H. G. Hayes Service no. 3/26023 Private, Durham Light Infantry, 10th Battalion, formerly 14284, Dragoon Guards Born in Westminster; enlisted in London; lived in South Lambeth Killed in action age 21 on 23 September 1915 CWGC: “Son of Charles Edward and Florence Eleanor Hayes, of Westminster, London.” Remembered at Popinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium Information […]
William A. Hall
W. A. Hall Service no. 302230 Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion Died age 21 on 9 October 1916 CWGC: “Son of Henry Charles and Priscilla Amelia Hall, of 27 Cavendish Grove, South Lambeth, London.” Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France Information from the 1911 Census In 1911 the Hall family were living at […]
Victor Edwin Finch
V. E. Finch Service no. 2829 Rifleman, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), 1st/8th Battalion Killed in action at around age 21 on 25 May 1915 Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, FranceInformation from the censuses In 1911 Victor Edwin Finch was living in 2 rooms at 11 Stockwell Green with his family. Frederick James Finch, 46, […]
Leonard George Henry Erdbeer
L. G. H. Erdbeer Service no. 30085 Private, Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion Died age 21 on 13 April 1918 Son of Henry and Helen Erdbeer, of 9 Stockwell Grove, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Erdbeer household of 9 Stockwell Grove consisted of […]
John Reginald Charles Edwards
J. R. C. Edwards Service no, 701405 Lance Corporal, London Regiment, 1st/23rd Battalion Killed in action, age 21 on 7 June 1917 Son of John and Louisa S. Edwards, of 37A Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, London. Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Information from the 1911 census The Edwards family lived in 4 rooms […]
Henry Wilfred Edney
H. W. Edney Service no. 315081 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 5th Battalion Died age 21 on 17 October 1917 Son of Elizabeth M. A. Edney, of “The Moorings,” 30 Clitheroe Road, Clapham, London Remembered at Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the […]
George Daniel Talbot Drewery
G. D. T. Drewery Service no. L/5032 Officer’s Steward 2nd Class, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Partridge” Died age 21 on 12 December 1917 Son of George Talbot Drewery and Louisa Emma Drewery, of 25 Lansdowne Road Remembered at Portsmouth Naval Memorial The Partridge was sunk by four German destroyers in the North Sea while escorting a […]
Robert Doyle
R. DoyleService no. 8024Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Bn.Died aged 21 on 23 October 1916Son of Deborah Doyle, of 24, Courland Grove, Clapham, London.Remembered at Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France Robert’s Service records are extremely fragmentary. They show that he signed up on 13 August 1914, embarked for France on 26 March 1915, was […]
Christopher Dartnell
Killed in action at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium on 16 October 1917, age 21
Edward Arthur Cunningham
E.A. CunninghamRifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 1st/6th Bn. Service No. 3362Died 15 September 1916, aged about 21 Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France Chris Burge writes: Edward Arthur Cunningham was born in Stockwell in 1895, the only child of Arthur and Fanny. He was baptised in Kent, his mother’s place of birth, with […]