SANDLESON George
Of Stafford on 1 January 2009. He served in The Staffordshire Regiment. SAUNDERS Robert Charles 5950220
Platoon, Pte Sephton deployed from Patrol Base Malvern tasked with providing flank protection to an IED clearance operation. Whilst clearing a route for his Section, he was caught in an IED blast and seriously wounded; he received treatment on site and later at Camp Bastion before being flown to the UK for further treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham where he succumbed to his injuries on the afternoon of 5 July 2010. He was a hardworking man, always ready to volunteer for additional work or responsibility in order to improve the lot of others. He is remembered by his friends as a man who never complained, who just got on with the job, however difficult or unpleasant it was. This is probably the reason that he was often to be found at the head of patrols, searching for IEDs which would threaten them. He was courageous and selfless to the last, placing himself in harm’s way to save others. His patrol was providing protection for the clearance of a road in the Upper Gereshk Valley.
SIBLEY Charles Edward Pte 4986352
Of Putnoe, Bedford, on 26 July 2009 aged 86. He was transferred in 1945 from the Royal Artillery to The Sherwood Foresters as a reinforcement. He saw service with B Company 2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters in Palestine and Syria in 1945/46 and he was demobilised in August 1946.
SCOTT Henry Douglas Simpson Sgt 5958454
Of Surbiton on 29 January 2010 aged 88. Henry joined 2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters on the Anzio beachhead in 1944 from the Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment. He remained with the 2nd Battalion throughout Italy and Palestine before being discharged on 10 October 1946.
SCRASE Martin Lt Col MBE
Of Taunton on 10 May 2010 aged 87. He joined 2/5th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters serving in North Africa where he was taken prisoner; he was transferred to Italy from where he escaped into Switzerland. After demobilisation, he became an engine driver.
STARR Roy LCpl 23685160
Of Bilborough, Nottingham, on 4 May 2010. He enlisted into 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters in November 1958 and joined 2 Platoon A Company; he served in Malaya, Cyprus and UK. He left the Regiment in 1964.
STEPHENS Ronald John Maj 58160
Of Penzance in 2010. He commanded 1st Battalion The Mercian Volunteers in the early 80s having been commissioned into The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment; he had served, also, with the Ghurkhas. After command, he served on the staff of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
SEPHTON Thomas Pte 30058320
Of Warrington on 5 July 2010 aged 20. He enlisted into the Army in July 2008 and joined 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment in January 2009 following the Combat Infantryman’s Course in Catterick. He joined the Mortar Platoon and served in the United Kingdom, The Falkland Islands and in Kenya and on operations in Afghanistan. On the morning of 4 July 2010, operating in a Rifle
The Mercian Eagle
Of Southrepps, Norfolk, on 13 May 2009 aged 96. He was commissioned into The Sherwood Foresters in 1933 and served with the 1st Battalion at Lichfield; he transferred to the 2nd Battalion in Sudan in 1934 and back to the 1st Battalion in Bermuda in 1936. He joined the 9th Battalion in France in 1939 and then went to Staff College in 1942. He joined the 1st Army in Tunisia in September 1942 and was with the 2nd Battalion in North Africa in 1943; he was wounded in November and was Mentioned in Dispatches in September 1943. He became 2ic of the 2nd Battalion in Palestine in September 1946 and transferred to 1st Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in January 1950. He served as 2ic 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters in Derma in June 1953 and he retired in 1956. Later in life, he took Holy Orders and became an Anglican Priest for over 25 years in Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire.
STUBBS Laurence Pte
Of Royal Hospital Chelsea on 5 September 2010 aged 90. Born on 24 May 1920 in Sandbach, he enlisted at Sandbach into 7th Battalion The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment
(TA) in May 1936. He attended Annual Camp each year from 1936 to 1939 and, in September 1939, he was embodied into the Regular Army. He remained in the 7th Battalion for two weeks and then moved to Aldershot for two weeks before moving to France to join the British Expeditionary Force. The Battalion landed at Cherbourg and moved to a village called St Margaret. In January 1940, they moved to a brickyard on the Belgian border and, on 10 May, they moved into Belgium. They trained around Vimy Ridge and they helped to widen roads up to the Belgian border. They moved up to Lenouve near Brussels. They were a Machine Gun Battalion (re-rôled into the Machine Gun Rôle). They came into action and gradually withdrew through Lille, Armentières and, eventually, Dunkirk. There was a pier of 3-ton trucks and the Royal Engineers built a pier out of pontoons. A small canvas boat ferried them out to an Isle of Man steamer manned by the Royal Navy and they landed at Margate. The Battalion reformed on Dartmoor and they moved up to Bangor in Wales and were billeted in the University. They later moved up to Braco in Scotland. They trained for a fortnight at a time in the countryside with their Machine Guns but no transport. In November 1940, they moved to Bromborough on the Wirral and later to Parkgate. As he was a builder, he was discharged from the Army to help with bomb damage at Coventry. In January 1941, he was recalled to the Depot at The Dale in Chester and he was posted to the 5th Battalion at Warren Point in Northern Ireland. In 1942, they moved to Winsford and were then deployed all over the South of England ending up in Dorchester. He was then downgraded because of problems with his knee: he was sent to 30th Battalion, which contained older men who did Guard Duty. He transferred into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1943 and underwent training as a Storeman at Saltburn. At the end of training, he was posted to Donnington and attended a Radio Course. He was later posted to Queensferry to a Sub Depot. He was admitted to hospital while there and eventually discharged in 1946.
SWAFFER Clifford Stanley Maj 387833
Of Hexham on 14 September 2009 aged 81. Born on 4 February 1928, he attended Skinner’s School and enlisted in the Army as a Pte in October 1946. In May 1947, he underwent Officer training and, in October, he underwent training as a Technical Officer. He was commissioned into Royal Signals in March 1948, continuing his training in line communications. He was a member of the Royal Signals Cross Country team in 1948 and he was demobilised in February
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