T. C. Cavalier Service no. 468539 Able Seaman, Mercantile Marine Reserve, RFA Reliance Died age 27 on 20 January 1918 Son of Mrs E. Cavalier, of 14 Irving Grove, Stockwell Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial Thomas Cavalier was killed on HMS Louvain after it was attacked by a U-boat (UC22) in the Eastern Mediterranean. The […]
William Archibald Edward Carter
W. A. E. Carter Service no. J/25992 Ordinary Signalman, Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary Died age 18 on 31 May 1916 Son of Archibald and Florence Louisa Carter, of 113 South Lambeth Road Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial The HMS Queen Mary was sunk by the SMS Seydlitz at the Battle of Jutland. Of the […]
Henry W. Carter
H. W. Carter Service no. L/6227 Fitter, Royal Field Artillery”C” Bty. 93rd Bde. Killed in action age 33 on 24 November 1917 Son of Henry William Carter; husband of Grace Elizabeth Carter, of 25 Aldebert Terrace Remembered at Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, France
Herbert Carey
H. CareyAble Seaman (RFR/CH/B/5028), HMS India Service no. 212125 Killed in action on 8 August 1915, aged 31Remembered at Narvik Old Cemetery, Norway Chris Burge writes: Herbert Carey was born on 27 November 1883 in Holloway, north London, the third of Thomas George and Mary Carey’s five known children. Herbert was still living in Islington […]
Frederick Harold Capewell
F. H. Capewell Service no. G/75140 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 17th Battalion Died age 18 on 1 April 1918 Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell of 35 Union Road, Clapham. Remembered at West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium Brother of Brian Harvey Capewell Information from the Capewell family “Fred was due to take over his father’s […]
Brian Harvey Capewell
B. H. Capewell Service no. M/15985 Ship’s Steward Assistant, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Vala.” Died age 23 on 21 August 1917 Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell, of 35 Union Road, Clapham, London. Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial, West Norwood Cemetery, London SE27 Brother of Frederick Harold Capewell HMS “Vala” was a Q boat […]
George Herbert Canham
G. H. Canham Service no. 3861 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/16th Battalion Born in Chelsfield, Kent; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Canham, of 35, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, […]
Arthur Sidney Candy
A. S. Candy Private no. A/201081 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 7th Battalion Died age 23 on 22 October 1917 Son of Amelia S. Candy, of 7 Tregothnan Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911, the Candy family was living in 17 Trevelyan Road, Tooting, where […]
Archibald Samuel Campbell
A. S. Campbell Service no. 203096 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 2nd/4th Battalion Killed in action on 26 April 1918 Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel British Army Pension Records 1914-1920 Very soon after war broke out jeweller’s assistant Archibald Samuel Campbell took himself to the recruiting office at Battersea and offered himself […]
William George Callen
W. G. Callen Service no. 12089 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Died age 24 on 29 August 1920 Son of Mr W. H. Callen, 100 Dorset Road, Clapham Road, London. Remembered at Lambeth (Tooting) Cemetery Information from the censuses In 1911 William Henry Callen, then 45, born in Eastleigh, Hampshire, was living with his wife […]