A. Blacker Service no. 44089 Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles; formerly 5973, London Regiment Died of wounds on 25 June 1918, age 28 CWGC: “Son of Arthur and Nellie Blacker, of London; husband of Charlotte Blacker, of 50 Shillington Street, Battersea, London.” Remembered at Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery Information from the censuses In 1901 Arthur Edward Blacker […]
William Bird
W. Bird Service no. J/24752 Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Princess Royal.” Died at around age 22 on 18 July 1918 Son of William Bird, of 21, Irving Grove, Stockwell, London. Also remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Screen Wall and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1901 and 1911 censuses In 1911 William Bird […]
Sydney Walter Billingsley
S. W. BillingsleyService no. 4001Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1st/21st BattalionKilled in action age 18 on 12 September 1916 (Billingsley’s enlistment record shows that he claimed to be 19)CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. H. Handel, of 18a Morat Street, Brixton.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell […]
George Frederick Billingsley
G. F. BillingsleyService no. 10356Private, Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd BattalionDied age 24 on 29 September 1918CWGC: “Son of Mrs. A. H. Handel, of 2 Arlington Mansions, 18A Morat Street, Brixton.”Remembered at Sucrerie Cemetery, Epinoy, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London 0DA. Brother of Sydney Walter Billingsley.Stepson of Harry […]
Percy Bigg
P. Bigg Service no. CH/17624 Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. “Formidable” Died age 19 on 1 January 1915 Son of Alfred Bigg, of 12, Thorparch Road, Wandsworth. Born at Lambeth. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Private Bigg died after H. M. S. “Formidable” was torpedoed by a […]
William Spencer Benson
W. S. BensonService no. 35733Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 17th Field AmbulanceDied of wounds 23 April 1917, aged 20Born in Brixton, enlisted in HolbornRemembered at Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. Information from the 1911 census William Spencer Benson, […]
William Albert George Benson
W. A. G. Benson Service no. 634829 Private, London Regiment, “A” Coy. 20th Battalion; formerly TR?10/108398, 23rd T.R. Battalion Killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 19 Son of William Albert and Rose Louisa Benson, of 34 Willington Road, Stockwell Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census William Albert […]
William Elias Beney
W. E. BeneyService no. 20342Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 36th Coy.Died on 30 November 1917 aged 25Husband of Mahala Beney, of 120 Cowick Road, Upper Tooting, London.Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France William Elias Beney, the son of William Beney, a coal porter living in 1911 at 1 Belinda Road, Loughborough Junction near Brixton, […]
John Edward Bean
J. E. BeanService no. 50155Corporal, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty. 49th Bde.Died of wounds on 22 August 1916, aged about 44Remembered at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France The 1911 census return completed by 43-year-old ‘Edward John Bean’, a dustman born in Brixton living in three rooms at 5 Carfax Square (now replaced by local […]
W. Beacham
Not identified.