Returned from Canada to fight in the war.
George Shea
G. Shea Service no. 304330 Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion Formerly 3478, 7th Middlesex Regiment Born in Walthamstow; enlisted in Hornsey; lived in Walthamstow Killed in action on 6 September 1916 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France A tentative identification. Possibly the brother of Frederick David Shea
William James Sharp
W. J. Sharp Service no. 656082 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st Battalion Killed in action on 22 August 1918, aged 31 Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Clapham CWGC: “Husband of Grace Elizabeth Sharp, of 16 Paradise Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France Information from the 1911 census […]
Cecil Francis Seymour
C.F. SeymourLance Corporal, Scots Guards, 2nd Bn. Service no. 14265Died on 24 August 1918, aged about 26Remembered at Mory Street Military Cemetery, St Leger, France and on the Rainhill Asylum roll of honour, now in the care of Rainhill British Legion Cecil Francis Seymour was born in 1892 at Christmas Common, Watlington, Oxfordshire, the youngest […]
Victor Albert Scutt
A. V. Scutt Service no. G/15812 Lance Corporal, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1st Battalion Born, enlisted and lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 21 March 1918 Remembered at Arras Memorial, France (Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Soldiers Died in the Great War databases has Scutt as Victor Albert rather than Albert Victor)
Sydney Herbert Scott
S. H. Scott Service no. 352378 Private, London Regiment, (5524). “A” Coy. 1st/7th Battalion Enlisted at Sun Street; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 7 October 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Herbert Forester Scott, and Emma Eliza Scott, of 24 Edithna Street, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France National Roll […]
Harry (Henry) Saunders
H. Saunders Service no. 9254 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 9th Battalion Born in Shoreditch; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Died on 7 July 1916, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of Henry and Georgina Louisa Saunders, of 26, Viaduct Buildings, Charterhouse St., Holborn, London” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census This identification is […]
George Frederick William Sach
G. F. W. SachService no. 470989Rifleman, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th BattalionBorn in Ealing; enlisted in London; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 21 September 1918, aged 21CWGC: “Son of George and Emily E. Sach, of 28 Edithna Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London […]
Thomas William Rudge
T. W. RudgeService no. S/6582Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 7th BattalionKilled in action on 18 November 1916, aged about 28Born in Stockwell; enlisted in MaidstoneRemembered at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Thomas William Rudge, the son of Richard Daniel Rudge and Isabella (née Baker) […]
Arthur Frederick Victor Routledge
A. F. V. Routledge Service no. G/14788 Private, Leicestershire Regiment, 9th Battalion Killed in action on 14 April 1917, aged 28 Born in Highgate; enlisted in Leicester CWGC: “Son of Arthur and Selina Routledge, of 13 Tregothnan Road, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at St Leger British Cemetery, France (Photo: courtesy of Peter Bennett) Information from the […]