Liverpool Police - Sergeant S.C.Wellings, 3rd Worcesters

Liverpool Daily Post 16 Dec 1914

KILLED WHILE HEADING A CHARGE

Confirmation has been received of the reported death of Sergeant S C Wellings of 45, Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood. He was last seen leading a charge of the 3rd Worcesters at Vailly, when he was shot in the head, and the War Office now report him having died in action. He was one of the tallest men in the Worcestershire Regiment, for he stood 6ft 4ins. Although a Birmingham man, he was a member of the Liverpool police force, and was engaged in the Gorse Hall murder mystery.