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Sgt Chas Ed Snowball
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.11th Apr 1918)
Snowball, Chas, Ed. Serjeant, 19/502, Killed in action on 11th April 1918.
Buried in Hedauville Communal Cemetery Extension, in grave F. 27.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. E. E. Snowball
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. J. T. Snowball
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Willington
Pte. Harold Snowden
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.26th Apr 1915)
Cpl. John Snowden
British Army 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:14 Carlton St, Belfast
(d.5th May 1917)
John Snowden was my great uncle, he and my Grandfather Matthew Snowden both served with the 14th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (Young Citizen Volunteers). John was killed by a shell in the early hours of the 5th of May 1917 he was 22 years old. Matthew survived the war and returned home to Belfast to raise a family of six children (three boys and three girls) His son John named after his brother was my father.
I have both Matthew and Johns medals and also Johns death plaque and his cigarette case which is horribly twisted.
I had the honour to visit Johns grave in 2006 at Pond Farm Cemetery in Wulvergem, Belgium. I laid flowers and also placed soil from home on the grave and said my thanks for the sacrifice he made for his country so many years ago.
Matthew Snowden
British Army 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
John Snowden was my great uncle, he and my Grandfather Matthew Snowden both served with the 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Young Citizen Volunteers) During WW1. John was killed by a shell in the early hours of the 5th May 1917 he was 22 years old. Matthew survived the war and returned home to Belfast to raise a family of six children (three boys and three girls) His son John named after his brother was my father.
I have both Matthew and Johns medals and also Johns death plaque and his cigarette case which is horrible twisted. I had the honour to visit Johns grave in 2006 at Pond Farm Cemetery in Wulvergem Belgium. I laid flowers and also placed soil from home on the grave and said my thanks for the sacrifice he made for his country so many years ago.
Pte. Robert Snowden
British Army 18th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Haxby, East Riding of Yorkshire
(d.1st July 1916)
Robert was the youngest son of Ralph Snowden and Catherine Sullivan of Haxby near York. He was born in 1883 and married to Emma. He served with the 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Like so many others, he was killed on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Somme. He is one of those with no known grave, who is listed in the memorial at Thiepval.
2nd Lt. Rowley Chaplin "Chips" Snowden
British Army 5th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Windlesham
We have in the family a very rare and precious memento, my great grandfather Rowley Chaplin Snowden's hip flask engraved with his name and Thiepval. The flask is also engraved with the date 27th August 1916 and has a bullet hole passing clean through one side. Crucially, the bullet left no exit hole. I've been trying to find out more about Rowley's time in service as we approach the centenary of this date as we will be going to Thiepval as a family to pay our respects. Any help you are able to offer would be greatly appreciated.
Pte. George Wilkinson Snowdon
Canadian Expeditionary Force 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Company.
from:Brandon, Manitoba
George Wilkinson Snowdon was my Grandfather, He left England to work in Canada. His attestation paper No. A24207 dated 25th Dec. 1915 records his army number as A424214 and was assigned to 45th Battalion Draft. On 19th July 1915 embarked to France to 5th battalion, then in Feb. 1916 attended 3rd Tunnelling Company and taken on strength on the 27th Jan. 1917.
George travelled to Canada in May 1913 From Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, County Durham, England. After the war he was given permission to marry my Grandmother Mable Alice Robson at Greenside on the 14th March 1919. He then returned to Seaford and was discharged from the Canadian Army on 2nd May 1919 in London. He returned to Greenside where he farmed on his own farm with his two sons Leslie and Ernest until his death on 6th March 1970.
Pte Gilbert Snowdon
British Army C Coy. 18th Btn. Tank Corps
from:West Hartlepool
Gilbert Snowdon's war records are hard to read, but I have extracted some information such as his date of enlistment, which was 22nd of August 1918. He was in C Company, 18th Battalion, Tank Corps. Gilbert was a metal carrier in Seaton Carew iron works before enlisting. He was 27 years old on enlistment, he had 5 children and his wife was called Hannah.
Pte. Herbert Snowdon
British Army 7th/8th Btn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Hartlepool
(d.9th Jul 1916)
Herbert Snowdon fell at Loos but his body was not found so there is no grave. He is commemorated at the Loos Memorial Panel 53 to 56. His brother William also fell. The parents were William Hall Snowdon and Kate Snowdon but at the time she was Kate Robson as William, her husband, had died in 1900 and she remarried.
Pte Ralph Snowdon
British Army 1st/7th Btn Durham Light Infantry
from:13, Northfield Rd, Piershill, Edinburgh.
(d.1st Oct 1916)
Snowdon, Ralph. Private, 7030, Killed in Action on 1st October 1916. Aged 31 years.
Remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 14 A and 15 C.
19th Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers records show that he was formerly a member of the 19th N.F. with service No- 19/1634 and Btn History shows surname as Snowden.
Husband of Alice Byrne Snowdon, of 13, Northfield Rd, Piershill, Edinburgh.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. William Hall Hall Snowdon
British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Hartlepool
(d.23rd Apr 1915)
My great uncle William Hall Snowdon, as far as we know, was at Hill 60. He was probably gassed as there was no known grave and he perished wherever he fell. He is commemorated on Panel 22 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Pte. Hugh Alexander Snowie
British Army 5th Btn. Queen's Own Royal Camerons
from:Inverness
(d.23rd July 1918)
Rflmn. William Augustus Frank Snuggs
British Army 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Acton, London
(d.16th April 1915 )
William Snuggs was born in Hammersmith in 1893. His father, William, was a Journeyman Butcher. By 1901 the family had moved to Winchester Street, Acton and the CWGC record shows his mother living at 43 Shakespeare Rd, Acton, London.
He served with the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade seeing action in France. He died on the 16 April 1915 and is buried in Merville Communal Cemetery in Northern France. He is remembered on the War Memorial, St Mary's Church, Acton, London.
It is highly probable that William died from his wounds whilst receiving treatment in the hospital. Merville was captured in early October 1914 and remained in allied hands to the 11th of April 1918. It was a railhead until May 1915, and then became a billeting and hospitalcentre. The 6th and Lahore Casualty Clearing Stations were there from the autumn of 1914 to the autumn of 1915, the 7th CCS from December 1914 to April 1917.
Firemn2. Peter Frank Snyder
US Navy USS Great Northern
from:Pittsburgh Pa
Pte Fredrick Soanes
British Army 7th Btn Royal Fusiliers
from:Common Farm, Beccles
(d.13th Nov 1916)
Gnr. Albert Sockett
British Army 306th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Rogerstone, Newport
(d.13th Oct 1918)
Albert Sockett was born in 1898 in Rogerstone, Newport son of William and Hannah Sockett. He is remembered at Delsaux Farm Cemetery.
Pte. Stanley Sofley
British Army 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment
(d.22nd Oct 1914)
Pte. Michael Solan
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Kiltamagh
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
WO. John Cousins Sole
Royal Navy HMS Centurion
from:Appledore, Devon, England
John Sole was born in 1868 at Appledore, Devon, his occupation was as a Shipwright. On 3rd of December1890, he enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Shipwright and served in that speciality at sea and ashore, he progressed to the rank of Leading Shipwright in May 1895 and to the rank of Carpenter's Mate in January 1897. J. C. Sole transitioned to the Officers' Section on 21st of April 1901, when he was confirmed as Carpenter.
At the outset of the First World War, he was posted to the light cruiser HMS Skirmisher, as leader of the 7th Destroyer Flotilla, at Immingham. On 1st of May 1915, he transferred to the King George V-class (dreadnought) battleship HMS Centurion with the 2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet, just in time for combat service in the Battle of Jutland. He remained aboard HMS Centurion until April 1918, when he transferred ashore. At some point (late 1918?), his rank was renamed Warrant Shipwright vice Carpenter. He was subsequently promoted to Commissioned Shipwright on 15th of Octover 1920. For his service in the Great War, he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. After post-war service in the battleship HMS Hercules, he was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 20th of July 1922. John passed away in 1943 at Keyham, Plymouth.
Pte. Soloman Sole
British Army 13th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:England
(d.5th May 1917)
Soloman Sole died as a prisoner of war on the 5th May 1917 and is buried in Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany.
Pte. Solomon Sole
British Army 13th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.5th May 1917)
Solomon Sole died on the 5th May 1917 as a POW and is buried in the Hamburg Ohlsdorf Cemetery in Germany.
Pte. Cyril George Solomon
British Army 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Shipley, Yorkshire
I have photographs which show Daddy, George Soloman, coming back after injury, when King George met them, Daddy with a mug of tea and lump of bread. The king said, "Don't stand up lads." The photo is from a newspaper that his brother went and got from their offices in London. His brother never got to the war as he was accidentally shot during training and lost a leg.
One story is about how he got lost and found himself behind enemy lines. he said the Germans he met were in such bad shape that they surrendered before he could. He ended up with 20 or more and they told him which way to go to get back to his lines. His captain was going to mention him in dispatches but was killed before he had the chance. Daddy did not mind as he thought he had done very little.
Another story is how when he was in a foxhole the person in the next one reached around to pass him the jam when a piece of shrapnel hit the jar. The cry went up that Solly had been hit. He was the lucky mascot being young and small and never got hit, but it was the jar covering him in jam and he was unharmed. Other stories are not so nice.
R.S.M Louis Solomon
British Army 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.1917)
Rfmn. Henry "Sollie" Solomons
British Army 17th (Popular and Stepney) Btn. London Regiment
Henry received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, he joined the Popular and Stepney Rifles.
L/Cpl. Moss Solomons MM.
British Army 17th Btn Machine Gun Corps
from:London
Moss Solomons was my Grandfather. I have his Military Medal and a copy of the citation from the London Gazette. I am trying to find out what he did to win the MM He died in 1926 when my father was less than 3 years old. We believe that the cause of death may have been from the effects of gas during the war.
Pte. George Somerfield
British Army 6th Btn Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Walsall
(d.30th January 1917)
Remembering great great uncle, George Somerfield from Walsall aged 23, of the 6th Btn Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action at Arras, in the area of St Quentin road and the Scarpe. The enemy conducted heavy trench mortar bombardment of the communication and support trenches, on the morning of the 30th Jan 1917. Just prior to Regiment being relieved by East Surreys at 1100 hrs. 4 casualties, 3 were wounded. George was killed and is buried at Faubourg Dā€™Amiens Cemetery, Arras.
Pte. John Parkes Somerfield
British Army 1st/5th Bn. A Coy. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Walsall, Staffs
(d.26th June 1916)
John Somerfield was killed in action on the 26th of June 1916, aged 20. He is buried in the Foncquevillers Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of Amos and Mary Ann Somerfield, of 53 Croft St., Walsall, Staffs.
Lt. Somers
British Army 11th Btn., A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
Lt Somers served with 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
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