=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._
[Illustration: =Vivian G. E. S. Schreiber.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Henry Robert Schwaben.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Edward Claud Scott.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Francis William Scott.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Henry Frank Scott.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Victor Scott.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =William Scott.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =John K. Dawson-Scott.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Alexander Scougall.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =James Herbert Seabrook.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Joseph Sackville Sear.=]
=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.