S. W. BillingsleyService no. 4001Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1st/21st BattalionKilled in action age 18 on 12 September 1916 (Billingsley’s enlistment record shows that he claimed to be 19)CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. H. Handel, of 18a Morat Street, Brixton.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell […]
George Frederick Billingsley
G. F. BillingsleyService no. 10356Private, Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd BattalionDied age 24 on 29 September 1918CWGC: “Son of Mrs. A. H. Handel, of 2 Arlington Mansions, 18A Morat Street, Brixton.”Remembered at Sucrerie Cemetery, Epinoy, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London 0DA. Brother of Sydney Walter Billingsley.Stepson of Harry […]
William Spencer Benson
W. S. BensonService no. 35733Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 17th Field AmbulanceDied of wounds 23 April 1917, aged 20Born in Brixton, enlisted in HolbornRemembered at Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. Information from the 1911 census William Spencer Benson, […]