SHARMON, FREDERICK, Chief Stoker (R.F.R., Ch. A. 2009), 163555, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHARP, ARTHUR, Gunner, R.M.A., R.M.A. 12711, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHARP, JOHN, Private, No. 2330, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Sharp, of 26, Gloucester Road, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex, Agricultural Labourer, by his wife, Louiza Annie, dau. of George Lovegrove; b. Station Road, Hounslow, 14 Sept. 1884; educ. there; was a Stone and Earthenware Carver; had joined the Middlesex Territorials, 11 Nov. 1913, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for active service; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Poljitze, 23 May following; unm.

SHARP, VIVIAN KING, Sapper, No. 67686, Royal Engineers, (Railway Section), yr. s. of Sidney Sharp, of The Grove, Ealing (formerly of Tangleymere, Chilworth, Surrey), Consulting Engineer, by his wife, Ellen Blanche, dau. of William Eager, of Whipley, Wonersh, Surrey; b. Surbiton, 6 Feb. 1891; educ. at Colet Court and St. Paul’s School, and was a keen oarsman and rowed in his House boat. In 1909 he entered the General Manager’s Office of the Great Western Railway, and from the outbreak of war was engaged on military work in connection with the railway. He volunteered for the Front in Nov. 1914, was accepted in March following, his detachment being sent to France at the end of the month. After much good work he was invalided into hospital on 12 June, sent over to England to the 1st London General Hospital on the 18th, and died on the 20th; unm.

SHARP, WILLIAM CHARLES JOHN, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12874, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHARRATT, SIMEON, Private, No. 11391, No. 3 Coy. 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Simeon Sharratt, of 1, High Fields Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Felt Hat Maker, by his wife, Elizabeth; b. Nuneaton, 21 Sept. 1894; educ. Nuneaton and Hinckley Church Schools; was a Gardener; enlisted 3 Sept. 1914, went to France, 22 Dec., was wounded in action near La Bassée, 24 Jan. 1915, and died on the 26th; unm. He was buried at Bethune. Sergt. V. White wrote: “A Private Clarke was badly hit by a sniper on 24 Jan. 1915, and your son went to his assistance, when he was shot, probably by the same sniper, through the wrist and stomach.”

SHATTOCK, MONTAGU DE MANCHA, Capt., No. 4 Coy., 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of Henry Foster Shattock, member of the London Stock Exchange, by his wife, Charlotte Rice (88A, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, W.), dau. of James Allerton; b. Broad Green, Croydon, co. Surrey, 9 Oct. 1867; educ. St. John’s, Hurstpierpoint, and King’s College, London, and was afterwards a member of the Stock Exchange. He enlisted in the Queen’s Westminsters in Nov. 1892, and after passing through the ranks as Corpl., Sergt and Colour-Sergt., obtained his commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 April, 1902, and was promoted Lieut. 6 June, 1903 and Capt. 21 March, 1905. He afterwards went through the Hythe musketry courses and became musketry instructor for the regt., under Lieut.-Col. A. Shoolbred, whose firm provides a company in the corps. He had resigned some time before the war broke out, but rejoined, and obtained his company again, 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his regt. to the Front, served in France and Flanders, and was killed in action, presumably by a German sniper, in the trenches near River Lys, Armentières, France, 9 Jan. 1915, and was buried there behind the trenches; unm. In 1905 he captained the team of the Queen’s Westminsters which defeated a team of the 7th New York National Guard at Bisley. In the following year he took a team to New York, the return match being won by the Americans.

SHATTOCK, THOMAS HENRY, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 5731, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHAVE, WILLIAM JAMES, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5822), 187872, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHAW, ALFRED, Private, No. 2023, 11th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of John Hellawell Shaw, of 36, George Street, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, by his wife, Mary Ann, dau. of William Wood; b. Marylebone, London, 13 June, 1871; educ. Huddersfield, co. York; went to Australia in March, 1910, and settled at Worsley Bush, Worsley, and worked on the Railways; joined the 11th Battn., 27 Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements, 27 April; went to the Dardanelles, 1 July; and was killed in action there, 1 Aug. following, during an early morning charge; unm. Buried there.

SHAW, BERNARD HENRY GILBERT, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt., 2nd s. of the Right Rev. Edward Domett Shaw, Lord Bishop of Buckingham, D.D., by his wife, Agnes, dau. of Alfred Gilbey, of Wooburn Park; b. Bishop’s Stortford, co. Herts, 11 Oct. 1893; educ. Marlborough College (Foundation Scholar), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 May, 1914; went to France 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 19 Dec. following; unm. His commanding officer wrote: “Your boy died most gallantly, fighting in a German trench, which had been taken during the night.” While at Marlborough he was in the cricket eleven, 1911, scoring 94 against Rugby at Lords, and at Sandhurst was captain of the hockey and cricket eleven. His yr. brother, Lieut. A. G. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action, 24 Dec. 1915; and his eldest brother, Lieut. E. A. Shaw, Oxford and Bucks L.I., fell in Oct. 1916. The only surviving brother, R. G. Shaw, is a Midshipman, R.N.

SHAW, HUGH JAMES, Capt., 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, eldest s. of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; b. Madras, India, 16 May, 1886; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Harrow; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Special Reserve of the Royal Fusiliers in 1908; promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. 1910, and Capt. 26 Sept. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Battn. in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 12 Nov. following, being suffocated by falling earth in his dug-out; unm. Buried where he fell. His brother, Capt. R. P. Shaw, was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Nov. 1915 (see his notice).

SHAW, MANFRED SAMUEL, Private, No. 8820, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of the late Joseph Camm Shaw, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Sedgwick, of 50, Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Manfred Ball, Farmer; b. Sheffield, 26 April, 1893; educ. Handsworth, Birmingham; was employed at the Lorry Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 12 Aug. 1910; served three years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Vaast, Belgium, 11 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast. His brother, Corpl. Jesse Shaw, is now (1916) serving with the R.G.A.

SHAW, RAYMOND PUGH, M.A., Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; b. Madras, India, 15 Aug. 1887; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Harrow; Cheltenham College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), and was afterwards a partner with Mr. R. F. de Winton in a Preparatory School at Gore Court, Sittingbourne, and The Grange, Folkestone, but on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1915, and Capt. Oct. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 27 Nov. following, being shot dead on leaving his trench to go to the help of a wounded man in the open; unm. Buried there. His brother, Capt. H. J. Shaw, was killed in action in France, 12 Nov. 1914 (see his notice).

SHEA, BATT, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284107 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHEA, JAMES HENRY, Gunner, R.M.A., 8154, B. 1114, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEARIN, EDWARD, Private, No. 12711, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of James Shearin, of 10, Albert Street, Govan, Glasgow; b. 25 Nov. 1896; educ. St. Saviour’s School, Govan; enlisted in the Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died 31 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action; unm.

SHEARMAN, SAMUEL, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 343091, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHELBOURNE, GEORGE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4614), S.S. 103732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7115, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SHEPHEARD, RICHARD JOHN, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9919), 297749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEPHERD, CHARLES ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10101), 208670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEPHERD, FREDERICK, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHEPHERD, GERALD ALEXANDER GASELEE, Capt., 57th Wilde’s Rifles, F.F., Indian Army, eldest s. of the late Major Alexander Innes Shepherd, 4th Punjab Infantry, F.F. (now 57th Wilde’s Rifles), who died on active service 1884, by his wife, Agatha (Wychcote, Somerville Road, Bournemouth), dau. of the late Rev. John Gaselee; b. Kasauli, India, 14 July, 1882; educ. Bedford, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Suffolk Regt., 8 May, 1901; transferred to the Indian Army, 3 Sept. 1902; promoted Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 May, 1910; served (1) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1902; took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; (2) in Tibet, 1903–4, action at Niana; took part in the operations at and around Gyantse, including the march to Lhassa (medal with clasp), and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from end of Oct. to 22 Dec. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at La Bassée; unm. Buried in Bethune Cemetery.

SHEPHERD, JAMES, Petty Officer (N.S.), 187749, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHEPPARD, CHARLES EDWARD, Leading Stoker, 310548, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHEPPARD, ISAAC, Private, No. 11369, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of the late Frederick Sheppard, of Bower Chalk, by his wife Sarah (Bower Chalk, Salisbury), dau. of William Feltham, of Bower Chalk; b. Bower Chalk, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1889; educ. National School there; was a carter; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 Dec., and was killed in action at Richebourg, Belgium, 5 May 1915; unm. He was buried on a farm on the west side of the road from Rue des Benceaux to Rue du Bois.

SHEPPARD, REGINALD, Private, No. 6124, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Thomas Sheppard, of Salisbury, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Amos Hallett; b. Salisbury, co. Wilts, 30 May, 1886; educ. St. Edmund’s School; was a Small-holder; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 27 Feb. 1905; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 29 Jan. 1908; passed into the Reserve, 26 Feb. 1908; rejoined his old regt. on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug.; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, the fighting in the Ypres salient, and was killed in action in the trenches at Zillebeke, 20 Nov. 1914. He m. at Salisbury, 18 Sept. 1909, Mary Jane (40, Wingford Road, Clapham Park, S.W.), dau. of Dathan Sumbler; s.p.

SHEPPEE, FREDERICK JOHN, alias Frederick Johnson, Private, No. 1371, C Coy. 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, s. of Frederick John Sheppee, of Clapham, S.W. [of a family of French origin], by his wife, Mary, sister of William Adams, of The Towers, Taroona, Tasmania, and dau. of John Adams; b. London, 25 April, 1873; educ. Emanuel School, Wandsworth Common; was in New Zealand when the war commenced, and immediately tried to enlist there, but was refused as over age. He then went to New South Wales and joined the Australian Contingent under the name of Frederick Johnson; left for Egypt with the second reinforcements, was wounded in the thigh in the first landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was for some time in hospital in Egypt, but returned to duty, and was killed in Gallipoli between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; unm.

SHERGOLD, GEORGE HENRY, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 4881), 195173, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHERRING, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Rifleman, No. 3077, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Frederick William Sherring, of 80, Clinton Road, Bow, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of William Johnson; b. Forest Gate, Essex, 2 March, 1896; educ. Malmesbury Road Council School, Bow; entered the employ of Messrs. H. S. King & Co., of Cornhill, Bankers, on leaving school, and joined the Territorials, 8 Sept. 1914. He volunteered for foreign service, left for France in March, 1915, was in several engagements, including the Battle of Loos (25 Sept.), and was killed in action in the trenches at Loos by shell fire, 30 Oct. 1915; unm. He was buried at Fort Tosh, north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulluck Road.

SHERWOOD, SIDNEY WILLIAM, Private, No. 3260, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of Harry Leslie Sherwood, H.B.M. Consul at Portland, Oregon, U.S.A., by his wife, Adeline Myra, dau. of the late Robert Taylor, of Brighton; b. London, 27 Sept. 1892; educ. privately, and studied at School of Musical and Dramatic Art, 1907–10. He played the part of Elf Pickle in “Pinkie and the Fairies,” His Majesty’s Theatre, Dec. 1908; in “Where Children Rule,” Garrick Theatre, 1909–10; Kiffin in “Vice-Versa,” Comedy Theatre, 1910–11; in “The Great Name,” Prince of Wales’ Theatre, 1911; in “Where the Rainbow Ends,” Savoy Theatre, 1911–12, and Garrick Theatre, 1912–13 and 1913–14; and in the plays produced by the Play Actors’ Society at the Court Theatre, “The Demagogue” and “Hester” and others. Immediately after the outbreak of war he threw up his many private interests and enlisted in the Army. He left England in Feb. 1915, and soon afterwards went into the trenches. Was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and fell, during the terrible fighting, in the attack on the German trenches at Aubers Ridge, Sunday, 9 May, 1915. It was a perfect Spring morning, with sunshine and a blue sky. The Kensingtons were ordered out to take part in what was thought to be a great attack. They went forward from trench to trench in the face of the deadliest fire, and, with a regt. of Regulars, succeeded in dislodging the enemy from their positions. They maintained their hardly-won position for a number of hours, and then were ordered to withdraw, having lost eight officers and 89 men killed. He was unm.

SHIELDS, THOMAS, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 112628, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHIMMIN, WILLIAM, Private, No. 11741, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, s. of John Shimmin, of Avonmore, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man; b. Isle of Man; enlisted 23 Oct. 1914, aged 34; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16–18 May, 1915.

SHINGLETON, ARTHUR ROBERT, Driver, No. 1624, Battery, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), 4th s. of the late Thomas Shingleton, of Dover, by his wife, Ellen Elizabeth (now wife of (—) Newing, of 3, Jubilee Cottages, Primrose Road, Dover), dau. of George Falwell, of Dover; b. Dover, 30 Dec. 1896; educ. Holy Trinity School, Dover, Kent; joined the R.F.A., 30 Oct. 1914, and was knocked down and killed by a runaway horse at Sevenoaks, 12 Feb. 1915, while on service; unm.

SHINNIE, HERBERT FORSYTH CRAIG, Sub-Lieut., Royal Naval Reserve, 8th s. of Robert Shinnie, of 150, Bon-Accord Street, Aberdeen, Carriage and Motor Car Manufacturer; b. Aberdeen, 21 July, 1892; educ. Aberdeen Grammar School (1902–7) and having joined the Navy League in 1906 decided to adopt the sea as a profession. He was then too old to join the Navy direct, so was indentured as an apprentice in seamanship to the Adam Line, and in the autumn of that year joined the s.s. Aberlour at Newcastle. Under Captain Barnett on this ship he served for the next four years, making three voyages round the world, and while still on his last voyage as an apprentice, was gazetted Midshipman, R.N.R., 1 April, 1911. During the following Nov. and Dec. he was on H.M.S. Africa the flagship of the Third Division, Home Fleet, completing the first part of his naval training, which had already been begun with the men of the Naval Reserve at Aberdeen. In the latter month he received an appointment as a junior officer in the British India Company’s Service, and joined the s.s. Ekma at Belfast, his rank being that of Fourth Officer. He sailed at once for the East, and soon after his arrival in Calcutta was promoted Third Officer and transferred to s.s. Ellenga, and in the summer of 1912, was again promoted, this time to R.M.S. Kaurthala, one of the large mail boats running between Calcutta, Rangoon and Singapore. In the spring of 1913, he joined the s.s. Chakrata at London, and continued upon her until the end of March, 1914, when he returned home to prepare himself for his First Officer’s Certificate. The examination for this he successfully passed in June, 1914, and almost immediately afterwards was notified by the Admiralty to join the Home Fleet for the Annual Manœuvres. He accordingly reported himself for duty, and was despatched to Sheerness to complete the complement of H.M.S. Formidable. During the whole month of July they were at sea engaged in manœuvres on a greater scale than usual. During the next three months Shinnie was twice mentioned for commendable service, and received his promotion to the rank of Sub-Lieut. while at sea. He was lost when the Formidable was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on the morning of 1 Jan. 1915. One of the Petty Officers who was with Shinnie on the quarterdeck, writing after the disaster, says: “I had no time to exchange words with my officers, but Sub-Lieut. Shinnie superintended the lowering of the quarterdeck boats and ordered Petty Officers to take charge of them, as they were mostly married men. He remained perfectly cool and calm to the very end, and when the order came from the Capt. to look out for ourselves the Sub-Lieut. went to see that each of the men near him had something that would float and that they could hang on to. As far as I know he went down with the ship.” A brother officer, who was badly injured by the second explosion and had to be helped overboard at the end says: “I was amongst the last who left the ship, but after I was in the water I saw Sub-Lieut. Shinnie still at his post. He was then fastening on one of the life-saving collars.” He was unm.

SHIP, FRANCIS ALFRED, L.-Corpl., No. 7648. 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs), s. of Francis Charles Ship, of 203, Maxey Road, Plumstead; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 25 Dec. 1914.

SHIPLEY, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3899), 309117, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHIPP, GREGORY, L.-Corpl., No. 8338, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Frederick Shipp, of Gaywood Road, King’s Lynn; b. co. Norfolk; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 1 Jan. 1915. Buried in Soldiers’ Cemetery, Rue du Bois, Bethune-Richebourg Road; unm.

SHONK, WILLIAM CHARLES, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch B. 8533), 396982, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SHORT, ALBERT FREDERICK, Rifleman, No. 2563, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd s. of the late Alexander William Short, of Stepney, Lighterman, by his wife, Emma Amelia (33, Salmon’s Lane, London, E.), dau. of Alfred Seymour; b. Stepney, E., 3 March, 1894; educ. Cayley Street Council School, S.; was a Confectioner’s Packer; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles about 24 Aug. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26 Oct. 1915, while acting as stretcher-bearer. Buried Fort Tosh, a little north of Loos, on the Loos-Hulloch road; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was killed by a shell while endeavouring to succour some of his unfortunate comrades, and he died like a hero. I mourn the loss of a true and brave comrade who never shirked his duty, and he was laid to rest alongside his fellow stretcher-bearer, who was killed with him. I attended his funeral the following evening, and a little wooden cross now denotes where heroes fell.”

SHOTTON, ROWLANDSON HARDY, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8558), 203871, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Robert Shotton, of 2, East Street, Hendon, Sunderland; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SHOVE, VICTOR ALBERT, A.B., 227275, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SHRUBB, FRANK JAMES, Private, No. 14121, 4th Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Henry Shrubb, of Almodington House, Sidlesham, Chichester, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Green; b. Birdham, co. Sussex, 25 July, 1895; educ. Manhood School there; enlisted 8 Dec. 1914; went to the Front, 15 Aug. 1915, took part in the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept., and was killed in action at Levantie, France, 8 Jan. 1916; unm. A comrade wrote: “He was filling sandbags to build up the trenches with. Four of them were together and a shell fell among them. Frank being killed instantly.... He was buried in a little cemetery about a mile from the trenches, and a cross marks the spot.”

SHUTE, THOMAS JOHN, Rifleman, No. 2774, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of Thomas John Shute, of 56, Conder Street, Stepney, E., by his wife. Jenny, dau. of (—) Harris; b. Limehouse, E., 12 Nov. 1889; educ. Dalglish Street School, Limehouse, E.; was a Shipping Clerk; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 9 March, 1915, and died, 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos. Buried New Cemetery, Choques. He m. at Stepney, 8 March, 1915, Annie (17, Tredegar Square, Bow, E.), dau. of Michael Hurley; s.p.

SHYER, HARRY, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports/16676, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIBBALD, JOHN, Private, No. 10001, D Coy., 2nd Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, yst. s. of John Hadden Sibbald, of Harelaw Cottages, Longniddry, for 27 years Forrester to the Earl of Wemyss, by his wife, Jane, dau. of Abner Baillie; b. Aberlady, co. Haddington, 25 Dec. 1885; educ. Aberlady Public School; enlisted 4 Jan. 1906; was stationed at Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow; Stirling Castle, and Chatham; went to South Africa with a draft for the 2nd Battn.; served with the Military Police there; formed one of the Guard of Honour, during the King’s visit to Balmoral in 1911, and again on the occasion of their Majesties visit to Edinburgh after the Coronation; and took part in the Military Pageant in London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Ploegsteert, 10 Nov. following; unm. Buried there. He was in the winning team of the inter-company tug-of-war challenge shield in the 1st Battn. 1905–6–7, and had the cross guns four years in succession for his musketry.

SICHEL, GEOFFREY MICHAEL JOHN, Lieut., 3rd Battn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own Middlesex Regt. (“The Die Hards”), elder s. of Walter Sydney Sichel, of 50, Egerton Gardens, S.W., Author and Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Constance Elizabeth, eldest dau. of the late John Holms, M.P.; b. Campden Hill, London, W., 15 May, 1890; educ. Bradfield College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd Middlesex, 18 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 27 Sept. 1912; was in India with his regt. when war broke out; left for France, 18 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action 3 miles east of Ypres, 9 Feb. 1915, while his battn. was engaged in repelling an attack of the Prussian Guard; unm.

SILCOX, WILLIAM HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10074), 213480, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SILK, GEORGE DOLLAR, Private, No. 5951, 1st Battn. Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; was reported missing after the fighting on 31 Oct. 1914, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date; m.

SILK, JOSEPH, Private, No. G. 14063, 3rd Battn. Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915.

SILK, NORMAN GALBRAITH, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers, only child of Fleet-Paymaster Ernest Edwin Silk, R.N., Royal Naval Depôt, Sheerness, by his wife, Isabel Maud, dau. of Capt. Ernest C. Wilford, late 65th Regt.; b. Rushbrook. co. Cork, 30 April, 1895; educ. Eastman’s, Southsea; Cheltenham College (Newick House), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Jan. 1913 to Feb. 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st South Wales Borderers, 24 Feb. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. 1914; went to France with his battn. at the outbreak of war; served through the retreat from Mons, and the Battles of the Aisne, the Marne, and Ypres, where he was wounded in Nov., and invalided home; joined the 2nd Battn. of his regt. on recovery in Feb. 1915, and left England with it for the Near East in March; took part in the landing at Sedd-ul-Bahr on 25 April, and in the subsequent fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and was killed in action there, 9 June, 1915; unm. The colonel commanding South Wales Borderers wrote: “To me, as a commanding officer, he is a very great loss. He had proved himself to be a most gallant and capable officer and as devoted to his men as they were to him. He was always bright and cheerful, and always only too keen to be ever right at the front, and I know that had he lived he must have made a name for himself.”

SILKSTONE, BERT, Private, No. 9570, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of William Silkstone, of 103, Padget Street, Brightside, Sheffield; b. co. York; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 4 Oct. 1914.

SILLETT, ERNEST HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1047), 173052, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

CIVILIAN-SILLS, STEPHEN, Canteen Assistant, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SILVER, CHARLES, Private, No. G. 2053, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 12 March, 1915.

SILVESTER, ALFRED FERDINAND, Rifleman, No. 2895, 16th Battn. (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of William Keeley Silvester, of 34B, Lavender Sweep, Clapham Common, S.W., Minister in the Catholic Apostolic Church, by his wife, Julia, dau. of Joseph Simpson; b. London, 30 Dec. 1887; was a Confidential Clerk in a City Bank; joined the Queen’s Westminster Rifles in 1909; completed his term of service in 1913, but volunteered and rejoined after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; went to France, 24 Jan. 1915, and died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 14 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Houplines, near Armentières, on the 6th; unm.

SILVESTER, ANSON LLOYD, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt., elder s. of the Rev. James Silvester, M.A., F.R. Hist. Socy., Vicar of Great Clacton and Little Holland, Clacton-on-Sea, author of “The Spiritual Year,” “A Century of Sonnets,” and other works, and Editor of “The Lord’s Portion,” by his wife, Constance Ellen, formerly Sister Lloyd of H.M. Nursing Service, dau. of William Lloyd, of the General Post Office [Baronet coll.]; b. Walcot, Bath, where his father was senior curate of the parish, 11 Dec. 1888; educ. Trent College, co. Derby, where he distinguished himself in study and sport, becoming Victor Ludorum of the school, and in 1908 won an Exhibition in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in the Honours School of Modern History in 1912, with 2nd Class Honours. At Oxford he belonged to the Officers’ Training Corps, as a member of which he was one of the guard of honour at the funeral of His Majesty King Edward VII and at the Coronation of His Majesty King George V, and afterwards joined the 9th Royal Sussex Regt. Special Reserve, being gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6 Sept. 1913. He spent some time in Germany in the spring of 1914, to obtain a thorough proficiency in German, having also studied French, with a view to an appointment in H.M. Consular service, for which he had received the necessary nomination. He was engaged in volunteer Y.M.C.A. camp work when the war broke out, and on mobilisation he was summoned to join his regt. at Chichester. For some time he was on duty at Dover, but went to the Front in Sept. 1914, with five other officers of his regt., receiving leave of absence for a few days, after terrible experience in the trenches; and returning to the Front at the end of Nov. He fell in action, while bravely leading forward his men to recapture a position the Germans had taken the same day at Cuinchy, near La Bassée, on the night of 31 Dec. 1914; unm. His body was not recovered until 12 Jan., when he was buried in the cemetery at Cuinchy. W. R. Smethurst, his platoon Sergt., wrote: “We had some very rough times together, shared each other’s rations, and always the same dug out during that awful time we had last October at Ypres. About that time he contracted that bad cough that he had, and I tried many a time to get him to go to hospital, but he would not. When he went on leave I never expected that he would come back to us again as he really was not fit,” and referring to his death: “We crept up to 30 yards of them (the Germans) when they opened on us a terrific fire both from machine guns and rifles. Your son fell practically at the first shot, and so did 11 men out of 2. I spoke to Mr. Silvester and asked him if he was badly hit. He did not answer my question but ordered me to take the men away and retire back to our old position. He must have expired almost immediately.”

SILVESTER, JOHN, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6976), 191889, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SILVERTON, WILLIAM HENRY, Private, No. 1347, 1st Battn. (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest s. of the late William James Silverton, by his wife, Alice (14, Appleford Road, North Kensington); b. North Kensington, 18 Nov. 1895; educ. Middle Row School there; was a Chemist; joined the Royal Fusiliers in July, 1911; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 10 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; unm.

SIMMONDS, GEORGE HENRY, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4910), 159624, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SIMMONDS, RICHARD STANLEY, Gunner, R.M.A., 11386, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMMONS, ALBERT, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 4165), 291953, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMMONS, ALBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10519), 193736, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SIMMS, ALFRED, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11783, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of Alfred Simms, of 28, Albert Street, Bedford; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SIMMS, GEORGE, Private, No. 1066, D Coy., 1st Newfoundland Regt., 2nd s. of William Simms, of Pilley’s Island, Newfoundland, Fisherman, by his wife, Norah, dau. of Jacob Parsons; b. Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, 17 Oct. 1887; educ. there; was a Lumberman; volunteered after the outbreak of war and joined the Newfoundland Expeditionary Force, 11 Feb. 1915; left St. John for Britain, 20 March, 1915; trained at Stob’s Camp, Scotland; left for the Dardanelles, 10 Aug., and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 30 Dec. 1915, by shrapnel; unm. His company officer (Capt. March) wrote: “During storm and rain and amid shot and shell he always managed to attend to the needs of the fatigued men and officers. A cup of hot tea and something to eat he always had ready”; adding: “He did splendid work; he kept us alive during those terrible days at Suvla.”

SIMMS, GEORGE NORMAN, M.V.O., Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, yst. s. of the late George Simms, of 7, Porchester Gate, and Sumner Grange, Sunningdale, by his wife, Alice Maud (Gilderdale House, Gerrards Cross), dau. of Thomas Pearson, of Scarborough, Yorks; b. 7, Porchester Gate, London, W., 21 Oct. 1875; educ. Eastbourne College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, from the Militia, 1 Dec. 1897; promoted Lieut. 11 March, 1899, and Capt. 6 June, 1906; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in Orange River Colony, Jan. to May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at Etreux or Oisy, 27 Aug. 1914; unm. Capt. H. S. Jervis, Royal Munster Fusiliers, wrote: “It falls to my lot, as the Senior Officer surviving the action of 27 Aug., to write and amplify the terrible news which I presume you have already received from the War Office, of the death of your son. To say that we all feel the acutest sorrow at your loss, which is also ours, is to but inadequately express our feelings. He leaves a gap which it will take many years to fill. On 27 Aug. his company was on outpost duty with mine, in front of the Battn. which was to cover the withdrawal of our Brigade. The latter got away safely, but to achieve this the Battn. had to sacrifice itself. The enemy was coming from the north and began working round to eastward of us. Your son’s company was sent to the post of danger to prevent this. It was a most difficult undertaking, inviting his complete isolation from the rest of us, but he carried it through, fought a smart little action, and returned with the loss of but three men. We then continued the withdrawal, and it was discovered that the enemy had surrounded and cut us off. Again George Simms was sent to the post of danger, this time in front. He went off at the head of his men, and having revealed the enemy in an entrenched position straight across the line of retreat, he proceeded to attack at once. A murderous fire was opened on him and his men, and a destructive cross-fire was brought to bear on them from a loopholed house. While gallantly exposing himself as an example to his men, he was shot in the body and fell dead. The whole five officers of his company were killed—a magnificent example to the remainder of the Battn. The next day the Germans sent out a party of our men whom they had taken prisoners, to bury our dead, and your son was placed in a grave with eight of his brother officers who fell in the same action. His personal effects were buried with him, nothing being touched. His kit was on our transport wagons, which may have escaped. When I came to this Battn. four months ago, I was attd. to your son’s company so that I might see how the new system was run, and it really was a lesson on the art of managing men. The Brigadier, after inspecting his company, said: ‘I should like to serve under Capt. Simms myself.’ No higher praise is needed. The whole Battn. was devoted to him, and his company was far the best of the Battn. In the Mess we shall miss him more than anywhere, his invincible good temper, tact and sense of humour made him an ideal senior member of the Mess.” In the War Office Record he is spoken of as a sound Company Commander. He was awarded the 5th Class of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of the presentation of new Colours to the Battn. by His Majesty King Edward VII at Cork, 1 Aug. 1903.

SIMPKINS, FREDERICK THOMAS, Signal Boy, J. 21561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, ABRAM, Private, No. K.P. 458, 8th Section, D Coy., Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, s. of Abram Simpson, of 9, Maltkiln Lane, Castleford; b. Castleford, co. York, 6 June, 1895; educ. Lock Lane School there; enlisted after the outbreak of the war, 11 Sept. 1914, and was attd. to the Drake Battn. of the R.N.D.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles; was wounded in the hip during a bayonet charge on 14 May, 1915, but returned to the trenches after a few days in hospital, and died, 20 June following, of wounds received in action; unm.

SIMPSON, ALBERT VICTOR, A.B., No. 235888, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, ALEXANDER MATHIESON, Private, No. 14455, A Coy., No. 4 Platoon, 1st Battn. Cameron Highlanders, only child of the late Alexander Lee Simpson, of Glasgow, Slater, by his wife, Maggie, widow of (—) Logan, dau. of John Mathieson, Coal Miner, grandson of William Simpson, of Glasgow, Schoolmaster (by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Robert Lee, of (—), Ireland), and great-grandson of Alexander Simpson, of Girvan, co. Ayr, who emigrated to Rockhampton, Australia, about 1850; b. Glasgow, Jan. 1890; brought up by his aunt, Miss Sarah Simpson, of 68, John Street, Dunoon, Argyle, and educ. Glasgow and Dunoon Grammar Schools; was a Painter; enlisted about Oct. 1914; went to France, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915. He m. at Dunoon, 1914. Annie (Orwell Cottage, Edward Street, Dunoon), dau. of (—) Smith.

SIMPSON, ANTHONY HENRY, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., yr. s. of James Herbert Simpson, of Rugby, M.L., by his wife, Charlotte Maria, dau. of Henry Wilson; b. Rugby, 28 Dec. 1887; educ. Hillbrow School, Rugby (1896–1901); Rugby School (1901–6), and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1906–11, Scholar), and was afterwards an assistant master at Tonbridge School, where he was an officer in the O.T.C.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the Royal Warwickshire Regt., 24 Dec. 1914; went to France, 19 Jan. 1915, and died at the Base Hospital, Boulogne, 1 Feb. following, from bronchitis contracted while on active service; unm. Buried in the Cemetery there.

SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD, Leading Seaman, 220490, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, ARCHIBALD CRANBY, Trooper, No. 13/442, No. 3 Troop, 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of (—) Simpson, by his wife, Katherine (Ohaupo, New Zealand); b. Turakina, New Zealand, 1891; educ. Government Schools, and St. Patrick’s College, Wellington; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war and joined the Waikato Mounted Rifles, 14 Aug. 1914; left for Egypt Oct. following; went to the Dardanelles in May and died about 19 May following, of wounds received in action there the same day; unm. His Major wrote: “As far as I can remember your boy was wounded on 18 May, when the Turks attacked us. I cannot say if he spoke after being wounded, as he was taken away by the stretcher-bearers to the dressing station, and from there to the clearing hospital. I understand he died whilst being taken from the dressing station to hospital, and was wounded in the head. He was given a Christian burial in the North Cemetery, and now lies on the portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula which he fought so bravely to hold. You have the satisfaction to know that he fought like a man and died like a hero for his King and Country. He was a brave man and a true comrade, and I felt the loss of his assistance.”

SIMPSON, EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9675, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SIMPSON, GEORGE, Private, No. 10129, 1st Battn. East Kent Regt. (The Buffs); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 23 March, 1915.

SIMPSON, HUBERT ZEPH, Assistant-Paymaster, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. Hawke, elder s. of the late Zephaniah Simpson, member of the London Stock Exchange (1875–1913), by his wife, Lucy Eva (61, Grosvenor Road, Westminster, S.W.), dau. of John Tucker, of Barnstaple, Solicitor; b. Herne Hill, S.E., 20 Nov. 1880; apprenticed to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., 12 Feb. 1896, and qualified as Master, 16 Oct. 1903, but, after serving with that company and in the Glen and Union Lines, was compelled through near sight to give up his career and start anew. He obtained an Assistant Pursership in the R.M.S.P. Co., and in 1907 was made Purser, being one of the very few Pursers to hold a Master’s Certificate. On 30 May, 1913, he was appointed Purser of the R.M.S.P Arcadian, on which he served until the outbreak of war. He had joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Midshipman, 13 April, 1897, being promoted Sub-Lieut. 25 July, 1903; but eye trouble having rendered him unfit for combatant service, he retired, and in April, 1909, applied for appointment as Assistant Paymaster, which he received, 5 Sept. 1910. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hawke, 1 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; unm. Admiral Fremantle, writing in May, 1913, described him as “a keen and zealous officer, who would give valuable assistance in war time”; and the Secretary of the R.M.S.P. Co. wrote: “During the years he was with us he won the esteem of those with whom he served and the warm regard of his brother officers, and he will be very greatly missed, not only by our own people ashore and afloat but also by numbers of passengers with whom he travelled.”