G. F. BillingsleyService no. 10356Private, Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd BattalionDied age 24 on 29 September 1918CWGC: “Son of Mrs. A. H. Handel, of 2 Arlington Mansions, 18A Morat Street, Brixton.”Remembered at Sucrerie Cemetery, Epinoy, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London 0DA. Brother of Sydney Walter Billingsley.Stepson of Harry […]
William Spencer Benson
W. S. BensonService no. 35733Private, Royal Army Medical Corps, 17th Field AmbulanceDied of wounds 23 April 1917, aged 20Born in Brixton, enlisted in HolbornRemembered at Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. Information from the 1911 census William Spencer Benson, […]
William Albert George Benson
W. A. G. Benson Service no. 634829 Private, London Regiment, “A” Coy. 20th Battalion; formerly TR?10/108398, 23rd T.R. Battalion Killed in action on 1 September 1918, aged 19 Son of William Albert and Rose Louisa Benson, of 34 Willington Road, Stockwell Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census William Albert […]
William Elias Beney
W. E. BeneyService no. 20342Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 36th Coy.Died on 30 November 1917 aged 25Husband of Mahala Beney, of 120 Cowick Road, Upper Tooting, London.Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, Nord, France William Elias Beney, the son of William Beney, a coal porter living in 1911 at 1 Belinda Road, Loughborough Junction near Brixton, […]
John Edward Bean
J. E. BeanService no. 50155Corporal, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty. 49th Bde.Died of wounds on 22 August 1916, aged about 44Remembered at Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l’Abbe, Somme, France The 1911 census return completed by 43-year-old ‘Edward John Bean’, a dustman born in Brixton living in three rooms at 5 Carfax Square (now replaced by local […]
Ernest James Batterbury
E. J. Batterbury Service no. S/7006 Lance Corporal, Rifle Brigade, 7th Battalion Died age 23 on 18 August 1916 Son of Henry Hooper Batterbury and Sarah Alice Batterbury, of 162 Old South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval, France and at St Mark’s Church, Kennington Oval. Information from […]
William Franklin Bartlett
Killed in action in France on 25 September 1916, aged about 37. Amongst the Missing.
Harvey Charles Bartel
H. C. Bartel Service no. 493554 Private, London Regiment, 1st/13th Kensington Battalion Died age 32 on 23 October 1918 Son of Charles and Elizabeth Bartel, of 28 Rita Road, Vauxhall, London. Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from 1911 Census In 1911 Harvey Charles Bartell (the spelling is double L in […]
James Foster Barnsley
J. F. Barnsley Service no. 34448 Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Killed in action age 27 on 1 May 1917 Husband of Susannah Maria Barnsley, of 74 Meadow Road, Clapham, London. Remembered at Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Brother of William Charles Barnsley Information from the […]
Albert Herbert Robert Barnes
A. H. R. Barnes (aka Herbert Robert Albert Barnes) Service no. 721131 Private, London Regiment, 24th Battalion Enlisted at Kennington Died of wounds at age 20 on 18 September 1918 Remembered at Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the Barnes Family website Mike Barnes, who […]