J. Barber Service no 551983 Driver, Royal Engineers, 47th Signal Coy. Killed in action on 24 March 1918, age 24 Son of John and Lydia Barber, of Stockwell, London. Remembered at Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, France, and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census The Barber family lived at 92 Landor […]
Arthur Edward Ball
A. E. Ball Service no. 10231 Serjeant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Killed in action on 23 July 1916, aged 23 Son of Charles and Sarah Ball, of 58 Tasman Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 […]
William George Bacon
W. G. BaconService no 242252Private, South Staffordshire Regiment, 2nd/6th BattalionDied on 21 March 1918, aged 33Husband of Alice Rachel Bacon, of 37 Kimberley Road, Stockwell, London.Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 In 1911 Bacon was a tobacconist living with his brother and his wife at 86 […]
Frederick Avis
F. Avis Service no 46278 Corporal, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 4th Battalion Died age 22 on 9 June 1918 CWGC: “Son of Mrs. R. Avis, of 37 Thorncroft Street, Wandsworth Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from 1911 Census In 1911 Frederick […]
Robert Atkins
R. Atkins Service no S/23067 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion Died of wounds on 16 September 1917, aged about 30 Remembered at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Printer Robert Atkins married Emily Louisa Umpelby in June 1913 at All Saints Church, Lambeth. […]
George Harry Allen
Killed in action at the Somme on 25 March 1918, aged 20
Frederick John Allen
F. J. AllenSecond Lieutenant, Devonshire Regiment, “C” Coy. 9th BattalionDied age 22 on 27 September 1915CWGC: “Son of Frederick Herbert and Alice Allen, of 79 Union Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Information from the Royal Bank of Scotland archives: Frederick John […]
Henry Eustace Adams
38-year-old engineer and architect, who died in 1916 after the Battle of the Somme