S. C. Withey Service no. 490673 Serjeant, London Regiment, 2nd/13th Kensington Battalion Enlisted in Kensington; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 8 December 1917, aged about 22 Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the censuses Insurance clerk Sidney Charles Withey lived at 14 Dalyell […]
Stanley H. Tremelling
Killed in action on 26 May 1915, aged about 22.
Sydney Herbert John Sore
S. H. J. Sore Service no. 614318 Private, London Regiment, 2nd/19th Battalion, formerly 5508, 9th London Regiment Born in Clapham; enlisted at Oxford Street, London; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 22 March 1918, aged 22 CWGC: “Only son of Alfred Harry and Mary Emma Sore, of 8 Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London. Served also […]
Harold Frederick Simpson
H. F. Simpson Service no. 5190 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 3 June 1918, aged 22 CWGC: “Son of Frederick and Clara Jane Simpson, of 52 Bellefields Rd., Brixton London. Solicitor’s Clerk.” Remembered at Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, France Information from the 1911 […]
Bernard Christopher Rance
Died on 26 March 1917, aged about 22. He and his brother are listed at Stockwell. Two others survived.
George Ormond
G. Ormond Service no. G/37729 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 11th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 30 September 1918, aged 22 CWGC: “Son of Mrs H. Ormond, of 56, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Unicorn Cemetery, Vend’huil, France, and at Waterloo Station, London Information from Shani Wheatley […]
Thomas Percy Messenger
T. P. Messenger Service no. 202245 Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 1st/1st Battalion Died on 28 May 1918 aged 22 Remembered at Soissons Memorial, France Information from the censuses Thomas Percy Messenger, a 15-year-old grocer’s errand boy, lived at 46 Horace Street, Stockwell, where his family occupied four rooms. His father, John Messenger, 56, a wood […]
Albert John Laskey
A. J. Laskey Service no. 22997 Lance Corporal, Border Regiment, 1st Battalion; formerly 10696, East Surrey Regiment Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Kingston-on-Thames; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 1 July 1916, aged about 22 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911 Albert John David Laskey, 17, was working as an errand boy. He […]
Hugh John Kemp
H. J. Kemp Service no. L/3287 Lance Corporal, 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, “C” Sqdn. Born in South Norwood; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham Died of wounds age 22 on 22 October 1914 CWGC: “Son of Frank John and Ellen Kemp, of 40 Lansdowne Gardens, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at St Andre Communal Cemetery, Nord, […]
Francis John Kellow
F. J. Kellow Service no. 381862 Private, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment), 1st/6th Battalion, formerly 3120, London Rifle Brigade Born in Stockwell; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds age 22 on 8 September 1918 CWGC: “Son of John George Kellow, of 14, Lingham Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Pernes British Cemetery, Pas de […]
