RYAN, CHARLES, Petty Officer (N.S.), 177312, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RYAN, GEORGE JULIAN, D.S.O., Capt. and Brevet Major, 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 2nd s. of the late Lieut.-Col. George Ryan, Army Medical Service, by his wife, Louisa Clotilda (Ashby Cottage, Ryde, Isle of Wight), dau. of Major N. Colthurst-Brabazon, 83rd Regt. (R.I.F.); b. Tenby, co. Pembroke, 18 Sept. 1878; educ. Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and United Services College, Westward Ho!, North Devon; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 8 Sept. 1897, and promoted Lieut. 11 March 1899, Capt. 9 June, 1906, and Brevet Major 7 Nov. 1908, being employed with the Egyptian Army from 6 Feb. 1903, to 15 Feb. 1910; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1901; employed with the Mounted Infantry in the advance on Kimberley, including actions at Belmont and Modder River; operations in the Transvaal, June-29 Nov. 1900; operations in Cape Colony; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–March, 1901, and those in the Orange River Colony, March-June, 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]; Queen’s medal with five clasps, D.S.O.); (2) in the Soudan, 1905, with force sent against the Nyam Nyam tribes in the Bahr-el-Ghazal Province (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 18 May, 1906]; Egyptian medal with clasp); (3) in the Sudan, 1906; took part in the operations at Talodi, in Southern Kordofan (clasp to Egyptian medal); (4) in the Sudan, 1908: in operations in the Blue Nile Province, then with force commanded by El Lewa Dickinson Pasha sent to punish the murderer of the Deputy Inspector and Police Commandant, who had been treacherously slain at Kamlin; and (5) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 22 Aug. 1914; was promoted temp. Lieut.-Col. 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 23 Jan. 1915, when returning across the danger zone, after inspecting his men in the trenches, while in temporary command of the Battn. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 22 June, 1915. He was unm.

RYAN, JOHN JAMES, A.B., F.F. 3609, killed in action at Tsing-Tau, 22 Aug. 1914, on board H.M. Destroyer Kennet, while engaged in chasing the German destroyer S.90.

RYE, FREDERICK CLEMENT, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1183), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RYLANCE, WILLIAM HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4190), 277713, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

RYLANDS, REGINALD VICTOR, Capt. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of Richard Walter Rylands, of Ashburn Lodge, Worsley, Manchester, Solicitor, by his wife, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Isherwood, of Bolton; b. Eccles, 5 Nov. 1891; educ. All Saints’ School, Bloxham, and Shrewsbury School, and after spending a short time in Germany, went to Manchester University, taking his LL.B. in 1912. While there he served his articles as solicitor with his father’s firm, Messrs. Boote, Edgar, Grace & Rylands, of Manchester, Solicitors, and passed his final examination in June, 1914. He was three years in the Cadet Corps at Shrewsbury, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 1/7th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 18 July, 1910, attained the rank of Lieut. 5 Jan. 1912, and received his Company, 26 Sept. 1914. Along with other units of the East Lancashire Territorial Division, his battn. went out to Egypt in the autumn of 1914, and for some time he commanded the detachment that guarded the important railway centre at Atbara, a position of great responsibility for a young officer of 23. He left Atbara, about Feb. 1915, for Khartoum and was later moved to Suez, going to the Dardanelles early in May, 1915, and was killed during a night attack at Gallipoli, 29 May, 1915; unm. Capt. Williamson wrote of him: “He has proved himself to be one of the finest officers that a regiment could have. You can well imagine the amount of grit in a man when he goes forward under heavy fire though badly wounded.... I say unreservedly that I am proud to be in the same regiment as such a man as that.” Lieut. George Chadwick, of the same battn. wrote: “The battn. was ordered to move on the night of 28 May and dig new trenches which the Manchester Brigade were to man on the day of the charge. Your son was on the left, in command of half the Company. We advanced about 11 o’clock, with a full moon which was not to our advantage; we crept to within about 150 yards of the enemy’s trench and started to dig in. A message came down the line that your son had been hit in the shoulder, a Sergt. that was near by gave him water and did everything that was possible, but the bullet must have got in to some vital spot, as he passed away in about five minutes. We put him to rest the next day in a grave in rear of our trench and put him a cross up made out of a periscope which had been broken by a sniper”; and A. E. Fawcus, Capt. and Act. Adjt. 1/7th Manchester Regt.: “On the night 28–29 May, B and D Companies of our Battn. were ordered to advance and dig ourselves in about 200 yards from the enemy’s trenches; this meant advancing across the open under fire for a distance of about 170 yards. Your son was on the extreme left of our Company and trying to get into touch with the Battn. on our left, but as they had failed to reach their proper place he was unable to do so. Unfortunately the moon rose, and as we had no cover were easily seen by the enemy who opened a hot fire on us.... The section he was with consisting of about eight men were cut off from our next trench and we did not get connected with them for about 48 hours. I was receiving verbal messages from him up to about 2 o’clock on 29 May, 1915, and then I heard he was seriously wounded. Unfortunately we were entirely cut off from our lines behind, as the communication sap was only completed after 72 hours and he in turn was cut off from us so that we could give him no assistance. An hour or two later I received a message to say that he was dead. I afterwards heard that he died in five minutes and never recovered consciousness after he was hit. It is difficult to say whether he was hit once only or by a machine-gun. I regret to say that we could not bury him until the third day as on the day after he was killed a party attempted to do so and one man was immediately killed. His men told me he was slightly hit during the advance but this did not deter him from leading his men splendidly. The operation was a difficult one and our casualties were severe, but thanks to the bravery of the men and their officers was successfully carried out.” A younger brother, 2nd Lieut. Harold B. Rylands, is now (1916) attached to the Lancashire Fusiliers, now in France.

STOPFORD SACKVILLE, GEOFFREY WILLIAM, Sub-Lieut., R.N.. 2nd s. of the late Col. Lionel Richard Stopford Sackville (Commanding 4th Battn. 1891–7), Rifle Brigade, by his wife, Constance Evelyn (Ecton, Northampton), dau. of Major George Gosling, and grandson of Sackville George Stopford Sackville, of Drayton House, co. Northants, M.P., J.P., D.L. [grandson of Rev. the Hon. Richard Bruce Stopford, 4th s. of James, 2nd Earl of Courtown, K.P., P.C.]; b. South Raglan Barracks, Devonport, 22 May, 1893; educ. St Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, and the Osborne (1906) and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; served as Midshipman on H.M. ships St. Vincent, 15 May, 1911, to 14 Jan. 1912, Cornwallis, 15 Jan. 1912 to 29 Sept. 1913, and Invincible, 30 Sept. 1913 to 31 Dec. 1913; took 1st Class for Seamanship and did his three months course at Portsmouth in H.M. ships Victory, Excellent and Dryad; appointed Sub-Lieut., H.M.S. Hampshire, 30 May, 1914, but never joined, being sent to Britomart Gunboat on arrival at Hong Kong; and on the outbreak of war, 5 Aug. following, was with the rest of the crew drafted to H.M. Destroyer Ribble; served in that ship at the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915; was severely wounded while superintending the landing of troops that day, and died 21 May following, in the Bombay Relief Fund Hospital, Alexandria; unm. Commander R. Wilkinson wrote: “Geoffrey was struck in the forehead standing aft, and superintending the disembarkation of soldiers, and cheering them up in his quiet manly way. He was always keen to go into action and to be doing something.”

SADLER, ROBERT HENRY, Trimmer, 92 T.S., Trawler Section R.N.R.; lost when the mine sweeping Trawler No. 61 (Thomas W. Irvine, of North Shields) was sunk by a mine, Aug. 1914.

SADLER, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7474). S.S. 102594, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SADLER, WILLIAM EDWARD, 2nd Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. South Lancashire Regt., eldest s. of William Frederick Sadler, of 41, Hampstead Lane, N., East India Merchant, by his wife, Ada Mary Barton, dau. of the late Z. F. Warren; b. Upper Clapton, 20 Sept. 1896; educ. Cranleigh School, and Highgate School, and on leaving the latter in May, 1913, entered the employ of Messrs. Price, Forbes & Co., of Lloyds. Having served 4½ years in the O.T.C., he applied for a commission on the outbreak of war, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 10th South Lancashires, 13 Nov. 1914, but quickly transferred to 3rd Battn.; went to France, 24 March, 1915, attd. to 2nd Battn., and was killed in action while deepening some partly made trenches on Hill 60, near Ypres, 8 May, 1915; unm. His Col. wrote: “He died gallantly, doing his duty. His company commander had a very high opinion of him. Shortly before he was hit I had been round his platoon in the trenches and thought what a cheerful, smart young fellow he was, and how well and bravely he was doing his duty,” and the Adjutant, Major (now Lieut.-Col.) Cotton: “He was a gallant lad, most deservedly popular and a thoroughly—especially I might say—promising young officer, keen, energetic, and reliable”; and numerous other letters from officers and friends bear testimony to his energy, capability, and great courage.

SAIGEMAN, JACK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4805), S.S. 1717, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

ST. CLAIR, HON. CHARLES HENRY MURRAY, Capt., 1st Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, yr. s. of Charles William, 15th Baron Sinclair, formerly 57th Foot (with which he served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny), by his wife, Margaret Jane, yr. dau. of James Murray, of Bryanston Square; b. 19 Dec. 1878; educ. Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, 7 May, 1898, and promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899–1902, took part in the advance on Kimberley, was present with the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein, and also in the demonstration at Koodoosburgh against the right of the Boer position, and in the final scene at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb., mentioned in Despatches), Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; was attached to Brig.-Gen. Sir H. Rawlinson’s Column as signalling officer during the operations in the Orange Free State and Transvaal, 1900–1, including the actions at Wittebergen (1 to 29 July), and received the Queen’s medal with five clasps and King’s medal with two clasps. He became Capt. 19 April, 1902, served as Adjutant 2nd Battn. Seaforth Highlanders, June, 1903–6, was A.D.C. to Gen. Sir Bruce Hamilton, commanding 2nd Division at Aldershot, June, 1906–7, and Staff Capt. Scottish Command, 1908–12, in which last year he was posted to the 1st Battn. of his regt. then at Agra. He landed in France with the Indian (Meerut) Expeditionary Force, 13 Oct. 1914, and served in the north of France until the 20 Dec. following, when he was killed in action in the trenches near La Bassée; unm. He was mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir John French, 31 May, 1915. Capt. St. Clair was a member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) and a Knight of the Saxe-Ernestine Family Order.

ST. GEORGE, GUY STANFORTH WEMYSS, Lieut., 1st Battn. King George’s Own, Gurkha Rifles, only surviving s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Harry Hamersley St. George, Senior Ordnance Officer, Scottish District, by his wife, Agnes Collin Wemyss (The Cottage, Lexden, Colchester), dau. of George Wright Loch; b. Colombo, Ceylon, 1 July, 1888; educ. Wellington College and Sandhurst: gazetted to the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers, 19 Jan. 1907, and promoted Lieut. 19 April, 1909. In 1908 he was transferred to the Indian Army and was appointed to the 1st Gurkha Rifles. When the war broke out his regiment was sent first to Egypt, and then to France in Nov. 1914, where he was made Brigade Machine-Gun Officer. He was in action at Festubert and Neuve Chapelle, and became Adjutant on the death of Capt. Gilbert Kennedy. Lieut. St. George was mortally wounded at Ypres, 27 April, 1915, and died the following day, and was buried at Hazebrouck, France; unm. His Col. wrote to his mother: “Since Capt. Kennedy was shot, your son has been adjutant, and, as such, has been constantly with me and has endeared himself greatly to me. His death is a great shock to me; he was a most capable soldier, and a first-rate Adjutant, and he will be a very great loss to the regiment”; and Gen. Powell said: “His loss has been very much felt by the 1st. as he was so liked by his brother officers and so much thought of as a capable and promising officer. He appealed to me because of his keenness for rifle shooting; a great shot, a good marksman, and an enthusiastic sportsman.”

SAIT, JOHN, Private, No. 20248, East Surrey Regt. (T.F.), s. of Thomas Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth, Carpenter; b. Hammersmith, London, 19 March, 1863; educ. Tolworth; enlisted in the 2nd East Surreys, 24 June, 1878; served 7 years and 87 days with the Colours, and 4 years 278 days in the Reserve, obtaining his discharge, 23 June, 1890; took part in the Egyptian War, 1885 (medal with clasp and bronze star); rejoined 9 Nov. 1915; died in Knockaloe Camp, Isle of Man, 15 Jan. 1916, of double pneumonia contracted while on active service. He m. at Kingston-on-Thames, 1 July, 1887, Ellen (27, Cross Street, Hampton Hill, Middlesex), dau. of Charles Russell, Gamekeeper, and had six children: John Thomas, b. 22 Jan. 1889; Arthur Edward, b. 7 May, 1904; Henry James, b. 1 July, 1906; Margaret Ethel, b. 3 July, 1891; Florence May, b. 16 Dec. 1896; and Gwendoline, b. 22 Feb. 1897.

SALE, ALEXANDER GORDON, Lieut., King’s African Rifles, yr. s. of Richard Sale, of Barrow-on-Trent, Derbyshire, J.P., by his wife, Mary Alexina, dau. of Alexander Gordon, of Ashludie, Forfarshire, D.L., J.P.; b. Barrow-on-Trent, co. Derby, 14 Nov. 1894; educ. Horris Hill, and Repton School; went to British East Africa in Feb. 1914, and was on the Staff of Pauling & Co., Contractors for the Railway to the Magadi Soda Lake, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. of the same year joined a Pioneer Corps and was engaged in laying telegraph wires and making transport roads, until he was given a commission in the King’s African Rifles, in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action during his first engagement at Utegi, Nyanza Province, British East Africa, 9 March, 1915; unm. Buried on the border of German East Africa. While at Repton he was head of his house, a school prefect and a sergt. in the O.T.C., and obtained his colours for both cricket and football.

SALE, FREDERICK HAROLD, Yeoman of Signals, 226735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SALES, HENRY, Stoker, Petty Officer 29, 4058, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SALMON, ALBERT, Stoker, 1st Class, 302930 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SALMONI, FRED STANLEY, L.-Corpl., No. 791, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of William Salmoni, of 8, Elm Street, Cardiff; b. there 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Stacey Road Board School, Cardiff, emigrated to Queensland in 1912; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the Australian Contingent, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; unm. On the morning of the 27th his platoon commander, Lieut. T. Robertson, with a party of thirty picked men (including Salmoni) went forward to occupy an outpost position in advance of the main line of defence. Early the following morning the enemy massed in large numbers opposite their position and demanded their surrender; this was refused, but as they were greatly outnumbered they had to retire, and only a few of the party succeeded in reaching the main line. Although killed on 28 April, his body was not found until the 24 May. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley, about one mile north-east of Gaba Tepe. Before going to Australia he was a member of the 14th Coy. of the Cardiff Boys’ Brigade.

SALT, THOMAS FREDERICK CYRIL, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. (2nd Gwent) South Wales Borderers, formerly Private, No. 3203, 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., only s. of Thomas Frederick Salt, of Gwentland, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, Colliery Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of the late John Carpenter, Colliery Proprietor; b. Arral House, Aberbeeg, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. County Intermediate School, Abertillery, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. W. Stewart, M.E., Managing Director of Messrs. Powells’ Tillery Colliery Co., with whom he served for four years; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 3rd Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.); trained at Northampton and Cambridge; went to France, Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 April following; unm. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery. A comrade wrote: “From the time we went to Northampton to the fatal night he and I had been great pals, and during our stay in France we always slept and lived together. When he went away to hospital I was sadly alone, and felt his absence keenly. The evening he was shot his platoon was relieving us in the firing line, and it was within 20 yards of his destination that the blow came. As the men of his platoon were filing by me I heard someone say ‘Cyril is hit,’ and I immediately went out and found him, and in company with three other fellows took him to cover of our trench. The bullet had entered his temple right behind his right eye, and passed through parallel with his forehead. As soon as we got under cover another young fellow and I bandaged his wounds and sent for the ambulance. As the enemy’s fire at this time was very hot and our parapets were in places blown away, the work of our stretcher-bearers was much hindered, and as a consequence they were unable to move Cyril for about two hours. Meanwhile, I got coats, etc., and made him as comfortable as possible. At intervals I would talk and try to cheer him up, and it was honestly grand to see the way poor Cyril would try to pull himself together. He was a soldier in every sense of the word.... In losing Cyril, not only I but the whole regt. has sustained a great loss, and his absence caused quite a gloom over us all. With the officers as well as the men he was highly respected, and I don’t think in this world there was a more conscientious and upright fellow breathing. It will be gratifying, and I am positively certain a great joy to you, to know that he led a real Christian life, and died as you would have wished him. On more than one occasion he has prompted me, and was ever on the alert to do a good turn when he thought necessary. I cannot possibly say enough in his favour. He honestly was a genuine pal.... He laid down his life for freedom and the right, and his end was a glorious one.” He had been gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th South Wales Borderers, 6 March, 1915, and he was on the point of returning to England to take up his commission when he was wounded.

SALTER, JOHN, Private, No. 1816, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 3rd s. of the late Charles Salter, by his wife, Henrietta (55, Albert Terrace, Cardigan Road, Leeds), dau. of Alexander Broughton; b. Leeds, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Central High School there; was employed by the Leeds City Tramways, and was a Member of the Leeds Engineers (T.F.), 1905–7; went to Australia in Sept. 1912, and settled at Adelaide, S. Australia, as a Tramway Trust employee; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, 16 June following; unm. Buried there.

SALTMARSH, WILLIAM, Private, No. 12461, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Saltmarsh, of 17, Jacob Wells Mews, George Street, Manchester Square, London, W., Coachman, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Wallis, of Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex; b. Hutton, co. Essex, 10 June, 1892; educ. St. Mary Abbotts School, Kensington; was a Brass Finisher; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 23 Sept. 1914; trained at Caterham, Surrey; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 March following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 20th; unm. Buried at Boulogne.

SALVESEN, EDWARD MAXWELL, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd s. of Edward Theodore Salvesen, a Lord of Session with the title of Hon. Lord Salvesen, etc., by his wife, Isabelle, dau. of John Trayner, LL.D., Hon. Lord Trayner of the Court of Session; b. Crawford Priory, co. Fife, 30 Aug. 1891; educ. Cargilfield, Midlothian; Clifton College, and University College, Oxford, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and graduated with 2nd Class Honours in Law in Oct. 1914; enlisted as a trooper in Lovat’s Scouts in Sept. 1914, and after training with them for two months was given a commission in the Reserve Battn. of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Dec. 1914; went to France to join the 2nd Battn., 1 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action near St. Julien, 25 April following; unm. He was engaged to Kitty, dau. of Hugh Peake, of Lambton Hall, Hounslow.

SAMPSON, FREDERICK JOHN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14507, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SAMS, HARRY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ply. 4095 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 648), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SAMSON, WILLIAM HORACE, Leading Stoker, 182954, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SANDBACH, WILLIAM, Major, 6th (Service) Battn. King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt., yst. and last surv. s. of the late Rev. Gilbert Sandbach, Rector of Upper Sapey, co. Hereford, J.P., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Archibald Maxwell, and grandson of Samuel Sandbach, of Woodlands, co. Lancaster, and Hafodunos, Abergele, J.P.; b. Upper Sapey, 24 Oct. 1865; educ. Eton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th Royal Fusiliers, 7 Feb. 1885; transferred into King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regt. in 1885, being promoted Lieut., and Capt. 21 Oct. 1895; served in India, Malta, Gibraltar, and through the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in relief of Ladysmith, including operations of 17–24 Jan. 1900, and action at Spion Kop (severely wounded); operations in the Transvaal, May–June, 1900; operations in Natal, April-June, 1900, including action at Laings Nek; operations in Orange River Colony, June, 1900; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, Feb. to March, 1901, and April to 31 May, 1902, and operations in Orange River Colony, Sept. to Nov. 1901 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 Feb. 1901]; Queen’s medal with four clasps, King’s medal with two clasps). He retired 15 July, 1903, and in 1907 bought the property of Hazelby, near Newbury, where he resided until the outbreak of war, when he immediately offered his services and joined the 6th (Service) Battn. of his regt. He was gazetted Capt. Reserve of Officers, 13 Sept. 1914, and promoted Major 24 Oct. following; left for Gallipoli, 12 June; landed at the Dardanelles about 10 July, and was killed in action during the attack on Chanak Bair, 9 Aug. 1915. Buried in the Gallipoli Peninsula, near the scene of action. The Adjutant, Capt. Birley, wrote: “I want to tell you what a noble death your gallant husband died. He was the first one of all to give us warning of the Turks’ attack about 4.45 last Monday morning. Quite early on in the engagement he got a terrible wound in the mouth, and I saw him in the firing line trying to give his men instructions as though nothing had happened. I begged him to go back to the Regimental Aid Post, to have his wound properly dressed, but he wouldn’t leave his men. The next I saw of him was taking ammunition boxes across the open to be refilled, and he was finally killed whilst rallying his men back into the trenches. He was shot through the heart, and must have died instantaneously.... I should just like to tell you that I am mourning the loss of a splendid comrade and brave brother-officer, and that the Battn. in general, and his own company in particular, was simply devoted to him.” He was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. He m. at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1907, Helen Margaret (Hazelby, Newbury), yst. dau. of the late Rev. Canon Robert James Dundas, for 33 years Rector of Albury, near Guildford, and had three children: Peter Dundas, b. 17 Oct. 1907; Ralph Maxwell, b. 20 April, 1909; and Pamela Margaret, b. 11 Jan. 1910.

SANDERS, RICHARD INGERSOLL (JACK), Private, No. 26001, 14th Battn. (Royal Montreal Regt.), Canadian Expeditionary Force, 2nd s. of James Harris Sanders, of 110, Cannon Street, E.C., Merchant, by his wife, Marie Louise, dau. of James Ingersoll Day, of U.S.A.; b. Shenley, co. Herts, 21 April, 1891; educ. Temple Grove, East Sheen, and Wellington College, and on leaving there went to Germany, where he remained for just over a year. On his return to England he started in business with Messrs. Jardine, Mathesons, Merchants, London; went to Canada in Dec. 1911; was for a short time in the Bank of Montreal, and then in the British Trade Commissioners’ Office there, but subsequently entered the firm of A. K. Drury, of Montreal, and only left them on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when he volunteered for Imperial service, and joined the 14th Battn., D Coy.; came over with the first contingent in Oct. 1914; went to France, 10 Feb. 1915, and was reported “wounded and missing” after the fighting near St. Julien, during the Second Battle of Ypres, 24 April, 1915, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on that date; unm.

SANDERSON, ARTHUR WATSON, T.D., Major, 1/7th Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.) (T.F.), yst. s. of the late William Sanderson, of Leith, Distiller; b. Leith, 31 May, 1870; educ. Edinburgh Institution; was a Rectifier and British Wine Manufacturer; joined the 5th Vol. Battn., The Royal Scots, 9 Jan. 1895; and became Major (Special Reserve of Officer), 21 Dec. 1908; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; landed at the Dardanelles about 12 June, and was killed in action there, 28 June, 1915. He m. in 1905, Ethel C. (Lyne Villa, 252, Ferry Road, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Robert L. Watson, of Dundee, and had four children.

SANDERSON, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9224), 202928, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SANDERSON, PHILIP NOEL, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers; 2nd s. of William John Sanderson, of Eastfield Hall, Warkworth, co. Northumberland, by his wife, Amy, dau. of Peter Wright, of Upper Clapton; b. at Newcastle, 24 May, 1887; educ. Marlborough and Sandhurst; received a commission in the 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 9 Oct. 1907, was promoted Lieut. 24 March, 1909; exchanged to the 1st Battn., and went with them to Khartoum and India. Here he made a special study of signalling, and when ordered to Ismailia, in Oct. 1914, was appointed to Gen. Wilson’s Staff, and the following month gazetted Capt. Returning to England during the equipment of the 29th Division, he was stationed at Rugby, whence he proceeded to the Dardanelles. He landed 25 April, fell mortally wounded on the 26th, and was taken to the hospital ship Guildford Castle, where he died the same day. He was buried at sea a mile off Cape Helles the next morning, with his Colonel, another officer, and six of his men. Capt. Sanderson m. at Lucknow, Doris, dau. of Charles Jordan, of Richmond, Yorkshire; s.p.

SANDHAM, JAMES FREDERICK, Sergt., No. 566, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of James Sandham, of 6, East Block, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea, by his wife, Sophie, dau. of William Bryant; b. Chelsea, S.W., 19 Nov. 1888; was in the employ of Messrs. George Pulman & Sons, Printers, of High Street, Marylebone; joined B Coy. 1/3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, of which Mr. H. Pulman was Capt., 8 May, 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, and left for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914; left there for France, 31 Dec. following, and died at the Clearing Hospital, Merville, 12 March, 1915, of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th. Buried in Merville Cemetery, Grave F 2. Capt. H. A. Moore, commanding D Coy., 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, wrote he “died from wounds received while serving with my company in a charge which was successfully made against the German trenches in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th, during the recent Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It will be some comfort for you to know that Sergt. Sandham did his duty bravely, and fought and died like a true British soldier.” And a comrade wrote that the battn. had lost one of its best men, who had died like a hero, his last words being to kiss his boy and to tell his wife not to worry as he had done his duty. Sergt. Sandham m. at Marylebone Parish Church, 1911, Alice (16p, Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of William Brown, of 39B, Lewis Buildings, Chelsea, and had a son, Frederick Alfred, b. 18 Nov. 1911.

SANDISON, JOHN BURNETT, Private, No. 16768, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of Lewis Grant Sandison, of West Granton Road, Edinburgh, Printer, Compositor, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Burnett; b. Edinburgh. 6 Sept. 1882; educ. Board School there; volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War and enlisted in the Royal Scots; served there in South Africa, 1902 (medal); on leaving the Army went to America, and Canada, where he worked at various occupations in various places; returned to England, 1 Jan. 1915, and at once enlisted in his old regt.; went to France in March, and died in No. 8 Field Hospital, 23 June following, from wounds received in action at Ypres on the 21st; unm.

SANDS, HUGH, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109990, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SANSOM, ROBERT ANDREW, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 855), 217455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SANSOME, ARTHUR, A.B., 210412, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SAPSTEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12320, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SARFAS, ALBERT EDWARD, Petty Officer (N.S.), 166241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SARGEANT, WILLIAM, Painter, 1st Class, 170798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SARGEAUNT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, Lieut.-Col., Royal Engineers, eldest s. of Col. Richard Arthur Sargeaunt, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, late R.E., by his wife, Emily Alberta, dau. of Charles Sargeaunt, J.P.; b. Bombay, 1 Nov. 1870; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1890; and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1901; Major 14 Feb. 1910, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. for his services, 1915; served in the South African War, 1899–1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with clasp and King’s medal with two clasps); was instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1 Oct. 1908 to 13 Feb. 1910; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, in command of a Field Coy.; was subsequently appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of a Division, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 July, 1915. Buried at Brandhoek. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) French’s Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915]. He m. at St. Thomas’s Church, Edinburgh, 9 May, 1906, Clare Marguerite, dau. of Andrew Smart, of Edinburgh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had two daus.: Hilda Clare, b. 13 Feb. 1907; and Aileen Marguerite, b. 18 Feb. 1909.

SARGENT, ALFRED, Ch. E.R.A. (Pensioner, Pension No. 17108), 132356, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SARGENT, FREDERICK, Chief Ship’s Cook, 149368, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SARGENT, HENRY BENJAMIN, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SAUL, CHARLES THOMAS, Leading Signalman, 217688, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAUNDERS, ARTHUR COURTENAY, Capt., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., yr. s. of Lieut.-Col. Robert Erasmus Saunders, of Alton Pancras, Dorchester J.P., formerly of 1st Battn. 7th Royal Fusiliers, and of 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Col. James William Graves, 18th Royal Irish Regt.; b. Rownhams House, near Southampton, 29 May, 1883; educ. Northwood House, near Winchester (Mr. T. Eastman), and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., from the Militia, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 6 July, 1904, and Capt. 26 Oct. 1911; was employed with the King’s African Rifles from 20 Oct. 1909, to Dec. 1914; served in the Somaliland Expedition, 1908–10 (medal with clasp); was in command of the Chebling Patrol against the Marakwet tribe Oct. and Nov. 1913 (mentioned in Despatches of 29 Dec. 1913); and of a force of the King’s African Rifles, when they repulsed a much stronger force of the enemy, including 50 Europeans with six Maxims, at Mizima on Tsavo River, 26 Sept. 1914. He rejoined his own regt., 25 Jan. 1915, and went to France, 6 March; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915; unm. Buried at Dickebusch about three kilometres from Ypres. On leaving the King’s African Rifles, Sir H. Conway Belfield, K.C.M.G., wrote to him: “As I understand you are rejoining your regt. at the expiration of your leave after five years’ service in the 3rd Battn. King’s African Rifles, I have pleasure in expressing to you my satisfaction at the efficient manner in which you have performed important duties in the British East Africa, and in commending you for the sterling and soldierlike qualities which you have exhibited. Your handling of your men in the recent skirmish at Mizima was most creditable, and is testimony to your skill as a tactician.” Lieut.-Col. H. D. Tuson, after the death of Capt. Saunders, wrote: “He had only arrived the previous day, and was commanding a company on the day the Germans attacked the trenches near St. Eloi, and during the attack was moving by a communication trench from one of his trenches to another when he was shot through the head and killed instantaneously,” and Major F. A. Dickenson: “He was doing extremely well when he was killed. When we were attacked in force he collected some of his men and rushed up a communication trench and held on for a long time, and so helped stave off the attack, which gradually dwindled away till we re-took the last trenches by a vigorous counter attack.” Lieut.-Col. B. R. Graham, Commanding 3rd King’s African Rifles, wrote from Nairobi: “I am very grateful for the sad details regarding your son’s death. He was a very gallant soldier who did not know the meaning of the word ‘fear’ and we all tender our very genuine sympathies in the loss you have suffered, and which we share,” and an officer who served with him in British East Africa: “I have known him for the last few years well. He was a soldier, a sportsman, and a man, and it was with grief I read of his death to-day.” He won the officers’ championship cup at the Garrison rifle meeting at Gibraltar in 1906, while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., and played in the polo team of that Battn.

SAUNDERS, FREDERICK, Private, No. 9920, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Edwin Saunders, of Cadbury, Thorverton, Farm Labourer, by his wife, Mary; b. Cadbury aforesaid, 31 May, 1893; educ. Cadbury School; was a Farm Labourer; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 1 Jan. 1913; went to France in Aug. 1914, and died in Aldershot Hospital, 11 Nov. 1914, of wounds received in action on 29 Oct.; unm.

SAUNDERS, RICHARD, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3799), 202656, Chat., H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAUNDERS, ROBERT EDWARD, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4184), 193887, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SAUNDERS, STANLEY ROLAND, L.-Sergt., R.M.L.I., Ports./11383, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAUNDERS, WALTER LAYTON, Private, No. 7075, 3rd Battn. Worcestershire Regt., only s. of William Walter Saunders, of 136, Muirkirk Road, Catford (professionally known as Walter Fullerton, Humourist), Letter Sorter at G.P.O, by his wife, Anne, dau. of Thomas Morgan; b. at Walworth, S.E., 17 Oct. 1883; educ. Hollydale Road Board School, East Lambeth; enlisted in 3rd Worcesters, 8 July, 1902, and served three years with the Colours and nine with the Reserve; being for more than two years in the Officers’ Mess. His time with the Reserve expired on 7 July, 1914, but on the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service with his old battn., left for France, 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near La Bassée, 27 Oct. following. He was much liked and esteemed in his regt. His commanding officer, on his leaving the service, wrote that he had found him “an excellent lad in every way.” He m. at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Southwark, 7 Jan. 1911, Olivia Sophia (49, Surrey Square, Walworth, S.E.), only dau. of William Monk Wheeler, and had a son: Walter Ernest Louis, b. 3 Oct. 1912.

SAUNDERS, WILLIAM, Private, No. 10912, 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, s. of the late Richard Saunders; b. Dublin; educ. St. John’s School there; enlisted 5 Aug. 1910; joined the 2nd Battn. at Aldershot, and was drafted to the 1st Battn. in India; returned to England with his regt., arriving 23 Dec. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 6 March, 1915, and was killed in action there, 14 May following; unm. Buried on the Beach there.

SAVAGE, ARTHUR HENRY, Private, No. 2000, 4th Battn. Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Henry Savage, of Sutton, Pulborough, Sussex. Gamekeeper to Lord Leconfield, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Henry Carver, of Tillington, Petworth, Sussex; b. Tillington, Petworth, co. Sussex; was a Gamekeeper on Lord Leconfield’s estate; enlisted 24 Aug. 1914; trained at Newhaven; left England with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 12 Aug. 1915; unm. He was buried in a cornfield at Anafarta Sagir, 1:20,000, 105 H Furrow.

SAVAGE, EDWIN, Petty Officer (N.S.), 202244, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SAVAGE, HARRY, Chief Armourer, 340576, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SAVAGE, JOHN ARDKEEN, Capt., 1st Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., elder s. of the Rev. Francis Forbes Savage, Vicar of Flushing, Falmouth, by his wife Ethel Margaret; b. Chatham, 16 Sept. 1883; educ. Kelly College, Tavistock; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Militia) Battn. West Riding Regt., Oct. 1899, and served with it in the South African War, 1900–1, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900, to June, 1901 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison Regt., 22 Nov. 1902, and promoted Lieut. 30 May, 1904; transferred to the 1st Northamptons (then in India), 8 July, 1905, and became Capt. 28 March, 1912; served with the West African Frontier Force from June, 1909, to Nov. 1913; left for France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Troyon, during the Battle of the Aisne, 17 Sept. 1914; unm. Buried near Troyon.

SAVIN, THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13859, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SAWKINS, CLAUDE THOMAS, Boy, 1st Class, J. 22753, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Oscar Joseph Sawkins, of Kingsland Cottage, Fingringhoe, near Colchester; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SAWYER, THOMAS HENRY, M.A.A., 150159, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SAXTON, HAROLD HENRY, Rifleman, No. 1641, A Coy., 16th (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) Battn. The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of George Henry Saxton, of Church Street, Eastwood, co. Notts., by his wife, Mary Wilcockson, dau. of Henry Bircumshaw, and grandson of Henry Saxton, J.P.; b. Eastwood, 15 March, 1895; educ. Heanor Secondary School and Grosvenor School, Nottingham. Later he took up a business appointment in London with Messrs. Shoolbreds, when he was invited by the management to join A Coy. of the Queen’s Westminsters, of which Lieut.-Col. Rupert Shoolbred was commanding officer, and accepted. On the outbreak of war he wrote to his parents intimating that the Brig.-Gen. had promised the Grey Brigade for foreign service, when needed, and went on to say, “The Queen’s Westminster Rifles is one of the regts. that form the Grey Brigade, and practically all the fellows have volunteered to go abroad if necessary. I feel it my duty to do so, not because the others have done so, but because I am a trained man. I know a fellow has his duty to his home as well as his country, and if you say I have not to volunteer I shall not. Of course, I know you won’t want me to go, but it’s the same with every fellow, and someone must do it.” He went with his regt. to France early in Nov, and was killed in action, being shot through the head by a sniper at Armentières, 10 Dec. 1914; unm. He was buried in Chapelle d’Armentières Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote of him to his mother in the highest terms of appreciation, both as his commanding officer and as a member of the firm whose company was proud to include him amongst its members. Sergt.-Major A. H. Davis wrote to his father: “He was such a good chap, and had the making of a splendid soldier. He was very keen at everything he had to do.”