S. F. WhitingService no. F/13871Aircraftman 1st Class, Royal Naval Air Service, H.M.S. President IIDied of illness on 27 January 1918, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Benjamin F. and Augusta Whiting, of 85 Lark Hall Lane, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Wandsworth (Streatham) Cemetery, Garratt Lane, London SW17 Information from the censuses In 1911 Clapham-born Stanley Franklin Whiting was […]
Robert William Trussler
R.W. TrusslerAviation Boatswain’s Mate, Royal Navy, HMS RussellDied on 27 April 1916Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918TRUSSLER, R. W., A.B., Royal Navy.Serving at the outbreak of hostilities, having joined in 1913, he was with the H.M.S. “Russell” in the Mediterranean station in August 1914. He was engaged on important […]
William Charles Tidnam
W. C. TidnamService no. 227258Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Vanguard”Died on 9 July 1917, aged 30CWGC: “Son of William Tidnam, of Harleston, Norfolk; husband of Kathleen Mary Tidnam, of 2 Burnley Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA Information from […]
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 […]
Thomas Edward Ross
T. E. RossService no. R/6733Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion R.N. Div.Died on 29 September 1918, aged 24 (missing, later reported killed in action or died of wounds)Next-of-kin & home address: Wife, Emily [née Brown], 56 South Island Place, Clapham Road, Clapham, London SW9.Service history: Army Reserve 24 June 1916Entered 29 April 1918Draft […]
Horace Thomas Pelling
H. T. Pelling Service no. CH1/8111 Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. “Bulwark.” Died on 26 November 1914, aged 18 Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial Information from Royal Naval Division Horace Pelling was born on 9 December 1895 in Clapham. He enlisted on 3 July 1913, embarked on H.M.S. “Bulwark” on 22 October 1914, but, […]
Thomas Henry Mizen
T. H. MizenService no. 202018Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Natal”Died 30 December 1915 aged around 32Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 The Natal was a Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser, built by Vickers Maxim of Barrow and launched on 30 September 1905. She was sunk by an internal […]
William Henry Jones
W. H. Jones Service no. 229583 Petty Officer, Royal Navy, H.M.T.B. “90.” Died age 29 on 25 April 1918 CWGC: “Son of Harry Jones; husband of Ellen Millicent Jones, of 11 Garden Row, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial
James William Gilbert
J. W. Gilbert Service no. K/42535 Stoker Second Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Cornwall” Died age 19 on 10 January 1918 CWGC: “Son of W. Gilbert, of 139 Hartington Road, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Plymouth Naval Memorial Information from the Royal Navy website The fourth HMS Cornwall (1902-1920) was a 9000 ton armoured cruiser launched […]
Frederick Eversfield
F. Eversfield Service no. J/12826 Able Seaman, Royal Navy, H.M. S/M “D6.” Died age 24 on June 1918 Husband of Kathleen Christina Eversfield, of 19, St. James Rd., Carshalton, Surrey. Remembered at Chatham Naval Memorial Information from the censuses In 1911 Frederick Eversfield, a 16-year-old stores porter lived at 6 Emily Mansions, Landor Road, SW9 […]
