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People & Organisations
First World War (1914-1918)
Stephen, Albert Alexander Leslie, 1879-1914
GB-2014-WSA-16252 · Person · 1879-1914

Stephen, Albert Alexander Leslie, youngest son of Major James Young Stephen, of Amer­sham, Bucks, by Augusta Henrietta Mary, eldest daughter of Admiral Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart.; b. Feb. 3, 1879; adm. Jan. 15, 1891 (R); left July 1892, and went to Eton; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards Jan. 4, 1899; Lieut. April 4, 1900; Capt. April 10, 1904; Adjt. April 1, 1914; went out to the western front Aug. 1914; served in South Africa 1899-1902; mentioned in despatches; D.S.O. Aug. 22, 1902; d. at Ypres, Flanders, Oct. 31, 1914; of wounds received in action at Gheluvelt Oct. 29; unm.
Stoddart, George Benjamin Johnstone, 1899-1918
GB-2014-WSA-16350 · Person · 1899-1918

Stoddart, George Benjamin Johnstone, stepson of William Henry Butter Stoddart, M.D., of St. Marylebone; b. July 21, 1899; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1914; assumed the ad­ditional surname of Stoddart; enlisted in the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) Sept. 1, 1914; attached 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, M.G. Section; served in France May 1915 -Jan. 1916, when he was recommended for a commission, but being under age was returned to England; 2nd Lieut. R.A.F. Oct. 25, 1917; Flying Officer Jan. 25, 1918; went out again to the western front April 6, 1918; killed accidentally while flying near Picquigny April 10, 1918.
Stone, Herbert William Degetan, 1879-1916
GB-2014-WSA-16363 · Person · 1879-1916

Stone, Herbert William Degetan, brother of Waldemar Ernest Smith (q.v.); b. May 26, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); exhibitioner 1893; Q.S. (non-resident) 1894; left July 1896; a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank, and in 1898 entered a marine insurance business in Shanghai; returned to London in Aug. 1913; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers (U. and P.S. Batt.) Dec. 10, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) Connaught Rangers May 26, 1915; went out to the western front in Dec. 1915, and was attached to the Royal Irish Rifles; assumed the surname of Stone in lieu of Schmidt May 5, 1915; killed in action at Mont St. Eloi April 26, 1916.
Storrs, Henry Lionel, 1898-1918
Storrs, Henry Lionel, 1898-1918
GB-2014-WSA-16380 · Person · 1898-1918

Storrs, Henry Lionel, second son of the Rev. Harry Townsend Simonds Storrs, Rector of East Bergholt, Essex, by Clara Fanny, daughter of Lieut.-Col. James Robert Sale Henderson, Madras Staff Corps; b. May 18, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Triplett and Samwaies) July 1916, but did not matric.; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Aug. 28, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 28, 1918; acting Flight-Commander; went out to the western front Jan. 1917; d. at the Duchess of Sutherland's Hospital, near Arras, June 20, 1918, of wounds received in action near Ypres, Flanders, June 15.
Strain, John Loudon, 1896-1917
Strain, John Loudon, 1896-1917
GB-2014-WSA-16403 · Person · 1896-1917

Strain, John Loudon, eldest son of William Loudon Strain, M.B., of Wimbledon, by Dorothy Maud, daughter of the Rev. Ernest Lloyd Savory, of Stowmarket, Suffolk; b. Aug. 20, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1915, matric. Michaelmas 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. (Spec. Res.) Dec. 17, 1915; acting Capt. May 24, 1917; went out to the western front Sept. 1916; killed in action at Frezenberg, Flanders, July 31, 1917.
Street, Frank, 1870-1916
Street, Frank, 1870-1916
GB-2014-WSA-16422 · Person · 1870-1916

Street, Frank, brother of Henry Branson Street (q.v.); b. May 31, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1889, matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1894; played football (Assoc.) for Oxford 1891-3; Capt. 1893; asst. master, Bury St. Edmunds School, 1894, Forest School 1895-9, Uppingham School from 1900; played cricket for Essex 1898 and 1899; en­listed in the 18th (Service) Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 1914; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1915; went out to the western front Nov. 1915; m. April 22, 1911, Marian Willoughby, elder daughter of H. F. W. Greenhill, of Canada; killed in action at Ovillers, France, July 7, 1916.
Summerhays, Dudley Leycester, 1889-1915
GB-2014-WSA-16481 · Person · 1889-1915

Summerhays, Dudley Leycester, brother of Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1889; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (H); left Easter 1908; enlisted in 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. in 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. London Regt. Dec. 9, 1914; went out to the western front Nov. 4, 1914; killed in action on Hill 60, near Ypres, Flanders, April 21, 1915; unm.
Sumpter, George, 1891-1920
Sumpter, George, 1891-1920
GB-2014-WSA-16488 · Person · 1891-1920

Sumpter, George, only son of Thomas George Sumpter, of Epping, Essex, by Nina, daughter of Thomas Kemp Stone, LL.D.; b. Sept. 19, 1891; adm. Jan. 19, 1905 (H); K.S. 1906; left July 1909; R.M.A. Woolwich 1910; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 20, 1911; Lieut. July 20, 1914; Capt. Aug. 8, 1916; Brevet Major Feb. 2, 1917; went out to the western front 1914, and was wounded at Ypres Nov. 14, 1914, and again on the Somme June 1916; served with the military mission to South Russia Aug. 28, 1919 -June 1920; Liaison Officer with the Greek Army July 1920; M.C. Aug. 25, 1917, Bar Sept. 16, 1918; D.S.O. May 26, 1918; Order of St. Anne of Russia Nov. 1919; killed in action at Ismidt, Asia Minor, Aug. 20, 1920; unm.
Swinburne, Thomas Reid, 1898-1917
Swinburne, Thomas Reid, 1898-1917
GB-2014-WSA-16551 · Person · 1898-1917

Swinburne, Thomas Reid, only son of Major Thomas Baker Swinburne, of Finchley, by Mary H., daughter of George Reid, of Darlington, co. Durham; b. Feb. 2, 1898; adm. Jan. 16, 1913 (H); left July 1915; King's Coll. London; Flight Sub-Lieut. R.N.A.S. June 18, 1916; went out to the western front May 1917; killed in action near Lille, France, June 8, 1917.
Tanner, Harold Herbert, 1887-1916
GB-2014-WSA-16597 · Person · 1887-1916

Tanner, Harold Herbert, only son of Herbert Tanner, of Paddington, surgeon, by Emily, daughter of Christopher W. Hickman, of Ambrosden, co. Oxon.; b. May 18, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 1903; London Univ., matric. 1903; M.B. and B.S. 1910; St. Mary's Hospital; joined the staff of the Inoculation Dept. 1912; Capt. R.A.M.C.; in charge of a ward attached to Sir Almroth Wright's research laboratory at Boulogne from Aug. 1915; m. Oct. 1915 Minnie Bennett, daughter of the Rev. George Bowden, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; drowned while bathing at Boulogne Aug. 16, 1916.