H. G. BurlsService no. 15147Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 211th Bde.Died of wounds age 25 on 25 October 1918Born in Stockwell, enlisted at CamberwellSon of George and Elizabeth Burls, of 25 Moat Place, Stockwell, London.Buried at Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 BURLS, H. G., Gunner, R.F.A.Volunteering in […]
Charles Henry Burchell
C. H. Burchell Service no. SD/3529 Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 13th Battalion Killed in action aged 22 on 30 June 1916 Son of Thomas and Harriett Burchell, of Mate’s Nest, Balcombe, Sussex. Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France This is a tentative association. This is the only British-resident C. H. Burchell in the […]
Sidney Alfred Bunker
S. A. Bunker Service no. G/8995 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 11th Battalion Killed in action at about age 21 on 18 October 1915 Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census The Bunker family lived at 4 Richmond Street, Kennington, Lambeth (the street has now disappeared). Henry Bunker, 51, was a […]
Henry Bull
H. Bull Service no. 393397 Private, Labour Corps, 179th Coy. Died age 33 on 14 July 1918 Son of Frederick and Isabell Bull, of 3, Tregothnan Rd., Clapham, London. Born at St. Pancras, London. Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France This is a somewhat tentative identification as there are two men named […]
John Edward Brown
J. E. BrownPrivate, Middlesex Regiment, 18th BattalionDied 22 June 1916, aged 23Service no. PW/2950Remembered at Gorre British And Indian Cemetery Chris Burge writes: John Edward Brown was born in Peckham in 1893, one of five children and the only son of Mark Edward and Alice (née Spash) Brown, who were married in 1891 at St […]
Arthur Leonard Brown
A. L. Brown Service no. S/26223 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion Died age 40 on 10 April 1917 Son of the late Tom and Mary Brown; husband of Edith Maude May (formerly Brown), of Ellerslie Road, Clapham Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Arthur Brooker
A. Brooker Service no. 30907 Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died of wounds at about age 18 on 24 April 1918 Remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France Information from the 1911 census rthur Brooker is the youngest person in his household at 36 Rutland Street, South Lambeth. His mother, Annie Brooker, 53, […]
Mark Harry Briggs
H. BriggsPrivate, London Regiment, ‘A’ Coy. 23rd Bn. Service no. 701038Died on 5 April 1918, aged 19Remembered at Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Mark Harry Briggs was born in Lambeth on 14 May 1898 and was baptised at All Saints’, South Lambeth on 12 June. He was named after his father, and his […]
Walter Branson
W. Branson Service no. 204513 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1st Battalion posted to 1st/2nd Battalion Killed in action 27 August 1918 Remembered at Summit Trench Cemetery, Croisilles, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census Walter Branson lived with his family in 4 rooms (including kitchen) at 71 Dorset Road in 1911. His […]
Sydney Walter Billingsley
S. W. BillingsleyService no. 4001Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 1st/21st BattalionKilled in action age 18 on 12 September 1916 (Billingsley’s enlistment record shows that he claimed to be 19)CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. H. Handel, of 18a Morat Street, Brixton.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell […]