Chapter LXXVI: Part 76

=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.

=SMALL, NORMAN HOWARD=, Private, No. 2096, 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) the Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of David Alexander Small, of 106, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 27 Sept. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy; was a Business Student; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots in Aug. 1914; left for France, 23 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, 23 April, 1915, of wounds received the same day at St. Jean, near Ypres. Buried in Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; _unm._ His elder brother, W. E. A. Small, was killed, 26 Sept. 1915 (see following notice).

=SMALL, WILLIAM ERNEST ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2306, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ of David Alexander Small, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 10 May, 1891; educ. Royal High School and Edinburgh University; was a Farmer in Saskatoon, Canada; volunteered and joined the Royal Horse Guards in Dec. 1914; was formerly for six years in Lothians and Border Horse; joined as Trooper; promoted to Corpl.; left for France, 23 May, 1915; was killed instantaneously by direct shell at Vermelles, 26 Sept. 1915, when advancing to Loos. Buried in Military Cemetery, Vermelles; _unm._

=SMART, ERNEST JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, 192004, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMART, JOHN GORDON=, Sergt., No. 1218, Orsett Troop, Essex Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of John Smart, of 13, Brunswick Street, Hillside, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academician, by his wife, Agnes P. (15, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Robert Main, of Doune, Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 June, 1876; educ. George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship with Mr. H. J. Blanc, of Edinburgh, Architect, after which he migrated to London, where he achieved a considerable reputation as an architectural designer. During the South African War he joined the 2nd Battn. of the Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1901, and served through that campaign, receiving the Queen’s medal with three clasps (Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony), and obtaining his discharge with the rank of Corpl. in Sept. 1902. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted in the Essex Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and was promoted Sergt. May, 1915. He distinguished himself in action at Poljitze, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was specially mentioned for his gallant conduct on this occasion in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of May, 1915. He reached Burnham-on-Crouch from the Front, on four days’ leave, on 19 June, 1915, and died there on the 23rd from acute pneumonia supervening on gas poisoning at Ypres. His principal hobby was yachting, to indulge in which he resided at Burnham, and he was buried there with full military honours on his 39th birthday; _unm._

=SMEATON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 4208, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John MacRae Smeaton, of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, retired Civil Servant, and late of the London Scottish, by his wife, Florence Jane, dau. of William Kench; _b._ Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 17 Jan. 1897; educ. Wimbledon School and privately; joined the London Scottish, 1 Jan. 1915; went to France, 5 July, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following. An officer wrote: “The company had to advance under very heavy fire, and it may be some small satisfaction to know the company went forward as steadily as if they had been in Hyde Park, and worthily upheld the splendid reputation of this regt. Your son when dashing forward fifty yards in front of the trenches was hit in the lower part of the stomach, and rapidly became unconscious, died and was buried on the field of battle.”

=SMEETH, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1095), late R.M.A., 10436, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMELLIE, JAMES MILLER STIRLING=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4509, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ADOLPHUS SAMUEL=, Leading Signalman, 220809, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ALBERT EDWARD=, Telegraphist, J. 1624, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ALBERT ERNEST=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3044), S.S. 100458, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, ALBERT JAMES=, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., B. 1139), Late Chat./9954, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 1st Class, 155565, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, ALFRED EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./17617, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, AMOS CHARLES=, Bugler, No. 9377, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., eldest _s._ of Shipley Vickers Smith, of 2, The Grove, Shaw Heath, Stockport, District Agent, Prudential Insurance Co., formerly of the same regt. (who served in Malta, India, Afghanistan and the Jhobb Valley Expedition), by his wife, Clara, dau. of the late James Harris, of Morley, Contractor (who served with the 31st Regt. in the Crimean War), and grandson of Amos Charles Smith, of Sheffield; _b._ Sutton-upon-Hull, co. York, 4 Dec. 1892; educ. Middleton Street School, Hull, and Army School; enlisted as a Bugler in the 1st King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 15 Oct. 1907; served in South Africa, and was afterwards stationed at Hong Kong and Singapore, where he was when war broke out. His battn. was ordered home. While at home he was taken ill with malarial fever, but hearing that his battn. had been ordered to the Front, despite the advice of the doctor, he immediately set off to rejoin it at Winchester. He arrived too late, however, and was sent to the 3rd Battn. at Hull, but left for France a fortnight later with a draft for the 2nd Battn. (13th Brigade, 5th Division), and died on 7 April, 1915, of wounds received on the 5th, near Hill 60; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “I am sorry to state that he got shot on Easter Monday, losing a leg. He bore his pain well, not a word of complaint and still merry and bright. Shells were dropping around us all the time and, to make matters worse, it rained all day.” His only brother, Shipley Vicker Smith, Bandsman, No. 10428, King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., is now (1916) on active service.

=SMITH, ALFRED LEONARD=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 3599), 189658, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, ARCHIBALD=, Sergt., No. 12802, 2nd Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 14 March, 1915.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 1155, A Squadron, Northamptonshire Yeomanry, only _s._ of Charles Slater Smith, of Norton House, Tenby, Farmer, by his wife, Bertha, dau. of Joseph Hill; _b._ River View, Woodford, near Thrapston, Northants, 24 Sept. 1890; educ. Lewisham College, Weston-super-Mare; volunteered and joined the Northants Yeomanry, 8 Sept. 1914; left with his regt. for the Front in the 8th Division in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 9 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried, Walle Farm, Pont Riqueult, Lestrem, Flanders. He was a well-known and successful rider under the National Hunt Rules.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5299), 297535, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Private, No. 2108, 1/6th Battn. Prince of Wales’s Own West Yorkshire Regt (T.F.), _s._ of Richard Smith, of 9, Brighton Street, Cromwell Road, Shipley, by his wife Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of John Sutcliffe; _b._ Shipley, co. Yorks, 30 July, 1897; educ. Baildon Wood Bottom Board School; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the West Yorkshires, 7 Aug. 1914; went to France, 15 April, and was killed in action at Rue Petillon, 3 June, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ Buried in Rue Petillon.

=SMITH, ARTHUR=, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 3016, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ARTHUR GILLIAT=, Lieut., 26th Field Coy., Royal Engineers, only surviving _s._ of Harold Gilliat Smith, of 37, Kenilworth Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea, by his wife, Laura Sybil, dau. of the late Philip Grove, of Eastcote, Northants, and grandson of the late Joseph Smith, formerly of The Oaks, Woodmansterne, co. Surrey; _b._ Blackheath, S.E., 3 July, 1888; educ. Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. R.E., 18 Dec. 1908, and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1911; left for France, 15 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Klein Zillebeke, during the First Battle of Ypres, 1 Nov. following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: “I have lost a loyal friend and a most keen and efficient officer.... He died a fine death, gallantly leading his section against the Germans.”

=SMITH, ARTHUR GUY=, Lieut., R.N., 2nd _s._ of Capt. Charles Valentine Smith, R.N., of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, and 17, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W., by his wife, Josefa Francis, dau. of the Hon. Robert Butler, Receiver General of the Bahamas; _b._ Poona, India, 10 July, 1891; educ. Alperton Hall, Wembley, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered the Navy, 5 May, 1904; became Midshipman 15 July, 1909; Sub. Lieut. 15 July, 1912; and Lieut. 15 July 1914; was mainly employed in the surveying service at Home and in the West Indies in H.M. ships Research and Mutine; joined H.M.S. Good Hope in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._

=SMITH, ARTHUR MARK=, Private, No. 2550, 8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.); served with the Expeditionary Force in France; died 26 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at St. Jean; _m._

=SMITH, ARTHUR PHILIP=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 308719, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, BERNARD RIDLEY WINTHROP=, Capt., 1st Battn. Scots Guards, only _s._ of Francis Nicholas Smith, of Wingfield Park, Ambergate, Derby, J.P., D.L., by his wife, Constance Ella, dau. of the late Rev. Benjamin Winthrop, of 82, Cromwell Road, London, S.W., and a nephew of Sir Gerard Smith, K.C.M.G., formerly Lieut.-Col. Scots Guards; _b._ at Duffield, near Derby, 19 Dec. 1882; educ. at Carter’s, Farnborough; Eton College (Evans’ House), and Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A.); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Scots Guards, 1 Aug. 1905, promoted Lieut. 14 May, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; was seconded for service under the Colonial Office and appointed A.D.C. to Sir Henry Belfield, K.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East African Protectorate, 13 Aug. 1913; obtained leave from the Colonial Office to rejoin his regt. on the outbreak of war; returned to France direct in Oct. 1914; was wounded in action in the trenches near Ypres, 8 Nov. 1914, and removed to Christol Hospital at Boulogne, where he died, 15 Nov. 1914; _unm._ His body was brought to England and buried in a private cemetery in Wingfield Park. He rowed No. 6 in the Cambridge eight v. Oxford in 1905.

=SMITH, BERTIE WILLIAM=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 22119, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES=, Private, No. 1513, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), Transport Section, 2nd _s._ of John Smith, by his wife, Annie (83, Under Road, Hastings), dau. of Norman Tomars; _b._ Hastings, 25 June, 1879; educ. Village School, Ore, Hastings; was an employee of the Local Board; joined 5th Sussex Territorials, 1902; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 17 Feb. 1915; invalided back to England July following and died of disease in Camberwell Hospital, 5 Aug. 1915. He _m._ at Hastings, 1904, Louisa (45, Sandown Road, Ore, Hastings), dau. of John Robert Gringer, of 51, Jersey Street, Brighton, Fishmonger, and had two sons and three daughters: Harry P., _b._ 3 Oct. 1904; William J., _b._ 3 May, 1912; Edith P., _b._ 26 Nov. 1906; Winnie L., _b._ 20 Oct. 1909; and Rose E., _b._ 17 Feb. 1915.

=SMITH, CHARLES JOSEPH=, Plumber’s Mate, N. 5491, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES KING=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 12461, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of Frederick Smith, of 104, Priory Park, Kilburn, N.W.; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 112414, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 10510, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ERNEST GEORGE=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 17544, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ERNEST LAURENCE=, Private, No. 227, 6th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of John Smith, of 160, Warton Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tailor, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Liny Lloyd Daney; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13 Aug. 1889; educ. St. Mary’s Catholic School and Westgate Road Council School; was employed with the North-Eastern Advertising Company, Newcastle, joined the Northumberland Fusiliers Volunteers (now the 6th Territorial Battn.) about 1907; volunteered for foreign service after the outbreak of war; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action in the trenches, near Ypres, 15 June following. He had a medal for good work in rifle practice in connection with the Ponteland Coy.; He _m._ at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 19 Oct. 1912, Mary Alice (72, Mason Street, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne), dau. of the late Thomas Smith, and had two children: Dorothy Vera, _b._ 30 March, 1913; and Audrey, _b._ 29 Dec. 1914.

=SMITH, FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4823), 202637, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6480), 288029, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. 9220, 4th Battn. The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, died there, 23 Aug. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, GEORGE=, Private, No. G. 1243, 1st Battn. Royal West Kent Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 23 April, 1915; _m._

=SMITH, GEORGE CATT=, Corpl., No. 917, No. 3 Platoon, A Coy., 13th Battn. 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of Alfred William Smith, of Ramsgate, Photographer, by his wife, Katherine, dau. of J. Sackett, of Pegwell, Ramsgate; _b._ Canterbury, 29 July, 1887; educ. Holy Cross Church School there; went to Australia; joined the 2nd Australian contingent in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, during the night of 6–7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ According to particulars given to his brother, Mr. A. G. Smith, by survivors of this action, they were over the ridge and well on to the of Sari Bair, when he apparently got ahead of his comrades. He was found the next morning in a fighting attitude with rifle and bayonet at the engage, and, most remarkable of all, in an upright position, smiling. He was buried at the foot of Sari Bair, side by side with a New Zealander.

=SMITH, GEORGE EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10168), 298691, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE HARRIS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10152), S.S. 107881, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 6170), 182124, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, GEORGE STUART=, Private, No. 2499, 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Robert Smith, of 19, Leamington Terrace, Edinburgh, Manager, Central Meat Market Co., Ltd., Edinburgh, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Alexander Inveriarity Millar; _b._ Edinburgh, 24 Feb. 1888; educ. George Heriot’s School, Edinburgh; was a Wholesale Meat Salesman; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Royal Scots; left with his regt. for the Dardanelles, 19 March, 1915, and was killed in action, 28 June, 1915; _unm._ Buried near Krithia, Gallipoli. His comrade, Private Charles Groves, wrote: “We have lost a true and loyal comrade, who never hesitated to say what he meant, and whose word was a bond. Everyone who knew him here and who had any dealings with him had the greatest respect and affection for him. He died as he lived--doing his duty, and with his face to the foe. His life was an example for all. In the section he was at all times a pillar of strength, and his quiet confidence often imbued us with strength to carry out our work.” Private Smith was a member of the Heriot Golf Club and Turnhouse Golf Club (Midlothian), of which latter he was a “plus” player, representing his club in the Inter-Club Tournament of 1913. He played in the Battn. Rugby football team.

=SMITH, GILBERT JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6468, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HARRY SCELLEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10076), S.S. 2619, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HENRY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 3670C, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, HENRY WILSON (TAS.)=, Sergt., No. 11/378, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of the late Frederick Charles Smith, by his wife, Louise Emily (174, Terrace, Wellington, N.Z.); _b._ Featherstone, Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand, 4 April, 1887; educ. Featherstone and Carterton, Wairarapa, and Hawkes Bay, Hastings; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Wellington Mounted Rifles; was promoted Sergt.; left for Egypt, Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in May, and was killed in action at Anzac Cove, 30 May, 1915; _unm._ Sergt. Smith was mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatches. The deputy censor (Selwyn Chambers), who was in the trenches with him, wrote: “He was killed in action on Sunday, 30 May, and we have lost one of our best soldiers and a true friend. We were hard pressed and nobody in the squadron did more to encourage those about him and help them to bear up in a very difficult position. He was injured by a hand grenade and lived for some hours, and even while lying wounded unable to take any active part in the defence of the trenches, he continued to encourage his comrades. Eventually he passed away in a peaceful sleep and we lost a true soldier.”

=SMITH, JAMES ALEXANDER EDINGTON=, Private, No. 1163, 8th Battn. Royal Scots (T.F.), only _s._ of James Smith, of The Vale, North Berwick, Clothier, by his wife, Margaret Wilhelmina, dau. of William Purves; _b._ North Berwick, 30 March, 1893; educ. High School there; was an Engineer’s Apprentice; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Royal Scots, 1 Sept.; went to France, 2 Nov. 1914, and died in Netley Hospital, 15 May, 1915, from wounds received in action near Fleurbaix on 20 Dec. 1914; _unm._

=SMITH, JAMES ALFRED=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./7094, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, JAMES MONTAGUE=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Royal Scots (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late James Smith, of 4, Brunton Place, Edinburgh, M.D., J.P. (died May, 1914), by his wife, Eliza (15, Chalmers Street, Edinburgh), dau. of James Smith, of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 30 Aug. 1892; educ. George Watson’s College, and Edinburgh University, and was in his final year of studying medicine, when war was declared in Aug. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Royal Scots (T.F.), 17 June, 1911, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Dec. 1912; and volunteered for foreign service with his Battn. He left for the Dardanelles, 10 March, 1915, as Machine Gun Officer and Assistant Adjutant; took part in the landing on 25 April, and was killed in action there, 2 May following; _unm._ Buried at Twelve Tree Copse. Lieut.-Col. J. R. Wilson (himself wounded) wrote: “The Adjutant was killed five days before, and your son was acting Adjutant in his place. From the meagre details I have got so far, I judge he joined with the line of our men who made a bayonet charge to restore the broken British line which had given way before the enemy’s attack. In the fighting resulting, he and two other officers were killed. There is consolation in the knowledge that he died gallantly doing his best for his country.” And Capt. D. L. McLagan: “As your son’s temporary commanding officer it is my duty to write and tell you how gallantly your son behaved on the night when he was killed. I was within a few feet of him after a charge which we are told saved the whole army from a break through by the Turks. Your son gave of his best at all times for his Battn., and on this night he was not behind. He led a section of the men for a very great distance to occupy a vacant trench during the night, and when we arrived there we found the Turks had got round behind. We all had the impression that the French Senegalese were behind us, and while we hesitated, the blast which killed so many of us, including your son, came upon us. By a great chance and the goodness of God I was saved by a machine-gun protecting me from the bullets intended for me, and thus I was the only officer to return from that far-off trench when morning came. We drove off the Turks and saved the situation but at what a cost? Montie was a fine fellow who did his duty nobly and unselfishly and never spared himself. His is another name to add to the roll of those who have fallen to make the 5th Royal Scots what they are now.” Major James Scott of the R.A.M.C. also wrote: “He was a most promising young man in every respect, and I am sure had he been spared would have made his mark in whatsoever path he chose to tread. He was most highly esteemed by every one, from the Col., Adjutant and officers to the humblest man. Being appointed Adjutant was the highest honour I ever knew conferred upon a man so young, but yet he was equal to it, and threw his whole energy into whatever task he undertook. It was practically impossible for such a brave young soldier to escape being wounded because he ventured so much and led his men so well.” He was Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C. at George Watson’s College, and joined the University O.T.C. in 1910.

=SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10/1036, B Coy. (East Coast Regt.), Wellington Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Smith, of Regent Street, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, formerly of Wakefield, co. York, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J. S. Meiklejohn, of Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late James Sim Benyon, proprietor and Editor of the “Kumara Times”; _b._ Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, 4 Nov. 1879; educ. Kumara High School, after which he served as an apprentice in a grocery business in the same town. He then joined the Justice Department of the New Zealand Government, and was appointed to H.M. Prisons, being ultimately transferred to the Survey Department. On the outbreak of war he joined the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, took part in the defence of the Suez Canal, and was killed in action, 2 May, 1915, eight days after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula; _unm._

=SMITH, JOHN=, Private, No. 2484, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late James Smith, of Battenhurst Farm, Stonegate, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Eliza (Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Sussex); _b._ Stonegate, co. Sussex, 24 June, 1890; educ. Stonegate School; was employed as gardener at Afterglow, Wadhurst; joined 5th Sussex Territorials Sept. 1914, and died of pulmonary tuberculosis at his home, Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, 25 July, 1915; _unm._

=SMITH, JOHN=, stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115515, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13677 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN ACKLAND=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20594 (lev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN ALEXANDER HAY=, B.A., LL. B., Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only _s._ of the late William Smith, of Calcutta, Jute Merchant, by his wife, I. Seath (now wife of W. G. Mair, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews), dau. of Alexander Nicoll, of Dundee, Merchant; _b._ Darjeeling, India, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. Stanley House, Bridge of Allan, Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, and Pembroke College, Cambridge graduated B.A. Hons. and LL.B. 1912), and was continuing the study of law in London, when war broke out in Aug. 1914; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 11th Royal Scots on the 27th of that month, and was promoted Lieut. shortly before his death; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at La Touret, near Festubert, 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hinges. He was the heir and one of the residuary legatees of the late Mr. John Smith, of Adderley, Forfarshire, but by the terms of the bequest was only to have a life interest up to the age of 25. As he was only 24 years of age his share of the residue went to the Dundee Infirmary and the Dundee Victoria Hospital for Incurables.

=SMITH, JOHN ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 11098, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Joseph Smith, Park Lane Corner, Berkswell, Sawyer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Gibbs; _b._ Temple Balsall, near Knowle, co. Warwick, 12 April, 1893; educ. at Burton Green, Kenilworth, and Temple Balsall, near Knowle; enlisted 18 Aug. 1914; went to France early in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; _unm._

=SMITH, MALCOLM ST. AIDAN=, Private, No. 286, A Coy., 10th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Teesdale Smith, of Arthur’s Seat, Crafers, South Australia, Railway Contractor, by his wife, Lydia Kate, dau. of Samuel Johnson, of Melbourne, Victoria, and great grandson of Major Henry Teesdale, who was killed at the Battle of Meeanee, and whose services are mentioned in Sir William Napier’s “Conquest of Sind”; _b._ Torquay, Tasmania, 31 May, 1890; educ. Cordwalles, Maidenhead, England, and Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia; and was an assistant engineer in the construction of the Minnipa Hill railway on Eyre’s Peninsula and on a section of the East-West line. On the outbreak of the European War he immediately volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary force, went to Egypt with them; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later. He was wounded twice, but refused to go back. An officer in another Battn. wrote to his father: “He was a member of the Battn. that deserved all the praise for the initial landing, and the way they waded ashore and cleared the first hill is simply incredible. On the Tuesday after our big advance, I found my way to the beach late at night, and at once enquired at the Dressing Station, but they could only say they thought a Malcolm Smith had been killed. There is no sentiment (or time for it) on the field, but his friends in the Company say he died as they hope to die, right in the middle of it.”

=SMITH, PERCY LOWE=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4670, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7495), S.S. 102811, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Smith, of Eastward, Carnwyllie, Arbroath; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 5761, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of Alfred Smith; _b._ Cookley, co. Worcester, Jan. 1880; educ. Wolverly Parish Schools there; enlisted in March, 1900; served in the South African War, 1901–2 (Queen’s and King’s medals), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 15 May, 1915; _unm._

=SMITH, ROBERT JOSHUA=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17440, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4434, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Blacksmith, 343371, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 12331, No. 3 Coy., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. _s._ of Francis Louis Smith, of 35, Alfred Street, Neath, Gardener, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Julia O’Leary, of Caerleon, Monmouth; _b._ Newport, co. Monmouth, 6 Feb. 1888; educ. Brynock National Schools; enlisted 1 Sept. 1905; went to France with the Expeditionary Force about 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the advance to the Aisne, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. 1914. Buried 1½ miles east of Zillebeke, near Ypres. His company officer the late Capt. Alwyn Gosselin, D.S.O., wrote expressing regret at his loss, and added: “Your son was always cheerful under the very trying conditions of the campaign, and he is a great loss to his comrades.” He was at one time considered the Army champion in bayonet exercises. He _m._ at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Neath, South Wales, 16 Nov. 1913, Mary Anne (Crythan Road, Neath), dau. of John (and Eliza) Singleton.

=SMITH, STANLEY IVAN=, A.B., J. 3081, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2564), 186020, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914

=SMITH, SYDNEY HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9317), S.S. 106555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10229, 4th Reserve, attd. 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Thomas Smith, of Hull, by his wife, Minnie; _b._ Hull, 14 March, 1894; enlisted July, 1913; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in March and invalided home, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, S.E., 16 Sept. 1915, of wounds and appendicitis; to an inquiry as to whether he would wish to go to the Front again he wrote: “I am willing if I am needed, as duty to my King comes before pleasure. I am proud I have been able to do a little.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Drypool, Hull, Daisy Mary (149, Seaford Road, West Ealing), eldest dau. of John Henry White, of Wandsworth, now Private, No. 074568, A.S.C.M.T; _s.p._

=SMITH, THOMAS GRIFFIN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 4798, B. 100, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, THOMAS SYDNEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Sydney Edward Smith, Rector of Sprotborough, Doncaster, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of Major-Gen. Augustus Arthur Currie, C.B.; _b._ Womersley Vicarage, co. York, 31 March, 1895; educ. Hill House, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Radley, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 19 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 11 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, TOM=, Private, No. 337, T. Coy., 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Eli Smith, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of William Ward, of Ginfield Ully, near Dursley; _b._ 18 Aug. 1886; educ. Dursley, co. Gloucester; served some time in the Navy; went to Australia; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 9 May, 1915. His brother was one of the Dursley Volunteers who volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War, and was killed in that campaign.

=SMITH, WALTER PALMER=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2168., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, Ports./14879, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, WALTER WYVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Robert Harris Smith, late of the Old Manor, Feltham, by his wife, Rosa Louisa, dau. of John Bashford, of Byfleet; _b._ Feltham, co. Middlesex; educ. with the Rev. F. Cavalier at Wramplingham Rectory, and at King’s College School, Wimbledon, where he entered the Training Corps, being later Capt. of the Feltham Rifle Club; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914, was promoted 2nd Lieut. 30 Dec. 1914, and killed in action at Loos, 18 Oct. 1915; buried Vermelles Cemetery; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Major S. Gubbins, sent the following account to his parents: “Your son was killed last night about half-past six, while leading a bombing section in an attack which fully gained its objects, and the result of which you will have seen reported in the papers before this reaches you. So well was his work done, and so excellent his plans, that although 200 yards of trench of vital importance to us was gained, hardly any of his men were killed, although nearly all were wounded. Your son’s loss is a very heavy blow to the regt., and also to the Division. The qualities he showed were rare, and were far more than mere courage. A bombing officer of the very first class is almost impossible to replace under months of training. Your son was killed instantaneously by a bullet through the heart just as the men had succeeded in capturing the trenches they were attacking. His body is now with his company, and will be taken to-night for burial in ... Cemetery. I hope it may be some consolation to reflect that he died a fine death, the finest death of any in the battn. yet, and that when many before had failed, he was successful. The whole regt. shares your loss.” His company officer, Capt. N. B. Ellis Cooper, added: “Your son first of all commanded the company bombers. Our bombers co-operated with those of the Essex regt. in an attack on a German trench. Soon after the attack the officer in charge was wounded, and your son was in command. He displayed the utmost resource and gallantry, and the attack was completely successful before he was finally killed. The attack was a very fine affair, and has brought the utmost credit to our battn., and I think that we owe this credit to your son’s skill in training the bomb-throwers previous to the attack, and his gallantry in leading them during the action.”

=SMITH, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, No. 148381, Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of Alfred William Smith, by his wife, Louisa; _b._ Bridport, co. Dorset, 22 Dec. 1873; educ. at Northallington School, Bridport; joined the Navy, 22 Dec. 1891; served in the Witu Expedition, Aug. 1893 (Ashanti medal with Witu clasp), and in the European War; was lost on H.M.S. Goliath, 13 May, 1915, when that ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles. He _m._ at Devonport, 27 Dec. 1897, Alice Maud (27, Alexandra Road, Ford), eldest dau. of John Stribley, R.N., and had four children: Alfred William, _b._ 28 Sept. 1899; George Reginald, _b._ 25 Oct. 1906; Ernest Leslie, _b._ 5 July, 1909, and Phylis Dorrien, _b._ 5 Jan. 1915.

=SMITH, WILLIAM EDMUND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 1874, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM GERALD FURNESS=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Furness Smith, M.A. (Oxon.), of 14, Riverdale Road, East Twickenham, Chaplain of Royal Naval School, East Twickenham, and Editorial Secretary of Church Missionary Society (1893–1915), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong Hayes, of Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin; _b._ Surbiton, co. Surrey, 7 July, 1888; educ. Birkenhead School, Clare College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He took his B.A. (2nd Class Classical Tripos) in 1910, with a second Class in the Theological Tripos in the next year; in Dec. 1911 he went to India to serve on the staff of St. John’s College, Agra, where Bishop Durrant subsequently testified to the value of his influence and his teaching ability; on returning to England in 1913 he became a tutor at St. Aidan’s Theological College, Birkenhead, and was to have been ordained Deacon in Sept. 1914, but having been a member of the O.T.C., he volunteered, and enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battn. After a few weeks’ training at Epsom, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., North Staffordshire Regt., 6 Oct. 1914, left for France 16 March, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. 24 June the same year. He died of wounds received in action close to Ypres, after recovering a trench when in charge of a party of bomb-throwers, 5 July, 1915. The following passage in F.M. Sir John French’s Report, dated 6 July, appears to refer to this: “On the morning of the 5th a party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulers railway after a two hours’ artillery bombardment, but a prompt attack by our troops immediately recaptured the positions.” Lieut. Smith was buried in the military cemetery, close to Poljitze, about one mile north-east of Ypres; _unm._ Gen. Allenby wrote to Gen. Sir John Keir: “Will you please convey to the officers commanding the North Staffordshire Regt. our appreciation of, and gratitude for, the gallant behaviour of Lieut. Smith of that regt., with his grenadier party who came to the support of the 41st Brigade yesterday morning, and in a counter attack on the Germans who had demolished a barricade and rushed a trench in the left of our line. I would also express our deep sorrow on hearing that this brave officer has died of his wounds, and would offer our sympathy to his regt.” In forwarding this to Gen. Harper, Sir John Keir wrote: “Will you please communicate this to the officer commanding North Staffordshire Regt., and say how well deserved I know this appreciation to be. I hope to see Col. de Falbe personally to express to him my feeling with regard to the good work done by this fine battn. I sympathise in the sad loss they have sustained.”

=SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY=, Mechanician, 292066, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.