Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book] =SONES, HERBERT JAMES=, Signal Boy, J. 24586, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SORSBY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 4637, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. York; enlisted 19 March, 1902; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, from 30 Aug. 1914; killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914; _m._ =SOURBUTTS, RICHARD=, Ch. E.R.A., 2nd Class, 269610, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SOUGHTON, THOMAS EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 686, 2nd Home Counties, 1/6th Battery, R.F.A. (T.F.); _b._ Hellingly, co. Sussex, 23 March, 1893; educ. Horsebridge, Hellingly; was an employee in the firm of Messrs. Howard Bros., Hellingly; enlisted soon after the outbreak of war, Oct. 1914; went to India, and died in Ferozepore Barracks there, 3 Dec. 1915, from internal injuries caused by a fall from an ammunition wagon on the 1st, while on service; _unm._ =SOUTER, CHARLES JESSE=, Chief Petty Officer, 169027, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SOUTH, FREDERICK=, Leading Seaman, 224839, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SOUTHERN, HENRY WALTER=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 25688, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SOUTHERN, JOHN GEORGE=, Private, No. 3097, 7th Battn. Durham L.I. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late George Southern, of Southwick, Miner, by his wife, Alice (Walter Tom Street, Southwick, Sunderland), dau. of John Lathon; _b._ Southwick, 27 March, 1891; educ. High Southwick Council School; was employed at the Hylton Colliery; enlisted 9 Nov. 1914; trained at Sunderland, and went to the Front, 19 April, 1915, coming into action a few days later at Ypres on Whit Monday, when the 7th Durhams were severely cut up. He was killed in action at Armentières, 31 July, 1915; _unm._ He was a regular Sunday School teacher at a Primitive Methodist Church, and was engaged in Christian Endeavour work. His great ambition was to become a foreign missionary, and a few days before his death he wrote intimating that if spared to return home his future would be devoted to that cause. One of his officers, writing to his mother, said: "In the past his presence among us inspired all that was good. In the future, if God spares us, we will retain a lasting memory of his goodness." [Illustration: =John George Southern.=] =SOUTHERTON, HARRY PERCY=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 14664 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SOUTHWICK, CHARLES THOMAS=, Sergt., No. 1212, 13th Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles Southwick, of Heatherlands, Poole, Schoolmaster, by his wife, Mary Annie, dau. of the late Thomas Harland; _b._ Kinson, co. Dorset, 27 Feb. 1887; educ. Secondary School, Broughty Ferry, and St. Mark's College, Chelsea, and on leaving there became Assistant Master at the Vineyard School, Richmond, under Mr. Lancaster; joined the 13th Kensingtons in 1907; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 3 Nov., and was killed in action in the attack on Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915. In letters received from the Front it was stated that in this action Sergt. Southwick with his platoon reached the second German trench, where a piece of shrapnel broke the glasses he was wearing. Then, a volunteer being called for to return to the English lines for reinforcements, he undertook the dangerous task, was seen to start on his errand, and from that time seems to have completely disappeared. He had a fine baritone voice, and was successively bass singer in the Petersham, Chelsea (Sidney Street), and St. Peter's (Bayswater) Choirs, and also a member of the Queen's Hall Choir. He _m._ at Stratford, Essex, 12 Sept. 1914, Lilian Francis (Ashleigh, The Bridle Path, Woodford Green), dau. of William Webster, of Ashleigh, Woodford Green; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Charles T. Southwick.=] =SOUTHWOOD, HORACE GEORGE=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 271932, H.M S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SPACKMAN, HAROLD JOHN=, Private, No. 13845, 10th (Service) Battn. Devonshire Regt., _s._ of Frederick William Spackman, of The Dairy, Manningford, Bohune, by his wife, Eliza Catherine, dau. of Alfred Manners, of Heddington, Calne, Wilts; _b._ Manningford, Bohune, Pewsey, co. Wilts, 24 May, 1897; educ. Woodborough School; enlisted 17 Sept. 1914, and died at the Red Cross Hospital, Bath, 12 March, 1915, of meningitis contracted while on service; _unm._ =SPAIN, EDWARD SYDNEY STEPHEN=, Leading Seaman, 235099, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SPALDING, FRANK=, Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt., No. 6896, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Spalding, of 70, Scorer Street, Lincoln; _b._ Lincoln, 1890; educ. there; was apprenticed to Messrs. Robey, Blacksmiths, but before his time expired gave this up and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 20 Aug. 1906; was appointed L.-Corpl. 19 Aug. 1907; Corpl. 17 Oct. 1908; L.-Sergt. 17 March, 1910; Sergt. 15 Aug. 1913, Pioneer Sergt. the same day; and acting Coy. Quartermaster-Sergt. (for meritorious conduct at the Front), 20 Nov. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 13 Aug. 1914, and died at Ecquedecques, Belgium, 1 Jan. 1915, from an accident while on active service. Buried in field opposite Delalean Farm, Ecquedecques, about 2 kilometres from Lillers. He was an enthusiastic footballer, being at one time a member of the Lincoln Wednesday Team, and while in the Army was one of the Battn.'s Soccer representatives; he was also a member of the old Lincoln Volunteers for some time. Coy. Q.M.-Sergt. Spalding _m._ at St. Thomas's, Lambeth, 6 Aug. 1911, Kate (128, Ash Street, Walworth, London), dau. of (--) Skinner, and had two sons: Eric Arthur, _b._ 23 July, 1912; and Leslie Stuart, _b._ 30 Oct. 1914. =SPARKES, CHARLES=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./12476, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SPARKS, HARRY ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8408), S.S. 104457, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SPEAREY, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (Coastguard), 194745, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SPEKE, THE REV. HUGH=, Major, 10th (Service) Battn. Lancashire Fusiliers, 7th _s._ of the Rev. Benjamin Speke, Rector of Dowlish Wake, by his wife, Caroline Sophia, elder dau. of John Bird Fuller, of Neston Park, Wilts, grandson of William Speke, of Jordans, co. Somerset, J.P., D.L., and nephew of John Hanning Speke, the African Explorer; _b._ Dowlish Wake, co. Somerset, 24 Feb. 1878; educ. Uppingham, and Keble College, Oxford; served in the South African War, 1899-1901, with the Wiltshire Yeomanry; afterwards continuing his preparati |