G.R. WebbService No. 5768Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 45th BtyDied on 6 April 1916Remembered at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Gilbert Roland Webb was born in Bristol in 1893, the first child of Francis James and Emily Charlotte Webb. Gilbert was baptised on 1 March 1893 at St Clement’s Church, Bristol. By the […]
George Joseph Watts
G. J. WattsService no. S/1117Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1st BattalionBorn in Westminster; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 23 April 1915, aged 34CWGC: “Husband of Elizabeth J. Watts, of 75 Thorparch Road [this is an error, it is 95 Thorparch Road], Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium […]
Alfred Herbert Watts
A. H. Watts Service no. 44390 Rifleman, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th Battalion; formerly London Regiment Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 14 October 1918, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Mrs S. J. Watts, of 28 Rosetta Street, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium […]
Arthur Spurgeon Waterman
A. S. WatermanService no. 3295Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 23Remembered at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Information from the censuses Arthur Spurgeon Waterman, named after the famous preacher and founder of Stockwell Orphanage, was a house painter. Aged […]
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 […]
George Edwards Verney
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 […]
Herbert George Underwood
H. G. UnderwoodService no. A/200471Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 10 August 1917, aged about 34Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911, Herbert George Underwood, a motor cab washer, was 28 and living with his widowed mother and […]
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 […]
Thomas Thorne
T. ThorneCorporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Bn. Service no. 9948Died on 31 October 1914, aged 22Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Thomas Thorne was born in Lambeth in 1892 and baptised on 31 January at St Andrew’s, Stockwell Green, the third child of William and Sarah Jane Thorne. By […]
Leonard Hastings Teakle
L. H. TeakleService no. 157Lance Corporal, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), “D” Coy. 1st/5th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 2 May 1915, aged 25CWGC: “Son of Elizabeth Mary Ann Teakle, of 10 Rhodesia Road, Clapham, London, and the late Hastings Charles Teakle.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, […]