Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booklfred Gilbey, of Wooburn Park; _b._ Bishop's Stortford, co. Herts, 11 Oct. 1893; educ. Marlborough College (Foundation Scholar), and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 6 May, 1914; went to France 4 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 19 Dec. following; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: "Your boy died most gallantly, fighting in a German trench, which had been taken during the night." While at Marlborough he was in the cricket eleven, 1911, scoring 94 against Rugby at Lords, and at Sandhurst was captain of the hockey and cricket eleven. His yr. brother, Lieut. A. G. Shaw, Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action, 24 Dec. 1915; and his eldest brother, Lieut. E. A. Shaw, Oxford and Bucks L.I., fell in Oct. 1916. The only surviving brother, R. G. Shaw, is a Midshipman, R.N. [Illustration: =Bernard Henry G. Shaw.=] =SHAW, HUGH JAMES=, Capt., 5th, attd. 1st, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; _b._ Madras, India, 16 May, 1886; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, and Harrow; obtained a 2nd Lieutenancy in the Special Reserve of the Royal Fusiliers in 1908; promoted Lieut. 1 Oct. 1910, and Capt. 26 Sept. 1914; went to France attd. to the 1st Battn. in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Fleurbaix, 12 Nov. following, being suffocated by falling earth in his dug-out; _unm._ Buried where he fell. His brother, Capt. R. P. Shaw, was killed in action at the Dardanelles, 27 Nov. 1915 (see his notice). [Illustration: =Hugh James Shaw.=] =SHAW, MANFRED SAMUEL=, Private, No. 8820, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of the late Joseph Camm Shaw, by his wife, Mary Ann (now wife of William Sedgwick, of 50, Station Road, Handsworth, Birmingham), dau. of Manfred Ball, Farmer; _b._ Sheffield, 26 April, 1893; educ. Handsworth, Birmingham; was employed at the Lorry Works; enlisted in the Coldstreams, 12 Aug. 1910; served three years with the Colours, then joined the Reserve; was called up on mobilisation in Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at St. Vaast, Belgium, 11 Jan. 1915; _unm._ Buried near Richebourg St. Vaast. His brother, Corpl. Jesse Shaw, is now (1916) serving with the R.G.A. =SHAW, RAYMOND PUGH=, M.A., Capt., 5th, attd. 2nd, Battn. Royal Fusiliers, _s._ of the late William Sissmore Shaw, of Madras, India, Merchant, by his wife, Violet Amy Yule (now wife of Robert Francis Chiappini de Winton, of The Grange, Folkestone), dau. of Major-Gen. Arthur Thaddeus Searle; _b._ Madras, India, 15 Aug. 1887; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Harrow; Cheltenham College, and Trinity College, Cambridge (graduated M.A.), and was afterwards a partner with Mr. R. F. de Winton in a Preparatory School at Gore Court, Sittingbourne, and The Grange, Folkestone, but on the outbreak of war was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Royal Fusiliers, 15 Aug. 1914, promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1915, and Capt. Oct. 1915; went to the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 27 Nov. following, being shot dead on leaving his trench to go to the help of a wounded man in the open; _unm._ Buried there. His brother, Capt. H. J. Shaw, was killed in action in France, 12 Nov. 1914 (see his notice). [Illustration: =Raymond Pugh Shaw.=] =SHEA, BATT=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 284107 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SHEA, JAMES HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A., 8154, B. 1114, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SHEARIN, EDWARD=, Private, No. 12711, 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, _s._ of James Shearin, of 10, Albert Street, Govan, Glasgow; _b._ 25 Nov. 1896; educ. St. Saviour's School, Govan; enlisted in the Royal Scots, Sept. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and died 31 Aug. 1915, of wounds received in action; _unm._ =SHEARMAN, SAMUEL=, Leading Carpenter's Crew, 343091, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SHELBOURNE, GEORGE=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4614), S.S. 103732, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SHELDON, WILLIAM GEORGE=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 7115, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SHEPHEARD, RICHARD JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9919), 297749, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SHEPHERD, CHARLES ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10101), 208670, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SHEPHERD, FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2101, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SHEPHERD, GERALD ALEXANDER GASELEE=, Capt., 57th Wilde's Rifles, F.F., Indian Army, eldest _s._ of the late Major Alexander Innes Shepherd, 4th Punjab Infantry, F.F. (now 57th Wilde's Rifles), who died on active service 1884, by his wife, Agatha (Wychcote, Somerville Road, Bournemouth), dau. of the late Rev. John Gaselee; _b._ Kasauli, India, 14 July, 1882; educ. Bedford, and Dover College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Suffolk Regt., 8 May, 1901; transferred to the Indian Army, 3 Sept. 1902; promoted Lieut. 8 Aug. 1903, and Capt. 8 May, 1910; served (1) on the North-West Frontier of India, 1902; took part in the operations against the Darwesh Khel Waziris; (2) in Tibet, 1903-4, action at Niana; took part in the operations at and around Gyantse, including the march to Lhassa (medal with clasp), and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from end of Oct. to 22 Dec. 1914, on which latter date he was killed in action at La Bassée; _unm._ Buried in Bethune Cemetery. [Illustration: =Gerald A. G. Shepherd.=] =SHEPHERD, JAMES=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 187749, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SHEPPARD, CHARLES EDWARD=, Leading Stoker, 310548, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SHEPPARD, ISAAC=, Private, No. 11369, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th _s._ of the late Frederick Sheppard, of Bower Chalk, by his wife Sarah (Bower Chalk, Salisbury), dau. of William Feltham, of Bower Chalk; _b._ Bower Chalk, co. Wilts, 6 May, 1889; educ. National School there; was a carter; enlisted 1 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 7 Dec., and was killed in action at Richebourg, Belgium, 5 May 1915; _unm._ He was buried on a farm on the west side of the road from Rue des Benceaux to Rue du Bois. [Illustration: =Isaac Sheppard.=] =SHEPPARD, REGINALD=, Private, No. 6124, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Sheppard, of Salisbury, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha, dau. of Amos Hallett; _b._ Salisbury, co. Wilts, 30 May, 188 |