Hussars, elder _s._ of Thomas Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle,
co. Perth, late Judge Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Florence
Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. John Bayly, C.B., Col. Commandant,
R.E.; _b._ Balhary, aforesaid, 30 Sept. 1890; educ. Evelyns; West
Drayton, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars, 23
Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; went to France, 16 Aug.
1914, and was killed in action near Vendresse, during the Battle of the
Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914, while leading his troop to the assistance of the
4th Dragoon Guards; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “As a soldier he had
a very good chance of rising high in his profession, as he was very
fond of his work, and we shall greatly miss him from among our circle,
as a friend, as a soldier and as a sportsman. We had great hopes of
his success in the polo world,” and his Squadron Major: “I never want
to have a better officer in my squadron in time of war or peace. He
was the best young officer that had joined us for a long time. I had
recommended him for a decoration given by the French Government to our
officers. I only hope I may meet death as gallantly as your son did, if
it comes my turn.” He was Captain of the 18th Hussars polo team; had
jumped at Olympia on several occasions, and won point-to-point races,
and also steeplechases.
[Illustration: =A. J. Denroche-Smith.=]
=LAWSON-SMITH, JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., yr.
_s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster,
B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William
Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 24 March, 1892; educ. Warren Hill,
Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster’s); Royal Naval College, Osborne
(Cadet, 1902–3); Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted
Lieut. Oct. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in
action near Bois Grenier, 20–21 Oct. following; _unm._ He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914
[London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service
in the field. His brother, Lieut. T. E. Lawson-Smith, was killed in
action, 30–31 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).
[Illustration: =John Lawson-Smith.=]
=LAWSON-SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD=, Lieut., 13th, attd. 11th, Hussars,
eldest. _s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge,
Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen.
Sir William Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 14 March, 1889; educ.
Warren Hill, Eastbourne, Stubbington (Foster’s), Harrow, and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Hussars, 15 Sept.
1909, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1913; went to France attd. to the
11th Hussars, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Messines, 30–31
Oct. following; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. John Lawson-Smith, was
killed in action, 20–21 Oct. 1914 (see preceding notice).
[Illustration: =Thomas E. Lawson-Smith.=]
=MANNERS-SMITH, FREDERICK=, Major, 2nd Battn. 3rd (Queen
Alexandra’s Own) Gurkha Rifles, yst. _s._ of the late Surg.-Gen.
Charles Manners-Smith, formerly of Oakfield, Kempsey, co. Worcester,
I.M.S., by his wife, Lydia, dau. of Dr. Samuel Davies; _b._
Kempsey, 15 Nov. 1871; educ. Norwich and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. Gloucester Regt., 2 May, 1891, promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1892,
transferred to the Indian Army in 1893, and joined the 3rd Gurkhas in
1895; became Capt. 10 July, 1901, and Major 2 May, 1909, being Adjutant
of his battn. 1901–5; served with the relief force in the Chitral
Campaign, 1895 (medal with clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force in
France, 1914; died of wounds received the same day in the trenches near
La Bassée, 3 Nov. 1914; buried at Bethune. He _m._ at Lucknow, 25
Jan. 1902, Hilda Clara Frances, yst. dau. of the late Henry Carnsew,
formerly of Summers Place, Billingshurst, co. Sussex; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Frederick Manners-Smith.=]
=SOMERS-SMITH, RICHARD WILLINGDON=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service)
Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest _s._ of Robert Vernon
Somers-Smith, of Bur Lea, Walton-on-Thames, J.P., C.C., Clerk to the
Grocer’s Company, by his wife, M. Gertrude, dau. of John A. Radcliffe,
of Cobham; _b._ Hersham, co. Surrey, 27 Oct. 1882; educ. Eton,
and Merton College, Oxford; went to Ceylon, and became a Tea Planter,
but on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, returned to
England, and obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the King’s Royal
Rifles, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was
killed in action near Hooge, 30 June following, while running forward
to help dig out some of his men who were buried by a shell; _unm._
Buried there. Like his father and brother, he was a distinguished Eton
and Oxford athlete. At Eton he rowed in the Eight at Henley, and at
Oxford, during his first year he won the Freshmen’s miles, rowed in
the “Trials,” stroked his Torpid up five places, stepped straight from
the Torpid into the ’Varsity eight, where he rowed two, stroked his
College eight, and won the University pairs with Graham, of Balliol.
The next year he stroked his College into the final of the coxwainless
fours, coached the Torpid up three, rowed bow in the winning University
crew, rowed seven to Bucknall’s stroke in the College eight, reached
the final of the University pairs with Brocklebank, and only lost to
a heavier pair by re-rowing after a dead heat with only a short rest,
and as captain, rowed in four events at Henley for his College, besides
sweeping the board at the College sports. He had his rowing Blue and
was also offered his running Blue, but could not both row and run.
His brother, Capt. John Robert Somers-Smith, London Regt., gained the
Military Cross at the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was
killed in action at Gommecourt, 1 July, 1916.
=SELBY-SMYTH, MILES BURY=, Capt., 4th Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
only _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Edward Guy Selby-Smyth, of Darby
House, Sunbury-on-Thames, Royal Irish Rifles, by his wife, Georgina
Florence (42, Cornwall Gardens, London, S.W.), 2nd dau. and co-h.
of Capt. the Hon. John James Bury, R.E. [2nd _s._ of Charles
William, 2nd Earl of Charleville], and grandson of Gen. Sir Edward
Selby-Smyth, K.C.M.G.; _b._ Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Nov. 1884;
educ. Rottingdean (Mr. Stanford’s) and Bradfield College, co. Berks;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade, from the Militia, 16 May, 1908,
and promoted Lieut. 23 Jan. 1911, and Capt. 30 Nov. 1914; was A.D.C.
(extra) to the Governor of Western Australia from 20 April, 1910, to
10 Feb. 1912; went to France, 20 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action
at St. Eloi, 15 March, 1915, leading his company in a counter-attack
on the Germans. Buried near the Church of Dickebusche. He _m._ in
London, 8 Oct. 1912, Violet Emily (4, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W.), yst.
dau. of the late Capt. Cecil Drummond, R.B., and had a dau.: Pamela
Dorothy Beaujolois, _b._ 25 Aug. 1913.
[Illustration: =Miles B. Selby-Smyth.=]
=SMYTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER NOEL=, Capt., Royal Garrison Artillery,
2nd _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Frederick Augustus Smyth, of Weymouth,
Brig.-Surgeon, I.M.S., late of Queen Alexandra’s Own Gurkha Rifles (who
served in the Afghan, Burma, Chin Lushai and Chitral Campaigns, also in
the attack and siege of the Malakand), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of
the Rev. John Cole, Vicar of Isle Brewers, Somerset; _b._ Morar,
Gwalior, India, 18 Dec. 1888; educ. Weymouth College, and the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut., R.G.A., 31 July, 1902,
and promoted Lieut. 31 July, 1905, and Capt. 30 Oct. 1914, was for
some time on garrison duty in England, and then served for six years
in Ceylon; went to the Front with the 5th Battery Siege Artillery, in
Sept. 1914, doing valuable work as “forward observing officer,” and was
killed in action, being shot by a sniper, while in the act of helping
a wounded infantry soldier, near Armentières, France, 7 Nov. 1914;
_unm._ Buried at Bac St. Maur on the River Lys. Lieut.-Col. M. B.
Roberts, Commanding 2nd Siege Brigade, wrote: “If he was as good a son
as he was an officer, you have every reason to be very proud of him. I
can truthfully say ever since we have been in action (a fortnight) your
son had been doing most excellent work--cheerfully, keen and always
ready for anything, and for some days past I had fully made up my mind
to forward his name to higher authority for the manner in which he
carried out his work. I miss the best of officers--the very best in the
battery, his loss is irreparable.” He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], and
was awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 18 Feb. 1915]; but both
honours were gazetted in error to Lieut. R. A. E. Smyth, Antrim Reserve
R.G.A., who had never been at the Front. As Capt. Smyth has been
killed and the Military Cross is not conferred posthumously the latter
announcement was cancelled.
[Illustration: =Richard A. N. Smyth.=]
=SNARE, ALBERT=, S.P.O. (R.F.R., A. 936), 125421, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SNEATH, CLAUDE DAVIS=, Lieut., 4th Battn. Duke of Cambridge’s
Own Middlesex Regt., _s._ of George Sneath, of Gloucester Lodge,
Golder’s Green, Hendon, J.P., by his 2nd wife, Marian Eliza Harriett,
dau. of Charles William James Davis; _b._ Greta House, Finchley,
18 Jan. 1889; educ. Christ’s College, Finchley, and London University
(where he was in the O.T.C.), and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 6th
Battn. of the Middlesex Regt. in 1912, and promoted Lieut. 15 Dec.
1912. On the outbreak of war he was transferred to the 4th Battn. which
was one of the first regts. to go to the Front; was at the Battle
of Mons, 23 Aug. 1914, also at Cambray and Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914;
afterwards in the retreat, and then at the Battle of the Marne and on
the Aisne, and was killed in action at Croix Barber, 14 Oct. 1914;
_unm._ He was a fine hockey player, and played back for the Hendon
Hockey Club, also for Middlesex and the Philistines on many occasions.
He was also a good cricketer, and was president of the Golder’s Green
Working Men’s Club.
[Illustration: =Claude D. Sneath.=]
=SNEDDON, JAMES=, Private, No. 18547, 13th (Service) Battn. Royal
Scots (Lothian Regt.), _s._ of John Sneddon; _b._ Bellshill,
co. Lanark, 11 July, 1887; educ. Bellshill; enlisted at Stirling, 19
Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc., and
died in No. 1 Casualty Clearing station, 8 Feb. 1916, from wounds
received in action the previous day. He _m._ at Bellshill, 30 Nov.
1906, Christina Leggatt (2, St. Mary’s Wynd, Stirling), dau. of (--)
Graham, and had issue: Andrew Graham, _b._ 20 Nov. 1909; John
Graham, _b._ 23 Dec. 1911; Euphemia, _b._ 22 Oct, 1907; and
Christina Clark, _b._ 26 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =James Sneddon.=]
=SNELGROVE, SIDNEY HENRY=, Lieut., 14th (Service) Battn., attd.
7th Battn., King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of John Sidney
Snelgrove, of Kingswood, Tunbridge Wells, Barrister-at-Law, by his
wife, Gertrude Emily, dau. of the late John Henry Chatteris; _b._
Tunbridge Wells, 7 Dec. 1891; educ. Hurstleigh, Tunbridge Wells;
Rugby (Mr. Brooke’s House), and Trinity College, Cambridge; gazetted
2nd Lieut. 14th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 21 Nov. 1914, and
promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915; was attd. 7th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle
Corps, and went to France 16 July following, and was killed in action
31 July, 1915, while leading his platoon under heavy shell fire in
support of another company, in the counter-attack at the Chateau Hooge.
Buried Sanctuary Wood, south of Hooge: _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. A.
P. Rennie, D.S.O., Commanding 7th King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote: “He
was leading his men splendidly at the time,” and Lieut.-Col. Sir Thomas
Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, Bart., Commanding 14th Battn. King’s
Royal Rifle Corps: “... one of my smartest officers. I was quite sure
he would distinguish himself when he went to the Front.” Letters from
other officers and men all speak in the highest terms of his courage,
energy and great capability. At Hurstleigh he was head of the School
and captain of the cricket and the hockey elevens, and at Rugby was
in his house eleven, and a signaller in the O.T.C. His elder brother,
Capt. John Sidney Norman Snelgrove, Royal West Kent Regt., is now
(1916) on active service.
[Illustration: =Sidney Henry Snelgrove.=]
=SNELL, GEORGE NOWELL=, Stoker, 3rd Class, K. 21993, H.M.S.
Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SNELL, WILLIAM JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 12869, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SNEYD, THOMAS HUMPHREY=, Capt., 4th. attd. 2nd. Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, only _s._ of Major-Gen. Thomas William Sneyd, of
Ashcombe Park, Belmont, and Onecote, co. Stafford, late Commanding
Queen’s Bays (1877–82), by his wife, Charlotte Marion, dau. of Capt.
William Wheatley Repton, Bengal N.I.; _b._ Lightoaks, near
Cheadle, co. Stafford, 20 Oct. 1883; educ. Sandroyd, Wellington
College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen’s
Bays), 22 April, 1903; and promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1904; joined
his regt. in South Africa in Aug. 1903, and acted as A.D.C. to the
Commander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Henry Hildyard; retired in July, 1910, and
after a year and a half spent in the Argentine, returned to England
in Jan. 1912, and joined the 4th (Special Reserve) Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers as Capt. 30 Oct. 1912; went to France attd. to the 2nd
Battn., and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, Belgium, 2 Nov. 1914.
Buried in Ploegsteert Wood. He _m._ at St. John’s Church, Forfar,
3 June, 1914, Phœbe Marianne, yr. dau. of John Sharp Callender-Brodie,
of Idvies, Forfar, and had a dau., Averil Marion Anne, _b._ 7
April, 1915.
[Illustration: =Thomas Humphrey Sneyd.=]
=SNOSWELL, THOMAS EMDEN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class (R.F.R., B.
1467), 146107, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept.
1914.
=SNOW, WILLIAM CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4628), 195194, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SNOWDEN, HARCOURT JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Hertfordshire Regt.
(T.F.), yr. _s._ of the Rev. Harcourt Snowden, of St. Peter’s,
Broadstairs, by his wife, Augusta, dau. of Martin Daniel; _b._
Ramsgate, 12 Dec. 1887; educ. Hildersham House, St. Peter’s; Parkfield,
Haywards Heath; Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the
Hertfordshire Regt. under Lieut.-Col. Viscount Hampden’s command, 2
June, 1913, and was promoted Lieut. 26 Sept. 1914. On the outbreak of
war he volunteered for foreign service, served in France and Flanders,
and was killed in action while visiting sentries early in the morning
of 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ He was buried near Richebourg l’Avoué. His
Major said: “I had such confidence in him that, when I knew that he was
the officer on duty, I never went round the posts to see that all was
well.” Another officer wrote: “He was a fine example to us all of a
good and straight living Englishman.”
[Illustration: =Harcourt John Snowden.=]
=SOLLEY, ALFRED JOHN GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20426, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SOLLITT, GEORGE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3544), H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOMERTON, CHARLES ENOS=, Ship’s Steward, 341939, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOMERTON, FREDERICK CHARLES=, Private, No. 1342, A Coy. 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Frederick Somerton, of Trinity,
Newfoundland, Magistrate, by his wife, Caroline Augusta, dau.
of Charles Soule Hibbert, of Bromley, Kent; _b._ Bruges,
Newfoundland, 31 March, 1888; educ. Bishops Field College, St. John’s,
Newfoundland, and on leaving there engaged in Scholastic pursuits and
taught for three years at Salvage, Newfoundland, and afterwards at
Cape Ray. He then went to Canada, but when the European War broke out
returned home; volunteered and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary
Force in Feb. 1915; left for England in April, 1915; went to the
Dardanelles Sept. and died on board the Guildford Castle, 25 Nov. 1915,
of wounds received in action at Gallipoli on the 20th; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick C. Somerton.=]
=SONES, HERBERT JAMES=, Signal Boy, J. 24586, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SORSBY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 4637, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. York; enlisted 19 March, 1902; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 30 Aug. 1914; killed
in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914; _m._
=SOURBUTTS, RICHARD=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269610, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOUGHTON, THOMAS EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 686, 2nd Home Counties,
1/6th Battery, R.F.A. (T.F.); _b._ Hellingly, co. Sussex, 23
March, 1893; educ. Horsebridge, Hellingly; was an employee in the firm
of Messrs. Howard Bros., Hellingly; enlisted soon after the outbreak of
war, Oct. 1914; went to India, and died in Ferozepore Barracks there, 3
Dec. 1915, from internal injuries caused by a fall from an ammunition
wagon on the 1st, while on service; _unm._
=SOUTER, CHARLES JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer, 169027, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SOUTH, FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 224839, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SOUTHERN, HENRY WALTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25688, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SOUTHERN, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 3097, 7th Battn. Durham L.I.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late George Southern, of Southwick,
Miner, by his wife, Alice (Walter Tom Street, Southwick, Sunderland),
dau. of John Lathon; _b._ Southwick, 27 March, 1891; educ. High
Southwick Council School; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted
9 Nov. 1914; trained at Sunderland, and went to the Front, 19 April,
1915, coming into action a few days later at Ypres on Whit Monday,
when the 7th Durhams were severely cut up. He was killed in action at
Armentières, 31 July, 1915; _unm._ He was a regular Sunday School
teacher at a Primitive Methodist Church, and was engaged in Christian
Endeavour work. His great ambition was to become a foreign missionary,
and a few days before his death he wrote intimating that if spared
to return home his future would be devoted to that cause. One of his
officers, writing to his mother, said: “In the past his presence among
us inspired all that was good. In the future, if God spares us, we will
retain a lasting memory of his goodness.”
[Illustration: =John George Southern.=]
=SOUTHERTON, HARRY PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14664 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SOUTHWICK, CHARLES THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 1212, 13th Battn.
(Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of Charles Southwick, of Heatherlands, Poole, Schoolmaster, by his
wife, Mary Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Harland; _b._ Kinson,
co. Dorset, 27 Feb. 1887; educ. Secondary School, Broughty Ferry, and
St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, and on leaving there became Assistant
Master at the Vineyard School, Richmond, under Mr. Lancaster; joined
the 13th Kensingtons in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 Nov., and was killed in
action in the attack on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915. In letters received
from the Front it was stated that in this action Sergt. Southwick with
his platoon reached the second German trench, where a piece of shrapnel
broke the glasses he was wearing. Then, a volunteer being called for
to return to the English lines for reinforcements, he undertook the
dangerous task, was seen to start on his errand, and from that time
seems to have completely disappeared. He had a fine baritone voice, and
was successively bass singer in the Petersham, Chelsea (Sidney Street),
and St. Peter’s (Bayswater) Choirs, and also a member of the Queen’s
Hall Choir. He _m._ at Stratford, Essex, 12 Sept. 1914, Lilian
Francis (Ashleigh, The Bridle Path, Woodford Green), dau. of William
Webster, of Ashleigh, Woodford Green; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Charles T. Southwick.=]
=SOUTHWOOD, HORACE GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 271932, H.M S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SPACKMAN, HAROLD JOHN=, Private, No. 13845, 10th (Service)
Battn. Devonshire Regt., _s._ of Frederick William Spackman, of
The Dairy, Manningford, Bohune, by his wife, Eliza Catherine, dau. of
Alfred Manners, of Heddington, Calne, Wilts; _b._ Manningford,
Bohune, Pewsey, co. Wilts, 24 May, 1897; educ. Woodborough School;
enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Bath, 12
March, 1915, of meningitis contracted while on service; _unm._
=SPAIN, EDWARD SYDNEY STEPHEN=, Leading Seaman, 235099, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=SPALDING, FRANK=, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt., No. 6896, 1st
Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Spalding, of 70, Scorer
Street, Lincoln; _b._ Lincoln, 1890; educ. there; was apprenticed
to Messrs. Robey, Blacksmiths, but before his time expired gave this
up and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 20 Aug. 1906; was appointed
L.-Corpl. 19 Aug. 1907; Corpl. 17 Oct. 1908; L.-Sergt. 17 March, 1910;
Sergt. 15 Aug. 1913, Pioneer Sergt. the same day; and acting Coy.
Quartermaster-Sergt. (for meritorious conduct at the Front), 20 Nov.
1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and
died at Ecquedecques, Belgium, 1 Jan. 1915, from an accident while on
active service. Buried in field opposite Delalean Farm, Ecquedecques,
about 2 kilometres from Lillers. He was an enthusiastic footballer,
being at one time a member of the Lincoln Wednesday Team, and while in
the Army was one of the Battn.’s Soccer representatives; he was also a
member of the old Lincoln Volunteers for some time. Coy. Q.M.-Sergt.
Spalding _m._ at St. Thomas’s, Lambeth, 6 Aug. 1911, Kate (128,
Ash Street, Walworth, London), dau. of (--) Skinner, and had two sons:
Eric Arthur, _b._ 23 July, 1912; and Leslie Stuart, _b._ 30
Oct. 1914.
=SPARKES, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12476, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SPARKS, HARRY ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8408), S.S.
104457, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SPEAREY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 194745, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.