H. CutmoreService no. 720754Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 24th BattalionDied age 36 on 2 January 1917Son of Anne Cutmore, of 13, St. Martin’s Road, Stockwell, London, and the late William Cutmore.Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Information from the 1911 […]
Charles William Curtis
C. W. CurtisService no. 8672, Lance Serjeant, Worcestershire Regiment, “D” Coy., 3rd Bn.Killed in action on 12 April 1918, aged 34Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Son of Charles Curtis; husband of Mary Curtis, of 22, Hargrave Rd., Highgate, London. Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Charles William Curtis, a blacksmith’s striker, lived […]
Albert Curtis
A. Curtis Service no. SS/8149 Private, Army Service Corps Died on 30 August 1915, aged 35 Remembered at Wandsworth Cemetery, Magdalen Road, Earlsfield, south-west London Albert Curtis left a widow, Forence Maud Curtis, living at Paradise Road, Stockwell, and five young children. Albert married Florence in 1906, and worked as an upholsterer and maker of […]
Edward Arthur Cunningham
E.A. CunninghamRifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 1st/6th Bn. Service No. 3362Died 15 September 1916, aged about 21 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Edward Arthur Cunningham was born in Stockwell in 1895, the only child of Arthur and Fanny. He was baptised in Kent, his mother’s place of birth, with […]
James William Cummins
J. W. CumminsService no. 2033Corporal, London Regiment, 22nd BattalionDied age 31 on 20 May 1916Husband of Edith Cummins, of South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 James William Cummins, then 26, born in Lambeth, was married and living with his family in 2 rooms at 191 […]
Arthur Stephen Crumpler
A. S. Crumpler Service no. SS/112057 Leading Stoker, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cornwallis Died on 9 January 1917, aged 22 Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Crumpler was one of 15 men who died when the Cornwallis was torpedoed by the German U-boat (U-32) off Malta. He had previously survived the sinking of the Cressy, which […]
William Alfred Crowther
W. A. Crowther Service no. K/27519 Stoker 1st Class, Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Died age 19 on 9 July 1917 Son of Mrs. M. Flowerdew (formerly Crowther), of 16 Birds Hill, Railway Side, Letchworth, Herts. Native of Clapham, London. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial The Vanguard exploded on 9 July 1917. You can read about […]
James Charles Frederick Cross
J. C. F. Cross Service no. 27166 Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 13th Batallion; formerly 1875, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Killed in action on 29 September 1918, age 26 Son of Mrs. G. Cross, of 161 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France British Army WWI Service […]
Herbert Howard Crocker
H. H. CrockerService no. 203662Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st BattalionKilled in action age 29 on 7 April 1917Son of Horace Howard Crocker, of 52 Hoppers Road, Palmer’s Green, London; husband of Edith Maud Crocker, of 13 Tregothnan Road, Clapham, London.Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census Herbert Howard Crocker, 23 in […]
Abraham Crocker
A. Crocker Service no. 5308 Private, London Regiment, 1st/20th Battalion Died aged about 33 on 1 October 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Abraham Crocker, from Crewkerne, Somerset, was employed as a carman for a building contractor. He lived at 2 Layham Cottage, Stockwell with his brother, John Crocker, […]
