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Henry Wilfred Edney

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H. W. Edney
Service no. 315081
Lance Corporal, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 5th Battalion
Died age 21 on 17 October 1917
Son of Elizabeth M. A. Edney, of “The Moorings,” 30 Clitheroe Road, Clapham, London
Remembered at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 the Edney family lived in 7 rooms at 50 Stockwell Green. Elizabeth Edney, 47 and born in Marylebone, London, was a widow. She had 6 children (one had died) in 1911:
Phillip Stanley Edney, 22, a stationer’s assistant, born in Brixton
Leslie George Edney, 20, an insurance clerk, born in Brixton
Walter Ernest Edney, 18, a restaurant clerk, born in Camberwell
Harry (or Henry) Wilfred Edney, 15, a messenger, born in Camberwell
Elsie Mercy Edney, 13, born in Camberwell
Ethel Hopkins, a single 21-year-old hairdresser from Bristol, boarded with the family.
Grace Elizabeth Edney, 21, was working as a servant to Mary Ann Larkin, a 65-year-old house agent, a few doors down the street at 17 Stockwell Green.

Frederick Eales Johnson

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Frederick Eales-Johnson. Photo by kind permission of Anne Hughes.

F. Eales-Johnson
Service no. 950162
Gunner, Royal Artillery, “A” Bty. 235th Bde.
Died age 22 on 17 June 1917
Son of Fredrick (sic) and Mary Eales-Johnson (née Marshall), of 37 Portland Place North, Clapham Road, London. Born Lambeth, London.
Remembered at Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

Information from the 1911 census

Frederick Johnson was a 43-year-old printer born in Lambeth. He and his wife Mary Johnson, 38, who was from Bermondsey, lived at 7 Wyvil Street. They had 10 children, all surviving to this date, with 9 appearing on the census:
Florence Johnson, 18, a bookfolder
Frederick Johnson, 16, a junior clerk and student
Elsie Johnson, 13
George Johnson, 12
Albert Johnson, 9
Dorothy Johnson, 8
Henry Johnson, 4
Mary Johnson, 3
Alice Johnson, 9 months
All were born in Southwark.

Bernard Allen Miller Dunning

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B. A. M. Dunning
Service no. 558257
Driver, Royal Engineers, Army Signal Company
Died of dystentery age 39 on 6 December 1918
Son of Mrs Julia Dunning; husband of Rosina Harriet Dunning, of 17, Somerleyton Road, Brixton, London. Born in Dorset.
Remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq

British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920

Bernard Dunning joined the war effort early – he attested on 5 December 1914 from the Territorials. In civilian life he was a tram conductor; he became a driver in the Army Signal Company in the Royal Engineers.

Dunning’s medical notes state that he was 5 feet 7 inches tall with a 35 inch chest, which he could expand by 2 inches. His physical development was “fair”.

Dunning survived the war, but fell very soon afterwards. He served in France, in the British Expeditionary Force, between 12 February to 7 November 1916, and had periods in England. During  this period he was admitted to hospital suffering from haemorroids, which were operated on.

Later he was deployed in the Middle East, where he was admitted to hospital on 23 August 1918 – again suffering from haemorroids –  and discharged 22 September 1918. On 10 November he was admitted to the 31st British Stationary Hospital field hospital and by 24 November he was described as “dangerously ill” with dysentery. On 6 December he died.

Dunning left a widow, Rosina Harriet Dunning, and a 12-year-old son, Herbert William.

Information from the 1911 census

Bernard Allen Miller Dunning, 31, and Rosina Harriet Dunning, 27, lived with their son at 56 Edithna Street, Stockwell. Bernard was born in Lulworth, Dorset, and worked as a tram driver for the LCC (London County Council). Rosina Harriet Dunning was born in Blackfriars. Their son Herbert William, born in Eastbourne, Sussex, was 5. Two boarders lived with the family: Henry Miles, 25 and single, worked as an estate agent; Alice Lily Murphy, 25, was a dressmaker.

Ten years previously (1901 census), Bernard was single and living in Eastbourne, where he worked as a door porter at the Grand Hotel. His father (1891 census) was a groom and general outdoor servant.

Harold Putnam Dudley

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Harold Putnam Dudley
Harold Putnam Dudley

H. P. Dudley
Service no 2460
Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), “C” Coy. 1st/5th Battalion
Died age 29 on 1 July 1916
Son of James Robert and Charlotte Dudley, of 298 South Lambeth Road, London.
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Information from the 1911 Census

Harold Dudley was a commercial clerk. In 1911, aged 24 and an only child, he was living with his parents, James Robert Dudley, 53, also a commercial clerk, and Charlotte Emily Dudley, 50, at 298 South Lambeth Road. James was born in Lambeth, as was his son Harold. Charlotte was from “London” (the census is not more specific).

In addition, the family had three boarders: George Hugh Willson, 24, born in London and working as a cashier; William James Cross, 22, a journalist born in Walthamstow, Essex; and Leonard Gainey, 22, a commercial traveller, from Niversfield, Sussex. On the night of the census the household had a visitor, Lillie Willson, 48, a hotel manageress born in Burgh Heath, Surrey, and presumably the mother of boarder George Hugh Willson.

Edward Driscoll

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E. Driscoll
Service no. 216940
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 12th Bty. 35th Bde.
Died age 24 on 21 October 1917
Son of Michael and Ellen Driscoll, of 2 Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, London.
Remembered at The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Edward Driscoll, 18, was working as a driller (acetelyne) and living with his family in 4 rooms at 26 Madrid Place (now gone), South Lambeth. Michael Driscoll, 56, was a road sweeper for the borough council. He was born in City of London, where Ellen Driscoll, 55, was also born. The couple had had 7 children, 4 of whom survived. James Driscoll, 25, was a carman for the LRSW Railway. Both sons were born in Lambeth.

George Daniel Talbot Drewery

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G. D. T. Drewery
Service no. L/5032
Officer’s Steward 2nd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Partridge”
Died age 21 on 12 December 1917
Son of George Talbot Drewery and Louisa Emma Drewery, of 25 Lansdowne Road
Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The Partridge was sunk by four German destroyers in the North Sea while escorting a convoy. 74 men were lost. See naval-history.net for a list of casualties.

Information from the 1911 Census

In 1911 George Drewery, then a 15-year-old office boy, was living with his aunt Mary Ann Elizabeth White, 53, and uncle Robert White, 53, and their family at 62 Landor Road. Robert White was a housepainter born in Hackney. His wife was born in Lambeth. Their children, George Drewery’s cousins, all born in Clapham, were
Sydney Cope White, 26, a “warehouseman in ribbons”
Louis Sherley White, 25, a dental mechanic
Ella Annie White, 22, a fancy goods designer
Blanche Ethel White, 20, a shorthand typist