Died aged 17 on 21 April 1915 while helping a wounded comrade
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 […]
Percy William Arthur Philcox
P. W. A. PhilcoxService no. 3252Rifleman, London Regiment (The Rangers), “C” Coy. 1st/12th BattalionKilled in action on 8 May 1915, aged 24CWGC: “Son of Alice E. Philcox, of 15 Palace Rd., Streatham Hill, London, and the late Alfred James Philcox.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium, on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ernest Edward Page
E. E. Page Service no. 653413 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1st/21st Battalion Born in Whetstone; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 7 June 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Leonard William Oakes
L. W. OakesService no. 50044Private, Royal Fusiliers, 26th BattalionAssumed dead 2 April 1918, aged 19 Leonard William Oakes was baptised at All Saints, Devonshire Road, South Lambeth on 26 August 1898, the son of John Thomas Oakes and Mary (née Spearing). The service medals and awards rolls show that Leonard William Oakes first joined the […]
Herbert Charles Nuthall
Killed in action in Belgium on 25 April 1915, age 31. May have witnessed Christmas “truce” of 1914
Walter Henry Nethercott
W. H. Nethercott Service no. Z/2766 Company Quartermaster Serjeant, Rifle Brigade, 3th Battalion Born in Battersea; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 10 October 1917, aged around 26 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Walter Henry Nethercott, 23, a clerk, enlisted on 12 September 1914. The medical officer described him as […]
Arthur Morley Miller
Died of wounds on 30 September 1917 age 27