W. B. Hudson
Service no. 4015
Rifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), “A” Coy. 6th Battalion
Born in South Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell
Killed in action age 27 on 8 October 1916
CWGC: “Son of John Robert and Matilda Hudson, of 24 Chantrey Road, Stockwell, London.”
Remembered at Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Information from the 1911 census
Ledger clerk William Berks Hudson, 22, lived with his widowed mother and his aunt at 24 Chantrey Road, Brixton. Matilda Hudson, 50, and her single sister Elizabeth Anne Berks, both worked as a draper’s assistants. They were born in Newcastle, Staffordshire. William was an only child.