R. P. Dickason Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment, 6th Battalion attd. 1st Battalion Died age 20 on 14 February 1917 Son of Harold Burfield Dickason, of 155 Clapham Road, London. Remembered at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France British Army WWI Officers Service Records 1914-1920 Reginald Percy Dickason was educated at King’s College School and Pitman’s Metropolitan […]
Jules Benjamin Alfred Desaleux
J. B. A. Desaleux Service no. 1250216 Gunner, Canadian Field Artillery, 76th Bty. Reserve Bde. Died age 29 on 25 May 1917 Son of J. B. A. and Edith Desaleux, of London, England; husband of Alice E. Desaleux, of 1399, Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Remembered at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent Brother of Ernest William Desaleux and Frederick […]
Frederick J. 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 […]
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 […]
Harry Cutmore
H. CutmoreService no. 720754Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 24th BattalionDied age 36 on 2 January 1917Son of Anne Cutmore, of 13, St. Martin’s Road, Stockwell, London, and the late William Cutmore.Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Information from the 1911 […]
James William Cummins
J. W. CumminsService no. 2033Corporal, London Regiment, 22nd BattalionDied age 31 on 20 May 1916Husband of Edith Cummins, of South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 James William Cummins, then 26, born in Lambeth, was married and living with his family in 2 rooms at 191 […]
Arthur Stephen Crumpler
A. S. Crumpler Service no. SS/112057 Leading Stoker, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cornwallis Died on 9 January 1917, aged 22 Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Crumpler was one of 15 men who died when the Cornwallis was torpedoed by the German U-boat (U-32) off Malta. He had previously survived the sinking of the Cressy, which […]
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 […]
Abraham Crocker
A. Crocker Service no. 5308 Private, London Regiment, 1st/20th Battalion Died aged about 33 on 1 October 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Abraham Crocker, from Crewkerne, Somerset, was employed as a carman for a building contractor. He lived at 2 Layham Cottage, Stockwell with his brother, John Crocker, […]