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Stahl E F Pte 2685 21st London Regiment

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Stahl E F Pte 2685 21st London Regiment

STAHL, ERNEST FRANK, Private, No.2685, 1/21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. s. of the late Councillor George Peter Stahl, of Lambeth, by his wife, Elizabeth Ada (26, Herbert Road, Stockwell Road, Brixton, S. W.), dau. of Charles Payne, of Southampton; b. Berkeley Street, Lambeth, S.E., 28 Nov. 1894; educ. Lambeth Parochial Schools; was an assistant at the Times Book Club, Oxford Street, W.; volunteered on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and joined the Surrey Rifles in Sept.; went to France, 15 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 25 May, 1915, whilst trying to rescue a wounded comrade; unm. Buried near Givenchy. Capt. Arthur Hutchence wrote: “Your son’s death was a noble one; he was shot whilst trying to bring a wounded comrade into safety under a heavy fire. His loss is felt by all ranks of my company, and we all unite in offering you our sympathy.” He was a good all-round athlete.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

 

Sanderson R Pte PS/4224 21st Royal Fusiliers

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Sanderson R Pte PS/4224 21st Royal Fusiliers

PRIVATE ROBERT SANDERSON.

Entered the Company’s service at Manchester in October, 1907, and was a Clerk in the Fire Department. He enlisted in November, 1914, in the Public School Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and went out to France where he died of wounds received in action at Bethune on the 31st January, 1916. Age 24.

Source : The War Record Of The Northern Assurance Company 1914-1918

Pearce-Gould R Captain 21st Royal Fusiliers

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Captain R Pearce-Gould 21st Royal Fusiliers On Horseback In Ashtead Park, Surrey.

Source : WW1 Photos Collection

Captain Russell Pearce-Gould.

Appointed Captain 21st Royal Fusiliers 26th Oct 1914

Transferred to Army Cyclist Corps

To France 17th Nov 1915.

Neilson N C Cpl PS/3027 21st Royal Fusiliers

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Corporal NATHANIEL CLARK NEILSON,

21st Royal Fusiliers, was the son of W. B. Neilson, Esq., Rowland’s Gill, and was born in 1885. He entered the Second Master’s House from Bow School, Durham, in September, 1899, and was in the XI. and XV. in 1902. He left at Easter, 1903, to become a Mining Engineer. He did much to foster the Rugby game in Durham County, and played in the Durham XV. from 1904 to 1909. He was also Captain of the Sunderland Rugby Football Club.

When war was declared, Corporal Neilson was manager at Chopwell Colliery, and he enlisted in the 21st (Public Schools’ Battalion) Royal Fusiliers in the early days of the War. He served with the Royal Fusiliers for a long period in France and Flanders, and was killed in action near Bethune on the 5th February, 1916.

Source : The War Record Of Old Dunelmians 1914-1919

Madgett W S L/Cpl 7090 21st Royal Fusiliers

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Madgett W S L/Cpl 7090 21st Royal Fusiliers

MADGETT, WILLIAM STEPHEN, L/Corpl., No. 7090, 21st (Service) Battn. The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), eldest s. of Stephen Madgett, of Clifton House, 51, Old Palace Road, Norwich, by his wife, Susan Elizabeth G., dau. of James William C. Johnson; b. Norwich, co. Norfolk, 29 Aug. 1893; educ. Presbyterian Endowed School there; was on the staff of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers 15 May, 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Nov., and was killed in action south-west of Ypres 18 April, 1918. Buried at Dranautre ; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 4

Dalton R Pte PS/2652 21st Royal Fusiliers

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Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion At Woodcote Camp 1914 Pte Reg F Dalton Front Row Left With Pipe

 

Pte R F Dalton And Pte Johnson 21st Royal Fusiliers

 

Pte R F Dalton And Pte Johnson 21st Royal Fusiliers

 

Pte R F Dalton And Pte Morris 21st Royal Fusiliers

Stacpoole G E G Lt Royal Irish Regiment

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Stacpoole G E G Lt Royal Irish Regiment

Source : The Sphere 13th Feb 1915

Stacpoole G E G Lt 1st Royal Irish Regiment

STACPOOLE, GEORGE ERIC GUY, Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Irish Regt., eldest s. of Richard George Stacpoole, of 26, Walton Street, Hans Place, London, and of co. Clare, by his wife, Edith Maude, dau. of Sir Edward Dean Paul, 4th Bart., and great grandson of the late Richard John de la Zouche Stacpoole, of Eden Vale, co. Clare; b. Sefton Park, Liverpool, 10 Jan. 1892; educ. Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Royal Irish Regt., 4 Nov. 1911, and promoted Lieut. 16 Aug. 1914; joined his Regt. at Nasirabad, India, in Jan. 1912, and while stationed there went in for transport work, and passed the appointed course; returned to England in Nov. 1914; went to France in Dec. with the 27th Division, and was killed in action at St. Eloi, 27 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried in Dickebusch Cemetery. His commanding officer wrote: “I very much deplore his loss, as a gallant officer, fearless, true and upright, and popular with all ranks of his Battn.”

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Stackhouse W T Captain 2nd Attd 1st Notts And Derby Regiment

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Stackhouse W T Captain Notts And Derby Regiment

CAPTAIN W. T. STACKHOUSE

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

The Grove 97-00

Aged 31

March, 1915

SON of the late Major W. A. Stackhouse, of Inglefield Hall, Settle. Married, in 1912, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norrington, of Abbotsfield, Plymouth.

Captain Stackhouse joined the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1903, and served at Tipperary with the 4th Battalion.

On its disbandment under the Haldane scheme he was posted to the Ist Battalion at Malta, from which he was specially appointed to the Sherwood Foresters. He went to the Front on November 4th, 1914, and saw much fighting. While on active service he was attached to the Royal Berkshire Regiment.

He was killed in action in March, 1915.

Source : Harrow Memorials Of The Great War 1914-1918 Vol 1

Stackhouse W T Captain Notts And Derby Regiment

Source : The Sphere 29th May 1915

STACKHOUSE, WILLIAM THOMAS, Capt., 2nd, attd. 1st, Battn. Sherwood Foresters, elder s. of the late William Anthony Stackhouse, of Taitlands, Settle, J.P., V.D., Major, 3rd Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regt., by his wife, Marian Frances (Casterton Grange, Kirkby Lonsdale), dau. of the late William Hodgson Hale, of Arrerille, Kirkby Lonsdale; b. Settle, co. York, 8 Aug. 1883; educ. Riber Castle, Matlock; Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Lancashire Fusiliers, 4 Nov. 1903; and promoted Lieut. 13 March, 1907, and Capt. 21 Jan. 1913; served with the 4th Lancashires at the Curragh and in Tipperary, but on its disbandment under the Territorial scheme was posted to the 1st Battn. at Malta, from which he was specially promoted to the Sherwood Foresters in 1907, and served with the 2nd Battn. at Kinsale, Aldershot, Plymouth and Sheffield. When his Battn. went to France in Sept. 1914, he was left at home to train the New Army, and was made Adjutant of the 10th Battn., 7 Sept. 1914; was transferred to the Royal Berkshires in Oct., but eventually went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Sherwood Foresters, and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11 March, 1915. Buried there. He was a keen sportsman-shooting, tennis, polo and motoring being among his favourite pursuits. The following are extracts taken from letters received from his commanding officer and others: “He was one of the most popular men in the Battn., and his death is indeed a great blow to all of us. . He was always so cheery, even under the most adverse circumstances, and  I had a high appreciation of his many good qualities.” “He really performed most gallant service the whole time, and although I know he was not a strong man, he stuck it, and showed us all an excellent example, we all loved him ” He m. at All Souls, Langham Place, London, 7 Dec. 1912, Theodora Charlotte, 2nd dau. of Alfred Reginald Norrington, of Abbotsfield, Plymouth; s.p.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1