H. WilliamsLance Corporal, London Regiment, 23rd Bn. Service no. 4180Killed in action on 18 July 1916, aged about 39Remembered at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Henry Williams was born in Lambeth in about 1879. There are no clues to his early life apart from the fact he was named after his father, who was a soldier. […]
John Wilkin
J. WilkinService no. 17677Private, Royal Fusiliers, 12th BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in SouthwarkKilled in action on 16 August 1916, aged 24Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 WILKIN, J., Private, Royal Fusiliers.He volunteered in June 1915, and in September of that year proceeding to the Western Front, was in […]
Herbert William Wild
H. W. WildService no. 4023Rifleman, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles), 21st BattalionKilled in action on 15 September 1916, aged 27CWGC: “Born at Brixton. Son of Herbert John and Annie Wild, of 24, Halstead Street, Brixton; husband of Polly Lily May Wild, of 64, Robsart Street, Brixton, London.”Remembered at Warlencourt British Cemetery, France and on the […]
Claude Lionel Whittingham
C. L. WhittinghamService no. 269729Private, Hertfordshire Regiment; formerly 3122, Essex RegimentBorn in Southwark; enlisted in Camberwell; lived in BrixtonKilled in action on 31 July 1917, aged 19CWGC: “Son of John B. and Alice Louisa Whittingham, of 28 Angell Road, Stockwell, London. Also served at Gallipoli.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium Brother of Horace […]
William Henry White
W. H. WhiteService no. 41697Private, Leicestershire Regiment, 8th Battalion; formerly 11013, Royal West Surrey RegimentBorn in Stockwell; enlisted in Lambeth; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 27 May 1918, aged 19CWGC: “Only son of William Henry and Matilda White, of 13, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London.”Remembered at Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France Chris Burge writes: William Henry […]
Albert Victor Owers White
A.V.O. WhitePrivate, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 1st BnService no. G/3438Died on 25 September 191, aged 22Remembered at Loos Memorial, France CWGC: “Son of Mrs. Florence White, of 66, Wilcox Rd., South Lambeth Rd., London.” Albert White was born in 1894 in the village of March, Cambridgeshire. His parents Edward White and Florence Mary Owers […]
Thomas Frederick Wellington
T. F. WellingtonService no. 70152Driver, Royal Engineers, L.Z. Cable SectionBorn in Southwark; enlisted in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire; lived in LambethKilled in action on 2 July 1915, aged 26CWGC: “Son of Mrs Rose Cockman, of 22 Horace Street, South Lambeth, London.”Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ypres, Belgium British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 On 10 […]
Alfred George Wellings
A. G. WellingsService no. 10167Private, Coldstream Guards, 3rd BattalionBorn in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in WandsworthKilled in action on 2 August 1917, aged about 23Remembered at Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium Brother of Thomas Henry Wellings The 1901 census shows seven-year-old Alfred George Wellings as one of three children of Alfred Wellings, a 32-year-old horse […]
Albert Edward Webb
A. E. WebbService no. 210735Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, “C” Bty. 275th Bde.Enlisted in Camberwell; lived in StockwellKilled in action on 18 April 1918Remembered at Fouquieres Churchyard Extension, France
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 […]