A. G. WrightService no. 1633Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Westminster; lived in LambethDied of wounds on 9 August 1916, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Arthur John Wright, of 34 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, London.”Remembered at Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France Arthur George Wright was born in South Lambeth on […]
Thomas Isaac Worley
T.I. WorleyService no. 613802Private, London Regiment, 1st/19th BattalionBorn in Camberwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in StockwellDied of wounds on 8 December 1917, aged 34CWGC: “Son of Isaac Brames Worley and Margaret Worley, of 47, Lansdowne Gardens. Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census Thomas Isaac Worley, 27 […]
William George Edwin Woodard
W. G. E. WoodardService no. M2/079669Lance Corporal, Army Service Corps, 364th Mechanical Transport Coy.Died of wounds on 12 August 1918, aged 55CWGC: “Son of William and Frances Woodard; husband of H. S. Woodard, of 65 Pulross Rd., Brixton, London.”Remembered at Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France Information from the censuses William George Edwin Woodard, 47 […]
William Henry Wilson
W. H. WilsonService no.66127Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 109th Bde.Died 28 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, FranceHusband of A. F. Wilson, of 17, Chantrey Rd., Brixton, London. This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: William Henry Wilson has born on 25 June 1892, one of the five children […]
Edward Ernest Winter
E. E. WinterService no. R/14491Lance Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 8th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamDied of wounds on 24 August 1916, aged 34Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WINTER, E.E., L/Cpl., King’s Royal Rifle Corps.Having volunteered in August 1914, he was drafted to […]
Sidney Williams
S. Williams Rifleman, “D” Coy., London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Service no. 556984Died on 11 May 1918, aged about 36Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Sidney Williams was born in 1881, the youngest of Charles Richard Williams and Mary Ann Ford’s 10 children. Sidney spent his formative years in the heart of Southwark, […]
Reuben Edward Wild
R. E. WildService no. R/6573Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, “C” Coy. 9th BattalionDied of wounds on 25 September 1915, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24 Halstead Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 […]
Horace John Baker Whittingham
H. J. WhittinghamService no. 76274Corporal, Tank Corps, 1st Battalion; formerly 3294, Royal FusiliersDied of wounds on 28 April 1918, aged 24CWGC: “Son of John Baker Whittingham and Alice Louisa Whittingham, of 28 Angell Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Marissel French National Cemetery (near Beauvais), Oise, France Brother of Claude Lionel Whittingham
Ernest Frank Whiting
E. F. WhitingService no. 25607Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th BattalionBorn in Dover, Kent; enlisted in Dorking, Surrey; lived in ClaphamDied of wounds on 14 October 1917, aged 26CWGC: “Son of Edward Whiting, of 28 Durand Gardens, Clapham Road, London.”Remembered at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park […]
Henry Ingham White
H. I. WhiteService no. 550898Rifleman, London Regiment, 12th Bn (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Died 15 August 1917, aged about 30Remembered Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, BelguimSon of William George and Emma White, of 11, Stirling Rd., Stockwell, London. This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Henry Ingham White was born in 1887, the youngest of William George […]
