H. I. WhiteService no. 550898Rifleman, London Regiment, 12th Bn (Queen’s Westminster Rifles)Died 15 August 1917, aged about 30Remembered Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, BelguimSon of William George and Emma White, of 11, Stirling Rd., Stockwell, London. This identification was made by Chris Burge, who writes: Henry Ingham White was born in 1887, the youngest of William George […]
Clarence George Wheeler
C. G. WheelerService no. L/21895Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 162nd Bde.Died of wounds on 4 April 1917, aged 24CWGC: “Son of George Henry and Fannie Wheeler, of 35 Holland Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Clarence George Wheeler, 18, was a grocer’s assistant. He lived […]
Alfred George Wellings
A. G. WellingsService no. 10167Private, Coldstream Guards, 3rd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in WandsworthKilled in action on 2 August 1917, aged about 23Remembered at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium Brother of Thomas Henry Wellings The 1901 census shows seven-year-old Alfred George Wellings as one of three children of Alfred Wellings, a 32-year-old horse […]
Frederick Walter Warman
F.W. WarmanLance Corporal, Royal Irish Rifles, 15th Bn. Service no. 44903Died on 22 November 1917, aged about 32Remembered at Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France Chris Burge writes: Frederick Walter Warman was born in Kent in 1885, the third child of John and Ellen Eva Warman. By 1891, John and Ellen lived with their five children close […]
William Childs Wadmore
C. W. WadmoreService no. R/31892Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in CamberwellKilled in action on 9 January 1917, aged about 21Remembered at Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France Identification I believe there is an error on the memorial. I can find no trace of a C. W. Wadmore, but there is evidence […]
Albert Henry Vickers
A. H. VickersService no.10022Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in London; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 28 January 1917, aged 20CWGC: “Son of Thomas and Sarah Vickers, of Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France Information from the censuses Albert Henry Vickers, 15 in 1911, was one of 10 […]
George Edwards Verney
G. E. VerneyService no. G/13935Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 13th BattalionBorn in Brixton; enlisted in LambethKilled in action on 26 September 1917, aged 33CWGC: “Son of George Verney, of 53 Dalberg Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Information from the censuses Brixton-born George Edward Verney was a baker. Aged 26, he was living with […]
Herbert George Underwood
H. G. UnderwoodService no. A/200471Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 10th BattalionEnlisted in Lambeth; lived in ClaphamKilled in action on 10 August 1917, aged about 34Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911, Herbert George Underwood, a motor cab washer, was 28 and living with his widowed mother and […]
David Townsend
D. Townsend Private, East Surrey Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. 442Died on 8 May 1917, aged 26Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Chris Burge writes: David Townsend was born in August 1890, the third child of Harry and Elizabeth. In the 1891 census, the couple were living at 27 Broomgrove Road, off Stockwell […]
Albert George Tilling
A. G. TillingService no. 83361Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 93rd Bde.Born in Wandsworth; enlisted in CamberwellKilled in action on 8 June 1917, aged about 23Remembered at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918TILLING, A. G., Gunner, R.F.A.Volunteering in 1915, he was sent to France in the same year and […]