W.C. RayPrivate, East Surrey Regiment, 8th Bn. Service no. 39290. Killed in action on 23 October 1918, aged 23. Remembered at Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord, France In 1911 William Charles Ray lived with his parents, William, a 37-year-old carman, and 32-year-old Louisa Esther (née Rainbow), and four siblings at 10 Broomgrove Road, Stockwell Green, where […]
H. Russell
Not identified.
Frank William Edmund Russell
F. W. E. RussellService no. 302875Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), “D” Coy. 1st/5th BattalionBorn in Southwark; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 16 August 1917, aged 26CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs F. Russell, of 89, London Rd., Southwark, London; husband of Katherine L. Russell, of 33 St Martin’s Rd., Stockwell, […]
Thomas William Rudge
T. W. RudgeService no. S/6582Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 7th BattalionKilled in action on 18 November 1916, aged about 28Born in Stockwell; enlisted in MaidstoneRemembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Thomas William Rudge, the son of Richard Daniel Rudge and Isabella (née Baker) […]
Arthur Frederick Victor Routledge
A. F. V. Routledge Service no. G/14788 Private, Leicestershire Regiment, 9th Battalion Killed in action on 14 April 1917, aged 28 Born in Highgate; enlisted in Leicester CWGC: “Son of Arthur and Selina Routledge, of 13 Tregothnan Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at St Leger British Cemetery, France (Photo: courtesy of Peter Bennett) Information from the […]
Thomas Edward Ross
T. E. RossService no. R/6733Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion R.N. Div.Died on 29 September 1918, aged 24 (missing, later reported killed in action or died of wounds)Next-of-kin & home address: Wife, Emily [née Brown], 56 South Island Place, Clapham Road, Clapham, London SW9.Service history: Army Reserve 24 June 1916Entered 29 April 1918Draft […]
Alfred Roskilly
A. RoskillySecond Lieutenant, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th BattalionKilled in action age 26 on 3 May 1917CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs A. J. Roskilly, of 96, Stockwell Park Road, London; husband of Ruth Roskilly, of 16, Briarwood Road, Clapham Park, London.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France and at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London […]
Sydney (or Sidney) Herbert Rogers
S. RogersPrivate, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. G/43526. Died on 23 October 1918, aged 32. Remembered at Remembered at Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Chris Burge writes: Sydney (aka Sidney) Herbert Rogers was born in Lambeth in 1886 and baptised at All Saints, South Lambeth on 24 October 1886. His parents, William and […]
J. C. Rogers
Not identified.
Joseph Rogers
J. RogersPrivate, Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Bn. Service no. 27971Died on 6 May 1918, aged about 22.Remembered at Remembered at Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France Chris Burge writes: Joseph Rogers, born in Lambeth in 1896, was the youngest of six siblings. He was baptised together with his two-year-old brother Edward on 16 December at […]