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 Warwick Corporal, Service Number 30468, formerly 77895 (Royal Engineers) Killed in action on 5 October 1917, aged 23 1st Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment Remembered 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 […]
Charles John Young
C. J. Young Service no. 42404 Private, Essex Regiment, 11th Battalion; formerly 49934, Northamptonshire Regiment Born in Putney; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South Lambeth Killed in action on 21 March 1918, aged 20 CWGC: “Son of John and Elizabeth Young, of 97 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Military Cemetery No. 1, […]
Frank Whybrew
F. Wybrew Service no. 10622 Private, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own), 1st Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth Killed in action on 18 September 1916, aged 23 CWGC: “Son of Maria Rose Whitehouse (formerly Wybrew), of 11 Irving Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late William Wybrew.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France […]
Frank Worthy
F. Worthy Service no. 4785 Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/21st Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 15 September 1916, aged 19 CWGC: “Son of Alfred James and Matilda Clara Worthy, of 12 Normandy Road, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 […]
Thomas James Woodley
T. J. Woodley Service no. 203597 Private, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 1st/4th Battalion; formerly 2725, Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Born in Deptford; enlisted in London; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 15 June 1918, aged 29 CWGC: “Husband of Mrs E. Woodley, of 14 Glenelg Road, Acre Lane, Brixton, London.” Remembered at Boscon British […]
Henry James Robert Woodcock
H. J. R. Woodcock Service no. 6951 Private, London Regiment (London Scottish), 1st/14th Battalion Killed in action on 9 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “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 file for Henry […]
Sidney Charles Withey
S. C. Withey Service no. 490673 Serjeant, London Regiment, 2nd/13th Kensington Battalion Enlisted in Kensington; lived in Brixton Killed in action on 8 December 1917, aged about 22 Remembered 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 […]
Bertram Horace Winter
B. H. Winter Service no. S/15614 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 13th Battalion Enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Clapham Killed in action on 11 April 1917, aged 27 CWGC: “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 […]
John Wilkin
J. Wilkin Service no. 17677 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Southwark Killed in action on 16 August 1916, aged 24 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WILKIN, J., Private, Royal Fusiliers. He volunteered in June 1915, and in September of that year proceeding […]
