A. E. N. Chance Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Bn. R.N. Div. Killed in action 13 November 1916, aged 24 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Chance family was living in 7 rooms at 24 Winslade Road, London SW2. Lambeth-born Henry Chance, 56, was a journalist; […]
William Archibald Edward Carter
W. A. E. Carter Service no. J/25992 Ordinary Signalman, Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary Died age 18 on 31 May 1916 Son of Archibald and Florence Louisa Carter, of 113 South Lambeth Road Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial The HMS Queen Mary was sunk by the SMS Seydlitz at the Battle of Jutland. Of the […]
George Herbert Canham
G. H. Canham Service no. 3861 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/16th Battalion Born in Chelsfield, Kent; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Canham, of 35, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, […]
Sidney Caiger
S. Caiger Service no. P.S.1743 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 16th Battalion Killed in action 1 July 1916, aged about 23 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Sidney Caiger lived at 1 Bolney Street, Dorset Road. He enlisted at Battersea on the 20 March 1915 at the age of 21, and […]
Frederick H. S. Caiger
The only son of Dr. Caiger, superintendent of South Western Fever Hospital, died aged 19 at the Somme
Harry Robert Burvill
H. R. BurvillService no. PS/1794Private, Middlesex Regiment, 16th BattalionManchester Regiment, attd. 22nd BattalionDied age 24 on 2 September 1916Son of Harry and Eliza Burvill, of 15 Hubert Grove, Stockwell, London. Born in Kilburn, north London.Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Harry Burvill was a 22-year-old storekeeper, living at 15 […]
Charles Henry Burchell
C. H. Burchell Service no. SD/3529 Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 13th Battalion Killed in action aged 22 on 30 June 1916 Son of Thomas and Harriett Burchell, of Mate’s Nest, Balcombe, Sussex. Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France This is a tentative association. This is the only British-resident C. H. Burchell in the […]
Frederick Harry Bunce
F. H. Bunce Service no 19571 Private, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, “B” Coy. Died age 20 on the 20 October 1916 Son of John and Rosa Bunce, of 7 Victoria Place, Priory Grove, South Lambeth Remembered at Lambeth (Tooting) Cemetery (Screen Wall)
William Valentine Brown
W. V. BrownService no. G/10746Lance Corporal, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), “B” Coy. 11th BattalionDied age 49 on 15 November 1916Born in South Lambeth, lived in LambethRemembered at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium William Valentine Brown was born in Poplar, east London in 1887, the third child of carman Frederick Charles Brown and […]
John Edward Brown
J. E. BrownPrivate, Middlesex Regiment, 18th BattalionDied 22 June 1916, aged 23Service no. PW/2950Remembered at Gorre British And Indian Cemetery Chris Burge writes: John Edward Brown was born in Peckham in 1893, one of five children and the only son of Mark Edward and Alice (née Spash) Brown, who were married in 1891 at St […]