A grocer. Killed in action in Italy in 1918, aged 32.
Cecil Archibald Jaques Treacher
C. A. J. TreacherService no. 33191Private 2nd Class, Royal Air ForceDied on 9 May 1918, aged 25CWGC: “Son of Joseph Jaques and Sarah Ann Treacher, of 14 Stansfield Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, London SW17 Information from the censuses Stockwell-born apprentice electrical wireman Cecil Archibald Jaques Treacher, 17, lived with his parents, Joseph […]
Charles John Totham
C. J. TothamService no. G/20867Private, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), then London Regiment, posted to 1st/20th BattalionBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in CamberwellKilled in action on 2 June 1918, aged 18CWGC: “Son of Arthur John and Emma Alice Totham, of 2a Tasman Road, Landor Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France Information from […]
Frederick Tomlin
F. Tomlin Corporal, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 108th Coy., Service no. 42235; formerly 4151, London Regiment.Died of wounds on 24 March 1918, aged 38.CWGC: “Son of John and Emma Tomlin; husband of Ethel Tomlin, of 98, Dalyell Rd., Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Noyon New British Cemetery, Oise, France. Frederick Tomlin, a married salesman originally from Tring, […]
Henry George Steed
H. G. Steed Service no. 702340 Private, London Regiment, “B” Coy. 1st/23rd Battalion Killed in action on 23 March 1918, aged 32 CWGC: “Husband of (Annie) Hannah E. Steed, of 86 Acre Lane, Brixton, London; son of George and Emma Steed, of Bull Hill, Chadlington, Charlbury, Oxon.” Remembered at Arras Memorial, France British Army WWI […]
George Ernest Starkey
G. E. StarkeyPrivate no. 78033Private, Durham Light Infantry, 15th Battalion, formerly M/301054, R.A.S.C. (M.T.)Born in Clapham; enlisted in Grove Park; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 22 March 1918, aged 19CWGC: “Son of George A. Starkey and Letitia A. Starkey, of 85 St James’s Road, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Pozières Memorial, France British Army WWI Service […]
John Alfred Stammers
J. A. StammersService no. 41606Driver, Royal Field Artillery, “B” Bty. 155th Bde.Enlisted in Deptford, south-east London; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 4 November 1918, aged about 23Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France and on the war shrine at St Michael’s Church, Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Few details […]
Frank Spragg
F. Spragg Service no. 551013 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Battalion Enlisted in Westminster; lived in Clapham. Killed in action on 28 March 1918 Remembered at Arras Memorial, France
Isaac Spooner
I. SpoonerService no. 25552Private, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 9th Battalion, formerly 015439 R.A.S.C.Born in Lambeth; enlisted in Battersea; lived in WandsworthKilled in action on 1 September 1918, aged 24CWGC: “Son of James and Matilda Spooner.”Remembered at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France In 1911 ironmonger’s assistant Isaac Spooner, 17, lived at 39 Brooklands Road, Stockwell, where […]
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 […]