Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Samuel Stuckey, of
Christchurch, New Zealand (a native of Somersetshire, England);
_b._ Christchurch, New Zealand, 8 April, 1877; educ. Nelson
College (where he was winner of the Gymnastic and Swimming
Championships); travelled in Europe for two years to qualify himself
in French and German, and on his return joined the New Zealand T.F.;
became Capt. 13 May, 1912; volunteered for Imperial service after
the outbreak of war and was appointed Capt. 6th Regt. New Zealand
Expeditionary Force, 1 Sept. 1915, and later Major; left for Egypt with
the main body in Oct.; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25
April, 1915, and was thereafter missing, and is now assumed to have
been killed in action the same day. The Col. wrote: “The last I saw of
him was as he was gallantly leading his company up a ridge that ran to
the left of Shrapnel Gully, and later in the day it was reported that
he had been severely wounded (through the stomach, and if I remember
correctly, through the chest), and that his men were unable to get
him back. My report to the A.A.G. was ‘missing and severely wounded,
believed killed,’ but as rumours were about that he had been taken off
to a hospital ship, this was altered to wounded. Personally, I do not
think there is any chance that he is a prisoner in the hands of the
Turks”; and an officer of the 3rd Auckland Regt.: “At the time he was
wounded I was on the look-out for any New Zealand officers, especially
those I knew. I was on duty on an Auxiliary Hospital Ship Lutzow. I had
two trips in her, and we arrived in Alexandria in company with many
other ships, all of which I visited each time. I had heard the Major
was severely wounded, and was especially looking out for him, but never
found a trace of him having landed back in Egypt, where practically
all the wounded went. Neither could I find him in any hospital in
Alexandria. I did hear that he was in a Cairo hospital, but on further
enquiries could not trace him. I also asked our Base Commandant at
Alexandria to make a thorough search, which I am sure he did. Several
of the Hauraki men told me they had seen the Major put on board a
lighter on the Anzac Beach, and I am quite prepared to believe this. It
is more than probable that he died before reaching the hospital, and
was taken away in a mine sweeper and buried at sea, without his name
being noted in the fearful rush of wounded which came from shore the
first day or two.... The Major was very popular with men and officers
alike, in fact almost the most popular, he was always so fair.” He was
_unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick Stuckey.=]
=STUDD, LIONEL FAIRFAX=, Clerk in Holy Orders, and Capt. 12th
Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John
Edward Kynaston Studd, M.A. Camb., President and Chairman of the
Polytechnic, Regent Street, by his wife, Hilda, dau. of Sir Thomas
William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Bt., and the Hon. Caroline
Esther Waldegrave, dau. of Granville George, 2nd Lord Radstock;
_b._ 2, Cavendish Place, London, W., 16 May, 1891; educ. at
Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took Honours
in History. He then studied for a year at Ridley Hall, where he
was a double prizeman. On leaving Cambridge in 1913 preparatory to
taking Orders in the following spring, he threw in his lot with the
Polytechnic, in whose work he had always been interested, and to which
he had ever given his help, notably in connection with the Christmas
Dinner Fund and the Scottish Holiday Tours in Edinburgh. During the
winter session of 1913–14 Capt. Studd, who had strong inclinations
for a missionary life, determined to render himself more efficient
by a course of practical business training. He entered as a student
at the Polytechnic Business Training School, studying accounts, and
then entered the accounts department, where he helped with the books.
During this time he became a regular member of the second hockey team
and a constant attendant at the weekly Bible classes. He joined the
12th Battn. of the London Regt. as a Subaltern in the “Poly” Coy., 15
Nov. 1909. On Trinity Sunday, 1914, he was ordained a Minister of the
Church of England in St. Paul’s Cathedral by the Bishop of London,
and commenced his work as a curate at St. James’s, Holloway, under
the Rev. J. C. Banham. Here he worked assiduously during the summer
months, and letters from the parish show that even in that short time
he had gained the respect and affection of the very large congregation
that worshipped there. Towards the end of the summer he had seriously
thought of giving up his place in the 12th London Regt., and only held
on hoping to be permitted to have a few more drills with his “Poly”
friends, and perhaps to go to camp with them. Before any further
steps could be taken war was declared, and he felt it to be his duty
to continue with his regt. He was gazetted Capt. on 2 Sept. 1914.
This promotion, to his great regret, severed his connection with the
“Poly” company, and though he had a few “Poly” boys in his company, he
was able to see comparatively little of his old friends. For several
weeks he was in charge of the guard at Waterloo station, and received
the thanks of those in authority for the efficient way in which the
work was done. He and his company were in the trenches near Ypres on
the night of 13 Feb. 1915. The following day a severe attack was made
on the trenches, and he was struck by shrapnel in the head and died
without suffering. The company received great praise for the steady way
in which they had faced serious trouble. His old company were not in
action on that day, but took their place under fire on the following
day, the 15th, and then it was that their chief, Major V. R. Hoare,
lost his life. They were buried in the same grave in a field adjoining
the Cimetière de Menin, about half a mile east of Ypres, where they
had previously been billeted. His commanding officer, Col. A. D.
Bayliffe, wrote: “Lionel was one of my best officers and universally
popular with all ranks in the battn. He and Vin have been laid side by
side in the cemetery just outside the town where we were quartered at
the time [Ypres]. ‘In death they were not divided.’ It may be of some
slight comfort to you, in your great distress, to know that the result
of their good work in the past was shown in the gallant conduct and
bearing of the ‘Poly’ lads and enabled them to stand firm and endure
their ordeal so splendidly.”
[Illustration: =Lionel Fairfax Studd.=]
=STUMBLES, HORACE GEORGE=, Corpl., No. 990, D Coy., 25th Battn.
7th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Forces, _s._ of Thomas
George Stumbles, of 10, Godolphin Terrace, Devonport, Royal Naval
Outfitter, by his wife, Kate Ellen, dau. of William Rockett; _b._
Stoke, Devonport, 17 July, 1892; educ. Devonport High School; went
to Australia in June, 1911; enlisted 15 Feb. 1915, proceeded to the
Dardanelles, where he was severely wounded in right leg, and died of
dysentery and compound fracture of leg on board H.M.S. Aquitania, 20
Oct. 1915; buried Mudros East; _unm._
=STURROCK, ALBERT GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 6666, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=STURROCK, DAVID DUFF=, Corpl., No. 1845, 9th Battn. Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Peter Sturrock, of
Drummaird, Lenzie, L.R.C.P., and S. Ed., Lieut. R.A.M.C. by his wife,
Helen Amelia, dau. of James Swirles, of Edinburgh; _b._ Jedburgh,
15 Sept. 1894; educ. Jedburgh Grammar School and Lenzie Academy; was an
Analytical Chemist; joined the 9th Territorial Battn. of the Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders, 13 April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service
on the outbreak of war; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915; was wounded 18
March, 1915, but returned to duty 9 May, and was killed in action at
the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the 10th; _unm._ Buried near Ypres.
[Illustration: =David Duff Sturrock.=]
=STYANCE, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9385), S.S.
106626, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=STYLES, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster
Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Frederick Styles, of Preston,
Lancashire, and 49, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife,
Helena Alice Wellington (124, Knightsbridge, S.W.; Blackmoor, Four
Elms, Kent), widow of Capt. L. B. A. Poynter, 7th Hussars, and dau.
of John Brophey; _b._ 27 Jan. 1884; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst;
gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Munster Fusiliers 13 May, 1903, and promoted
Lieut. 9 Jan. 1906. He retired in April, 1914, but rejoined his regt.
just before the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Etreux, 27
Aug. 1914; _unm._ Capt. Wise, the Adjutant of the regt., writing
to Mrs. Styles, said: “You will already have heard that poor Fred was
shot on Thursday, 27th inst. At the time he was gallantly leading his
men under a heavy fire, and had he survived would certainly have been
mentioned in despatches. I was not actually present when he was hit,
but I have been told by those who were on the spot that his death was
painless and instantaneous. When I saw him a few minutes later he was
lying peacefully as though asleep. As this letter will be censored
by the German authorities, I am unable to give you any details as to
the action, or the situation of the battlefield. All the officers who
fell were buried in one grave, and a service was conducted by a German
clergyman.” An interesting account of the doings of the Munsters and of
their great stand this day will be found under the notice of Lieut. C.
E. V. Awdry. The eight officers who fell this day were buried by the
Germans in one grave, and the N.C.Os. and men in another, side by side,
near the railway station of Etreux, on the right-hand side of the road,
400 yards north of the level crossing. They also erected crosses to
mark the spot.
[Illustration: =Frederick Ernest Styles.=]
=STYLES, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13796, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=STYLES, HARRY=, Private, No. G3872, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey
Regt., _s._ of George Styles, of Albury, Surrey; served with the
Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Festubert, 16
May, 1915.
=STYLES, JOHN=, Private, No. 6484, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards,
3rd _s._ of Harry Styles, of Alderton, near Chippenham, co. Wilts,
by his wife, Martha; _b._ Corston, co. Wilts, 13 Oct. 1883;
educ. Malmesbury Public School; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt. 25
March, 1901; became L.-Corpl. 19 May, 1904, and Corpl. 23 June, 1904;
transferred to the Coldstreams, 13 Dec. 1905; served during the South
African War, guarding prisoners at St. Helena, 20 June, 1901, to 11
Sept. 1902 (medal); and in Egypt, 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and
returned to England for King George’s Coronation; was called up with
the Reserves on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Franco with
the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. and was killed in action at Soupir, 14
Sept. 1914, during the retreat from Mons; _unm._ Private Styles
received the cross guns and stripe.
[Illustration: =John Styles.=]
=SULIVAN, PHILIP HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal
Munster Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of Col. Ernest Frederic Sulivan,
now commanding 10th (late commanding 4th) Battn. East Surrey Regt.,
formerly of the Hampshire Regt., by his wife, Florence Mary, dau.
of James Houldsworth, of Coltness, Lanarkshire; _b._ Mayfield
Hall, Ashbourne, co. Derby, 27 Aug. 1894; educ. Malvern, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster
Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed
in a rearguard action at Etreux, France, 27 Aug. following, during the
retreat from Mons. Buried by the Germans at cross roads, near Etreux,
with eight of his brother officers who fell the same day; _unm._
[Illustration: =Philip Hamilton Sulivan.=]
=SULLIVAN, BARTHOLOMEW=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4733, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 6585, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of George Sullivan, by his wife, Jane, dau. of George
Parsons; _b._ co. Surrey, 5 Jan. 1887; educ. Dockhead School,
Bermondsey; was a Brushmaker; enlisted 29 Jan. 1906; served seven years
with the Colours and two on Reserve, including five years (29 Sept.
1906 to 23 March, 1911) in Egypt; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; was
killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914, and was buried in
the churchyard there. Private Sullivan _m._ at the Parish Church,
Mortlake, 26 Dec. 1911, Caroline Harriett (26, Hampton Square, Sheen
Lane, Mortlake), dau. of Henry Joseph Parsons, and had a son, Thomas
Joseph, _b._ 19 July, 1914.
[Illustration: =John James Sullivan.=]
=SUMMERS, SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4403), S.S.
103389. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SUMMERS, WILLIAM WIGAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 81, Army Medical Corps,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George Summers, of Norton,
Warwickshire, Clay Worker, by his wife, Mary Jane; _b._ Measham,
co. Derby, 1 June, 1887; educ. York Road Schools, Church-Gresley,
Derbyshire, and on leaving school went to Shirebrook, Derbyshire, and
worked in the collieries, and was a Local Preacher; went to Australia
in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Ambulance
Corps; left for Egypt with the main force; died 28 June, 1915, of
wounds received during the landing at Suvla Bay; _unm._
=SUMMERSCALES, PERCY=, Private, No. 1465, 3rd Battn. Australian
Imperial Force, _s._ of John Summerscales, of Asset Common,
Yorkshire; _b._ Thornhill, co. York, 10 June, 1881; educ. there;
went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt
and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action during the fighting at
Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=SUTCH, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 2315, 16th Battn.
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of
Charles Strugnell Sutch, of 45, Antill Road, South Tottenham, S.E., by
his wife, Clara, dau. of Henry Robert Blake, of Birmingham; _b._
Tottenham, London, 6 Dec. 1894; educ. The Grammar School there; entered
the employ of the London Telephone Service as a Clerk in 1912, and was
a member of the Civil Service Cadets, only resigning in conformity
with the demands of the age limit, with the rank of Sergt.; joined the
Queen’s Westminsters soon after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914;
went to France, 2 Nov., and died in Nottingham Hospital, 4 April, 1915,
after undergoing three operations rendered necessary by wounds received
in action at Houplines on 6 Jan.; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman
and an enthusiastic yachtsman, and was the means of saving life on the
River Lea.
=SUTHERLAND, GEORGE ALEXANDER=, Private, No. 3238, 1/14th Battn.
(London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Alexander
Gair Sutherland, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police, Vine Street
Station, Piccadilly, W., by his wife, Mary, dau. of A. Rugg, of Bower,
Caithness, Scotland, Farmer; _b._ Hammersmith, 27 Sept. 1886;
educ. South Western Polytechnic, Chelsea; was employed at H.M. Patent
Office as assistant clerk; joined the London Scottish on the outbreak
of war, 9 Sept. 1914, and was subsequently seven months in the firing
line, during which time, according to a letter received from his
commanding officer, he proved an excellent and cheery soldier. He was
killed in a charge at Hulluch, near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =George A. Sutherland.=]
=SUTHERLAND, GEORGE LACEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7437), S.S. 1329,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=SUTHERLAND, JAMES McKAY=, Corpl., No. 2737, 3rd, attd. 1st,
Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Thomas William Sutherland,
Pipe Major 3/6th Highland L.I., by his wife, Catherine (43, Eaglesham
Street, Glasgow), dau. of Duncan McLaren, late of Callander,
Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1896; educ. Lambhill Street
School, Glasgow; enlisted in Sept. 1913; went to the Front with the 2nd
Battn. of his regt. 3 Oct. 1914, and was wounded in action at La Bassée
in Nov. and invalided home. After undergoing an operation in hospital
at Oxford, he had a month’s leave, and then went back to Weymouth, from
which place he went to France in March with a draft for the 1st Battn.
He died in hospital at St. Omer, 22 April, 1915, of wounds received in
action at Hill 60 on the 18th, and was buried at St. Omer.
[Illustration: =James McK. Sutherland.=]
=SUTHERLAND, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 2030, College Coy., 6th Battn.
The Royal Scots, _s._ of John Sutherland, of Meadowmill, Tranent,
East Lothian, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Wise; _b._
Meadowmill, Tranent, 6 Sept. 1888; educ. public school there, and
Boroughmuir Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; was a teacher at Lauriston
Public School, Falkirk; joined the 6th Volunteer Battn. of the Royal
Scots, 29 Jan. 1906, and served with them till 31 March, 1908, when
he passed into the 4th Battn. (T.F.); in 1910 he was transferred to
the College Coy. of the 6th Battn. and served four years; after the
outbreak of war he rejoined on 6 Sept. 1914, and with them volunteered
for foreign service; they were attached to the 4th Battn. and left for
the Dardanelles in May, 1915. He was wounded in action at Krithia, 28
June, 1915, and died the following day; _unm._
=SUTHERLAND, JOHN=, Private, No. 10539, 2nd Battn. The Royal
Scots, _s._ of John Sutherland, of 15, West Port, Edinburgh,
Labourer; _b._ Fountainbridge, co. Edinburgh; educ. Cranston
Street; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 18 Oct. 1909; went to the Front
in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 24 Nov. 1914;
_unm._
[Illustration: =John Sutherland.=]
=SUTTIE, HENRY=, A.B., 223301, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in
the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SUTTON, FERGUS ALGERNON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Lancashire
Regt., 2nd _s._ of Algernon Charles Sutton, of Hamsted House,
Chidham, Chichester, and Woodcroft, Tunbridge Wells, a great grandson
of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bt., M.P., Under Secretary of State,
1766–72, by his wife, Winifred Alice, dau. of William Edwin Cotton
Fell, of Lochrin, Edinburgh; _b._ Chidham, Chichester, 26 Aug.
1891; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the 5th Battn. (Cinque Ports)
of the Royal Sussex Regt., and became Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. From the
Territorial Force he was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the South Lancashire
Regt. 10 June, 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. the same year. On
the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
was present at the retreat from Mons and at the Battles of the Marne
and the Aisne, at which latter he was wounded. After returning home in
Nov. 1914 he again left for the Front in the following Jan., and was
killed in action near Ypres, 26 Feb. 1915; _unm._ He was buried at
Kemmel, in the military cemetery. At Mons Lieut. Sutton made a gallant
attempt to save a machine gun in a trench from which they had to
retire; while he and another man were lifting the gun out, the Germans
brought one of their own machine guns to the head of it, and starting
to fire, killed his companion. Capt. B. Evans, after Lieut. Sutton’s
death, wrote to his parents: “Your son was an extremely gallant
man, and I, as his company officer, wrote twice to the authorities
recommending him for the D.S.O. If any one in this war has deserved
this distinction, he most certainly did so. In my experience, I have
met many gallant young fellows, but I never remember having met a young
officer who was always so cool and collected under every circumstance
as he was. His indifference to danger was remarked by all of us. His
loss is a great one to the regt. and he will be missed by all of us who
know him.”
[Illustration: =Fergus Algernon Sutton.=]
=SUTTON, JAMES THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3795), 191412, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=SUTTON, HUBERT=, L.-Corpl., No. 1757, A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry
(T.F.), only _s._ of Oswald Walker Sutton, of 17, Rosebery Avenue,
E.C., and 2, Fernwood Avenue, Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Hannah
Fletcher, dau. of Alexander Grossmann; _b._ Clapham, S.W., 25
Oct. 1892; educ. St. John’s, Brixton, and Alleyn’s, Dulwich; was a
Commercial Traveller; joined A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry, Nov. 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war and transferred
to C Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry; left England for Egypt, 20 March, 1915;
arrived at the Dardanelles 3 Aug. and died on shipboard, 22 Aug. 1915,
of enteritis contracted in the Gallipoli trenches; _unm._ Fond of
sport, he was at the same time much interested in literature and was a
good writer, and a posthumous work entitled “Fragments of Verse” was
published by his parents.
[Illustration: =Hubert Sutton.=]
=SUTTON, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10131), 204339, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWAINLAND, WILLIAM OSBORNE=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304300, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SWAN, ANDREW CAMPBELL=, Private, No. 7376, 1/4th Battn. King’s
Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Johnston
Swan, of Reston, co. Berwick, Tailor and Clothier, by his wife, Mary
Rose, dau. of William Rose, of Duns; _b._ Reston, 5 July, 1896;
educ. Reston Public School; volunteered and enlisted, 23 Nov. 1914;
left for the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died on the hospital ship
Asturias, 13 July, 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day;
_unm._ Buried in Base Cemetery at Cape Helles.
[Illustration: =Andrew Campbell Swan.=]
=SWAN, GEORGE=, Private, No 15479, 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers,
_s._ of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife,
Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; _b._ Bathgate, co. Linlithgow,
25 Aug. 1878; educ. Bathgate Academy; enlisted in the 2nd Battn.
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 5 Nov. 1899; served in the South
African War, 1899–1902, with the 1st Battn. (Queen’s medal with five
clasps); transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers in 1913;
went to France, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Chapelle
d’Armentières, 18 Oct. 1914; _unm._ Buried there. His brother,
Pioneer James Blair Swan, was killed in action at the same place (see
following notice).
[Illustration: =George Swan.=]
=SWAN, JAMES BLAIR=, Pioneer, No. 1975, 1/9th Battn. Royal Scots
(Highlanders), yst. _s._ of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street,
Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; _b._
Ballark House, Nairn, 19 Aug. 1893; educ. Leith; was a Joiner with
Drysdale & Son, Leith; joined the Royal Scots on the outbreak of war,
11 Aug. 1914; trained at Edinburgh; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915,
and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 15 July, 1915;
_unm._ 2nd Lieut. H. M. Wardrop wrote: “He was killed up here
in the trenches while putting up barbed wire in front of the reserve
trench. He was in the act of driving in a post when a stray bullet
grazed his rifle and entered into his back, passing right through him.
He suffered no pain, as he never regained consciousness and passed
away just as we got him into the dressing station. We laid him to rest
at 9.15 p.m. the next night and his body was carried to the little
cemetery (at Chapelle d’Armentières) about three-quarters of a mile
behind the trenches by four of his old comrades in the same section
and platoon as he was before he went to the Brigade Pioneers; his body
being covered with the Union Jack.... As his platoon officer I had a
very high opinion of him, for he was a most useful man all-round. It
was because of this that he was transferred to the Brigade Pioneers,
where he continued to do excellent work.” His brother, Private George
Swan, was killed in action at the same place, 18 Oct. 1914 (see
previous notice).
[Illustration: =James Blair Swan.=]