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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment

Who Died in the Great War

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Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   S

(27 officers)

 

SALMON, Gilbert Henry

Captain.   Seconded to Special List (Assistant Political Officer).   Murdered during uprising in Iraq on 28th August 1920.   Aged 27.

 

SANDOE, Montague William Augustus

Second Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th May 1917.   Aged 21.

 

SANFORD, Walter Henry

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.   Died of illness in France on 11th February 1919.   Aged 28.

 

SAYES,  John

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 31st October 1918.   Aged 27.

 

SCARBROUGH, Reginald John

Captain.   Attached to 1/8th Battalion Hampshire Regiment.   Died of wounds in Palestine on 2nd November 1917.  Aged 37.

 

SCHUH, Rudolf Oscar

Lieutenant, MC*.   9th Battalion.   Did of illness in France on 8th November 1918.   Aged 24.

 

SHEEPSHANKS, Charles John Harcourt

Captain.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 17th March 1916.   Aged 28.

 

SHEPARD, Cyril Harry

Second Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 1st July 1916.   Aged 39.

 

SILK, Thomas William

Second Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 26th October 1917.   Aged 20.

 

SIMPSON, Stanley Ashe

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 28th September 1918.   Aged 29.

 

SKARDON, Herbert John

Lieutenant.   3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 31st October 1918.   Aged 27.

 

SKEWES, Arthur Courtis

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 2/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.   Aged 20.

 

SKINNER, Edward Howard

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 20th September 1916.   Aged 29.

 

SMITH, Arthur Herbert

Captain.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 6th October 1916.   Aged 23.

 

SMITH, Gordon Hamilton

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in  action in France on 9th May 1917.   Aged 29.

 

SMITH, John Henry

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry.   Killed in action in France on 28th August 1918.   Aged 28.

 

SMITH, Reuben Hinton

Lieutenant.   15th Battalion TF.   Accidentally killed in UK on 10th January 1918.   Aged 20.

 

SMITH, Sidney John Howard

Second Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Salonika on 10th February 1917.   Aged 29.

 

SPENCER, Charles James

Captain.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th December 1914.   Aged 35.

 

SPOONER, Charles Norman

Captain.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in Palestine on 10th April 1918.   Aged 39.

 

STANLEY, Edmond Talbot

Major.   Seconded to Labour Corps.   Died of illness in France on 27th February 1919.   Aged 60.

 

STEPHENS, Sidney Thompson

Second Lieutenant, MC.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 9th October 1917.   Aged 43.

 

STOWE, William Hardwick

Lieutenant.   3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 5th March 1918.   Aged 20.

 

STRANGER, John Sercombe

Captain.   1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 3rd March 1916.   Aged 29.

 

STUDHOLME, Paul Francis William

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Aged 19.

 

SUNDERLAND, Alfred Joseph Elton

Lieutenant Colonel, MiD**.   Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 31st July 1917.   Aged 42.

 

SYDENHAM, Humphrey St Barbe

Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Died of illness in Mesopotamia on 8th October 1916.   Aged 20.

 

Page last updated:  13th September 2023

 

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