Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookf war in Aug. of the same year joined a Pioneer Corps and was engaged in laying telegraph wires and making transport roads, until he was given a commission in the King's African Rifles, in Jan. 1915. He was killed in action during his first engagement at Utegi, Nyanza Province, British East Africa, 9 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the border of German East Africa. While at Repton he was head of his house, a school prefect and a sergt. in the O.T.C., and obtained his colours for both cricket and football. [Illustration: =Alexander Gordon Sale.=] =SALE, FREDERICK HAROLD=, Yeoman of Signals, 226735, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SALES, HENRY=, Stoker, Petty Officer 29, 4058, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SALMON, ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302930 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SALMONI, FRED STANLEY=, L.-Corpl., No. 791, 15th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of William Salmoni, of 8, Elm Street, Cardiff; _b._ there 24 Dec. 1892; educ. Stacey Road Board School, Cardiff, emigrated to Queensland in 1912; on the outbreak of war enlisted in the Australian Contingent, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 April, 1915; _unm._ On the morning of the 27th his platoon commander, Lieut. T. Robertson, with a party of thirty picked men (including Salmoni) went forward to occupy an outpost position in advance of the main line of defence. Early the following morning the enemy massed in large numbers opposite their position and demanded their surrender; this was refused, but as they were greatly outnumbered they had to retire, and only a few of the party succeeded in reaching the main line. Although killed on 28 April, his body was not found until the 24 May. He was buried in Shrapnel Valley, about one mile north-east of Gaba Tepe. Before going to Australia he was a member of the 14th Coy. of the Cardiff Boys' Brigade. =SALT, THOMAS FREDERICK CYRIL=, 2nd Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. (2nd Gwent) South Wales Borderers, formerly Private, No. 3203, 3rd Battn. Monmouthshire Regt., only _s._ of Thomas Frederick Salt, of Gwentland, Abertillery, co. Monmouth, Colliery Proprietor, by his wife, Mary Ellen, dau. of the late John Carpenter, Colliery Proprietor; _b._ Arral House, Aberbeeg, co. Monmouth, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. County Intermediate School, Abertillery, and on leaving there was articled to Mr. W. Stewart, M.E., Managing Director of Messrs. Powells' Tillery Colliery Co., with whom he served for four years; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 3rd Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.); trained at Northampton and Cambridge; went to France, Jan. 1915; was wounded in action at Neuve Chapelle, 15 March, 1915, and died in No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, 3 April following; _unm._ Buried in Bailleul Cemetery. A comrade wrote: "From the time we went to Northampton to the fatal night he and I had been great pals, and during our stay in France we always slept and lived together. When he went away to hospital I was sadly alone, and felt his absence keenly. The evening he was shot his platoon was relieving us in the firing line, and it was within 20 yards of his destination that the blow came. As the men of his platoon were filing by me I heard someone say 'Cyril is hit,' and I immediately went out and found him, and in company with three other fellows took him to cover of our trench. The bullet had entered his temple right behind his right eye, and passed through parallel with his forehead. As soon as we got under cover another young fellow and I bandaged his wounds and sent for the ambulance. As the enemy's fire at this time was very hot and our parapets were in places blown away, the work of our stretcher-bearers was much hindered, and as a consequence they were unable to move Cyril for about two hours. Meanwhile, I got coats, etc., and made him as comfortable as possible. At intervals I would talk and try to cheer him up, and it was honestly grand to see the way poor Cyril would try to pull himself together. He was a soldier in every sense of the word.... In losing Cyril, not only I but the whole regt. has sustained a great loss, and his absence caused quite a gloom over us all. With the officers as well as the men he was highly respected, and I don't think in this world there was a more conscientious and upright fellow breathing. It will be gratifying, and I am positively certain a great joy to you, to know that he led a real Christian life, and died as you would have wished him. On more than one occasion he has prompted me, and was ever on the alert to do a good turn when he thought necessary. I cannot possibly say enough in his favour. He honestly was a genuine pal.... He laid down his life for freedom and the right, and his end was a glorious one." He had been gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 11th South Wales Borderers, 6 March, 1915, and he was on the point of returning to England to take up his commission when he was wounded. [Illustration: =Thomas Frederick C. Salt.=] =SALTER, JOHN=, Private, No. 1816, 10th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, 3rd _s._ of the late Charles Salter, by his wife, Henrietta (55, Albert Terrace, Cardigan Road, Leeds), dau. of Alexander Broughton; _b._ Leeds, 31 Jan. 1886; educ. Central High School there; was employed by the Leeds City Tramways, and was a Member of the Leeds Engineers (T.F.), 1905-7; went to Australia in Sept. 1912, and settled at Adelaide, S. Australia, as a Tramway Trust employee; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the 10th Battn. in Dec.; left for Egypt in April, 1915; went to the Dardanelles in May, 1915, and was killed in action at Gaba Tepe, 16 June following; _unm._ Buried there. =SALTMARSH, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12461, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of William Saltmarsh, of 17, Jacob Wells Mews, George Street, Manchester Square, London, W., Coachman, by his wife, Anne, dau. of William Wallis, of Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex; _b._ Hutton, co. Essex, 10 June, 1892; educ. St. Mary Abbotts School, Kensington; was a Brass Finisher; enlisted in the Coldstreams after the outbreak of war, 23 Sept. 1914; trained at Caterham, Surrey; went to France, 14 Feb. 1915, and died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 25 March following, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 20th; _unm._ Buried at Boulogne. [Illustration: =William Saltmarsh.=] =SALVESEN, EDWARD MAXWELL=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Edward Theodore Salvesen, a Lord of Session with the title of Hon. Lord Salvesen, etc., by his wife, Isabelle, dau. of John Trayner, LL.D., Hon. Lord Trayner of the Court of Session; _b._ Crawford Priory, co. Fife, 30 Aug. 1891; educ. Cargilfield, Midlothian; Clifton College, and University College, Oxford, where he was a member of the O.T.C., and gradua |