H. Stillwell
Service no. G/6781
Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 2nd Battalion
Born in 1890 in Bethnal Green
Killed in action on 28 September 1915, aged about 25
Remembered at Loos Memorial, France
British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920
The file for Horace Stillwell is very damaged, with ripped pages and what looks like water damage. A few details emerge. He joined at Lambeth on 5 September 1914, weighing a little over 8½ stone. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall. Unmarried.
Information from Stillwell family member Glynis Park
“Horace was the youngest of eight children. His father’s first wife, Eliza Charlotte, died of TB in 1873 aged just 36. In 1911the family were living at 93 Old South Lambeth Road. Thomas aged 76 was a beer retailer, wife Emma was 63. Edwin Ernest, aged 23, and Horace, 21, were both assistant retailers in the business.”
Information from the censuses
Horace Stillwell, 21 in 1911, was an assistant retailer of beer, as was his older brother Edwin Ernest Stillwell, 23. They lived in 4 rooms with their parents, Thomas Stillwell, 76, a beer retailer born in Bethnal Green, east London, and Emma Stillwell, 63, from Birmingham. There were three other children.
