J. C. Miller Service no. 7267 Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 21st Battalion Died of wounds 19 May 1918 aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Amy Miller, of 296, Clapham Rd., London. Native of Middlesex, England.” Remembered at Querrieu British Cemetery, Somme, France Information from the Australian National Archives John Charles Miller, a single man earning his […]
Claude James Edwin Meacock
C. J. E. Meacock Service no. 200253 Corporal, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Battalion Killed in action on 26 August 1918 at the age of about 20 Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Handel Street; lived in Wandsworth Remembered at Summit Trench Cemetery, Croisilles, France Information from the 1901 census In 1911 Claude Meacock lived at […]
James William McEvoy
J. W. McEvoyService no. 93025Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 378th Bty. 169th Bde.Died of wounds on 28 April 1918 at age 21CWGC: “Son of James and Elizabeth McEvoy, of 35 Sutherland Street, Pimlico, London. Native of South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France Information from the 1901 Census In 1901 James McEvoy […]
Charles Thomas Markham
C. T. MarkhamService no. 232431Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion, also Royal Fusiliers, attd. 7th BattalionBorn in Wandsworth; enlisted in Clapham; lived in LambethKilled in action on 6 April 1918, aged 21Remembered at Pozieres Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census This identification is somewhat tentative. We do not have a year of birth […]
Albert Marjeram
A. Marjeram Service no. 232420 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd/2nd Battalion Born in Brixton; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 20 December 1917 at age 21 CWGC: “Son of William Marjeram, of 2 Kibworth Street, Dorset Road, Clapham, London, and the late Ruth Marjeram.” Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium […]
Albert Edward Jordan
A. E. Jordan Service no. 17330 Private, Grenadier Guards, 2nd Battalion Killed in action age 21 on 19 October 1915 CWGC: “Son of George Thomas and Mary Jordan, of 19 Broomgrove Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Brother of Frank Andrew Jordan Information from the 1911 census In 1911 […]
John Orlando Holman
J. O. Holman Service no. R/35467 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 17th Battalion CWGC: “Son of Sarah Jane Holman, of 45, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, London.” Killed in action on 3 June 1917, aged about 21 Remembered at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Brother of Alfred Harold Holman.
William George Hilton
W. G. Hilton Service no. 688 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion Died of wounds age 21 on 5 October 1915 CWGC: “Son of Sarah Annie Hilton, of 1 Trigon Road, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Chocques Military Cemetery, France Brother of Frederick Hilton Information from the 1901 census In 1901 William Hilton was 8 and […]
Harold Joseph Hill
“Harry got his wishes. Harry got one stripe. He got to fire the machine guns.” Read the intriguing story of an inscription in a book, discovered by chance.
Andrew Herriott
A. Herriott Service no. 470471 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion Enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 24 August 1918, aged 21 Remembered at Bray Hill British Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France Brother of John Herriott and Archibald Herriott Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Herriott family, 3 of […]