W. G. P. StantonService no. 926496Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 290th Bde.Born in Bethnal Green, east London; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 30 October 1917, aged 19CWGC: “Son of John and Ellen Stanton, of 37 Lansdowne Road, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census […]
Walter Samuel Standley
W. S. StandleyService no. 5330Private, London Regiment, 1st/20th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in South LambethKilled in action on 1 October 1916, aged 35CWGC: “Son of Samuel and Ellen Standley, of 26, Priory Rd., South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the 1911 census Walter Standley, 28, was a railway […]
John Alfred Stammers
J. A. StammersService no. 41606Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 155th Bde.Enlisted in Deptford, south-east London; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 4 November 1918, aged about 23Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Few details […]
Frank Spragg
F. Spragg Service no. 551013 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Battalion Enlisted in Westminster; lived in Clapham. Killed in action on 28 March 1918 Remembered at Arras Memorial, France
Isaac Spooner
I. SpoonerService no. 25552Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 9th Battalion, formerly 015439 R.A.S.C.Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Battersea; lived in WandsworthKilled in action on 1 September 1918, aged 24CWGC: “Son of James and Matilda Spooner.”Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France In 1911 ironmonger’s assistant Isaac Spooner, 17, lived at 39 Brooklands Road, Stockwell, where […]
Alfred Frank Spice
A.F. SpiceService no. M/1766Cook’s Mate, Royal Navy, HMS Good HopeKilled in action on 1 November 1914 at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile, aged 23Remembered at Portsmouth Naval MemorialSee LondonWarMemorial.co.uk This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Albert Frank Spice was born on 9 March 1891 in Clapham, the third […]
Reginald Charles Southon
R. C. Southon Service no. 13008 Private, Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Born in Hampstead, enlisted in Westminster, lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 23 October 1916, aged about 19 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Reginald Charles Southon, 14, was an errand boy living at 27 Rossiter Road, […]
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 […]
William Thomas Snelling
W.T. SnellingService no. R/2283Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Bn. R.N. Div.Died on 26 October 1917 (missing, assumed killed in action), aged 23Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Brother of Frederick William Snelling and cousin of Harold Measday Snelling William Thomas Snelling, born in Limehouse, east London on 5 May 1894, the third […]
Harold Measday Snelling
H.M. SnellingRifleman, London Regiment (Queen Victoria’s Rifles), 1st/9th Bn. Service no. 4746Killed in action on 1 July 1916, aged XXRemembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, at Sandwich War Memorial and on a now lost wooden war crucifix outside St Anne’s Church, South Lambeth Road Cousin of Frederick William Snelling and William Thomas Snelling Chris Burge […]