Cemetery: Helles Memorial
Country: Turkey
Area: Gallipoli
Rank: Corporal
Force: Army
Official Number: 299
Unit: "C" Sqdn. Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)
Country of Service: British
Details: (Soldier, buried at sea) 27-Aug-1915 Aged 28 Son of Fred and the late Jane Sumption; husband of Mabel Alice Keeler Sumption, of 343, Marlboro Road, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Was Scout Master of the Wimborne Boy Scouts (Wimborne, Dorset, England) and organized the first troop of Boy Scouts in Egypt (at Cairo) for which he received commendation from Sir Robert Baden-Powell. Panel 17 and 18.
Photograph by TWGPP Volunteers