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Frederick Eversfield

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F. Eversfield
Service no. J/12826
Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M. S/M “D6.”
Died age 24 on June 1918
Husband of Kathleen Christina Eversfield, of 19, St. James Rd., Carshalton, Surrey.
Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial

Information from the censuses

In 1911 Frederick Eversfield, a 16-year-old stores porter lived at 6 Emily Mansions, Landor Road, SW9 with his family: parents Harry Eversfield, 46, a stone maston born in Wrotham, Kent and Mary Eversfield, 45, from Dover; and siblings   Eliza Eversfield, 25, a restaurant counter hand, and Hilda Eversfield, 12. All three children were born in Dover.
In 1901 Frederick Eversfield was 6 and living at 1 Alexandra Cottages, Tower Street, in Dover, Kent, with his mother and siblings. Mary J. Eversfield was 34 and born in Dover. The children on the census were
Harry Eversfield, 16, foundry labourer
Elizabeth Eversfield, 12
Alfred Eversfield, 9
Frederick Eversfield, 6
Hilda Eversfield, 2
Winifred Eversfield, 1
Sarah A. Burbridge, 84, a widow living on her own means and born in Alkham, Kent, lived with the family.

A. A. Ellis

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A. A. Ellis
Service no. 201091
Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “C” By. 76th Bde.
Died age 22 on 27 July 1917
Son of John and Emily Ellis, of Clapham, London; husband of Annie May Ellis, of 25 Haines Street, Battersea, London.
Remembered at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

Henry Wilfred Edney

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H. W. Edney
Service no. 315081
Lance Corporal, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 5th Battalion
Died age 21 on 17 October 1917
Son of Elizabeth M. A. Edney, of “The Moorings,” 30 Clitheroe Road, Clapham, London
Remembered at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 the Edney family lived in 7 rooms at 50 Stockwell Green. Elizabeth Edney, 47 and born in Marylebone, London, was a widow. She had 6 children (one had died) in 1911:
Phillip Stanley Edney, 22, a stationer’s assistant, born in Brixton
Leslie George Edney, 20, an insurance clerk, born in Brixton
Walter Ernest Edney, 18, a restaurant clerk, born in Camberwell
Harry (or Henry) Wilfred Edney, 15, a messenger, born in Camberwell
Elsie Mercy Edney, 13, born in Camberwell
Ethel Hopkins, a single 21-year-old hairdresser from Bristol, boarded with the family.
Grace Elizabeth Edney, 21, was working as a servant to Mary Ann Larkin, a 65-year-old house agent, a few doors down the street at 17 Stockwell Green.

Frederick Eales Johnson

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Frederick Eales-Johnson. Photo by kind permission of Anne Hughes.

F. Eales-Johnson
Service no. 950162
Gunner, Royal Artillery, “A” Bty. 235th Bde.
Died age 22 on 17 June 1917
Son of Fredrick (sic) and Mary Eales-Johnson (née Marshall), of 37 Portland Place North, Clapham Road, London. Born Lambeth, London.
Remembered at Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

Information from the 1911 census

Frederick Johnson was a 43-year-old printer born in Lambeth. He and his wife Mary Johnson, 38, who was from Bermondsey, lived at 7 Wyvil Street. They had 10 children, all surviving to this date, with 9 appearing on the census:
Florence Johnson, 18, a bookfolder
Frederick Johnson, 16, a junior clerk and student
Elsie Johnson, 13
George Johnson, 12
Albert Johnson, 9
Dorothy Johnson, 8
Henry Johnson, 4
Mary Johnson, 3
Alice Johnson, 9 months
All were born in Southwark.

Edward Driscoll

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E. Driscoll
Service no. 216940
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 12th Bty. 35th Bde.
Died age 24 on 21 October 1917
Son of Michael and Ellen Driscoll, of 2 Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, London.
Remembered at The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Edward Driscoll, 18, was working as a driller (acetelyne) and living with his family in 4 rooms at 26 Madrid Place (now gone), South Lambeth. Michael Driscoll, 56, was a road sweeper for the borough council. He was born in City of London, where Ellen Driscoll, 55, was also born. The couple had had 7 children, 4 of whom survived. James Driscoll, 25, was a carman for the LRSW Railway. Both sons were born in Lambeth.

George Daniel Talbot Drewery

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G. D. T. Drewery
Service no. L/5032
Officer’s Steward 2nd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Partridge”
Died age 21 on 12 December 1917
Son of George Talbot Drewery and Louisa Emma Drewery, of 25 Lansdowne Road
Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial

The Partridge was sunk by four German destroyers in the North Sea while escorting a convoy. 74 men were lost. See naval-history.net for a list of casualties.

Information from the 1911 Census

In 1911 George Drewery, then a 15-year-old office boy, was living with his aunt Mary Ann Elizabeth White, 53, and uncle Robert White, 53, and their family at 62 Landor Road. Robert White was a housepainter born in Hackney. His wife was born in Lambeth. Their children, George Drewery’s cousins, all born in Clapham, were
Sydney Cope White, 26, a “warehouseman in ribbons”
Louis Sherley White, 25, a dental mechanic
Ella Annie White, 22, a fancy goods designer
Blanche Ethel White, 20, a shorthand typist