A. WillisLance Corporal, Royal Engineers, 39th Coy. AA Section. Service no. 563845Died on 7 March 1919, aged 21. Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Alfred Willis was born in Clapham in 1897 to Arthur and Ellen Mary Willis who had married in 1894. Both of Alfred parents were from Kent. Arthur was […]
George Robert Henry Wedderburn
G. WedderburnPrivate, London Regiment, 19th Bn. Service no. 611750Died of illness in early 1919, after discharge, aged 26Buried in Southwark 6 March 1919 Chris Burge writes: George Wedderburn was born on 30 August 1892, the first child of George Wedderburn and Clara Wilmott of 5 Chapel Street (since renamed Mowll Street), Stockwell. George was baptised […]
Walter Percy Wallis
W. P. Wallis Service no. 153407 Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 200th Battalion Died on 3 February 1919, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Percy William and Sarah Naomi Wallis, of 9, The Mount, Bidborough, Kent.” Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France Information from the 1911 census Only child Walter Percy Wallis, a 12-year-old schoolboy in […]
George Pearcey
G. Pearcey Service no. 202274 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Battalion Enlisted at Handel Street Died on 19 January 1919 (theatre of war is given as “home”), aged 34 CWGC: “Son of Mrs Ada Pearcey, of 104 Stockwell Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 Information from the 1911 census […]
Henry Langford
H. LangfordPrivate, Royal Sussex Regiment, 11th Bn. Service no. 36921 Died on 8 May 1919, aged about 39Remembered at Murmansk New British Cemetery, Russia Chris Burge writes: Henry Langford was born in 1879 in the village of Midgham, Berkshire, the second child of Jemima Hannah Hunt and master brewer Alfred Langford, who had married four […]
John Herriott
J. Herriott Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, 41st Coy. Died of wounds, age 26 on 17 February 1919 Awarded Military Cross Son of John and Mary Herriott, of 50 Milton Road, Herne Hill, London. Native of London. Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France Two of John Herriott’s brothers, Andrew Herriott and Archibald Herriott, also died. For […]
George Edward Fensome
G. E. FensomeService no. 955621Gunner, Royal Field ArtilleryDied aged about 24 15 March 1919Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, London and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the censuses In 1911 George Fensome, aged 16, was working as a ticket collector for the City and South London Railway and living with his family at 38 […]
Edward George Cox
Chris Burge writes: E.G. CoxRifleman, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), ‘B’ Coy. Service no. 590198 Died in hospital in the UK on 18 February 1919, aged 22Remembered at West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium Edward George Cox was born on 10 May 1896 and baptised at Holy Trinity (demolished in 1953), Vauxhall Bridge Road in Pimlico […]
Frank Bowring
Died of an illness in Belgium on 26 October 1919, aged 24
Peter Anderson
P. D. Anderson Service no L/7853 Private, 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers Died on 13 February 1919, aged 28 CWGC” “Son of Thomas and Christina Anderson, of 24 Viceroy Road, South Lambeth, London. Born at Glasgow.” Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17 and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In […]