E.A. Wickes (listed on the Memorial as A.E. Wickes)Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1st Bn. Service no. 4154Died on 15 July 1916, aged 39Remembered at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France Chris Burge writes: Alfred Ernest Wickes was born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1877, the first child of Alfred Henry and Amelia Wickes (née […]
Gilbert Roland Webb
G.R. WebbService No. 5768Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 45th BtyDied on 6 April 1916Remembered at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Gilbert Roland Webb was born in Bristol in 1893, the first child of Francis James and Emily Charlotte Webb. Gilbert was baptised on 1 March 1893 at St Clement’s Church, Bristol. By the […]
Henry Thomas Weatherley
H. T. WeatherleyService no. 4712Private, London Regiment, 24th BattalionDied on 24 January 1916, aged about 21CWGC: “Son of Mr A. Weatherley, of 25 Aylesford Road, Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France This is a tentative identification. I have not seen any data that relates “H.T. Weatherley” on the memorial with Henry Thomas Weatherley living […]
Albert Edward Waymark
A. E. WaymarkService no. 40762Private, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 15th BattalionEnlisted at Cleethorpes, LincolnshireKilled in action on 26 November 1916, aged 37CWGC: “Son of Mrs S. A. Waymark, of 38 Heyford Avenue, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 Details on Albert Edward Waymark […]
Arthur Spurgeon Waterman
A. S. WatermanService no. 3295Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 23Remembered at Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Information from the censuses Arthur Spurgeon Waterman, named after the famous preacher and founder of Stockwell Orphanage, was a house painter. Aged […]
Arthur Ambrose Wallis
A. A. WallisService no. 30098Private, Welsh Regiment, 2nd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in LambethKilled in action on 8 September 1916, aged 18Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Information from the censuses In 1911 Arthur Ambrose Wallis was a 13-year-old schoolboy living in three rooms at 29 Fountain Street (off Wandsworth Road, south […]
George William Wakelin
G. W. WakelinService no. G/11762Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 10th BattalionBorn in Clerkenwell; enlisted in Chelsea; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 27 July 1916, aged 29CWGC: “Son of George Fordham Wakelin and Alice Ann Wakelin, of Stockwell, London.”Remembered at London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium Information from the censuses George William […]
Robert William Trussler
R.W. TrusslerAviation Boatswain’s Mate, Royal Navy, HMS RussellDied on 27 April 1916Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918TRUSSLER, R. W., A.B., Royal Navy.Serving at the outbreak of hostilities, having joined in 1913, he was with the H.M.S. “Russell” in the Mediterranean station in August 1914. He was engaged on important […]
James Trimmer
J. TrimmerService no. 9374Serjeant, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1st BattalionBorn in Battersea; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 18 August 1916, aged 26CWGC: “Son of Harry and Sophia Trimmer, of London; husband of Jane Elizabeth Trimmer, of 94 Wilcox Rd., South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France Information from the 1901 […]
Bertram Triance
B. TrianceService no. 164288Sapper, Royal Engineers, 219th Field Coy.Died on 19 November 1916, aged 28CWGC: “Son of William and Jane Triance; husband of Elizabeth Daisy Triance, of 28 Chelsham Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Mailly Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France Information from the censuses Publisher’s clerk Bertram Triance, who was 22 in 1911, lived at 32 […]