W.C. RayPrivate, East Surrey Regiment, 8th Bn. Service no. 39290. Killed in action on 23 October 1918, aged 23. Remembered at Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord, France In 1911 William Charles Ray lived with his parents, William, a 37-year-old carman, and 32-year-old Louisa Esther (née Rainbow), and four siblings at 10 Broomgrove Road, Stockwell Green, where […]
John Frederick King
J. F. King Service no. 231178Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39Remembered at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France John Frederick King, a carman, joined the Army twice. First he volunteered for the Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) on 5 January 1915. His medical description paints a picture […]
Charles John Young
C. J. YoungService no. 42404Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire RegimentBorn in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France Information from […]
Arthur Worby
A. WorbyService no. G/61093Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)Died on 16 November 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Mary Ann Worby, of 76 Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth, London.”Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17 Brother-in-law to Thomas James Woodley Information from the 1911 census Arthur Worby, 12 in 1911, lived at 76 Crimsworth Road, […]
Thomas James Woodley
T. J. WoodleyService no. 203597Private, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st/4th Battalion; formerly 2725, Royal Buckinghamshire HussarsBorn in Deptford; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 15 June 1918, aged 29CWGC: “Husband of Mrs E. Woodley, of 14 Glenelg Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Boscon British Cemetery, Italy and St Andrew’s Church, […]
William George Edwin Woodard
W. G. E. WoodardService no. M2/079669Lance Corporal, Army Service Corps, 364th Mechanical Transport Coy.Died of wounds on 12 August 1918, aged 55CWGC: “Son of William and Frances Woodard; husband of H. S. Woodard, of 65 Pulross Rd., Brixton, London.”Remembered at Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France Information from the censuses William George Edwin Woodard, 47 […]
Sidney Williams
S. Williams Rifleman, “D” Coy., London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Service no. 556984Died on 11 May 1918, aged about 36Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Sidney Williams was born in 1881, the youngest of Charles Richard Williams and Mary Ann Ford’s 10 children. Sidney spent his formative years in the heart of Southwark, […]
Henry Charles Wickens
H. C. WickensService no. 238091Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty., 342nd Bde.Born in Westminster; enlisted in LambethDied on 22 October 1918, aged 29CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs H. Wickens, of 28 Wyvil Road, London.”Remembered at Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Pirbright, Woking, Surrey After volunteering in 1914 and completing his training, Henry Charles Wickens served […]
Horace John Baker Whittingham
H. J. WhittinghamService no. 76274Corporal, Tank Corps, 1st Battalion; formerly 3294, Royal FusiliersDied of wounds on 28 April 1918, aged 24CWGC: “Son of John Baker Whittingham and Alice Louisa Whittingham, of 28 Angell Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Marissel French National Cemetery (near Beauvais), Oise, France Brother of Claude Lionel Whittingham
Stanley Franklin Whiting
S. F. WhitingService no. F/13871Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Naval Air Service, H.M.S. President IIDied of illness on 27 January 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Benjamin F. and Augusta Whiting, of 85 Lark Hall Lane, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery, Garratt Lane, London SW17 Information from the censuses In 1911 Clapham-born Stanley Franklin Whiting was […]