a hand grenade and lived for some hours, and even while lying wounded unable to take any active part in the defence of the trenches, he continued to encourage his comrades. Eventually he passed away in a peaceful sleep and we lost a true soldier.”

SMITH, JAMES ALEXANDER EDINGTON, Private, No. 1163, 8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), only s. of James Smith, of The Vale, North Berwick, Clothier, by his wife, Margaret Wilhelmina, dau. of William Purves; b. North Berwick, 30 March, 1893; educ. High School there; was an Engineer’s Apprentice; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Royal Scots, 1 Sept.; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in Netley Hospital, 15 May, 1915, from wounds received in action near Fleurbaix on 20 Dec. 1914; unm.

SMITH, JAMES ALFRED, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7094, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SMITH, JAMES MONTAGUE, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest s. of the late James Smith, of 4, Brunton Place, Edinburgh, M.D., J.P. (died May, 1914), by his wife, Eliza (15, Chalmers Street, Edinburgh), dau. of James Smith, of Edinburgh; b. Edinburgh, 30 Aug. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College, and Edinburgh University, and was in his final year of studying medicine, when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Royal Scots (T.F.), 17 June, 1911, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Dec. 1912; and volunteered for foreign service with his Battn. He left for the Dardanelles, 10 March, 1915, as Machine Gun Officer and Assistant Adjutant; took part in the landing on 25 April, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; unm. Buried at Twelve Tree Copse. Lieut.-Col. J. R. Wilson (himself wounded) wrote: “The Adjutant was killed five days before, and your son was acting Adjutant in his place. From the meagre details I have got so far, I judge he joined with the line of our men who made a bayonet charge to restore the broken British line which had given way before the enemy’s attack. In the fighting resulting, he and two other officers were killed. There is consolation in the knowledge that he died gallantly doing his best for his country.” And Capt. D. L. McLagan: “As your son’s temporary commanding officer it is my duty to write and tell you how gallantly your son behaved on the night when he was killed. I was within a few feet of him after a charge which we are told saved the whole army from a break through by the Turks. Your son gave of his best at all times for his Battn., and on this night he was not behind. He led a section of the men for a very great distance to occupy a vacant trench during the night, and when we arrived there we found the Turks had got round behind. We all had the impression that the French Senegalese were behind us, and while we hesitated, the blast which killed so many of us, including your son, came upon us. By a great chance and the goodness of God I was saved by a machine-gun protecting me from the bullets intended for me, and thus I was the only officer to return from that far-off trench when morning came. We drove off the Turks and saved the situation but at what a cost? Montie was a fine fellow who did his duty nobly and unselfishly and never spared himself. His is another name to add to the roll of those who have fallen to make the 5th Royal Scots what they are now.” Major James Scott of the R.A.M.C. also wrote: “He was a most promising young man in every respect, and I am sure had he been spared would have made his mark in whatsoever path he chose to tread. He was most highly esteemed by every one, from the Col., Adjutant and officers to the humblest man. Being appointed Adjutant was the highest honour I ever knew conferred upon a man so young, but yet he was equal to it, and threw his whole energy into whatever task he undertook. It was practically impossible for such a brave young soldier to escape being wounded because he ventured so much and led his men so well.” He was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at George Watson’s College, and joined the University O.T.C. in 1910.

SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM, Private, No. 10/1036, B Coy. (East Coast Regt.), Wellington Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of William Smith, of Regent Street, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, formerly of Wakefield, co. York, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J. S. Meiklejohn, of Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late James Sim Benyon, proprietor and Editor of the “Kumara Times”; b. Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, 4 Nov. 1879; educ. Kumara High School, after which he served as an apprentice in a grocery business in the same town. He then joined the Justice Department of the New Zealand Government, and was appointed to H.M. Prisons, being ultimately transferred to the Survey Department. On the outbreak of war he joined the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, took part in the defence of the Suez Canal, and was killed in action, 2 May, 1915, eight days after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula; unm.

SMITH, JOHN, Private, No. 2484, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late James Smith, of Battenhurst Farm, Stonegate, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Eliza (Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Sussex); b. Stonegate, co. Sussex, 24 June, 1890; educ. Stonegate School; was employed as gardener at Afterglow, Wadhurst; joined 5th Sussex Territorials Sept. 1914, and died of pulmonary tuberculosis at his home, Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, 25 July, 1915; unm.

SMITH, JOHN, stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115515, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMITH, JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13677 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, JOHN ACKLAND, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20594 (lev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, JOHN ALEXANDER HAY, B.A., LL. B., Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only s. of the late William Smith, of Calcutta, Jute Merchant, by his wife, I. Seath (now wife of W. G. Mair, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews), dau. of Alexander Nicoll, of Dundee, Merchant; b. Darjeeling, India, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. Stanley House, Bridge of Allan, Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, and Pembroke College, Cambridge graduated B.A. Hons. and LL.B. 1912), and was continuing the study of law in London, when war broke out in Aug. 1914; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 11th Royal Scots on the 27th of that month, and was promoted Lieut. shortly before his death; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at La Touret, near Festubert, 14 Aug. 1915; unm. Buried at Hinges. He was the heir and one of the residuary legatees of the late Mr. John Smith, of Adderley, Forfarshire, but by the terms of the bequest was only to have a life interest up to the age of 25. As he was only 24 years of age his share of the residue went to the Dundee Infirmary and the Dundee Victoria Hospital for Incurables.

SMITH, JOHN ARTHUR, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, JOHN CHARLES, Private, No. 11098, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of Joseph Smith, Park Lane Corner, Berkswell, Sawyer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Gibbs; b. Temple Balsall, near Knowle, co. Warwick, 12 April, 1893; educ. at Burton Green, Kenilworth, and Temple Balsall, near Knowle; enlisted 18 Aug. 1914; went to France early in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; unm.

SMITH, MALCOLM ST. AIDAN, Private, No. 286, A Coy., 10th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Henry Teesdale Smith, of Arthur’s Seat, Crafers, South Australia, Railway Contractor, by his wife, Lydia Kate, dau. of Samuel Johnson, of Melbourne, Victoria, and great grandson of Major Henry Teesdale, who was killed at the Battle of Meeanee, and whose services are mentioned in Sir William Napier’s “Conquest of Sind”; b. Torquay, Tasmania, 31 May, 1890; educ. Cordwalles, Maidenhead, England, and Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia; and was an assistant engineer in the construction of the Minnipa Hill railway on Eyre’s Peninsula and on a section of the East-West line. On the outbreak of the European War he immediately volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary force, went to Egypt with them; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later. He was wounded twice, but refused to go back. An officer in another Battn. wrote to his father: “He was a member of the Battn. that deserved all the praise for the initial landing, and the way they waded ashore and cleared the first hill is simply incredible. On the Tuesday after our big advance, I found my way to the beach late at night, and at once enquired at the Dressing Station, but they could only say they thought a Malcolm Smith had been killed. There is no sentiment (or time for it) on the field, but his friends in the Company say he died as they hope to die, right in the middle of it.”

SMITH, PERCY LOWE, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4670, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, ROBERT, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7495), S.S. 102811, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of William Smith, of Eastward, Carnwyllie, Arbroath; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, ROBERT, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, ROBERT ERNEST, Private, No. 5761, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., s. of Alfred Smith; b. Cookley, co. Worcester, Jan. 1880; educ. Wolverly Parish Schools there; enlisted in March, 1900; served in the South African War, 1901–2 (Queen’s and King’s medals), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 15 May, 1915; unm.

SMITH, ROBERT JOSHUA, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17440, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, SIDNEY, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4434, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, SIDNEY CHARLES, Blacksmith, 343371, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH, Private, No. 12331, No. 3 Coy., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. s. of Francis Louis Smith, of 35, Alfred Street, Neath, Gardener, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Julia O’Leary, of Caerleon, Monmouth; b. Newport, co. Monmouth, 6 Feb. 1888; educ. Brynock National Schools; enlisted 1 Sept. 1905; went to France with the Expeditionary Force about 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the advance to the Aisne, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. 1914. Buried 1½ miles east of Zillebeke, near Ypres. His company officer the late Capt. Alwyn Gosselin, D.S.O., wrote expressing regret at his loss, and added: “Your son was always cheerful under the very trying conditions of the campaign, and he is a great loss to his comrades.” He was at one time considered the Army champion in bayonet exercises. He m. at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Neath, South Wales, 16 Nov. 1913, Mary Anne (Crythan Road, Neath), dau. of John (and Eliza) Singleton.

SMITH, STANLEY IVAN, A.B., J. 3081, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, SYDNEY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2564), 186020, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914

SMITH, SYDNEY HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9317), S.S. 106555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, THOMAS, Private, No. 10229, 4th Reserve, attd. 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest s. of the late Thomas Smith, of Hull, by his wife, Minnie; b. Hull, 14 March, 1894; enlisted July, 1913; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in March and invalided home, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, S.E., 16 Sept. 1915, of wounds and appendicitis; to an inquiry as to whether he would wish to go to the Front again he wrote: “I am willing if I am needed, as duty to my King comes before pleasure. I am proud I have been able to do a little.” He m. at St. Peter’s Church, Drypool, Hull, Daisy Mary (149, Seaford Road, West Ealing), eldest dau. of John Henry White, of Wandsworth, now Private, No. 074568, A.S.C.M.T; s.p.

SMITH, THOMAS GRIFFIN, Gunner, R.M.A., 4798, B. 100, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, THOMAS SYDNEY, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Sydney Edward Smith, Rector of Sprotborough, Doncaster, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of Major-Gen. Augustus Arthur Currie, C.B.; b. Womersley Vicarage, co. York, 31 March, 1895; educ. Hill House, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Radley, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 19 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 11 Oct. 1914.

SMITH, TOM, Private, No. 337, T. Coy., 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of the late Eli Smith, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of William Ward, of Ginfield Ully, near Dursley; b. 18 Aug. 1886; educ. Dursley, co. Gloucester; served some time in the Navy; went to Australia; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 9 May, 1915. His brother was one of the Dursley Volunteers who volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War, and was killed in that campaign.

SMITH, WALTER PALMER, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2168., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SMITH, WALTER SIDNEY, Private, Ports./14879, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMITH, WALTER WYVILLE, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd s. of Robert Harris Smith, late of the Old Manor, Feltham, by his wife, Rosa Louisa, dau. of John Bashford, of Byfleet; b. Feltham, co. Middlesex; educ. with the Rev. F. Cavalier at Wramplingham Rectory, and at King’s College School, Wimbledon, where he entered the Training Corps, being later Capt. of the Feltham Rifle Club; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914, was promoted 2nd Lieut. 30 Dec. 1914, and killed in action at Loos, 18 Oct. 1915; buried Vermelles Cemetery; unm. His Commanding Officer, Major S. Gubbins, sent the following account to his parents: “Your son was killed last night about half-past six, while leading a bombing section in an attack which fully gained its objects, and the result of which you will have seen reported in the papers before this reaches you. So well was his work done, and so excellent his plans, that although 200 yards of trench of vital importance to us was gained, hardly any of his men were killed, although nearly all were wounded. Your son’s loss is a very heavy blow to the regt., and also to the Division. The qualities he showed were rare, and were far more than mere courage. A bombing officer of the very first class is almost impossible to replace under months of training. Your son was killed instantaneously by a bullet through the heart just as the men had succeeded in capturing the trenches they were attacking. His body is now with his company, and will be taken to-night for burial in ... Cemetery. I hope it may be some consolation to reflect that he died a fine death, the finest death of any in the battn. yet, and that when many before had failed, he was successful. The whole regt. shares your loss.” His company officer, Capt. N. B. Ellis Cooper, added: “Your son first of all commanded the company bombers. Our bombers co-operated with those of the Essex regt. in an attack on a German trench. Soon after the attack the officer in charge was wounded, and your son was in command. He displayed the utmost resource and gallantry, and the attack was completely successful before he was finally killed. The attack was a very fine affair, and has brought the utmost credit to our battn., and I think that we owe this credit to your son’s skill in training the bomb-throwers previous to the attack, and his gallantry in leading them during the action.”

SMITH, WILLIAM, Chief Petty Officer, No. 148381, Royal Navy, eldest s. of Alfred William Smith, by his wife, Louisa; b. Bridport, co. Dorset, 22 Dec. 1873; educ. at Northallington School, Bridport; joined the Navy, 22 Dec. 1891; served in the Witu Expedition, Aug. 1893 (Ashanti medal with Witu clasp), and in the European War; was lost on H.M.S. Goliath, 13 May, 1915, when that ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles. He m. at Devonport, 27 Dec. 1897, Alice Maud (27, Alexandra Road, Ford), eldest dau. of John Stribley, R.N., and had four children: Alfred William, b. 28 Sept. 1899; George Reginald, b. 25 Oct. 1906; Ernest Leslie, b. 5 July, 1909, and Phylis Dorrien, b. 5 Jan. 1915.

SMITH, WILLIAM EDMUND, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 1874, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, WILLIAM GERALD FURNESS, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Rev. George Furness Smith, M.A. (Oxon.), of 14, Riverdale Road, East Twickenham, Chaplain of Royal Naval School, East Twickenham, and Editorial Secretary of Church Missionary Society (1893–1915), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong Hayes, of Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin; b. Surbiton, co. Surrey, 7 July, 1888; educ. Birkenhead School, Clare College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He took his B.A. (2nd Class Classical Tripos) in 1910, with a second Class in the Theological Tripos in the next year; in Dec. 1911 he went to India to serve on the staff of St. John’s College, Agra, where Bishop Durrant subsequently testified to the value of his influence and his teaching ability; on returning to England in 1913 he became a tutor at St. Aidan’s Theological College, Birkenhead, and was to have been ordained Deacon in Sept. 1914, but having been a member of the O.T.C., he volunteered, and enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battn. After a few weeks’ training at Epsom, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., North Staffordshire Regt., 6 Oct. 1914, left for France 16 March, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. 24 June the same year. He died of wounds received in action close to Ypres, after recovering a trench when in charge of a party of bomb-throwers, 5 July, 1915. The following passage in F.M. Sir John French’s Report, dated 6 July, appears to refer to this: “On the morning of the 5th a party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulers railway after a two hours’ artillery bombardment, but a prompt attack by our troops immediately recaptured the positions.” Lieut. Smith was buried in the military cemetery, close to Poljitze, about one mile north-east of Ypres; unm. Gen. Allenby wrote to Gen. Sir John Keir: “Will you please convey to the officers commanding the North Staffordshire Regt. our appreciation of, and gratitude for, the gallant behaviour of Lieut. Smith of that regt., with his grenadier party who came to the support of the 41st Brigade yesterday morning, and in a counter attack on the Germans who had demolished a barricade and rushed a trench in the left of our line. I would also express our deep sorrow on hearing that this brave officer has died of his wounds, and would offer our sympathy to his regt.” In forwarding this to Gen. Harper, Sir John Keir wrote: “Will you please communicate this to the officer commanding North Staffordshire Regt., and say how well deserved I know this appreciation to be. I hope to see Col. de Falbe personally to express to him my feeling with regard to the good work done by this fine battn. I sympathise in the sad loss they have sustained.”

SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY, Mechanician, 292066, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, WILLIAM OLIVER, Stoker, 1st Class, 307471, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SMITH, WILLIAM WILTON, A.B., 235327, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Mechanician, 283349, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

BRICE-SMITH, JOHN KENNETH, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. s. of the Rev. Brice Brice-Smith, Rector of Hameringham, with Winceby, Horncastle, by his wife, Kate Emily, 3rd dau. of the late John Middleton, of Benton House, Newcastle-On-Tyne; b. Hameringham, co. Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1894; educ. Quy Vicarage, Cambridge; Cranleigh School, Surrey, and entered at St. John’s College, Cambridge; after the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th Lincolnshires, 27 Nov. 1914; went to France in July, 1915, and died 11 Sept. following, from wounds received in action the previous day, S.W. of Ypres; unm. Buried at Poperinghe. While at Cranleigh he was senior prefect, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., a member of the School Shooting Eight, and captain of both cricket and football teams.

BROADLEY-SMITH, ALAN FRANCIS, Major, 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), only s. of William Herbert Broadley-Smith, of Ambleside, by his wife, Mary Matilda, dau. of Capt. Arthur Trollope, 36th Foot; b. Derby, 24 March, 1876; educ. Repton and Bruges; joined the 5th Border Regt. (T.F.) as a 2nd Lieut., 28 Jan. 1909, and was promoted Lieut. 24 Dec. following; Capt. 8 Aug. 1910, and Major 18 April, 1915; acted as Instructor of Musketry from 1910 to 1915; and was Intelligence Officer and Provost Marshal for the Barrow District; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed a General Staff Officer of the 3rd Grade, on the 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while making a reconnaissance; unm. Buried on the outskirts of Zouave Wood, near the Chateau there. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Milburn, Commanding 5th Border Regt. wrote: “Not only was he a great personal friend of mine, but also he was my best officer, and his death has come as a very great shock to me. His company would have followed him to the ends of the earth, and he was loved by both officers and men of the Battn. alike.” He was a fine all-round sportsman, and held the position of amateur huntsman to Mr. Curwen’s (Workington Hall) Foxhounds.

COMPTON-SMITH, ROGER NOEL, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Compton-Smith, of Tudor Place, Richmond Green, co. Surrey, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law of the inner Temple; b. Hampton Court, 16 July, 1894; educ. Horton School, co. Bedford, and Heidelberg College; entered the Manchester House of Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company, Ltd., on leaving school, and in July, 1914, had arranged a tour with the representative of the firm throughout America and Canada, but, war breaking out in the following Aug. he volunteered and was given a commission in the 6th Manchesters, 5 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt a few days later; went to the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 27th. He was at the time warning his men to evacuate the trench they were in, as it had been condemned as dangerous, being enfiladed by the enemy; unm. Brig.-Gen. Noel Lee, who was himself shot on 4 June, and died in Malta, wrote on the 25 May: “In his duties since he joined the regt., there are none who have done better and very few as well. His whole heart was in what he undertook and as an officer he was one of the most useful and dependable in a regt. which is noted for efficiency. With the mess he was always popular and more than respected on account of his character. His men of No. 15 Platoon literally worshipped him, as he was not only their officer but their leader, who never spared himself, and their friend upon whom they could always rely for help and assistance in their work. His loss is great indeed.” While spending his school holidays at Brixham, he became a bold and skilful small boat sailor and a strong swimmer, and at Alexandria saved the life of one of his men who, while bathing, had ventured beyond the reef. He was a good all-round athlete, and a keen fisherman.

DENROCHE-SMITH, ARCHIBALD JOHN, Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, elder s. of Thomas Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle, co. Perth, late Judge Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Florence Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. John Bayly, C.B., Col. Commandant, R.E.; b. Balhary, aforesaid, 30 Sept. 1890; educ. Evelyns; West Drayton, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars, 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Vendresse, during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914, while leading his troop to the assistance of the 4th Dragoon Guards; unm. His Col. wrote: “As a soldier he had a very good chance of rising high in his profession, as he was very fond of his work, and we shall greatly miss him from among our circle, as a friend, as a soldier and as a sportsman. We had great hopes of his success in the polo world,” and his Squadron Major: “I never want to have a better officer in my squadron in time of war or peace. He was the best young officer that had joined us for a long time. I had recommended him for a decoration given by the French Government to our officers. I only hope I may meet death as gallantly as your son did, if it comes my turn.” He was Captain of the 18th Hussars polo team; had jumped at Olympia on several occasions, and won point-to-point races, and also steeplechases.

LAWSON-SMITH, JOHN, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., yr. s. of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; b. Colton, co. York, 24 March, 1892; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster’s); Royal Naval College, Osborne (Cadet, 1902–3); Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Bois Grenier, 20–21 Oct. following; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, Lieut. T. E. Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 30–31 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).

LAWSON-SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD, Lieut., 13th, attd. 11th, Hussars, eldest. s. of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; b. Colton, co. York, 14 March, 1889; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, Stubbington (Foster’s), Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Hussars, 15 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1913; went to France attd. to the 11th Hussars, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Messines, 30–31 Oct. following; unm. His brother, Lieut. John Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 20–21 Oct. 1914 (see preceding notice).

MANNERS-SMITH, FREDERICK, Major, 2nd Battn. 3rd (Queen Alexandra’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, yst. s. of the late Surg.-Gen. Charles Manners-Smith, formerly of Oakfield, Kempsey, co. Worcester, I.M.S., by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Dr. Samuel Davies; b. Kempsey, 15 Nov. 1871; educ. Norwich and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Gloucester Regt., 2 May, 1891, promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1892, transferred to the Indian Army in 1893, and joined the 3rd Gurkhas in 1895; became Capt. 10 July, 1901, and Major 2 May, 1909, being Adjutant of his battn. 1901–5; served with the relief force in the Chitral Campaign, 1895 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in France, 1914; died of wounds received the same day in the trenches near La Bassée, 3 Nov. 1914; buried at Bethune. He m. at Lucknow, 25 Jan. 1902, Hilda Clara Frances, yst. dau. of the late Henry Carnsew, formerly of Summers Place, Billingshurst, co. Sussex; s.p.

SOMERS-SMITH, RICHARD WILLINGDON, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest s. of Robert Vernon Somers-Smith, of Bur Lea, Walton-on-Thames, J.P., C.C., Clerk to the Grocer’s Company, by his wife, M. Gertrude, dau. of John A. Radcliffe, of Cobham; b. Hersham, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1882; educ. Eton, and Merton College, Oxford; went to Ceylon, and became a Tea Planter, but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, returned to England, and obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal Rifles, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action near Hooge, 30 June following, while running forward to help dig out some of his men who were buried by a shell; unm. Buried there. Like his father and brother, he was a distinguished Eton and Oxford athlete. At Eton he rowed in the Eight at Henley, and at Oxford, during his first year he won the Freshmen’s miles, rowed in the “Trials,” stroked his Torpid up five places, stepped straight from the Torpid into the ’Varsity eight, where he rowed two, stroked his College eight, and won the University pairs with Graham, of Balliol. The next year he stroked his College into the final of the coxwainless fours, coached the Torpid up three, rowed bow in the winning University crew, rowed seven to Bucknall’s stroke in the College eight, reached the final of the University pairs with Brocklebank, and only lost to a heavier pair by re-rowing after a dead heat with only a short rest, and as captain, rowed in four events at Henley for his College, besides sweeping the board at the College sports. He had his rowing Blue and was also offered his running Blue, but could not both row and run. His brother, Capt. John Robert Somers-Smith, London Regt., gained the Military Cross at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gommecourt, 1 July, 1916.

SELBY-SMYTH, MILES BURY, Capt., 4th Battn. The Rifle Brigade, only s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Edward Guy Selby-Smyth, of Darby House, Sunbury-on-Thames, Royal Irish Rifles, by his wife, Georgina Florence (42, Cornwall Gardens, London, S.W.), 2nd dau. and co-h. of Capt. the Hon. John James Bury, R.E. [2nd s. of Charles William, 2nd Earl of Charleville], and grandson of Gen. Sir Edward Selby-Smyth, K.C.M.G.; b. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Nov. 1884; educ. Rottingdean (Mr. Stanford’s) and Bradfield College, co. Berks; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 16 May, 1908, and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 30 Nov. 1914; was A.D.C. (extra) to the Governor of Western Australia from 20 April, 1910, to 10 Feb. 1912; went to France, 20 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 15 March, 1915, leading his company in a counter-attack on the Germans. Buried near the Church of Dickebusche. He m. in London, 8 Oct. 1912, Violet Emily (4, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W.), yst. dau. of the late Capt. Cecil Drummond, R.B., and had a dau.: Pamela Dorothy Beaujolois, b. 25 Aug. 1913.

SMYTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER NOEL, Capt., Royal Garrison Artillery, 2nd s. of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Augustus Smyth, of Weymouth, Brig.-Surgeon, I.M.S., late of Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles (who served in the Afghan, Burma, Chin Lushai and Chitral Campaigns, also in the attack and siege of the Malakand), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. John Cole, Vicar of Isle Brewers, Somerset; b. Morar, Gwalior, India, 18 Dec. 1888; educ. Weymouth College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 31 July, 1902, and promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1905, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914, was for some time on garrison duty in England, and then served for six years in Ceylon; went to the Front with the 5th Battery Siege Artillery, in Sept. 1914, doing valuable work as “forward observing officer,” and was killed in action, being shot by a sniper, while in the act of helping a wounded infantry soldier, near Armentières, France, 7 Nov. 1914; unm. Buried at Bac St. Maur on the River Lys. Lieut.-Col. M. B. Roberts, Commanding 2nd Siege Brigade, wrote: “If he was as good a son as he was an officer, you have every reason to be very proud of him. I can truthfully say ever since we have been in action (a fortnight) your son had been doing most excellent work—cheerfully, keen and always ready for anything, and for some days past I had fully made up my mind to forward his name to higher authority for the manner in which he carried out his work. I miss the best of officers—the very best in the battery, his loss is irreparable.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; but both honours were gazetted in error to Lieut. R. A. E. Smyth, Antrim Reserve R.G.A., who had never been at the Front. As Capt. Smyth has been killed and the Military Cross is not conferred posthumously the latter announcement was cancelled.

SNARE, ALBERT, S.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 936), 125421, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SNEATH, CLAUDE DAVIS, Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt., s. of George Sneath, of Gloucester Lodge, Golder’s Green, Hendon, J.P., by his 2nd wife, Marian Eliza Harriett, dau. of Charles William James Davis; b. Greta House, Finchley, 18 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and London University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in 1912, and promoted Lieut. 15 Dec. 1912. On the outbreak of war he was transferred to the 4th Battn. which was one of the first regts. to go to the Front; was at the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug. 1914, also at Cambray and Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914; afterwards in the retreat, and then at the Battle of the Marne and on the Aisne, and was killed in action at Croix Barber, 14 Oct. 1914; unm. He was a fine hockey player, and played back for the Hendon Hockey Club, also for Middlesex and the Philistines on many occasions. He was also a good cricketer, and was president of the Golder’s Green Working Men’s Club.

SNEDDON, JAMES, Private, No. 18547, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), s. of John Sneddon; b. Bellshill, co. Lanark, 11 July, 1887; educ. Bellshill; enlisted at Stirling, 19 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing station, 8 Feb. 1916, from wounds received in action the previous day. He m. at Bellshill, 30 Nov. 1906, Christina Leggatt (2, St. Mary’s Wynd, Stirling), dau. of (—) Graham, and had issue: Andrew Graham, b. 20 Nov. 1909; John Graham, b. 23 Dec. 1911; Euphemia, b. 22 Oct, 1907; and Christina Clark, b. 26 May, 1914.

SNELGROVE, SIDNEY HENRY, Lieut., 14th (Service) Battn., attd. 7th Battn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. s. of John Sidney Snelgrove, of Kingswood, Tunbridge Wells, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Gertrude Emily, dau. of the late John Henry Chatteris; b. Tunbridge Wells, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells; Rugby (Mr. Brooke’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 21 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; was attd. 7th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, and went to France 16 July following, and was killed in action 31 July, 1915, while leading his platoon under heavy shell fire in support of another company, in the counter-attack at the Chateau Hooge. Buried Sanctuary Wood, south of Hooge: unm. Lieut.-Col. G. A. P. Rennie, D.S.O., Commanding 7th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote: “He was leading his men splendidly at the time,” and Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, Bart., Commanding 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps: “... one of my smartest officers. I was quite sure he would distinguish himself when he went to the Front.” Letters from other officers and men all speak in the highest terms of his courage, energy and great capability. At Hurstleigh he was head of the School and captain of the cricket and the hockey elevens, and at Rugby was in his house eleven, and a signaller in the O.T.C. His elder brother, Capt. John Sidney Norman Snelgrove, Royal West Kent Regt., is now (1916) on active service.

SNELL, GEORGE NOWELL, Stoker, 3rd Class, K. 21993, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SNELL, WILLIAM JOHN, Gunner, R.M.A., 12869, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SNEYD, THOMAS HUMPHREY, Capt., 4th. attd. 2nd. Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, only s. of Major-Gen. Thomas William Sneyd, of Ashcombe Park, Belmont, and Onecote, co. Stafford, late Commanding Queen’s Bays (1877–82), by his wife, Charlotte Marion, dau. of Capt. William Wheatley Repton, Bengal N.I.; b. Lightoaks, near Cheadle, co. Stafford, 20 Oct. 1883; educ. Sandroyd, Wellington College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s Bays), 22 April, 1903; and promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1904; joined his regt. in South Africa in Aug. 1903, and acted as A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Henry Hildyard; retired in July, 1910, and after a year and a half spent in the Argentine, returned to England in Jan. 1912, and joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers as Capt. 30 Oct. 1912; went to France attd. to the 2nd Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914. Buried in Ploegsteert Wood. He m. at St. John’s Church, Forfar, 3 June, 1914, Phœbe Marianne, yr. dau. of John Sharp Callender-Brodie, of Idvies, Forfar, and had a dau., Averil Marion Anne, b. 7 April, 1915.

SNOSWELL, THOMAS EMDEN, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1467), 146107, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SNOW, WILLIAM CHARLES, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4628), 195194, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SNOWDEN, HARCOURT JOHN, Lieut., 1st Battn. Hertfordshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of the Rev. Harcourt Snowden, of St. Peter’s, Broadstairs, by his wife, Augusta, dau. of Martin Daniel; b. Ramsgate, 12 Dec. 1887; educ. Hildersham House, St. Peter’s; Parkfield, Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Hertfordshire Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Viscount Hampden’s command, 2 June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action while visiting sentries early in the morning of 11 Jan. 1915; unm. He was buried near Richebourg l’Avoué. His Major said: “I had such confidence in him that, when I knew that he was the officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was well.” Another officer wrote: “He was a fine example to us all of a good and straight living Englishman.”

SOLLEY, ALFRED JOHN GEORGE, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20426, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SOLLITT, GEORGE WILLIAM, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3544), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SOMERTON, CHARLES ENOS, Ship’s Steward, 341939, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SOMERTON, FREDERICK CHARLES, Private, No. 1342, A Coy. 1st Newfoundland Regt., s. of Frederick Somerton, of Trinity, Newfoundland, Magistrate, by his wife, Caroline Augusta, dau. of Charles Soule Hibbert, of Bromley, Kent; b. Bruges, Newfoundland, 31 March, 1888; educ. Bishops Field College, St. John’s, Newfoundland, and on leaving there engaged in Scholastic pursuits and taught for three years at Salvage, Newfoundland, and afterwards at Cape Ray. He then went to Canada, but when the European War broke out returned home; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force in Feb. 1915; left for England in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles Sept. and died on board the Guildford Castle, 25 Nov. 1915, of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on the 20th; unm.

SONES, HERBERT JAMES, Signal Boy, J. 24586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SORSBY, WILLIAM, Private, No. 4637, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; b. co. York; enlisted 19 March, 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 30 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914; m.

SOURBUTTS, RICHARD, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269610, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SOUGHTON, THOMAS EDWARD, Gunner, No. 686, 2nd Home Counties, 1/6th Battery, R.F.A. (T.F.); b. Hellingly, co. Sussex, 23 March, 1893; educ. Horsebridge, Hellingly; was an employee in the firm of Messrs. Howard Bros., Hellingly; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, Oct. 1914; went to India, and died in Ferozepore Barracks there, 3 Dec. 1915, from internal injuries caused by a fall from an ammunition wagon on the 1st, while on service; unm.

SOUTER, CHARLES JESSE, Chief Petty Officer, 169027, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SOUTH, FREDERICK, Leading Seaman, 224839, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SOUTHERN, HENRY WALTER, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25688, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SOUTHERN, JOHN GEORGE, Private, No. 3097, 7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late George Southern, of Southwick, Miner, by his wife, Alice (Walter Tom Street, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of John Lathon; b. Southwick, 27 March, 1891; educ. High Southwick Council School; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained at Sunderland, and went to the Front, 19 April, 1915, coming into action a few days later at Ypres on Whit Monday, when the 7th Durhams were severely cut up. He was killed in action at Armentières, 31 July, 1915; unm. He was a regular Sunday School teacher at a Primitive Methodist Church, and was engaged in Christian Endeavour work. His great ambition was to become a foreign missionary, and a few days before his death he wrote intimating that if spared to return home his future would be devoted to that cause. One of his officers, writing to his mother, said: “In the past his presence among us inspired all that was good. In the future, if God spares us, we will retain a lasting memory of his goodness.”

SOUTHERTON, HARRY PERCY, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14664 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SOUTHWICK, CHARLES THOMAS, Sergt., No. 1212, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Charles Southwick, of Heatherlands, Poole, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Mary Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Harland; b. Kinson, co. Dorset, 27 Feb. 1887; educ. Secondary School, Broughty Ferry, and St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, and on leaving there became Assistant Master at the Vineyard School, Richmond, under Mr. Lancaster; joined the 13th Kensingtons in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 Nov., and was killed in action in the attack on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915. In letters received from the Front it was stated that in this action Sergt. Southwick with his platoon reached the second German trench, where a piece of shrapnel broke the glasses he was wearing. Then, a volunteer being called for to return to the English lines for reinforcements, he undertook the dangerous task, was seen to start on his errand, and from that time seems to have completely disappeared. He had a fine baritone voice, and was successively bass singer in the Petersham, Chelsea (Sidney Street), and St. Peter’s (Bayswater) Choirs, and also a member of the Queen’s Hall Choir. He m. at Stratford, Essex, 12 Sept. 1914, Lilian Francis (Ashleigh, The Bridle Path, Woodford Green), dau. of William Webster, of Ashleigh, Woodford Green; s.p.

SOUTHWOOD, HORACE GEORGE, E.R.A., 4th Class, 271932, H.M S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SPACKMAN, HAROLD JOHN, Private, No. 13845, 10th (Service) Battn. Devonshire Regt., s. of Frederick William Spackman, of The Dairy, Manningford, Bohune, by his wife, Eliza Catherine, dau. of Alfred Manners, of Heddington, Calne, Wilts; b. Manningford, Bohune, Pewsey, co. Wilts, 24 May, 1897; educ. Woodborough School; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Bath, 12 March, 1915, of meningitis contracted while on service; unm.

SPAIN, EDWARD SYDNEY STEPHEN, Leading Seaman, 235099, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SPALDING, FRANK, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt., No. 6896, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Spalding, of 70, Scorer Street, Lincoln; b. Lincoln, 1890; educ. there; was apprenticed to Messrs. Robey, Blacksmiths, but before his time expired gave this up and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 20 Aug. 1906; was appointed L.-Corpl. 19 Aug. 1907; Corpl. 17 Oct. 1908; L.-Sergt. 17 March, 1910; Sergt. 15 Aug. 1913, Pioneer Sergt. the same day; and acting Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt. (for meritorious conduct at the Front), 20 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and died at Ecquedecques, Belgium, 1 Jan. 1915, from an accident while on active service. Buried in field opposite Delalean Farm, Ecquedecques, about 2 kilometres from Lillers. He was an enthusiastic footballer, being at one time a member of the Lincoln Wednesday Team, and while in the Army was one of the Battn.’s Soccer representatives; he was also a member of the old Lincoln Volunteers for some time. Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. Spalding m. at St. Thomas’s, Lambeth, 6 Aug. 1911, Kate (128, Ash Street, Walworth, London), dau. of (—) Skinner, and had two sons: Eric Arthur, b. 23 July, 1912; and Leslie Stuart, b. 30 Oct. 1914.

SPARKES, CHARLES, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12476, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SPARKS, HARRY ROBERT, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8408), S.S. 104457, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SPEAREY, FREDERICK WILLIAM, A.B. (Coastguard), 194745, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SPEKE, THE REV. HUGH, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 7th s. of the Rev. Benjamin Speke, Rector of Dowlish Wake, by his wife, Caroline Sophia, elder dau. of John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Wilts, grandson of William Speke, of Jordans, co. Somerset, J.P., D.L., and nephew of John Hanning Speke, the African Explorer; b. Dowlish Wake, co. Somerset, 24 Feb. 1878; educ. Uppingham, and Keble College, Oxford; served in the South African War, 1899–1901, with the Wiltshire Yeomanry; afterwards continuing his preparation for Holy Orders at Wells Theological College in 1901. He was ordained at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Advent, 1902; was for three years curate at St. Michael’s, Bromley-by-Bow, and was then Vicar of Curry Rivel from 1905 to 1910, and in the autumn of that year left to take up work in Western Canada, where he was on the Mission Staff at Edmonton, and subsequently worked at Bow Island, Alberta, and was finally in charge of the district of Athabasca, but, after the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he returned to England in Oct.; and was given a commission as Capt. in the 3rd Battn. of the Somerset L.I., 23 Oct. 1914. He transferred to the 9th Battn., and was promoted Major 21 Dec. following, and after training with it at St. Austell and Wareham, exchanged into the 10th Lancashire Fusiliers in July, 1915, in order to go to the Front. He went to France at the end of the month, and was killed on reconnaissance at Vierstaat 11 Aug. following. Buried in the cemetery at Dickebusch. A brother officer wrote: “It happened about 11.30 on Wednesday night. He went out to reconnoitre the German trenches with a Sergt.; he was away about an hour and a half, and procured some very useful information; they were on their way back when he was shot; he must have been shot at least three times in the head and neck, and can have suffered no pain”; and another: “He was one of the bravest and best, and in the short time he had been with us had endeared himself to everybody. I am sure there is not an officer or man who does not feel his loss. His own company is cut up terribly.” Another also wrote: “We laid the Major to rest reverently with a short service last night (Thursday) in a small cemetery near here and placed a wreath on the grave, and are putting up a cross in a few days so as to mark it. All the officers and the whole company are very cut up over our loss as we were all very fond of him indeed. One of the men remarked in a letter referring to the death of Major Speke, ‘he was a brave and fearless man,’ which is very true, and we all had a great respect for him,” and: “Your gallant husband died, not merely doing his duty, but, as I judge, for another, for I feel pretty sure that he undertook a dangerous job which he would not let one of his junior officers undertake.” In Canada he proved himself a born pioneer. Even the small prairie towns were irksome to him, and he would contrive to spend most of his time in a shack out on the far-flung prairie. As though his own wide field were not large enough he would, from time to time, find that his duty called him on an expedition to the Sweet Grass Hills, across the boundary line to the south, to the Cypress Hills away to the east, or to the irrigated belt away to the north. Loth as he was to leave S. Alberta, it was the same spirit that led him to accept the offer to establish a pioneer mission in Athabasca, and so patiently to face the vexing difficulties raised by others that would have led most men to draw back before embarking on the task, and later to resign when the conditions of service were so changed. One winter he spent in a tiny shack measuring 10 ft. by 8 ft., having as his companion a lad from his own village at home who in days gone by had carried his gun. He m. at Tarrant Crawford Church, Dorset, 8 April, 1915, Ruth Lettice, dau. of the Rev. Charles Lewis Kennaway, of Stephen’s Plot, Spetisbury, Blandford, late Rector of Garboldishham, co. Norfolk; s.p.

SPENCE, JAMES MCKENZIE, Sergt., No. 12/218, 15th North Auckland Regt., Signalling Division, Headquarters Staff, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of James Mearns Spence, of Deveron Street, Whangarei, New Zealand; b. Whangarei aforesaid, 16 June, 1886; educ. there; was for some years a Reporter on the Staff of the Whangarei “Northern Mail” and “Northern Advocate,” subsequently becoming sub-editor of the “North Auckland Times” at Dargaville; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt as a signaller with the main body, was successively promoted Corpl. and Sergt., and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 16 Nov. 1915; unm.

SPENCER, CHARLES JAMES, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt., eldest s. of Charles Alfred Spencer, of Stoughton Lane, Leicester, by his wife, Mary, dau. of James Warwick, of Longthorpe, near Peterborough; b. Leicester, 10 Jan. 1879; educ. Charterhouse; joined the Cardigan Artillery Militia in 1898; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Devonshire Regt., 18 Oct. 1899, and promoted Lieut. 11 May, 1901, and Capt. 14 July, 1908; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of Ladysmith, being with the 2nd Battn. in Major-Gen. Hildeyard’s Brigade, while the 1st Battn. was shut up in the town; operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop; operations of 5–7 Feb. 1900, and action at Vaal Kranz; operations on Tugela Heights (14–27 Feb. 1900) and action at Pieters Hill; operations in Natal, March to June 1900, including action at Laings Nek (6–9 June); and those in the Transvaal, Nov. 1901 to 31 May, 1902; was severely wounded and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He was Adjutant of the 7th (Territorial) Cyclist Battn. of the Devonshires from 14 July, 1908 to 29 Feb. 1912. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 5 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914, while leading his company in an attack on the German trenches. Buried near Estaires. Capt. Spencer m. at Pennycross Church, near Plymouth, 20 Oct. 1909, Katherine Margaret (Crapstone House, Yelverton, South Devon), yst. dau. of the late Robert Bayly, of Torr, Plymouth, and had a son, Charles Richard, b. 5 Dec. 1910.

SPENCER, JOHN, Private, No. 572, 5th Coy., 2/5th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), s. of William Spencer, of Liverpool, Watch Finisher; b. Liverpool, 1854; educ. Corporation School there; enlisted in the R.G.A. (Militia) and served with them 22 years (Long Service medal and certificate); re-enlisted in Oct. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in Carrier’s Dock, Liverpool, 27 Dec. following, while on service. He m. at St. Nicholas Church, Liverpool, Mary Jane (23, Back Strickland Street, Liverpool), dau. of (—) Young, and had five children: William, b. 28 Oct. 1878; John, b. 22 July, 1891, R.N.; George, b. 30 Jan. 1896; Margaret, b. 5 June, 1882; and Emily, b. 14 May, 1898.

SPENDLOW, JOHN JAMES, Leading Seaman, 237135, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SPICE, ALBERT, Cook’s Mate, 1766, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SPICE, ROBERT WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9019, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SPICER, ARTHUR JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2214), 301561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SPICER, GEORGE HENRY, Gunner, 35031, 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd s. of George Spicer, of Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent, by his wife, Jane; b. Frindsbury, 23 Jan. 1885; enlisted 1 Feb. 1905; served seven years with the Colours then passing into the Reserve, was employed at Messrs. Lysaght’s Works, Newport, Mon.; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle in a gallant attempt to save Lieut. Towell. Major H. A. Hamilton, Commanding 41st Battery, wrote: “I am sure you would like to know how your husband gave his life for his country. I need not say how much I and all his comrades sympathise with you in your great loss, but you may have a little consolation in knowing that he was severely wounded in performing a gallant act, which was reported to his commanding officer and brought to the notice of the general officer commanding the division.” He m. at St. Woolo’s Church, Newport, Mon., 1 June, 1914, Beatrice Amelia, dau. of Henry George Evans, of 19, Victoria Crescent, Newport; s.p.

SPICER, MAURICE ARNOTT, Corpl., No. 81840, 32nd, attd. 10th, Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th s. of the late Herbert Spicer, of Cranbourne, St Margarets near Ware, by his wife, Martha McMurray, dau. of David Arnott; b. Hambledon, co. Surrey, 23 April, 1882; educ. Mill Hill; was sisal growing in the West Indies from 1900 to 1903, afterwards farming in Canada until the outbreak of the European War; enlisted in the 32nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1914; came over with the reinforcements for the first contingent in March, 1915; went to France with a draft for the 10th Battn. early in April, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; unm.

SPIELMANN, HAROLD LIONEL ISIDORE, Capt., 1/10th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yr. s. of Sir Isidore Spielmann, of 56, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., C.M.G., F.S.A., by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore; b. London, 12 Jan. 1893; educ. Clifton and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2/10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester Regt., from the University O.T.C., 14 Oct. 1914; was promoted Capt. in March, 1915, to date as from 28 Nov. 1914; volunteered with the greater part of the battalion for foreign service; landed in Gallipoli, in command of a draft, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in an attack on the Turkish position, 13 Aug. following; unm. Lieut.-Col. G. Robinson, commanding 10th Manchesters, wrote: “He only joined us about three weeks ago, when he arrived in command of a draft of 248 men, and I was so impressed with his keenness and energy that I put him in command of a company. My judgment was fully borne out. Your son worked hard, and I felt I could always rely on him. On the evening of the 12th inst. a battalion next to us in the fire trenches lost a portion of a trench on their front, and I was forced to organise a counter-attack by one hundred men of my battn. under your son and two other officers. Your son was in command of his section of the attack, and carried out his orders with skill and gallantry. He reached his objective, but was immediately killed, and his men had eventually to fall back under strong opposition. His death, by bullets, was instantaneous.... Our men had done well, and we regained most of what had been lost, but they were ‘done,’ and I lost many of them besides my excellent young officer Spielmann.... It was crushing to me losing him. He was a ‘gentleman officer’ with such high notions of chivalry, honour and esprit de corps. I considered him one of my best officers, and had just recommended him for a permanent captaincy, as I had such a high opinion of his capabilities. Your boy died a hero’s death in his country’s cause, and that must ever be a source of satisfaction and comfort to you, and one in which you must all take a pride—falling in action gallantly leading his men. What more can a soldier ask for?”

SPIERS, HAROLD ALFRED, Boy, 1st Class, J 23568 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SPIERS, WILLIAM JOHN, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 2103), 131072 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea. 22 Sept. 1914.

SPILLARNE, CORNELIUS WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, 308380, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.