E. Eldridge Service no. 304022Rifleman, London Regiment, 1/5th Batallion (London Rifle Brigade)Killed in action on 9 October 1916, aged about 19Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911, Leonard Eldridge worked as a messenger for the General Post Office. He lived with his parents and five of his eight siblings at 14 Aldebert Terrace, South […]
Frank Wybrew
F. WybrewService no. 10622Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LambethKilled in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, […]
Arthur George Wright
A. G. WrightService no. 1633Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in LambethDied of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.”Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France Arthur George Wright was born in South Lambeth on […]
Frank Worthy
F. WorthyService no. 4785Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911 Frank Worthy was a 14-year-old schoolboy. He lived […]
Henry James Robert Woodcock
H. J. R. WoodcockService no. 6951Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st/14th BattalionKilled in action on 9 September 1916, aged 21CWGC: “Son of Mrs Eliza Woodcock, of 15 Meadow Place, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 The Service history file for Henry James Robert Woodcock […]
William Henry Wilson
W. H. WilsonService no.66127Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 109th Bde.Died 28 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, FranceHusband of A. F. Wilson, of 17, Chantrey Rd., Brixton, London. This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: William Henry Wilson has born on 25 June 1892, one of the five children […]
Edward Ernest Winter
E. E. WinterService no. R/14491Lance Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 8th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamDied of wounds on 24 August 1916, aged 34Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WINTER, E.E., L/Cpl., King’s Royal Rifle Corps.Having volunteered in August 1914, he was drafted to […]
Henry Williams
H. WilliamsLance Corporal, London Regiment, 23rd Bn. Service no. 4180Killed in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 39Remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Henry Williams was born in Lambeth in about 1879. There are no clues to his early life apart from the fact he was named after his father, who was a soldier. […]
John Wilkin
J. WilkinService no. 17677Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in SouthwarkKilled in action on 16 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WILKIN, J., Private, Royal Fusiliers.He volunteered in June 1915, and in September of that year proceeding to the Western Front, was in […]
Herbert William Wild
H. W. WildService no. 4023Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st BattalionKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 27CWGC: “Born at Brixton. Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24, Halstead Street, Brixton; husband of Polly Lily May Wild, of 64, Robsart Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France and on the […]