Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookast Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SPICER, ARTHUR JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 2214), 301561, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SPICER, GEORGE HENRY=, Gunner, 35031, 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 3rd _s._ of George Spicer, of Frindsbury, Rochester, Kent, by his wife, Jane; _b._ Frindsbury, 23 Jan. 1885; enlisted 1 Feb. 1905; served seven years with the Colours then passing into the Reserve, was employed at Messrs. Lysaght's Works, Newport, Mon.; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Aug. 1914, and died in No. 7 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 9 Nov. following, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle in a gallant attempt to save Lieut. Towell. Major H. A. Hamilton, Commanding 41st Battery, wrote: "I am sure you would like to know how your husband gave his life for his country. I need not say how much I and all his comrades sympathise with you in your great loss, but you may have a little consolation in knowing that he was severely wounded in performing a gallant act, which was reported to his commanding officer and brought to the notice of the general officer commanding the division." He _m._ at St. Woolo's Church, Newport, Mon., 1 June, 1914, Beatrice Amelia, dau. of Henry George Evans, of 19, Victoria Crescent, Newport; _s.p._ [Illustration: =George Henry Spicer.=] =SPICER, MAURICE ARNOTT=, Corpl., No. 81840, 32nd, attd. 10th, Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 5th _s._ of the late Herbert Spicer, of Cranbourne, St Margarets near Ware, by his wife, Martha McMurray, dau. of David Arnott; _b._ Hambledon, co. Surrey, 23 April, 1882; educ. Mill Hill; was sisal growing in the West Indies from 1900 to 1903, afterwards farming in Canada until the outbreak of the European War; enlisted in the 32nd Battn. 21 Oct. 1914; came over with the reinforcements for the first contingent in March, 1915; went to France with a draft for the 10th Battn. early in April, 1915, and was killed in action at Festubert, 22 May, 1915; _unm._ =SPIELMANN, HAROLD LIONEL ISIDORE=, Capt., 1/10th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Sir Isidore Spielmann, of 56, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., C.M.G., F.S.A., by his wife, Emily, dau. of the late Sir Joseph Sebag-Montefiore; _b._ London, 12 Jan. 1893; educ. Clifton and Pembroke College, Cambridge (B.A. June, 1914); gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2/10th (Oldham) Battn. Manchester Regt., from the University O.T.C., 14 Oct. 1914; was promoted Capt. in March, 1915, to date as from 28 Nov. 1914; volunteered with the greater part of the battalion for foreign service; landed in Gallipoli, in command of a draft, 25 July, 1915, and was killed in an attack on the Turkish position, 13 Aug. following; _unm._ Lieut.-Col. G. Robinson, commanding 10th Manchesters, wrote: "He only joined us about three weeks ago, when he arrived in command of a draft of 248 men, and I was so impressed with his keenness and energy that I put him in command of a company. My judgment was fully borne out. Your son worked hard, and I felt I could always rely on him. On the evening of the 12th inst. a battalion next to us in the fire trenches lost a portion of a trench on their front, and I was forced to organise a counter-attack by one hundred men of my battn. under your son and two other officers. Your son was in command of his section of the attack, and carried out his orders with skill and gallantry. He reached his objective, but was immediately killed, and his men had eventually to fall back under strong opposition. His death, by bullets, was instantaneous.... Our men had done well, and we regained most of what had been lost, but they were 'done,' and I lost many of them besides my excellent young officer Spielmann.... It was crushing to me losing him. He was a 'gentleman officer' with such high notions of chivalry, honour and _esprit de corps_. I considered him one of my best officers, and had just recommended him for a permanent captaincy, as I had such a high opinion of his capabilities. Your boy died a hero's death in his country's cause, and that must ever be a source of satisfaction and comfort to you, and one in which you must all take a pride--falling in action gallantly leading his men. What more can a soldier ask for?" [Illustration: =Harold L. I. Spielmann.=] =SPIERS, HAROLD ALFRED=, Boy, 1st Class, J 23568 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SPIERS, WILLIAM JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., A. 2103), 131072 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea. 22 Sept. 1914. =SPILLARNE, CORNELIUS WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 308380, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =SPINDLER, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class, 289816, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SPINKS, FREDERICK HERMAN VICTOR=, Rifleman, No. 10489, B Coy., 1st Battn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of Thomas Samuel Spinks, of 114, Leucha Road, St. James' Street, Walthamstow, by his wife, Clara, dau. of Frederick Herman Greenslade; _b._ Clapton, N., 29 Oct. 1896; educ. Coppermill Road Council School, Walthamstow; enlisted 27 Jan. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914; served through the retreat from Mons, etc., and was killed in action two days before his 18th birthday, near Ypres, 27 Oct. 1914. A comrade wrote: "He was killed in action the same day as Prince Maurice of Battenberg. His company had advanced against the Germans and taken up a position for the night. He could have lain down and gone to sleep, because he was a signaller, but the man next him had to do two two hours on duty looking through the porthole in the trench, and as he felt a bit bad, your poor boy offered to do it for him. Well, Fred had not been looking out for more than ten minutes when a bullet struck him in the head, and he must have died instantaneously. I cannot tell you more particulars now, but I know it was near Ypres. I was entrusted to write your letter because Fred was a signaller, and I am one of the few that are left." He gained the 3rd class certificate for education, 23 Feb. 1912, and the 2nd class, 2 April, 1912. [Illustration: =Frederick H. V. Spinks.=] =SPITTLE, FRANK THOMAS=, Rifleman, No. 2857, A Coy., 1/9th Battn. (Queen Victoria's Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of Augustus Alfred Spittle, of 41, Manby Road, Leyton Road, Stratford, Essex, by his wife, Ellen Emily, dau. of George Abbott, of Maldon, Essex; _b._ Stratford, 25 April, 1896; educ. Downsell Road Council School, Leyton, and County High School, Leytonstone; volunteered and joined Queen Victoria's Rifles on the outbreak of war; went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action, 23 Feb. 1915. Buried Wulverghem Cemetery. Major Lees (since killed in action) wrote; "He was one of a working party repairing the parapet of the trench during a mist, which suddenly |