Sabey, F.
Frank Sabey, 3940, was a Private in the 1st/14th battalion of the London Regiment (London Scottish). Before enlisting voluntarily in November 1914 at their Regimental Headquarters in Buckingham Palace Road, Westminster (paying £1 annual subscription fee), he had lived in Dover and worked for many years as a valued employee of E G Bockham of Worthington Street, where he had been in charge of the grinding department. He was the son of Mrs Sabey of 8 Devonshire Road, Dover.

He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion for training. In 1915 he was transferred to France with a reinforcement draft, joining the 1st Battalion. He was killed in action at the Battle of Loos on 25th (or 23rd) September 1915, and is commemorated on the Loos memorial in France.

with thanks to Ajax Bardrick

Sait, A. G. R.
Albert Gordon Reid Sait, 9218, was a Lance Corporal in the 2nd battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was 27 when he was killed in action on 28th August 1918. He is buried at Reningholst New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

He was born in Kingston upon Thames and enlisted in Canterbury, but lived in Dover. He was the son of Mr and Mrs T. Sait, of 90 Clarendon Place, Dover, and they had four sons serving.

		Mr T Sait. He was the father of the four soldiers below. He had himself served for 21 years in the East Surrey Regiment
	C Sait. He was wounded three times. In August 1918 he was awaiting his discharge in France, having undergone an operation to amputate his left leg.		A Sait. It is uncertain whether this is the AG R Sait who lost his life, as in early August 1918 the man in the picture was recorded as a Private serving in Palestine (having previously served in South Africa).
	F Sait in August 1918 was serving in France.		T. Sait was wounded three times in France, and in August 1918 was sent home for 10 days leave

Note: Near the Old Lord Warden House by the end of the Admiralty Pier was a railway crossing. Forty years later Maggie S-K's uncle recalls that it was known to him and his fellow railway workers as "Peggy Sait's Crossing", after the man who ran it.  "Peggy" was nicknamed thus as he had only one leg. Further information from Jacky Hartley is that he lived in Clarendon behind the Engineer pub. He always had a bag of sweets that he would offer to Maggie's cousin. Could Peggy have been C. Sait (above), who was wounded in the Great War?

Sambrook, C. D. J.
Cecil David John Sambrook, C/4519, was a Private in the King's Royal Rifles. He was born in 1884 in Dover, and had a dark complexion, brown hair, and hazel eyes. He was five feet seven inches tall, and had a scar on his right back and a mole on his right nose and cheek. \In 1901 he was working as an assistant store keeper, and later as a fireman at the docks.

His character during his military service was given as very good: sober, honest, and steady.  He was invalided out on 22nd September 1916 as permanently disabled; he was totally incapacitated at the time. He received an army pension of 20/- from that time for an initial period of six months. On 27th May 1917 at the Pier Cottage, Strond Street, Dover, he was said to have died from the effects of gas poisoning at the Battle of Ypres, 19th May 1916, aged 32 years. He had developed nephritis in May 1916, owing to exposure and infection, and returned to England in June. He was discharged as permanently unfit for war service in September 1916; his death certificate states that he died from septicaemia.

He was buried at St Mary's, grave Nh6, on 31st May 1917.

further information with thanks to Neil Clark.
January 2009 - we have heard that Cecil Sambrook is now to be recorded by the CWGC. Well done, Kent Fallen!

Samways, A. H.
Albert Henry Samways, K/15010, was 26 when he died on 31st May 1916. He was a first class Stoker in the Royal Navy, and had served from the beginning of the war. He had seen action in the Battle of the Falklands.  He lost his life on the HMS Invincible, during the first general and only major naval engagement to take place in the North Sea during the War, the Battle of Jutland. The British Fleet had encountered the enemy fleet off the west coast of Denmark. The Invincible was the flag ship of Rear Admiral Hood, who, during the earlier part of the war, had commanded the Dover Patrol. Only six from a crew of over a thousand survived when the Invincible was hit by the Lützow and exploded. Albert is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial in the United Kingdom.

He was the son of Mr and Mrs Samways of Wareham, Dorset, and the husband of Alice Stockney, formerly Samways, and nee Gatehouse. They had been married just a year. She lived with her parents at 13 Albany Place, Dover, and later at 67 Bulwark Street, Dover.

Sandham, L. H.
Leister Henry Sandham, L10950, was a Lance Corporal in C Company of the 2nd battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment. He was killed in action at Givenchy on 25 September 1915, when he was 31. He was buried at the Guards' Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, France.

He originally came from Portsmouth, where he enlisted, having been born in Portsea, Hampshire. He married Miss Ellen Marsh from Templar Street in Dover in 1909, left the army, and gained a job in the Dover Postal Service.  He had been there just three months when he was called up on the outbreak of war.

He and his wife had lived at 18 Pioneer Road, Dover, and Leister had left a child as well as a widow, Ellen. She later moved to 21 Kitchener Road. 

Sarsons, J. A. G.
James Alexander George Sarsons, 39763, was a Private in the 124th company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (formerly 5474 of the Dragoon Guards), as which he is recorded in the 1901 census at the age of 16. He died when he was 34, on 25th September 1917, and was buried at  Westouter Churchyard, Belgium

He was born in London (St Andrews, Middlesex,), the son of Mrs Helen Sarsons, and enlisted in Aldershot. He lived in Dover.

Saunders, G. 
George Saunders, F/10461, was a first class Air Mechanic, with the HMS City of Oxford. He was 22 when he died on 12th April 1916, from pneumonia following an operation at the Marine Infirmary, Deal.

He was the third son of Mr and Mrs J B Saunders of 284 London Road, Dover (pictured), and a bellringer. In a service with full military and naval honours conducted by Rev S. Richards, was laid to rest at St Mary's Cemetery, Dover in the United Kingdom. Six of his comrades carried his coffin, and very many of his old Corps attended, along with many of his family. His father was unfortunately ill himself, and unable to attend.  The grave was heaped with flowers, including a large one of the emblem of the Royal Naval Air Service in crimson, white and blue flowers, and one "from his sorrowing parents".

April 1917

This could also be George Saunders, 562, was a Private in the 2nd battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was born in Dover and lived in Dover, but enlisted in Deal. He died in action on 19 December 1914 and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial. 

Bellringing information from research by Hazel Basford, Kent County Association of Change Ringers

Saunders, J. B.  
John Baker Saunders, 3/4657, was a Private in the 1st battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment. He had rejoined the services in October 1914, having left after serving for 12 years previously. He was reported missing at La Bassee on 8th May 1915, and later as having died. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate memorial in Belgium.

His parents were Mr and Mrs J Upton Saunders. They lived in Dover, where he was born and enlisted, but by 1916 had moved to Cheriton, Folkestone. Their house at 217 High Street was bombed during the Second World War, and the family moved to the nearby Richmond Street..

In the picture are, top, John and his brother Tom, and in front of Tom their sister Emma. seated next to their mother, Fanny. Emma's daughter moved back to Dover after her marriage, living at Oswald Road.

John has the distinction of being twice named on the Town Memorial - see also John Baker

with thanks to Daphne Ashby

Saunders, L. T. 
Leonard Theodore Saunders, 495345, was in the 4th Mobile Dental Unit of the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died from influenza on 12th December 1918 when he was 22. He is buried at Kortrijk (St Jan) Cemetery, Belgium.

He was the son of Alfred and Ann S Saunders of 34 Primrose Road, Buckland, Dover

Saunders, W.  
William Charles Richard Saunders, G/5180, was employed by Messrs Lukey and Son, at Bench Street, Dover, before becoming a Private in the 8th battalion of The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). He was 23 when he was reported wounded and missing on 26th September 1915, and later was reported as killed. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France.

He was born, enlisted, and lived in Dover, and was the eldest son of Mr William Saunders, who later died, and his wife Eliza. William the younger had been married only five months to Miss Rose Clark, who was a twin daughter of Mr and the late Mrs J Clark of Dover. She later remarried and moved to 17 Woodstock Road, Bedford Park, Chiswick, London. 

Savage, F. W.
Frederick William Savage, G/75552, was a Private in the 6th battalion of the Buffs. He was reported missing on 18th March 1916, and his date of death is given at 19th March. He is commemorated on the Loos memorial in France.

Frederick was born at Temple Ewell, enlisted in Dover, and lived at River. He worked at Crabble Mills before the outbreak of the war, and had three other brothers also serving: Private S G Savage, also with the Buffs, but in India, Gunner A A H Savage, who was in the Royal Garrison Artillary in Mesopotamia, and Private C W SAvage, who had joined the Dragoon Guards. They were all sons of Mrs E Savage and her husband, who lived at 4 Dublin Cottages, River, Dover.  

Scarlett, E.
Edward Scarlett, 271096, Engine Room Artificer 1st Class, Royal Navy. He was born in Dover, the eldest son of the late Edward and Maria Scarlett. His father had been a coachbuilder, and the family were considered well-known and respected. Edward himself was said to have a large circle of friends, and his mother spoke of her "much loved son". He had attended St Mary's school, and after serving an apprenticeship with Messrs A and L Thomas at the Dour Iron Foundry, had entered the Royal Navy. He was also member of the United Service Lodge.      

Edward died in March 1916, aged 33. His submarine, "E24", was completed in January 1916 and was the first Naval minelayer. Two months later, on 21 March 1916 the "E24" left Harwich to lay mines at Heligoland Bight. The vessel did not return. In 1973 examination of the hull of the submarine, accidentally salvaged, suggested that she herself had struck a mine. The submarine was raised in July 1974 and with it the remains of 25 unidentified sailors. They are now buried in Hamburg cemetery in Germany.

Edward is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, panel 17. He had lived at 14 Cecil Square, Margate, and  and it was his sister Maud, who lived at 42 Liverpool Street, Dover, who requested that he should be named on the Town Memorial at Dover. (We Remember 06)

A relative of Edward may have been William Edward Scarlett (right). He was the eldest son of the late William Edward Scarlett, a carriage and van builder in Market Street, Dover. His mother lived at 58 Elms Vale Road, Dover. He enlisted in November 1914 and became Mechanical Staff Sergeant in May 1915, appointed to the 599th ASC Motor Transport company. Before enlisting he was for several years the landlord of the "Five Bells" in Ringwould. 

His younger brother was Herbert George Scarlett (left) also a Mechanical Staff Sergeant. He was in charge of travelling workshops in France, attached to a company of the Motor Transport, Army Service Corps. He had been a carriage builder and motor engineer at 5 Market Street, Dover, where his wife and children lived, and had enlisted in November 1915. He became MSS on 17th March 1916.

Miss Maude Scarlett asked for five tickets, for the sister and brothers of Edward, at the unveiling of the Dover Memorial.

(Right) The "Five Bells" public house, Ringwould

*Scott, D.
Donald Scott. This may be George Ernest Donald Scott, who died, aged 25, on 15 February 1919 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Invergordon, from pneumonia after influenza. He was a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy, and the "dearly loved" husband of Louie Scott (nee Shovelier), from 3 Upper Cowgate Hill, Dover. 

They had married only 15 months before, on 6th October 1917, at St Mary's. Miss Shovelier was given away by her father. She wore a crepe-de-chine dress, trimmed with Russian braid, and a veil with orange blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet. Her sister Winifred, as bridesmaid, wore a cream voile dress, with a pink hat, and carried a bouquet of white and pink flowers. The groom had given her a gold pendant, which she also wore. To his new wife he had given a set of furs, while she had given her husband a wrist watch.

The funeral left from his widow's home,  with the coffin covered by the Union Flag and borne on a gun carriage.  Bluejackets were bearers, and there were a large number present at the funeral. The last post was sounded at the conclusion of the service.   PO Scott is buried at St Mary's cemetery, H E 5, in Dover, United Kingdom, and his floral tributes included those "from his broken-hearted wife, Lou" and from Mr Scott, who lived in 1914 at 2 Yew Tree Cottages, Military Hill, "his sorrowing dad and sister Dolly", and from Mr and Mrs Shovelier, "his sorrowing Mum and Dad"., and two from the officers and the ship's company of HMS Velox.  

In Memoriam announcements from 1920 read:

"In proud and loving memory of my dearest husband Donald Scott (Don), Petty Officer HMS Velox, who died in the Naval Hospital, Invergordon, on February 15th 1919, aged 25 years. "Even as he trod that day to God, so walked he from his birth. A kindly darling fellow, All honour and clean mirth. Dearly loved and deeply mourned by his loving wife, Lou"

"In fond and ever loving memory of our dear son-in-law Donald Scott (Don), who died in the Naval Hospital, Invergordon, on February 15th 1919, aged 25 years. Interred in St Mary's, Dover (HE 5). "Until the day breaks". From his loving Mum, Dad, and Brothers and Sister.

with thanks to Joyce Banks

Scutt, S. F.
Sydney Frank Scutt, G/68586 (7), was a Lance Corporal in the 8th battalion of the Queen's (Royal West Surrey). Born in 1899, he died on 11th October 1918, and is commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France.

He was born, enlisted, and lived in Dover, and was the son of Charles Savage Scutt and Ellen Scutt, (nee Cook), married in 1887, from 2 Stanhope Road, Dover.

Sedgewick, E. C. 
Ernest Charles Sedgwick, L/9885, was a Private in The Buffs, 2nd battalion. He died on 28th September 1915, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France, panel 15-19.

From a family of ten, he was born in Buckland Dover, and remained a resident in that town, also enlisting there. He and Charles, below (but see notes under Frederick Sedgwick (2) below), were the grandsons of Mrs E G Lewry, of 3 Kings Gardens, Dover, who requested their 1914 Stars and Clasps, and the sons of Joseph Thomas Sedgwick and his wife Georgina Beatrice, née Lewry, who married at Dover register office on 25 November 1893. At that time Mr Sedgwick was 25, a bricklayer's labourer living at 19 Albion Place, Dover, son of Thomas Young Sedgwick, a journeyman shipwirght, whil Mrs Sedgwick was 17, from 6 Colebran Street, the daughter of Charles Lewry, a general labourer and army pensioner. Mrs Sedgewick was born in Scotland, and in 1891 was at Dover Castle, where her father Charles was stationed with the RA. E J Lewry was their uncle, brother to their mother.

Sedgewick, C. 
Charles Frederick Sedgwick, L/9970, was a Private in the 1st battalion of The Buffs. He died in action on 15th September 1916, and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

He was born at St Mary's, Dover, and lived in the town, but enlisted in Canterbury. We believe he was brother to Ernest, above. On the 1901 census return there are Charles and Frederick, both born in Dover,  noted as the sons of Joseph Thomas and Georgina, living at 2 Chapel Court.

see further notes for Frederick Sedgwick (2) below

Sedgwick, E.  
E(dward). Sedgwick, 358040, was a Corporal in the 47th Siege battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. He died on 23rd April 1919 at Weston Favell Hospital, Northampton. From 21 Albany Place, Dover, the son of Walter and Sarah Sedgwick. Probably born in Dover, he was buried on 1st May  in Charlton Cemetery, Dover I H 24.

The gravestone has two names on it. The lower is E Sedgwick, and the upper is W Sedgwick, who is not named on the Town Memorial (but see below under F Sedgwick (2)) .  This is Walter, his brother, Petty Officer Stoker, 294390, who died on 13 December 1918, aged 38. .

Sedgwick, F.   
Frederick Sedgwick, 289224, was a 1st Class Petty Officer Stoker in the Royal Navy, serving with the HMS Tirade. Born on 6 November 1897, he was 39 when he died at sea from pneumonia on 10th November 1918. He is buried at Gillingham Woodlands Cemetery, England.

His wife was S(arah) Sedgwick, living at 8 Percival Terrace, Folkestone Road, Dover, and he was the son of John and Rosetta Sedgwick, living, in 1881 at 1 Edred Road..

Sedgwick, F.(2)   
Frederick Sedgwick. There may be some confusion here with Walter Sedgwick as both were petty Officer Stokers in the Royal Navy who died in 1918. It may be, therefore, that this commemoration was intended for Walter.

However, there is a further anomaly, in that Charles Frederick Sedgwick, above, is recorded with the service number of L/9970, but there is also a medal rolls entry for a Frederick Sedgwick, also with the service number 9970. Both are noted as having served in The Buffs. When Mrs Lewry requested the 1914 Stars and Clasps as above (under E C Sedgwick), she cited 9970 F A Sedgwick of the 1st battalion and E C Sedgwick of the 2nd.

Sergeant, F. W. B.  
Frederick William Barten/r Sergeant, 2145, was a Trooper in the Household Battalion of the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps). He died when he was 31, on 11th October 1917, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. 

He enlisted in London but was born and lived in Dover. He was the husband of Bertha Agnes Sergeant, who lived at 5 Salisbury Road, Dover, and brother to Harry, below.

For family details, see Faded Genes, by Dave Dixon

Sergeant, H. V.   
Harry Venner Sergeant, 1443, served in D Company of the 1st/15th battalion of the London Regiment (the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) as a Sergeant. He was killed in action on 13th October 1915 at the age of 27. He is buried at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos in France.

He was the son of Frederick John and Mary Ann Barten Sergeant of 20 Park Street, Dover, born in Charlton, Dover, and brother to Frederick, above. He enlisted in Somerset House, and lived in Fulham.

See Faded Genes, above

Sharman, H.   
Harry Sharman, 12856, was a Serjeant in the 39th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was 38 when he was killed in action (Soldiers Died says of wounds) on 21st July 1916. He is buried at Heilley Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, France.

His wife was Emma Annie Sharman, from 57 Oswald Road, Buckland, Dover. He was born and lived in Colchester, and enlisted in Warley, Essex.

Sharp, E. A.   
Ernest Alfred Sharp, 38201, served in the 2nd battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers as a Private (formerly 18876 Royal West Surrey Regiment).  He died on 22nd April 1918 at the age of 20, and is commemorated on the Loos memorial. 

He was born and enlisted in Dover, and was the son of Mr T W and Mrs C Sharp, of 1 Alfred Road, Dover

(for family tree see faded genes by Dave Dixon. Ernest Sharp was first cousin to Edward Sharp, below)

Sharp, E. S. H.   
Edward Sidney Henry Sharp, 5965, first cousin to Ernest Sharp above, was just 19 when he died of wounds on 27th June 1917. He is buried in the Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. He had served as a Rifleman in the 12th battalion of the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own), and before enlisting was employed by Messrs Faith and Co, of Snargate Street, Dover.   

He was born, enlisted, and lived in Dover, and his mother was Alice Annie Sharp, living at 5 Sidney Terrace, Malvern Road, Dover. She had three other sons serving. The eldest was A G Sharp (Albert); he was serving with a medical transport, and before joining up he had worked for Messrs Dickeson and Co. He was married with two children, and the family lived at 19 Dickson Road, Dover.

W. T. Sharp (William Sharp) was serving in Salonika with the Rifle Brigade, and he had previously worked for Mr Mills the baker, in Snargate Street. The fourth brother, F. Sharp (Frederick), had joined the Queens Regiment.

A. G. Sharp	F. Sharp	W. T. Sharp

The family of Albert Edward Sharp, and his wife Alice Annie, nee Gillman, were Albert G., born about 1888, Alice R., born about 1889, Emma, born about 1891, William Thomas (far left), born 1893  died at Bondues on 27th August 1943, Georgina (Ena) Mary (right), born 19th December 1895, died 16th April 1984 at Canterbury, Edward Sidney Henry, born about 1898, died 27th June 1917, Frederick Sharp, born 1900, and Stephen.  

Left is Albert Edward Sharp with his son Frederick, and a man believed to be William Reeves, who married Georgina Sharp

 

with thanks to Daniel Collard

Sharp, S. E. C.    
Stanley Ernest Cecil Sharp was a 2nd Lieutenant in Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry who died on 20 October 1918 at "Kachi, Persia", at the age of 28.  He is commemorated on the Tehran Memorial, Iran.

He died from pneumonia following influenza while on a motor transport expedition in the desert of East Persia, whence he had gone from north west India. 2nd Lt Sharp had been hoping to return home; he was the only son of Mr and Mrs A E Sharp, from the High Street, who were informed of his death in a private cable from the War Office on 28 November 1918.

He had enlisted early in the war, joining the 4th Buffs, and was then transferred to the 2nd Somerset light Infantry when he obtained his commission. He was said to have many friends, especially from football and rowing clubs.

An in memoriam notice in 1921 has the lines, "His lonely far-off grave in the Persian desert is but a wayside resting place for the brief night. Soon the glad morning will dawn, when all the sleeping warrior pilgrims will awake to follow their Great Captain into the Holy City."

Sheppard, F. A. S.     
Frederick Albert Stanley Sheppard was a Painter, 1st class, in the Royal Navy, serving aboard the HMS Invincible. He took part in the battles of Heligoland Bight and the Falkland Islands, but was killed in action, aged 29, in the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial in the United Kingdom.

He left a widow, Ellen Louisa Sheppard, who lived at 7 Liebeck Street, Clapham Junction, London. His father was Mr A Sheppard, of Jessamine Cottage, Churchill Road, Maxton, Dover.