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160126 Sapper D S Salter was selected for officer training in 1917 and as an Officer Cadet was Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Royal Garrison Artillery on 4th May 1917 [Supplement to London Gazette dated 10th May 1917]. Donald Sowerby Salter, b. 1890, was one of 9 children (2 daughters and 7 sons) of Mortyn John Salter and Alice (nee Wilding), m.1875, of 5 Stanhope Gardens, South Kensington. Siblings were Eveline, b. 1876: Dorothy, b. 1877: John, b. 1879: Mortyn, b. 1880: Richard, b. 1882: Harold, b. 1884: Brian, b. 1889: and Frank, b. 1892. Donald had followed his father into the British Rainfall Office. Eveline was a headmistress and John a noted botanist. 126 Siege Battery went to France on 25 July 1916 equipped with four 8-inch howitzers pulled by Holt 75 caterpillar-tracked mechanised tractors. In April 1917 the battery suffered significant casualties. In July 1917 126 Siege Bty re-equipped with 6-inch howitzers. The Battery Commander was Major Edwin Fry RGA, (dow May 1918); and the Battery Sergeant Major was originally BSM Harry Bridle, (kia 5 July 1917).//

Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists the following details SALTER, D S Rank: Second Lieutenant Date of Death: 22/03/1918 Age:28 Regiment/Service: Royal Garrison Artillery 126th Siege Bty. Grave ReferenceXI. A. 2. Cemetery GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY Additional Information:Son of Mortyn John and Alice Salter, of Bank House, Mickleton, Campden, Glos. they can be found here www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/291007/SALTER,%... A photography of his grave can be found here www.twgpp.org/information.php?id=2475604

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"Stewart Lyndon Woodford (September 3, 1835 – February 14, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the lieutenant governor of New York.

Born in New York City, Woodford graduated from Columbia University in 1854, studied law, and attained admission to the bar. Becoming active in politics as a Republican, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for New York's Southern District from 1861 until volunteering for the Union Army in 1862. Woodford took part in the American Civil War as chief of staff to Quincy A. Gillmore, commander of the Department of the South, and as commander of the 103rd Colored Infantry Regiment. He attained the rank of colonel and the brevet rank of brigadier general.

Woodford ran successfully for lieutenant governor in 1866 and served from 1867 to 1868. After losing the 1870 race for governor, in 1872, Woodford was elected to the U.S. House, and he served a partial term. From 1877 to 1883, he served as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and he served as Minister to Spain from 1897 until the start of hostilities during the Spanish–American War. Woodford died in New York City in 1913, and was buried in Stamford, Connecticut."