W. Crabb Service no. M2/150639 Private, Army Service Corps, 618th M.T. Coy. Died of cerebral malaria (“due to field operations”) on 23 May 1917, aged 39 CWGC: “Son of Richard and Mary Ann Crabb; husband of Alice Beatrice Crabb, of 19 Thorne Rd., South Lambeth, London. Born in London. Served in the South African Campaign.” […]
Frank William Cousins
F. W. Cousins Service no. L/13154 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “L” Bty. 112th Bde. Died of wounds 1 September 1917 Son of Mrs S. A. Cousins, of 82 Dorset Road, Clapham, London. Remembered at The Huts Cemetery, Belgium
Frank Arthur John Cooper
F. A. J. Cooper Service no. 511407 Lance Serjeant, London Regiment (London Scottish), 2nd/14th Battalion Killed in action 7 November 1917 Remembered at Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
Walter William Cook
Walter W. Cook Service no. G/43050 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 4th Battalion Died age 22 on 28 April 1917 Son of the late Edwin Charles and Jane Cook. Remembered at Arras Memorial, France
Augustus Charles Cook
A. C. Cook Service no. G/1381 Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 2nd Battalion Died age 41 on 10 July 1917 Son of Matthew John Cook, of Clapham, London, husband of Mary Ann Cook, of 11 Devonshire Square, Bromley, Kent. Born in Clapham, enlisted in Bromley, lived in Bromley Remembered at Basra War Cemetery, […]
William Reuben Collett
W. R. Collett Service no. S/20722 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion Killed in action age 19 on 18 May 1917 Born in Battersea, lived in Stockwell Son of Reuben John and Helen E. Collett, of 75, Tasman Rd., Stockwell, London. Remembered at Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, Pas de Calais, France National Roll of the Great […]
Alfred Charles Clarke
A. C. Clarke Service no. 453028 Rifleman, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), 2nd/11th Battalion Died age 22 on 6 November 1917 Son of William and Eliza Clarke, of 18 Wilkinson Street, Albert Square, Clapham Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Clarke family occupied 8 rooms at 18 Wilkinson […]
Charles Henry Charnock
C. H. Charnock Service no. 195781 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 120th Bty. 27th Bde. Killed in action at around age 20 on 14 October 1917 Remembered at La Clytte Military Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium Information from the 1911 census and the Charnock family The 10 members of the Charnock family lived in 4 rooms at […]
Henry W. Carter
H. W. Carter Service no. L/6227 Fitter, Royal Field Artillery”C” Bty. 93rd Bde. Killed in action age 33 on 24 November 1917 Son of Henry William Carter; husband of Grace Elizabeth Carter, of 25 Aldebert Terrace Remembered at Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, France
Brian Harvey Capewell
B. H. Capewell Service no. M/15985 Ship’s Steward Assistant, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Vala.” Died age 23 on 21 August 1917 Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell, of 35 Union Road, Clapham, London. Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial, West Norwood Cemetery, London SE27 Brother of Frederick Harold Capewell HMS “Vala” was a Q boat […]