F. RhodesService no 37889Serjeant, Royal Army Medical CorpsDied on 2 September 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Husband of Grace Lilian Rhodes, of 80, Crimsworth Rd. Wandsworth Rd., South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq Francis Wynne Rhodes, known as Frank, was born in Lambeth on 5 December 1892, the son of Samuel Rhodes and Alice (née […]
Arthur Bertram Philpott
A. B. Philpott Service no. 33841 Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 86th Bty. Born in Clapham; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham Died on 21 March 1917 Remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq
Harry Norris
H. NorrisGunner, Royal Field Artillery, 6th Ammunition Col. Service No. 70166Died as a prisoner of war on 24 September 1916, aged about 23Remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq Chris Burge writes: Henry (known as Harry) Norris was born in 1893 in Stepney, east London, the first child of parents of Thomas Henry and […]
Arthur Stanley Manning
A. S. Manning Service no. 60740 Wheeler, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Born in Lambeth Killed in action in Egypt on 23 December 1915, aged about 25 Remembered at Kut War Cemetery, to the north of Baghdad, Iraq CWGC: The entry for A. S. Manning gives 25 December 1915 as date of death […]
Henry William Laidler
H. W. Laidler Service no. 188508 Sapper, Royal Engineers, Gen. Base Depot Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died age 38 on 25 July 1918 Remembered at Basra War Cemetery, Iraq Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Henry William Laidler, then 31 and working as a plumber, lived in 3 rooms […]
Alfred Edward Hogg
A. E. HoggService no. S/12345Private, Seaforth Highlanders, 1st BattalionKilled in action age 29 on 5 November 1917CWGC: “Son of Edward Hogg, of 56 Sidney Road, Stockwell, London, and the late Jessie Mary Hogg (nee Skepelhorn).”Remembered at Basra Memorial, Iraq Information from the 1911 census Edward (aka Alfred Edward) Hogg, 55, a mercantile clerk born in […]
Bernard Allen Miller Dunning
B. A. M. Dunning Service no. 558257 Driver, Royal Engineers, Army Signal Company Died of dystentery age 39 on 6 December 1918 Son of Mrs Julia Dunning; husband of Rosina Harriet Dunning, of 17, Somerleyton Road, Brixton, London. Born in Dorset. Remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 […]
Giles Vellacott Daunt
One of two brothers remembered on the Memorial. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9 April 1916, aged 19.
Augustus Charles Cook
A. C. Cook Service no. G/1381 Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 2nd Battalion Died age 41 on 10 July 1917 Son of Matthew John Cook, of Clapham, London, husband of Mary Ann Cook, of 11 Devonshire Square, Bromley, Kent. Born in Clapham, enlisted in Bromley, lived in Bromley Remembered at Basra War Cemetery, […]
Henry William Chambers
H. W. Chambers Private no. 7216 Serjeant, Dorsetshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Died of wounds age 34 on 26 December 1915 Son of Alfred and Eliza Chambers, of 21 Binfield Road, Clapham Road Remembered at Kut War Cemetery, Iraq
