John Spottiswoode (1874-1914)
1874 Born in London; birth registered in St Georges, Hanover Square[1], son of George Andrew Spottiswoode
1899 Granted Freedom of the City of London; member of the company of Stationers
1901 Captain J Spottiswoode of the Royal Rifle Corps was wounded at Alandale in South Africa[2]
1907 Married Sybil Gwendolen Ginsburg in Englefield Green, Surrey[3]
1909 Captain John Spottiswoode was elected a member of the Royal Aero Club[4]
1910 Mr Spottiswood was manager for Alan Boyle (not convinced this is the same person)
1910 February: The Hon. C. S. Rolls, Capt. J. Spottiswoode, and Mr. Horace Short were the official observers of The Hon. Maurice Egerton's flight at Shellbeach for prizes offered by the Royal Aero Club[5]
1913 Captain (retired) of British Army at the baptism of his son Raymond John Spottiswoode in Bath[6]
1914 Captain John Spottiswoode lived in Sion Place, Bath[7]
1914 Captain John Spottiswoode of the King's Royal Rifle Corps was part of the British Expeditionary Force[8]
1914 Killed in action in North West Europe[9]
1915 Birth of son Nigel Lawrence Spottiswoode[10]
1917 Mrs S G Spottiswoode applied for the 1914 Star on behalf of her late husband
c1920 Mrs J Spottiswoode of Sion Hill Place, Bath applied for the clasp to the 1914 Star on behalf of her late husband