H. M. Stockton
Service no. 49206
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty.
Killed in action on 11 April 1917, aged about 21
Remembered at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas de Calais, France
Brother of Harold P. Stockton
National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918
STOCKTON, H[arold]., Gunner, R.F.A.
He volunteered in February 1915, and in the same year was drafted to France, where he did excellent work as a gunner in the Armentières sector. He was severely wounded in action during an engagement, and subsequently succumbed to his injuries in 1915, and was burried at Bailleul. He was entitled to the 1914-1915 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals.
“He joined the great white company of valiant souls.”
20, Rumsey Road, Stockwell, S.W.9.
STOCKTON, H[erbert]. M. S., Gunner, R.F.A.
He volunteered in February 1915, and in the same year was drafted to France. During his service overseas he did good work as a gunner in many engagements, including that at Armentières. He gave his life for King and Country early in 1916, and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals.
“The path of duty was the way to glory.”
20, Rumsey Road, Stockwell, S.W.9.
British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920
Three Stockton brothers, Alfred, Herbert and Harold, signed up for the war effort, but only Alfred survived. His records are in the archive (those for Herbert and Harold were destroyed).
Alfred Leonard Stockton, a gas fitter, was 22 when he enlisted on 3 September 1914. He was just over 6 feet, weighed over 11 stone, with a fair complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair. He wore a moustache. We know this fact because, after returning to London after the death of his mother in 1916, he failed to return to his battalion on time. The police were contacted and issued a description.
Information from the censuses
In 1911 the Stockton brothers were living in four rooms at 39 Electric Avenue, Brixton (they moved to Rumsey Road later). Harold P. Stockton, 24, was a butcher shop assistant, born in Finchley, north London. Alfred Leonard Stockton, 18, was a gas engineer, born in Stockwell. Herbert Malcolm Stockton, 16, was an apprentice brass finisher, born in Brixton. Their parents, Arthur Stockton, 57, a stationer from St. Luke’s, and Clara F. Stockton, 54, from Thornley, Northamptonshire, had six children, the others being Gladys R. D. Stockton, 21, a typist born in Stockwell, Frank J. E. Stockton, 10. An older son had left home. In 1901 the family lived at 68, Solon Road.