STUBBS, HERBERT CLAUDE, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 819), late R.M.A. 5329, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

STUBBS, JOHN DUNCAN, Midshipman, R.N., elder s. of Thomas Duncan Henlock Stubbs, of Nunthorpe, Yorkshire, Major, North Riding Heavy Battery, 13th Brigade, R.G.A. (now on active service in France), by his wife, Margaret Isobel, dau. of Arthur Buchannan, of Guisborough, Yorkshire; b. Coatham, Redcar, co. York, 24 June, 1899; educ. Coatham Grammar School; Pembroke Lodge, Southbourne, and the Osborne (entered May, 1912), and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, and had just completed one term at the latter college when war broke out, and the Cadets from the college were sent to various ships on active service. As senior he took a party of nine Cadets of his term to Chatham, where they joined the Aboukir, and in a few days time he went to sea as acting Midshipman. Shortly afterwards the Cadets were all promoted Midshipmen. He was attd. to the Gunnery Lieut., and was in charge of four 12-pr. guns. Life on board was much to his liking, writing home he described it as “the most glorious time of my life.” On 22 Sept. the Aboukir was the first ship to be torpedoed; everyone came on deck, as it was obvious that the vessel was sinking. Stubbs noticing that one of the other Midshipmen was not on deck went below to look for him, he found the boy asleep (he had just come off watch), woke him up, and brought him on deck. As one of the officers wrote: “It took some pluck to do this with the ship heeling over and likely to go at any moment.” Stubbs swam in the direction of the Hogue, but before he reached her she was torpedoed also and sank very quickly. He then swam towards the Cressy, and while in the water in company with another Midshipman of the Aboukir, they came across a drowning man calling for help. They went to his assistance and succeeded in holding him up for some time, telling him what to do to help himself, but as the man was unable to do as they told him, they were obliged to leave him as they could hold him up no longer. They got to the Cressy where they received dry clothes and hot cocoa, and were in the sick bay when the Cressy was struck the first time. They went on deck, and when the second torpedo struck the ship they took to the water again. Stubbs was seen in the water clinging to some wreckage some time afterwards, but when the rescuing boats came along he had disappeared. According to an Artificer of the Hogue the following incident took place after the Cressy was sunk: A man was calling for help some distance away, the Artificer saw two Midshipmen on a plank not far from the man, later he saw the boys leave the plank they were on and swim towards the man. The latter seized the boys, then there was a short struggle and all three disappeared. The Artificer was then only a few yards away, he saw the boys clearly, and from his description and from the fact that all the other Midshipmen were accounted for, it is thought that almost certainly the boys referred to were Midshipmen Stubbs and Riley. One of the officers of the Aboukir wrote saying of Stubbs: “He was of the greatest assistance to me, in fact I could not have done without him. It was impossible for him to tell a lie. He was always cheerful no matter what time of day or night, nor how rough the sea was.” And again he wrote: “There were many fine things done that day, but none finer than his. He was one of the best and truest boys I ever met.” He early showed signs of great promise; at Pembroke Lodge he held a high place in the school, and was also good at all games. He played for the school in both the cricket and football teams, and in the school sports won every open event, taking the Sports Challenge Cup with the maximum number of marks. In the words of his headmaster: “He was one of God’s perfect little gentlemen.” At the R.N.C., Osborne, he was promoted Cadet captain on completion of his third term at the college, he played for the college at cricket, being given his colours in 1913, and won the prize for the best field in the college. He passed out of the college head of his term, being awarded the Admiralty’s prize for the Cadet obtaining the highest aggregate number of marks in all subjects, including engineering and seamanship.

STUBLEY, FREDERICK, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 38), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

STUCKEY, FREDERICK, Major, 6th (Hauraki) Regt., New Zealand 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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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).

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).

SWAN, THOMAS GEORGE, Private, No. 3317, 1/3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of Thomas Swan, Crimean Veteran; b. Athlone, 18 April, 1877; educ. Bells School, Leith; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 11 Dec. 1895; served through the South African War, 1899–1902 (Queen’s medal with clasps); obtained his discharge, 10 Dec. 1902, and joined the Reserve, completing his 16 years of service in 1911. On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in his old regt., 19 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915. He m. at St. Thomas’ Church, Leith, 27 Dec. 1907, Annie (3/2, Corporation Buildings, Leith), dau. of (—) Ferguson, and had five children: Thomas George, b. 6 March, 1911; Robert, b. 27 June, 1914; Mary, b. 6 Oct. 1906; Susan Jane, b. 31 Oct. 1908; and Janet, b. 23 June, 1912.

SWANN, JOHN DAVID LIVERMORE, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9885), 220674, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SWANN, THOMAS HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7964), 292930, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SWANN, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109372, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SWEETING, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14608, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

SWEETMAN, JOHN STANLEY, Capt., Toronto Home Guards, Canadian Militia, 3rd s. of Edward Sweetman, late of Ryde, I.W., Brewer, by his wife, Emily (42, Priory Road, Hampstead, N.W.), dau. of the late William Godden, of East Street, Southampton; b. Ryde, 28 July, 1890; educ. Hyde Upper Grade School; was an Accountant in the Bloor Bathurst Street Branch of the Home Bank of Canada; joined the Toronto Home Guards after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and died in the General Hospital, Toronto, 12 Oct. 1914, from cerebral-spinal meningitis, contracted while undergoing a course of training; unm.

SWEETSUR, JAMES HENRY, Private, No. 1891, 7th Battn. Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of Edward J. Sweetsur, of 58, Grove Road, Tottenham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 22 March, 1915.

SWETENHAM, EDMUND, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., only child of Clement William Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, Congleton, co. Chester, late Lieut., R.N., by his wife, Louisa, yst. dau. of Ralph Creyke, of Rawcliffe and Marton Hall, Yorkshire; b. Somerford Booths aforesaid, 30 April, 1890; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; Army School, Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at Rue du Bois, near Armentières, 27 Oct. following; unm. Buried there.

SWIFT, JOSEPH, Private, No. 21026, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Ypres, 11 June, 1915.

SWIFT, PETER, Private, No. 9/1834, 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 26 April, 1915; m.

SYMES, HAROLD, Driver, No. 2499, 1st Battery Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), eldest s. of Alfred Symes, of 48, East Street, Littlehampton, co. Sussex, Stonemason, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William Luxford, of Pulborough; b. Littlehampton, 2 June, 1896; educ. there; was a Butcher’s Assistant; enlisted 4 Oct. 1915, and was accidentally drowned at High Wycombe, 3 Dec. 1915, while in training there; unm.

SYMES, JOHN BORKWOOD, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26728 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SYMMANS, JOHN, Gunner, R.M.A., 6749, B. 952, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SYMMS, CHARLES FULLERTON, Telegraphist, J. 3596, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SYMONDS, ALBERT HENRY, A.B., 214225, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SYMONDS, EDGAR, Private, No. G6575, 8th (Service) Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1915; m.

SYMONDS, WILLIAM HARRY, Private, No. 12059, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd s. of Spencer Symonds, of Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late William Green Hatten, of Walsham-le-Willows; b. Badwell Ash, 13 May, 1894; educ. Albert College, Framlingham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hooge, 16 June, 1915; buried there in the Sanctuary Wood; unm. A brass tablet has been erected to his memory in the Parish Church at Badwell Ash.

SYMONDS, WILLIAM PERCY, Stoker, 1st class, K. 5165, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

SYMONS, ALFRED ALBERT, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11325, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

SYMONS, HERBERT WILLIAM, Capt., 1st Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I. (attd. Camel Corps), yr. s. of the late Lieut.-Col. Herbert Charles Symons, formerly commanding King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., by his wife, Ada Clara (Brooklands, Newport Pagnell, co. Bucks), dau. of Frederic Wells, of Oaklands, Chelmsford; b. Fulford, co. York, 17 Nov. 1884; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father’s old regt. 13 Jan. 1904, joined at Aldershot, 15 Feb. following, and was promoted Lieut. 4 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 9 Sept. 1914. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 29 March, 1911, to 4 March, 1914, and was then attached to the Somaliland Camel Constabulary. He was killed in action at Shimber Berris, Somaliland, while serving with the Camel Corps, 19 Nov. 1914, and was buried at Little Bohotleh, Somaliland; unm. He had the Royal Humane Society’s testimonial for saving the life of a comrade in South Africa.

SYMONS, WILLIAM, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8056), 203642, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

SYNNES, THOMAS, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7950), S.S. 103617, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 1914.

SYRED, FREDERICK ARTHUR, C.E.R.A., 1st Class, 149442, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

SYRETT, JOHN, Leading Seaman, 235653, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

RENNY-TAILYOUR, HENRY FREDERICK THORNTON, 2nd Lieut., 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers, yst. s. of Colonel Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour, of Borrowfield, Forfarshire, and Shrewsbury House, Dublin, J.P., late R.E., by his wife, Emily Rose, dau. of John Wingfield Stratford, of Addington Park, West Malling, Kent; b. Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales, 31 July, 1891; educ. Arnold House, Llanddulas, and Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Engineers, 20 Dec. 1912; went to France with the 5th Field Coy. R.E. 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, 15 Aug. 1914; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept., but did not leave duty, and was killed in action at Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914, while leading his section against the Prussian Guards; unm. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.

TALBOT, EDWARD CHARLES, Capt. and tempy. Major, 47th Sikhs, Indian Army, 2nd s. of the late Major Francis Arthur Bouverie Talbot, of 89, Philbeach Gardens, S.W., late Oxfordshire L.I., by his wife, Alice Mary Beatrice, dau. of Gen. Edward Melville Lawford; b. Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 9 April, 1881; educ. Haileybury College; joined the Herts Militia, 2 April, 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Bedfordshire Regt., 26 June, 1901, and promoted, Lieut., 23 March, 1904; transferred to the Indian Army, 23 April, 1904, and became Capt., 2 April, 1909; served in the South African War, 1900–02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony; operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, July to Aug. 1901, and Oct. to Nov. 1901; and those in the Orange River Colony, Aug. to Oct. 1901, and Nov. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with two clasps); and with his regt. with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Sept. 1914. He was slightly wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March, but was able to remain on duty, and was made a tempy. Major in command of the regt., which he held till he was wounded at Ypres on 26 April, 1915, and died at Hazebrouck on the 29th, where he was buried. Capt. Talbot was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 31 May, 1915. While at Haileybury he played in the Football XV. He m. at Weybridge, 30 Sept. 1908, Dorothy Maynard (Eridge, Teignmouth, South Devon), dau. of Sir William Gibbons, K.C.B., and had two children: Patricia Mary, b. 23 Dec. 1909; Iris Nonie, b. 26 Dec. 1913.

TALBOT, HUMFREY RICHARD, Lieut., 3rd Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards, yst. s. of Gustavus Talbot, of Marchmont House, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, by his wife, Susan, 2nd dau. of Robert Elwes, of Congham House, Norfolk, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Rev. the Hon. George Chetwynd-Talbot [bro. of Henry, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury]; b. Ceylon, 11 Sept. 1889; educ. Wellington College and Frieburg, Germany; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the King’s Liverpool Regt., then in India, 11 Dec. 1909; promoted Lieut., 16 Sept. 1912; transferred to 3rd Dragoon Guards, 26 Feb. 1913; left for France, 30 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action by shell fire near Ypres, 13 Nov. following. Buried in cemetery at Ypres; unm. He was a keen sportsman and was Master of Hounds at Lahore, 1912–13.

TALLACK, WILLIAM FRANCIS NECK, Private, No. 4815, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of Richard Tallack, of Stepney, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (—) Jones; b. Stepney, 10 Oct. 18—; educ. Ben Jonson School there; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, June, 1915; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action at Loos, 7 Jan. 1916, being buried there. He m. at Camden Town, N. 17 Dec. 1893, Clara Elizabeth (54, Cecil Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Robert Spinks, and had seven children: William James, Private, No. 2824, D Coy., 3/6th Essex Regt., b. 1895; Frank Robert, Private, No. 2825, 3/6th Battn. Essex Regt., b. 1897; Richard, b. 8 Dec. 1898; Hubert, b. 14 Nov. 1900; Frederick, b. 29 Dec. 1907; Lily, b. 13 Dec. 1902; and Clara, b. 13 Dec. 1905.

TAMPIN, CHARLES THOMAS, Probationary, 2nd Cook’s Mate, M. 7603, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

TANNER, ERNEST EDWIN, Private, No. 2980, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd s. of John Tanner, of Cheltenham, Labourer, by his wife, Emma, dau. of John Wheeler; b. Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, 16 Sept. 1877; educ. Devonshire Street School there; was Labourer at Kynock’s Ammunition Works, Birmingham; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 2 Oct. 1899; served in the South African War 7 Nov. 1901, to 4 Oct. 1902 (medal with three clasps, “Cape Colony,” “S.A. 1901,” “S.A. 1902”), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 7 Oct. to 12 Nov. 1914, and died a prisoner of war in No. 3 German Field Hospital, 15th German Army Corps, Hallin, of wounds received in action. Buried at Hallin. He m. at Emmanuel Church, Bristol, 3 Aug. 1907, Lillie (10, Willway Street, St. Phillip’s, Bristol), 3rd dau. of Thomas Slocombe, of Bristol, and had one son, Arthur Thomas John, b. 23 June, 1908.

TANNER, RALPH EYRE, Capt., 1st Battn. The King’s Liverpool Regt., elder s. of Ralph Tanner, of 2, Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster Abbey, S.W., M.A., Senior Assistant Master at Westminster School, by his wife, Lucy Lawrence Le Grice, dau. of George Lewis Phipps Eyre; b. Regent’s Park, 16 July, 1885; educ. South Kensington Preparatory School; Westminster, and Sandhurst. He was gazetted on 16 Aug. 1905, as 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Liverpool Regt., which had formerly been commanded by his great-uncle, Major-Gen. Edward Tanner, C.B. He was promoted Lieut. 25 Sept. 1908, and Capt. 16 Sept. 1912, and served for a year with the 1st Battn. in India, 1908–9. On the outbreak of war he went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, and was in the retreat from Mons, behaving in the first action in which the regt. was engaged, as his Colonel wrote, “with great coolness under a murderous fire.” On 14 Sept. 1914, during the Battle of the Aisne, while leading his company through thickly wooded country he was seriously wounded by a party of Germans upon whom they came suddenly. Owing to heavy shell fire it was impossible to move from the wood, and during the course of the day another shell, bursting near, killed the two stretcher-bearers and wounded Capt. Tanner again. By the devotion of his men he was carried back some 4 miles to the dressing station, where he was skilfully doctored by Major A. Martin Leake, V.C., who, like Capt. Tanner, was an old Westminster. After seven days he reached Versailles, where he died from his wounds at No. 4 General Hospital, 23 Sept. 1914. He was buried in the Cimitière des Guards with full military honours, a guard of honour being furnished by a detachment of French cavalry and a large number of French officers attending. Col. Bannatyne, who was afterwards himself killed, wrote: “We in the regt. are sustained by the knowledge that Capt. Tanner met his death when leading the van in a magnificent attack on the enemy, who were holding an enormously strong position. The regt. was advance guard to the whole Division.... Capt. Tanner and Capt. Feneran, both of whom were wounded, most gallantly sustained the honour of the King’s. Our great sorrow at his loss will consequently be mingled with pride at his most gallant conduct.” Letters from his brother officers and from privates in the regt. testified to the affection in which he was held and how deeply his loss was felt. Capt. Tanner m. at Westminster Abbey, 11 June, 1913, Edith Vere Marjorie, 4th and yst. dau. of John Henry Brodie, then of Chart’s Edge, Westerham, co. Kent, and had one son: Peter Ralph Eyre, b. 13 Sept. 1914.