J. Ely Service no. C/276 Private, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 2nd Battalion Killed in action at around age 25 on 25 September 1915 Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census and other sources The Ely family lived in 4 rooms at 95 Paradise Road, Stockwell. Charles Ely, 47, […]
John Reginald Charles Edwards
J. R. C. Edwards Service no, 701405 Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 1st/23rd Battalion Killed in action, age 21 on 7 June 1917 Son of John and Louisa S. Edwards, of 37A Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, London. Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Information from the 1911 census The Edwards family lived in 4 rooms […]
Harold Putnam Dudley
Died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, age 29. One of the Missing.
Robert Doyle
R. DoyleService no. 8024Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.Died aged 21 on 23 October 1916Son of Deborah Doyle, of 24, Courland Grove, Clapham, London.Remembered at Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Robert’s Service records are extremely fragmentary. They show that he signed up on 13 August 1914, embarked for France on 26 March 1915, was […]
Alfred Colin Dopson
A. C. Dopson Service no. P/200377 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 10th Battalion Died aged about 20 on 23 September 1917 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Information from the censuses In 1901 Alfred Dopson, aged 4, was living at 34 Kenchester Street with his parents, George Dopson, 37, a railway porter born in Newbury, Berkshire, and […]
Henry Richard Dooley
H. R. DooleyService no. 701393Private, London Regiment, 1st/23rd BattalionDied age 22 on 16 September 1916Son of Richard and Mary Dooley, of 4 Smedley Street, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Henry Richard Dooley joined the Territorial Force on 25 May 1915 at Clapham Junction. He described […]
Frederick John Doel
F. J. DoelService no. 31188Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th BattalionKilled in action aged about 20 on 3 May 1917Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1901 Frederick J. Doel, 4, was living at 5 Spring Gardens with his mother, Ada Jane Doel (née Scrine), 23, a washer and ironer born in Lambeth, […]
Frederick John Dicker
F. J. Dicker Service no. 295165 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st/4th Battalion Killed in action 19 August 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Frederick John Dicker, 31, was living in 4 rooms at 8 Beech Street, Dorset Road with his wife, Susan Dicker, 30. He […]
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 […]
Giles Vellacott Daunt
One of two brothers remembered on the Memorial. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9 April 1916, aged 19.