T. E. RossService no. R/6733Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion R.N. Div.Died on 29 September 1918, aged 24 (missing, later reported killed in action or died of wounds)Next-of-kin & home address: Wife, Emily [née Brown], 56 South Island Place, Clapham Road, Clapham, London SW9.Service history: Army Reserve 24 June 1916Entered 29 April 1918Draft […]
Sydney (or Sidney) Herbert Rogers
S. RogersPrivate, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. G/43526. Died on 23 October 1918, aged 32. Remembered at Remembered at Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Chris Burge writes: Sydney (aka Sidney) Herbert Rogers was born in Lambeth in 1886 and baptised at All Saints, South Lambeth on 24 October 1886. His parents, William and […]
Joseph Rogers
J. RogersPrivate, Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Bn. Service no. 27971Died on 6 May 1918, aged about 22.Remembered at Remembered at Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France Chris Burge writes: Joseph Rogers, born in Lambeth in 1896, was the youngest of six siblings. He was baptised together with his two-year-old brother Edward on 16 December at […]
Robert Harry Roberts
R. H. RobertsService no. G/22229Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 1st/4th BattalionDied on 7 August 1918, aged about 19Remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France, and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census Robert Harry Roberts was a 12-year-old schoolboy in 1911. He lived at 21 Cottage Grove, Stockwell with his […]
Charles Rhodes
C. RhodesPrivate, Worcestershire Regiment, 14th Bn. Service No. 26775Died on 19 September 1918, aged about 28Remembered at Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France Chris Burge writes: Charles Rhodes was born in 1890 and baptised as Charles Ernest at St Peter’s Church, Norbiton in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey on 29 October 1890, when his […]
Ernest Reynolds
E. ReynoldsService no. 143376Sapper, Corps of Royal Engineers, 104th Field Coy.Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Croydon; lived in LambethKilled in action on 20 January 1918, aged about 20Remembered at Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery, France In 1911 Ernest Reynolds, 13, lived in three rooms at 20 Tradescant Road, South Lambeth. His father, George Reynolds, 49, was a […]
Ernest Albert Pyle
E. A. PyleService no. G/81351Private, Royal Fusiliers, 23rd Battalion; formerly 5505, Middlesex RegimentKilled in action on 19 March 1918, aged 31Born in Tottenham; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in BrixtonCWGC: “Husband of Ellen Pyle, of 11a Morat Street, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park […]
Thomas Protheroe
T. ProtheroeService no. 39017Private, East Lancashire Regiment, 2nd/5th Battalion, formerly 233832, Royal Field ArtilleryBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in StockwellDied on 26 March 1918, aged 38CWGC: “Husband of F. M. Protheroe, of 108, Grantham Rd., Clapham Road, London.”Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 In 1911, […]
James Sidney Prescott
S. J. PrescottService no. 8638Serjeant, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 1st BattalionEnlisted at BrixtonDied on 28 March 1918, aged about 31CWGC: “Son of the late William George and Mary Jane Prescott.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1911 James S. Prescott, aged 24, was serving with the 2nd Battalion (mounted infantry) of the Royal […]
Ernest Alexander Potts
E. A. Potts Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers, 24th Bn. attd. 10th Bn. Died of wounds on 15 October 1918, aged 26 Military Cross CWGC: “Son of Edward and Emma Potts, of 9, Mordaunt St., Brixton, London.” Remembered at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Ernest Alexander Potts, the son of a police constable and a former […]