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 Whybrew
F. Wybrew Service no. 10622 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France […]
Arthur George Wright
A. G. Wright Service no. 1633 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Lambeth Died of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.” Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France
Frank Worthy
F. Worthy Service no. 4785 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 […]
Henry James Robert Woodcock
H. J. R. Woodcock Service no. 6951 Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st/14th Battalion Killed in action on 9 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “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 file for Henry […]
Edward Ernest Winter
E. E. Winter Service no. R/14491 Lance Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 8th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham Died of wounds on 24 August 1916, aged 34 Remembered 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 […]
John Wilkin
J. Wilkin Service no. 17677 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Southwark Killed in action on 16 August 1916, aged 24 Remembered 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 […]
Herbert William Wild
H. W. Wild Service no. 4023 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st Battalion Killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 27 CWGC: “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 […]
Henry Thomas Weatherley
H. T. Weatherley Service no. 4712 Private, London Regiment, 24th Battalion Died on 24 January 1916, aged about 21 CWGC: “Son of Mr A. Weatherley, of 25 Aylesford Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France This is a tentative identification. I have not seen any data that relates “H.T. Weatherley” on the memorial […]
Albert Edward Waymark
A. E. Waymark Service no. 40762 Private, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 15th Battalion Enlisted at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire Killed in action on 26 November 1916, aged 37 CWGC: “Son of Mrs S. A. Waymark, of 38 Heyford Avenue, South Lambeth Road, London.” Remembered at Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France British Army WWI Service Records […]
