A. WillisLance Corporal, Royal Engineers, 39th Coy. AA Section. Service no. 563845Died on 7 March 1919, aged 21. Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Alfred Willis was born in Clapham in 1897 to Arthur and Ellen Mary Willis who had married in 1894. Both of Alfred parents were from Kent. Arthur was […]
George Wedderburn
G. WedderburnPrivate, London Regiment, 19th Bn. Service no. 611750Died of illness in early 1919, after discharge, aged 26Buried in Southwark 6 March 1919 Chris Burge writes: George Wedderburn was born on 30 August 1892, the first child of George Wedderburn and Clara Wilmott of 5 Chapel Street (since renamed Mowll Street), Stockwell. George was baptised […]
Gilbert Roland Webb
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 […]
Frederick Ward
F. WardPrivate, London Regiment, ‘B’ Coy. 2nd/19th Bn. Service no. 614287Died of wounds on 3 April 1918, aged 23Remembered at Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) and at the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Chris Burge writes: Frederick Ward was born in Lambeth and baptised on […]
Frederick James Edmund Spencer
F.J. SpencerSecond Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment Died of influenza as a prisoner of war on 9 November 1918, aged 23 Remembered at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany Chris Burge writes: Frederick James Edmund Spencer was born on 25 September 1895 in the Manchester area (Date of birth as in CWGC records, alternatively 25 September 1896 as recorded […]
Harold Measday Snelling
H.M. SnellingRifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Bn. Service no. 4746Killed in action on 1 July 1916, aged XXRemembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, at Sandwich War Memorial and on a now lost wooden war crucifix outside St Anne’s Church, South Lambeth Road Cousin of Frederick William Snelling and William Thomas Snelling Chris Burge […]
William Edward Smith
W.E. SmithRifleman, Rifle Brigade, 12th Bn. Service no. S/2933Killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged 18Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium Chris Burge writes: William Edward Smith was born in Lambeth on 18 April 1897 and baptised on 16 May 1897 at St Saviour’s, St George’s Square, Pimlico. He was the first child of […]
Alfred Frank Smith
A.F. Smith Sapper, Royal Engineers, 19th Light Railway Train Crew Coy. Service no. 266259Killed in action on 14 June 1917, aged 21Remembered at St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Alfred Frank Smith was born in Lambeth on 5 January 1896 and baptised at All Saints Church in Devonshire Road (the area […]
Sydney (or Sidney) Herbert Rogers
S. RogersPrivate, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. G/43526. Died on 23 October 1918, aged 32. Remembered at Remembered at Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Chris Burge writes: Sydney (aka Sidney) Herbert Rogers was born in Lambeth in 1886 and baptised at All Saints, South Lambeth on 24 October 1886. His parents, William and […]
Joseph Rogers
J. RogersPrivate, Hampshire Regiment, 2nd Bn. Service no. 27971Died on 6 May 1918, aged about 22.Remembered at Remembered at Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France Chris Burge writes: Joseph Rogers, born in Lambeth in 1896, was the youngest of six siblings. He was baptised together with his two-year-old brother Edward on 16 December at […]
