Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookon the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =STURROCK, DAVID DUFF=, Corpl., No. 1845, 9th Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), elder _s._ of Peter Sturrock, of Drummaird, Lenzie, L.R.C.P., and S. Ed., Lieut. R.A.M.C. by his wife, Helen Amelia, dau. of James Swirles, of Edinburgh; _b._ Jedburgh, 15 Sept. 1894; educ. Jedburgh Grammar School and Lenzie Academy; was an Analytical Chemist; joined the 9th Territorial Battn. of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 13 April, 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 19 Feb. 1915; was wounded 18 March, 1915, but returned to duty 9 May, and was killed in action at the 2nd Battle of Ypres, on the 10th; _unm._ Buried near Ypres. [Illustration: =David Duff Sturrock.=] =STYANCE, ARTHUR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9385), S.S. 106626, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =STYLES, FREDERICK ERNEST=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, eldest _s._ of the late Frederick Styles, of Preston, Lancashire, and 49, Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, W., by his wife, Helena Alice Wellington (124, Knightsbridge, S.W.; Blackmoor, Four Elms, Kent), widow of Capt. L. B. A. Poynter, 7th Hussars, and dau. of John Brophey; _b._ 27 Jan. 1884; educ. Harrow and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Munster Fusiliers 13 May, 1903, and promoted Lieut. 9 Jan. 1906. He retired in April, 1914, but rejoined his regt. just before the outbreak of war. He was killed in action at Etreux, 27 Aug. 1914; _unm._ Capt. Wise, the Adjutant of the regt., writing to Mrs. Styles, said: "You will already have heard that poor Fred was shot on Thursday, 27th inst. At the time he was gallantly leading his men under a heavy fire, and had he survived would certainly have been mentioned in despatches. I was not actually present when he was hit, but I have been told by those who were on the spot that his death was painless and instantaneous. When I saw him a few minutes later he was lying peacefully as though asleep. As this letter will be censored by the German authorities, I am unable to give you any details as to the action, or the situation of the battlefield. All the officers who fell were buried in one grave, and a service was conducted by a German clergyman." An interesting account of the doings of the Munsters and of their great stand this day will be found under the notice of Lieut. C. E. V. Awdry. The eight officers who fell this day were buried by the Germans in one grave, and the N.C.Os. and men in another, side by side, near the railway station of Etreux, on the right-hand side of the road, 400 yards north of the level crossing. They also erected crosses to mark the spot. [Illustration: =Frederick Ernest Styles.=] =STYLES, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 13796, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =STYLES, HARRY=, Private, No. G3872, 2nd Battn. Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of George Styles, of Albury, Surrey; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915. =STYLES, JOHN=, Private, No. 6484, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Harry Styles, of Alderton, near Chippenham, co. Wilts, by his wife, Martha; _b._ Corston, co. Wilts, 13 Oct. 1883; educ. Malmesbury Public School; enlisted in the Wiltshire Regt. 25 March, 1901; became L.-Corpl. 19 May, 1904, and Corpl. 23 June, 1904; transferred to the Coldstreams, 13 Dec. 1905; served during the South African War, guarding prisoners at St. Helena, 20 June, 1901, to 11 Sept. 1902 (medal); and in Egypt, 31 Oct. 1907 to 23 March, 1911, and returned to England for King George's Coronation; was called up with the Reserves on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to Franco with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914, during the retreat from Mons; _unm._ Private Styles received the cross guns and stripe. [Illustration: =John Styles.=] =SULIVAN, PHILIP HAMILTON=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Royal Munster Fusiliers, 4th _s._ of Col. Ernest Frederic Sulivan, now commanding 10th (late commanding 4th) Battn. East Surrey Regt., formerly of the Hampshire Regt., by his wife, Florence Mary, dau. of James Houldsworth, of Coltness, Lanarkshire; _b._ Mayfield Hall, Ashbourne, co. Derby, 27 Aug. 1894; educ. Malvern, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers, 25 Feb. 1914; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914, and was killed in a rearguard action at Etreux, France, 27 Aug. following, during the retreat from Mons. Buried by the Germans at cross roads, near Etreux, with eight of his brother officers who fell the same day; _unm._ [Illustration: =Philip Hamilton Sulivan.=] =SULLIVAN, BARTHOLOMEW=, E.R.A., 4th Class, M. 4733, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SULLIVAN, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 6585, 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George Sullivan, by his wife, Jane, dau. of George Parsons; _b._ co. Surrey, 5 Jan. 1887; educ. Dockhead School, Bermondsey; was a Brushmaker; enlisted 29 Jan. 1906; served seven years with the Colours and two on Reserve, including five years (29 Sept. 1906 to 23 March, 1911) in Egypt; went to France, 12 Aug. 1914; was killed in action at Villers Cotterets, 1 Sept. 1914, and was buried in the churchyard there. Private Sullivan _m._ at the Parish Church, Mortlake, 26 Dec. 1911, Caroline Harriett (26, Hampton Square, Sheen Lane, Mortlake), dau. of Henry Joseph Parsons, and had a son, Thomas Joseph, _b._ 19 July, 1914. [Illustration: =John James Sullivan.=] =SUMMERS, SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4403), S.S. 103389. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SUMMERS, WILLIAM WIGAN=, L.-Corpl., No. 81, Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of George Summers, of Norton, Warwickshire, Clay Worker, by his wife, Mary Jane; _b._ Measham, co. Derby, 1 June, 1887; educ. York Road Schools, Church-Gresley, Derbyshire, and on leaving school went to Shirebrook, Derbyshire, and worked in the collieries, and was a Local Preacher; went to Australia in 1913; volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the Ambulance Corps; left for Egypt with the main force; died 28 June, 1915, of wounds received during the landing at Suvla Bay; _unm._ =SUMMERSCALES, PERCY=, Private, No. 1465, 3rd Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of John Summerscales, of Asset Common, Yorkshire; _b._ Thornhill, co. York, 10 June, 1881; educ. there; went to Australia; volunteered on the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action during the fighting at Lone Pine, 9 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =SUTCH, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 2315, 16th Battn. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Charles Strugnell Sutch, of 45, Antill Road, South Tottenham, S.E., by his wife, Clara, dau. of He |