H. BriggsPrivate, London Regiment, ‘A’ Coy. 23rd Bn. Service no. 701038Died on 5 April 1918, aged 19Remembered at Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Mark Harry Briggs was born in Lambeth on 14 May 1898 and was baptised at All Saints’, South Lambeth on 12 June. He was named after his father, and his […]
Walter Branson
W. Branson Service no. 204513 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Battalion posted to 1st/2nd Battalion Killed in action 27 August 1918 Remembered at Summit Trench Cemetery, Croisilles, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census Walter Branson lived with his family in 4 rooms (including kitchen) at 71 Dorset Road in 1911. His […]
Frank Bowring
Died of an illness in Belgium on 26 October 1919, aged 24
John Bowden
J. BowdenService no. 118026Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 157th Coy.Died age 19 on 5 March 1918Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bowden, of 2 Ely Place, Dorset Road, Clapham, London.Remembered at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Information from the 1911 census In 1911 John Bowden, then 12, lived with his widowed mother, Harriet Bowden, 38, […]
Herbert Alfred Blick
H. A. BlickService no. 295157Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd/4th Battalion; formerly 553758, 16th London RegimentKilled in action on 21 September 1917, aged 37CWGC: “Son of John and Jessie Blick, of 128 Grove Road, Balham, London; husband of Emily Elizabeth Blick, of 202 Clapham Road, Stockwell, London. Served with the City Imperial Volunteers in the […]
Albert John Blackmore
A. J. Blackmore Service no. 2966 Trooper, 1st Life Guards Born in Wandsworth Killed in action on 30 October 1914 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial This identification is somewhat tentative. This the only A. J. Blackmore in both the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database and in the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919. […]
Arthur Edward Blacker
A. Blacker Service no. 44089 Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles; formerly 5973, London Regiment Died of wounds on 25 June 1918, age 28 CWGC: “Son of Arthur and Nellie Blacker, of London; husband of Charlotte Blacker, of 50 Shillington Street, Battersea, London.” Remembered at Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery Information from the censuses In 1901 Arthur Edward Blacker […]
William Bird
W. Bird Service no. J/24752 Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Princess Royal.” Died at around age 22 on 18 July 1918 Son of William Bird, of 21, Irving Grove, Stockwell, London. Also remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Screen Wall and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1901 and 1911 censuses In 1911 William Bird […]
Sydney Walter Billingsley
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 […]