A. L. Brown Service no. S/26223 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion Died age 40 on 10 April 1917 Son of the late Tom and Mary Brown; husband of Edith Maude May (formerly Brown), of Ellerslie Road, Clapham Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
George Augustus Broom
G. A. BroomService no. 95439Corporal, Royal Field Artillery, “D” Bty. 63rd Bde.Killed in action on 30 November 1917Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France George Augustus Broom, born in Lambeth in January 1895, to Frederick and Lucy Ann Broom. He was baptised at St Anne’s, South Lambeth on 31 May at which time his parents […]
G. F. Brooks
Not identified.
Arthur Brooker
A. Brooker Service no. 30907 Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died of wounds at about age 18 on 24 April 1918 Remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France Information from the 1911 census rthur Brooker is the youngest person in his household at 36 Rutland Street, South Lambeth. His mother, Annie Brooker, 53, […]
Mark Harry Briggs
H. BriggsPrivate, London Regiment, ‘A’ Coy. 23rd Bn. Service no. 701038Died on 5 April 1918, aged 19Remembered at Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Mark Harry Briggs was born in Lambeth on 14 May 1898 and was baptised at All Saints’, South Lambeth on 12 June. He was named after his father, and his […]
Walter Branson
W. Branson Service no. 204513 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Battalion posted to 1st/2nd Battalion Killed in action 27 August 1918 Remembered at Summit Trench Cemetery, Croisilles, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census Walter Branson lived with his family in 4 rooms (including kitchen) at 71 Dorset Road in 1911. His […]
Frank Bowring
Died of an illness in Belgium on 26 October 1919, aged 24
John Bowden
J. BowdenService no. 118026Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 157th Coy.Died age 19 on 5 March 1918Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bowden, of 2 Ely Place, Dorset Road, Clapham, London.Remembered at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Information from the 1911 census In 1911 John Bowden, then 12, lived with his widowed mother, Harriet Bowden, 38, […]
Herbert Alfred Blick
H. A. BlickService no. 295157Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd/4th Battalion; formerly 553758, 16th London RegimentKilled in action on 21 September 1917, aged 37CWGC: “Son of John and Jessie Blick, of 128 Grove Road, Balham, London; husband of Emily Elizabeth Blick, of 202 Clapham Road, Stockwell, London. Served with the City Imperial Volunteers in the […]
Albert John Blackmore
A. J. Blackmore Service no. 2966 Trooper, 1st Life Guards Born in Wandsworth Killed in action on 30 October 1914 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial This identification is somewhat tentative. This the only A. J. Blackmore in both the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database and in the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919. […]