Killed in action in Belgium on 27 September 1917, aged about 28. Clerk and turf accountant in civilian life.
John Tanner
J. TannerCompany Serjeant Major, East Surrey Regiment, 9th Bn. Service no. 187 (previously 4056)Died of wounds on 6 August 1917, aged about 41Remembered Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium and at the London & South Western Railway Roll of Honour, Waterloo Station, London Chris Burge writes: John Tanner was born in 1876 and baptised at […]
Hubert Tindal Sutton
H. T. SuttonService no. 9005Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 2nd BattalionBorn in Battersea; enlisted in LondonDied on 21 November 1914, aged 30CWGC: “Son of Stanley and Mary Sutton, of 5 Gauden Road, Clapham, London.”Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Information from the censuses I have not managed to track down Hubert Tindal Sutton in the 1911 census, […]
Joseph Strand
J. StrandService no. 6/9792Corporal, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 9th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in LondonDied of wounds on 18 August 1917, aged about 33Remembered at Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the censuses Barman Joseph Strand, 28, was unemployed in 1911. He lived with his widowed mother, Elizabeth Sarah Strand, 58, and brother, Hebert Stanley […]
William George Percy Stanton
W. G. P. StantonService no. 926496Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “A” Bty. 290th Bde.Born in Bethnal Green, east London; enlisted in LondonKilled in action on 30 October 1917, aged 19CWGC: “Son of John and Ellen Stanton, of 37 Lansdowne Road, South Lambeth Road, London.”Remembered at St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery, Belgium Information from the 1911 census […]
William Thomas Snelling
W.T. SnellingService no. R/2283Able Seaman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Howe Bn. R.N. Div.Died on 26 October 1917 (missing, assumed killed in action), aged 23Remembered at Tyne Cot Memorial, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Brother of Frederick William Snelling and cousin of Harold Measday Snelling William Thomas Snelling, born in Limehouse, east London on 5 May 1894, the third […]
William Edward Smith
W.E. SmithRifleman, Rifle Brigade, 12th Bn. Service no. S/2933Killed in action on 25 September 1915, aged 18Remembered at Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium Chris Burge writes: William Edward Smith was born in Lambeth on 18 April 1897 and baptised on 16 May 1897 at St Saviour’s, St George’s Square, Pimlico. He was the first child of […]
Sydney G. Smith
S. G. Smith Service no. 470355 Company Serjeant Major, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion Killed in action on 26 September 1917, aged 37 CWGC: “Son of George and Frances Smith, of Stockwell; husband of Mabel Annie Smith, of 54, Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, London.” Remembered at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium and St Andrew’s Church, Landor […]
Alfred Frank Smith
A.F. Smith Sapper, Royal Engineers, 19th Light Railway Train Crew Coy. Service no. 266259Killed in action on 14 June 1917, aged 21Remembered at St Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium Chris Burge writes: Alfred Frank Smith was born in Lambeth on 5 January 1896 and baptised at All Saints Church in Devonshire Road (the area […]
Percy Hendrick Sloots
P. H. Sloots Service no. 25582 Lance Corporal, East Surrey Regiment, 12th Battalion Died age 24 on 31 October 1918 Husband of Lilian E. E. Sloots (nee Mann – they married in March 1918) of 31 Gateley Road, Stockwell, London. Remembered at Kezelberg Military Cemetery, Belgium Information from the censuses In 1911 Percy Hendrick Sloots […]