W. J. Harman
Service no. R/7894
Lance Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 7th Battalion
Died on 5 December 1917
CWGC: “Husband of Lillian Maud Harman, of 47 Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery
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 1911 George’s father, Harry (or Henry) Hansford, 51, was a widower living in 3 rooms at 6 Stamford Buildings, South Lambeth Road, with 5 of his children. (Henry and his deceased wife Rosina had had 14 children – 9 of them surviving in 1911). He was a brass finisher and was born in Westminster. The children on the census were:
George Hansford, 22, a bell wireman, born in Westminster
Florence Hansford, 17, born in Battersea
Thomas Hansford, 15, born in Lambeth
Lily Hansford, 13, born in Lambeth
Arthur Hansford, 12, born in Lambeth
William Hansford, 8, born in Lambeth
Harry Frank Handel
H. F. Handel
Service no. 16005
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 20th Reserve Bty.
Died age 34 on 9 March 1915
Handel died at home on 9 March 1915 from pneumonia, mitral disease (disease of the heart valves) and heart failure.
CWGC: “Husband of A. H. Handel, of 2 Arlington Mansions, 18A Morat Street, Brixton, London. Served in the South African Campaign.”
Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, London and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA
See also George Frederick Billingsley and Sydney Walter Billingsley (stepsons).
There is also a thread about Harry Frank Handel on The Great War Forum.
Information from the 1911 census
Harry Frank Handel, 29, had been married to Ada Harriet Billingsley, 42, for 1 year when he completed the 1911 census. The family was then living in 3 rooms at 101 Cornwallis Road, Upper Holloway, north London. The couple had one son, Robert Harry Handel, 11 months, born in Highgate, north London (their daughter, Ida Helen Handel, was born in in 1915). The household included Harry’s stepsons: Sydney and George Billingsley, both remembered on the Stockwell War Memorial, and a stepdaughter, Winifred Kate Billingsley, 9. Harry Handel was an army pensioner, now working as a cook.
Information from the 1891 census
In 1891 Harry Handel was 9, living with his 6 siblings and parents in Camberwell (111 Crofton Road). His father, Harry Robert Handel, 36, was a pipe importer, born in Lambeth. His mother, Elizabeth Ann Handel, also 36, was born in Heytesbury, Wiltshire. The children on the 1891 census were
Elizabeth Kate Handel, 12, born in Lambeth
Nellie Eliza Handel, 10, born in Newington
Harry Frank Handel, 9, born in Newington
Amy Louise Handel, 7, born in Newington
Arthur E. L. Handel, 6, born in Newington
Ida Gertrude Handel, 1, born in Camberwell
Robert William Handel, 1 month, born in Camberwell
Annie Harriet Lawrence, 13 and born in Heytesbury, Wiltshire lived in as a general servant.
Charles William Hall
C. W. Hall
Service no. G/10772
Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 11th Battalion; also Machine Gun Corps, attd 39th
Killed in action aged about 25 on 14 April 1918
CWGC: “Son of Mrs. M. C. Hall, of 13, Priory Rd., South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at St. Venant-Robescq Road British Cemetery, Robecque, Pas de Calais
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 Charles William Hall, then 18, lived with his widowed mother, Mary Chamberlain Hall, 59, at 13 Priory Road, South Lambeth, where they occupied 3 rooms. Mary was from Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Charles, an only child, was born in Lambeth and worked as a clerk for a bottled beer manufacturer. On the night of the census, Mary Jane Jones, a 31-year-old married woman and her son Alfred James Jones, 2, were visiting. They were both Lambeth-born.
William A. Hall
W. A. Hall
Service no. 302230
Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion
Died age 21 on 9 October 1916
CWGC: “Son of Henry Charles and Priscilla Amelia Hall, of 27 Cavendish Grove, South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
Information from the 1911 Census
In 1911 the Hall family were living at 19 Cavendish Grove, where they occupied 6 rooms. Henry Charles Hall, 44, who was born in Lambeth, worked in the building trade as a painter. Priscilla Amelia Hall, 46, was born in Pimlico. They had had 13 children, 9 of whom survived in 1911. Eight were on the census return for this address:
Amelia Annie Hall, 24, was a waitress
Lucy Charlotte Hall, 20, was a “counter hand”
Daisy Maud Hall, 17, was a blouse machinist
William Arthur Hall, 15, was an office boy
Ethel Victoria Hall, at 13, was still at school,
Herbert Sydney Hall, 11, at school
Walter Edward Hall, 7, at school
Elsie Doris Hall, 4
All were born in Lambeth.
Charles Philip Guy
C. P. Guy
Service no. 7658
Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1st Battalion
Born in Gloucester; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham
Died of wounds age 31 on 26 November 1914
CWGC: “Husband of Margaret Hannah Guy, of 30 Portland Place South, Clapham Road, London.”
Cited in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Remembered at Zantvoorde British Cemetery, near Ypres, Belgium