W. A. CoxService No. L/15560Private, Middlesex Regiment, 12th Bn.Died 26 September 1916, aged about 21Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: William Anthony Cox was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland in 1895, the first child of James and Alice Cox. William’s father was a serving soldier and all four of their children […]
Stanley Henry Compson
S. H. Compson Service no. G/19059 Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 10th Battalion Died aged about 21 on 23 March 1918 Awarded the Military Medal Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Enlisted at Maidstone, resident at Hunton, Kent British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Stanley Henry Compson was assumed dead on 23 […]
George Herbert Canham
G. H. Canham Service no. 3861 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/16th Battalion Born in Chelsfield, Kent; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Canham, of 35, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, […]
Frank Barlow
F. Barlow Service no. 6507 Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 2nd/14th Battalion Died in an accident on 17 February 1917, aged 21 Son of Moses and Frances Barlow, of 20, St Stephen’s Terrace, Albert Square, Clapham Road, London. Remembered at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece, and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 British Army […]