H. J. R. WoodcockService no. 6951Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st/14th BattalionKilled in action on 9 September 1916, aged 21CWGC: “Son of Mrs Eliza Woodcock, of 15 Meadow Place, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 The Service history file for Henry James Robert Woodcock […]
Alfred Willis
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 […]
Stanley Herbert Williamson
S. H. WilliamsonService no. TF/265478Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd/6th battalionDied 29 August 1917, aged 21Remembered at Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Stanley Herbert Williamson was born on 5 January 1896, the sixth child of George and Matilda Williamson. Stanley was baptised at St.Gabriels, Pimlico, on 4 March […]
Henry Thomas Weatherley
H. T. WeatherleyService no. 4712Private, London Regiment, 24th BattalionDied on 24 January 1916, aged about 21CWGC: “Son of Mr A. Weatherley, of 25 Aylesford Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France This is a tentative identification. I have not seen any data that relates “H.T. Weatherley” on the memorial with Henry Thomas Weatherley living […]
William Childs Wadmore
C. W. WadmoreService no. R/31892Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in CamberwellKilled in action on 9 January 1917, aged about 21Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Identification I believe there is an error on the memorial. I can find no trace of a C. W. Wadmore, but there is evidence […]
James Trace
J. TraceService no. 8867Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th BattalionsEnlisted in Westminster; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 1 July 1916, aged about 21Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the censuses James Trace was an office boy for a firm of solicitors. He shared four rooms at 70b Hackford Road, Stockwell with […]
Herbert Malcolm Stockton
H. M. StocktonService no. 49206Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty.Killed in action on 11 April 1917, aged about 21Remembered at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas de Calais, France Brother of Harold P. Stockton National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 STOCKTON, H[arold]., Gunner, R.F.A.He volunteered in February 1915, and in the same year was […]
Alfred Frank Smith
A.F. Smith Sapper, Royal Engineers, 19th Light Railway Train Crew Coy. Service no. 266259Killed in action on 14 June 1917, aged 21Remembered at St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Alfred Frank Smith was born in Lambeth on 5 January 1896 and baptised at All Saints Church in Devonshire Road (the area […]
Charles Edward Small
C. E. Small Service no. 960469 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 302nd Bde. Enlisted in Fulham; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 31 October 1917, aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Charles Edward and Laura Louisa Small, of 61 Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Jerusalem Memorial and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London […]
Arthur Sharman
A. Sharman Service no. A/187 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 8th Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Wandsworth Died of wounds on 31 July 1915, aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Elizabeth Sharman of 15 Brooklands Street, Wandsworth Road, SW London. His brother Harry also fell.” Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Brother […]
