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Smith-Howard, Kenneth Overend Howard, 1892-1916

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.

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.

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, 1894-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-07995
  • Person
  • 1894-1917

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, younger brother of Richard Edward Clifton Gordon (q.v.); b. Nov. 4. 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1913; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 16th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Nov. 16, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1916, Capt. Nov. 14, 1916; went out to the western front in Sept. 1917; killed in action at Moeuvres Nov. 27, 1917; unm.

Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, 1898-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-06021
  • Person
  • 1898-1918

Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, elder son of Sir James Johnston Dobbie, Kt., F.R.S., LL. D., Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, by Violet, daughter of Thomas Chilton, of Greford, Flintshire; b. June 22, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1/6th Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) April 26, 1917; went out to the western front Aug. 18, 1917; d. at Pernes April 13, 1918, of wounds received in action near Bethune April 11, 1918; unm.

Gates, Eric Chasemore, 1890-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-07706
  • Person
  • 1890-1915

Gates, Eric Chasemore, elder son of Percy George Gates, M. P., of Kensington, solicitor, by Mabel Anna Jane, daughter of the Rev. George David William Dickson, Vicar of King's Somborne, Hants; b. July 20, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (R); left Easter 1908; adm. a solicitor 1913; Lieut. 13th (Co. of London) Princess Louise's Kensington Batt. the London Regt. Sept. 1914, Capt. Feb. 1915; went out to the western front Dec. 1914; killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, France, March 12, 1915; unm.

Young, Gavin Ferguson, 1899-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-18828
  • Person
  • 1899-1918

Young, Gavin Ferguson, brother of Fergus Ferguson Young (q.v.); b. May 8, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (R); left July 1917; Proby. Flight Officer R.N.A.S. Aug. 5, 1917; Flight Sub-Lieut. March 13, 1918; Lieut. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; went out to the western front April 18, 1918; killed while flying behind the enemy lines Sept. 2, 1918.

Worthington, Arthur Guy, 1897-1915

Worthington, Arthur Guy, 1897-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-18629
  • Person
  • 1897-1915

Worthington, Arthur Guy, only son of Arthur Bayley Worthington, of Singleton, Sussex, by Janet, youngest daughter of John Kirkpatrick, of Hythe, Kent; b. Feb. 13, 1897; adm. Jan. 19, 1911 (H); left Dec. 18, 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1915; Gentleman Cadet, Indian Army, April 1915; drowned in the Harmullah Lake, at Quetta, India, during bathing parade July 22, 1915.

Woodbridge, Austin Hale, 1876-1919

  • GB-2014-WSA-18550
  • Person
  • 1876-1919

Woodbridge, Austin Hale, brother of Algernon Rivers Woodbridge (q.v.); b. May 18, 1876; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left Dec. 1894; a member of the London Stock Exchange 1900; Capt. 8th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Feb. 17, 1912; Major April 26, 1915, special appt. Commands and Staff May 1, 1917; M.C. June 3, 1916; m. 1st April 27, 1905, Ethel Mary, third daughter of George H. Sanday, of Uxbridge, Middlesex; 2nd Jan. 1, 1918, Norah, youngest daughter of George Woodbridge, of Chichester, Sussex; d. of pneumonia in France Feb. 28, 1919.

Wolstenholme, James Benjamin Wallace, 1895-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-18505
  • Person
  • 1895-1918

Wolstenholme, James Benjamin Wallace, elder son of James Wolstenholme, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of T. B. Gossling, of Accrington, Lancs; b. March 25, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1909; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles April 1913; Lieut. Railway Transport Officer Sept. 27, 1915; transferred to R.F.C. Aug. 1917; killed accidentally while flying at Doncaster, Yorks, Aug. 20, 1918.

Wise, Edward Selby, 1887-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-18478
  • Person
  • 1887-1914

Wise, Edward Selby, eldest son of Edward Theodore Wise, of Westminster, by Aimée Vaughan, daughter of Prideaux Selby, of Croydon, Surrey; b. Oct. 6, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1902; H.M.S. Britannia; Naval Cadet May 15, 1904; Midshipman July 15, 1904; Sub-Lieut. Sept. 15, 1907; Lieut. Sept. 15, 1909; H.M.S. Severn; mentioned in despatches; killed in action on the sand dunes at Nieuport Oct. 20, 1914.

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