E. Eldridge Service no. 304022Rifleman, London Regiment, 1/5th Batallion (London Rifle Brigade)Killed in action on 9 October 1916, aged about 19Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911, Leonard Eldridge worked as a messenger for the General Post Office. He lived with his parents and five of his eight siblings at 14 Aldebert Terrace, South […]
John Frederick King
J. F. King Service no. 231178 Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39 Remembered at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France John Frederick King, a carman, joined the Army twice. First he volunteered for the Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) on 5 January 1915. His medical description paints […]
William Edward Humphreys
W. E. Humphreys Private, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Battalion, Service no. 10514 Died 21 October 1914 Remembered at Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France
2018 Service of Remembrance at Stockwell
A service of remembrance will take place at Stockwell War Memorial at 11am on Sunday 11 November 2018. Rev Erica Wooff of St Michael’s Church will lead the service, which will be followed by a wreath laying ceremony. The service and wreath laying will take approximately 40 minutes. There will also be a short service […]
George Frederick Warwick
George Frederick Warwick Corporal, Service Number 30468, formerly 77895 (Royal Engineers) Killed in action on 5 October 1917, aged 23 1st Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium A substantial number of men from the Stockwell area were not listed on the Memorial. The Stockwell War Memorial committee invited families to […]
Stockwell War Memorial: Listed Building status
Listed Building status Designed by Frank T Dear in 1920, unveiled 3rd May 1922 by Princess Alice Countess of Athlone. Neo Grecian style. Tower on plinth 45 feet high of portland stone, and altered towards base. Front has relief figure of Remembrance, in Greek mourning dress with inscription “To the Stockwell men who served in […]
Frank T. Dear and Benjamin Clemens
Frank T. Dear A virtually unknown local architect, Frank T. Dear, won the competition for Stockwell War Memorial. The design was selected by the Royal Academy War Memorials Committee and, according to the report in The Builder (26 March 1920, p 356), was the clear favourite. The Builder also approved the design, commenting that the […]
Samuel Levy
A desperate wife tries to get her husband home from France EIGHT CHILDREN In 1917, when Samuel Levy was 44, he volunteered to fight Germany for King and country. He left his wife, Pauline (nee Neuberger), and their eight children to cope without him, presumably managing on a proportion of his army pay. His civilian […]
Charles John Young
C. J. Young Service no. 42404 Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire Regiment Born in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South Lambeth Killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, […]
Frank Whybrew
F. Wybrew Service no. 10622 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France […]
