W.C. RayPrivate, East Surrey Regiment, 8th Bn. Service no. 39290. Killed in action on 23 October 1918, aged 23. Remembered at Forest Communal Cemetery, Nord, France In 1911 William Charles Ray lived with his parents, William, a 37-year-old carman, and 32-year-old Louisa Esther (née Rainbow), and four siblings at 10 Broomgrove Road, Stockwell Green, where […]
Leonard Eldridge
E. Eldridge Service no. 304022Rifleman, London Regiment, 1/5th Batallion (London Rifle Brigade)Killed in action on 9 October 1916, aged about 19Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911, Leonard Eldridge worked as a messenger for the General Post Office. He lived with his parents and five of his eight siblings at 14 Aldebert Terrace, South […]
George Frederick Warwick
George Frederick WarwickCorporal, Service No. 30468, formerly 77895 (Royal Engineers)Killed in action on 5 October 1917, aged 231st Bn., Royal Warwickshire RegimentRemembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, Belgium A substantial number of men from the Stockwell area were not listed on the Memorial. The Stockwell War Memorial committee invited families to submit names. Some may […]
Charles John Young
C. J. YoungService no. 42404Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire RegimentBorn in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France Information from […]
Frank Wybrew
F. WybrewService no. 10622Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LambethKilled in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, […]
Frank Worthy
F. WorthyService no. 4785Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France In 1911 Frank Worthy was a 14-year-old schoolboy. He lived […]
Thomas James Woodley
T. J. WoodleyService no. 203597Private, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st/4th Battalion; formerly 2725, Royal Buckinghamshire HussarsBorn in Deptford; enlisted in London; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 15 June 1918, aged 29CWGC: “Husband of Mrs E. Woodley, of 14 Glenelg Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Boscon British Cemetery, Italy and St Andrew’s Church, […]
Henry James Robert Woodcock
H. J. R. WoodcockService no. 6951Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st/14th BattalionKilled in action on 9 September 1916, aged 21CWGC: “Son of Mrs Eliza Woodcock, of 15 Meadow Place, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at Serre Road Cemetery No 2, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 The Service history file for Henry James Robert Woodcock […]
Sidney Charles Withey
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 […]
Bertram Horace Winter
B. H. WinterService no. S/15614Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 11 April 1917, aged 27CWGC: “Son of Mrs A. Winter, of 19 Prideaux Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Arras Memorial, France British Army Service Records 1914-1920 Milkman (and former butcher) Bertram Horace Winter signed up at the […]
