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 […]
Albert Edward Chandler
A. E. Chandler Service no. 3527 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Battalion Killed in action age 19 on 1 July 1916 Enlisted at Handel Street, lived in South Lambeth Son of James and Ada Chandler, of 3 Oval Place, Clapham, London. Remembered at Hubuterne Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 […]
Mark Harry Briggs
H. BriggsPrivate, London Regiment, ‘A’ Coy. 23rd Bn. Service no. 701038Died on 5 April 1918, aged 19Remembered at Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Mark Harry Briggs was born in Lambeth on 14 May 1898 and was baptised at All Saints’, South Lambeth on 12 June. He was named after his father, and his […]
John Bowden
J. BowdenService no. 118026Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 157th Coy.Died age 19 on 5 March 1918Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bowden, of 2 Ely Place, Dorset Road, Clapham, London.Remembered at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Information from the 1911 census In 1911 John Bowden, then 12, lived with his widowed mother, Harriet Bowden, 38, […]
Percy Bigg
P. Bigg Service no. CH/17624 Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. “Formidable” Died age 19 on 1 January 1915 Son of Alfred Bigg, of 12, Thorparch Road, Wandsworth. Born at Lambeth. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Private Bigg died after H. M. S. “Formidable” was torpedoed by a […]
William Albert George Benson
W. A. G. Benson Service no. 634829 Private, London Regiment, “A” Coy. 20th Battalion; formerly TR?10/108398, 23rd T.R. Battalion Killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 19 Son of William Albert and Rose Louisa Benson, of 34 Willington Road, Stockwell Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census William Albert […]
Arthur William Batho
A. W. Batho Service no. L/6439 Officer’s Steward 3rd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Conquest” Died age 19 on 25 April 1916 Son of Henry Thomas Batho, of 15 Priory Road, Wandsworth Road, London. Native of South Lambeth. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial Batho died during the bombardment of Lowestoft on 25 April 1916 by the […]
Leslie Frank Bailey
L. F. BaileyMidshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. “Bayano”Died on 11 March 1915, aged 19Son of Frederick Harvey Bailey and Maria Bailey, of 11 Belle Vue Gardens, Clapham Road, London. Served on H.T. “Huanchaco” on which he continued to serve when it was taken over as an Admiralty Transport in the first months of the war. […]