G. E. VerneyService no. G/13935Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 13th BattalionBorn in Brixton; enlisted in LambethKilled in action on 26 September 1917, aged 33CWGC: “Son of George Verney, of 53 Dalberg Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Information from the censuses Brixton-born George Edward Verney was a baker. Aged 26, he was living with […]
Joseph Strand
J. StrandService no. 6/9792Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 9th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LondonDied of wounds on 18 August 1917, aged about 33Remembered at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the censuses Barman Joseph Strand, 28, was unemployed in 1911. He lived with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Sarah Strand, 58, and brother, Hebert Stanley […]
Albert George Victor Sales
A. G. V. Sales Service no. 242156 Private, Leicestershire Regiment, “A” Coy. 2nd/5th Battalion Killed in action on 26 September 1917, aged 33 Born in Battersea; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Clapham. CWGC: “Son of Mrs T. Sales, of 36 Peardon Street, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium British Army WWI Service Records […]
Henry Thomas Payn Pardue
H. PardueService no. 473280Serjeant, London Regiment (The Rangers), 1st/12th Battalion, formerly 6526, 16th London RegimentEnlisted in London; lived in BrixtonKilled in action at about age 33 on 10 May 1917Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the censuses Henry Pardue’s story illustrates neatly the dispersal of a family after the death of a mother and […]
George Frederick Geleit
G. F. GeleitService no. B/200790Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th BattalionKilled in action age about 33 on 29 May 1917Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Information from the censuses George Geleit was 3rd generation German, his grandfather, August Geleit, having […]
Abraham Crocker
A. Crocker Service no. 5308 Private, London Regiment, 1st/20th Battalion Died aged about 33 on 1 October 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Abraham Crocker, from Crewkerne, Somerset, was employed as a carman for a building contractor. He lived at 2 Layham Cottage, Stockwell with his brother, John Crocker, […]
Frederick Joseph Chaddock
F. J. ChaddockService no. 9238Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st BattalionDied around age 33 on 31 October 1918Remembered at Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France Frederick Joseph Chaddock was born in late 1880 in Lambeth, the fourth child and third son of Augustus Chaddock, a stone mason, and Caroline Ellen Chaddock. The family lived at 12 Esher […]
Henry W. Carter
H. W. Carter Service no. L/6227 Fitter, Royal Field Artillery”C” Bty. 93rd Bde. Killed in action age 33 on 24 November 1917 Son of Henry William Carter; husband of Grace Elizabeth Carter, of 25 Aldebert Terrace Remembered at Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, France
Henry Bull
H. Bull Service no. 393397 Private, Labour Corps, 179th Coy. Died age 33 on 14 July 1918 Son of Frederick and Isabell Bull, of 3, Tregothnan Rd., Clapham, London. Born at St. Pancras, London. Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France This is a somewhat tentative identification as there are two men named […]
William George Bacon
W. G. BaconService no 242252Private, South Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd/6th BattalionDied on 21 March 1918, aged 33Husband of Alice Rachel Bacon, of 37 Kimberley Road, Stockwell, London.Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 In 1911 Bacon was a tobacconist living with his brother and his wife at 86 […]