Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookt, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the London Irish Rifles, 4 Sept. 1914; trained at the White City and St. Albans; went to France, 9 March, 1915; took part in the actions at Givenchy and Festubert, and died 27 Sept. 1915, of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, on the 25th; _unm._ Buried in the cemetery at Noeux-les-Mines. He was in the choir at St. George's Hospital, and afterwards at St. Mary's, Graham Street, S.W. [Illustration: =Henry James Slattery.=] =SLAUGHTER, JAMES GALLOTHY=, Chief Shipwright, 340623, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SLESSOR, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. 12370), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SLIMM, FREDERICK WILLIAM THOMAS=, Acting Corpl., No. 1267, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick George Slimm, Private, No. 71299, A.S.C., now serving with the British Expeditionary Force, by his wife, Jessie (15, Taylor's Place, Stepney), dau. of James King; _b._ Mile End, London, E., 16 June, 1893; educ. Ben Jonson Schools, Stepney; was a Printer's Layer-on; joined the 17th County of London Regt. in March, 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915, while finding range for the battn.; _unm._ He was to have been married shortly. [Illustration: =Frederick W. T. Slimm.=] =SLINEY, RICHARD=, Leading Seaman, 179858 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =SLOPER, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, 160618, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SMALL, AUSTIN JAMES=, Cook's Mate, M. 5525, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SMALL, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Bugler, No. 823, 1/18th Battn. (London Irish Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Frederick Small, of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, Carman, by his wife, Frances, dau. of Robert Stephenson; _b._ London, W., 12 Sept. 1890; educ. St. Andrew's Council School, London; was a Cloth Shrinker; joined the London Irish Rifles, 13 March, 1909; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 11 March, 1915, and died 28 Sept. 1915, at a Base hospital, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Loos on the 25th. Buried at Neoux-les-Mines. He _m._ at St. Thomas Church, Regent Street, W., 22 Feb. 1914, Josephine (101, Beaufoy Road, Battersea), dau. of Alexander Fromant, and had a dau., Elsie, _b._ 4 June, 1915. =SMALL, NORMAN HOWARD=, Private, No. 2096, 1/9th Battn. (Highlanders) the Royal Scots (T.F.), 3rd _s._ of David Alexander Small, of 106, Princes Street, Edinburgh, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 27 Sept. 1895; educ. Edinburgh Academy; was a Business Student; volunteered and joined 1/9th Royal Scots in Aug. 1914; left for France, 23 Feb. 1915, and died at No. 5 Casualty Clearing Station, Poperinghe, 23 April, 1915, of wounds received the same day at St. Jean, near Ypres. Buried in Military Cemetery, Poperinghe; _unm._ His elder brother, W. E. A. Small, was killed, 26 Sept. 1915 (see following notice). [Illustration: =Norman Howard Small.=] =SMALL, WILLIAM ERNEST ALEXANDER=, L.-Corpl., No. 2306, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), eldest _s._ of David Alexander Small, Outfitter, by his wife, Minnie, 3rd dau. of William (and Elizabeth) Donald; _b._ Edinburgh, 10 May, 1891; educ. Royal High School and Edinburgh University; was a Farmer in Saskatoon, Canada; volunteered and joined the Royal Horse Guards in Dec. 1914; was formerly for six years in Lothians and Border Horse; joined as Trooper; promoted to Corpl.; left for France, 23 May, 1915; was killed instantaneously by direct shell at Vermelles, 26 Sept. 1915, when advancing to Loos. Buried in Military Cemetery, Vermelles; _unm._ [Illustration: =William E. A. Small.=] =SMART, ERNEST JOSEPH=, Petty Officer, 192004, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SMART, JOHN GORDON=, Sergt., No. 1218, Orsett Troop, Essex Yeomanry, 2nd _s._ of John Smart, of 13, Brunswick Street, Hillside, Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academician, by his wife, Agnes P. (15, Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh), dau. of Robert Main, of Doune, Perthshire; _b._ Edinburgh, 26 June, 1876; educ. George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and on leaving there served his apprenticeship with Mr. H. J. Blanc, of Edinburgh, Architect, after which he migrated to London, where he achieved a considerable reputation as an architectural designer. During the South African War he joined the 2nd Battn. of the Imperial Yeomanry in Jan. 1901, and served through that campaign, receiving the Queen's medal with three clasps (Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony), and obtaining his discharge with the rank of Corpl. in Sept. 1902. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted in the Essex Yeomanry as a trooper, went to the Front, Nov. 1914, and was promoted Sergt. May, 1915. He distinguished himself in action at Poljitze, near Ypres, 13 May, 1915, and was specially mentioned for his gallant conduct on this occasion in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of May, 1915. He reached Burnham-on-Crouch from the Front, on four days' leave, on 19 June, 1915, and died there on the 23rd from acute pneumonia supervening on gas poisoning at Ypres. His principal hobby was yachting, to indulge in which he resided at Burnham, and he was buried there with full military honours on his 39th birthday; _unm._ =SMEATON, WILLIAM DOUGLAS=, Private, No. 4208, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John MacRae Smeaton, of Hawick, co. Roxburgh, retired Civil Servant, and late of the London Scottish, by his wife, Florence Jane, dau. of William Kench; _b._ Wimbledon, co. Surrey, 17 Jan. 1897; educ. Wimbledon School and privately; joined the London Scottish, 1 Jan. 1915; went to France, 5 July, 1915, and was killed in action during the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. following. An officer wrote: "The company had to advance under very heavy fire, and it may be some small satisfaction to know the company went forward as steadily as if they had been in Hyde Park, and worthily upheld the splendid reputation of this regt. Your son when dashing forward fifty yards in front of the trenches was hit in the lower part of the stomach, and rapidly became unconscious, died and was buried on the field of battle." [Illustration: =William Douglas Smeaton.=] =SMEETH, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1095), late R.M.A., 10436, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SMELLIE, JAMES MILLER STIRLING=, Acting E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4509, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SMITH, ADOLPHUS SAMUEL=, Leading Signalman, 220809, H.M.S. |