Mortimer Edward Harold Schiff
Born:
8 Heshvan 5649 (13 October 1888)
Died:
9 Tishri 5678 (25 September 1917)
Basic Information
Birth
Date of birth:
8 Heshvan 5649 (13 October 1888)
Place of birth:
London, England
Death
Date of death:
9 Tishri 5678 (25 September 1917)
Place of death:
Gouzeaucourt
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Places
http://theyserved.wikia.com/wiki/Mortimer_Schiff
Captain Mortimer Edward Harold Schiff was an English officer of the British Army who died during the First World War.
He was born in 1888, in Kensington, the only son of German-born parents Herman, a stockbroker's agent, and Clotilde Schiff. His education took him to Harrow and Jesus College, Cambridge, after which he became articled to Messrs Stephenson, Harwood & Co. He qualified as a full solicitor in 1913.[1]
Schiff enlisted after the outbreak of war, in 1914, entering the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps before obtaining a commission in the Suffolk Regiment. His initial employment was in England, as a musketry officer at Hythe, and he would not be dispatched to the Western Front until January 1917. On 25 September, while in command of a company of the 12th Suffolks, Schiff was severely wounded in the execution of a raid on German trenches at Gouzeaucourt. He was reported missing and is presumed to have died on that date.[1]
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial
Family
Siblings
Margarite Daisy Helen Schiff (female)
Parents
Father: Hermann Schiff (male)
Mother: Clothilde (female)
Family
Memorial stone, Willesden cemetery
Family
Memorial stone, Willesden cemetery
Homefront
What was the impact of this:
Cambridge graduate Mortimer Edward Harold Schiff, born of German parents, was managing clerk with Stephenson, Harwood & Co of 31 Lombard St. He joined the Inns of Court OTC in April 1915 as private, was gazetted in the Suffolk Regiment in 1917, rising to captain. His brains and German mother tongue might have been usefully employed at General Headquarters, but Schiff went up the line with the rest.
On 25 September 1917, he led a raid on German trenches, was wounded and reported missing. He is presumed to have died on that date.
From:The Law Society Gazette,Class of 1914
Military Record
Rank at discharge/death:
Captain
Assignments
Battalion/unit:
10th Reserve Bttn.
Posting:
02/02/1916 Temporary Lieutant
Roll of Honour
M. E. H. SCHIFF, 25 September 1917
Commonwealth Graves Commission
Date of Death:
26 September 1917
Regiment / service:
Suffolk Regiment, 12th Bn.
Cemetery:
Thiepval Memorial, France
Grave reference:
Pier and Face 1 C and 2 A.
