S. Williams Rifleman, “D” Coy., London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Service no. 556984Died on 11 May 1918, aged about 36Remembered at Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany Chris Burge writes: Sidney Williams was born in 1881, the youngest of Charles Richard Williams and Mary Ann Ford’s 10 children. Sidney spent his formative years in the heart of Southwark, […]
Frederick James Edmund Spencer
F.J. SpencerSecond Lieutenant, Wiltshire Regiment Died of influenza as a prisoner of war on 9 November 1918, aged 23 Remembered at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany Chris Burge writes: Frederick James Edmund Spencer was born on 25 September 1895 in the Manchester area (Date of birth as in CWGC records, alternatively 25 September 1896 as recorded […]
Harry Norris
H. NorrisGunner, Royal Field Artillery, 6th Ammunition Col. Service No. 70166Died as a prisoner of war on 24 September 1916, aged about 23Remembered at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq Chris Burge writes: Henry (known as Harry) Norris was born in 1893 in Stepney, east London, the first child of parents of Thomas Henry and […]
Frederick Edward Milnes
F. E. Milnes Service no. 917 Private, 12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers Born in Kennington; enlisted in London; lived in Lambeth Died on 24 June 1918 aged 28 CWGC: “Son of Frederick and Annie Louisa Milnes, of 3 Albert Mansions, South Lambeth Road, London.” Remembered at Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany In 1922–23 it was […]
Samuel James
S. James Service no. 14197 Private, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 7th Battalion Born in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in Stockwell Died of wounds on 10 August 1918, aged 18 Remembered at Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 When Samuel James joined the Army he gave his next […]
