St#Stephen’s#Church#War#Memorial##

##This%is%what%we%discovered%about%the%29%men%on%our%memorial:%#1#George#Henry#Barrington#–#Gunner,#Royal#Artillery.#His#father#was#foreman#at#the#sewage#works,#he#was#the#oldest#of#five#siblings.##He#attended#St#Stephen’s#School.##Before#the#war#he#worked#as#a#labourer#and#his#address#was#2#Prospect#Cottages,#Beacon#Hill.##He#died#aged#c30#having#served#in#France#and#Flanders.#He#is#remembered#on#the#Victoria#Park#memorial#in#Bath#but#on#it#his#name#is#given#as#‘Berrington’.##2#William#Edward#Chittem,#Private#Somerset#Light#Infantry#7.##William#was#the#son#of#Albert#&#Mary#of#5#Belle#Vue#Buildings,#Lansdown#Road.###In#the#1911#census#he#is#shown#to#be#living#at#38#Primrose#Hill.#He#was#the#eldest#of#six#children#(five#boys#&#one#girl).##He#died#aged#19#and#is#remembered#at#the#Menin#Gate,#Belgium.##3#Thomas#Ewart#Coote#Y#Private#Australian#Expeditionary#Force.##Thomas#was#part#of#the#58th#Battalion.##We#don’t#know#why#he#joined#the#Australian#Expeditionary#Force#as#he#was#born#and#raised#in#England.#He#died#aged#26,#and#is#buried#at#Estaires,#France.##He#was#born#in#Herts,#Stortford#and#was#the#son#of#Thomas#&#Kate#of#17#Richmond#Place.#In#

the#1901#census#he#was#living#in#Marshfield#where#his#father#was#Head#Gardener.##He#was#the#oldest#son#of#four#children#–#two#boys#and#two#girls.##One#of#his#sisters,#Annie#

or#Beatrice,#lived#in#Richmond#Place#and#was#dinner#lady#at#St#Stephen's#School.#

#Photo:#Private#Thomas#Ewart#Coote##4#William#Sholto#Douglas#–Major,#p.s.c.,#Royal#Engineers.##He#was#the#only#son#of#Colonel#John#Charles#late#Worcester#Regt.#and#Mrs#(Agnes)#Douglas,#of#Lansdowne#House#Bath.#He#was#the#nephew#of#General#Sir#Charles#Douglas,#Chief#of#the#Imperial#General#Staff.##He#was#born#in#Jersey#on#18th#September#1875,#he#had#a#sister,#Lilian.#He#married#Gladys#Mary,#in#1903.##He#joined#the#Royal#Engineers#in#October#1895,#becoming#Lieutenant#in#October,#1898.#He#was#gazetted#to#the#rank#of#Major#after#his#death.##He#worked#before#the#war#in#the#Intelligence#Department.#From#December#1890,#to#September,#1899,#he#was#specially#employed#with#the#Egyptian#Army.##He#then#continued#in#intelligence#work#at#Army#HQ.##During#the#war#he#was#employed#as#a#General#Staff#Officer,#3rd#grade.#He#died#at#Boulogne#on#the#14th#November,#1914#of#wounds#received#in#action#near#Ypres#on#the#2nd#of#that#month.##His#only#child,#John#Willoughby#Sholto,#had#died#the#previous#year,#aged#six#years#old.#

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#Photo:#Major#William#Sholto#Douglas##5#Albert#Percy#Evans#YChief#Petty#Officer,#Royal#Navy.##Born#at#Hemington,#Somerset,#his#father#was#an#iron#&#brass#founder.##In#the#1911#census#he#was#stationed#in#Portland.#He#was#later#stationed#in#Malta#on#HMS#Illustrious.##His#last#given#address#was#1#Farleigh#View,#Batheaston.##He#was#killed#in#action#against#the#German#fleet#in#the#Battle#of#Jutland,#31st#May#1916.#He#was#serving#on#HMS#Invincible.##He#died#aged#40#and#is#remembered#on#the#Portsmouth#memorial.##6#Arthur#Robert#Fudge,#Rifleman.##Arthur#was#born#in#Grosmont,#Monmouthshire.##The#1911#census#shows#that#he#was#the#eldest#of#five#children:#Arthur,#Stanley,#Fanny,#Alice,#Violet.#His#sister,#Alice,#seems#to#have#been#nine#years#old#at#the#time#of#the#census#but#it#is#hard#to#read.##It#is#possible#that#she#is#the#Alice#to#whom#our#church#foyer#is#dedicated.#He#was#a#grocer’s#clerk#and#he#lived#at#41#Richmond#Place.##He#was#in#the#Rifle#Brigade,#8th#Battalion.#He#died#on#4th#April#1914,#aged#23#years.#He#is#buried#at#Pozieres,#France.#Arthur#enlisted#at#age#20#from#his#home#at#11#Vineyards.#A#copy#of#his#enlisting#paper#is#shown.#The#paper#shows#signs#of#fire#damage#–#about#60%#of#the#soldiers’#Service#Records#were#irretrievably#damaged#or#lost#completely#as#a#result#of#enemy#bombing#in#1940#during#the#Second#World#War.#

#Photo:#Rifleman#Arthur#Robert#Fudge’s#enlisting#papers##7#George#Henry#Goldie,#Lieutenant.##George#was#born#in#India#in#1889#but#the#family#had#strong#links#to#Bath.##In#the#1861#census#there#are#members#of#the#Goldie#family#shown#to#be#living#at#8#Somerset#Place;#19#Lansdown#Place;#and#Walcot.#In#the#1901#census#George#Goldie#appears#as#a#12#year#old#pupil#of#Charles#&#Caroline#Trask#of#St#Swithin’s.##He#married#Mary#Anderson#in#April#1912#in#Bath.#His#home#address#was#South#Lawn,#College#Road,#Bath.#This#was#later#to#become#the#childhood#home#of#Mary#Berry.#He#served#in#The#Loyal#Regiment#(North#Lancashire),#1st#Battalion.##On#the#12th#August#1914,#George#landed#in#France#with#the#1st#Battalion#and#was#present,#and#subsequently#killed#on#the#14th#September,#during#the#'Retreat#from#Mons'.##The#following#diary#entry#records#the#events#of#the#day:#

###8,9#&#10#Three#Hayward#Brothers:##Francis#Ernest#Boyle#Hayward,!Private#1st#Dorsetshire#Regiment;#Frederick#Victor#Hayward,#Private,#Welsh#Regiment,#10th#Battalion;#and#John#Henry#Hayward,#Sapper,#Royal#Engineers,#503rd#field#company.##The#boys#were#born#in#Bath#and#were#sons#of#David#&#Caroline#of#2#Malvern#Buildings.#Their#father#was#a#carpenter#&#joiner.#There#were#eight#children.#Francis,#Frederick#and#John#were#pupils#at#St#Stephen’s#School.##

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#Photo:#The#St#Stephen’s#School#WW1#memorial##11#Wilfred#Henry#Hensley,#Captain#6th#Battalion#The#Somerset#Light#Infantry.##Wilfred#was#born#in#Warwickshire,#his#parents#were#Henry#&#Alice.#His#father#was#born#in#Bath#&#was#shown#as#being#a#clergyman#in#the#1911#census.#In#the#1911#census#he#was#a#scholar#at#Dean#Close,#Cheltenham.##His#last#address#is#shown#as#Oaklands,#Lansdown.!He#was#wounded#near#Arras#on#9th#April#1917#and#was#invalided#home.##He#went#back#to#France#in#December#and#was#killed#in#action#north#of#Moy#near#St#Quentin.#He#died#on#21st#March#1918.##He#is#buried#at#Pozieres,#France.##12#Frederick#James#Horton,#Private#RAOC.#Frederick#was#the#son#of#John#&#Minnie#of#49#Richmond#Place.#He#went#to#St#Stephen’s#School.##Before#the#war#he#was#an#apprentice#blacksmith.#During#the#war#he#was#a#Private#in#the#Royal#Army#Ordnance#Corps,#51st#mobile#workshop.#He#is#buried#at#the#Mikra#British#cemetery#in#Kalamaria,#Greece.#He#died,#aged#24,#just#before#Christmas#on#20th#December#1918.##13#Walter#George#Knapton,#Private.##Walter#was#the#son#of#Catherine#&##Walter#Hugh#of#56#Richmond#Place.#According#to#the#1911#Census,#Walter’s#father#was#a#gardener#and#they#lived#at#Upper#Lodge,#Cranwells.###Walter#was#the#oldest#of#five#children.##He#joined#the#Somerset#Light#Infantry#8.#He#died#aged#20#and#is#buried#at#Bagneux#British#

cemetery,#Gezaincourt,#France.###14#William#Frederick#John#Lock,#Driver.##William#was#born#in#Bath#and#was#the#son#of#John#Lock#of#Bath.##William#attended#St#Stephen’s#School.##In#the#1911#census#there#is#a#William#Lock#living#with#his#grandparents,#William#&#Emma#Timbrell#&#younger#sister#Olive#in#1#Richmond#Cottages,#we#think#this#is#the#same#William,#but#we#are#not#certain.##He#joined#the#Royal#Field#Artillery#40th#Bty#25th#Bde.##He#died#aged#25,#and#is#buried#at#Wimille,#France.#

##15#Edward#James#March,#Private.##Edward#was#born#in#St#Saviour’s,#Bath.#In#the#1901#census#he#was#living#with#his#grandmother#in#Bath,#during#the#1911#census#he#was#living#with#his#uncle,#James,#at#18#(or#13,#the#handwriting#is#hard#to#read)#Raglan#Terrace.##He#is#remembered#on#the#St#Stephen’s#School#memorial.##Edward#was#a#Private#in#the#Somerset#Light#Infantry,#6th#Battalion.#His#duty#location#was#France#&#Flanders.##He#was#19#years#old#when#he#died,#he#is#buried#at#Annois#Cemetery.###16#Sidney#George#Mills,#Private.##Sidney#was#the#son#of#Charles#&#Alice#Mills.#He#was#a#student#at#St#Stephen’s#School.#In#the#1891#census,#Sidney#was#living#at#1#Mount#Beacon#Row,#at#the#time#of#the#1901#census#he#was#living#at#43#Richmond#Place.##In#the#1911#census#he#was#boarding#in#Wells#as#a#gardener.##At#some#point#he#worked#at#Stourhead#as#a#gardener.#He#married#Ethel#Green#in#March#1913#in#Mere.##They#had#three#children.#He#joined#the#Royal#Berkshire#Regiment#and#died#aged#34#and#is#buried#at#Le#Treport,#France.##17#Alfred#Phillips,#Private.#Alfred’s#parents#were#Robert#&#Caroline#of#St#Stephen's#parish,#they#had#at#least#eight#children.###In#the#1891#census#they#lived#at#4#Mount#Beacon#Row,#in#the#1901#census#his#mother#is#shown#as#being#a#widow#and#they#lived#at#3#

Summerfield#Terrace.#Alfred#may#be#the#F#Phillips#(perhaps#Alfred#was#known#as#Fred?)#who#attended#St#Stephen’s#School.##Alfred#was#formerly#of#the#Somersetshire#Light#Infantry#and#before#the#war#was#a#biscuit#packer.##He#joined#the#Hampshire#Regiment#15th#(Service)#Battalion.##He#died#aged#33#and#is#remembered#at#the#Menin#Gate,#Belgium.##18#Ralph#Porch,#Sapper.##Ralph#was#the#son#of#Robert#&#Sarah#of#22#Claremont#Buildings.#He#was#one#of#seven#children.#His#father#was#a#railway#carter.##He#lived#next#door#to#Frederick#Stevens#who#is#also#remembered#on#our#war#memorial,#they#were#one#year#apart#in#age#and#were#at#St#Stephen’s#School#together.#Before#the#war#Ralph#was#a#general#labourer.##He#joined#the#Royal#Engineers,#1st#(Wessex)#Field#Company,#Balkan#Theatre.#He#died#on#6th#October#1916,#aged#21,#and#is#buried#in#the#Salonika#Military#cemetery,#Greece.##19#Sidney#Reynolds,#Bugler.##Sidney#was#born#in#Bath.#His#parents#were#Albion#&#Elizabeth,#he#was#one#of#seven#children.#Before#the#war#he#was#a#tailors#presser.##He#was#a#Bugler#with#the#Somerset#Light#Infantry#1st/4th#Battalion.##During#the#war#his#battalion#was#defending#lines#of#communication#with#the#41st#Indian#Brigade.##He#is#buried#in#Basra,#Iraq.##His#war#medal#record#is#shown.#

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##Photo:#Bugler#Sidney#Reynolds’#War#medal#record##20##Edward#Augustus#Ryan,#Private.##Edward#was#born#in#Charlcombe,#Bath.#He#was#the#son#of#William#and#Bridget#Ryan#of#2,#Richmond#Cottages.#He#was#one#of#at#least#seven#children.##He#attended#St#Stephen’s#School.#At#the#time#of#the#1911#census#he#lived#in#Ensleigh#Lodge,#his#father#was#a#gardener.##A#later#address#was#2#Richmond#Place.#He#was#part#of#the#13th#Battalion#‘C’#Company#of#the#Gloucestershire#Regiment.##He#was#18#years#old#when#he#died.##He#was#laid#to#rest#at#Serre#Road#Cemetery,#France.##21#Roger#Douglas#Scott,#Major,#also#Acting#Lieutenant#Colonel.##Roger#was#born#in#Bombay#in#1882#as#his#father#was#in#the#Civil#Service#in#India.###He#was#the#eldest#son#of#Matthew#Henry#and#Sarah#Jane#Scott#who#resided#at#5,#Lansdown#Place#West,#Bath.##He#was#husband#of#Muriel#Wortley#Scott,#of#Grafton#Place,#Park#Lane,#Bath.##He#was#

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stationed#in#Malta#during#the#1911#census.#He#was#commissioned#into#The#Militia#as#a#Second#Lieutenant#in#the#3rd#Battalion#Royal#Welsh#Fusiliers#on#12th#January#1901#and#promoted#to#Lieutenant#on#26th#April#1901.###He#transferred#to#the#Gloucestershire#Regiment#on#being#appointed#to#a#Regular#Commission,#as#a#Lieutenant,#on#28th#January#1902.##On#9th#June#1911#he#was#promoted#to#the#rank#of#Captain.##He#served#in#the#South#African#War#and#was#awarded#the#Queen's#Medal.!On#13th#October#1915#the#Battalion#War#Diary#reports#that#the#battalion#was#to#assault#the#German#trenches#in#the#area#to#the#east#of#Chalk#Pit#and#west#of#the#Hulluch#Road#at#2pm#after#throwing#smoke#bombs#for#one#hour#prior#to#the#assault#and#at#the#moment#of#assault#was#to#open#with#rapid#rifle#and#machine#gun#fire#at#the#trenches#to#be#taken.###The#throwing#of#smoke#bombs#drew#a#very#heavy#artillery#response#from#the#Germans#directed#against#Chalk#Pit#and#to#the#west#of#Hulluch#but#the#assault#went#in#and#the#enemy#trenches#were#taken.###Roger#Scott#was#killed#in#this#action.##His#body#was#retrieved#from#the#battlefield#and#was#buried#by#his#comrades#but#after#the#war#his#body#was#moved#into#the#Dud#Corner#Cemetery,#Loos##22#James#William#Slip,#Private.##James’#parents#were#William#and#Sarah#Slip.###He#was#born#in#1877.#The#1881#Census#shows#him#staying#with#cousins,#the#Billets,#in#Lady#Mead.##The#1891#Census#shows#he#was#one#of#three#boys:#Harry,#James#&#William#and#they#lived#in#Lansdown#Cottage.#The#1911#Census#shows#him#living#in#52#Lansdown#Crescent#Mews#with#his#wife,#Caroline#and#two#children:#Olive#aged#10#&#Winifred#aged#8.##He#was#a#student#at#St#Stephen’s#School.##His#last#address#was#1,#St.#Stephen's#Place,#Lansdown,#Bath.#James#was#part#of#the#Royal#Army#Service#Corps#in#the#Mechanical#Transport#35th#Ammunition#Sub#Park.#The#MT#Companies,#called#Ammunition#Parks,#operated#stores#of#ammunition.##Before#the#war#James#was#a#taxi#driver.#James#died#aged#40#and#was#laid#to#rest#at#Tincourt,#France.##23#Joseph#Smith,#Sergeant.##Joseph#was#born#in#Walcot#and#lived#in#Bath.#His#parents#were#William#and#Sarah#Smith;#he#was#husband#of#Alice#May#Smith,#of#13,#Guinea#Lane,#Bath.##The#1881#census#shows#he#lived#in#7#Arundel#Place,#at#the#time#of#the#1891#census#he#was#still#living#there#with#his#family,#his#father#was#a#carpenter#and#he#was#a#13#year#old#scholar.#By#1901#the#family#were#all#living#in#Locksbrook#Road,#Weston.##In#the#1911#census#Joseph#is#shown#to#have#been#married#for#15#years.#His#occupation#is#given#as#house#painter.##His#daughter,#Dorothy,#was#an#apprentice#dressmaker#and#they#lived#at#6#Mount#Beacon#Row.#The#census#also#lists#his#widowed#motherYinYlaw,#widowed#sisterYin#law#and#nephew.###Joseph#was#part#of#the#6th#Battalion,#Somerset#Light#Infantry.#He#died#of#wounds#at#home#on#25th#October#1916,#he#was#38#years#old.##He#is#buried#at#the#Lansdown#Cemetery,#Bath.##24#Charles#Edward#Ridley#HolroydYSmyth,#DSO,#MC#Lieutenant#Colonel.##Charles#(Charlie)#was#born#in#1882#at#Ballynatray,#Co.#Waterford#–#he#was#the#second#son#and#had#five#sisters.#His#parents#were#Col.#John#and#Lady#Harriette#Holroyd#Smyth.##He#served#in#the#South#African#War#alongside#his#father.##He#married#Nora#Layard#in#Bath#in#December#1916.#He#joined#the#Household#Cavalry#and#Cavalry#of#the#Line.#He#was#Lieutenant#

Colonel,#3rd#Dragoon#Guards,#Prince#of#Wales’#Own.#He#was#mentioned#in#dispatches#four#times#and#awarded#the#DSO#MC#(Distinguished#Service#Order,#Military#Cross).##In#March#1918#Charlie#was#given#command#of#the#15th#Battalion,#Regiment#2,#Durham#Light#Infantry.##In#July#of#that#year#his#wife#gave#birth#to#their#first#child,#a#stillborn#son.##On#23rd#September#1918#Charlie#died,#aged#36,#at#the#British#Red#Cross#Hospital#in#Hampshire#of#wounds#sustained#while#leading#the#attack#on#Villers#Guislain#near#Cambrai.##He#is#buried#in#the#Lansdown#Cemetery,#Bath.###

###25##John#Spottiswoode,#Captain.##John#was#born#in#Westminster.##His#father#was#George#Andrew#Spottiswoode#of#Cadogan#Place,#London#and#Frances,#daughter#of#Sir#St#Vincent#Love#Hammick.#He#married#Sybil#Gwendoline#Ginsburg#in#1907#and#they#had#two#sons.#The#1914#Kelly's#Directory#shows#his#home#address#as#2#Sion#Place,#Bath.##He#attended#Winchester#School.#He#Passed#with#distinction#through#Sandhurst#and#was#gazetted#in#1894#to#the#King’s#Royal#Rifle#Corps.#He#served#in#the#South#African#War#with#the#Mounted#Infantry#and#was#twice#wounded.##In#1901#he#retired#from#the#service#but#at#

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the#outbreak#of#war#he#rejoined#the#6th#Battalion#of#his#old#regiment#and#went#to#France#early#in#the#campaign,#seeing#action#from#the#beginning.##He#participated#in#the#‘Retreat#from#Mons’#and#then#in#the#counterYattack#towards#the#rive#Aisne.##He#fell#at#Gheluvelt#on#31st#October#1914#during#the#First#Battle#of#Ypres.##He#was#originally#posted#as#‘wounded#and#missing’#but#it#soon#became#clear#that#he#had#been#killed,#although#his#body#was#never#recovered.#

#Photo:#Captain#John#Spottiswoode#

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#26#Frederick#Henry#Stevens,#Private.##Frederick#was#born#in#Larkhall#and#he#lived#in#Bath.#His#parents#were#Thomas#and#Sarah#Stevens,#of#21,#Claremont#Buildings,#Camden#Road.##In#the#1901#census#his#father#was#working#as#a#domestic#gardener,#his#older#brother#William#was#a#tailor,#Fred#was#seven#and#his#younger#sister#Annie#was#three.##They#lived#next#door#to#Ralph#Porch#who#is#also#listed#on#the#war#memorial.##Fred#was#a#boot#maker#before#the#war#and#was#a#student#at#St#Stephen’s#School.##His#last#address#was#21#Claremont#Buildings.##He#was#a#Private#in#the#Somerset#Light#Infantry#1.##He#is#remembered#at#the#Menin#Gate,#Belgium,#we#think#he#fought#in#the#Battle#of#Ypres.###27#George#Stone,#Private.##There#are#two#George#Stones#who#were#both#born,#and#lived,#in#Bath#and#we#are#not#able#to#identify#which#one#is#listed#on#our#memorial.##George#Stone#is#also#listed#on#the#Victoria#Park#memorial#in#Bath,#ref.#1171#and#on#the#St#Stephen’s#School#memorial.###What#we#do#know#is#that#George#was#a#Private#the#16th#Royal#Warwickshire#Regiment,#and#he#was#buried#at#Romeries,#France.##The#first#George#Stone#is#listed#in#the#1911#census#as#being#21#years#old.##The#census#shows#that#his#father,#who#was#also#called#George,#was#53#years#old.#They#were#bakers/#confectioners.#They#lived#at#4#Nelson#Place,#Walcot.##The#other#George#Stone#was#head#of#house#at##32#Richmond#Place.#He#was#aged#30#in#the#1911#census.##His#wife#was#Alice,#she#was#a#laundress,#their#daughter#Emily#was#three#years#old.#They#had#a#boarder#living#with#them.#He#was#a#porter#for#a#furniture#warehouse.###28#William#Henry#Tucker,#Trooper.##William#was#born#in#Bath.##His#parents#were#Frederick#James#and#Mercy#Tucker,#of#Bath.#He#had#an#older#brother,#Percy#and#a#sister,#Elsie.##His#father#was#a#house#painter.##He#was#a#student#at#St#Stephen’s#School.##He#was#17#years#old#at#the#time#of#the#1911#census.#His#occupation#was#‘apprentice#to#painting’.##His#last#address#was#22#Richmond#Place,#Beacon#Hill.##He#was#a#Private#in#the#Dorsetshire#Regiment,#5th#Battalion,#formerly#1843#North#Somerset#Yeomanry.##He#died#on#the#1st#January#1917,#aged#22,#and#is#buried#at#Puchevillers,#Somme,#France.##29##Frank#Walter,#Major.##Frank#was#born#in#Westbury#in#1871,#his#parents#were#John#and#Emma.##He#was#baptised#aged#eight#years#old#in#Broughton#Gifford.##He#married#Alice#and#they#had#six#children.##His#occupations#were#listed#as:#army#pensioner#(we#presume#this#was#from#the#South#African#War#but#we#are#not#sure),#market#gardener.##His#last#address#was#1,#Hope#Cottages.##He#was#battalion#SergeantYMajor,#Royal#Field#Artillery#"D"#Battery,#93rd#Brigade.##He#died#on#the#6th#June,#1916.##He#is#buried#at#the#Ypres#Reservoir#Cemetery,#Belgium.##He#is#also#remembered#on#the#Charlcombe#Church#memorial.###

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