George Frederick WarwickCorporal, Service No. 30468, formerly 77895 (Royal Engineers)Killed in action on 5 October 1917, aged 231st Bn., Royal Warwickshire RegimentRemembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium A substantial number of men from the Stockwell area were not listed on the Memorial. The Stockwell War Memorial committee invited families to submit names. Some may […]
John Thomas Wotton
J. T. Wotton Service no. 13413 Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th Battalion Died on 6 March 1917, aged 29 CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census and Parish Records, St Andrew’s Church, Stockwell In 1911 John Thomas Wotton, […]
Thomas Isaac Worley
T.I. Worley Service no. 613802 Private, London Regiment, 1st/19th Battalion Born in Camberwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 8 December 1917, aged 34 CWGC: “Son of Isaac Brames Worley and Margaret Worley, of 47, Lansdowne Gardens. Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the […]
Sidney Charles Withey
S. C. Withey Service no. 490673 Serjeant, London Regiment, 2nd/13th Kensington Battalion Enlisted in Kensington; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 8 December 1917, aged about 22 Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the censuses Insurance clerk Sidney Charles Withey lived at 14 Dalyell […]
Bertram Horace Winter
B. H. Winter Service no. S/15614 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 11 April 1917, aged 27 CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. Winter, of 19 Prideaux Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Arras Memorial, France British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Milkman (and former butcher) Bertram […]
Stanley Frank Willis
S. F. Willis Service no. 415208 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Battalion; formerly 7927, 7th London Regiment Born in Clapham; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Stockwell Died on 13 August 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Stanley Herbert Williamson
S. H. WilliamsonService no. TF/265478Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd/6th battalionDied 29 August 1917, aged 21Remembered at Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Stanley Herbert Williamson was born on 5 January 1896, the sixth child of George and Matilda Williamson. Stanley was baptised at St.Gabriels, Pimlico, on 4 March […]
William John Williams
W. J. Williams Service no. R/19181 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, “D” Coy. 11th Bn. Born in Vauxhall; enlisted in Piccadilly, central London; lived in Lambeth Died on 8 August 1917, aged 30 CWGC: “Son of James and Henrietta Williams, of 36 Kenchester Street, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium […]
Claude Lionel Whittingham
C. L. Whittingham Service no. 269729 Private, Hertfordshire Regiment; formerly 3122, Essex Regiment Born in Southwark; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 31 July 1917, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of John B. and Alice Louisa Whittingham, of 28 Angell Road, Stockwell, London. Also served at Gallipoli.” Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) […]
Ernest Frank Whiting
E. F. WhitingService no. 25607Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th BattalionBorn in Dover, Kent; enlisted in Dorking, Surrey; lived in ClaphamDied of wounds on 14 October 1917, aged 26CWGC: “Son of Edward Whiting, of 28 Durand Gardens, Clapham Road, London.”Remembered at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park […]
