A. Roskilly Second Lieutenant, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion Killed in action age 26 on 3 May 1917 CWGC: “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 […]
Reginald Parnham Ridley
R. P. Ridley Service no. 589 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 16th Battalion Killed in action on 23 September 1916, aged 23 Born in Clapham; enlisted at Westminster; lived in Clapham CWGC: “Son of Frederick William Ridley, of 420 Clapham Road, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longeuval, France, at St John’s Church, […]
Everard Vaughan Ridge
E. V. RidgeLieutenant, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 153rd Coy.Died on 9 April 1917, aged 21CWGC: “Son of the late Edward H. Ridge, of 15, Bedford Row, High Holborn, London.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France and at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Everard Vaughan Ridge attested for service in the Territorial Force on 13 April […]
Claude Cecil Andrews
C. C. Andrews Service no G/11433 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion Killed in action 21 October 1917, aged 23 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census This is a somewhat tentative identification – the best fit of the […]
Frederick John Allen
F. J. AllenSecond Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment, “C” Coy. 9th BattalionDied age 22 on 27 September 1915CWGC: “Son of Frederick Herbert and Alice Allen, of 79 Union Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Information from the Royal Bank of Scotland archives: Frederick John […]
