E. F. Whiting Service no. 25607 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th Battalion Born in Dover, Kent; enlisted in Dorking, Surrey; lived in Clapham Died of wounds on 14 October 1917, aged 26 CWGC: “Son of Edward Whiting, of 28 Durand Gardens, Clapham Road, London.” Remembered at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census […]
Thomas Frederick Wellington
T. F. Wellington Service no. 70152 Driver, Royal Engineers, L.Z. Cable Section Born in Southwark; enlisted in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 2 July 1915, aged 26 CWGC: “Son of Mrs Rose Cockman, of 22 Horace Street, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium British Army […]
James Trimmer
J. Trimmer Service no. 9374 Serjeant, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1st Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in London Killed in action on 18 August 1916, aged 26 CWGC: “Son of Harry and Sophia Trimmer, of London; husband of Jane Elizabeth Trimmer, of 94 Wilcox Rd., South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, […]
Frank William Edmund Russell
F. W. E. Russell Service no. 302875 Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), “D” Coy. 1st/5th Battalion Born in Southwark; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 16 August 1917, aged 26 CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs F. Russell, of 89, London Rd., Southwark, London; husband of Katherine L. Russell, of […]
Alfred Roskilly
A. Roskilly Second Lieutenant, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion Killed in action age 26 on 3 May 1917 CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs A. J. Roskilly, of 96, Stockwell Park Road, London; husband of Ruth Roskilly, of 16, Briarwood Road, Clapham Park, London.” Remembered at Arras Memorial, France and at St John’s […]
Charles Henry Randell
C. H. Randell Service no. 9114 Private, South Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Battalion (described as a “drummer” in the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 database) Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Wandsworth Killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged about 26 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Information from […]
William Charles Purslow
W. C. Purslow Service no. S/12717 Corporal, Rifle Brigade, “B” Coy. 3rd Battalion Born in Plymouth; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 29 May 1916, aged 26 CWGC: “Husband of Eleanor Annie Hillyer (formerly Purslow), of The Drill Hall, Richmond, Surrey.” Remembered at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, (Nord), France Brother of […]
Ernest Alexander Potts
E. A. Potts Second Lieutenant, Royal Fusiliers, 24th Bn. attd. 10th Bn. Died of wounds on 15 October 1918, aged 26 Military Cross CWGC: “Son of Edward and Emma Potts, of 9, Mordaunt St., Brixton, London.” Remembered at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Ernest Alexander Potts, the son of a police constable and a former […]
George Albert Pelling
G. A. Pelling Service no. C/3505 Rifleman (served as batman), King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 17th Battalion Born in Wandsworth, enlisted in London Died 1920, aged 26 (not listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database) Medals Silver war badge no. 169847 (War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. Silver War Badge. RG […]
Walter Henry Nethercott
W. H. Nethercott Service no. Z/2766 Company Quartermaster Serjeant, Rifle Brigade, 3th Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 10 October 1917, aged around 26 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Walter Henry Nethercott, 23, a clerk, enlisted on 12 September 1914. The medical officer described him as […]
