P. Bigg Service no. CH/17624 Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. “Formidable” Died age 19 on 1 January 1915 Son of Alfred Bigg, of 12, Thorparch Road, Wandsworth. Born at Lambeth. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Private Bigg died after H. M. S. “Formidable” was torpedoed by a […]
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, […]
William Albert George Benson
W. A. G. Benson Service no. 634829 Private, London Regiment, “A” Coy. 20th Battalion; formerly TR?10/108398, 23rd T.R. Battalion Killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 19 Son of William Albert and Rose Louisa Benson, of 34 Willington Road, Stockwell Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census William Albert […]
William Elias Beney
W. E. BeneyService no. 20342Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 36th Coy.Died on 30 November 1917 aged 25Husband of Mahala Beney, of 120 Cowick Road, Upper Tooting, London.Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France William Elias Beney, the son of William Beney, a coal porter living in 1911 at 1 Belinda Road, Loughborough Junction near Brixton, […]
John Edward Bean
J. E. BeanService no. 50155Corporal, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty. 49th Bde.Died of wounds on 22 August 1916, aged about 44Remembered at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France The 1911 census return completed by 43-year-old ‘Edward John Bean’, a dustman born in Brixton living in three rooms at 5 Carfax Square (now replaced by local […]
W. Beacham
Not identified.
Ernest James Batterbury
E. J. Batterbury Service no. S/7006 Lance Corporal, Rifle Brigade, 7th Battalion Died age 23 on 18 August 1916 Son of Henry Hooper Batterbury and Sarah Alice Batterbury, of 162 Old South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval, France and at St Mark’s Church, Kennington Oval. Information from […]
Arthur William Batho
A. W. Batho Service no. L/6439 Officer’s Steward 3rd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Conquest” Died age 19 on 25 April 1916 Son of Henry Thomas Batho, of 15 Priory Road, Wandsworth Road, London. Native of South Lambeth. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial Batho died during the bombardment of Lowestoft on 25 April 1916 by the […]
Percy T Bass
P. T. Bass (Percy T. Bass) Service no. R/4191 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th Battalion Killed in action around age 25 on 20 March 1916 Remembered at Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium Brother of Frederick Charles Bass British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Percy Thomas Bass, 22, stood only 5 feet 3 inches (152cm) when […]
Frederick Charles Bass
F. C. Bass Service no. R/11906 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 7th Battalion Killed in action around age 30 on 22 November 1915 Remembered at La Brique Military Cemetery, No 2, Belgium Brother of Percy Bass