J. E. BeanService no. 50155Corporal, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty. 49th Bde.Died of wounds on 22 August 1916, aged about 44Remembered at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France The 1911 census return completed by 43-year-old ‘Edward John Bean’, a dustman born in Brixton living in three rooms at 5 Carfax Square (now replaced by local […]
Ernest James Batterbury
E. J. Batterbury Service no. S/7006 Lance Corporal, Rifle Brigade, 7th Battalion Died age 23 on 18 August 1916 Son of Henry Hooper Batterbury and Sarah Alice Batterbury, of 162 Old South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval, France and at St Mark’s Church, Kennington Oval. Information from […]
Arthur William Batho
A. W. Batho Service no. L/6439 Officer’s Steward 3rd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Conquest” Died age 19 on 25 April 1916 Son of Henry Thomas Batho, of 15 Priory Road, Wandsworth Road, London. Native of South Lambeth. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial Batho died during the bombardment of Lowestoft on 25 April 1916 by the […]
Percy T Bass
P. T. Bass (Percy T. Bass) Service no. R/4191 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th Battalion Killed in action around age 25 on 20 March 1916 Remembered at Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium Brother of Frederick Charles Bass British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Percy Thomas Bass, 22, stood only 5 feet 3 inches (152cm) when […]
William Franklin Bartlett
Killed in action in France on 25 September 1916, aged about 37. Amongst the Missing.
Arthur Edward Ball
A. E. Ball Service no. 10231 Serjeant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Killed in action on 23 July 1916, aged 23 Son of Charles and Sarah Ball, of 58 Tasman Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 […]
Frederick Alfred Ansell
F. A. AnsellService no. S/16820Rifleman, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Stockwell, lived in BalhamKilled in action on 21 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Ansell family was living at 39 Willington […]
Henry Eustace Adams
38-year-old engineer and architect, who died in 1916 after the Battle of the Somme
