G. W. Wakelin
Service no. G/11762
Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 10th Battalion
Born in Clerkenwell; enlisted in Chelsea; lived in Stockwell
Killed in action on 27 July 1916, aged 29
CWGC: “Son of George Fordham Wakelin and Alice Ann Wakelin, of Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Information from the censuses
George William Wakelin, 24, lived at 40 Sidney Road, Stockwell, where he shared seven rooms with his parents George Wakelin, 70, a rent collector from Hanover Street, London, and Alice Ann Wakelin (née Barnes), 51, from Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, and two siblings: James Wakelin, 22, a commercial clerk for Army & Navy Stores and Catherine Wakelin, 21, a telephone operator.