A.V.O. WhitePrivate, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1st BnService no. G/3438Died on 25 September 191, aged 22Remembered at Loos Memorial, France CWGC: “Son of Mrs. Florence White, of 66, Wilcox Rd., South Lambeth Rd., London.” Albert White was born in 1894 in the village of March, Cambridgeshire. His parents Edward White and Florence Mary Owers […]
Clarence George Wheeler
C. G. WheelerService no. L/21895Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 162nd Bde.Died of wounds on 4 April 1917, aged 24CWGC: “Son of George Henry and Fannie Wheeler, of 35 Holland Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Clarence George Wheeler, 18, was a grocer’s assistant. He lived […]
Thomas Henry Wellings
T. H. WellingsService no. 29546Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1st BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in CamberwellDied of wounds on 1 October 1918, aged 19Remembered at Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Brother of Alfred George Wellings Information from the 1911 census and British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 In 1903, Thomas Henry […]
Albert Edward Webb
A. E. WebbService no. 210735Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty. 275th Bde.Enlisted in Camberwell; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 18 April 1918Remembered at Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France
Arthur Webb
A. WebbService no. 651657Serjeant, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st BattalionDied of wounds on 31 August 1918, aged 35CWGC: “Son of James and Mary Jane Webb, of 22, Kendoa Rd., Clapham, London. Native of Stockwell, London.”Remembered at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 British Army WWI Service […]
Henry Thomas Weatherley
H. T. WeatherleyService no. 4712Private, London Regiment, 24th BattalionDied on 24 January 1916, aged about 21CWGC: “Son of Mr A. Weatherley, of 25 Aylesford Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France This is a tentative identification. I have not seen any data that relates “H.T. Weatherley” on the memorial with Henry Thomas Weatherley living […]
Albert Edward Waymark
A. E. WaymarkService no. 40762Private, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 15th BattalionEnlisted at Cleethorpes, LincolnshireKilled in action on 26 November 1916, aged 37CWGC: “Son of Mrs S. A. Waymark, of 38 Heyford Avenue, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Details on Albert Edward Waymark […]
Frederick Walter Warman
F.W. WarmanLance Corporal, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th Bn. Service no. 44903Died on 22 November 1917, aged about 32Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France Chris Burge writes: Frederick Walter Warman was born in Kent in 1885, the third child of John and Ellen Eva Warman. By 1891, John and Ellen lived with their five children close […]
William George Ware
W. G. WareService no. 1187Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd BattalionBorn in Brixton; enlisted in Westminster; lived in LambethKilled in action on 27 March 1915CWGC: “Son of Mr W. H. Ware, of 34 Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, London.”Remembered at Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines, Nord, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from […]
Walter Percy Wallis
W. P. Wallis Service no. 153407 Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 200th Battalion Died on 3 February 1919, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Percy William and Sarah Naomi Wallis, of 9, The Mount, Bidborough, Kent.” Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France Information from the 1911 census Only child Walter Percy Wallis, a 12-year-old schoolboy in […]