Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookoner, Carpenter's Mate, 145536, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =STOPHER, JAMES FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7731), S.S. 103115, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STORER, RAYMOND TRITTON=, Private, No. 237, 5th Battn. (London Rifle Brigade) The London Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of Henry Norris Storer, of Belle Grove, Welling, Kent, Market Gardener and Fruit Grower, by his wife, Ellen Eliza, dau. of William Rush Tritton; _b._ Welling, 16 Feb 1894; educ. Hope Lodge, Welling, and Roam School, Greenwich, and on leaving the latter entered the employ of Mr. V. A. Litkie, Diamond Merchant. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for foreign service, and joined the London Rifle Brigade, 31 Aug 1914, and after six months' training at Haywards Heath and Crowborough, sailed for France on his twenty-first birthday. They were sent up to the trenches, and he was killed two months later at the second Battle of Ypres, 26 April, 1915. It was on this occasion that a General, speaking of the London Rifle Brigade, remarked that he had never seen a finer regiment. Storer was buried at Fortuin; _unm._ [Illustration: =Raymond Tritton Storer.=] =STOREY, GEORGE ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R. Ch. B. 5735), S.S. 100704, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STOWE, CHARLES WILLIAM HARVEY=, A.B., S.S. 4086, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =STRACHAM, WALLACE=, Leading Stoker, K. 1435, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STRACHAN, HUGH=, Private, No. 3472, 1st Battn. The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), 5th _s._ of the late James Strachan, Ploughman, by his wife, Jean, dau. of John Ross; _b._ Johnshaven, near Montrose, 16 Jan. 1870; educ. Montrose Public School; enlisted in the Black Watch, and served under Gen. Wauchope, and was invalided home with malarial fever and discharged just before the South African War; became a Signalman on the North British Railway; re-enlisted in his old regt. after the outbreak of war, 2 Sept. 1914; left for the Front with the 1st Battn. in Nov. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 25 Jan. 1915. Private Strachan was a first-class shot. He _m._ at Edinburgh, 13 Oct. 1899, Isabella (3, South Gayfield Lane, Edinburgh), dau. of the late Donald Robertson, and had two children: Hugh, _b._ 16 July, 1900; and Eleanor, _b._ 16 Oct. 1902. =STRANGE, ARNOLD JOHN WARD=, Private, No. 2190, 5th (Cinque Ports) Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Charles James Strange, of Brackleigh, Crowborough, Sussex, retired Farmer, by his wife, Mary Jane, dau. of Thomas Ward; _b._ Silsworth Lodge, Crich, Rugby, 8 Sept. 1896; educ. King Charles' School, Tunbridge Wells. On the outbreak of war joined the Sussex Territorials and signed on for foreign service, 14 Aug. 1914; went to France, 18 Feb. 1915, the battn. being held in reserve for the 2nd Sussex; selected as sniper for his platoon, 4 March, 1915; mortally wounded by a shell on Sunday, 17 Oct. 1915, and died the following day at Sailly-au-Bois; _unm._ Buried in the military cemetery at Louvercourt. His commanding officer spoke highly of him, describing him "as most intelligent, a keen soldier, always ready to volunteer for everything, brave as a lion and a splendid shot." [Illustration: =Arnold John W. Strange.=] =STRANGER, RICHARD HENRY=, Lieut. and Adjutant, 1st Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.), only _s._ of Richard John Stranger, of Franchise, Burwash, Sussex, Yeoman and Land Owner, by his wife, Wilhelmina Key, dau. of the late Melchior George Klingender, of Waterloo, Liverpool; _b._ Court House, North Molton, Devon, 19 Dec. 1889; educ. The Hermitage, Bath, and Allhallows, Honiton; joined the Royal Sussex Militia, 6 Jan. 1908, and was appointed to the Sherwood Foresters, then at Secunderabad, India, 28 May, 1910. He was promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1912, and became Adjutant, 31 July, 1913. On the outbreak of war he returned to Europe with his regt. and died, 13 March, 1915, of wounds received in action at Neuve Chapelle, being buried in Boulogne Cemetery; _unm._ Lieut. Stranger was mentioned in Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. [Illustration: =Richard Henry Stranger.=] =STRATFORD, THOMAS=, 2nd Yeoman of Signals (R.F.R., B. 317), 149993, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STRATTON, EDWIN VICTOR=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13889, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STRATTON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 5454, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STRAW, WILLIAM HENRY=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27544, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =STREET, WILLIAM HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3119), S.S. 100752, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STREETER, WILLIAM HENRY=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 30), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STREVENS, FRANCIS=, A.B., J. 6277 (Ports.), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STRICKLAND, CHARLES= (_alias_ =HAYDON, J.=), A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 713), 104408, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STRIKE, STANLEY GEORGE=, Private, No. 1455, 1st Battn. (Post Office Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of George Barham Strike, Post Office Pensioner; _b._ London, 21 Oct. 1891; educ. Havist Road Council School, Queen's Park, W.; killed in action at Festubert, 24 May, 1915; _unm._ Buried on the field of battle. A comrade wrote he "was shot through the head and died instantly.... Stan had to lie with several others behind a ridge to keep the 'gentlemen in grey' from becoming too troublesome, and while there was sniped.... I can only say that he died doing his duty and none of us can do more." [Illustration: =Stanley George Strike.=] =STRONELL, EDWARD=, Gunner, R.M.A., 10738, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STRONG, ALBERT VICTOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2133), 191308, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STRONG, FREDERICK JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, 310788 (Dev.), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STRONGMAN, WILLIAM JAMES=, Private, No. 12/910, Auckland Infantry Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William S. Strongman, of Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Engine Driver; _b._ Coromandel, 1 Jan. 1895; educ. Coromandel District High School; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and left for Egypt in Oct. 1914; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there 8 |