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1917

Henry Thomas Lackey

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H. T. Lackey
Service no. 235398
Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 10th Battalion
Born in Walworth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell
Died of wounds on 21 September 1917, aged about 33
Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

gravestone of Henry thomas lackey
Henry Thomas Lackey Photo © Marietta Crichton Stuart

National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918

LACKEY, H. T., Private, 10th Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment).
He joined in September 1916, and in the following year was sent to the Western Front. He served with his Battalion in many parts of the line and fought at the Battles of the Somme and Ypres, and was severely wounded at the Menin Road. Unhappily he died from effects of his wounds on September 21st, 1917, and was buried in Passchendaele Cemetery. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals.
“Thinking that remembrance, though unspoken, may reach him where he sleeps.”
6, Mary’s Cottages, Eastcote Street, Stockwell, S.W.9.

Information from the 1911 census

The information from the census is confusing. There was a Lackey family living in 6 rooms at 9 Industry Terrace, Brixton, that included Henry Lackey, 27, a carman born in Brixton. The household consisted of George Lackey, 48, a general carrier’s carman from Walworth, and Louisa Lackey, 44, from Bankside, Southwark. They stated that they had 7 children: Ellen Lackey, 19; Thomas Lackey, 17, and John Lackey, 15, both greengrocer’s assistants; Rose Lackey, 13; Joseph Lackey, 11; another Henry Lackey, 6; James Lackey, 3. All were born in Brixton except the younger Henry. It looks like the enumerator has made a mistake and described the older Henry Laskey as a son of George and Louisa (perhaps he was a nephew).

There is also a discrepancy between place of birth for Henry. The Soldiers Died in the Great War database gives this as Walworth; this Henry was born in Brixton.

This family provided a testimonial for greengrocer’s assistant Albert Laskey when he joined the Army in 1909.

William George King

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W. G. King
Service no. 51125
Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 30th Amb. Train
Born in Chelsea; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth
Died in an accident on 10 January 1917, aged about 40
Remembered at St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France

National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918

KING, W. G., Private, R.A.M.C.
He volunteered in January 1915, and shortly afterwards crossed to France. Whilst in this theatre of war he was engaged on duties of an important nature on the ambulance trains, by one of which he was unfortunately run over and killed in January 1917. He was entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service and Victory Medals.
“His memory is cherished with pride.”
23, Wilcox Road, Wandsworth Road, S.W.8.

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 William George King, 33, lived in 3 rooms at 23 Wilcox Road, Stockwell. William was born in Chelsea and earned his living as a house painter. His wife Margaret Annie King, 28, was born in Lambeth. They had a one-year-old daughter, Edith Mabel King, born in Lambeth. Seilia May Mitchell, a 22-year-old “needlewoman” from Stoke Newington, boarded with the family.

John Strachan Kelly

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J. S. Kelly
Service no. 45038
Private, Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regiment), “A” Sqdn.
Born in Aberdeen; enlisted in Clapham; lived in Brixton
Killed in action aged 31 on 22 October 1917
Son of Timothy and Agnes Kelly; husband of Laura M. Kelly, of 6 Benedict Road, Brixton, London.
Remembered at Struma Military Cemetery, Greece)

Information from the 1911 census

John Strachan Kelly, 25 in 1911, lived with his parents and siblings at 13 Dunbar Road, Forest Gate, West Ham. His father, Timothy Kelly, 50, was a customs and excise officer from County Roscommon, Ireland. His mother, Agnes Kelly, 49, was from Aberdeen, Scotland. Of their 10 children, 7 survived (5 of them are on the census return):
John Strachan Kelly, 25, an assistant clerk at the Board of Trade, born in Aberdeen
Mary Kelly, 23, an assistant teacher, born in Aberdeen
Agnes Kelly, 21, a student teacher, born in Aberdeen
Edith Kelly, 19, no occupation, born in North Shields, Northumberland
Charles Edward Kelly, 7, born in Edinburgh

Information from 1901 Scottish census on the BERR website (which lists employees of the Board of Trade who died in the First World War).

John S. Kelly, who at the time of his death worked for the Board of Trade Seamen’s Registry, lived with his family at 4 Admiralty Street, Leith, Midlothian. Nellie Kelly, 8, and Alice Kelly, 9 months, are on this census (and not on the 1911 census).