J. F. Barnsley Service no. 34448 Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Killed in action age 27 on 1 May 1917 Husband of Susannah Maria Barnsley, of 74 Meadow Road, Clapham, London. Remembered at Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Brother of William Charles Barnsley Information from the […]
John Barber
J. Barber Service no 551983 Driver, Royal Engineers, 47th Signal Coy. Killed in action on 24 March 1918, age 24 Son of John and Lydia Barber, of Stockwell, London. Remembered at Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, France, and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census The Barber family lived at 92 Landor […]
Arthur Edward Ball
A. E. Ball Service no. 10231 Serjeant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Killed in action on 23 July 1916, aged 23 Son of Charles and Sarah Ball, of 58 Tasman Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 […]
Frederick Alfred Ansell
F. A. AnsellService no. S/16820Rifleman, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 1st BattalionBorn in Stockwell, lived in BalhamKilled in action on 21 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium and St Andrew’s Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Ansell family was living at 39 Willington […]
James Albert Andrews
J. A. AndrewsService no 6703Private, 1st (Royal) DragoonsFormerly 6703, 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys)Killed in action on 12 November 1914, aged 22Son of James and Rose Rebecca Andrews, of 60 Wilcox Road, South Lambeth, London.Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9
Claude Cecil Andrews
C. C. Andrews Service no G/11433 Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Battalion Killed in action 21 October 1917, aged 23 Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium and at St John’s Church, Clapham Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census This is a somewhat tentative identification – the best fit of the […]
George Harry Allen
Killed in action at the Somme on 25 March 1918, aged 20
Walter Alexander
W. AlexanderRoyal Navy, Stoker 1st Class, HMS ‘Fandango’Service no. 311118Died on 3 July 1919, aged 28Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent Chris Burge writes: Walter Alexander was born on 5 December 1888 in Camberwellin southeast London. In the 1891 census he is recorded as one of four siblings living at Faraday Street, Walworth: Maud, aged […]