F. J. DoelService no. 31188Private, East Surrey Regiment, 8th BattalionKilled in action aged about 20 on 3 May 1917Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the censuses In 1901 Frederick J. Doel, 4, was living at 5 Spring Gardens with his mother, Ada Jane Doel (née Scrine), 23, a washer and ironer born in Lambeth, […]
James Albert Dixon
J. A. Dixon Service no 9159 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion Died age 27 on 13 August 1916 Son of Mr and Mrs Browell, of 69 Stewart Road, Battersea, London; husband of Isabel Constance Dixon, of 17 Camellia Street, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
Henry James Dighton
H. J. DightonService no. 8159Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd/5th BattalionDied aged about 22 on 29 April 1918Son of Clara Dighton, of 68 Crimsworth Road, South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Arneke British Cemetery, Nord, France Information from the 1911 census Henry (or Harry) Dighton was 15 and working as a grocer’s assistant in 1911. He lived with his […]
Reginald Percy Dickason
R. P. Dickason Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment, 6th Battalion attd. 1st Battalion Died age 20 on 14 February 1917 Son of Harold Burfield Dickason, of 155 Clapham Road, London. Remembered at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France British Army WWI Officers Service Records 1914-1920 Reginald Percy Dickason was educated at King’s College School and Pitman’s Metropolitan […]
Ernest William Desaleux
Amongst the names on the Stockwell War Memorial are three brothers, Ernest, Frederick and Alfred Desaleux. They all died in 1917 – Frederick in February, Ernest in April and Alfred in May. The brothers joined different brigades, although two, Ernest and Frederick, were riflemen. Alfred may have moved to Canada before the war: he joined […]
Conrad O’Neill Daunt
Died age 27 on 29 September 1918 at the Somme. Had returned from Canada to fight.
Edward Arthur Cunningham
E.A. CunninghamRifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 1st/6th Bn. Service No. 3362Died 15 September 1916, aged about 21 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Edward Arthur Cunningham was born in Stockwell in 1895, the only child of Arthur and Fanny. He was baptised in Kent, his mother’s place of birth, with […]
James William Cummins
J. W. CumminsService no. 2033Corporal, London Regiment, 22nd BattalionDied age 31 on 20 May 1916Husband of Edith Cummins, of South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Bruay Communal Cemetery Extension, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 James William Cummins, then 26, born in Lambeth, was married and living with his family in 2 rooms at 191 […]
James Charles Frederick Cross
J. C. F. Cross Service no. 27166 Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 13th Batallion; formerly 1875, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Killed in action on 29 September 1918, age 26 Son of Mrs. G. Cross, of 161 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France British Army WWI Service […]
Herbert Howard Crocker
H. H. CrockerService no. 203662Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st BattalionKilled in action age 29 on 7 April 1917Son of Horace Howard Crocker, of 52 Hoppers Road, Palmer’s Green, London; husband of Edith Maud Crocker, of 13 Tregothnan Road, Clapham, London.Remembered at Arras Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census Herbert Howard Crocker, 23 in […]