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Alfred James Harris

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A. J. Harris
Service no. G/18601
Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Born in South Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell
Killed in action age 19 on 17 October 1918
Remembered at Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Alfred James as a 12-year-old schoolboy living with his family at 14 Larkhall Lane, where they occupied 7 rooms. Frederick James Harris, 51, a brewery stoker and Eliza Mary Harris, 56, did not give birthplaces. They had 8 children, 5 of whom were included on the census return:
William John Harris, 30, a railway stoker, born in Twickenham
Albert Frank Harris, 26, a packer, born in Twickenham
Edith Alice Harris, 17, a dressmaker’s assistant, born in South Lambeth
Minnie Eliza Harris, 16, a packer, born in South Lambeth
Alfred James Harris, 12, born in South Lambeth

Charles Morley Harradine

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C. M. Harradine
Service no. 47322
Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 12th Battalion
Born in Tottenham, north London; enlisted in Wandsworth; lived in Clapham
Died of wounds age 19 on 19 July 1918
CWGC: “Son of Sidney and Mary Harradine, of Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Ligby-St Flochel British Cemetery, Averdoingt, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Charles Harradine was 11 and living with his family at 12 Gaskell Street, Clapham (off Larkhall Rise). Sidney Harradine, 36, was an undertaker’s coachman.He was born in Hensworth, Hertfordshire. Mary Harradine, 46, was born in Tottenham. They had had 5 children but in 1911 only 2 survived: Florence Harradine, 13, born in Tottenham, and Charles, 11, born in Wood Green.

Arthur Pearce Harold

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A. P. Harold
Service no. 320761
Private, Norfolk Regiment, 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion
Born in Reading, Berkshire
Killed in action around age 34 on 9 December 1917
Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel

Information from the censuses

Arthur Pearce Harold, 28, a newspaper clerk, was born in Reading, Berkshire. In 1911 he lived in 3 rooms at 13 Prideaux Road, Stockwell with his parents, Edward Charles Harold, 64, a chemist’s assistant from Tonbridge Wells, Kent, and Elizabeth Ann Harold, 62, a music teacher from Maidstone, Kent, and his sister, Margaret Gibson Harold, a 25-year-old post office clerk, born in Tunbridge Wells. This is one of the few examples where all members of the household have given occupations, including the women. Edward and Elizabeth Harold had had 5 children, with only Arthur and Margaret surviving in 1911.

George Hansford

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G. Hansford
Service no. 2917
Rifleman, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion
Enlisted in London; lived in South Lambeth
Died of wounds age 25 on 28 April 1915
CWGC: “Son of Henry and Rosina Hansford, of 2, Stamford Buildings, South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 George’s father, Harry (or Henry) Hansford, 51, was a widower living in 3 rooms at 6 Stamford Buildings, South Lambeth Road, with 5 of his children. (Henry and his deceased wife Rosina had had 14 children – 9 of them surviving in 1911). He was a brass finisher and was born in Westminster. The children on the census were:
George Hansford, 22, a bell wireman, born in Westminster
Florence Hansford, 17, born in Battersea
Thomas Hansford, 15, born in Lambeth
Lily Hansford, 13, born in Lambeth
Arthur Hansford, 12, born in Lambeth
William Hansford, 8, born in Lambeth

Harry Frank Handel

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H. F. Handel
Service no. 16005
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 20th Reserve Bty.
Died age 34 on 9 March 1915
Handel died at home on 9 March 1915 from pneumonia, mitral disease (disease of the heart valves) and heart failure.
CWGC: “Husband of A. H. Handel, of 2 Arlington Mansions, 18A Morat Street, Brixton, London. Served in the South African Campaign.”
Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, London and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA

See also George Frederick Billingsley and Sydney Walter Billingsley (stepsons).
There is also a thread about Harry Frank Handel on The Great War Forum.

Information from the 1911 census

Harry Frank Handel, 29, had been married to Ada Harriet Billingsley, 42, for 1 year when he completed the 1911 census. The family was then living in 3 rooms at 101 Cornwallis Road, Upper Holloway, north London. The couple had one son, Robert Harry Handel, 11 months, born in Highgate, north London (their daughter, Ida Helen Handel, was born in in 1915). The household included Harry’s stepsons: Sydney and George Billingsley, both remembered on the Stockwell War Memorial, and a stepdaughter, Winifred Kate Billingsley, 9. Harry Handel was an army pensioner, now working as a cook.

Information from the 1891 census

In 1891 Harry Handel was 9, living with his 6 siblings and parents in Camberwell (111 Crofton Road). His father, Harry Robert Handel, 36, was a pipe importer, born in Lambeth. His mother, Elizabeth Ann Handel, also 36, was born in Heytesbury, Wiltshire. The children on the 1891 census were
Elizabeth Kate Handel, 12, born in Lambeth
Nellie Eliza Handel, 10, born in Newington
Harry Frank Handel, 9, born in Newington
Amy Louise Handel, 7, born in Newington
Arthur E. L. Handel, 6, born in Newington
Ida Gertrude Handel, 1, born in Camberwell
Robert William Handel, 1 month, born in Camberwell
Annie Harriet Lawrence, 13 and born in Heytesbury, Wiltshire lived in as a general servant.