A. A. WallisService no. 30098Private, Welsh Regiment, 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in LambethKilled in action on 8 September 1916, aged 18Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Arthur Ambrose Wallis was a 13-year-old schoolboy living in three rooms at 29 Fountain Street (off Wandsworth Road, south […]
Frederick Charles Vincent Upton
F. C. V. UptonService no. 189301Air Mechanic 2nd Class, Royal Air Force, 116th SquadronDied on 11 November 1918 (Armistice Day), aged 18CWGC: “Only son of Frederick William and Annie Upton, of 2 Portland Place South, Clapham Road, London.”Remembered at Aylesbury Cemetery, Buckinghamshire Information from the 1911 census The Frederick Charles Vincent Upton who is in […]
Charles John Totham
C. J. TothamService no. G/20867Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), then London Regiment, posted to 1st/20th BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in CamberwellKilled in action on 2 June 1918, aged 18CWGC: “Son of Arthur John and Emma Alice Totham, of 2a Tasman Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France Information from […]
William Edward Smith
W.E. SmithRifleman, Rifle Brigade, 12th Bn. Service no. S/2933Killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged 18Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium Chris Burge writes: William Edward Smith was born in Lambeth on 18 April 1897 and baptised on 16 May 1897 at St Saviour’s, St George’s Square, Pimlico. He was the first child of […]
Harry Sharman
H. Sharman Service no. TR/13/62040 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 51st Battalion Died at home on 8 November 1918, aged 18 CWGC: “Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Sharman, of 15 Brooklands Street, South Lambeth, London. His brother Arthur Sharman also fell.” Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17 Brother of Arthur Sharman
Norman Victor Riva
N.V. RivaService no. 1891Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in LambethKilled in action on 31 March 1915, aged 18CWGC: “Son of Mr E. Riva, of 46 Priory Grove, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines, France Information from the censuses Norman Riva, 14 in 1911, was […]
Horace Thomas Pelling
H. T. Pelling Service no. CH1/8111 Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. “Bulwark.” Died on 26 November 1914, aged 18 Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial Information from Royal Naval Division Horace Pelling was born on 9 December 1895 in Clapham. He enlisted on 3 July 1913, embarked on H.M.S. “Bulwark” on 22 October 1914, but, […]
Leonard William Oakes
L. W. OakesService no. 50044Private, Royal Fusiliers, 26th BattalionAssumed dead 2 April 1918, aged 19 Leonard William Oakes was baptised at All Saints, Devonshire Road, South Lambeth on 26 August 1898, the son of John Thomas Oakes and Mary (née Spearing). The service medals and awards rolls show that Leonard William Oakes first joined the […]
Reginald Nicholson
R. NicholsonSignalman, Royal Navy, HMS ‘Vehement’. Service no. J/32529. Died 2 August 1918, aged 18Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Reginald Nicholson was born on 6 May 1899. After he was deserted as a baby he was admitted into the care of the Hammersmith Board of Guardians where he remained until 1917. Baby Reginald was […]
Frederick Albert Marsh
F.A. MarshRifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, 12 Bn. Service no. 43355Died 15 August 1917, aged 18Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Chris Burge writes: erick Albert Marsh was baptised on 26 February 1899 at St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, where his parents, Frederick Edwin Marsh, a railway goods shunter, and Frances Ellen Banks, had married […]
