H. W. Carter Service no. L/6227 Fitter, Royal Field Artillery”C” Bty. 93rd Bde. Killed in action age 33 on 24 November 1917 Son of Henry William Carter; husband of Grace Elizabeth Carter, of 25 Aldebert Terrace Remembered at Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery, France
George Herbert Canham
G. H. Canham Service no. 3861 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), “D” Coy. 1st/16th Battalion Born in Chelsfield, Kent; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: “Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Canham, of 35, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, […]
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 […]
Norman Cairns
N. CairnsService no. 76551Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery, 279th Siege Bty.Killed in action in the field age 22 on 26 June 1917Husband of Florence Cairns (nee Penton), of 47 Courland Grove, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London.Remembered at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1919 When he enlisted on 26 April 1916, Norman Cairns […]
Sidney Caiger
S. Caiger Service no. P.S.1743 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 16th Battalion Killed in action 1 July 1916, aged about 23 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Sidney Caiger lived at 1 Bolney Street, Dorset Road. He enlisted at Battersea on the 20 March 1915 at the age of 21, and […]
Frederick H. S. Caiger
The only son of Dr. Caiger, superintendent of South Western Fever Hospital, died aged 19 at the Somme
John Henry Burns
J. Burns (listed on the Memorial as J. Burns)Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps, 15th Field AmbulanceService no. 6003. Died on 20 April 1918, aged 28 Remembered at Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, France Chris Burge writes: John Henry Burn was born in 1890 and baptised on 15 January at St Mary the Less, Lambeth, the first […]
Charles Henry Burchell
C. H. Burchell Service no. SD/3529 Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 13th Battalion Killed in action aged 22 on 30 June 1916 Son of Thomas and Harriett Burchell, of Mate’s Nest, Balcombe, Sussex. Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France This is a tentative association. This is the only British-resident C. H. Burchell in the […]
William Bunyan
W. BunyanService no. 7848Serjeant, York and Lancaster Regiment, 2nd BattalionKilled in action age 34 on 20 July 1915Son of the late William and Mary Elizabeth Bunyan; husband of Ellen Eliza Bunyan, of 8 Andalus Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London. Native of Bengeo, Herts.Remembered at New Irish Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium and on the war shrine […]
Sidney Alfred Bunker
S. A. Bunker Service no. G/8995 Private, Middlesex Regiment, 11th Battalion Killed in action at about age 21 on 18 October 1915 Remembered at Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census The Bunker family lived at 4 Richmond Street, Kennington, Lambeth (the street has now disappeared). Henry Bunker, 51, was a […]