Killed in action in Belgium on 25 April 1915, age 31. May have witnessed Christmas “truce” of 1914
William Lawrence Murray
W. L. Murray Service no. 2251 Rifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 6th Battalion Killed in action on 25 September 1915 at age 21 CWGC: “Son of Alec and Elizabeth Alice Murray, of 37, Kay Rd., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 William Lawrence […]
Henry Louis Moss
H. L. MossService no. 11338Private, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), 5th BattalionBorn at Walworth; enlisted at St. Paul’s Churchyard, London; lived at ClaphamKilled in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915 at about age 23Remembered at Helles Memorial, Turkey and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. (Note: […]
Thomas Henry Mizen
T. H. Mizen Service no. 202018 Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Natal” Died 30 December 1915 aged around 20 Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 The Natal was a Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser, built by Vickers Maxim of Barrow and launched on 30 September 1905. She was […]
Frederick Henry Merredew
F. H. Merredew Service no. 377 Serjeant, London Regiment, “C” Coy. 1st/24th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Kennington; lived at Brixton Killed in action at age 25 on 26 May 1915 CWGC: “Son of Arthur James and Sarah Mary Merredew, of 1 Sternhold Avenue, Streatham Hill, London.” Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France Information […]
George Henry Mayes
G. H. Mayes Service no. Deal/1834(S) Private, Royal Marines, R.M. Div. Train, R.N. Div. Died on 12 June 1915 at age 35 Died of wounds in 2nd (RN) Field Ambulance (shrapnel wound right side, same date) CWGC: “Husband of Elizabeth M. Mayes, of 10 Stafford Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Turkey
Joseph Temple Mandale
J. Mandale Service no. 1728 Lance Corporal, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 8th Battalion Died on 20 November 1915 age 34 Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Vauxhall. CWGC: “Husband of G. E. Mandale, of 49 Cambridge Street, Pimlico, London.” Remembered at Douai Communal Cemetery, France Information from the censuses In 1911, Joseph […]
Frederick Marlow
F. Marlow Service no. 2999 Private, London Regiment, 1st/13th Kensington Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Kensington; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 9 May 1915, aged about 20 CWGC: “Son of Mrs C. Marlow, of 15, Stansfield Road, Stockwell Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium, at Caxton House, Tothill Street, London […]
Arthur Stanley Manning
A. S. Manning Service no. 60740 Wheeler, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Born in Lambeth Killed in action in Egypt on 23 December 1915, aged about 25 Remembered at Kut War Cemetery, to the north of Baghdad, Iraq CWGC: The entry for A. S. Manning gives 25 December 1915 as date of death […]
Charles Edmund Luff
C. E. Luff Service no. 1130 Corporal, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st/3rd Battalion Born in St George’s, Middx (London); enlisted at Edward Street; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 March 1915 Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France