J. TraceService no. 8867Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th BattalionsEnlisted in Westminster; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 1 July 1916, aged about 21Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the censuses James Trace was an office boy for a firm of solicitors. He shared four rooms at 70b Hackford Road, Stockwell with […]
Harold Percy Tozer
H. P. TozerSecond Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps/Durham Light Infantry, 9th BattalionDied in a flying accident on 16 December 1916, aged 25CWGC: “Son of Henry James and Agnes Emma Tozer, of 31, Lansdowne Gardens, Clapham, London.”Remembered at East Harnham (All Saints) Churchyard, Wiltshire Information from the censuses In 1911 Harold Percy Tozer, 19, a clerk for […]
Albert John Tooley
A. J. TooleyService no. 1797Private, London Regiment (County of London), 20th BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in Blackheath; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 23 January 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Only son of John and Bessie E. Tooley, of 44 Stockwell Green, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London […]
John William Stevenson
J. W. Stevenson Service no. R/15974 Lance Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 12th Battalion Born in Chelsea, west London; enlisted in London; lived in Vauxhall Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged about 23 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France A tentative identification. Information from the 1911 census John Stevenson, 18, was an assistant in […]
Charles James Stanley
C. J. StanleyService no. 2862Driver, Royal Field Artillery, 2nd/47th Div. Ammunition Col.Died on 14 September 1916, aged about 24Remembered at Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France In 1911 Charles James Stanley, a carter for a confessioner, lived in four rooms at 23 Clarence Street, Studley Road, Stockwell with his widowed mother, Henrietta (née Coleman), […]
Walter Samuel Standley
W. S. StandleyService no. 5330Private, London Regiment, 1st/20th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 1 October 1916, aged 35CWGC: “Son of Samuel and Ellen Standley, of 26, Priory Rd., South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census Walter Standley, 28, was a railway […]
Alfred Ernest Stainer
A. E. StainerService no. 17371Private, East Surrey Regiment, 9th BattalionLived in Walworth; enlisted in Clapham; lived in ClaphamDied of wounds on 13 August 1916, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs F. Stainer, of 1 Paradise Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Carnoy Military Cemetery, France Alfred Ernest Brooks Stainer (sometimes Stainer-Brooks), born in Walworth, southeast London […]
Reginald Charles Southon
R. C. Southon Service no. 13008 Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Born in Hampstead, enlisted in Westminster, lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 23 October 1916, aged about 19 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Reginald Charles Southon, 14, was an errand boy living at 27 Rossiter Road, […]
Harold Measday Snelling
H.M. SnellingRifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Bn. Service no. 4746Killed in action on 1 July 1916, aged XXRemembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, at Sandwich War Memorial and on a now lost wooden war crucifix outside St Anne’s Church, South Lambeth Road Cousin of Frederick William Snelling and William Thomas Snelling Chris Burge […]
Frederick William Snelling
F. W. SnellingService no.1676Lance Corporal, London Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles), 1st/15th BattalionDied on 18 September 1916Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and on the St Michael’s Church War Shrine, Stockwell Park Road Frederick William Snelling was born on 3 November 1891 in Mile End, east London, the second son of Charles […]
