J. W. Patrick
Service no. 18989
Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th Battalion
Born in Clapham; enlisted in Battersea; lived in Clapham
Killed in action on 4 September 1916, aged 23
CWGC: “Son of William and Mary Jane Patrick, of 11, Union Street, Clapham, London.”
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Information from the 1911 census

John Walter Patrick, 17, a carman, lived with his parents and siblings at 11 Union Street, Clapham, where they had four rooms. His father, William Patrick, 56, was a general labourer from Farnham, Surrey; his mother, Mary Jane Patrick, 54, was from Newington Butts. near Elephant and Castle. They had had eight children, seven surviving. Six of these, all born in Clapham, were at home: Louisa Patrick, 21, a packer; Florence Jane Patrick, 20, a packer; John Patrick, 17, a carman; Rose Patrick, 15, a machinist’s helper; Lily Patrick, 13; Cyril Patrick, 9.