Where do I look for information on the relatives of Siegfried Sassoon?

[silvery]

Rosalind, you'll have a great time.  I believe Family Historian is one of the best you can get.
Interesting to see you are related to Rosalind Franklin, I should have picked up on that - knew the two names were familiar to me.  Yes, she should have had the Nobel prize too. 
What a family you come from!  So very famous. 

[RosalindElsiE]

Silvery thanks and yes I am having lots of fun researching also
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was my 1st cousin, one of my friends
told me that she's now on the National Curriculum. That's praise.

I heard Sir Aaron Klug on the radio 2 weeks ago say that had
Rosallind lived that she should have received the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry what a pity that they don't give them out posthomously
(sp).

Yes what a family I come from and my Father knew about Seigfried Sassoon but didn't say anything.

[liverpool annie]

http://www.farhi.org/genealogy/index.html

Sassoon Sassoon Joseph

Birth - 1885 Chertsey Surrey
Gender - Male
Died - 1922
Father - Sassoon Joseph, b. 1855, Bombay, India
Mother - de Gunzbourg Louise, b. 1862, Paris, France
Family - Franklin Dulcie Frederick S.

[RosalindElsiE]

Thank you Annie and even more fascinatijng information to read
and research further into today and so on.

Why do some of the Sassson's men have this Sassoon as their
middle name?  I can't understand the reason for it.

E.G. Capt., Sassoon Joseph Sassoon.

[surreyman]

Hello Rosalind,
                       I was really excited to come across (albeit rather late) your quest for information regarding Sassoon Joseph Sassoon. I have in my possession a toleware military 'hat box' on which there are two brass plaques. One reads Jones, Chalk and Dawson, 6 Sackville St London and the other S J Sassoon, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons.
I contacted a Mr Keith Miller from the National Army Museum who kindly researched the name and replied:  "The hatbox would have been for the dress helmet of an officer in the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons. It would have been supplied by the firm of Jones,Chalk and Dawson who were one of many firms of tailors who supplied uniforms in the early part of the twentieth century – the firm is still trading today.These uniform items were only supplied to officers who had to purchase their own uniforms and weapons. Sassoon would have purchased the helmet when he joined the regiment.
    The rather strangely named Sassoon Joseph Sassoon joined the regiment in Feb 1907 as a Second Lieutenant,was promoted to Lieutenant in Oct 1908 and Captain in Feb 1913. He served throughout the First World War but was seconded to the War Office from Feb 1916 until he left the army in Dec 1919."
                       I hope this is of some interest to you.

                                                             Regards, surreyman

                                                                     

[RosalindElsiE]

Thanks surreyman
yes this information is very interesting and I am not sure if this is
the right idea about why Sassoon Joseph Sassoon has this strange name but it might have been like some people are called:

Son of Joseph Sassoon = Sassoon Joseph Sassoon
although I am only guessing here.

Also the tailors is still in business I've checked on Google.

[silvery]

They all seemed to have eccentric and weird names.   

[RosalindElsiE]

silvery
Yes they do seem to have strange names with the exceptions of the 2 brothers of Siegfried Sassoon, who were Michael Sasson,
he was the eldest, Siegfried was the middle son and their brother:
Their parents were Alfred Ezra Sassoon and Georgina Thornycroft.

Hamo Watts Sassoon, who died on 1st November 1915, from wounds received in action on board the hospital ship S.S. Kilonan Castle.

2nd Lt. Hamo Watts Sassoon gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Engineers.1 He fought in the Gallipoli Campaign, and was wounded at Suvla Bay, losing his leg.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?queryType=1&resultcount=1&Edoc_Id=5221403

http://www.1914-18.co.uk/brooke/summary%20of%20casulaties%20frame.htm