C. J. YoungService no. 42404Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire RegimentBorn in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France Information from […]
Arthur George Wright
A. G. WrightService no. 1633Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in LambethDied of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.”Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France Arthur George Wright was born in South Lambeth on […]
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 Brother-in-law to Thomas James Woodley Information from the 1911 census Arthur Worby, 12 in 1911, lived at 76 Crimsworth Road, […]
Reuben Edward Wild
R. E. WildService no. R/6573Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, “C” Coy. 9th BattalionDied of wounds on 25 September 1915, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24 Halstead Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 […]
Stanley Franklin Whiting
S. F. WhitingService no. F/13871Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Naval Air Service, H.M.S. President IIDied of illness on 27 January 1918, aged 20CWGC: “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 1911 Clapham-born Stanley Franklin Whiting was […]
Alfred Herbert Watts
A. H. Watts Service no. 44390 Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th Battalion; formerly London Regiment Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 14 October 1918, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Mrs S. J. Watts, of 28 Rosetta Street, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium […]
William George Ware
W. G. WareService no. 1187Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Brixton; enlisted in Westminster; lived in LambethKilled in action on 27 March 1915CWGC: “Son of Mr W. H. Ware, of 34 Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, London.”Remembered at Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines, Nord, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from […]
Albert Henry Vickers
A. H. VickersService no.10022Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in London; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 28 January 1917, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Thomas and Sarah Vickers, of Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France Information from the censuses Albert Henry Vickers, 15 in 1911, was one of 10 […]
Francis William Thurgood
F. W. Thurgood Service no. G/1529 Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 8th Battalion Killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged about 20 Remembered at Loos Memorial, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 THURGOOD, F. W., Pte., The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Mobilised at the outbreak of war he immediately proceeded to […]
Alfred Ernest Stainer
A. E. StainerService no. 17371Private, East Surrey Regiment, 9th BattalionLived in Walworth; enlisted in Clapham; lived in ClaphamDied of wounds on 13 August 1916, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs F. Stainer, of 1 Paradise Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Carnoy Military Cemetery, France Alfred Ernest Brooks Stainer (sometimes Stainer-Brooks), born in Walworth, southeast London […]