A former railway porter who died age 26 after serving nearly the entire length of the war.
Stanley William Clarke
S.W. ClarkePrivate, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 3rd Bn.Service No. 279057Died 31 May 1918, aged 19. Remembered at Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-Les-Pernois, France Chris Burge writes: Stanley William Clarke was born on 7 April 1899 and baptised on 24 October 1900 at Forest Gate, St James, Essex. Stanley was the third of the five known children […]
Joseph Robert Clarke
J. R. Clarke Service no. 15257 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 11th Battalion Died age 22 on 1 November 1918 Son of Mrs A. Clarke, of 20 Beech Street, Dorset Road, Clapham, London Remembered at Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Calvados, France
Frederick Joseph Chaddock
F. J. ChaddockService no. 9238Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st BattalionDied around age 33 on 31 October 1918Remembered at Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France Frederick Joseph Chaddock was born in late 1880 in Lambeth, the fourth child and third son of Augustus Chaddock, a stone mason, and Caroline Ellen Chaddock. The family lived at 12 Esher […]
Thomas Cavalier
T. C. Cavalier Service no. 468539 Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine Reserve, RFA Reliance Died age 27 on 20 January 1918 Son of Mrs E. Cavalier, of 14 Irving Grove, Stockwell Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial Thomas Cavalier was killed on HMS Louvain after it was attacked by a U-boat (UC22) in the Eastern Mediterranean. The […]
Frederick Harold Capewell
F. H. Capewell Service no. G/75140 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 17th Battalion Died age 18 on 1 April 1918 Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell of 35 Union Road, Clapham. Remembered at West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium Brother of Brian Harvey Capewell Information from the Capewell family “Fred was due to take over his father’s […]
Archibald Samuel Campbell
A. S. Campbell Service no. 203096 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 2nd/4th Battalion Killed in action on 26 April 1918 Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel British Army Pension Records 1914-1920 Very soon after war broke out jeweller’s assistant Archibald Samuel Campbell took himself to the recruiting office at Battersea and offered himself […]
John Henry Burns
J. Burns (listed on the Memorial as J. Burns)Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps, 15th Field AmbulanceService no. 6003. Died on 20 April 1918, aged 28 Remembered at Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, France Chris Burge writes: John Henry Burn was born in 1890 and baptised on 15 January at St Mary the Less, Lambeth, the first […]
Harry George Burls
H. G. BurlsService no. 15147Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 211th Bde.Died of wounds age 25 on 25 October 1918Born in Stockwell, enlisted at CamberwellSon of George and Elizabeth Burls, of 25 Moat Place, Stockwell, London.Buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 BURLS, H. G., Gunner, R.F.A.Volunteering in […]
Henry Bull
H. Bull Service no. 393397 Private, Labour Corps, 179th Coy. Died age 33 on 14 July 1918 Son of Frederick and Isabell Bull, of 3, Tregothnan Rd., Clapham, London. Born at St. Pancras, London. Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France This is a somewhat tentative identification as there are two men named […]