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SYMES, HAROLD, Driver, No. 2499, 1st Battery Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), eldest s. of Alfred Symes, of 48, East Street, Littlehampton, co. Sussex, Stonemason, by his wife, Kate, dau. of William Luxford, of Pulborough; b. Littlehampton, 2 June, 1896; educ. there; was a Butcher’s Assistant; enlisted 4 Oct. 1915, and was accidentally drowned at High Wycombe, 3 Dec. 1915, while in training there; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Swetenham E Lt 2nd Durham Light Infantry
SWETENHAM, EDMUND, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., only child of Clement William Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, Congleton, co. Chester, late Lieut., R.N., by his wife, Louisa, yst. dau. of Ralph Creyke, of Rawcliffe and Marton Hall, Yorkshire; b. Somerford Booths aforesaid, 30 April, 1890; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy; Army School, Stratford-on-Avon, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst: gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Durham L.I., 20 April, 1910, and promoted Lieut., 1 Jan. 1914; went to the Front, 1 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action in the trenches at Rue du Bois, near Armentières, 27 Oct. following: unm. Buried there.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
SWAN, THOMAS GEORGE, Private, No. 3317, 1/3rd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of Thomas Swan, Crimean Veteran; b. Athlone, 18 April, 1877; educ. Bells School, Leith; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 11 Dec. 1895; served through the South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen’s medal with clasps); obtained his discharge, 10 Dec. 1902, and joined the Reserve, completing his 16 years of service in 1911. On the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in his old regt., 19 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, and was killed in action at Hill 60, during the second Battle of Ypres, 21 April, 1915. He m. at St. Thomas’ Church, Leith, 27 Dec. 1907, Annie (3/2, Corporation Buildings, Leith), dau. of (-) Ferguson, and had five children: Thomas George, b. 6 March, 1911; Robert b. 27 June, 1914; Mary, b. 6 Oct. 1906; Susan Jane, b. 31 Oct. 1908; and Janet, b. 23 June, 1912.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Sweet-Escott M R Lt 3rd Attd 1st The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
Source : The Navy And Army Illustrated
LIEUTENANT MURRAY ROBERTSON SWEET-ESCOTT (1900-2). 3rd Battalion The King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Born 14th December, 1887. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant to the Special Reserve of The King’s Liverpool Regiment in December, 1909, and after a year’s training with the Irish Fusiliers was promoted Lieutenant. In January, 1912, he was appointed A.D.C. to Sir E. B. Sweet- Escott, K.C.M.G., Governor of the Leeward Islands, and in the same year followed him in the same position to Fiji. He returned in the autumn of 1913, and at outbreak of war was attached to the 1st Battalion of his regiment, proceeding to France with it in August, 1914. He was killed in action near Missy, on the Aisne, on 20th September, 1914. He was the younger son of the Rev. E. H. Sweet-Escott, late assistant master of Dulwich College.
Source : Dulwich College War Record 1914-1919
SWEET-ESCOTT, MURRAY ROBERTSON, Lieut., 1st Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt., yr. s. of the Rev. Edward Herbert Sweet-Escott, of Hartrow Manor, Taunton, a Master of Dulwich College, S.E., by his wife, Anna Frances, dau. of Henry Robertson, of Over Stowey; b. Over Stowey, Bridgewater 14 Dec. 1887; educ. Dulwich College, and Marlborough ; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (Special Reserve), in Dec. 1909, and, after a year’s training with the Irish Fusiliers, was promoted Lieut. 24 Feb. 1911. Three years later he was seconded for service as A.D.C. to Sir E. B. Sweet-Escott, K.C.M.G., the Governor of the Leeward Islands, and in the same year followed him in the same position to Fiji He returned in the autumn of 1913, and on the outbreak of war at once volunteered for foreign service, being transferred to the 1st Battn. 5 Aug. 1914. He went with his battn. to the Front, and was killed in action on the Aisne, close to Missy and near the town of Brayne, 20 Sept. 1914, and was buried where he fell; unm.
His commanding officer wrote: “Your son was killed while leading his platoon to repel a very heavy attack made on my battn. by six German battns.; and it was in great part due to the gallant behaviour of his company that we were eventually able to repel the attack. I cannot speak too highly of your son’s behaviour, and, although he had been with us so short a time, he had endeared himself to both officers and men.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Swan J B Pnr 1975 9th Royal Scots
SWAN, JAMES BLAIR, Pioneer, No. 1975, 1/9th Battn. Royal Scots (Highlanders), yst. s. of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau. of Robert Fairweather; b. Ballark House, Nairn, 19 Aug. 1893; educ. Leith; was a Joiner with Drysdale & Son, Leith; joined the Royal Scots on the outbreak of war, 11 Aug. 1914; trained at Edinburgh; went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 15 July, 1915; unm. 2nd Lieut. H. M. Wardrop wrote: He was killed up here in the trenches while putting up barbed wire in front of the reserve trench. He was in the act of driving in a post when a stray bullet grazed his rifle and entered into his back, passing right through him. He suffered no pain, as he never regained consciousness and passed away just as we got him into the dressing station. We laid him to rest at 9.15 p.m. the next night and his body was carried to the little cemetery (at Chapelle d’Armentières) about three-quarters of a mille behind the trenches by four of his old comrades in the same section and platoon as he was before he went to the Brigade Pioneers; his body being covered with the Union Jack. As his platoon officer I had a very high opinion of him, for he was a most useful man all round. It was because of this that he was transferred to the Brigade Pioneers, where he continued to do excellent work.” His brother, Private George Swan, was killed in actionat the same place, 18 Oct. 1914 (see previous notice).
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Swan G Pte 15479 1st Royal Fusiliers
SWAN, GEORGE, Private, No. 15479, 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers, s. of David Swan, of 21, Sloan Street, Leith, by his wife, Helen, dau, of Robert Fairweather; b. Bathgate, co. Linlithgow, 25 Aug. 1878; educ. Bathgate Academy; enlisted in the 2nd Battn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 5 Nov. 1899; served in the South African War, 1899-1902, with the 1st Battn. (Queen’s medal with five clasps); transferred to the 1st Battn. Royal Fusiliers in 1913; went to France, 9 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Chapelle d’Armentières, 18 Oct. 1914; unm. Buried there. His brother, Pioneer James Blair Swan, was killed in action at the same place (see following notice).
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Swan A C Pte 7376 4th Kings Own Scottish Borderers
SWAN, ANDREW CAMPBELL, Private, No. 7376, 1/4th Battn. King’s Own Scottish Borderers (T.F.), eldest s. of Walter Johnston Swan, of Reston, co. Berwick, Tailor and Clothier, by his wife, Mary Rose, dau. of William Rose, of Duns; b. Reston, 5 July, 1896; educ. Reston Public School; volunteered and enlisted, 23 Nov. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 25 May, 1915, and died on the hospital ship Asturias, 13 July. 1915, of wounds received in action the previous day; unm. Buried in Base Cemetery at Cape Helles.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Sutton H L/Cpl 1757 Surrey Yeomanry
SUTTON, HUBERT, L.-Corpl., No. 1757, A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry (T.F.), only s. of Oswald Walker Sutton, of 17, Rosebery Avenue, E.C., and 2, Fernwood Avenue, Streatham, S. W., by his wife, Hannah Fletcher, dau. of Alexander Grossmann; b. Clapham, S.W., 25 Oct. 1892; educ. St. John’s, Brixton, and Alleyn’s, Dulwich; was a Commercial Traveller; joined A Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry, Nov. 1913; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war and transferred to C Squadron, Surrey Yeomanry; left England for Egypt, 20 March, 1915; arrived at the Dardanelles 3 Aug. and died on shipboard, 22 Aug. 1915, of enteritis contracted in the Gallipoli trenches; unm. Fond of sport, he was at the same time much interested in literature and was a good writer, and a posthumous work entitled “Fragments of Verse” was published by his parents.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Sutton F A Lt 2nd South Lancs Regiment
SUTTON, FERGUS ALGERNON, Lieut., 2nd Battn. South Lancashire Regt., 2nd s. of Algernon Charles Sutton, of Hamsted House, Chidham, Chichester, and Woodcroft, Tunbridge Wells a great grandson of Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Bt., M.P., Under Secretary of State, 1766-72, by his wife, Winifred Alice, dau. of William Edwin Cotton Fell, of Lochrin, Edinburgh; b. Chidham, Chichester, 26 Aug. 1891; educ. Tonbridge School; joined the 5th Battn. (Cinque Ports) of the Royal Sussex Regt., and became Lieut. 2 Aug. 1913. From the Territorial Force he was gazetted as 2nd Lieut. to the South Lancashire Regt. 10 June, 1914, and was promoted Lieut. 15 Nov. the same year. On the outbreak of war he went to France with the Expeditionary Force, was present at the retreat from Mons and at the Battles of the Marne and the Aisne, at which latter he was wounded. After returning home in Nov. 1914 he again left for the Front in the following Jan., and was killed in action near Ypres, 26 Feb. 1914; unm.
He was buried at Kemmel, in the military cemetery. At Mons Lieut. Sutton made a gallant attempt to save a machine gun in a trench from which they had to retire; while he and another man were lifting the gun out, the Germans brought one of their own machine guns to the head of it, and starting to fire, killed his companion. Capt. B. Evans, after Lieut. Sutton’s death, wrote to his parents: “Your son was an extremely gallant man, and I, as his company officer, wrote twice to the authorities recommending him for the D.S.O. If any one in this war has deserved this distinction, he most certainly did so. In my experience, I have met many gallant young fellows, but I never remember having met a young officer who was always so cool and collected under every circumstance as he was. His indifference to danger was remarked by all of us. His loss is a great one to the regt. and he will be missed by all of us who know him.”
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1
Sutherland J Pte 10539 2nd Royal Scots
SUTHERLAND, JOHN, Private, No. 10539, 2nd Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of John Sutherland, of 15, West Port, Edinburgh, Labourer; b. Fountainbridge, co. Edinburgh; educ. Cranston Street; enlisted in the Royal Scots, 18 Oct. 1909; went to the Front in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Vermelles, 24 Nov. 1914; unm.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1