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. 231178 Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39 Remembered 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 […]
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
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. Young Service no. 42404 Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire Regiment Born in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South Lambeth Killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, […]
Frank Whybrew
F. Wybrew Service no. 10622 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France […]
Arthur George Wright
A. G. Wright Service no. 1633 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Lambeth Died of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.” Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France
John Thomas Wotton
J. T. Wotton Service no. 13413 Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th Battalion Died on 6 March 1917, aged 29 CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census and Parish Records, St Andrew’s Church, Stockwell In 1911 John Thomas Wotton, […]
Frank Worthy
F. Worthy Service no. 4785 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 […]
Thomas Isaac Worley
T.I. Worley Service no. 613802 Private, London Regiment, 1st/19th Battalion Born in Camberwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 8 December 1917, aged 34 CWGC: “Son of Isaac Brames Worley and Margaret Worley, of 47, Lansdowne Gardens. Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the […]
