Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book.B., 214225, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SYMONDS, EDGAR=, Private, No. G6575, 8th (Service) Battn.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action, 20 Oct. 1915; _m._ =SYMONDS, WILLIAM HARRY=, Private, No. 12059, 2nd Battn. Suffolk Regt., 2nd _s._ of Spencer Symonds, of Badwell Ash, Bury St. Edmunds, Farmer, by his wife, Minnie, dau. of the late William Green Hatten, of Walsham-le-Willows; _b._ Badwell Ash, 13 May, 1894; educ. Albert College, Framlingham; enlisted on the outbreak of war, served with his regt. in France and Flanders, and was killed in action at the Battle of Hooge, 16 June, 1915; buried there in the Sanctuary Wood; _unm._ A brass tablet has been erected to his memory in the Parish Church at Badwell Ash. [Illustration: =William Harry Symonds.=] =SYMONDS, WILLIAM PERCY=, Stoker, 1st class, K. 5165, H.M.S. Monmouth; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =SYMONS, ALFRED ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11325, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =SYMONS, HERBERT WILLIAM=, Capt., 1st Battn. King's Own Yorkshire L.I. (attd. Camel Corps), yr. _s._ of the late Lieut.-Col. Herbert Charles Symons, formerly commanding King's Own Yorkshire L.I., by his wife, Ada Clara (Brooklands, Newport Pagnell, co. Bucks), dau. of Frederic Wells, of Oaklands, Chelmsford; _b._ Fulford, co. York, 17 Nov. 1884; educ. Uppingham; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to his father's old regt. 13 Jan. 1904, joined at Aldershot, 15 Feb. following, and was promoted Lieut. 4 Sept. 1906, and Capt. 9 Sept. 1914. He was employed with the West African Frontier Force from 29 March, 1911, to 4 March, 1914, and was then attached to the Somaliland Camel Constabulary. He was killed in action at Shimber Berris, Somaliland, while serving with the Camel Corps, 19 Nov. 1914, and was buried at Little Bohotleh, Somaliland; _unm._ He had the Royal Humane Society's testimonial for saving the life of a comrade in South Africa. =SYMONS, WILLIAM=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8056), 203642, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =SYNNES, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7950), S.S. 103617, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 1914. =SYRED, FREDERICK ARTHUR=, C.E.R.A., 1st Class, 149442, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =SYRETT, JOHN=, Leading Seaman, 235653, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =RENNY-TAILYOUR, HENRY FREDERICK THORNTON=, 2nd Lieut., 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers, yst. _s._ of Colonel Henry Waugh Renny-Tailyour, of Borrowfield, Forfarshire, and Shrewsbury House, Dublin, J.P., late R.E., by his wife, Emily Rose, dau. of John Wingfield Stratford, of Addington Park, West Malling, Kent; _b._ Homebush, Sydney, New South Wales, 31 July, 1891; educ. Arnold House, Llanddulas, and Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Engineers, 20 Dec. 1912; went to France with the 5th Field Coy. R.E. 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, 15 Aug. 1914; was wounded at the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept., but did not leave duty, and was killed in action at Ypres, 11 Nov. 1914, while leading his section against the Prussian Guards; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915, for gallant and distinguished service in the field. [Illustration: =H. F. T. Renny-Tailyour.=] =TALBOT, EDWARD CHARLES=, Capt. and tempy. Major, 47th Sikhs, Indian Army, 2nd _s._ of the late Major Francis Arthur Bouverie Talbot, of 89, Philbeach Gardens, S.W., late Oxfordshire L.I., by his wife, Alice Mary Beatrice, dau. of Gen. Edward Melville Lawford; _b._ Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 9 April, 1881; educ. Haileybury College; joined the Herts Militia, 2 April, 1900; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Bedfordshire Regt., 26 June, 1901, and promoted, Lieut., 23 March, 1904; transferred to the Indian Army, 23 April, 1904, and became Capt., 2 April, 1909; served in the South African War, 1900-02; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 Nov. 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony; operations in Cape Colony, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, July to Aug. 1901, and Oct. to Nov. 1901; and those in the Orange River Colony, Aug. to Oct. 1901, and Nov. 1901, to 31 May, 1902 (Queen's medal with three clasps and King's medal with two clasps); and with his regt. with the Indian Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, Sept. 1914. He was slightly wounded at Neuve Chapelle in March, but was able to remain on duty, and was made a tempy. Major in command of the regt., which he held till he was wounded at Ypres on 26 April, 1915, and died at Hazebrouck on the 29th, where he was buried. Capt. Talbot was mentioned in Field-Marshal Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915. While at Haileybury he played in the Football XV. He _m._ at Weybridge, 30 Sept. 1908, Dorothy Maynard (Eridge, Teignmouth, South Devon), dau. of Sir William Gibbons, K.C.B., and had two children: Patricia Mary, _b._ 23 Dec. 1909; Iris Nonie, _b._ 26 Dec. 1913. [Illustration: =Edward Charles Talbot.=] =TALBOT, HUMFREY RICHARD=, Lieut., 3rd Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards, yst. _s._ of Gustavus Talbot, of Marchmont House, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, by his wife, Susan, 2nd dau. of Robert Elwes, of Congham House, Norfolk, J.P., D.L., and grandson of Rev. the Hon. George Chetwynd-Talbot [bro. of Henry, 18th Earl of Shrewsbury]; _b._ Ceylon, 11 Sept. 1889; educ. Wellington College and Frieburg, Germany; gazetted 2nd Lieut. from the Militia to the King's Liverpool Regt., then in India, 11 Dec. 1909; promoted Lieut., 16 Sept. 1912; transferred to 3rd Dragoon Guards, 26 Feb. 1913; left for France, 30 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action by shell fire near Ypres, 13 Nov. following. Buried in cemetery at Ypres; _unm._ He was a keen sportsman and was Master of Hounds at Lahore, 1912-13. =TALLACK, WILLIAM FRANCIS NECK=, Private, No. 4815, 1/17th Battn. (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Richard Tallack, of Stepney, by his wife, Mary, dau. of (--) Jones; _b._ Stepney, 10 Oct. 18--; educ. Ben Jonson School there; joined the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, June, 1915; went to France in Oct., and was killed in action at Loos, 7 Jan. 1916, being buried there. He _m._ at Camden Town, N. 17 Dec. 1893, Clara Elizabeth (54, Cecil Road, Leytonstone), dau. of Robert Spinks, and had seven children: William James, Private, No. 2824, D Coy., 3/6th Essex Regt., _b._ 1895; Frank Robert, Private, No. 2825, 3/6th Battn. Essex Regt., _b._ 1897; Richard, _b._ 8 Dec. 1898; Hubert, _b._ 14 Nov. 1900; Frederick, _b._ 29 Dec. 1907; Lily, _b._ 13 Dec. 1902; and Clara, _b._ 13 Dec. 1905. [Illustration: =William F. N. Tallack.=] =TAMPIN, CHARLES THOMAS=, Probationary, 2nd Cook's Mate, M. 7603, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =TANNE |