C. A. J. TreacherService no. 33191Private 2nd Class, Royal Air ForceDied on 9 May 1918, aged 25CWGC: “Son of Joseph Jaques and Sarah Ann Treacher, of 14 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17 Information from the censuses Stockwell-born apprentice electrical wireman Cecil Archibald Jaques Treacher, 17, lived with his parents, Joseph […]
Harold Percy Tozer
H. P. TozerSecond Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps/Durham Light Infantry, 9th BattalionDied in a flying accident on 16 December 1916, aged 25CWGC: “Son of Henry James and Agnes Emma Tozer, of 31, Lansdowne Gardens, Clapham, London.”Remembered at East Harnham (All Saints) Churchyard, Wiltshire Information from the censuses In 1911 Harold Percy Tozer, 19, a clerk for […]
Leonard Hastings Teakle
L. H. TeakleService no. 157Lance Corporal, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), “D” Coy. 1st/5th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 2 May 1915, aged 25CWGC: “Son of Elizabeth Mary Ann Teakle, of 10 Rhodesia Road, Clapham, London, and the late Hastings Charles Teakle.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, […]
Horace Stillwell
H. Stillwell Service no. G/6781 Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 2nd Battalion Born in 1890 in Bethnal Green Killed in action on 28 September 1915, aged about 25 Remembered at Loos Memorial, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 The file for Horace Stillwell is very damaged, with ripped pages and what looks like […]
Edgar Stanley Sharman
E. S. Sharman Service no. S/30908 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 16th Battalion Killed in action on 31 May 1917, aged 25 Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Lambeth CWGC: “Son of Charles William and Louise Sharman, of 5, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from 1901 census Edgar […]
Benjamin Charles Peploe
B. C. Peploe Service no. 453135 Rifleman, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), 1st/11th Battalion, formerly 6329, 9th London Regiment Born in Stockwell; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 2 November 1917, aged 25 CWGC: “Husband of Josephine Elsie Peploe, of 30 Lingham Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Gaza War Memorial, Israel and […]
Hubert Mullett
H. MullettService no. 11626Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 11th BattalionDied on 10 August 1917 aged about 25CWGC: “Son of Mr J. E. Mullett, of 101 Stockwell Park Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Information from the […]
Frederick Henry Merredew
F. H. Merredew Service no. 377 Serjeant, London Regiment, “C” Coy. 1st/24th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Kennington; lived at Brixton Killed in action at age 25 on 26 May 1915 CWGC: “Son of Arthur James and Sarah Mary Merredew, of 1 Sternhold Avenue, Streatham Hill, London.” Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, France Information […]
Arthur Stanley Manning
A. S. Manning Service no. 60740 Wheeler, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Born in Lambeth Killed in action in Egypt on 23 December 1915, aged about 25 Remembered at Kut War Cemetery, to the north of Baghdad, Iraq CWGC: The entry for A. S. Manning gives 25 December 1915 as date of death […]
Robert Were Leach
R. W. Leach Service no. 11233 Corporal, Wiltshire Regiment, 1st Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in St Paul’s Churchyard, London; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds at age 25 on 16 October 1916 CWGC: “Son of George Were Leach and Mary Julia Leach, of 37 Landor Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Contay British Cemetery, Contay, […]