F. Worthy Service no. 4785 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 […]
Claude Lionel Whittingham
C. L. Whittingham Service no. 269729 Private, Hertfordshire Regiment; formerly 3122, Essex Regiment Born in Southwark; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 31 July 1917, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of John B. and Alice Louisa Whittingham, of 28 Angell Road, Stockwell, London. Also served at Gallipoli.” Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) […]
William Henry White
W. H. White Service no. 41697 Private, Leicestershire Regiment, 8th Battalion; formerly 11013, Royal West Surrey Regiment Born in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 27 May 1918, aged 19 CWGC: “Only son of William Henry and Matilda White, of 13, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, […]
Thomas Henry Wellings
T. H. Wellings Service no. 29546 Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell Died of wounds on 1 October 1918, aged about 19 Remembered at Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census and British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 This is a […]
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 […]
John Frederick Wake
J. F. Wake Service no. 75115 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 10th Battalion; formerly 42273, 99th Training Reserve Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South Lambeth Died of wounds on 18 May 1918, aged about 19 Remembered at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France Information from the 1911 census John Frederick Wake was a […]
Thomas Vincent
T. Vincent Service no. 10262 Lance Corporal, Bedfordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Hertford; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 22 October 1914, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Maria Vincent, of 106 Railton Road, Herne Hill, London, and the late Thomas Vincent.” Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France Information from the […]
Walter Henry Stone
W. H. Stone Service no. R/34903 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 8th Battalion, formerly S/23009, Rifle Brigade, TR/13/8075, 20th Training Reserve Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 2 May 1917, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Henry and A. Stone, of 37 Hargwyne Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at […]
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 […]
Reginald Charles Southon
R. C. Southon Service no. 13008 Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Born in Hampstead, enlisted in Westminster, lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 23 October 1916, aged about 19 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Reginald Charles Southon, 14, was an errand boy living at 27 Rossiter Road, […]