S. H. Scott Service no. 352378 Private, London Regiment, (5524). “A” Coy. 1st/7th Battalion Enlisted at Sun Street; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 7 October 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Herbert Forester Scott, and Emma Eliza Scott, of 24 Edithna Street, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France National Roll […]
George Frederick William Sach
G. F. W. SachService no. 470989Rifleman, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th BattalionBorn in Ealing; enlisted in London; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 21 September 1918, aged 21CWGC: “Son of George and Emily E. Sach, of 28 Edithna Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London […]
Alfred Rodgers or Rogers
A. Rodgers (on the memorial as Rodgers, in the Commonwealth War Memorial database as Rogers)Private, East Surrey Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. 11158 Killed in action on 25 September 1916, aged 21Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Alfred Rodgers was born in November 1894 in Pimlico on the north side of the […]
Everard Vaughan Ridge
E. V. RidgeLieutenant, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 153rd Coy.Died on 9 April 1917, aged 21CWGC: “Son of the late Edward H. Ridge, of 15, Bedford Row, High Holborn, London.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France and at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Everard Vaughan Ridge attested for service in the Territorial Force on 13 April […]
Albert Edward Purslow
A. E. PurslowService no. 170Corporal, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th BattalionBorn at Stonehouse, Devon; enlisted at Kingston Upon Thames; lived in BrightonDied on 18 November 1916, aged 21Remembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Brother of William Charles […]
Cecil Ernest Philcox
Awarded the Military Cross
Henry John Penney
H. J. PenneyService no. 7074Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th BattalionEnlisted in Putney; lived in BrixtonDied of wounds age 21 on 20 October 1916CWGC: “Son of Henry and Louisa Mary Penney, of 29 Knowle Rd., Brixton, London. Native of London.”Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, […]
Ernest Frederick Oehring
E. F. Oehring Service no. 71553 Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 142nd Coy. Enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Brixton Killed in action at age 21 on 11 January 1918 CWGC: “Son of Frederick Ambrose and Alice Hannah Oehring, of 85, Ferndale Rd., Clapham, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1911 […]
William Lawrence Murray
W. L. Murray Service no. 2251 Rifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 6th Battalion Killed in action on 25 September 1915 at age 21 CWGC: “Son of Alec and Elizabeth Alice Murray, of 37, Kay Rd., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 William Lawrence […]
Frederick James Moulder
Killed in action in 1918 in France while carrying dispatches under heavy shellfire