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 […]
George Albert Pelling
G. A. Pelling Service no. C/3505 Rifleman (served as batman), King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 17th Battalion Born in Wandsworth, enlisted in London Died 1920, aged 26 (not listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database) Medals Silver war badge no. 169847 (War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. Silver War Badge. RG […]
Arthur John Newman
A.J. NewmanRifleman, Rifle Brigade, 2nd Bn. Service no. S/15670Missing in action on 23 October 1916, aged about 26Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Arthur John Newman’s origins were in north London. He was born in Highgate, the third child of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Newman (nee ????), and baptised at St John […]
Walter Henry Nethercott
W. H. Nethercott Service no. Z/2766 Company Quartermaster Serjeant, Rifle Brigade, 3th Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 10 October 1917, aged around 26 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Walter Henry Nethercott, 23, a clerk, enlisted on 12 September 1914. The medical officer described him as […]
John Herriott
J. Herriott Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, 41st Coy. Died of wounds, age 26 on 17 February 1919 Awarded Military Cross Son of John and Mary Herriott, of 50 Milton Road, Herne Hill, London. Native of London. Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France Two of John Herriott’s brothers, Andrew Herriott and Archibald Herriott, also died. For […]
John Albert Grainger
J. A. Grainger Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 6th Bn. Service no. G/14181Died on 12 July 1917, aged 26Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France Brother of Robert Grainger Chris Burge writes: John Albert Grainger was born in 1891 and baptised in Kennington on 25 January, the fourth child of Robert and […]
Charles Bernard Farrell
C. B. Farrell Service no. 8272 Colour Serjeant, South Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died after a fall from his horse, age 26, on 15 April 1916 CWGC: “Son of Michael and Elizabeth Farrell, of 66, Dalyell Road, Brixton, London. Born at Warrington.” Remembered at Streatham Park Cemetery National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 FARRELL, […]
John James Derry
J. J. Derry Service no. 41051 Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Killed in action age 26 on 9 April 1917 Son of Lionel and Sarah Derry, of London; husband of M. L. Eaton (formerly Derry), of 5 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London. Remembered Fampoux British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1901 census In […]
James Charles Frederick Cross
J. C. F. Cross Service no. 27166 Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 13th Batallion; formerly 1875, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Killed in action on 29 September 1918, age 26 Son of Mrs. G. Cross, of 161 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France British Army WWI Service […]
Edwin William Collins
A former railway porter who died age 26 after serving nearly the entire length of the war.