W. G. Hilton Service no. 688 Private, East Surrey Regiment, 7th Battalion Died of wounds age 21 on 5 October 1915 CWGC: “Son of Sarah Annie Hilton, of 1 Trigon Road, Clapham, London.” Remembered at Chocques Military Cemetery, France Brother of Frederick Hilton Information from the 1901 census In 1901 William Hilton was 8 and […]
John Herriott
J. Herriott Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps, 41st Coy. Died of wounds, age 26 on 17 February 1919 Awarded Military Cross Son of John and Mary Herriott, of 50 Milton Road, Herne Hill, London. Native of London. Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France Two of John Herriott’s brothers, Andrew Herriott and Archibald Herriott, also died. For […]
Archibald Herriott
A. Herriott Service no. 2816 Private, London Regiment, 1st/24th Battalion Killed in action 26 May 1915, aged 22 Remembered at Le Touret, France Brother of Andrew Herriott and John Herriott.
Andrew Herriott
A. Herriott Service no. 470471 Lance Corporal, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion Enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 24 August 1918, aged 21 Remembered at Bray Hill British Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France Brother of John Herriott and Archibald Herriott Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Herriott family, 3 of […]
Robert Grainger
R. GraingerPrivate, East Surrey Regiment, 1st Bn. Service no. 201552.Died on 18 July 1917, aged 31Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France Brother of John Albert Grainger Chris Burge writes: Robert Grainger, the first child of Robert Grainger and Amelia Sarah Lea, was born on 17 March 1866 and baptised four days later at […]
John Albert Grainger
J. A. Grainger Private, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 6th Bn. Service no. G/14181Died on 12 July 1917, aged 26Remembered at Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France Brother of Robert Grainger Chris Burge writes: John Albert Grainger was born in 1891 and baptised in Kennington on 25 January, the fourth child of Robert and […]
Jules Benjamin Alfred Desaleux
J. B. A. Desaleux Service no. 1250216 Gunner, Canadian Field Artillery, 76th Bty. Reserve Bde. Died age 29 on 25 May 1917 Son of J. B. A. and Edith Desaleux, of London, England; husband of Alice E. Desaleux, of 1399, Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Remembered at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent Brother of Ernest William Desaleux and Frederick […]
Frederick J. Desaleux
Amongst the names on the Stockwell War Memorial are three brothers, Ernest, Frederick and Alfred Desaleux. They all died in 1917 – Frederick in February, Ernest in April and Alfred in May. The brothers joined different brigades, although two, Ernest and Frederick, were riflemen. Alfred may have moved to Canada before the war: he joined […]
Ernest William Desaleux
Amongst the names on the Stockwell War Memorial are three brothers, Ernest, Frederick and Alfred Desaleux. They all died in 1917 – Frederick in February, Ernest in April and Alfred in May. The brothers joined different brigades, although two, Ernest and Frederick, were riflemen. Alfred may have moved to Canada before the war: he joined […]
Giles Vellacott Daunt
One of two brothers remembered on the Memorial. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9 April 1916, aged 19.