S. Williams Rifleman, “D” Coy., London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Service no. 556984Died on 11 May 1918, aged about 36Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Sidney Williams was born in 1881, the youngest of Charles Richard Williams and Mary Ann Ford’s 10 children. Sidney spent his formative years in the heart of Southwark, […]
Albert Edward Parsons
A. E. Parsons Service no. 653411 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1st/21st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Brixton Killed in action 7 June 1917, aged about 36 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Lambeth-born Albert Edward Parsons, 30, was working as […]
F. W. Hopkins
F. W. Hopkins Service no. 55321 Private, Welsh Regiment, 2nd Battalion Formerly 31166, the King’s Own Shropshire Light Infantry Died of wounds 22 September 1918, aged about 36 Buried at Brie Cemetery, Somme, France (grave I C 9) Remembered at Stockwell War Memorial and on a wooden memorial plaque at Westminster Abbey, London, where he […]
Frederick Charles Hayden
F. C. Hayden Service no. 724529 Private, London Regiment, 24th Battalion Born in Thaxted; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Studley Road CWGC: “Husband of Mrs E. Hayden, of 2 Stanley Villas, Studley Road, Clapham, London.” Died of wounds at age 36 on 22 August 1918 Remembered at Bray Vale British Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France British Army […]
Frank Thomas Frisby
F. T. FrisbyService no. 26192Private, Grenadier Guards, 1st BattalionDied on 12 October 1917, aged 36Enlisted at BatterseaRemembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Frank Thomas Frisby was born on 4 April 1881, the first child of parents John Hulbert and Mary Ann Frisby. He was baptised as an infant on 29 May 1881 […]
Harry Cutmore
H. CutmoreService no. 720754Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 24th BattalionDied age 36 on 2 January 1917Son of Anne Cutmore, of 13, St. Martin’s Road, Stockwell, London, and the late William Cutmore.Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Information from the 1911 […]