E. Eldridge Service no. 304022Rifleman, London Regiment, 1/5th Batallion (London Rifle Brigade)Killed in action on 9 October 1916, aged about 19Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911, Leonard Eldridge worked as a messenger for the General Post Office. He lived with his parents and five of his eight siblings at 14 Aldebert Terrace, South […]
John Frederick King
J. F. King Service no. 231178Private, London Regiment, 2nd Bn. (Royal Fusiliers) Died 21 March 1918, aged 39Remembered 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 a picture […]
William Edward Humphreys
W. E. Humphreys Private, Middlesex Regiment, 1st Battalion, Service no. 10514 Died 21 October 1914 Remembered at Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France
Charles John Young
C. J. YoungService no. 42404Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire RegimentBorn in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France Information from […]
Frank Wybrew
F. WybrewService no. 10622Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LambethKilled in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, […]
Arthur George Wright
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 […]
John Thomas Wotton
J. T. WottonService no. 13413Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 13th BattalionDied on 6 March 1917, aged 29CWGC: “Husband of A. L. Wotton, of 65, Cottage Grove, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Abbeville Community Cemetery Extension, France Wotton was born in Herne Bay, Kent, the son of Thomas Wotton, a carriage painter from Birchington, Kent, and Mary Ann (née […]
Frank Worthy
F. WorthyService no. 4785Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911 Frank Worthy was a 14-year-old schoolboy. He lived […]
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 […]
Henry James Robert Woodcock
H. J. R. WoodcockService no. 6951Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st/14th BattalionKilled in action on 9 September 1916, aged 21CWGC: “Son of Mrs Eliza Woodcock, of 15 Meadow Place, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 The Service history file for Henry James Robert Woodcock […]
