120179 Pioneer

R. SILK

Royal Engineers

Died 16th October 1915

Burial record states that Richard was found drowned aged 43.

In Loving Memory Of

Alfred Ferdinand SILVESTER

         Rifleman

Queen's Westminster Rifles

Wounded at Houplines, France 6th March 1915

Died at Netley 14th March 1915

         Aged 27 Years

46844 Private

J. SIMPSON

N. Staffordshire Regt.

Died 9th March 1918 Age 28

Joseph died in the University War Hospital in Southampton. He was married to Rose - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

10296 Private

W.Mc P. SINCLAIR

Gordon Highlanders

Died 25th November 1914 Age 27

He Served And Died

For King And Country

William McPherson

10135 Guardsman

J. SINGLETON

Scots Guards

Died 13th May 1915

James.

10321 Corporal

J. SKEGG

Royal Fusiliers

Died 27th January 1916

James worked on the trams in London.

From the London County Council Record of Service book:

On 27th January Corporal James Skeggs (9th R. Fus., Tram.) died at Netley Hospital of wounds received on 4th November, 1915. 

The following pages are from "Triumphant Over Pain" written by Elizabeth Braithwaite Buckle who worked at Netley hospital in WWI for a short while. She wrote down her memories of some of the soldiers a few years after she had left and published them into a little book. Here is Cpl. James Skeggs..

10510 Private

G. SLANEY

East Yorkshire Regiment

Died 28th July 1917 Age 26

Worthy Of Everlasting Remembrance

Pioneer George had a brother Harry - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

17966 Private

A. SMITH

Royal Scots Fusiliers

Died 10th October 1915

Albert died from wounds. He was married to Elizabeth - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

550708 Private

G. SMITH

Labour Corps

Died 1st November 1918

George was the son of Edwin - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

12896 Private

G. SMITH

Royal Scots

Died 2nd October 1916

George was the son of James - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

8393 Corporal

H. SMITH

Wiltshire Regiment

Died 27th October 1914 Age 22

Abide With Me

Harold was a Riveter's labourer. He died from his wounds. His mother was Emily Jane - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

87668 L/Bombardier

H.C. SMITH

Royal Garrison Artillery

Died 11th August 1919 Age 31

Only Goodnight Beloved

Henry Charles Smith (Charles Henry on the memorial) – was born in Hook but was a Worting resident. He was a Lance bombardier in the Royal Garrison artillery, 188th Heavy battery (87668).

He enlisted in Winchester on the 11th November 1915 aged 31 and died on the 11th of August 1919 and

is buried at the Netley Military Cemetery, attached to the large military hospital there.

His wife was Eleanor Martha Smith who lived at Lucania Cottages, Worting, although by the time he died she had moved to Portsmouth. His unit served in the middle east and it is not clear how he came to die.

However Netley military hospital was on the Solent and designed to take wounded from overseas directly from hospital ships and it seems likely that whether wounded or ill he came back to England to the Solent side hospital where he died. He is one of 636 First World War soldiers buried at Netley.

From: http://www.wortingscouts.org.uk/first-world-war/worting-war-memorial

4766 Rifleman

J. SMITH

Royal Irish Rifles

Died 31st July 1915 Age 21

Thomas was the son of Sarah and brother to Robert and Maggie - Army Registers of Soldiers Effects.

8959 Lance Cpl.

T. SMITH

Cameron Highlanders

Died 2nd August 1916

Burial record states that Thomas died upon the hospital ship St. Andrew aged 24.

5487300 Private

T.W. SMITH

Hampshire Regiment

Died 4th June 1921

Thomas

4766 Private

T. SMITH

Photo to follow

13779 Guardsman

H.W. SNELL

Grenadier Guards

Died 6th November 1914 Age 27

Henry

8016 Private

C. SNOW

South Lancashire Regiment

Died 30th January 1915

4201 Lance Cpl.

J.H. SNOW

Yorkshire Regiment

Died 21st October 1916 Age 36

Gods Will Be Done

John Henry was born to John and Mary Ann Snow of Peterborough. He was in the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.