J. T. WottonService no. 13413Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th BattalionDied on 6 March 1917, aged 29CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Wotton was born in Herne Bay, Kent, the son of Thomas Wotton, a carriage painter from Birchington, Kent, and Mary Ann (née […]
Thomas James Woodley
T. J. WoodleyService no. 203597Private, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st/4th Battalion; formerly 2725, Royal Buckinghamshire HussarsBorn in Deptford; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 15 June 1918, aged 29CWGC: “Husband of Mrs E. Woodley, of 14 Glenelg Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Boscon British Cemetery, Italy and St Andrew’s Church, […]
Henry Charles Wickens
H. C. WickensService no. 238091Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty., 342nd Bde.Born in Westminster; enlisted in LambethDied on 22 October 1918, aged 29CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs H. Wickens, of 28 Wyvil Road, London.”Remembered at Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Pirbright, Woking, Surrey After volunteering in 1914 and completing his training, Henry Charles Wickens served […]
George William Wakelin
G. W. WakelinService no. G/11762Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 10th BattalionBorn in Clerkenwell; enlisted in Chelsea; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 27 July 1916, aged 29CWGC: “Son of George Fordham Wakelin and Alice Ann Wakelin, of Stockwell, London.”Remembered at London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Information from the censuses George William […]
William George Percy Stanton
W. G. P. StantonService no. 926496Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 290th Bde.Born in Bethnal Green, east London; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 30 October 1917, aged 19CWGC: “Son of John and Ellen Stanton, of 37 Lansdowne Road, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census […]
Ernest John Milborrow
E. J. Milborrow Service no. 93005 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 17th Bty. 83rd Bde Enlisted in Brixton; lived in Stockwell Died on 11 July 1918 aged 28 CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs E. Milborrow, of 83, Hargwyne Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at St Souplet British Cemetery, Nord, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 […]
William Henry Jones
W. H. Jones Service no. 229583 Petty Officer, Royal Navy, H.M.T.B. “90.” Died age 29 on 25 April 1918 CWGC: “Son of Harry Jones; husband of Ellen Millicent Jones, of 11 Garden Row, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Alfred Edward Hogg
A. E. HoggService no. S/12345Private, Seaforth Highlanders, 1st BattalionKilled in action age 29 on 5 November 1917CWGC: “Son of Edward Hogg, of 56 Sidney Road, Stockwell, London, and the late Jessie Mary Hogg (nee Skepelhorn).”Remembered at Basra Memorial, Iraq Information from the 1911 census Edward (aka Alfred Edward) Hogg, 55, a mercantile clerk born in […]
Henry Frost
H. FrostService no. 2/9508Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th BattalionDied on 24 March 1916, aged 29Remembered at Calais Southern Cemetery, France This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Henry Frost was born at the end of 1886 in Lambeth, the second youngest of what would be eight known children of parents Thomas and Letitia […]
Jules Benjamin Alfred Desaleux
J. B. A. Desaleux Service no. 1250216 Gunner, Canadian Field Artillery, 76th Bty. Reserve Bde. Died age 29 on 25 May 1917 Son of J. B. A. and Edith Desaleux, of London, England; husband of Alice E. Desaleux, of 1399, Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Remembered at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent Brother of Ernest William Desaleux and Frederick […]
