Part 173
=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.”
=SIMPSON, JAMES=, Corpl., No. 9856, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt., _s._ of Frank Simpson, of 72, Larch Road, Balham Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 11 Feb. 1915.
=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Private, No. 1798, 6th Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, _s._ of Thomas Simpson, of Clitheroe, Cotton Weaver; _b._ Clitheroe, co. Lancaster; educ. there; enlisted 16 Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action, 8 May, 1915; _unm._
=SIMPSON, JOHN=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 164860, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMPSON, JOHN EDMUND=, Capt., King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., elder _s._ of the late Rev. John Curwen Simpson, of Thurnscoe, South Yorks, by his wife, Frances Maria (Dale Lodge, Brompton, near Scarborough), dau. of Samuel Sheppard, of Taunton; _b._ Bayswater, London, 9 July, 1873; educ. St. James’, Southleigh, and St. Paul’s, Stony Stratford; joined the Volunteers, gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5 May, 1900; promoted Lieut. 26 April, 1901, and Capt. 8 Jan. 1907, and from 1910 to 1913 was Adjutant of the 3rd Special Reserve Battn. at Pontefract. On the outbreak of war he went to France with his regt. and was shot through the chest while leading his men in an attack on a farm house occupied by Germans, at Messines in Flanders, 31 Oct. 1914; buried in a field near to where he fell; _unm._ Capt. Simpson was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French’s Despatch of 8 Oct. 1914 [London Gazette, 9 Dec. 1914], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, (Capt. Launcelot Simpson, M.V.O., another “K.O.Y.L.I.” officer, after being wounded at Le Cateau, is now (1916) a prisoner of war at Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany.
=SIMPSON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 1320, 4th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Simpson, by his wife, Eliza (17, Warkworth Street, Lemington-on-Tyne), dau. of William Tiplady, of Kibblesworth, co. Durham; _b._ Dewley, Throckley, 2 Jan. 1897; enlisted following the declaration of war; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, and was killed in action west of Wieltte, 25 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. R. Rewcastle, of B Coy., in forwarding to his mother a Bible taken from his pocket, wrote: “He died nobly while doing a duty that would have increased the safety of his comrades. He was buried the same day, and a cross marks the spot where he lies.”
=SIMPSON, WILLIAM RUSSELL=, Trooper, No. 8531, 2nd Squadron, 5th Reserve Regt. of Cavalry, attd. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), _s._ of James Simpson, of 5, Bruce Street, Edinburgh, Vanman, by his wife, Agnes Baird, dau. of William Russell; _b._ Edinburgh, 21 June, 1889; educ. South Morningside School; was in the employ of W. Bell & Son, Cab Proprietors, Edinburgh; volunteered and enlisted 9 Sept. 1914; died at York, 14 Jan. 1915, of pneumonia contracted while training; _unm._
=SIMS, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 8741, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMS, JOHN=, Naval Cadet, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Bulwark, eldest _s._ of Charles Sims, of Lodsworth, Petworth, A.R.A., by his wife, Agnes Helen, dau. of the late John Macwhirter, R.A.; _b._ Hammersmith, London, W., 17 Oct. 1898; educ. The Wells House, Malvern Wells; entered the Navy, Sept. 1911; appointed to H.M.S. Bulwark, 16 Aug. 1914, and was lost when that ship was blown up off Sheerness, 26 Nov. 1914.
=SIMS, JOHN=, Stoker (Coastguard), 148321 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SIMS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304106, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SIMSON, HERBERT=, Chief Petty Officer, 158864, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SINCLAIR, WILLIAM JOHN=, Private, No. 10942, Machine Gun Section, 4th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of George Thomas Sinclair, M.A., of 91, Comiston Road, Edinburgh, formerly of Craigengar, Culross, by his wife, Marian, dau. of John McEwen, Register House, Edinburgh, and grandson of the Rev. William Sinclair, of Kirkwall, Orkney; _b._ Sanquhar, co. Dumfries, 10 Oct. 1889; educ. High School, Dunfermline, and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there was employed in the British Linen Company’s Bank, Dunfermline; went to Canada in 1910 to take up an appointment in the Bank of Montreal; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and joined the 4th Battn.; came over with the first contingent in Oct.; went to France in February, and was killed in action at St. Julien, near Ypres, 23 April, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Vlamertinghe, three miles west of Ypres. Lieut. Washington wrote. “He died a hero’s death. Rushing to the aid of a wounded comrade he was hit, and died shortly after. He was absolutely fearless and game to the last, and his behaviour under terrific fire was splendid. His memory is much honoured by myself and the Machine Gun Section.” His brother, Lieut. Fraser McEwen Sinclair, of Glencraig, co. Fife, R.A.M.C., is now (1916) on active service in Egypt.
=SINDALL, RICHARD ERNEST=, Capt. (Shelford Detachment), 1st Battn. Cambridgeshire Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Sindall, of The Elms, Shelford, Cambridgeshire, Contractor, and a Member of the Cambridge Town Council, by his wife, Henzell Margaret, dau. of Thomas Usher Crass; _b._ Cambridge, 11 April, 1889; educ. Perse School, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Cambridgeshire Regt., 1 Oct. 1908, promoted Lieut. 1 March, 1910, and Capt. 23 June, 1913; left for the Front with his regt., 14 Feb. 1915, was seriously wounded by the bursting of a shell on 26 June near Armentières, and died from his wounds, 1 July, 1915; buried at Bailleul; _unm._ The 1st Battn. of the Cambridgeshire Regt. was warmly congratulated by Brig.-Gen. Longley for the part it took in the Battle of St. Eloi. He stated that the way that they advanced under very heavy shell and rifle fire towards St. Eloi was splendid and that they were of the greatest assistance in holding the village when the German attack was at its worst. Col. Copeman, in a letter published by the Cambridge Daily News, said: “We were in the thick of the great fight last Sunday, and I am proud to tell you that the regt. did very well, so the General told me. It was an unexpected attack, and we were hurled into the midst of terrific shell and rifle fire which lasted from 4.30 on Sunday to about 5 a.m. Monday.” A special correspondent with the Cambridgeshire Regt. wrote: “The people of Cambridgeshire must not be allowed to forget that the 1st Cambridgeshires took part in what has been reported as the greatest engagement of the present war and the world’s history. At 10 p.m. amid the dull boom of our artillery and the terrific, earsplitting explosions of the French 75’s, we went out ready to do our part. The officers in charge of the company were Capt. R. E. Sindall, Capt. Keenlyside, Lieut. Shaw, and Lieut. Bates. Lieut. Seaton and Lieut. Sir H. G. Butlin, also officers of the company, were already gaining experience in the trenches, and had a rough time of it. After drawing tools and sandbags, we went forward. Ceaseless numbers of ‘flares’ were sent up, and when passing a gate, the man with the biggest laugh in our company, L.-Corpl. E. Vawser, was hit. He was promptly attended to, and hopes were expressed that he would soon be better. An R.E. officer took charge of us, and we were allotted our job. All the while bullets and shells were flying around us, and one could mark the passage of the shells through the air by a streak of light from them. It was rather a terrifying experience for us to be baptized with such a hail of bullets, and I must say that I never saw one case of funk in the whole company. The boys may be heartily congratulated on their sang froid, and the Cambridgeshire people have good reason to be proud of them. After our spell close up, we manned some reserved trenches, eventually arriving ‘home’ at 8 a.m. after a good hard night’s work.” His brother, Capt. W. T. Sindall, of the same regt., was invalided home from the Front on 6 April, 1916.
=SINGER, JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6779), 194593, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SINGLETON, JOSHUA=, Leading Carpenter’s Crew, 345952, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SINNOTT, PETER=, Private, No. 11726, 1st Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of Peter Sinnott, of 1, Ellis on Street, Gateshead; _b._ Edinburgh, 17 March, 1896; enlisted 26 Nov. 1913; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles, in an attack on the Turkish trenches, 28 June, 1915; _unm._
=WILMOT-SITWELL, STANTON DEGGE=, Lieut., Portsmouth Battn. Royal Marine L.I., 2nd _s._ of Francis Stanton Wilmot-Sitwell, of Monk’s Well, Beaulieu, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Mary Innes, elder dau. of Capt. Charles Elliot Farquharson, 21st Lancers, and grandson of Robert Sacheverell Wilmot-Sitwell, of Stainsby House, co. Derby, J.P., D.L.; _b._ The Grove, Bolton’s, London, S.W., 25 July, 1896; educ. Newlands, Seaford, and Malvern College, where he was a prefect; was given a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Royal Marines, 29 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 27 March, 1915; went out with the R.N.D. in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Feb. 1915, landed at Gaba Tepe with the Anzacs, and was killed in action on the slopes of Achi Baba, 13 July following; _unm._
=SIZER, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4851B., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKARRATT, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1986), 12977, R.F.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKEATES, ARTHUR WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 309112, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SKELTON, HENRY=, Trimmer, No. 3376, Trawler Eagle, _s._ of John Skelton, of 31, James Street, Holderness Road, Hull, Coalheaver on sea-going ships, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of George Hullah, of Beeford; _b._ Hull, co. York, 23 March, 1886; educ. Blenkin Street School, Holderness Road, there; was employed in the firm of Thomas Wilson, Sons & Co., Ship Owners, Hull, as a fireman on the steamers sailing from Hull to New York and Boston, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 joined a trawler which had been taken over by the Admiralty for mine-sweeping purposes, and was accidentally drowned at Cromarty, 13 Jan. 1915. He was returning from a few hours’ leave, and the weather being very bad the small boat he was in was capsized. He _m._ at St. Philip’s Church, Sculcoates, 11 April, 1908, Catherine (14, May Terrace, Walker Street, off Hessle Road, Hull), dau. of Tom Clark, and had two sons: Arthur, _b._ 21 Sept. 1912; and Henry, _b._ 18 April, 1914.
=SKIN, ALBIN SAMUEL=, A.B., 237656, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SKINNER, ARTHUR=, Private, No. G. 1454, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 9 May, 1915.
=SKINNER, JOHN THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5048), S.S. 1834, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SKINNER, PHILIP JOHN LANCELOT=, Sub-Lieut., R.N., yst. _s._ of Major Charles Lancelot Andrewes Skinner, of 57, Eccleston Square, S.W., late 4th Hussars, by his wife, Lady Kathleen, née Ponsonby, yst. dau. of Walter William Brabazon, 7th Earl of Bessborough; _b._ The Chantry, Ipswich, 23 Jan. 1894; educ. St. Andrews, Eastbourne, and Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges, where he was cadet capt., H.R.H. the Prince of Wales being under his charge; served as a cadet on H.M.S. Cumberland; joined H.M.S. Hercules as a Midshipman in 1911, afterwards served on H.M.S. King George V.; was appointed acting Sub-Lieut. H.M.S. Formidable, 29 July, 1914; and was lost when that ship was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel, 1 Jan 1915. The following is an extract from one of the many letters received from some of the bluejackets and other survivors off H.M.S. Formidable: “We found him a most kind and considerate officer, a fearless and true British sailor, and a splendid type of the true English gentleman. He was esteemed and respected by all who knew him, both by officers and men, and we loved him.”
=SKINNER, RONALD SWEYN=, Sergt., No. 737, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the Rev. Frederick William Skinner, Vicar of Tibenham, co. Norfolk, by his wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of Edward Cooke; _b._ Ashwe11thorpe, co. Norfolk, 22 Nov. 1888; educ. Banham Grammar School; joined the Queen Victoria Rifles in Nov. 1910, was promoted Sergt. Jan. 1915, and on the outbreak of war proceeded to the Front with them; he died of wounds received in action at Hill 60, Flanders, 3 Feb. 1915; buried Dranoutre; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: “From the first moment he went into action in the trenches he showed himself a bold and resolute soldier who thought first of his duty and nothing of himself. He had recently been named for a commission. At all times he showed a fine example and exercised a most beneficial influence thereby over the men under his command. I cannot think how we shall get on without him: men such as he proved himself over and over again are hard indeed to replace.” He was Capt. of the Olympic Rifle Club five years, and shot for his company at Bisley two years.
=SKINNER, WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1816), 187806, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SCOT SKIRVING, ARCHIBALD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Royal Irish Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Robert Scot Skirving, M.B., of Sydney, N.S.W., by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Trefferson Hester, M.D.; _b._ Sydney, New South Wales, 7 Sept. 1884; educ. Sydney Grammar School; Eton House, Tonbridge; and the University of Sydney, at which last he graduated as M.B. and C.M. in 1911 with high honours, being the second man of his year. A resident medical officer in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney till 1913, he proceeded in that year to England to take the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, but on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for active service. He had previously joined the University Scouts in 1907, and the 2nd Australian Infantry Regt. in 1909, transferring from the latter in the following year to the N.S.W. Scottish Rifles, which became the 25th Australian Infantry under the new regulations, and after being temporarily attached to the Black Watch was given a commission as Lieut. in the Royal Irish Fusiliers, 4 Sept. 1914, and promoted Capt. 2 Dec. following. He died 9 Aug. 1915 (on board the hospital ship Valdivia), from wounds received near Suvla Bay, and was buried at sea five miles south of Imbros Island. The letters of his fellow officers show him to have been as able and keen in his military duties as he was capable and distinguished in his profession of medicine.
=SLADE, EDWARD FRED=, Rifleman, No. 3604, 9th Battn. (Queen Victoria Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Edward Henry Slade, of Bedmond, King’s Langley, by his wife, Kate, dau. of George Gamby; _b._ Abbots Langley, co. Herts, 9 Dec. 1892; educ. Watford Grammar School; was employed on the London & North-Western Railway at Euston, but after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Queen Victoria Rifles, 17 Nov. 1914, and was accidentally drowned in France, while bathing in the rear of the British trenches, 12 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Buried in the village yard at Chippilly. Slade was a student at the Guildhall School of Music, and a choirman and deputy organist at Abbot’s Langley Parish Church, and was considered by Professor Docker, R.A.M., to be a very promising organist. His company officer wrote that his death was “a great loss to the company, as he was an able and willing soldier under all circumstances.”
=SLATER, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110190 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SLATER, DAVID=, Stoker, R.N.R., U. 1354, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SLATER, GEORGE MICHAEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9611), 297247, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SLATTER, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109395, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SLATTERY, HENRY JAMES=, Rifleman, No. 2953, 18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of the late Alfred Richard Slattery, by his wife, Elizabeth (2A, Frederick Mews, Kinnerton Street, Knightsbridge, S.W.), dau. of Elijah Peachey; _b._ Knightsbridge, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. St. Paul’s Schools, Knightsbridge; was in the employ of Mr. John Morgan, Army Tailor, of 5, Albemarle Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Irish Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; trained at the White City and St. Albans; went to France, 9 March, 1915; took part in the actions at Givenchy and Festubert, and died 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, on the 25th; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Noeux-les-Mines. He was in the choir at St. George’s Hospital, and afterwards at St. Mary’s, Graham Street, S.W.
=SLAUGHTER, JAMES GALLOTHY=, Chief Shipwright, 340623, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=SLESSOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 12370), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=SLIMM, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 1267, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick George Slimm, Private, No. 71299, A.S.C., now serving with the British Expeditionary Force, by his wife, Jessie (15, Taylor’s Place, Stepney), dau. of James King; _b._ Mile End, London, E., 16 June, 1893; educ. Ben Jonson Schools, Stepney; was a Printer’s Layer-on; joined the 17th County of London Regt. in March, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while finding range for the battn.; _unm._ He was to have been married shortly.
=SLINEY, RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 179858 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=SLOPER, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, 160618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMALL, AUSTIN JAMES=, Cook’s Mate, M. 5525, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=SMALL, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Bugler, No. 823, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Frederick Small, of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Carman, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Robert Stephenson; _b._ London, W., 12 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Andrew’s Council School, London; was a Cloth Shrinker; joined the London Irish Rifles, 13 March, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and died 28 Sept. 1915, at a Base hospital, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos on the 25th. Buried at Neoux-les-Mines. He _m._ at St. Thomas Church, Regent Street, W., 22 Feb. 1914, Josephine (101, Beaufoy Road, Battersea), dau. of Alexander Fromant, and had a dau., Elsie, _b._ 4 June, 1915.