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.”
[Illustration: =Edward Fred Slade.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Henry James Slattery.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Frederick W. T. Slimm.=]
=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).
[Illustration: =Norman Howard Small.=]
=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._
[Illustration: =William E. A. Small.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =William Douglas Smeaton.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Amos Charles Smith.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Arthur Smith.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Arthur Gilliat Smith.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Bernard R. W. Smith.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Charles Smith.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =Ernest Laurence Smith.=]
=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.
[Illustration: =George Stuart Smith.=]
=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.”
[Illustration: =Henry Wilson Smith.=]
=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._