H. G. Steed Service no. 702340 Private, London Regiment, “B” Coy. 1st/23rd Battalion Killed in action on 23 March 1918, aged 32 CWGC: “Husband of (Annie) Hannah E. Steed, of 86 Acre Lane, Brixton, London; son of George and Emma Steed, of Bull Hill, Chadlington, Charlbury, Oxon.” Remembered at Arras Memorial, France British Army WWI […]
George Ernest Starkey
G. E. Starkey Private no. 78033 Private, Durham Light Infantry, 15th Battalion, formerly M/301054, R.A.S.C. (M.T.) Born in Clapham; enlisted in Grove Park; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 22 March 1918, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of George A. Starkey and Letitia A. Starkey, of 85 St James’s Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Pozières […]
John Alfred Stammers
J. A. Stammers Service no. 41606 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 155th Bde. Enlisted in Deptford, south-east London; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 4 November 1918, aged about 23 Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Few details of John Alfred Stammers’ Army career survive. We know he […]
Frank Spragg
F. Spragg Service no. 551013 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Battalion Enlisted in Westminster; lived in Clapham. Killed in action on 28 March 1918 Remembered at Arras Memorial, France
Isaac Spooner
I. Spooner Service no. 25552 Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 9th Battalion, formerly 015439 R.A.S.C. Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Battersea; lived in Wandsworth Killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 24 CWGC: “Son of James and Matilda Spooner.” Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census Ironmonger’s assistant Isaac […]
Sydney Herbert John Sore
S. H. J. Sore Service no. 614318 Private, London Regiment, 2nd/19th Battalion, formerly 5508, 9th London Regiment Born in Clapham; enlisted at Oxford Street, London; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 22 March 1918, aged 22 CWGC: “Only son of Alfred Harry and Mary Emma Sore, of 8 Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London. Served also […]
Percy Hendrick Sloots
P. H. Sloots Service no. 25582 Lance Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 12th Battalion Died age 24 on 31 October 1918 Husband of Lilian E. E. Sloots (nee Mann – they married in March 1918) of 31 Gateley Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Kezelberg Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the censuses In 1911 Percy Hendrick Sloots […]
Ernest Thomas Skudder
E. T. Skudder Service no. 651614 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st Battalion Enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Clapham Wounded accidentally on 18 February 1918, aged 20. Remembered at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 SKUDDER, E. T., Rifleman, 21st London Regiment (1st Surrey Rifles). He volunteered […]
Harold Frederick Simpson
H. F. Simpson Service no. 5190 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 3 June 1918, aged 22 CWGC: “Son of Frederick and Clara Jane Simpson, of 52 Bellefields Rd., Brixton London. Solicitor’s Clerk.” Remembered at Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, France Information from the 1911 […]
Frederick David Shea
F. D. Shea Service no. G/11619 Lance Corporal, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 11th Battalion Died of wounds on 19 January 1918, aged 28 Born in Peckham, enlisted at Lambeth, lived at Stockwell CWGC: “Son of Frances and the late James Shea, of Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy Information from […]