J. R. Clarke Service no. 15257 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 11th Battalion Died age 22 on 1 November 1918 Son of Mrs A. Clarke, of 20 Beech Street, Dorset Road, Clapham, London Remembered at Tourgeville Military Cemetery, Calvados, France
Alfred Charles Clarke
A. C. Clarke Service no. 453028 Rifleman, London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles), 2nd/11th Battalion Died age 22 on 6 November 1917 Son of William and Eliza Clarke, of 18 Wilkinson Street, Albert Square, Clapham Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Clarke family occupied 8 rooms at 18 Wilkinson […]
Frederick Joseph Chaddock
F. J. ChaddockService no. 9238Corporal, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1st BattalionDied around age 33 on 31 October 1918Remembered at Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France Frederick Joseph Chaddock was born in late 1880 in Lambeth, the fourth child and third son of Augustus Chaddock, a stone mason, and Caroline Ellen Chaddock. The family lived at 12 Esher […]
Frederick Harold Capewell
F. H. Capewell Service no. G/75140 Private, Royal Fusiliers, 17th Battalion Died age 18 on 1 April 1918 Son of Brian Charles and Lily Rosina Capewell of 35 Union Road, Clapham. Remembered at West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium Brother of Brian Harvey Capewell Information from the Capewell family “Fred was due to take over his father’s […]
Arthur Sidney Candy
A. S. Candy Private no. A/201081 Rifleman, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 7th Battalion Died age 23 on 22 October 1917 Son of Amelia S. Candy, of 7 Tregothnan Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census In 1911, the Candy family was living in 17 Trevelyan Road, Tooting, where […]
Harry Robert Burvill
H. R. BurvillService no. PS/1794Private, Middlesex Regiment, 16th BattalionManchester Regiment, attd. 22nd BattalionDied age 24 on 2 September 1916Son of Harry and Eliza Burvill, of 15 Hubert Grove, Stockwell, London. Born in Kilburn, north London.Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Harry Burvill was a 22-year-old storekeeper, living at 15 […]
Henry Bull
H. Bull Service no. 393397 Private, Labour Corps, 179th Coy. Died age 33 on 14 July 1918 Son of Frederick and Isabell Bull, of 3, Tregothnan Rd., Clapham, London. Born at St. Pancras, London. Remembered at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France This is a somewhat tentative identification as there are two men named […]
William Valentine Brown
W. V. BrownService no. G/10746Lance Corporal, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), “B” Coy. 11th BattalionDied age 49 on 15 November 1916Born in South Lambeth, lived in LambethRemembered at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium William Valentine Brown was born in Poplar, east London in 1887, the third child of carman Frederick Charles Brown and […]
Arthur Leonard Brown
A. L. Brown Service no. S/26223 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 8th Battalion Died age 40 on 10 April 1917 Son of the late Tom and Mary Brown; husband of Edith Maude May (formerly Brown), of Ellerslie Road, Clapham Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
John Bowden
J. BowdenService no. 118026Private, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 157th Coy.Died age 19 on 5 March 1918Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bowden, of 2 Ely Place, Dorset Road, Clapham, London.Remembered at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Information from the 1911 census In 1911 John Bowden, then 12, lived with his widowed mother, Harriet Bowden, 38, […]