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 […]
Leonard Eldridge
E. Eldridge Service no. 304022Rifleman, London Regiment, 1/5th Batallion (London Rifle Brigade)Killed in action on 9 October 1916, aged about 19Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911, Leonard Eldridge worked as a messenger for the General Post Office. He lived with his parents and five of his eight siblings at 14 Aldebert Terrace, South […]
John Frederick King
J. F. King Service no. 231178Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39Remembered at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France John Frederick King, a carman, joined the Army twice. First he volunteered for the Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) on 5 January 1915. His medical description paints a picture […]
William Edward Humphreys
W. E. Humphreys Private, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Battalion, Service no. 10514 Died 21 October 1914 Remembered at Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France
Heaton Clark Howard
Heaton Clark Howard, who sat on the Stockwell Memorial committee, lived at 27 Stockwell Road. was appointed an Honorary Associate of the Order on 31 July 1906, as an Honorary Surgeon. This was not actually a grade in the Order of St John and did not confer membership but was a favoured and usual way […]
2018 Service of Remembrance at Stockwell
A service of remembrance will take place at Stockwell War Memorial at 11am on Sunday 11 November 2018. Rev Erica Wooff of St Michael’s Church will lead the service, which will be followed by a wreath laying ceremony. The service and wreath laying will take approximately 40 minutes. There will also be a short service […]
Charles John Young
C. J. YoungService no. 42404Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire RegimentBorn in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France Information from […]
Frank Wybrew
F. WybrewService no. 10622Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LambethKilled in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, […]
Arthur George Wright
A. G. WrightService no. 1633Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in LambethDied of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.”Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France Arthur George Wright was born in South Lambeth on […]
John Thomas Wotton
J. T. WottonService no. 13413Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th BattalionDied on 6 March 1917, aged 29CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Wotton was born in Herne Bay, Kent, the son of Thomas Wotton, a carriage painter from Birchington, Kent, and Mary Ann (née […]
