Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookes the next morning, with his Colonel, another officer, and six of his men. Capt. Sanderson _m._ at Lucknow, Doris, dau. of Charles Jordan, of Richmond, Yorkshire; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Philip N. Sanderson.=] =SANDHAM, JAMES FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 566, 1/3rd Battn. (Royal Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of James Sandham, of 6, East Block, Peabody Buildings, Chelsea, by his wife, Sophie, dau. of William Bryant; _b._ Chelsea, S.W., 19 Nov. 1888; was in the employ of Messrs. George Pulman & Sons, Printers, of High Street, Marylebone; joined B Coy. 1/3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, of which Mr. H. Pulman was Capt., 8 May, 1909; volunteered for Imperial Service, and left for Malta, 4 Sept. 1914; left there for France, 31 Dec. following, and died at the Clearing Hospital, Merville, 12 March, 1915, of wounds received in the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on the 10th. Buried in Merville Cemetery, Grave F 2. Capt. H. A. Moore, commanding D Coy., 1/3rd Royal Fusiliers, wrote he "died from wounds received while serving with my company in a charge which was successfully made against the German trenches in the afternoon of Wednesday, the 10th, during the recent Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It will be some comfort for you to know that Sergt. Sandham did his duty bravely, and fought and died like a true British soldier." And a comrade wrote that the battn. had lost one of its best men, who had died like a hero, his last words being to kiss his boy and to tell his wife not to worry as he had done his duty. Sergt. Sandham _m._ at Marylebone Parish Church, 1911, Alice (16p, Sutton Dwellings, Chelsea, S.W.), dau. of William Brown, of 39B, Lewis Buildings, Chelsea, and had a son, Frederick Alfred, _b._ 18 Nov. 1911. [Illustration: =James Frederick Sandham.=] =SANDISON, JOHN BURNETT=, Private, No. 16768, 1st Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest _s._ of Lewis Grant Sandison, of West Granton Road, Edinburgh, Printer, Compositor, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of John Burnett; _b._ Edinburgh. 6 Sept. 1882; educ. Board School there; volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War and enlisted in the Royal Scots; served there in South Africa, 1902 (medal); on leaving the Army went to America, and Canada, where he worked at various occupations in various places; returned to England, 1 Jan. 1915, and at once enlisted in his old regt.; went to France in March, and died in No. 8 Field Hospital, 23 June following, from wounds received in action at Ypres on the 21st; _unm._ =SANDS, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109990, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SANSOM, ROBERT ANDREW=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 855), 217455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SANSOME, ARTHUR=, A.B., 210412, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SAPSTEAD, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12320, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SARFAS, ALBERT EDWARD=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 166241, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SARGEANT, WILLIAM=, Painter, 1st Class, 170798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SARGEAUNT, ARTHUR FREDERICK=, Lieut.-Col., Royal Engineers, eldest _s._ of Col. Richard Arthur Sargeaunt, of Aspley Guise, co. Beds, late R.E., by his wife, Emily Alberta, dau. of Charles Sargeaunt, J.P.; _b._ Bombay, 1 Nov. 1870; educ. Marlborough College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 14 Feb. 1890; and promoted Lieut. 4 Feb. 1893; Capt. 13 Feb. 1901; Major 14 Feb. 1910, and Brevet Lieut.-Col. for his services, 1915; served in the South African War, 1899-1902; took part in the operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900-31 May, 1902 (Queen's medal with clasp and King's medal with two clasps); was instructor at the School of Military Engineering from 1 Oct. 1908 to 13 Feb. 1910; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, in command of a Field Coy.; was subsequently appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of a Division, and was killed in action near Ypres, 31 July, 1915. Buried at Brandhoek. He was twice mentioned in F.M. Sir (now Lord) French's Despatches [London Gazette, 17 Feb. and 22 June, 1915]. He _m._ at St. Thomas's Church, Edinburgh, 9 May, 1906, Clare Marguerite, dau. of Andrew Smart, of Edinburgh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P.E., and had two daus.: Hilda Clare, _b._ 13 Feb. 1907; and Aileen Marguerite, _b._ 18 Feb. 1909. [Illustration: =Arthur F. Sargeaunt.=] =SARGENT, ALFRED=, Ch. E.R.A. (Pensioner, Pension No. 17108), 132356, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SARGENT, FREDERICK=, Chief Ship's Cook, 149368, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SARGENT, HENRY BENJAMIN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17490, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SAUL, CHARLES THOMAS=, Leading Signalman, 217688, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SAUNDERS, ARTHUR COURTENAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Duke of Cornwall's L.I., yr. _s._ of Lieut.-Col. Robert Erasmus Saunders, of Alton Pancras, Dorchester J.P., formerly of 1st Battn. 7th Royal Fusiliers, and of 3rd Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., by his wife, Edith Marion, dau. of Col. James William Graves, 18th Royal Irish Regt.; _b._ Rownhams House, near Southampton, 29 May, 1883; educ. Northwood House, near Winchester (Mr. T. Eastman), and Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Duke of Cornwall's L.I., from the Militia, 4 May, 1901; promoted Lieut. 6 July, 1904, and Capt. 26 Oct. 1911; was employed with the King's African Rifles from 20 Oct. 1909, to Dec. 1914; served in the Somaliland Expedition, 1908-10 (medal with clasp); was in command of the Chebling Patrol against the Marakwet tribe Oct. and Nov. 1913 (mentioned in Despatches of 29 Dec. 1913); and of a force of the King's African Rifles, when they repulsed a much stronger force of the enemy, including 50 Europeans with six Maxims, at Mizima on Tsavo River, 26 Sept. 1914. He rejoined his own regt., 25 Jan. 1915, and went to France, 6 March; and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 14 March, 1915; _unm._ Buried at Dickebusch about three kilometres from Ypres. On leaving the King's African Rifles, Sir H. Conway Belfield, K.C.M.G., wrote to him: "As I understand you are rejoining your regt. at the expiration of your leave after five years' service in the 3rd Battn. King's African Rifles, I have pleasure in expressing to you my satisfaction at the efficient manner in which you have performed important duties in the British East Africa, and in commending you for the sterling and soldierlike qualities which you have exhibited. Your handling of your men in the recent skirmish at Mizima was most creditable, and is testimony to your skill as a tactician." Lieut.-Col. H. D. Tuson, after the death of Capt. Saunders, wrote: "He had o |