A. E. Ball Service no. 10231 Serjeant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Killed in action on 23 July 1916, aged 23 Son of Charles and Sarah Ball, of 58 Tasman Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 […]
Leslie Frank Bailey
L. F. BaileyMidshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. “Bayano”Died on 11 March 1915, aged 19Son of Frederick Harvey Bailey and Maria Bailey, of 11 Belle Vue Gardens, Clapham Road, London. Served on H.T. “Huanchaco” on which he continued to serve when it was taken over as an Admiralty Transport in the first months of the war. […]
William George Bacon
W. G. BaconService no 242252Private, South Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd/6th BattalionDied on 21 March 1918, aged 33Husband of Alice Rachel Bacon, of 37 Kimberley Road, Stockwell, London.Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 In 1911 Bacon was a tobacconist living with his brother and his wife at 86 […]
Frederick Avis
F. Avis Service no 46278 Corporal, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 4th Battalion Died age 22 on 9 June 1918 CWGC: “Son of Mrs. R. Avis, of 37 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from 1911 Census In 1911 Frederick […]
William George Avenill
W. G. Avenill Service no. 87965 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 1st/1st (Wessex) Heavy Bty. Died of wounds age 40 on 6 June 1917 CWGC: “Son of Jane Charlotte Avenill, of 57 Thorne Road, South Lambeth Road, London.” Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 The early 20th century certainly […]
Robert Atkins
R. Atkins Service no S/23067 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion Died of wounds on 16 September 1917, aged about 30 Remembered at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Printer Robert Atkins married Emily Louisa Umpelby in June 1913 at All Saints Church, Lambeth. […]
A. Ashby
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Frederick Alfred Ansell
F. A. AnsellService no. S/16820Rifleman, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Stockwell, lived in BalhamKilled in action on 21 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Ansell family was living at 39 Willington […]
James Albert Andrews
J. A. AndrewsService no 6703Private, 1st (Royal) DragoonsFormerly 6703, 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys)Killed in action on 12 November 1914, aged 22Son of James and Rose Rebecca Andrews, of 60 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9
Claude Cecil Andrews
C. C. Andrews Service no G/11433 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion Killed in action 21 October 1917, aged 23 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census This is a somewhat tentative identification – the best fit of the […]