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People & Organisations
First World War (1914-1918)

Sankey, Cecil Martin, 1897-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-15239
  • Person
  • 1897-1918

Sankey, Cecil Martin, only son of Major William Sankey, of Ealing, by Alice Bertha, daughter of Albert Woecki, of Bayswater; b. Sept. 27, 1897; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (G); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 6, 1914; R.M.C. Sandhurst Jan. 1916; 2nd Lieut. East Kent Regt. Aug. 16, 1916; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1918, attached R.A.F. Dec. 1917; went out to the western front Sept. 1916; M.C. March 12, 1917; accidentally killed while flying at Northolt, Middlesex, May 15, 1918; unm.

Schlotel, Charles Henry Cooper, 1895-1919

  • GB-2014-WSA-15312
  • Person
  • 1895-1919

Schlotel, Charles Henry Cooper, elder son of Charles Frank Schlotel, of Kingston-on­ Thames, by Sophia Charlotte, daughter of Henry Cooper, of Long Ditton, Surrey; b. Dec. 12, 1895; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (A); left Dec. 1913; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. April 1915; 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Sept. 16, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1916; Capt. Feb. 12, 1917; went out to the western front June 2, 1916; M.C. July 26, 1918; d. at a casualty clearing station at Cologne, Germany, March 23, 1919; unm.

Shepherd, James Montague Edward, 1895-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-09096
  • Person
  • 1895-1917

Shepherd, James Montague Edward, only son of Montague James Shepherd, by Therese Louise, daughter of V. Cazabon, of Paddington; b. Dec. 2, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1914; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 15th (Serv.) Batt. Rifle Brigade Jan. 29, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 27, 1915; Capt. Dec. 6, 1916; Flight Commander R.F.C. Dec. 6, 1916; went out to the western front Sept. 30, 1915; killed in action at Bixschoote Feb. 15, 1917; unm.

Sheppard, Charles Westcar, 1882-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-15592
  • Person
  • 1882-1918

Sheppard, Charles Westcar, only son of William John Sheppard, M.D., of Putney, by Ellen Mary, daughter of Sir George Henry Chambers, Kt., of Langley Park, Kent; b. Feb. 11, 1882; adm. from Charterhouse School Jan. 21, 1897 (G); left April 1900; Crystal Palace Engineering Coll. 1901-3; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E.; enlisted in 16th (P.S.) Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 8th (Serv.) Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry March 1, 1915; Lieut. Sept. 1, 1916; transferred to R.E. June 1917; went out to the western front Sept. 1915 and to Salonika Nov. 1915; returned home and was employed at the Air Ministry; mentioned in despatches L. =G. July 13, 1917; d. Oct. 29, 1918.

Simon, Marcel Andre, 1899-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-15685
  • Person
  • 1899-1917

Simon, Marcel André, second son of Alfred Simon, Ph.D., of Sidcup, Kent; b. March 1, 1899; at R.N. Coll. Osborne Jan. 1912 - Dec. 1913; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (H); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Royal Berks Regt. Dec. 19, 1916, attached 2nd Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; went out to the western front Feb. 1917; killed in action near Lens April 29, 1917.

Smith-Howard, Kenneth Overend Howard, 1892-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-15935
  • Person
  • 1892-1916

Smith-Howard, Kenneth Overend Howard, brother of Henry Wilfrid Howard Smith­ Howard (q.v.); b. Dec. 25, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (A); left July 1911; Pembroke Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1912; intended to take holy orders, but joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in Aug. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Reserve) Batt. the Royal Sussex Regt. June 1, 1916; went out to the western front July 13; killed in action near Bapaume, Oct. 18, 1916; unm.

Smurthwaite, Donald Stuart Stirling, 1894-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-15938
  • Person
  • 1894-1914

Smurthwaite, Donald Stuart Stirling, son of Donald Stuart Stirling Smurthwaite, by Char­lotte Lilias, daughter of Richard Stirling, of Bridge of Allan; b. June 12, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left . July 1911; R.M.C. Sandhurst Sept. 1913; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Aug. 12, 1914; went out to the western front Sept. 1914; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Ypres, Flanders, Oct. 26, 1914.

Spence, James Hamilton, 1898-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-16079
  • Person
  • 1898-1918

Spence, James Hamilton, only son of Hamilton Robert Spence, of Black Notley, Essex, by Constance, sister of Henry Buller Templer (q.v.); b. June 23, 1898; adm. May 4, 1911 (G); left Easter 1915; R.M.A. Woolwich 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Oct. 27, 1915, attached R.F.C. April 26, 1917; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front Feb. 25, 1916; killed in action near Chateau Thierry July 16, 1918.

Stack, George Hall, 1879-1919

  • GB-2014-WSA-16150
  • Person
  • 1879-1919

Stack, George Hall, son of Richard Theodore Stack, M.D., of Dublin; b. Aug. 1, 1879; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; lift April 1894; R.M.A. Woolwich; 2nd Lieut. R.E. June 23, 1898; Lieut. April 1, 1901; Capt. June 23, 1907; Major Jan. 26, 1915; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 3, 1917; served in South Africa 1901-2, and Great War I 1914-5; wounded; mentioned in despatches L.G. Jan. 1, 1916, and Aug. 15, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1916; m.; d. Sept. 16, 1919.

Stapleton, Thomas, 1869-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-16205
  • Person
  • 1869-1914

STAPLETON, THOMAS, third son of Hon. John Stapleton MP, Berwick Hill, Northumberland, barrister, and Frances Dorothea, dau. of Edward Bolton King MP, Chadshunt, Warwicks.; b. 31 May 1869; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (A); left Aug 1885; King’s Coll. London, adm. 29 Sep 1885; Colonial Coll., Hollesley Bay, Suffolk, adm. 3 Aug 1888; emigrated to North Queensland 11 Jan 1890, becoming a farmer there; returned to England 1895; emigrated to South Africa 1896; served Border Mounted Rifles, as Trooper in Boer War, and as Sergeant in Natal rebellion; Rifleman, 1st Battn. Rifle Brigade 13 Oct 1914; Western Front Nov 1914; killed in action at Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders 19 Dec 1914, unm. Great War Memorial.

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