Grocer’s assistant, killed in action on 27 June 1917, aged 23
Henry Louis Moss
H. L. MossService no. 11338Private, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 5th BattalionBorn at Walworth; enlisted at St. Paul’s Churchyard, London; lived at ClaphamKilled in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915 at about age 23Remembered at Helles Memorial, Turkey and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. (Note: […]
Jarlath Vincent Mooney
J. V. Mooney Service no. H/14352 Private, 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars Born in Southend, Essex; enlisted in London; lived in London Killed in action on 27 March 1917 at age 23 CWGC: “Only son of Jarlath Augustine Mooney, of 32 King’s Avenue, Clapham Park, London, a clerk.” Remembered at Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension, France […]
Thomas Joseph Meredith
T. J. Meredith Service no. 69867 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 99th Bde. Died on 9 September 1918 at age 23 CWGC: “Son of Thomas George and Annie Eliza Meredith, of 40 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece Information from the censuses The 15-year-old Thomas Meredith, an […]
Frank Andrew Jordan
F. A. Jordan (Frank Andrew Jordan) Service no. 6/9524 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion Born in Camberwell; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action 25 September 1915, aged about 23 Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Brother of Albert Edward Jordan.
Alfred Harold Holman
A. H. Holman Service no. 34678 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 182nd Bde. Enlisted in Chelsea; lived in Clapham Died of wounds aged about 23 on 11 May 1916 Remembered at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France Brother of John Orlando Holman, whose CWGC entry states that the family lived at 45 Jeffreys Road, Stockwell. Information from […]
Thomas William Gray
T.W. GrayLance Corporal, London Regiment, 1st/24th Bn Service no. 1909 Died 22 April 1915, aged about 23Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Thomas William Gray was born in 1892 in Plumstead, southeast London, the second child of Walter and Helen Elizabeth Gray. As a child, Thomas lived in Hare Street, within sight […]
William Albert George Fuller
W. A. G. FullerPrivate, 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)Service no. L/4110Died in hospital on 24 March 1917, aged XXRemembered at Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, Bouches-du-Rhone, France William Albert George Fuller was born in Lambeth in 1893, the eldest of five children of Albert Arthur Fuller, a machinist from Battersea, and Rose Maud (née Everett), […]
Ernest William Desaleux
Amongst the names on the Stockwell War Memorial are three brothers, Ernest, Frederick and Alfred Desaleux. They all died in 1917 – Frederick in February, Ernest in April and Alfred in May. The brothers joined different brigades, although two, Ernest and Frederick, were riflemen. Alfred may have moved to Canada before the war: he joined […]
Geoffrey William John Dee
G.W.J. DeePrivate, 24th (County of London) Bn (The Queen’s)Service no. Regiment 720356Died on 15 February 1920, aged 23, after discharge Chris Burge writes: Geoffrey Dee was born on 26 November 1896 in Woolwich, southeast London, the first child of John Edwin and Emma Churchill (née Loftin) Dee, who had married earlier in the year. Geoffrey […]