W. A. C. Fuller Rifleman, London Regiment, 1/12th Bn. (The Rangers) Service no. 474078; formerly 7th London Regiment. Died on 9 September 1916, aged 20. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. This is a somewhat tentative identification. As a 12-year-old schooboy Kennington-born William Bert (possibly Albert) Fuller and his brother boarded with Edith Ruddick, a […]
Henry Frost
H. FrostService no. 2/9508Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th BattalionDied on 24 March 1916, aged 29Remembered at Calais Southern Cemetery, France This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Henry Frost was born at the end of 1886 in Lambeth, the second youngest of what would be eight known children of parents Thomas and Letitia […]
Frank Thomas Frisby
F. T. FrisbyService no. 26192Private, Grenadier Guards, 1st BattalionDied on 12 October 1917, aged 36Enlisted at BatterseaRemembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Frank Thomas Frisby was born on 4 April 1881, the first child of parents John Hulbert and Mary Ann Frisby. He was baptised as an infant on 29 May 1881 […]
Frederick Amos Frewer
F. A. Frewer Service no. 926373 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 290th Bde. Killed in action age 25 on 30 October 1918 CWGC: “Son of James and Elizabeth Frewer, of 39, Arlesford Rd., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Frederick Amos Frewer lived […]
G. H. A. Fisher
Tentative identification by Chris Burge of Mitcham War Memorial website. This might be George H.A. Fisher, a Rifleman (Service no. 5492) who enlisted on 11 May 1914 in the Rifle Brigade (5th Battalion, Prince Consort’s Own) and was discharged at Winchester on 25 April 1918. Excerpt from The National Roll of the Great War Fisher, […]
John Morgan French
J. M. FrenchService no. 668Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1st/5th Glamorgan Bde.Born in Lambeth; enlisted in CardiffDied of wounds aged 25 on 31 August 1916CWGC: “Son of John W. French, of 282, South Lambeth Rd., London.”Remembered at Richmond Cemetery, Surrey Information from the 1901 census In 1901 the French family lived at 59 Mawbey Street, South […]
Victor Edwin Finch
V. E. Finch Service no. 2829 Rifleman, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 1st/8th Battalion Killed in action at around age 21 on 25 May 1915 Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, FranceInformation from the censuses In 1911 Victor Edwin Finch was living in 2 rooms at 11 Stockwell Green with his family. Frederick James Finch, 46, […]
George Edward Fensome
G. E. Fensome Service no. 955621 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery Died aged about 24 15 March 1919 Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, London and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the censuses In 1911 George Fensome, aged 16, was working as a ticket collector for the City and South London Railway and living with […]
William George Frederick Feltham
F. W. G. Feltham Service no. 32204 Private, Lancashire Fusiliers, 18th Battalion Lived in Clapham Killed in action on 23 October 1917 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Emanuel Feder
E. FederService no. 354910Private, London Regiment, 7th BattalionAlso London Regiment, posted to 1st/19th BattalionKilled in action, aged about 28, on 1 September 1918Born in Soho, London; lived in BrixtonRemembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France and at the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA See We Were There Too, which gives […]
