S. F. Willis Service no. 415208 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Battalion; formerly 7927, 7th London Regiment Born in Clapham; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Stockwell Died on 13 August 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Alfred Willis
A. WillisLance Corporal, Royal Engineers, 39th Coy. AA Section. Service no. 563845Died on 7 March 1919, aged 21. Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Alfred Willis was born in Clapham in 1897 to Arthur and Ellen Mary Willis who had married in 1894. Both of Alfred parents were from Kent. Arthur was […]
Stanley Herbert Williamson
S. H. WilliamsonService no. TF/265478Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd/6th battalionDied 29 August 1917, aged 21Remembered at Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Stanley Herbert Williamson was born on 5 January 1896, the sixth child of George and Matilda Williamson. Stanley was baptised at St.Gabriels, Pimlico, on 4 March […]
William John Williams
W. J. WilliamsService no. R/19181Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, “D” Coy. 11th Bn.Born in Vauxhall; enlisted in Piccadilly, central London; lived in LambethDied on 8 August 1917, aged 30CWGC: “Son of James and Henrietta Williams, of 36 Kenchester Street, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Sidney Williams
S. Williams Rifleman, “D” Coy., London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Service no. 556984Died on 11 May 1918, aged about 36Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Sidney Williams was born in 1881, the youngest of Charles Richard Williams and Mary Ann Ford’s 10 children. Sidney spent his formative years in the heart of Southwark, […]
Henry Williams
H. WilliamsLance Corporal, London Regiment, 23rd Bn. Service no. 4180Killed in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 39Remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Henry Williams was born in Lambeth in about 1879. There are no clues to his early life apart from the fact he was named after his father, who was a soldier. […]
H. Williams
Not identified.
John Wilkin
J. WilkinService no. 17677Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in SouthwarkKilled in action on 16 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WILKIN, J., Private, Royal Fusiliers.He volunteered in June 1915, and in September of that year proceeding to the Western Front, was in […]
Reuben Edward Wild
R. E. WildService no. R/6573Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, “C” Coy. 9th BattalionDied of wounds on 25 September 1915, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24 Halstead Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 […]
Herbert William Wild
H. W. WildService no. 4023Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st BattalionKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 27CWGC: “Born at Brixton. Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24, Halstead Street, Brixton; husband of Polly Lily May Wild, of 64, Robsart Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France and on the […]
