Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookxandria; _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." [Illustration: =G. W. Stopford Sackville.=] =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. [Illustration: =William Edward Sadler.=] =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. [Illustration: =Charles H. M. St. Clair.=] =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." [Illustration: =Guy S. W. St. George.=] =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. [Illustration: =John Sait.=] =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 o |