DCM recipients, Surname S

Sainbury, 80629 Company Quarter Master Sergeant G, 6th Company Eastern Division RGA

Sale, 22377 Driver W, “O” Battery RHA

Salsbury, 4125 Corporal A E, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment

Sampson, 17824 Colour Sergeant Major R, 23rd Field Company Royal Engineers

Sanders, 69852 Driver F, 85th Battery RFA

Sanders, 3469 Sergeant F E, 2nd Royal Fusiliers

Sandford, 6464 Sergeant Major Arthur Charles, 35th (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Sandom, 71880 Battery Staff Sergeant Major H J, 64th Battery RFA

Sands, 2254 Private Charles, 2nd Rifle Brigade

Satchell, 3003 Private D, 1st Oxford Light Infantry

Saunders, 7291 Staff Sergeant Major J, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Saunders, Sergeant Major James John, Royal Army Medical Corps

Savage, 4671 Private W L, 1st York and Lancaster Regiment

Savory, 231 Corporal H, Imperial Light Horse

Sawyer, 2261 Colour Sergeant J, 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment

Say, 3180 Sergeant Major H H, 2nd Gloucester Regiment (14th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

DCM, QSA, KSA, Trio, LS&GC

Say, 5792 Private T H, 1st Royal Sussex Regiment

Scaife, 2622 Corporal John, 2nd Gloucester Regiment

Scattergood, 5930 Corporal A, 3rd Royal Warwick Regiment (Mounted Infantry)

Scheepers, 45 Private Jan, Bushman Borderers

Schweizer, Guide E E, Field Intelligence Department

Scott, 3218 Lance Sergeant A, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Scott, 5373 Lance Corporal F, 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment

Scott, 449 Colour Sergeant J, 1st Manchester Regiment

Scrase, 4927 Lance Corporal T, 1st Royal Sussex Regiment

Seager, 7560 Sergeant F, 1st Coldstream Guards

Seager, 4563 Private H G, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

Searson, 3118 Sergeant J, 4th King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

Seaton, 4440 Sergeant William, 1st Derby Regiment (10th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Seeley, 3837 Private W, 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

Sefton, 7511 Lance Corporal J, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers

Selmes, 81 Private G, New South Wales Bearer Company

Servey, 3335 Private E, 13th Hussars

Servey, 5671 Corporal W H, Royal Army Medical Corps

Seymour, 4522 Sergeant T, 14th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Shanbrook, 847 Colour Sergeant F, 4th Bedford Regiment

Shannon, 3120 Colour Sergeant F H, 1st Welsh Regiment (6th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Sharp, 65531 Sergeant F, 84th Battery RFA

Sharp, 3613 Sergeant W C S, 1st Royal Scots (10th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Sharpe, 302 Staff Sergeant Major J, Royal Horse Guards

Sharpe, 14920 Gunner W, 4th Mountain Battery RGA

Sharpin, 3683 Sergeant W, 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Shaw, 614 Trooper D A, Natal Carbineers

Shaw, 4792 Corporal J, 2nd Lincoln Regiment (7th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Shaw, 3302 Sergeant P, 1st Rifle Brigade

Shaw, 16048 Troop Sergeant Major W, 1st Telegraph Division Royal Engineers

Shaw, 4840 Corporal W, 2nd Shropshire Light Infantry

Shaw, 3306 Corporal W, 4th Cheshire Regiment

Shea, 4236 Colour Sergeant Joseph Patrick Lambert, 1st Durham Light Infantry

Sheaff, 3655 Sergeant W, 43rd Battery RFA

Sheail, 2770 Private F, 1st Essex Regiment

Shearer, 3696 Colour Sergeant Thomas, 1st Connaught Rangers

Shee, 5784 Sergeant J, 1st Munster Fusiliers (9th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Sheehan, Fireman C, Imperial Military Railways

Sheehan, 3756 Corporal D, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers (9th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Sheehan, 3765 Private P, 1st Dragoons

Sheehan, 4239 Lance Corporal T, 18th Hussars

Shenton, 3208 Private H, 14th Hussars (reservist 3rd Hussars)

Shepherd, 56778 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant F, 61st Battery RFA

Shepherd, 10015 Sergeant Major Fred, 19th Battery RFA

Shepherd, 2692 Colour Sergeant H W, 2nd Royal Warwick Regiment (4th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Shepherd, 2636 Colour Sergeant Major M F, 2nd Lincoln Regiment

Sheridan, 1664 Sergeant P, 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers

Shields, 3406 Lance Corporal J, 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers

Shields, 95011 Gunner William, 10th Mountain Battery RGA

Shipley, 282 Corporal J R, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment

Shipley, 7663 Quarter Master Sergeant W, 1st Coldstream Guards

Shipman, 159 Sergeant A W, Bechuanaland Rifles

Shreeve, 14519 Staff Sergeant Majorith J, 20th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Sibary, Sergeant Major J W, 2nd Scots Guards

Sibthorp, 3720 Private W, 5th Dragoon Guards

Sidney, 1919 Staff Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest Hemming, Army Ordnance Department

Silk, 4554 Lance Corporal Edward, 2nd East Kent Regiment (27th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Silwood, 3625 Bombardier E J, 23rd Company Western Division RGA

Silwood, 1167 SCM W, 2nd Life Guards

Simmonds, Sergeant Major H, 18th Hussars

Simmons, 3535 Private S, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

Simms, 66038 Sergeant C E, RA (“A” Section Pom-poms with 6th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

DCM Edward VII (Sgt RFA), QSA (5) CC Paard Joh DH Witt (Sgt RFA), KSA (2) (Sgt RFA), MSM GVI, Army LS&GC Edward VII (Bty Sjt). Morton and Eden Jul 06. Frontier Medals Dec 06 £2,990.

Charles Edward Simms came from Luttleworth, Leicester and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Preston on 9th January 1888 aged 18 years and a baker by trade. He was promoted Bombardier in Feb 1891, Corporal in Dec 1891, Sergeant in May 1895 and Bty Sgt Major Oct 1904. He was discharged from the regular army in Feb 1909 and immediately attested into the Leicestershire Royal Horse Artillery (TF) where he was immediately given the rank of Bty Sgt Major. He attended regular annual trainings until he was mobilized on 5th Aug 1914 as Bty Sgt Major (WO II) Royal Horse Artillery ). He was finally discharged in July 1917 after 29 years service and aged 42 years. Bty Sgt Major Simms' Great War service was entirely in the UK which his confirmed by his MIC (copy with group) which refers only to his MSM having been awarded in 1946. There is no entitlement therefore to Great War medals other than the Silver War Badge. WW2 service is any kind cannot be confirmed. He was mentioned in Lord Robert's despatch of 4th Sept 1901 as Sgt C. Simms, RA but listed under the Mounted Infantry section.

Simon, 1745 Colour Sergeant Thomas Arthur, 1st South Lancashire Regiment

Simpson, 2310 Quarter Master Sergeant H, 1st Gordon Highlanders

Simpson, 6867 Colour Sergeant William, 1st King's Own Scottish Borderers

Sisson, 2699 Colour Sergeant F, 1st East Lancashire Regiment (8th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Skinner, 17136 Colour Sergeant Major C, 12th Field Company Royal Engineers

Skinner, 4853 Colour Sergeant J, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders (18th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Sladdin, Private W M, Queenstown Rifle Volunteers

Slade, 8351 Corporal W, 3rd King's Royal Rifle Corps (Mounted Infantry)

Slater, 4216 Private T, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

Small, 62172 Staff Sergeant T W, 18th Battery RFA

Smalley, 3955 Private J, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

Smart, 3623 Lance Corporal J, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders

Smerdon, 2194 Colour Sergeant M, 2nd Devon Regiment (1st Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Smith, 2485 Sergeant Major A, 1st Royal Scots

Smith, 5438 Private A, 1st Derby Regiment

Smith, 5573 Lance Sergeant A E, 2nd Royal Fusiliers

Smith, Sergeant Albert John, Natal Police

Smith, 1631 Colour Sergeant Arthur, 1st Royal Scots (2nd Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Smith, 4408 Lance Corporal B, 19th Hussars

Smith, 3867 Corporal C, 2nd Royal Fusiliers

Smith, 1711 Sergeant C, 2nd Devon Regiment

Smith, 3200 Private C W, 2nd Gloucester Regiment

Smith, 4834 Corporal E, 2nd West Surrey Regiment

Smith, 9841 Staff Sergeant Major F W, 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Smith, Private G, Johannesburg Mounted Rifles

Smith, 3365 Sergeant Major G J, 3rd Prince of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment

Smith, 2708 Lance Corporal H, 2nd Bedford Regiment

Smith, 3540 Lance Corporal H, 1st Oxford Light Infantry (8th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Smith, 4715 Sergeant H E, 2nd King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

Smith, 2125 Colour Sergeant H J, 2nd Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry

Smith, 28891 Sergeant Henry, “U” Battery RHA

Smith, 2610 Private J, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Smith, 3044 Sergeant J, 1st Connaught Rangers

Smith, 4083 Private J, 2nd Black Watch

Smith, 17858 Colour Sergeant Major J H, 17th Field Company Royal Engineers

Smith, 2933 Lance Corporal J H, 2nd West Surrey Regiment

Smith, 14583 Battery Staff Sergeant Major James Thomas, 65th Battery RFA

Smith, 4657 Lance Corporal P J, 5th Lancers

Smith, 1529 Sergeant Major T, City Imperial Volunteers

DCM VRI, IGS (3) RofC PF T (CS 1 GH), QSA (4) CC OFS Joh DH (1529 SM CIV), 14-15 Star (Capt GH), BWM, VM (Maj), 1902 Coronation, Army LS&GC Ed VII (CS GH). Glendining Jun 89.

Smith, 2731 Battery Staff Sergeant Major W, Elswick Bty, 1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery

Smith, 4222 Sergeant W, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

Smith, 1395 Sergeant W, 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Smith, 64 Sergeant Major William, 3rd King's Own Scottish Borderers

Smyth, 9675 Sergeant A H, 1st Rifle Brigade

Smythe, 304 Corporal G M, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment

Smythe, 6175 Private John, 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers

Snaith, 2055 Sergeant H, 1st Royal Sussex Regiment

Snowdon, 4497 Private T, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers

Soper, 2580 Sergeant R J, 2nd South Wales Borderers

Soper, 1317 Quarter Master Sergeant W, 3rd King's Own Scottish Borderers

Sopp, 12040 Trooper W, 65th (2nd Leicester) Company, 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Southern, 721 Sergeant Henry, AOC attached 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment

Sparke, 3589 Sergeant N, 1st Border Regiment

Sparkes, 11128 Private M T, Royal Army Medical Corps

Spearing, 402 Quarter Master Sergeant F, 3rd Grenadier Guards

Speirs, 30654 Private H E, 96th (Metropolitan Mounted Rifles) Company, 24th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Spence, Corporal J, Rimington’s Guides (6th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Spencer, 134 Sergeant C, South Australian Bushmen

Sperling, 9886 Sergeant H, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry

Springate, 79142 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant A E, 14th Battery RFA

Springhall, 2840 Sergeant Major John Winchester, 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment

Spurdle, 16787 Sergeant A J, 17th Field Company Royal Engineers

Stacey, 5039 Private W A, 6th Dragoons (attached 1st Dragoons)

Stafford, 180 Private S, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment

Stainforth, 1600 Quarter Master Sergeant William Rede, 2nd East Kent Regiment

Believed born 29 June 1867 at Dinapore, India. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa and mentioned in Lord Roberts dispatches of 31 March 1900. He was awarded the DCM on 27 September 1901 for actions at Paardeberg and later wounded in action at Driefontein on 10 March 1900. Stainforth was awarded the Kings South Africa medal as Lieutenant (Quartermaster). Stainforth was promoted to the rank of Honorary Lieutenant (Quartermaster) 14 Dec 1901, later Honorary Captain on 14 Dec 1911 and finally retired on 13 September 1921.

DCM Ed VII, QSA (4) Paar Drie RoK Tr, KSA (2).

Stallwood, 162 Sergeant Major R J, R Canadian Artillery (Canadian Scouts)

Standen, 4074 Colour Sergeant H, 2nd South Wales Borderers

Stannard, 9035 Battery Quarter Master Sergeant Frank Charles, 42nd Battery RFA

Stanton, 2451 Lance Corporal J, Royal Engineers (Royal Monmouth Militia)

Starkey, 82 Private E, Victorian Mounted Rifles

Stebbing, 3285 Lance Corporal E A, 2nd Devon Regiment

Steed, 1078 Sergeant Major Frederick Sherman, 2nd Middlesex Regiment

Steele, 4423 Lance Corporal C, 2nd Durham Light Infantry (Burma Light Infantry)

Steele, 2466 Private E, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders

Steele, 6149 Sergeant Major John, 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers

Stephens, 1810 Sergeant A, 1st Gordon Highlanders

Stephens, 77817 Corporal H B, “G” Battery RHA

Stephens, 354 Trooper L T, Protectorate Regiment

Stephenson, 2987 Private T J, 1st Essex Regiment

Stephenson, 742 Trooper W D, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Stevens, Sergeant Major A, 1st Highland Light Infantry

Stevens, 1368 Colour Sergeant A, 3rd West Surrey Regiment

Stevens, 76033 Sergeant Frederick Charles, RA (City Imperial Volunteers Infantry)

Stevens, Sergeant J T, Border Horse

Stevenson, 4784 Sergeant G, 18th Hussars

Stewart, 1659 Colour Sergeant J, 1st York and Lancaster Regiment

Stewart, 2916 Corporal J, 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Stewart, 4214 Staff Sergeant Major J de S, Royal Army Medical Corps

Stewart, 4290 Private W O, 18th Hussars

Stickland, 5503 Lance Corporal W W, 2nd Middlesex Regiment

Stilwell, Private P P, Queenstown Rifle Volunteers

Stimson, 4247 Sergeant H, 2nd Wiltshire Regiment

Stirling, Sergeant Major R G, Cape Police

Stokes, 2451 Acting Sergeant Major E, 2nd Lincoln Regiment (21st Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Stone, 2270 Sergeant J, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers

Stoyle, 12933 Sergeant Major Thomas, 6th Division (later 9th Division) Ammunition Column RA

Strange, 3155 Private G, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers

Strange, 4672 Lance Corporal J W C, 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps

Stratton, 9937 Lance Corporal G, 1st Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Stretch, 2579 Colour Sergeant Edward Arthur, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Stringer, 1169 Trooper F W, South African Light Horse

Strong, 4559 Sergeant W M, Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry

Stuart, Private D, Royal Army Medical Corps (Hospital Orderly)

Stuart, 132 Quarter Master Sergeant D R, Cape Railway Pioneer Regiment

Stuart, 6316 Sergeant P, 1st Cameron Highlanders (Volunteer Company)

Stupple, 3451 Private E H, Army Ordnance Department

Sudworth, 3288 Sergeant P, 2nd Dragoons

Sulivan, 3044 Private J, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers

Sulivan, 3074 Private W, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers

Summerton, 2847 Staff Sergeant Major T W, 3rd Hussars

Sutherland, 2794 Staff Sergeant Major G W, 14th Hussars

Sutherland, 25 Sergeant Major J, 2nd Imperial Light Horse

Sutherland, 5334 Sergeant James, 1st Gordon Highlanders

Swabey, 3546 Sergeant H, 18th Hussars

Sweeney, 397 Private E, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen

Sweeney, 2778 Sergeant T, 3rd Durham Light Infantry

Sweeney, 3421 Private W, 1st Royal Irish Regiment

Sykes, 5364 Lance Corporal A, 1st Oxford Light Infantry (8th Battalion Mounted Infantry)

Symons, 158 Private F, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers

Symons, 1095 Sergeant J F, 2nd Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry