B. J. George Service no PS/2124 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 16th Battalion Died of wounds age 25 on 15 July 1916 Born in Thornton Heath, Surrey; lived in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth CWGC: “Born at Coulsdon, Surrey. Son of David John Gingell George and Emily George, of 76, Southview Rd., Southwick, Sussex. Remembered at Hamburg Cemetery, […]
Arthur Henry George
A. H. George Service no. 230638 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), (2450). 1st/2nd Battalion Enlisted at Tufton Street, London Killed in action age 23 on 1 July 1916 CWGC: “Son of John Daniel and Elizabeth George, of 82, Wandsworth Rd., London.” Remembered at Gommecourt British Cemetery No. 2, Hebuterne, Pas de Calais, France Information from […]
Henry Frost
H. FrostService no. 2/9508Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th BattalionDied on 24 March 1916, aged 29Remembered at Calais Southern Cemetery, France This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Henry Frost was born at the end of 1886 in Lambeth, the second youngest of what would be eight known children of parents Thomas and Letitia […]
John Morgan French
J. M. FrenchService no. 668Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1st/5th Glamorgan Bde.Born in Lambeth; enlisted in CardiffDied of wounds aged 25 on 31 August 1916CWGC: “Son of John W. French, of 282, South Lambeth Rd., London.”Remembered at Richmond Cemetery, Surrey Information from the 1901 census In 1901 the French family lived at 59 Mawbey Street, South […]
Charles Bernard Farrell
C. B. Farrell Service no. 8272 Colour Serjeant, South Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died after a fall from his horse, age 26, on 15 April 1916 CWGC: “Son of Michael and Elizabeth Farrell, of 66, Dalyell Road, Brixton, London. Born at Warrington.” Remembered at Streatham Park Cemetery National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 FARRELL, […]
Harold Putnam Dudley
Died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, age 29. One of the Missing.
Robert Doyle
R. DoyleService no. 8024Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.Died aged 21 on 23 October 1916Son of Deborah Doyle, of 24, Courland Grove, Clapham, London.Remembered at Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Robert’s Service records are extremely fragmentary. They show that he signed up on 13 August 1914, embarked for France on 26 March 1915, was […]
Henry Richard Dooley
H. R. DooleyService no. 701393Private, London Regiment, 1st/23rd BattalionDied age 22 on 16 September 1916Son of Richard and Mary Dooley, of 4 Smedley Street, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Henry Richard Dooley joined the Territorial Force on 25 May 1915 at Clapham Junction. He described […]
James Albert Dixon
J. A. Dixon Service no 9159 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion Died age 27 on 13 August 1916 Son of Mr and Mrs Browell, of 69 Stewart Road, Battersea, London; husband of Isabel Constance Dixon, of 17 Camellia Street, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
Giles Vellacott Daunt
One of two brothers remembered on the Memorial. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9 April 1916, aged 19.