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 […]
Bertram Horace Winter
B. H. WinterService no. S/15614Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 11 April 1917, aged 27CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. Winter, of 19 Prideaux Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Milkman (and former butcher) Bertram Horace Winter signed up at the […]
Henry Williams
H. WilliamsLance Corporal, London Regiment, 23rd Bn. Service no. 4180Killed in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 39Remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Henry Williams was born in Lambeth in about 1879. There are no clues to his early life apart from the fact he was named after his father, who was a soldier. […]
John Wilkin
J. WilkinService no. 17677Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in SouthwarkKilled in action on 16 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WILKIN, J., Private, Royal Fusiliers.He volunteered in June 1915, and in September of that year proceeding to the Western Front, was in […]
Herbert William Wild
H. W. WildService no. 4023Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st BattalionKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 27CWGC: “Born at Brixton. Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24, Halstead Street, Brixton; husband of Polly Lily May Wild, of 64, Robsart Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France and on the […]
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 […]
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
William Henry White
W. H. WhiteService no. 41697Private, Leicestershire Regiment, 8th Battalion; formerly 11013, Royal West Surrey RegimentBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 27 May 1918, aged 19CWGC: “Only son of William Henry and Matilda White, of 13, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France Chris Burge writes: William Henry […]