W. J. Gooding Service no. 31983 Private, Welsh Regiment, 19th (Pioneer) Battalion Killed in action age 19 on 25 February 1917 CWGC: “Brother of Harry I. Gooding, of “Clevedon,” Papworth Everard, Cambridge.” Remembered at Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
Jesse William Goff
Killed in action on 1 July 1916 (the first day of the battle of the Somme), aged 19
James William Gilbert
J. W. Gilbert Service no. K/42535 Stoker Second Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Cornwall” Died age 19 on 10 January 1918 CWGC: “Son of W. Gilbert, of 139 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial Information from the Royal Navy website The fourth HMS Cornwall (1902-1920) was a 9000 ton armoured cruiser launched […]
Frederick Charles George
F. C. George Service no. S/31588 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion Died age 19 on 31 July 1917 Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Wandsworth CWGC: “Son of William and Sarah E. George, of 27A, Goldsboro’ Rd., Springfield Estate, Wandsworth, London.” Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium National Roll of the Great […]
Alfred Thomas Evans
A. T. EvansRifleman, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), 2nd/18th Bn.Service no. 593075Died 23 December 1917, aged 19Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel Alfred Thomas Evans was born in 1898 and baptised at St Paul’s, Clapham on 1 May. He was the youngest of William Charles and Mary Evans’ four sons. The family lived in six […]
Giles Vellacott Daunt
One of two brothers remembered on the Memorial. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9 April 1916, aged 19.
William Alfred Crowther
W. A. Crowther Service no. K/27519 Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Died age 19 on 9 July 1917 Son of Mrs. M. Flowerdew (formerly Crowther), of 16 Birds Hill, Railway Side, Letchworth, Herts. Native of Clapham, London. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial The Vanguard exploded on 9 July 1917. You can read about […]
William Arthur Cook
W. A. Cook Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Battalion Died age 19 on 22 September 1916 Son of John and Rhoda Cook, of Stockwell, London. Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France
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 […]
Fredrick Victor Clement
or Frederick Victor ClementF. V. ClementService no. 3538Private, London Regiment, 1st/24th BattalionDied age 19 on 11 June 1916Son of Walter George and Harriett Clement, of 38 Burgoyne Road, StockwellRemembered at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Fredrick/Frederick Victor Clement was a 14-year-old schoolboy boarding at 60 Burgoyne Road (off Combermere Road), […]