• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Stockwell War Memorial

Stockwell War Memorial

Friends of Stockwell War Memorial & Gardens

  • Home
  • Order the book (free download)
  • About
  • The men of Stockwell
  • History of the Memorial
  • Centenary Exhibition
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Friends Group

Harry George Mead

13 August 2015 by SWM

H. G. Mead
Service no. 37888
Private, Royal Fusiliers, 37th Battalion, transferred to 63909, Labour Corps
Died on 4 November 1920 at about age 42
CWGC: “Husband of Ada Mead, of 40, Wilcox Rd., South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17

British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920

In 1919, when the pension board assessed Harry George Mead, they found him 100 per cent disabled. His symptoms included shortness of breath, expectoration, anaemia and haemoptysis (coughing up blood). His general condition was poor. Mead had contracted pulmonary tuberculosis, and this was attributed to his war service. He had been posted for duty in July 1916 and had served 2 years and 217 days in France.

It was clear that Mead would be unable to return to work (he had been a painter). There was a note in the file to investigate the status of their adopted son, Robert, then 12. The pension board awarded him 27s 6d a week for six months, and 40s for 64 weeks thereafter, with 10s for his wife, Ada.

Information from the 1911 census

Harry George Mead, 33, and born in Lambeth, was a house painter. In 1911 he was married and living with his wife, Ada Mead, 34, who was from Brislington, Bristol, in 2 rooms at 12 Paradise Road, Stockwell. They had been married for 5 years and had no children.

Filed Under: M names, Stockwell War Memorial, Tooting Cemetery Tagged With: 1920, age 42, Home, Lambeth

Footer

The Men of Stockwell

  • All the men
  • Died on 1 July 1916
  • Brothers
  • Listed on St Mark’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St Andrew’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St John’s War Memorial

SEARCH THE SITE

Other local memorials

  • St Mark’s, Kennington
  • St Andrew’s, Landor Road
  • St Michael’s Church shrine
  • Wynne Road sorting office
  • Brixton Town Hall
  • St John’s Church
  • Michael Church, Myatts Fields
  • St Mark’s War Shrine
  • St Anne’s War Crucifix
  • Clapham War Memorials

About this site

This site lists 574 men named on Stockwell War Memorial in London SW9.

If you would like to contribute information or images to the site, please email stockwellmemorialfriends@gmail.com

Copyright © 2025 · Genesis Sample On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • All the men
  • Died on 1 July 1916
  • Brothers
  • Listed on St Mark’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St Andrew’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St John’s War Memorial