B. A. M. Dunning Service no. 558257 Driver, Royal Engineers, Army Signal Company Died of dystentery age 39 on 6 December 1918 Son of Mrs Julia Dunning; husband of Rosina Harriet Dunning, of 17, Somerleyton Road, Brixton, London. Born in Dorset. Remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 […]
Harold Putnam Dudley
Died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, age 29. One of the Missing.
Edward Driscoll
E. Driscoll Service no. 216940 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 12th Bty. 35th Bde. Died age 24 on 21 October 1917 Son of Michael and Ellen Driscoll, of 2 Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, London. Remembered at The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Edward Driscoll, 18, was working as a driller […]
George Daniel Talbot Drewery
G. D. T. Drewery Service no. L/5032 Officer’s Steward 2nd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Partridge” Died age 21 on 12 December 1917 Son of George Talbot Drewery and Louisa Emma Drewery, of 25 Lansdowne Road Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial The Partridge was sunk by four German destroyers in the North Sea while escorting a […]
Robert Doyle
R. DoyleService no. 8024Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.Died aged 21 on 23 October 1916Son of Deborah Doyle, of 24, Courland Grove, Clapham, London.Remembered at Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Robert’s Service records are extremely fragmentary. They show that he signed up on 13 August 1914, embarked for France on 26 March 1915, was […]
Alfred Colin Dopson
A. C. Dopson Service no. P/200377 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 10th Battalion Died aged about 20 on 23 September 1917 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Information from the censuses In 1901 Alfred Dopson, aged 4, was living at 34 Kenchester Street with his parents, George Dopson, 37, a railway porter born in Newbury, Berkshire, and […]
Henry Richard Dooley
H. R. DooleyService no. 701393Private, London Regiment, 1st/23rd BattalionDied age 22 on 16 September 1916Son of Richard and Mary Dooley, of 4 Smedley Street, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Henry Richard Dooley joined the Territorial Force on 25 May 1915 at Clapham Junction. He described […]
Frederick John Doel
F. J. DoelService no. 31188Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th BattalionKilled in action aged about 20 on 3 May 1917Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1901 Frederick J. Doel, 4, was living at 5 Spring Gardens with his mother, Ada Jane Doel (née Scrine), 23, a washer and ironer born in Lambeth, […]
James Albert Dixon
J. A. Dixon Service no 9159 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion Died age 27 on 13 August 1916 Son of Mr and Mrs Browell, of 69 Stewart Road, Battersea, London; husband of Isabel Constance Dixon, of 17 Camellia Street, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
George Dimond
G. Dimond Service no. L/6478 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 2nd Battalion Died of wounds age 18 on 9 November 1914 Son of Charles and Clara Dimond, of 44 Priory Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1918 and 1911 census George […]