J. F. King Service no. 231178Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39Remembered at Chauny Communal Cemetery British Extension, Aisne, France John Frederick King, a carman, joined the Army twice. First he volunteered for the Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) on 5 January 1915. His medical description paints a picture […]
Henry Williams
H. WilliamsLance Corporal, London Regiment, 23rd Bn. Service no. 4180Killed in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 39Remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Henry Williams was born in Lambeth in about 1879. There are no clues to his early life apart from the fact he was named after his father, who was a soldier. […]
Ernest Alfred Wickes
E.A. Wickes (listed on the Memorial as A.E. Wickes)Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1st Bn. Service no. 4154Died on 15 July 1916, aged 39Remembered at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France Chris Burge writes: Alfred Ernest Wickes was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1877, the first child of Alfred Henry and Amelia Wickes (née […]
Thomas Protheroe
T. ProtheroeService no. 39017Private, East Lancashire Regiment, 2nd/5th Battalion, formerly 233832, Royal Field ArtilleryBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in StockwellDied on 26 March 1918, aged 38CWGC: “Husband of F. M. Protheroe, of 108, Grantham Rd., Clapham Road, London.”Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 In 1911, […]
Arthur George Potter
A. G. Potter Service no. 12028 Private, Coldstream Guards, 3rd Battalion Enlisted at Clifton Street; lived in Clapham Died on 13 April 1918, aged 39 CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs J. B. Potter, of 6 Alexandra Mansion, Stonhouse Street, Clapham; husband of Louisa Potter, of Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium […]
Fred Cecil Payne
F. C. Payne Service no. 42266 Private, Manchester Regiment, 18th Battalion Born in Westminster; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 13 June 1917, aged about 39 Remembered at Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium Information from the 1911 census Fred Cecil Payne, 33 in 1911, was a restaurant waiter. He lived with […]
Henry Louis Frederick Bonnetaut Nadaud
H. L. F. B. NadaudMajor, London Regiment, 24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen’s)Killed in action at age 39 on 21 March 1918Son of the late Mr L. B. Nadaud and of Mrs L. B. Nadaud, of 100 Lansdowne Road, London, SW8.Remembered at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, France; at Westminster Cathedral; at St Mary’s Roman […]
Henry Langford
H. LangfordPrivate, Royal Sussex Regiment, 11th Bn. Service no. 36921 Died on 8 May 1919, aged about 39Remembered at Murmansk New British Cemetery, Russia Chris Burge writes: Henry Langford was born in 1879 in the village of Midgham, Berkshire, the second child of Jemima Hannah Hunt and master brewer Alfred Langford, who had married four […]
Albert Young Hutchinson
A. Y. HutchinsonService no. 16206Private, 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) HussarsBorn at Haggerston, London; enlisted at Lambeth; lived at DalstonKilled in action at age 39 on 24 October 1914Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium In 1911 Albert Young Hutchinson, who was born in Haggerston, east London in 1875, was living in one room at 24 […]
Frank Morley Huntley
F. M. Huntley Service no. 393151 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Clapham Killed in action aged 39 on 3 May 1917 CWGC: “Husband of Fanny Beatrice Huntley, of 90, Portland Place N, Clapham Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France […]
