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 […]
William Henry Higgins
W. H. Higgins Service no. 741277 Private, London Regiment (Cyclists), 1st/25th Battalion Enlisted in Fulham; lived in Clapham Died age 22 on 26 October 1918 CWGC: “Son of Henry and Florence Higgins, of 40, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India
Archibald Herriott
A. Herriott Service no. 2816 Private, London Regiment, 1st/24th Battalion Killed in action 26 May 1915, aged 22 Remembered at Le Touret, France Brother of Andrew Herriott and John Herriott.
A. A. Ellis
A. A. Ellis Service no. 201091 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “C” By. 76th Bde. Died age 22 on 27 July 1917 Son of John and Emily Ellis, of Clapham, London; husband of Annie May Ellis, of 25 Haines Street, Battersea, London. Remembered at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium
Frederick Eales Johnson
Died in Belgium on 17 June 1917, aged 22
Henry Richard Dooley
H. R. DooleyService no. 701393Private, London Regiment, 1st/23rd BattalionDied age 22 on 16 September 1916Son of Richard and Mary Dooley, of 4 Smedley Street, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Henry Richard Dooley joined the Territorial Force on 25 May 1915 at Clapham Junction. He described […]
Henry James Dighton
H. J. DightonService no. 8159Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd/5th BattalionDied aged about 22 on 29 April 1918Son of Clara Dighton, of 68 Crimsworth Road, South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Arneke British Cemetery, Nord, France Information from the 1911 census Henry (or Harry) Dighton was 15 and working as a grocer’s assistant in 1911. He lived with his […]
Arthur Stephen Crumpler
A. S. Crumpler Service no. SS/112057 Leading Stoker, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Cornwallis Died on 9 January 1917, aged 22 Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Crumpler was one of 15 men who died when the Cornwallis was torpedoed by the German U-boat (U-32) off Malta. He had previously survived the sinking of the Cressy, which […]
