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 […]
Arthur George Wright
A. G. Wright Service no. 1633 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Lambeth Died of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.” Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France
John Thomas Wotton
J. T. Wotton Service no. 13413 Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th Battalion Died on 6 March 1917, aged 29 CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census and Parish Records, St Andrew’s Church, Stockwell In 1911 John Thomas Wotton, […]
Frank Worthy
F. Worthy Service no. 4785 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 […]