B. H. WinterService no. S/15614Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 11 April 1917, aged 27CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. Winter, of 19 Prideaux Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Milkman (and former butcher) Bertram Horace Winter signed up at the […]
Herbert William Wild
H. W. WildService no. 4023Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st BattalionKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 27CWGC: “Born at Brixton. Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24, Halstead Street, Brixton; husband of Polly Lily May Wild, of 64, Robsart Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France and on the […]
George Charles Toze
G. C. TozeService no. 9451Serjeant, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 1st BattalionBorn in KenningtonDied on 24 May 1915, aged 27CWGC: “Son of John and Nellie Toze, of 11 Stockwell Green, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 George Charles Toze, aged 21, was registered as a Lance […]
Frank Spragg
F. Spragg Service no. 551013 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Battalion Enlisted in Westminster; lived in Clapham. Killed in action on 28 March 1918 Remembered at Arras Memorial, France
Edwin Robert Gilbert Peacock
E. R. G. Peacock Service no. 3261 Serjeant, Machine Gun Corps, 17th Battalion, formerly 18320 Royal Fusiliers Born at Southend, Essex; enlisted at Clapham Died of wounds on 3 September 1918, at about age 27 CWGC: “Son of E. M. Peacock, 38 Gaskill Street, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Varennes Military Cemetery, France Information from the […]
Harry Albert Nixon
H. A. Nixon Service no. L/12127 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died 1 July 1916, aged around 27 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Roll of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 NIXON, H.A., Private, 2nd Middlesex Regiment. He enlisted in 1906, and was drafted to the Western Front shortly after the commencement of hostilities. He […]
George Sidney Miller
G.S. MillerPetty Officer Stoker, Royal Navy, HMS VanguardService no. 311632Died in an explosion on 9 July 1917, aged 27Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Chris Burge writes: George Sidney Miller was born in Willesden, northwest London in 1892, the second child of parents George Henry and Elizabeth Miller, who were both originally from Great Yarmouth […]
Arthur Morley Miller
Died of wounds on 30 September 1917 age 27
Alfred Robert Lawrence
A. R. Lawrence Service no. 205241 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Bn. attd. 1st/4th Bn. Born in Southwark; enlisted in Southwark; lived in Lambeth Killed in action age 27 on 28 March 1918 CWGC: “Son of Alfred and Mary Louisa Lawrence, of 65, Knowle Rd., Brixton, London.” Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, […]
Arthur Alexander Jeffery
A. A. JefferyService no. 4802Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in St Paul’s churchyard; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 1 July 1916, aged about 27CWGC: “Husband of Mrs D. Blacklock (formerly Jeffery), of Toronto, Canada.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France The 1911 census shows that Arthur Alexander Jeffery, was boarding at 88 […]
