• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Stockwell War Memorial

Stockwell War Memorial

Friends of Stockwell War Memorial & Gardens

  • Home
  • Order the book (free download)
  • About
  • The men of Stockwell
  • History of the Memorial
  • Centenary Exhibition
  • Contact
  • Newsletter
  • Friends Group

William Thomas Snelling

18 August 2015 by SWM

W.T. Snelling
Service no. R/2283
Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Bn. R.N. Div.
Died on 26 October 1917 (missing, assumed killed in action), aged 23
Remembered 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 son of Charles Henry and Emily Jane Snelling, and baptised at St Anne’s, Limehouse on 30 May (see Frederick William Snelling for family details). Formerly of the 2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry, enlisted in the Territorial Force on 30 August 1916, transferring to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 16 June 1917. He joined the British Expeditionary Force on 4 July 1917 and Howe Battalion on 1 September. 

William’s father Charles Henry Snelling of 260 South Lambeth Road, Stockwell, was named as his next of kin. 

Ex-315900 Private 2/1st Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry, enlisted Territorial Force 30 August 1916, transferred to RNVR for RND 16 June 1917 ; Draft for BEF 4 July 1917, joined Howe Bn. 1 September 1917 to 26 October 1917 DD (declared dead).
Born 5 May 1894
Next-of-kin: Father, Charles Henry Snelling, 260 South Lambeth Road, Stockwell, London SW9.

Filed Under: S names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1917, age 23, Belgium, KIA, naval

Footer

The Men of Stockwell

  • All the men
  • Died on 1 July 1916
  • Brothers
  • Listed on St Mark’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St Andrew’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St John’s War Memorial

SEARCH THE SITE

Other local memorials

  • St Mark’s, Kennington
  • St Andrew’s, Landor Road
  • St Michael’s Church shrine
  • Wynne Road sorting office
  • Brixton Town Hall
  • St John’s Church
  • Michael Church, Myatts Fields
  • St Mark’s War Shrine
  • St Anne’s War Crucifix
  • Clapham War Memorials

About this site

This site lists 574 men named on Stockwell War Memorial in London SW9.

If you would like to contribute information or images to the site, please email stockwellmemorialfriends@gmail.com

Copyright © 2025 · Genesis Sample On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • All the men
  • Died on 1 July 1916
  • Brothers
  • Listed on St Mark’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St Andrew’s War Memorial
  • Listed on St John’s War Memorial