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.
[Illustration: =Isaac Sheppard.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Reginald Sheppard.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Frederick John Sheppee.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =S. W. Sherwood.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Herbert F. C. Shinnie.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Albert Frederick Short.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Frank James Shrubb.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Thomas John Shute.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =John Sibbald.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Geoffrey M. J. Sichel.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Norman Galbraith Silk.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =Alfred Ferdinand Silvester.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Anson Lloyd Silvester.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =William Henry Silverton.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =George Simms.=]