F. Wybrew Service no. 10622 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France […]
Alfred George Wellings
A. G. Wellings Service no. 10167 Private, Coldstream Guards, 3rd Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Wandsworth Killed in action on 2 August 1917, aged about 23 Remembered at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 an Alfred George Wellings was working as a page at the Junior […]
Arthur Spurgeon Waterman
A. S. Waterman Service no. 3295 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 23 Remembered at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Information from the censuses Arthur Spurgeon Waterman, named after the famous preacher and founder of Stockwell Orphanage, […]
Albert Edward Upton
A. E. Upton Service no. L/17507 Private, London Regiment, 7th Battalion, formerly Middlesex Regiment Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London Killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged about 23 Remembered at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France Information from the censuses Albert Edward Upton, 16 in 1911, was described by his father Edward […]
Albert John Tooley
A. J. Tooley Service no. 1797 Private, London Regiment (County of London), 20th Battalion Born in Stockwell; enlisted in Blackheath; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 23 January 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Only son of John and Bessie E. Tooley, of 44 Stockwell Green, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France and […]
Albert George Tilling
A. G. Tilling Service no. 83361 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 93rd Bde. Born in Wandsworth; enlisted in Camberwell Killed in action on 8 June 1917, aged about 23 Remembered at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 TILLING, A. G., Gunner, R.F.A. Volunteering in 1915, he was sent […]
John William Stevenson
J. W. Stevenson Service no. R/15974 Lance Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 12th Battalion Born in Chelsea, west London; enlisted in London; lived in Vauxhall Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged about 23 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France A tentative identification. Information from the 1911 census John Stevenson, 18, was an assistant in […]
John Alfred Stammers
J. A. Stammers Service no. 41606 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 155th Bde. Enlisted in Deptford, south-east London; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 4 November 1918, aged about 23 Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Few details of John Alfred Stammers’ Army career survive. We know he […]
Reginald Parnham Ridley
R. P. Ridley Service no. 589 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 16th Battalion Killed in action on 23 September 1916, aged 23 Born in Clapham; enlisted at Westminster; lived in Clapham CWGC: “Son of Frederick William Ridley, of 420 Clapham Road, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longeuval, France, at St John’s Church, […]
Francis Rhodes
F. Rhodes Service no 37889 Serjeant, Royal Army Medical Corps Died on 2 September 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Husband of Grace Lilian Rhodes, of 80, Crimsworth Rd. Wandsworth Rd., South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq
