Those Who Served
Pte. Henry Salkeld . 16665 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry from Stanley, Co Durham (d.16th Sep 1916) Henry Salkeld died aged 29. He was my grandfather, he has a grave at the A.I.F Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France.
His older brother Thomas as he was also a soldier in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He died aged 32 on 1/7/1916. Thomas is commemorated at Thiepval.
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G. F. Saltern . Royal Naval Division Nelson Btn |
Pte. Charlie George Melrose Sampson . British Army 207th Coy. Machine Gun Corps from Leith, Edinburgh (d.11th Jul 1917) Charlie Sampson died of wounds on the 11th of July 1917 and was buried at Kandahar Farm Cemetery, close to the dressing station. He was 31 years old. |
Pte. I. W. Sampson . Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. (d.7th June 1916) |
J. W. Sampson . Australian Imperial Force. 34th Btn. from Gunnedah, NSW, Australia (d.7th Jun 1917) |
L/Cpl. S. C. Samuel . Army Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. D. Sandall . Army 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. Charles Sandell . 13th. Btn. from Boxley Road, Maidstone (d.31st. Aug 1916) I have a very substantial amount of data concerning my uncle Charles Sandell, some of which is being included in an autobiography. I also carried out a lot of research into his brief army career, and the incidents surrounding his death near High Wood in 1916. |
A/Sjt Walter Sanders . Army 11th Horse Transport Coy. Army Service Corps from Grimsby (d.22nd Nov 1916) Walter had previously served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and died in Malta. |
Pte. Anthony Sanderson . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.15th Mar 1915) Anthony Sanderson died of wounds and is buried at Loker Churchyard
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Pte. James Sanderson . British Army 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from South Moor, Durham (d.21st Sep 1917) |
Pte. Joseph Sanderson . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.19th Feb 1915) |
Signalman Norman Henry Sargisson . Royal Navy HMS Invincible (d.31st May 1916) |
Sjt. Saunders VC.. British Army 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment |
Rgmtl Qtrmtr Sjt. G. G. Saunders . Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Gunner George Henry Saunders 4053. British Army 1st Division Royal Field Artillery from 91 Finnis st . Bethnal Green Trying to find out where he was in the war for a friend of mine who has not got the internet. |
Pte. Patrick Joseph Saunders . British Army 8th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers from Ennis |
Pte. Patrick Joseph Saunders . British Army 8th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers from Clarecastle, Co Clare, Ireland |
Capt. C. T. W. Saurebeck MC.. Army Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. Robert Savage . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.25th Apr 1915) |
Sayer . Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. R. W. Sayer . Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Chief Carpenter Albert Edward Scarlett . Royal Navy HMS Minotaur from Portsea, Island Albert Scarlett was my great-great grandfather, I would love to hear any memories passed down by other people's ancestors. Apparently he didn't talk much about his wartime service, but I have managed to work out that he was aboard HMS Minotaur during the Battle of Jutland. |
Pte. Thomas John Schaefer . Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. from Brockley, Guyra, New South Wales. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Pte. H. Schipper . Australian Imperial Forces 36th Btn. (d.9th Jun 1917) |
Pte. John Schneider . British Army 1st/4th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment from Swinton, Yorkshire (d.9th Oct 1917) My Great Uncle Private John Schneider was killed during the attack on the 9th October 1917 at Battle of Poelcappelle. His memorial is on panel 125-128 Tyne Cot Memorial. I believe he had previously been injured and spent some time in a hospital. Whilst there he knitted a belt which has been handed down to me. It has knitted on it his initials J.S, the initials Y & L for his regiment and the regimental badge, the union jack flag, a flag which is red with a small union jack in the top left corner, and the initials S P H which I believe to be the initials of the hospital. All my efforts to trace the hospital have failed, can anyone please assist?
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L/Cpl. Ben Schofield . British Army 1st Btn. Cheshire Regiment from Stockport My great grand father, Lance Corporal Ben Schofield no:9594, enlisted in the 1st battalion Cheshire Regiment on the 28th Feb 1911 at Chester. He was posted to Belfast on the 10th July 1911, where he had his tonsils removed in Musgrave Park Military Hospital and was paid 2 shillings compensation. He was then transferred to Ebrington Barracks in Londonderry on the 10th Jan 1913.At the out break of the War he was returned with the Regiment to the Regimental Depot and sent to France, arriving there on the 16th January 1915. Overall his conduct was listed as good for his time in the U.K. There is only one entry on his ‘crime sheet’ dated 20 January 1914
‘’Awarded 21 days detention by the C.O for being in possession of goods which where the property of a comrade.’’
The Regiment then took part in the second Battle of Ypres. On the 8th of May the First Battalion were fighting around the village of Frezenbuerg, L/cpl Schofield was wounded in the right arm and back then captured. After receiving medical treatment in a German field hospital he was transferred to Mersburg Prisoner of War Camp, Saxony, Germany. It was here that he joined No 2 Company, being given the P.O.W number 1514.
He was repatriated to Britan on the 9th of January 1919 and discharged on the 9th of April 1919. After the war he settled in Belfast, he married and raised 5 children after finding work as a tram driver for the Belfast Transport Corporation.
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Capt George Edward Schultz . British Army 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment from Birkenhead (d.19th Aug 1917) George Schultz died of wounds, received whilst leading W company in an assault on "the Knoll", near Lempire. He is buried in CWGC annex to the village cemetery at nearby Villers-Faucon.
He had emigrated to British Columbia around 1912, leaving his fiancee behind while he established himself as a fruit farmer. As he had served in the Territorials, he returned to enlist in response to Kitchener's call. He married his fiancee in 1915 and a wedding present from fellow officers, a silver rose bowl, was donated by family to Cheshire Military Museum and is currently on display.
He supposedly rejected suggestion by Mayor of Birkenhead that he should change his German-sounding surname. His son was born in 1916 and his telegram home to congratulate his wife and welcome his son is still in possession of family. A photo suggests he did see his son once. His widow lived for another 57 years, but never remarried. |
Scott . Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. Alfred Scott . British Army 2nd Btn. A Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.12th Mar 1915)
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