W. H. Smale Service no. 6810 Private, East Surrey Regiment, “C” Coy., 1st Battalion Died age 30 on 29 July 1916 Son of Martha Tucker (formerly Smale) of 3 Kenchester Street, South Lambeth, London, and the late William James Smale. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Brother of Joseph Charles Smale
Joseph Charles Smale
J. C. Smale Service no. G/2820 Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), “C” Coy., 8th Batallion Died of wounds age 24 on 22 January 1916 CWGC: “Son of Martha Tucker (formerly Smale), and the late William James Smale, of 3 Kenchester Street, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France Brother of William […]
George Shea
G. Shea Service no. 304330 Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion Formerly 3478, 7th Middlesex Regiment Born in Walthamstow; enlisted in Hornsey; lived in Walthamstow Killed in action on 6 September 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France A tentative identification. Possibly the brother of Frederick David Shea
Sydney Herbert Scott
S. H. Scott Service no. 352378 Private, London Regiment, (5524). “A” Coy. 1st/7th Battalion Enlisted at Sun Street; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 7 October 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Herbert Forester Scott, and Emma Eliza Scott, of 24 Edithna Street, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France National Roll […]
Harry (Henry) Saunders
H. Saunders Service no. 9254 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 9th Battalion Born in Shoreditch; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Died on 7 July 1916, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Henry and Georgina Louisa Saunders, of 26, Viaduct Buildings, Charterhouse St., Holborn, London” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census This identification is […]
Thomas William Rudge
T. W. RudgeService no. S/6582Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 7th BattalionKilled in action on 18 November 1916, aged about 28Born in Stockwell; enlisted in MaidstoneRemembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Thomas William Rudge, the son of Richard Daniel Rudge and Isabella (née Baker) […]
Alfred Rodgers or Rogers
A. Rodgers (on the memorial as Rodgers, in the Commonwealth War Memorial database as Rogers)Private, East Surrey Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. 11158 Killed in action on 25 September 1916, aged 21Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Alfred Rodgers was born in November 1894 in Pimlico on the north side of the […]
George Rixton
G. RixtonService no. 3483Sapper, Royal Engineers, 2nd/1st Lowland Field Coy.Born in Maiden Newton; enlisted in Victoria Park, east London; lived in Weymouth, DorsetKilled in action on 16 September 1916, aged 32CWGC: “Son of Robert and Annie Rixton, of 14, Victoria Rd., Dorchester.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1911 George Rixton, then […]
Reginald Parnham Ridley
R. P. Ridley Service no. 589 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 16th Battalion Killed in action on 23 September 1916, aged 23 Born in Clapham; enlisted at Westminster; lived in Clapham CWGC: “Son of Frederick William Ridley, of 420 Clapham Road, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longeuval, France, at St John’s Church, […]
Francis Rhodes
F. RhodesService no 37889Serjeant, Royal Army Medical CorpsDied on 2 September 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Husband of Grace Lilian Rhodes, of 80, Crimsworth Rd. Wandsworth Rd., South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq Francis Wynne Rhodes, known as Frank, was born in Lambeth on 5 December 1892, the son of Samuel Rhodes and Alice (née […]