A. A. WallisService no. 30098Private, Welsh Regiment, 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in LambethKilled in action on 8 September 1916, aged 18Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Arthur Ambrose Wallis was a 13-year-old schoolboy living in three rooms at 29 Fountain Street (off Wandsworth Road, south […]
John Frederick Wake
J. F. WakeService no. 75115Private, Royal Fusiliers, 10th Battalion; formerly 42273, 99th Training Reserve BattalionBorn in Battersea; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethDied of wounds on 18 May 1918, aged 19Remembered at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France Information from the 1911 census John Frederick Wake was a 12-year-old schoolboy in 1911. He lived […]
William Childs Wadmore
C. W. WadmoreService no. R/31892Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in CamberwellKilled in action on 9 January 1917, aged about 21Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Identification I believe there is an error on the memorial. I can find no trace of a C. W. Wadmore, but there is evidence […]
Thomas Vincent
T. VincentService no. 10262Lance Corporal, Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Hertford; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 22 October 1914, aged 19CWGC: “Son of Maria Vincent, of 106 Railton Road, Herne Hill, London, and the late Thomas Vincent.”Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census Thomas Vincent, 15 in […]
Albert Henry Vickers
A. H. VickersService no.10022Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in London; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 28 January 1917, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Thomas and Sarah Vickers, of Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France Information from the censuses Albert Henry Vickers, 15 in 1911, was one of 10 […]
Albert Edward Upton
A. E. UptonService no. L/17507Private, London Regiment, 7th Battalion, formerly Middlesex RegimentBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 21 March 1918, aged about 23Remembered at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France Information from the censuses Albert Edward Upton, 16 in 1911, was described by his father Edward Upton as “youth – not […]
James Trimmer
J. TrimmerService no. 9374Serjeant, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1st BattalionBorn in Battersea; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 18 August 1916, aged 26CWGC: “Son of Harry and Sophia Trimmer, of London; husband of Jane Elizabeth Trimmer, of 94 Wilcox Rd., South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France Information from the 1901 […]
Bertram Triance
B. TrianceService no. 164288Sapper, Royal Engineers, 219th Field Coy.Died on 19 November 1916, aged 28CWGC: “Son of William and Jane Triance; husband of Elizabeth Daisy Triance, of 28 Chelsham Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France Information from the censuses Publisher’s clerk Bertram Triance, who was 22 in 1911, lived at 32 […]
Stanley Humphrey Tremelling
Killed in action on 26 May 1915, aged about 22.
James Trace
J. TraceService no. 8867Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th BattalionsEnlisted in Westminster; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 1 July 1916, aged about 21Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the censuses James Trace was an office boy for a firm of solicitors. He shared four rooms at 70b Hackford Road, Stockwell with […]