J. F. King Service no. 231178 Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39 Remembered 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 […]
John Thomas Wotton
J. T. Wotton Service no. 13413 Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th Battalion Died on 6 March 1917, aged 29 CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census and Parish Records, St Andrew’s Church, Stockwell In 1911 John Thomas Wotton, […]
Arthur Worby
A. WorbyService no. G/61093Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)Died on 16 November 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Mary Ann Worby, of 76 Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth, London.”Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17 Information from the 1911 census Arthur Worby, 12 in 1911, lived at 76 Crimsworth Road, South Lambeth. His father widower […]
Stanley Frank Willis
S. F. Willis Service no. 415208 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Battalion; formerly 7927, 7th London Regiment Born in Clapham; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in Stockwell Died on 13 August 1917 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
Alfred Willis
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 […]
Stanley Herbert Williamson
S. H. WilliamsonService no. TF/265478Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd/6th battalionDied 29 August 1917, aged 21Remembered at Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Stanley Herbert Williamson was born on 5 January 1896, the sixth child of George and Matilda Williamson. Stanley was baptised at St.Gabriels, Pimlico, on 4 March […]
William John Williams
W. J. Williams Service no. R/19181 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, “D” Coy. 11th Bn. Born in Vauxhall; enlisted in Piccadilly, central London; lived in Lambeth Died on 8 August 1917, aged 30 CWGC: “Son of James and Henrietta Williams, of 36 Kenchester Street, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium […]
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 […]
Henry Charles Wickens
H. C. Wickens Service no. 238091 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty., 342nd Bde. Born in Westminster; enlisted in Lambeth Died on 22 October 1918, aged 29 CWGC: “Son of Mr and Mrs H. Wickens, of 28 Wyvil Road, London.” Remembered at Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Pirbright, Woking, Surrey National Roll of the Great War […]
Henry Thomas Weatherley
H. T. Weatherley Service no. 4712 Private, London Regiment, 24th Battalion Died on 24 January 1916, aged about 21 CWGC: “Son of Mr A. Weatherley, of 25 Aylesford Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France This is a tentative identification. I have not seen any data that relates “H.T. Weatherley” on the memorial […]
