“Harry got his wishes. Harry got one stripe. He got to fire the machine guns.” Read the intriguing story of an inscription in a book, discovered by chance.
Charles Richard George Hill
C. R. G. Hill Service no. 495791 Private, London Regiment, 1st/13th Kensington Battalion; also Machine Gun Corps, attd. 56th Coy. Born in Camberwell; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Lambeth Died of wounds age 37 on 20 March 1918 CWGC: “Husband of Ethel May Hill, of 17 Clitheroe Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, […]
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 […]
Charles Morley Harradine
C. M. Harradine Service no. 47322 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 12th Battalion Born in Tottenham, north London; enlisted in Wandsworth; lived in Clapham Died of wounds age 19 on 19 July 1918 CWGC: “Son of Sidney and Mary Harradine, of Clapham, London.” Remembered at Ligby-St Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, France Information from the 1911 […]
George Hansford
G. Hansford Service no. 2917 Rifleman, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion Enlisted in London; lived in South Lambeth Died of wounds age 25 on 28 April 1915 CWGC: “Son of Henry and Rosina Hansford, of 2, Stamford Buildings, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France Information from the 1911 census In […]
Alfred Bernard Gude
A. B. Gude Service no. 1556 Private, London Regiment, 24th Battalion Born in Clapham; enlisted in Kennington; lived in Stockwell Died aged about 19 on 16 June 1915 Remembered at Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery, London SW16 Information from the censuses In 1911 the Gude family lived at 26 Willington Road, Stockwell, where they occupied 4 rooms.Thomas […]
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 […]
George Harry Glover
G. H. Glover Service no. 11773 Private, Border Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died of wounds age 20 on 31 March 1915 Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell CWGC: “Son of George Harry and Mary Jane Glover, of Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France At six foot two, George Harry Glover was […]
Benjamin James George
B. J. George Service no PS/2124 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 16th Battalion Died of wounds age 25 on 15 July 1916 Born in Thornton Heath, Surrey; lived in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth CWGC: “Born at Coulsdon, Surrey. Son of David John Gingell George and Emily George, of 76, Southview Rd., Southwick, Sussex. Remembered at Hamburg Cemetery, […]
Henry Frost
H. FrostService no. 2/9508Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th BattalionDied on 24 March 1916, aged 29Remembered at Calais Southern Cemetery, France This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Henry Frost was born at the end of 1886 in Lambeth, the second youngest of what would be eight known children of parents Thomas and Letitia […]