S. C. WitheyService no. 490673Serjeant, London Regiment, 2nd/13th Kensington BattalionEnlisted in Kensington; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 8 December 1917, aged about 22Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the censuses Insurance clerk Sidney Charles Withey lived at 14 Dalyell Road, Brixton with his parents […]
Frederick Ward
F. WardPrivate, London Regiment, ‘B’ Coy. 2nd/19th Bn. Service no. 614287Died of wounds on 3 April 1918, aged 23Remembered at Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) and at the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Chris Burge writes: Frederick Ward was born in Lambeth and baptised on […]
Sydney Herbert John Sore
S. H. J. Sore Service no. 614318 Private, London Regiment, 2nd/19th Battalion, formerly 5508, 9th London Regiment Born in Clapham; enlisted at Oxford Street, London; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 22 March 1918, aged 22 CWGC: “Only son of Alfred Harry and Mary Emma Sore, of 8 Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London. Served also […]
Charles Edward Small
C. E. Small Service no. 960469 Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 302nd Bde. Enlisted in Fulham; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 31 October 1917, aged 21 CWGC: “Son of Charles Edward and Laura Louisa Small, of 61 Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Jerusalem Memorial and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London […]
Benjamin Charles Peploe
B. C. Peploe Service no. 453135 Rifleman, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), 1st/11th Battalion, formerly 6329, 9th London Regiment Born in Stockwell; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 2 November 1917, aged 25 CWGC: “Husband of Josephine Elsie Peploe, of 30 Lingham Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Gaza War Memorial, Israel and […]
Frederick William Jeffery
F. W. Jeffery Service no. 720315 Private, London Regiment, 2nd/24th Battalion Killed in action, on 21 December 1917, age 19 CWGC: “Son of James and Annie Jeffery, of 45 Mawbey Street, South Lambeth Road, London.” Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Arthur Pearce Harold
A. P. Harold Service no. 320761 Private, Norfolk Regiment, 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion Born in Reading, Berkshire Killed in action around age 34 on 9 December 1917 Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel Information from the censuses Arthur Pearce Harold, 28, a newspaper clerk, was born in Reading, Berkshire. In 1911 he lived in 3 […]
Alfred Thomas Evans
A. T. EvansRifleman, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), 2nd/18th Bn.Service no. 593075Died 23 December 1917, aged 19Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel Alfred Thomas Evans was born in 1898 and baptised at St Paul’s, Clapham on 1 May. He was the youngest of William Charles and Mary Evans’ four sons. The family lived in six […]
Frank Arthur John Cooper
F. A. J. Cooper Service no. 511407 Lance Serjeant, London Regiment (London Scottish), 2nd/14th Battalion Killed in action 7 November 1917 Remembered at Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
Archibald Samuel Campbell
A. S. Campbell Service no. 203096 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 2nd/4th Battalion Killed in action on 26 April 1918 Remembered at Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel British Army Pension Records 1914-1920 Very soon after war broke out jeweller’s assistant Archibald Samuel Campbell took himself to the recruiting office at Battersea and offered himself […]
