T. G. Barnes Apprentice, Mercantile Marine, S.S. Belgian Prince (Newcastle) Died age 17 on 31 July 1917 Son of Ernest Henry and Alice Barnes, of 44 Kay Rd., Stockwell, London. Remembered at Tower Hill Memorial, London EC3 and Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 SS Belgian Prince MaritimeQuest has an account of the shocking fate of […]
Albert Herbert Robert Barnes
A. H. R. Barnes (aka Herbert Robert Albert Barnes) Service no. 721131 Private, London Regiment, 24th Battalion Enlisted at Kennington Died of wounds at age 20 on 18 September 1918 Remembered at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the Barnes Family website Mike Barnes, who […]
Frank Barlow
F. Barlow Service no. 6507 Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 2nd/14th Battalion Died in an accident on 17 February 1917, aged 21 Son of Moses and Frances Barlow, of 20, St Stephen’s Terrace, Albert Square, Clapham Road, London. Remembered at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece, and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 British Army […]
John Barber
J. Barber Service no 551983 Driver, Royal Engineers, 47th Signal Coy. Killed in action on 24 March 1918, age 24 Son of John and Lydia Barber, of Stockwell, London. Remembered at Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, France, and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census The Barber family lived at 92 Landor […]
Arthur Edward Ball
A. E. Ball Service no. 10231 Serjeant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Killed in action on 23 July 1916, aged 23 Son of Charles and Sarah Ball, of 58 Tasman Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 […]
Leslie Frank Bailey
L. F. BaileyMidshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. “Bayano”Died on 11 March 1915, aged 19Son of Frederick Harvey Bailey and Maria Bailey, of 11 Belle Vue Gardens, Clapham Road, London. Served on H.T. “Huanchaco” on which he continued to serve when it was taken over as an Admiralty Transport in the first months of the war. […]
William George Bacon
W. G. BaconService no 242252Private, South Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd/6th BattalionDied on 21 March 1918, aged 33Husband of Alice Rachel Bacon, of 37 Kimberley Road, Stockwell, London.Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 In 1911 Bacon was a tobacconist living with his brother and his wife at 86 […]