Chapter LXXIII: Part 73

=ROURKE, THOMAS=, A.B., No. 234175, 1st Class Gunner, H.M.S. Tiger, only _s._ of the late Edward Rourke, by his wife, Lucy (5, Stand Street, London Road, Manchester), dau. of Dennis Kennedy; _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, 11 April, 1890; educ. St. Michael’s School, George Lee Street, Ancoates; entered the Navy about 1906 and was killed in action in the North Sea, 24 Jan. 1915; _unm._

=ROUST, JOSIAH ROBERT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 307023, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=ROUTH, HAROLD=, Rifleman, No. 1959, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Routh, of 189, Rosebury Avenue, E.C.; _b._ Birmingham, 28 Aug. 1897; educ. there and L.C.C. School; joined The Rangers in May, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. following; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died in the General Hospital, Boulogne, 2 May, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60, on 27 April. Buried at Boulogne. He was the youngest in the regt.

=ROW, HARRY AKERS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. The Suffolk Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William Benjamin Row, of North Lodge, Saxmundham, Corn, Seed and Coal Merchant, by his wife, Emily, dau. of Thomas Woodward, of Old Newton, Suffolk; _b._ Saxmundham, co. Suffolk, 22 March, 1886; educ. Ipswich Grammar School; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Suffolks, 29 May, 1913, and was in command of the half company of Territorials in Saxmundham; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 Nov., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915; _unm._ Col. H. W. Crinddas wrote: “As commanding officer of your son’s regt. I am writing to offer you and your family my sincerest sympathy in this great loss. It may be some consolation to you to know that he died well, at the head of his men, leading them most gallantly in the face of a murderous fire. I saw him shortly after he was killed lying in a trench, shot through the head. His end must have been quite instantaneous; so it will be a relief to you to know that he died without pain, just passing from life to death without knowing it. He was buried to-day at Vielle Chapelle. I have not been long with this regt., but quite long enough to appreciate your son’s work at its true value, and I feel that by his early (though glorious) death I have lost a most valuable officer and good friend.” He was a keen sportsman, and particularly fond of shooting and fishing.

=ROW, JAMES EDWARD=, Acting Leading Stoker, K. 1012, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=ROWAN, ANDREW PERCIVAL=, Capt., 10th Battn. (Western Australia) Australian Light Horse, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Andrew Rowan, of Arranmore. St. Kilda, Melbourne, and St. Hubert’s Vineyard, Victoria; _b._ Melbourne, 31 Aug. 1876; educ. Queen’s College, St. Kilda, and Melbourne Grammar School; served as a Lieut. in the Australian Force in the South African War, 1901–02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps. He was appointed Lieut., Australian Field Artillery, in July, 1903, but retired in 1910 and joined the Reserve of Officers. He then went to Western Australia and took up farming at Murgarrin, and on the outbreak of the European War immediately offered his services and was gazetted Lieut., 10th (Western Australia) Light Horse, 28 Oct. 1914. He took part in the operations at the Dardanelles, was promoted Capt. at the end of July for good work done in the field, and fell in action there, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ He was killed instantly by a bullet in the head and chest as he sprang over the edge of the trench to lead his men in the great charge at Walker’s Ridge, when the Australian Light Horse were almost wiped out. Brig.-Gen. F. Hughes, Commanding 3rd Light Horse Brigade, wrote to Mrs. Rowan: “I trust you will forgive me for writing, but I desire not only to express my deepest sympathy with you in your sorrow, but also to bear testimony to the excellent work your son did while he was with us. He led his men with great skill and determination when the Turks attacked them at Quinn’s Post soon after our arrival here, and although twice wounded he stuck to his post and directed the men with the effect that the enemy were driven back with considerable loss. I have no doubt you have already received full particulars of the engagement on the 7th, when he and his comrades so bravely attempted to take the Turks trenches. It was one of those heroic acts that failed through want of proper support. He truly did his best for his King and Empire.”

=ROWAN, JOHN LECK=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Rowan, of Dardenne, Kilmalcolm, co. Renfrew, by his wife, Isabella Gordon, dau. of James Shearer; _b._ Greenock, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1890; educ. Greenock Collegiate School and Academy, and Glasgow Technical College; was an Engineer in the service of the P. & O. Co.; gazetted 2nd Lieut., in the 5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), 13 May, 1911, and promoted Lieut. 1 July, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed in action at Achi Baba, 12 July following, while leading his platoon; _unm._ Buried there. His Col. wrote: “I can testify he was a fine fellow, and as brave as they are made, and no one regrets his loss to the Battn. more than I do”; and his Capt., writing to express his sympathy, stated that he had lost both an officer and a friend, one that could not be replaced. Private Ferns also wrote: “The corner of the trench which I was holding had been under a heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, so that the sand bags and parapet started to fall in on top of me. I could not look over the trench to see what was going on in the enemy lines, so I passed along word to your son, Lieut. Rowan, to come along as I got suspicious of the constant fire being trained on the one corner of the trench, as it was opposite to the entrance of the communicating trench. Your son came and fired a night searchlight. At great personal risk he had a look over the top of the trench. He located three Turkish bomb throwers between 20 and 30 yards off our trench, so he gave us the word to open fire. We did so, and must have riddled the three of them with bullets. After that he came back to where I was standing, and before he would ask anybody else he gave me a hand to rebuild the corner of the trench, while the bullets were whirring over our heads, so close that we could feel the air of them.” Private Martin, in speaking of the bravery of Lieut. Rowan, said: “He was ahead of everybody when the shell struck him. While lying on the ground he shouted, ‘Go on, boys, I’m done.’ Two of us rushed to his assistance and helped him into a sitting position, where he emptied his revolver at the Turks in front. Then, shaking hands with each of us, he lay down as if he were asleep.”

=ROWBERRY, ALFRED CHARLES=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8046), 293134, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROWE, ARTHUR=, Petty Officer, 212807, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROWE, FRANK CHARLES=, Leading Stoker, 227513, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROWE, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 232049, Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROWE, JOSEPH FRANK=, Petty Officer, 179707, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROWE, JOSEPH JAMES=, Private, No. 5415, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Francis Fuick Rowe, of Borningham Green, near Aldborough; _b._ Baconthorpe, near Holt, co. Norfolk; enlisted 11 Feb. 1904; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 30 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 25 Oct. following; _unm._

=ROWLANDS, PERCIVAL HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5020, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROY, KENNETH JAMES=, Capt., 4th Battn. (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Middlesex Regt., _s._ of the late Rev. James Roy, Rector of Stockton-on-Forest, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Thomas Denman, Barrister-at-Law (Chancery Division); _b._ Appleton Vicarage, Bolton Percy, co. York, 21 Jan. 1877; educ. St. Peter’s School, York, and The Oaks, Upper Deal; joined the 3rd Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt. (York Militia), in Feb. 1896; was attached to the depot of the Manchester Regt. at Ashton-under-Lyne, 1898, and got his company, Feb. 1899. On 15 June, 1901, he was selected for a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Middlesex Regt. and became Lieut. 6 March, 1903, and Capt. 9 Nov. 1910. From Nov. 1899, to 23 April, 1905, he served with the 2nd Gold Coast Regt. W.A.F.F., taking part in the operations in Ashanti (Medal), and in the expedition into the Tiansi Country in 1902; served in South Nigeria, 1907–09, and was attached to the West African Rifles, 1911–12. He went to France with the Expeditionary Force and is believed to have been killed in action on the Mons Road, 23 Aug. 1914. A brother officer who was wounded and taken prisoner, wrote from Germany: “I saw Capt. Roy killed in a hand-to-hand fight on the Mons Road. He fought splendidly, but we had no chance, there were about 250 Germans against 40 of us, the remnant of my Company who defended Obourg station on the canal. I was lying on the ground helpless. We managed to keep the Germans in check for a bit, but were eventually overpowered, only a few, I fear, escaped to tell the tale.” His brothers: Commander Robert Stewart Roy, R.N., Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth; Staff-Paymaster Norman Frederick Roy, R.N.; and Surgeon Donald Whatley Roy, F.R.C.S., R.N.V.R., Hospital Ship Plassy; are now on active service.

=ROYAL, ARTHUR CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4308), S.S. 1439, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=ROYALL, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Chief Carpenter’s Mate (Pensioner), 136424, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=ROYES, THOMAS PERCY=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./16894, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUCK, JOHN EGERTON=, Major, 1st, attd. 7th (Service), Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., only _s._ of the late Egerton Wynder Ruck, of Mayfield, Cheam, by his wife, Margaret Bradshaw, dau. of John Bradshaw Wanklyn; _b._ Cheam, co. Surrey, 12 Jan. 1874; educ. Marlborough College; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Gloucestershire Regt., 21 Oct. 1893, and promoted Lieut. 5 Oct. 1897; Capt. 25 Oct. 1903, and Major 17 Feb. 1915; was Adjutant of the Regt., 17 Dec. 1901 to 16 Dec. 1904; and of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon; also of the Militia and Special Reserve, 16 Nov. 1906 to 15 Nov. 1911; served (1) in the South African War, 1899–1900; took part in the operations in Natal, 1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard’s Kop, and in the defence of Ladysmith (Queen’s medal with clasp); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles from 11 July, 1915, to 8 Aug. following, on which latter date he was killed in action near Anzac Bay. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 11 May, 1905, Eleanor Fanny (14, Henleaze Gardens, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol), dau. of the late Major Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell Innes, 60th Rifles, and had two children: Gordon Alexander Egerton, _b._ 31 Aug. 1906; and Patricia Louisa Egerton, _b._ 5 Feb. 1912.

=RUDD, ALEXANDER RICHARD=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6654), 222193 H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDD, FREDERICK THOMAS=, A.B. Seaman, No. 5635A, Royal Navy, _s._ of Frederick James Rudd, of 36, Rotterdam Road, Lowestoft, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Edmund Howlett, of Pulham Market, Norfolk; _b._ Lowestoft, co. Suffolk, 14 Jan. 1897; educ. Yarmouth Road School, Oulton Broad; joined the Navy 9 Feb. 1914, and was lost on H.M.S. Cressy, when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDERHAM, EDWIN ROBERT=, Boy, Servant, L. 4251, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDERHAM, SIDNEY W.=, Marine Wireless Telegraph Operator, 1st Class, R.N.R., H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDICK, JAMES JOHN (WILLIAMS, J. J.)=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9436), S.S. 106664, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDDOCK, HAROLD EDWY COLSTON=, Lieut., 28th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 4th and youngest _s._ of the late Montague Greville Ruddock, of the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Franklin Hay, and grandson of the late Rev. Edward Ruddock, of Westbury, Somerset; _b._ Richmond, Surrey, 29 Dec. 1885; was some years in the 13th Kensingtons and London Scottish, and on going to Australia was given a commission in 88th Infantry Battn. Commonwealth Military Defence Forces in 1912; offered his services shortly after war was declared, and was promoted Lieut. 17 Aug. 1915, and attached to 28th Battn. Australian Infantry. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in Gallipoli and died 22 Nov. 1915, in hospital at Alexandria, and was buried in the Chatby Cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Anne’s, Kew Green, Surrey, 29 June, 1909, Constance Mary, dau. of Henry Howard Aldous, Kew Green, Surrey, and had two children: Henry Edward, _b._ 13 May, 1910; and Alice Mary, _b._ 22 March, 1914.

=RUDKIN, WILFRED GEORGE=, 2nd Sick Berth Steward, M. 1327, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUDMAN, HARRY STANLEY=, Trooper, No. 7/1137, 8th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, only _s._ of the late Albert Rudman, of Salford, Manchester, by his wife, Florence (135, Blackfriars Road, Salford), dau. of the late George Newman, of Bath; _b._ Salford, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham, and the Royal Technical Institute, Salford; went to New Zealand in 1912, and settled at Stonyhurst, Christchurch. New Zealand; volunteered and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Jan. 1915; left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in June; went to the Dardanelles about 5 Nov. 1915, and was killed in action at Waterfall Gully, there, 18 Nov. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the Regimental Burial Ground at Walker’s Ridge the following day.

=RUEGG, KENNETH STANES=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Ferdinand Stanes Ruegg, B.A., Rector of Wetherden, Stowmarket, by his wife, Alice Sophia, 2nd dau. of Robert Bianchi, of Dovercot House, Long Clawson, and London, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S.; _b._ Llanvair-Kilgeddin, near Abergavenny, 8 June, 1890; educ. privately; enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters in 1910; was given a commission and gazetted 2nd Lieut., Sherwood Foresters, 4 Sept. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action 20 Sept. following, during the Battle of the Aisne; _unm._

=RUGG, EDWARD ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3253), S.S. 791, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUMBLES, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, 223110, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RUNCORN, THOMAS JAMES=, Private, No. 5804, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Robert James Runcorn, of 19, River Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of William Hampton; _b._ Tamworth, 2 June. 1887; educ. there; joined the Army about 1907; went to the Front, 10 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the First Battle of Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._

=RUSH, SYDNEY WALTER=, Rifleman, No. 1422, 12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Walter Rush, of 27 and 29, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, W., Draper and Ladies’ Outfitter, by his wife, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of J. R. Collender, of Bow; _b._ Paddington, London, W., 21 Sept. 1890; educ. Mathematical School, Rochester; was a partner in his father’s business; joined The Rangers in Feb. 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 24 Dec., and was killed in action at St. Eloi, near Ypres, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._ Buried behind the trenches near the Menin Cemetery. His Capt. wrote expressing great regret at his loss, adding how devoted he was to his duty, and what a wonderful capacity he had for sticking it.

=RUSSELL, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5554), 302354. H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUSSELL, FRANCIS=, Leading Seaman, 193098, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUSSELL, FRANK=, Mechanician, 284204, H.M.S Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUSSELL, HENRY=, Plumber, 344095, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 19360, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUSSELL, HENRY JOHN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch B. 5326), 182451, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=RUSSELL, JAMES FORTEATH=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. 10th Gurkha Rifles, only _s._ of Col. Alexander Fraser Russell, of The White Bungalow, Tidworth, co. Hants, C.M.G., A.D.M.S., Salisbury Plain, and Laura Charlotte, eldest surviving dau. of Col. Frederick Prescott Forteath, of Newton, Morayshire, and nephew of Sir James Russell, of Edinburgh; _b._ Mhow, India, 20 Dec. 1887; educ. Edinburgh Academy, Bedford Grammar School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd. list, Indian Army, 25 Jan. 1908; was attd. for his first year to the 1st Seaforth Highlanders, and served with them on the N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, taking part in the operations in the Mohmand country (medal with clasp); was subsequently posted to the 89th Punjabis at Mandalay, but two months later (1 June, 1909) was transferred to the 10th Gurkha Rifles. He rendered good service under trying circumstances in escorting Chinese soldiers over a large section of road, who were retiring from Tibet to Calcutta, on their way to China, and was commended for a “road report” prepared for the march of a Battn. of British Infantry from Darjeeling to Dacca in Oct. 1913. He was on furlough in Scotland when war broke out in Aug. 1914; rejoined his regt. in India; went to Egypt, Oct. 1914, as machine-gun officer of his Battn.; took part in the repulse of the Turks at the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, May following, and was killed in action there, 2 July, 1915; _unm._ Buried there (I. 12 Ravine). He was for some years the youngest officer in the Army holding a medal for war service.

=RUST, EDWARD=, Private, No. 1830, 4th Battn., The Yorkshire Regt. (T.F.), eldest son of the Rev. Edward Rust, M.A., B.D., Vicar of Hamsteels, Durham, by his wife, Sarah Gregson, dau. of Edward Horatio Thew, of Gateshead; _b._ Gateshead, co. Durham, 10 Oct. 1895; educ. Scorton Grammar School, co. York; joined the Yorkshire Territorials in March, 1914, while still a student at Scorton, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 17 April, 1915; was twice wounded while charging with his regt. at St. Julien on the 24th, and was taken to the Field Hospital, but returned to the firing line the following evening, where he remained until his regt. was relieved on the 29th, and died from his wounds just as he left the trenches. Buried in Hazebrouck Cemetery. Capt. Maughan wrote: “The youngest man in my company, he shared in all the arduous duties and marches, and I never knew him utter a complaint.” A tablet was erected to his memory by the scholars of the Scorton Grammar School, and was unveiled by the Rev. W. Kerr Smith, Governor of the School, 29 July, 1915, and a stained glass window was placed to his memory in Hamsteels Parish Church.

=RUTHERFORD, JOHN THOMAS HENRY=, Private, No. 9735, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of John Thomas Rutherford, of 45, Howe Street, Haggerston, London, Cabinet Maker, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Thomas Dillon; _b._ Hoxton, London, 16 July, 1888; educ. Hammond Square Council School there; enlisted 29 Aug. 1906; served 7 years with the Colours, then passed into the Reserve; mobilized on the declaration of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force the same month; served with his regt. through the retreat from Mons and the various subsequent engagements, and was killed in action at Hooge, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._

=RUTLEDGE, JAMES EDWARD=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 278362, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=RUTTER, EMANUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 1699, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=RUTTER, JOHN=, L.-Corpl., No. 9164, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of the late (--) Rutter, by his wife, Mary (263, Icknield Port Road, Ladywood, Birmingham); _b._ Birmingham, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. St. John’s, Ladywood; enlisted 8 July, 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action in the Brickfields at Cuinchy, 25 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried there.

=RUXTON, WILLIAM RALPH=, L.-Corpl., Imperial Light Horse, only child of Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, of Rosmeath, Park Town, Johannesburg, Lieut., 4th South African Horse (now on active service in German East Africa), by his wife, Lauvetta Eliza, eldest dau. of the Rev. Ralph Daly-Cocking, M.A., Incumbent of Holy Trinity, Brighton, and grandson of William Ruxton, of Ardee House, co. Louth, J.P., D.L.; _b._ Sylhet, Assam, India, 7 Sept. 1895; educ. Park Town School, Johannesburg (1904–6); Mowden School, Brighton (1906–9), and Haileybury College (1909–12), where he was in the O.T.C., and Matriculated at the London University in 1912; on leaving Haileybury entered the Staff of Electrical Works of the Victoria Falls Power Company in Johannesburg; joined the South African Defence Force in 1913, and on the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, enlisted as a trooper in the Imperial Light Horse, being promoted L.-Corpl., in Sept., for plucky conduct under big shell fire at Kumos, N.W. Cape Province, in action against Maritz, leader of the Rebellion, and was killed in action against Kemp on the farm Rooidam, near Upington; _unm._ Buried there. His Squadron Officer wrote: “We have lost in your son a gallant gentleman whose memory will remain green in the hearts of his comrades.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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