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. 231178 Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39 Remembered 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 […]
Charles John Young
C. J. Young Service no. 42404 Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire Regiment Born in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South Lambeth Killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, […]
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 Information from the 1911 census Arthur Worby, 12 in 1911, lived at 76 Crimsworth Road, South Lambeth. His father widower […]
Thomas James Woodley
T. J. Woodley Service no. 203597 Private, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st/4th Battalion; formerly 2725, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Born in Deptford; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 15 June 1918, aged 29 CWGC: “Husband of Mrs E. Woodley, of 14 Glenelg Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Boscon British […]
William George Edwin Woodard
W. G. E. Woodard Service no. M2/079669 Lance Corporal, Army Service Corps, 364th Mechanical Transport Coy. Died of wounds on 12 August 1918, aged 55 CWGC: “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 […]
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. Wickens Service no. 238091 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty., 342nd Bde. Born in Westminster; enlisted in Lambeth Died on 22 October 1918, aged 29 CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs H. Wickens, of 28 Wyvil Road, London.” Remembered at Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Pirbright, Woking, Surrey National Roll of the Great War […]
Horace John Baker Whittingham
H. J. Whittingham Service no. 76274 Corporal, Tank Corps, 1st Battalion; formerly 3294, Royal Fusiliers Died of wounds on 28 April 1918, aged 24 CWGC: “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. Whiting Service no. F/13871 Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Naval Air Service, H.M.S. President II Died of illness on 27 January 1918, aged about 20 CWGC: “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 […]
