Hall G E 2nd Lt 1st Norfolk Regiment

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Hall G E 2nd Lt 1st Norfolk Regiment

SECOND LIEUTENANT GEOFFREY EVANS HALL, 1st Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, was the eldest son of Frederick Evans Hall of Redbourn, Hertfordshire, and was born in 1880. He was educated at Temple Grove, East Sheen, at Winchester, where he distinguished himself at football, and at New College, Oxford, graduating in 1902. He became a member in 1907, and joined his father’s firm, Bragg, Stockdale, Hall and Co.

Immediately on the outbreak of war he joined the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, and went to France with this battalion in November 1915. Four months later he was gazetted to the Norfolk Regiment, and in July 1916, the first month of the Somme Battle, was severely wounded and sent home. He returned to the Front in April 1917, attached to the 10th Norfolks, and on the 26th of the same month was killed by a shell while taking his platoon into the trenches.

Two days earlier his name had been brought to the notice of his Commanding Officer in the following report from his Company Commander: “2nd Lieutenant Hall has been very good both nights, having been in the front line during the whole of the strafe (which was very heavy), going from post to post talking to and encouraging the men.”

His Commanding Officer wrote of him: ” Although he had only recently been posted to this battalion, he had already proved what a fine, brave and capable soldier he was. His Company Commander had implicit confidence in him and had mentioned to me that he wished him to undertake the duties of 2nd in command.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Hale W W Lt 6th East Surrey Regiment Attd Royal Defence Corps

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Hale W W Lt 6th East Surrey Regiment Attd Royal Defence Corps

L IEUTENANT WILLIAM WEBB HALE, Royal Defence Corps, was the youngest son of Charles George Hale of the Stock Exchange. He was born in 1868 and became a member of the Stock Exchange at the age of twenty-seven, but his activities were by no means confined to the House, for he devoted much of his time to the public affairs of the City of London. He was a Liveryman of the Armourers’ and Braziers’ Company and represented Broad Street Ward in the Court of Common Council. He took a keen interest, too, in the Orphan School, and at the outbreak of war was Chairman of the Committee. His residence was in Surrey, and he was for many years an enthusiastic member of the West Surrey Beagles, being for a time joint Master.

In November 1914 he joined the Surrey National Reserve, which was later attached to the 2/6th East Surrey Regiment and afterwards became the 61st Company of the Royal Defence Corps. During 1914-15 his Company was stationed in the “Royal Edward” off Southend, guarding German prisoners, until transferred to Dover for guard duty. While at Dover he fell a victim to influenza, and cerebral haemorrhage intervening he died in April 1917, in his fiftieth year.

Lieut. Hale left a widow.

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Gurney-Sheppard S Lt Col DSO Hertfordshire Yeomanry

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Gurney-Sheppard S Lt Col DSO Hertfordshire Yeomanry

LIEUT.-COLONEL SAMUEL GURNEY SHEPPARD, LD.S.O., commanding the Hertfordshire Yeomanry, of Wantage, Berkshire, was the elder son of the late Samuel Gurney Sheppard, of Leggats, Potters Bar, and the Stock Exchange. Born in 1865, he was educated at Eton, where he was a member of the School Volunteer Corps. Soon after leaving Eton he became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1887, and was ultimately senior partner in the firm of Sheppards, Pelly, Price and Pott.

He went to South Africa in 1901 with the 32nd Company of the Imperial Yeomanry and saw service in the Transvaal, Orange Free State, and Cape Colony. In addition to receiving the Queen’s Medal with five clasps, he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. At the end of the war he became an honorary lieutenant in the Army. For some years subsequently he commanded the Enfield and Barnet troop of the Herts Yeomanry.

On the outbreak of the war he volunteered for foreign service, and in January 1915 was gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel of the Herts Yeomanry, with whom he had been in Egypt since the early days of the war.

He died of wounds received in action in the Dardanelles in August 1915.

“Our Colonel’s death,” wrote one of his brother-officers, “will be an irreparable loss to the regiment, as there was no one more beloved by his officers and men; they would all have gone through hell itself for him.”

And another wrote to his widow: “I don’t think it is possible for me, or any one else, to tell you how beloved he was by every one; ourselves and the men did more than worship him.”

Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918

Sutherland J M Cpl 27371st Royal Scots

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Sutherland J M Cpl 27371st Royal Scots

SUTHERLAND, JAMES MCKAY, Corpl., No. 2737, 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Royal Scots, eldest s. of Thomas William Sutherland, Pipe Major 3/6th Highland L.I., by his wife, Catherine (43, Eaglesham Street, Glasgow), dau. of Duncan McLaren, late of Callander, Perthshire; b. Edinburgh, 17 Oct. 1896; educ. Lambhill Street School, Glasgow; enlisted in Sept. 1913; went to the Front with the 2nd Battn. of his regt. 3 Oct. 1914, and was wounded. in action at La Bassée in Nov. and invalided home. After undergoing an operation in hospital at Oxford, he had a month’s leave, and then went back to Weymouth, from which place he went to France in March with a draft for the 1st Battn. He died in hospital at St. Omer, 22 April, 1915, of wounds received in action at Hill 60 on the 18th, and was buried at St. Omer.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Sutherland J L/Cpl 2030 6th Royal Scots

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SUTHERLAND, JOHN, L./Corpl., No. 2030, College Coy., 6th Battn. The Royal Scots, s. of John Sutherland, of Meadowmill, Tranent, East Lothian, by his wife, Annie, dau. of James Wise; b. Meadowmill, Tranent, 6 Sept. 1888; educ. public school there, and Boroughmuir Higher Grade School, Edinburgh; was a teacher at Lauriston Public School, Falkirk; joined the 6th Volunteer Battn. of the Royal Scots, 29 Jan. 1906, and served with them till 31 March, 1908, when he passed into the 4th Battn. (T.F.); in 1910 he was transferred to the College Coy. of the 6th Battn. and served four years; after the outbreak of war he rejoined on 6 Sept. 1914, and with them volunteered for foreign service; they were attached to the 4th Battn. and left for the Dardanelles in May, 1915. He was wounded in action at Krithia, 28 June, 1915, and died the following day; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Sutherland G A Pte 3238 14th London Regiment

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Sutherland G A Pte 3238 14th London Regiment

SUTHERLAND, GEORGE ALEXANDER, Private, No. 3238, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt.(T.F.), s. of Alexander Gair Sutherland, Superintendent, Metropolitan Police, Vine Street Station, Piccadilly, W., by his wife, Mary, dau. of A. Rugg, of Bower, Caithness, Scotland, Farmer; b. Hammersmith, 27 Sept. 1886; educ. South Western Polytechnic, Chelsea; was employed at H.M. Patent Office as assistant clerk; joined the London Scottish on the outbreak of war, 9 Sept. 1914, and was subsequently seven months in the firing line, during which time, according to a letter received from his commanding officer, he proved an excellent and cheery soldier. He was killed in a charge at Hulluch, near Loos, 13 Oct. 1915; unm.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Sutch F W Rfn 2315 16th London Regiment

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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 Henry Robert Blake, of Birmingham; b. Tottenham, London, 6 Dec. 1894; educ. The Grammar School there; entered the employ of the London Telephone Service as a Clerk in 1912, and was a member of the Civil Service Cadets, only resigning in conformity with the demands of the age limit, with the rank of Sergt. ; joined the Queen’s Westminsters soon after the outbreak of war, in Sept. 1914; went to France, 2 Nov., and died in Nottingham Hospital, 4 April, 1915, after undergoing three operations rendered necessary by wounds received in action at Houplines on 6 Jan.; unm. He was a keen sportsman and an enthusiastic yachtsman, and was the means of saving life on the River Lea.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Summerscales P Pte 1465 3rd Australian Imperial Force

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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.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Summers W W L/Cpl 81 Australian Army Medical Corps

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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.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1

Sullivan J J Pte 6585 3rd Coldstream Guards

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Sullivan J J Pte 6585 3rd Coldstream Guards

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.

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1