Stockwell War Memorial

Friends of Stockwell War Memorial & Gardens

1917

George Augustus Broom

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G. A. Broom
Service no. 95439
Corporal, Royal Field Artillery, “D” Bty. 63rd Bde.
Killed in action on 30 November 1917
Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France

George Augustus Broom, born in Lambeth in January 1895, to Frederick and Lucy Ann Broom. He was baptised at St Anne’s, South Lambeth on 31 May at which time his parents gave their address as 15 Bonnington Square, Kennington. In 1911 George lived with his parents, four of his eight siblings and a boarder in six rooms at 105 Old South Lambeth Road. He was engaged in motor work. His father was a coke porter at the gasworks.

Herbert Alfred Blick

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H. A. Blick
Service no. 295157
Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd/4th Battalion; formerly 553758, 16th London Regiment
Killed in action on 21 September 1917, aged 37
CWGC: “Son of John and Jessie Blick, of 128 Grove Road, Balham, London; husband of Emily Elizabeth Blick, of 202 Clapham Road, Stockwell, London. Served with the City Imperial Volunteers in the South African Campaign.”
Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium

Information from the 1911 census

Herbert Alfred Blick, 31, a ladies and gents tailor born in Stockwell, lived in 6 rooms at 202 Clapham Road, London SW9, with his wife, Emily Elizabeth Blick, also 31 and born in Clapham, and 8-month old son, John Herbert Blick, who was born in Clapham. Baby John Herbert died in April 1917.

William Spencer Benson

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W. S. Benson
Service no. 35733
Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 17th Field Ambulance
Died of wounds 23 April 1917, aged 20
Born in Brixton, enlisted in Holborn
Remembered at Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA.

Information from the 1911 census

William Spencer Benson, 14, was the eldest child of William Spencer Benson, 43, and Jessie Elizabeth Benson, 35. William the elder was a general labourer, while William the younger was a paper boy. The other children were
Jessie Elizabeth Benson, 12
Henry James Benson, 9
Rose Esther Benson, 4
Edith Phyllis Benson, 7 months
Henry James Benson, 33, brother to William, and Richard Smith, 28, both single and both working as labourers boarded with the family. All in the household, at 62 Ingleton Street, were born in Brixton.

William Elias Beney

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W. E. Beney
Service no. 20342
Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 36th Coy.
Died on 30 November 1917 aged 25
Husband of Mahala Beney, of 120 Cowick Road, Upper Tooting, London.
Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France

William Elias Beney, the son of William Beney, a coal porter living in 1911 at 1 Belinda Road, Loughborough Junction near Brixton, enlisted in Lambeth, in 1914 or 1915. His mother Mary Ann nee Nichols died a year after his birth in 1892. William Snr remarried and had seven further children. William Jnr is not found on the 1911 census.

The Service Medal and Award Roll states that William Elias Beney’s death was accepted on 11 November 1917, suggesting that he was one of the Missing. He left a widow, Mahala (nee Williams), and a son, Frederick, born in 1914.

William Charles Barnsley

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W. C. Barnsley
Service no. 55016
Driver, Royal Field Artillery”B”, Bty. 103rd Bde.
Killed in action aged around 32 on 22 June 1917
Husband of Mrs. E. Barnsley, of 11 Mostyn Road, Brixton, London.
Remembered at Woods Cemetery, Belgium and on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9
Brother of James Foster Barnsley

Information from the 1911 census

William Barnsley lived at 11 Glyn Street, Kennington (just by the Royal Vauxhall Tavern) in 1911. William, 26, was married to Emma Barnsley, 24. Their children were
Rose Barnsley, 5
William Barnsley, 2
Ada Barnsley, 4 months
All were born in Vauxhall.
William Charles Barnsley’s parents and siblings lived in 5 rooms at 10 Henry Street (no longer in existence), Vauxhall, London SW8. William Luke Barnsley, 49, was a cloth shrinker from Marylebone, London. Elizabeth Barnsley, 49, was born in Soho. The couple had had 13 children, 7 of whom survived.
Sarah E. Barnsley, 28, a perfumer, born in Holborn
Alice M. Barnsley, 24, a dressmaker, born in Holborn
James F. Barnsley, 21, a tailor’s packer, born in St Pancras (remembered on the war memorial)
Ada C. Barnsley, 20, a perfumer, born in St Pancras
Rose B. Barnsley, 15, a dressmaker, born in Lambeth
Ernest B. Barnsley, 10, born in Lambeth

Information from the 1901 census

In 1901 William Barnsley was a 16-year-old errand boy living at 6 Catherine Street, Vauxhall. His father, William L. Barnsley, 39, was a cloth worker born in Marylebone; his mother, Elizabeth M. Barnsley, 39, was born in Soho. The children on the census were
Sarah E. Barnsley, 19, perfumery stock keeper, born in Holborn
William C. Barnsley, 16, born in Holborn
Alice M. Barnsley, 14, an errand girl, born in Holborn
James F. Barnsley, 12, born in St Pancras
Ada B. Barnsley, 11, born in St Pancras
Rose B. Barnsley, 5, born in Lambeth
Ernest B. Barnsley, 1 month, born in Lambeth

James Foster Barnsley

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J. F. Barnsley
Service no. 34448
Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Killed in action age 27 on 1 May 1917
Husband of Susannah Maria Barnsley, of 74 Meadow Road, Clapham, London.
Remembered at Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9
Brother of William Charles Barnsley

Information from the 1911 census

James Foster Barnsley lived with his parents and siblings in 5 rooms at 10 Henry Street (no longer existing), Vauxhall, London SW8. William Luke Barnsley, 49, was a cloth shrinker from Marylebone, London. Elizabeth Barnsley, 49, was born in Soho. The couple had had 13 children, 7 of whom survived.
Sarah E. Barnsley, 28, a perfumer, born in Holborn
Alice M. Barnsley, 24, a dressmaker, born in Holborn
James F. Barnsley, 21, a tailor’s packer, born in St Pancras
Ada C. Barnsley, 20, a perfumer, born in St Pancras
Rose B. Barnsley, 15, a dressmaker, born in Lambeth
Ernest B. Barnsley, 10, born in Lambeth

London Marriages and Banns

Susannah Maria Hurst married James Foster Barnsley at St Mark’s Church, Kennington on 3 October 1915. James gave his address as 47 Meadow Road. He was 26, Susanna 28.