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._
[Illustration: =Richard Ingersoll Sanders.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Arthur W. Sanderson.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Philip N. Sanderson.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =James Frederick Sandham.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Arthur F. Sargeaunt.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Arthur C. Saunders.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Walter Layton Saunders.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Arthur Henry Savage.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Harold Henry Saxton.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Robert William Sayer.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =John William Scarth.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Thomas Scatchard.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Henry John Schmidt.=]
=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.”