They include several men from Farquhar Road who died in the First World War. Research has also found three brothers named Tanner, whose names appear on the Penge War memorial, whose parents lived at 78 Thicket Road. The name of one of the brothers appears on the memorial at St Stephen’s Dulwich.

 

There are also two Penberthys listed – the husband and brother-in-law of Emily Penberthy, who lived at 19 Castledine Road.

 

This list also features on the Crystal Palace Foundation website and have resulted in two families contacting the CPF. To the names of those who do not appear on any of the local memorials can now be added William Kightley Marks whose brother* appears in the Moore / Sayers book ‘Croydon and the Great War’ and Private Edward Allen who lived at 42 Sainsbury Road. 

 

*MARKS Theodore Alexander who was known as Alexander (Army Records) was in the Dorsetshire  Regiment 1st Battalion. A/Sgt 14651 died of wounds 29 April 1917 in France. Lived Thornton Heath.

  

 

ADDERLEY Edward John Private 552235 age 27 Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regt D Coy 8th Btn. Born Terozepore 12 November 1889. Eldest son of Edward John  and Annie Maria Adderley 35 Beulah Road TH Fell 15.8.1917 Vimy Memorial

 

ADDIS UN 12 Charles William Cpl 9382 age 28 The Loyal North Lancashire Regt 6th Btn Son of George and Mary Ann Addis 34 Eagle Hill UN Died 16 3 1917 Panel 27 Basra Memorial

 

AINSWORTH Charles Private G4111 1st Btn The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt coal porter. born 17 Grove Road, Redhill. Enlisted Croydon. Regt says he lived Norwood, M/S says he lived 20 Dickenson’s Lane, Woodside. Wounded and missing, presumed fallen, Vimy 23.4.1917 Bay 2 Arras Memorial (SWD)

ALDRED AN 8 Henry Daniel Pte SPTS / 1732 age 20 Royal Fusiliers 23rd Btn  Husband of Eva Maud Aldred  84 Ridsdale Road , son of George Charles Aldred of ‘Oakdene’, Oakfield Road, Anerley Died 10 3 1917 Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 8C 9A and 16A (PWM)

 

ALLCORN UN 2 George Francis Cpl 491469 age 24 London Regt 13th Kensington Btn son of John Thomas Charles and Amelia Ann Allcorn 36 Palace Rd UN Died 29 8 1918 H.A.C. Cemetery Ecoust- St.Mein II F 6

 

ALLEN Edward Pte 225314 London Regt (Royal Fusiliers) 1st Btn attached 11th Btn Lived 42 Sainsbury Road UN Died Passchendaele 10 8 1917 Panel 52 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Relatives / CWGC)

 

ALMOND Frank Private G/12800 Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Btn Lived 72 Anerley Park Died 23.3.1918 Bay 7 Arras Memorial

 

ASHFORD AN 2 Ralph Herbert Pte 3159 age 19 Honourable Artillery Coy 2nd Btn Son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Ashford of Anerley Died 2 1 1917 Wimereux Communal Cemetery ll B l6A (PWM)

 

ASKEW Cyril Horace 2nd Lieutenant Born 1893 Middlesex Regiment 1st/8th Btn Enlisted in QV Rifles 1914.  Clerk London, City and Midland Bank Second son of Mr and Mrs J W Askew 19 Belvedere Road UN Fell Arras 9.4.1917 Wancourt Road Cemetery No. 2 Memorial Panel 2 London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse

 

AUSTIN Thomas Carnelly/Carnelley MacDonald 2nd Lt/Captain Born 27 August 1891 South Wales Borderers 4th Btn. Mentioned in dispatches for services at Gallipoli December 1915. Son of The Reverend George Beesley and Mrs Ellen Austin 7 Mowbray Road UN Fell on second attempt to relieve Kut 9.4.1916 XV11 H 10 Amara War Cemetery

 

AYLWARD UN 10 J Pte G/1322 age 20 Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Btn Son of William and Annie Aylward 29 Spa Hill Died 3 7 1916 Pier and Face 11C Thiepval Memorial

 

BAKER Arthur Ernest Trooper (Pte CWGC) 5226 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars Res TH Died 27 9 1916 CE 653 Grangegorman Military Cemetery 

BALLARD AN 6 O H Pte 39600 no age given Gloucestershire Regt 8th Btn Son of Mrs E Ballard 19 Anerley Road, Crystal Palace Died 18 11 1916 Grandcourt Road Cemetery Grandcourt Road C 57

BARROW George Cpl 35313 age 38 Born June 20th 1890 (?) Gloucestershire Regt 13th Btn Husband of Lilian Barrow 135 Beverstone Road TH Enlisted 30 4 1917 Fell near St Quentin March 23rd 1918 lV H l6 (buried near this spot) Peronne Communal Cemetery extension

 

BARTON UN 1 Reginald James Cpl 242001 age 26 Gloucestershire Regt 2nd / 5th Btn (formerly 4th Btn Dorsetshire Regt) Born UN Husband of Beatrice Kate Barton of Poole, Dorset.2 4 1917 Negle Communal Cemetery C 15

 

BATE  UN 14 Gilbert Saunders Able Seaman London Z/985 age 29 RNVR Hawke Btn RN Div Son of Joseph Saunders Bate and Fanny Ellen 2 Vermont Road UN 27 8 1915 Panel 15 Chatham Naval Memorial

 

BATT Percy John Private 10156 age 22 Royal Fusiliers 1st Btn 10156 Born Norwood Enlisted Lambeth Lived Norwood. Son of Sidney Charles and Emma Batt 91 Crown Hill UN Fell 8.6.1917 Panel 6 and 8 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial 

 

BAXTER T W died 12 3 1915

 

BEDFORD-PIM UN 14 Edward Woodley Lt age 23 RFA Wessex Bty Son of Mr H Bedford-Pim of Sydenham, Surrey 5 7 1918 Bromley (Plaistow) Cemetery B 8 and 20

 

BELLAMY Reginald Arthur Private 1/30534 age 19 The Queen’s Own (Royal west Kent) Regiment born Wimbledon enl: Maidstone lived: Anerley Son of Alfred Ernest and Rosina Bellamy, 28 Claremont Road, Addiscombe. Was 2972 Yeo Cyclists. Fell 25.4.1918. 111 E 8 Hangard Communal Cemetery extension. (SWD).

 

BENHAM Herbert Louis Clarke Gunner 319516 age 26 Royal Garrison Artillery 153rd Heavy Battery  Eldest son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Russell Benham and Mary Ann Theresa Benham 8 Waldegrave Road UN Drowned 17.6.1918 1762 Mikra British Cemetery Kalamaria.

 

BLOOMFIELD Eric 48 Beulah Road M/S p 261

 

BISHOP UN 11 Albert John Pte SR/1786 age 23 Royal Fusiliers 4th Btn Son of Maria Bishop 66 Gipsy Hill and the late Albert G Bishop Died 1 3 1915 Panel 6 and 8 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

BOGDEN W G Private Royal Fusiliers Res: UN Fell 1917 (Listed in Moore / Sayers but no Bogden listed on CWGC) Possibly Bugan – see below.

 

BOND Albert George Private 2071 Born 7 January 1898 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 2nd/4th Btn. Fishmonger’s assistant Son of Albert George and Amy Louisa Bond 3 South Vale UN/ 62 Prospect Road Sydenham Fell Dardanelles 9.8.1915 II G 10 Green Hill Cemetery

 

BOWER UN 13 Edward Blacksmith’s mate 889166 age 41 Mercantile Marine Reserve HMS Laurentic Son of Ambrose Nicholas and Anna Bower 113 Church Road UN 25 1 1917 Panel 25 Plymouth Naval Memorial

 

BRASIER UN 9 Samuel Jesse Pte 18090 age 28 Leicestershire Regiment 7th Btn Husband of Phoebe Catherine Brown (was Brasier) 12 7 1916 Pier and Face 2C and 3A Thiepval Memorial

 

BRIAN UN 3 Herbert Cecil Lance Cpl B/2860 age 19 Life Brigade B Coy 8th Btn Born Croydon. Son of Mrs Annie Marie Davies (formerly Brian)  91 Church Road UN and the late Eugene Owen Brian 30 7 1915 Birr Cross Roads Cemetery I AA 5

 

BRIGNALL UN 7 Frank Pte 16748 age 37 Canadian Infantry 7th Btn Born UN Son of James and Emma Brignall 61 Addison Road 24 4 1915 Perth Cemetery (China Wall) XIV A 10

 

BROMLEY William Lance Cpl L/11159  Royal Fusiliers 2nd Btn. Born Croydon. Enlisted London lived Norwood. Fell 1.7.1916

 

BROWN UN 5 John Pte 7895 age 26 London Regiment 1st/13th Kensington Btn Son of the late James Thomas and Mrs Brown. Native of UN 12 10 1916 Grove Town cemetery Meaulte I O 42

 

BRUCE UN 5 George James Sergeant 57010 age 27 C Bty RFA 59th Bde Husband of Kathleen Bruce 29 Eagle Hill son of Mr and Mrs J Bruce Dulwich 27 9 1918 Bucquet Road Cemetery Ficheux II F 24

 

BUGAN William George Pte 1697 Royal Fusiliers 10th Btn Possibly listed as Bogden in Moore/Sayers – see above, Born Forest Hill Enlisted St Paul’s churchyard. Lived UN KIA France and Flanders 15 7 1916

 

BYWATERS UN 7 F Driver 65768 age 41 RFA CBty 117th Bde Husband of Lilian Bywaters of Westow Street UN 1 3 1919 Special Memorial Woodgrange Park Cemetery East Ham

 

CAREY Francis Ambrose 2nd Lieutenant age 20 Royal Fusiliers 32nd Btn Son of Francis Harwood Carey and Edith Carey of Whitley Lodge, Beulah Road TH Died 15.9.1916 Pier and Face 8C 9A and 16 A Thiepval Memorial

 

CAWSON AN 7 George Adrian 2nd Lt age 18 RFC 56th Squadron and General List Son of George and Phoebe Adelaide Cawson ‘Mayfield’ Anerley, Surrey Died 30 11 1917 Arras Flying Services Memorial (PWM)
 

CHAMBERS UN 10 V C W Corporal 53/028199 age 24 Army Service Corps 69th Field Butchery (?) Son of Augustus and Amy Chambers 36 Gipsy Hill 24 11 1918 C14 Pemba Cemetery

 

CLEMENTS UN 1 P J Pte 3757960 age 18 The Kings Regiment Liverpoool Son of Mr H E and Mrs A F Clements 16 Crystal Terrace Oxford Road UN 23 4 1921 Bootle Cemetery III CE 486

 

COOPER Clarence E Nooth Lieutenant Born Putney 7 May 1891 Lincoln Regiment attached RFC Traveller for a firm of wire rope makers. Eldest son of Mr and Mrs George C Nooth Cooper 107 South Norwood Hill.  Killed by a fall from a kite balloon through parachute failing to open near Montauban, Somme 16.9.1916

 

COOPER Francis Nicholas Nooth Lieutenant Born Sudbury near Harrow 22.10.1896 Son of Mr and Mrs George Nooth Cooper 107 South Norwood Hill. Served at Dardanelles, on Suez Canal defences and in Mesopotamia. Fell near Cambrai, France 21.11.1917

 

COPELAND AN 1 Percy Pte 80936 age 32 Middlesex Regt 29th Btn  transferred to (159721) 337th  Coy Labour Corps. Born Anerley Husband of Alice M Copeland 28 Apsley Road S Norwood Son of Peter and Hester Copeland Died 13 11 1918 Beckenham Crematorium T6 7769

CORNISH Robert Fenton Private age 35 Born 4.3.1882 Sign writer. Husband of Beatrice Elizabeth Cornish of 6 Naseby Road UN Fell Monchy le Preux 23.4.1917 II C 28 Heninel-Croissiles Road Cemetery

 

CORNWALL UN 1 Nelson Edward Pte 43033 age 19 Bedfordhire Regiment 1st Btn Son of Francis and Louisa Cornwall 43 Central Hill UN 7 9 1916 Peronne Road Cemetery Maricourt Special Memorial A 13

 

COTTON William Frank 8 RWS Regt born October 19 1887. Horticultural builder. Single. 240 South Norwood Hill. Fell Delville Wood, Somme 2.9.1916

 

COX UN 3 Henry Jack Capt age 28 Royal Fusiliers 12th Btn Born UN Son of Charles S William and Eliza Maunder Cox of Herne Bay, Kent 31 7 1917 Hodge Crater Cemetery IX L I

 

CROSS Samuel George Driver born Bowbrickle (or Bell Brick Hill, Bucks) enlisted Norbury 6.9.1875 Royal Field Artillery 36th Division Labourer Res: Beulah Road TH died of wounds France 24.4.1917 M/S page 285

 

CUMMINGS UN 12 Henry James Pte 536 age 32 12th (Prince of Wales) Royal lancers Husband of Daisy Cummings 59 Palace Sq UN 28 11 1917 Panel 1 Cambrai memorial Louverval

 

CURRY UN 12 William John Pte CH/12078 age 38 Royal Marine Light Infantry  (RMR/B/1644 HMS Cressy) Husband of Mrs HMA Curry 10 Cawnpore Street Gipsy Hill 22 9 1914 Panel 7 Chatham naval Memorial

 

DEEKS Thomas William Jenner Pte L/8915 2nd Btn The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt.born St Pancras, enl: Guildford. Lived Upper Norwood. Fell 21.10.1914 Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt (SWD) 

 

DESPREZ Leslie Adrian Lance Cpl 41370 age 28 Middlesex Regt ‘D’ Coy 2nd Btn Born UN Son of Philip and Lilian Desprez of Alderstead Heath, Merstham Surrey  Died 16 8 1917 XVll H l4 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery   

 

DERISLEY Herbert Lance Cpl 17th Middlesex Lived 4 Cintra Park. Fell France (Not listed on CWGC)

 

DUNN AN 2 A J Pte 47901 age 19 Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Btn  Son of Arthur and Hannah Dunn of Anerley Died 23 9 1918 Houchin British Cemetery lll D ll

EDDIE AN12 George Richard Lt age 36 York and Lancaster Regt 1st / 4th Btn  Son of George William and Blanche Adeline Eddie of 27 Thicket Road Died 3 11 1018 Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille X A l7

EDGE UN 10 Randolph Edward Pte 1384 age 39 A I F 18th Btn Native of UN Son of Alexander Ernest Edge and the late Anne Charlotte Edge  Died 27 8 1915 Lone Pine Memorial 61

ELLIS AN 12 Alfred Herbert Rifleman 2428 age 19 London regiment (The Rangers) 12th Btn Son of Herbert Liddell Ellis and Louise Elizabeth Ellis ‘of Anerley’ Died 13 6 1916 Doullens Communal Cemetery extension no. 1 ll B 7 (PWM)

ENGLISH AN 6 Frederick Garnet 2nd Lt age 24 Essex Regt 3rd Btn att’d 13th Btn Husband of Annie Gertrude English 196 Anerley Road Son of William English of Hackney Died 13 11 1916 Serre Road Cemetery No 2 ll A 7

FENTON R G Private The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Res: Norwood Fell 1917

 

FERGUSSON UN 3 E K O age 23 Captain age 22 Seaforth Highlanders 8th Btn Head prefect Berkhamsted school Scholar of Pembroke College Oxford Son of The Reverend John Moore Fergusson and Mrs Ethel C E Fergusson of Dalnabreck Highland Road UN Died 26 1 1916 Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery

 

FINLAISON UN 13 Hilton Evans Bear Surgeon age 33 Royal naval Air Service Husband of Lucy Anna Finlaison 28 Belvedere Road UN Died  2 8 1918 Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery

 

FLAY UN 8 Arthur Charles Lance Cpl 13984 age 19 The Buffs (East Kent Regt) 2nd Btn Son of James and Emily Williams 13 Sainsbury Road, Gipsy Hill Died 28 4 1915 Panel 15 to 19 Loos Memorial

 

FREER UN 7 H Pte 457 no age given Lincolnshire Regt 10th Btn Husband of R Freer 22 Queens Road UN Died 20 9 1917  I E 4 Hargicourt British Cemetery

 

GASSON UN 14 Fitzroy Arthur Bell Lt age 19 RAF Born Queenstown, Cape Colony Son of Geo H and E M Gasson of 85 Central Hill Died 26 9 1918 Zeebrugge churchyard 138

 

GIBBS UN 13 James William Leading seaman 234449 age 28 HMS Astralia Husband of Beatrice Annie Gibbs 3 McKerrell Road, Peckham Son of Joseph and Catherine Gibbs of UN 1 4 1919 Panel 32 Chatham Naval Memorial (All Saints lists a W C Gibbs).

 

GILSON Leo Herbert Lieut. age 26 Suffolk Regt 7th Btn Lived 94 Belvedere Road. Son of Ina Wilhelmina Emma Jane and the late Robert Baker Gilson, same address. Born Camberwell. Fell France 29.7.1916 V.D.8 Abbeville Communal

 

GRANT UN 7 Ernest Sapper 386825 age 41 Royal Engineers 4th Signal Coy (Royal Monmouth) Husband of Anna Grant of Brewer St London Son of L and Fanny Grant of UN Died 5 7 1918 V O 47 Pennes British Cemetery

  

GREENWAY Kenneth Lieutenant/2nd Lt Born 18 February 1897 Worcester Regiment 4th Btn attached 13th Btn Son of Mr and Mrs Greenway 28 Highland Road UN Fell Gallipoli 27.11.1915 I A 9 Azmak Cemetery Suvla.GUNN UN 7 Herbert Ernest Lance Cpl 1507 age 22 London Regt (London Scottish) 1st / 14th Btn Son of John and Florence Ada Gunn Seaforth 83 Beulah Hill UN Died 19 8 1916 III H I Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

GUNN UN 3 David Lt age 22 Seaforth Highlanders 7th Btn Born Edinburgh Son of John and Florence Ada Gunn Seaforth 83 Beulah Hill UN Died 13 10 1917 Passchendaele British Cemetery XVi C 21

 

GUNTHORP UN 8 William Pte 19951 age 25 Hampshire Regt 10th Btn Native of Streatham, London. Son of Benjamin and Julia Gunthorp 109 Biggin Hill UN Died 2 9 1918 C 687 Karasouli Military Cemetery

 

GUTTRIDGE UN 6 Charles Clements Pte 345957 age 33 16th (Royal Devon) Devonshire Regt and Royal North Devon Yeomanry Husband of Mary Guttridge 92 Anerley Road.UN Eldest son of Charles William and Charlotte Guttridge Died 2 9 1918 lll B 30 Peronne Communal Cemetery extension

 

HAGEMAN UN 13Percy Henry Pte 30022 age 25 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Btn Son of G H Hageman 151 Beauchamp Road UN Died 14 12 1918 B ‘C’ 400 Dewsbury Cemetery

 

HARDING UN 7 Ferdinando Welch Smithers Pte 514713 age 31 London Regt (London Scottish) 14th Btn Husband of Dorothy B Harding  49 Alexandra Rd UN Son of Ferdinado Welch Smithers Harding and Mary Harding Died 17 8 1917 XVll H 4 Lijssenthoek

 

HART UN 8 Conway John Lt age 34 Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt) 16th Btn Son of R W L and Fanny M Hart 24a Victoria Road UN Died 10 10 1916 XVll G 5 Mill Road Cemetery Thiepval 

 

HAUPT UN 9 Jack Pte 50589 age 19 South Lancashire Regt 7th Btn Brother of Charles F Haupt of 14 Tudor Road UN 23 9 1917 Panel 92 to 93 and 162a Tyne Cot Memorial

 

HEARTFIELD UN 3 Albert Pte 10905 no age given Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 6th Btn Husband of Eliza Harriet Heartfield 57 Maberley Rd UN Died 23 9 1915 Bedford House Cemetery enclosure no. 2 Vl A 93

 

HILL UN 9 Mark Carr Lt age 22 Leicestershire Regt 6th Btn Son of Mary M Hill Sylvan Mount, UN and the late Alexander Hill M.E. / MICE Died 14 7 1916 Pier and Face 2C and 3A Thiepval Memorial (Source: Croydon Advertiser)

HODES AN 4  (Frederick) Percy Francis Lt age 23 Royal Warwickshire Regt 14th Btn Son of Francis Percy Hodes and Elisa Jane Hodes, Shilton House, Anerley Died 24 7 1916 Warley – Baillon Communal Cemetery extension l D 9 (PWM)

HODGES AN 9 Leonard Stanley Company Sgt Major Service number: 56 age 30 London regt ‘A’ Coy 1st / 24th Btn Son of John W H Hodges of 70 ‘Anerley Park, Forest Hill’ Died 26 5 1915 Le Touret Memorial Panels 46 and 47

 

HOLLIS UN 10 Arthur William Acting Bombardier 72194 age 17 RFA 121st Bty 27th Bde Son of Mrs Janeta Hollis 32 Belvedere Road UN Died 14 9 1914 La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial

HOSTLER UN 11 Henry George Lance Cpl 9192 age 27 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Btn Son of Henry George Hostler 3 Carberry Road Died 2 3 1915 Panel 47 and 48 Ypres (Menin Gate)

 

HOWARD UN 6 Cecil Cunningham 2nd Lt age 19 The Loyal North lancashire Regt ‘A’ Coy 5th Btn Son of John Alexander and Emily Gertrude Howard 115 Church Road UN Died 23 5 1916 V.A.7 Aubigny Communal cemetery extension

 

HUNT UN 4 Edward Wallis Alleyne MC 2nd Lt age 24 RFC 18th Squadron Native of Sidcup Kent Son of Edward and Sarah Jane Hunt 24 Harold Road UN Died 1 5 1917 Neuville St Remy churchyard

 

HUSTLER UN 2 W Cpl PLY/14985 age 46 Royal Marine Light Infantry HMS Ariadne Husband of E F G Hustler 49 Farquhar Rd UN Died 5 8 1918 Abney Park Cemetery screen wall O 7 l RN 20107

 

HYMUS UN 5 George William Henry Lance Cpl 290408 age 23 Royal Sussex Regt 13th Btn Son of Samuel Bailey Hymus and Jane Hymus Husband of Ethel Kathleen Hayward (formerly Hymus) of 8 Bloomhall Road, Central Hill UN Died 10 3 1918 V C l3 Tincourt New British Cemetery 

ILOTT AN 1 Harold Jesse Pte 508348 age 28 RAMC 2nd / 1st London Field Ambulance Son of Jesse and Emily Ilott ‘of Anerley’ Died 31 8 1918 Boyelles Communal Cemetery extension ll H 9 (PWM)

 

IVES UN 6 H J M 2nd Lt age 30 RFA ‘C’ Bty 255th Bde Husband of Alice May Ives (nee Dunn) 5 Ranger Mansions, Ranger Road UN Son of Frederick and Emily Ives of Plumstead. Previously served in France with Prince of Wales Own Civil Services Rifles Died 28 4 1917 V l D 13 Aubigny Communal cemetery extension

 

JAMES UN 4 C Pte 5807 age 24 Royal Fusiliers 13th Btn Born UN Son of Elizabeth James of Teddington Middx and the late Samuel Charles James Died 23 4 1917 D 3 Chili Trench Cemetery Gavelle

 

JONES UN 11 G A Pte 7048 age 21 Canadian Infantry 1st Btn Son of Fred K W and Sophia Jones 10 Dale Park Road UN Died 30 4 1915 Panel 10 – 26. 28 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

JONES UN 8 Edward Cpl 6938 age 30 Norfolk Regt ‘B’ Coy 1st Btn Born Norwich Husband of Olive F R Churchill (was Jones) 42 Woodland Road UN Died 23 8 1918 IV F 9 Queens Cemetery Bucquey

 

KEIR UN 2 Roderick Dhu Coy Sgt Major SI/SR/1009 59 Royal Army Service Corps Born Woolwich. Husband of E A Keir 3 Roman Road, Central Hill UN Son of Mr and Mrs Malcolm Keir Died 30 12 1918 Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery F 3 10438

 

KREPPER UN 3Otto William Sjt 5939 age 32 North Staffordshire Regt 1st Btn (?) Son of Josef and Emma Krepper 4 Crystal palace Station Road UN Died 20 5 1916 Dranoutre Military Cemetery ll A l

 

LANGLEY Jack Pte T/3353 2/4th The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt. enlisted Croydon, lived UN. Fell Gallipoli 9.8.1915. Panel 30 and 31 Helles Memorial. (SWD).

 

LAWRENCE UN 14 Douglas Pte 63977 age 18 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Btn Son of Mrs M Lawrence of Beulah Spa hotel.Died 27 9 1918 lV D l Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimille

LAYMAN UN 6 Douglas Arthur Campbell 2nd Lt age 22 Lancashire Fusiliers 17th Btn Son of Arthur and Alice Layman 4 Dulwich Wood Park Died 22 2 1916 ll M 9 Bethune Town Cemetery

 

LEAKEY UN 5 Albert Pte 26853 age 23 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Btn Son of Mrs Elizabeth Leakey of UN Died 16.8.1916 ll F 26 Dive Copse British Cemetery Sailly-le-Sec

 

LEWCOCK UN 9 William John Rifleman 320950 age 28 London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 2nd / 6yh husband of the late Esther Lewcock son of William and Elizabeth Lewcock 16 South Vale UN Died 21 5 1917 Bay 9 and 10 Arras Memorial

 

LEVELL Alfred Rifleman Born East Dulwich, Kent Resident UN Surrey C/3835 age 32 King’s Royal Rifle Corps 4th Btn KIA F&F 18.10.1918 111 E 5 Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau. Listed on the Clare War Memorial, Suffolk.

 

LITTLEJOHN AN 8 Edward Pte 14581age 20 East Surrey Regt 13th Btn Son of Richard and Rebecca Littlejohn 64 Anerley Park Died 23 3 1918 Arras Memorial Bay 6

LOWE UN 12 William Pte G/ 2939 age 28 ‘C’ Coy The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regt) Husband of Edith Jane Lowe 23 Franklin Road, Penge  son of Thoms Lowe 135 Beauchamp Road UN Died 9.8.1917 Panel 45 and 47 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

LYON UN 4 W N I Cpl 2528 age 25Worcestershire Regt 8th Btn  Transferred to (104411)175th Coy  Labour Corps. Son of William and Rose Ingram Lyon 54 Beulah Hill Died 3.4.1918 St Sever Cemetery extension Rouen P lX O 3B

MARRISON UN 2 H C Pte 332015 age 32  The King’s (Liverpool Regt) 2nd/9th Btn Husband of Eleanor Emily Marrison  53 Queens Road UN Died 6 11 1917 Baird Cottage Cemetery  V B 48

 

MARKS William Kightley Pte 13032 age 32 Dorsetshire Regt 1st Btn Lived TH Son of William C and Frances J Marks  of Gustard Wood, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire Died 1 7 1916 Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Xll H l/14 Brother of A Marks – see All Saints (Relatives / CWGC)

 

MARTIN UN 6 John Cpl 4541  age 38 AIF 54th Btn Husband of Louisa Martin 21 Whiteley Road Gipsy Hill. Born Sydney NSW Son of Thomas Martin Died 4 9 1918  lV G l3 Peronne Communal Cemetery extension

 

MARTIN UN 2 George Ernest Pilot 2nd Lt age 25 RFC and general list.  Son of the late Ernest and Kate T Martin  of UN Died 29 11 1917 Tidworth Military Cemetery E 12

 

MATES UN 2 John Cpl 7818 age 45 Canadian Infantry 2nd Btn  Husband of Sarah E Mates 105 Schofield Avenue, Brockville Ontario Son of Edward and Sarah Mates of UN. Died 15 4 1915 Salisbury Devizes Road Cemetery  3.425

 

MacKINNON UN 9 Ronald Fullarton Capt age 27Lancashire Fusiliers The Loyal North Lancashire Regt 11th Btn attached 9th BtnSon of Louis Fullarton MacKinnon and Agnes Louise Ann of 47 Harold Road Died 21 10 1916 Pier and Face 3C and 3D Thiepval Memorial

 

McLAREN (UN 4?) Reginald Septimus Sgt G/480 born Penge enlisted Croydon lived 4 St Aubyn’s Road, UN. Husband of Alice McLaren, same address; son of Mr and Mrs J McLaren of Penge. Died of wounds 8.12.1917. V E 25 Rocquigny – Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.

MECHAR AN 9 Private 6857 age 27 Scots Guards 2nd Btn Husband of Mabel Ethel Whitney (formerly Mechar) 47 St Hugh’s Rd Anerley Died 26 10 1914 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31

MERRYWEATHER AN 10 Herbert Pte G/22801 age 36 The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regt) 6th Btn Husband of Ellen Merryweather 396 Mill Road, Cambridge Son of the late William Merryweather of Anerley Died 20 11 1917 Cambrai Memorial Louverval Panel 3

MITCHELL UN 14 Horace Archibald Gunner 157829 age 32 RFA 41st Bty 42nd Bde  Husband of A M Mitchell 22 Farquhar Road Died 24 9 1917 l H 20 Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3

 

MONK UN 5 Fred  Pte G / 61793 age 38 Royal Fusiliers 13th Btn Husband of Amy Monk 12 St Aubyn’s Road  Son of the late Joseph and Emily Monk of Painswick, Stroud, Gloucestershire   Died 11 4 1917 l M 4 Duisans British Cemetery Etrun

 

MORTER UN 2  Allan Gordon Pte 765002 age 30  London Regt (Artists Rifles) 3rd/28th Btn Son of James and Ada E Morter of Westow Hill. Died 7 3 1917  748 Lingfield (SS Peter and Paul) churchyard extension

MUIR UN 6 C Pte 9614 age 29 Middlesex Regt 1st Btn Son of William James and Marguerite Muir UN  Died 7.11.1914  ll D 4lRue. David Military Cemetery Fleurbaix

 

MUNDAY UN 1 Thomas Sjt 32461 age 29 Royal Horse Artillery ‘Y’ Bty Son of Samuel Church Munday 41 Farquhar Road UN and the late Annie Evelyn Munday  23 10 1916 Heilly Station Cemetery Mericourt L’Abbe V C 6

NEAL UN 1 Thomas Frederick Lance Cpl PW/3305 age 28 Middlesex Regt  19th Btn Son of Sara Neal of Marylebone, husband of Nora Stenhouse (formerly Neal) of 38 Palace Road UN Died 10 12 1915  A F 1941 Aldershot Military Cemetery

 

NELMES UN 11 Joseph Lance Cpl 392545 age 27 London Regt (Queen Victoria Rifles) (was 6100 1st / 9th Btn) Husband of Evelyn Nelmes  21 St Aubyn’s Road  Died 14 8 1917 Panel 54 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

NORMAN UN 13 John Charles Percival Musician RMB/1199 age 23 Royal Marine Band HMS Monmouth Son of Maria Norman 7 Stoney Buildings  Church Rd UN and the late Edwin Charles Norman Died 1 11 1914 Panel 6 Portsmouth Naval Memorial

ODLUM AN 6 John Pte 5896 age 26 Royal irish regt ‘C’ Coy 1st Garrison Btn Born Tullamore, King’s Co. Son of Mrs Mary Odlum 13 Anerley Grove  Died 13 1 1919 Cairo War memorial Cemetery M 223

OWEN UN 3 John Arthur Edward Pte G/54254 age 19Middlesex Regt 1st Btn Son of John and Alice Owen  84 Queens Rd UN  Died 23 10 1918 Montay – Neuvilly Road Cemetery  Montay ll D 3

 

PAINE James Horace Pte 760380 Born 1898 London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles) 1st/28th Btn Third son of George Cuthbert Paine ‘Beechwood’ Parkstone Late of UN Died 30 12 1917 Pier and Face 12C Thiepval Memorial

 

PEARSE AN 12 Cyril Norman Rifleman Serial number: 5 age 26 London regt (London Rifle Brigade) 5th Btn ‘Native of Anerley’ Son of Livian Francis and Emily Ada Pearse of 8 Eldon Park SN Died 27 11 1914 Bailleul Communal Cemetery extension A9

  

PEARSON AN 3 John Pte 10609 age 18 The Queens (Royal Werst Surrey Regt)  2nd Btn Born TH Son of Joseph and Alice Pearson 13 Anerley Vale Died 9 2 1915 Sailly-sur-la-Lys churchyard C5

PENBERTHY AN 3 Frederick Charles Lance Cpl 966 age 25 Queens (Royal West Surrey Regt) Brother-in-law of Emily Jane Penberthy 19 Castledine Road  Died 26 9 1915 Chocques Military Cemetery l E 14 (PWM)

PENBERTHY AN 4 Henry Walter Gunner 37417 age 28 RFA ‘B’ Bty 169th Bde Husband of Emily J Penberthy 19 Castledine Road Son of the late Walter and Mary Penberthy of Anerley  Died 6 9 1917 Outtersteene Communal Cemetery extension Bailleul l B 44 (PWM)

 PENMAN UN 3 Geoffrey Evans Lt age 19 The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment)  att’d 11th Btn Machine Gun Corps Son of Edgar and Jessie Penman Ravenstone Farquhar Rd UN  Died 9 5 1917  Mory Abbey Military Cemetery  l D 9

PENDRY Harold James Bombardier / Corporal 98275 Royal Field Artillery ‘B’ Bty 84th Bde born Penge, Kent. enlisted Bromley Lived 111 St Hugh’s Rd, Anerley Fell France 8.10.1917 Panel 4 to 6 and 162 Tyne Cot Memorial

 

 POULTON UN 7 Oliver Victor Sjt 17319 DCM age 30 Royal Engineers 15th Field Coy Husband of E A Benstead (formerly Poulton) 3 Salters Hill UN Died 28 6 1917  l C l Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery

POWELL AN 12  John Thomas Driver 121290 age 29 RFA 11th Division Ammunition Column Son of Charles and Lucy Maria Powell of Anerley Died 21 1 1917 Puchevillers British Cemetery V A 23 (PWM)

 

POWELL Arthur Trevanion 2nd Lt age 24 Born Dulwich 11.12.1891 Cameron Highlanders 4th Btn Enlisted in Royal Bucks Hussars 18.4.1915 Banking clerk (Thomas Cook and Son) Son of Alfred Edward Murley and Elizabeth Annie Powell 28 Maberley Road UN Fell Vimy Ridge 22.7.1916 III B 5 Maroeuil British Cemetery

PRICE Graham Pilot RFC eldest son of Mr and Mrs James Price, Sydenham. Fell 9.3.1916

 

PROVIS UN 4 John Pte 115381 age 32 Canadian Infantry 27th Btn Born UN Son of George Stanton Provis and Emily Preston Provis of Dublin Died 30 4 1917 lV C 41 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

RAINER UN 1 Walter Walford Died 31 3 1917   Pte 6531 age 23Hon Artillery Coy 2nd Btn Son of Charles Oliver Rainer and Alice Maude Rainer of 18 Auckland Road UN Born in British Guiana H.A.C. Cemetery Ecoust- St.Mein IV D 27

RAYNER Harold Leslie 2nd Lieutenant Son of the late Edward Rayner of Beechlands, Wadhurst Sussex and Mrs Rayner, Queens hotel UN Fell 1.7.1916

 

REEVE John Stanley Lieutenant age 21 Born March 1897 Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Btn Son of Mr and Mrs James and Ellen Reeve 99 South Norwood Hill Photo M/S Fell Italy 29.6.1918 Giavera Memorial

 

RIDGEWELL UN 1 William Alfred Pte G/17652  age 39 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Btn. Husband of Hattie Jeanette Faulkner  (formerly Ridgewell) of 28 Palace Square UN Died 28 1 1917 Shormcliffe Military Cemetery 0 501

ROCHE UN 14 William Herbert Sub Lt age 42RNVR Benbow  Btn RN Division Son of Mrs E H M Roche 27 Rockmount Road Died 18 2 1915 L2 Grave 5453  Beckenham Crematorium

 

RODWELL UN 11 Henry Francis Rifleman  S/33356 age 31 Rifle Brigade posted to 17th Btn  London Regt husband of Marguerite Elizabeth Rodwell 26a Victoria Road UN  Died 20 2 1918  T 89 Jerusalem War Cemetery

 

ROGERS UN 11 William Alban  Rifleman 653437 age 35 London Regt (1st Surrey Rifles)  1st / 21st Btn Husband of Nellie Rogers of Cintra Park UN  7.6.1917 Panel 54 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

ROMSFORD res: 16 Mowbray Road. Only details given in M/S page 371.(Note: Probably Ransford – see St Paul’s)

 

SANDS UN 5 Percival Roberts Cpl  120682 age 22 Royal Engineers HQ Special Coy  Son of Emma Emily Richardson (formerly Sands)  Woodlands 22 Farquhar Road  and the late William Henry Sands  Died 5 11 1816 H l6 Longueval Road Cemetery

 

SASSE Charles Aubrey Private MM s/7108 age 45 2/4th The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt. Born Bermondsey, Surrey. Enlisted: London. Lived UN was RAMC 1160. Brother of Mr E W Sasse 22 Marian Road, Greyhound Lane, Streatham. Fell 29.7.1918. V11 B10 Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire.(SWD)

SCHOFIELD Reginald George Hornby Private 786 age 31 Australian Infantry 15th Btn Son of Mr and Mrs Schofield 65 Belvedere Road UN Australian records give the middle name Homby Embarked Melbourne 22.12.1914 on HMAT Ceramic. Described as ‘settler’. Fell Dardanelles 26.4.1915 49 Lone Pine Memorial 

 

 SCUTT UN 5 Frank Sapper 101808 age 36 Royal Engineers 131st Coy Husband of S A Scutt 58 Gipsy Hill UN Died 18 10 1915 A l3.8 St Sever Cemetery Rouen

 

SHAW UN 10 Douglas Sinclair Lt MC twice mentioned in despatches age 31 61st King George’s Own Pioneers Indian Son of  Mr W L and Mrs E E Shaw  46 Maberley Road UN Died 7 8 1817  4 B l3 Dar-es-Salaam War Cemetery

 

SHEPHERD UN 6 Harry James Driver M2 / 116504 age 28 Army Service Corps  35th Ammunition Sub Park Son of William and Annie Maria Shepherd 25 Lunham Road UN Died 23 12 1917 Vl BB 28 Mendinghem Military Cemetery

SHEPPARD UN 5 P A Private Pte 40856 age 18 Devonshire Regt 8th Btn Son of Amy Jane Sheppard 9 Camden Hill Rd UN Died 12 10 1917 l P 28 Godewaersvelde British Cemetery

 

SHERIDAN UN 14 Henry Hamilton 2nd Lt age 35 Royal Irish Fusiliers 1st Btn Son of Mrs C J Sheridan 61 Farquhar Road UN Died 3 5 1917 17 E 17 Canadian Cemetery No 2 Neuville – St Vast

SKINNER Hilary Francis Cleveland 2nd Lt age 27 South Wales Borderers 1st Btn Lived 209 Anerley Road. Son of J A C Skinner (barrister at law) and Mrs A B Skinner, same address. 25.7.1916 Pier and Face 4A Thiepval Memorial

 

SMITH UN 13 G H Pte 33539 age 30 Northumberland Fusiliers  Native of Bradford Yorkshire. Son of Richard and Sarah Ann Smith 2 Harold Road UN Died 14 4 1918  Special Memorial A 7 Locre Hospice Cemetery

 

SMITH William James Private 31042 East Surrey Regt 1st Btn Lived 85 Anerley Road (Penge Roll of Honour) Husband of Gertrude Maud Smith 59 Palace Square UN (CWGC website) Fell France 8.5.1917 Bay 6 Arras Memorial

 

STABLES Leonard Theodore Drury Lieutenant 10923age 27 Born Enfield, Middx 1891 enlisted Westminster lived UN Beds Regiment 6th Btn (attached Northants Regiment 1st Btn) second son of Mr Walter Williams Godfrey Stables MRCS 5 Auckland Road UN and Isabella Mary Stables nee Drury KIA 23 October 1918 V C I Highland Cemetery Le Cateau

 

STACEY Gerald Arthur Major DSO Born 1892 London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 2nd Btn Son of Mr and Mrs Crosley Fell 11.10.1916 (9 10 1916 CWGC) l D l Guillemont Road Cemetery, Guillemont  

 

STEVENS UN 4 J Pte L/11301 age 21  The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regt) 7th Btn Son of James and Sarah Stevens 5 Naseby Road Died 28 9 1916 Xl Bl Connaught Cemetery Thiepval (Note: Two J Stevens listed on Rockmount school memorial)

STICKINGS Leslie Alfred Lance Cpl 10923 age 25 Wiltshire Regt 2nd Btn Born Enfield, Middx enl Westminster Lived 5 Belvedere Road Son of Alfred Charles and Gertrude Stickings, same address. KIA France 26.9.1915 Panel 102 Loos Memorial

 

STONEBRIDGE UN 13 Herbert Electrical artificer 3rd class age 27 M/3060 RN HMS Vanguard Died 9 7 1917 Panel 24 Chatham Naval Memorial 

SULLIVAN AN 2 William Robert Sapper Deal / 5415 (S) age 18 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers RN Division Son of William and Elizabeth Ann Sullivan, Anerley Died 9.8.1916 Barlin Communal Cemetery extension  l C 16 (PWM)

SYMONDS AN 1 John William Pte 635508 age 31 London Regt 20th Btn Husband of Louisa Symonds 3 Nyon Street, Perry Hill, Catford Son of John and Harriet Symonds of Anerley Died 2 8 1917 Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery L 6 33  

TANNER AN 3 Thomas Lanfeal (or Lanfear) Captain age 28 Queens Own (Royal West Kent) Regt 4th Btn Born Penge Son of William Burbidge Tanner and Fanny Gertrude Tanner 78 Thicket Road Died 18 9 1918 Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery extension ll A 5 (PWM) His name appears on the memorial at St Stephen’s Dulwich

 

TANNER AN 5 William Arthur Rifleman 301918 age 29  London Regt (London Rifle Brigade) 5th Btn Son of William Burbidge Tanner and Fanny Gertrude Tanner 78 Thicket Road Died 12 4 1917 London Cemetery Neuville – Vitasse (PWM)

TANNER AN 11  Charles Patrick Capt age 25 Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 59th Coy Son of William Burbidge Tanner and Fanny Gertrude Tanner 78 Thicket Road Died 30 11 1917 Cambrai Memorial Louverval Panel 12 and 13 (PWM)

 

TAYLOR UN 2 William Edward Pte 23553 age 17 South Wales Borderers Son of Mary Ann Taylor 25 Sainsbury Road UN Died 11 12 1915 West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium

TAYLOR AN 1 George Frederick Pte 33540 age 39 Border Regt 11th Btn Husband of Georgina O Taylor Shandon House 94 Thicket Road Anerley Son of John and Elizabeth Taylor Died 5 4 1917 Cayeux Military Cemetery l B 4

 

THOMAS UN 13 Horace Vivian Pte G/2921 age 23 The Queens (Royal west Surrey Regt) 8th Btn Son of Fred and Mary Thomas 7 Woodland Hill Died 25 9 1915Panel 13 15 Loos Memorial

 

 THORN – see Horn T; Rockmount Road school.

 

 TOWNSEND Joseph Listed in ‘Treetops and Terraces a bygone area of New Town Upper Norwood SE19′ by Beryl D Cheeseman

 

 TOWNSEND Thomas – also listed in ‘Treetops and Terraces’

 

TRUSS George Marquand 2nd Lieutenant age 25 Scots Guards attached Machine Gun Corps Son of Mr and Mrs Geo. Marquand and Annie Blanche Truss Fox Hill UN/ Battlebridge House, Merstham, Surrey Fell 25.9.1916 P 28 Carnoy Military Cemetery

TURNER UN 5 John Henry William Lance Cpl G/61865 age 26 Royal Fusiliers 19th Btn Husband of Lilian R Turner 13 Carberry Road  Died 14 4 1917 lll J l7 Duisans British Cemetery Etrun

TURNER Varres Edward L/Cpl T/200720. 2/4th The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regt. enlisted Croydon. Lived: Gipsy Hill, East Kent. (listed VA on CWGC) Fell 9.10.1918 or 17.10.1918. III A.19 Bosigny Communal Cemetery extension. (SWD)

VINCENT Stanley Cecil Rifleman born New Wandsworth enlisted London Lived 163 Anerley Road 302009 age 27 5th (City of London) Btn (London Rifle Brigade) ‘A’ Coy (1/5th Btn) Youngest son of Ernest Charles and Grace Vincent of 163 Anerley Road KIA France 14.8.1917 Panel 52 and 54 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

WADD UN 14 Henry Pte 40433 age 20 Loyal North Lancashire 1st / 4th Btn Son of Henry Wadd (late private Essex Regt) and Mrs E B Wadd 59 Palace Road UN Died 12 9 1918 lll E 29 Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimille

 

WALLACE UN 14 Michael Joseph  Pte 4953 age 26 RAMC att’d HMS Salta Husband of Kathleen Wallace 15 Whiteley Rd UN  Died 10 4 1917 ‘Salta’ Memorial Ste.Marie Cemetery Le Havre

 

WALPOLE UN 2 George John Watts (Served as WILSON) Pte Service number 3 age 31 AIF 3rd Btn  Born Rollesby Norfolk Son of George Frederick and Emma  Constance Walpole of 3 Saisnbury Road  Gipsy Hill Died 18 2 1918 Stratford-sub-Castle  (St Lawrence) churchyard 132

 

WALSH UN 3 Allan Macpherson Lance Cpl 20383 age 28 Middlesex Regt 12th Btn Son of Mrs J Walsh 51 Maberley Road UN  Died 24 4 1916 Chipilly

Communal Cemetery extension A 21

 

WATTS George Ernest Sgt 13721 Royal Berkshire Regiment 7th Btn Lived 94 St Hugh’s Road, Anerley Fell Salonica. 16.8.1916 E 1121 Karasouli Military Cemetery (CWGC also lists G E Watts Private G/61934 whose parents lived at Heath Grove, Maple Road, Penge).

 

WEBB AN 6 W J Pte 12766 no age given Suffolk regt 2nd Btn Brother of Mrs A Dodd 29 Trenholme Road, Anerley Died 20 7 1916 Caterpillar Valley Cemetery Longueval XlV C 39

WEBSTER AN 3 Andrew Nugent Lt age 19 RAF 203rd Squadron Son of Arthur and Mary Helen Webster  44 Thicket Road, Anerley Died 5 6 1918 Brown’s Road Military Cemetery Festubert Vlll A 20 (PWM)
 

WEBSTER UN 9 Cecil Robert James  Rifleman age 19 S/15084 Rifle Brigade 8th Btn Son of Mrs Alice Alma Webster  1 Albert Terrace Westow Hill  Died 3 51817  Bay 9 Arras Memorial

 

WEST UN 9 Harold Douglas 2nd Lt age 35 Kings Royal Rifle Corps Adjutant 1st Btn Husband of Edith Ada West 41 Hawke Road UN Died 25 3 1918 Bay 7 Arras Memorial

WHITE Horace Chesterfield Ford Private / Trooper 1248 age 22 2nd King Edward’s Horse born Putney enlisted London Lived 193 Anerley Road, Son of John Kelly White and Emma White, same address. Fell Flanders 25.5.1915 IV G 27 Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy (PWM)

 

WILLIAMS UN 7 Danvers Rifleman 25/151 age not given New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Btn 3rd Son of Major HP and Mrs Williams 111 Central Hill UN Died 19 5 1918 l H 2 Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

WILLIAMS E UN 10 Ernest Pte  4283 age 19 Machine Gun Corpos (Infantry)  90th Coy Son of Mrs Emily Williams  75 Gipsy Hill Died 31 7 1917 Panel 56 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

WILLIAMS Montgomery Captain age 31 born 1885 Royal Marine Artillery No. 1 Gun Howitzer Brigade RN Division Husband of Nell Cope Williams, Grey Court, Wimbledon. Son of Mr and Mrs Plunkett Williams UN Twice mentioned in dispatches Died 23.8.1916 from injury received previous day. IF 5 Bouzincourt communal cemetery extension.
 

WILLIAMS W UN 8 William Pte G/6834 age 19 The Buffs (East Kent Regt) 2nd Btn Son of James and Emily Williams 13 Sainsbury Road, Gipsy Hill Died 28 9 1915 Panel 15 to 19 Loos Memorial

WILSON Frederick Private G/19360 age 26 Born 1889 The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment Husband of Annie Wilson, two children Res: 23 Moffat Rd TH Fell 14.6.1917 Panel 45 and 47 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

WITTON UN 9 Lionel Hamer Pte 202781 age 38  North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd / 6th Btn Husband of Louise Marie Witton nee Debray 5 Jasper Road UN Died 21 3 1918 Bay 7 and 8 Arras Memorial

 

WOOD UN 4 Albert Victor Pte 515059 age 20 London Regt (London Scottish) 4th Btn Son of William John and Sarah Wood 2 Farquhar Road UN Died 17 8 1917 XVll H5A Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery

 

WOOD Alfred Ernest MM Private 3240 Royal Fusiliers 12th Btn Born Horsham, Sussex enlisted Croydon lived SN Fell 31.7.1917 or September 1917. Panel 6 and 8 Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

 

WOODS Douglas Crawford Private G/12194 age 26 Private Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Btn Lived 78 Belvedere Road. Son of James and Ann Elizabeth Woods, same address 1.9.1916 Pier and Face 11C Thiepval memorial.

 

WOOLHOUSE UN 9 William Pte 22584 age 31 East Surrey regt ‘A’ Coy 17th Btn Husband of Mrs A Doggett (formerly Woolhouse) 35 Dover Road New Town UN Son of T Woolhouse Hamilton Road WN Died 9 4 1917 Bay 6 Arras Memorial

 

They include a surgeon, a musician, and a blacksmith’s mate with ages ranging from 17 to 49.

 

The latest information includes more names from Gipsy Hill, Queen’s Road (now Queen Mary Road), Farquhar Road, Maberley Road, Church Road, several names from the old area of Norwood New Town and three names from Westow Hill – given as Weston Hill on the CWGC website. Some of the names here may have lived in the same road as you, some in the same house.

 

To see the full list of those with Upper Norwood connections go to the CWGC website and then to ‘Find War Dead’. just key in ‘First World War’ and then add ‘Upper Norwood’ as ‘additional information.  

 

The latest names include:

 

MUNDAY Thomas Sjt 32461 age 29 Royal Horse Artillery (‘Y’ Bty.) Son of Samuel Church Munday of 41 Farquhar Road and the late Annie Evelyn Munday. Died 23.10.1916. V.C.6 Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt – L’Abbe.

ALLCORN George Francis Corporal 491469 age 24 London Regiment (13th Kensington Btn). Son of John Thomas Charles Allcorn and Amelia Allcorn, 36 Palace Road UN. Died 29.9.18 11 F 6 H.A.C. Cemetery Ecoust -St. Mein.

RAINER Walter Walford Private 6531 age 23. Hon Artillery Coy (2nd Btn).Born in British Guiana. Son of Charles Oliver Rainer and Alice Maude Rainer of 18 Auckland Road UN. Died 31.3.1917. 1V D 27 H.A.C. Cemetery Ecoust -St. Mein.

BARTON Reginald James Cpl 242001 age 26 Gloucestershire Regt. (2nd / 5th Btn) formerly Dorsetshire Regt 4th Btn. Born UN Husband of Beatrice Kate Barton of Poole, Dorset. Died 2.4.1917. C 15 Nesle Communal Cemetery.

CORNWALL Nelson Edward Private 43033 age 19. Bedforshire Regt (1st Btn) Son of Francis and Louisa Cornwall 43 Central Hill UN. Died 7.9.1916. Sp. Mem A13 Peronne Road Cemetery Mericourt.

NEAL Thomas Frederick Lance Cpl PW/3305 age 28. Middlesex Regt (19th Btn) Husband of Nora Stenhouse (formerly Neal) of 38 Palace Road UN.Son of Sarah Neal of Marylebone Died 10.12.1915. A F 1941 Aldershot Military Cemetery.

RIDGEWELL William Alfred Private G/17652 age 39. The Buffs (East Kent Regt) 3rd Btn. Husband of Hattie Jeanette Faulkner (formerly Ridgewell) of 28 Palace Square UN. Died 28.1.1917 O 501 Shorncliffe Military Cemetery.

CLEMENTS P J Private 3757960 age 18. The King’s Regt Liverpool. Son of Mr H E and Mrs A F Clements 16 Crystal terrace, Oxford Road UN Died 23.4.1921 111 CE 486 Bootle Cemetery.  

 

KEIR Roderick Dhu Coy Sgt Major SI/SR/1009 age 59 Royal Army Service Corps. Husband of E A Keir 3 Roman Road, central Hill UN. Died 30.12.1918. F £ 10438 Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery.

MORTER Allan Gordon Private 765002 age 30. London Regt (Artists Rifles) 3rd / 28th Btn. Son of James and Ada E Morter of Westow Hill. Died 7.3.1917. 748 Lingfield (St Peter and Paul) churchyard extension.

MARTIN George Ernest 2nd Lt Pilot age 25 Royal Flying Corps ‘and general list’. Son of the late Ernest and Kate T Martin of UN. Died 29.11.1917.E 12 Tidworth Military Cemetery.

WALPOLE George John Watts (served as WILSON). Private 3 age 31 A.I.F. 3rd Btn. Born Rollesby, Norfolk, England. Son of George Frederick and Emma Constance Walpole of 3 Sainsbury Road, Gipsy Hill. Died 18.2.1918. 132 Stratford – sub – Castle (St Lawrence) churchyard.

MATES John Cpl 7818 age 45. Canadian Infantry (2d Btn) husband of Sarah E Mates of 105 Schofield Avenue, Brockville Ontario. Son of Edward and Sarah Mates of UN Died 15.4.1915 3.425 Salisbury Devizes Road Cemetery.

PETERS Charles William Sgt 1168 age 32. A.I.F. 8th Btn Husband of V L Peters 26 Queens Road UN. Died 21.9.1917. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

DESPREZ Leslie Adrian Lance Cpl 41370 age 28 Middlesex Regt (D Coy 2nd Btn. Born UN. Son of Philip and Lilian Desprez of Alderstead Heath, Merstham, Surrey. Died 16.8.1917. XV11 H 14 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

HUSTLER W Cpl PLY/ 14895 age 46. Royal Marine Light Infantry. HMS Ariadne. Husband of E F G Hustler 49 Farquhar Road UN. Died 5.8.1918 0.7.1 RN 20187 Abney Park cemetery screen wall.

TAYLOR William Edward Private 23553 age 17. South Wales Borderers. Son of Mrs Mary Ann Taylor 25 Sainsbury Road UN. Died 11.12.1915 West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium.

MARRISON H C Private 332015 age 32 The Kings (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd / 9th Btn. Husband of Eleanor Emily Marrison of 53 Queen’s Road UN. Died 6.11.1917 V B 48 Baird Cottage Cemetery.

 

KREPPER Otto William Sjt 5939 age 32 North Staffordshire Regt (1st Btn) Son of Josef and Emma Krepper 4 Crystal Palace Station Road UN Died 20.5.1916 11 A 1 Dranoutre Military Cemetery.

COX Henry Jack Captain age 28 Royal Fusiliers (12th Btn) Born UN Son of Charles S William and Eliza Maunder Cox of Herne Bay Kent. Died 31.7.1917 1X l 1 Hodge Crater Cemetery.

BRIAN Herbert Cecil Lance Cpl B/2860 age 19. Life Brigade (B Coy, 8th Btn) Born Croydon. Son of Mrs Annie Marie Davies (formerly Brian) of 91 Church Road UN. and the late Eugene Owen Brian. Died 30.7.1915. 1 AA 5 Birr Cross Roads Cemetery.

GUNN David Lt age 22 Seaforth Highlanders 7th Btn Born Edinburgh. Son of John and Florence Ada Gunn. ‘Seaforth’ 83 Beulah Hill. Died 13.10.1917 XV1 C 21. Passchendaele British.

FERGUSSON E K O Captain age 22 Seaforth Highlanders (8th Btn) Son of The Rev John Moore Fergusson and Mrs Ethel C E Fergusson ‘Dalnabreck’ Highland Road UN. Died 26.1.1916 Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery.

PENMAN Geoffrey Evans Lt aged 19 The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attd 11th Btn Machine Gun Corps. Son of Edgar and Jessie Penman ‘Ravenstone’ Farquhar Road UN Died 9.5.1917 I D 9 Mory Abbey Military Cemetery.

WALSH Allan MacPherson Lance Cpl 20383 age 28 Middlesex Regt (12th Btn) Son of Mrs J Walsh 51 Maberley Road UN Died 24.4.1916 A 21 Chipilly Communal Cemetery extension.

HEARTFIELD Albert Private 10905 no age given Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (6th Btn) Husband of Eliza Harriet Heartfield 57 Maberley Road UN Died 23.9.1915 V 1 A 93 Bedford House Cemetery.

OWEN John Arthur Edward Private G/ 54254 age 19. Middlesex Regt 1st Btn. Son of John and Alice Owen 84 Queens Road UN Died 23.10.1918 11 D 3 Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery.

 

HUNT Edward Wallis Alleyne MC 2nd Lt age 24 Royal Flying Corps 18th Squadron. Son of Edward and Sarah Jane Hunt 24 Harold Road UN 1.5.1917 No grave reference. Neuville St Remy churchyard.

JAMES C Private 5807 age 24 Born UN Royal Fusiliers 13th Btn Son of Elizabeth James of Paddington, Middlesex and tyhe late Samuel Charles James. Died 23.4.1917 D 3 Chili Trench Communal Gavelle.

LYON W N I Cpl 2528 age 25 Worcestershire Regt (8th Btn) Transferred to (104411) 175th Coy Labour Corps. Son of William and Rose Ingram Lyon 54 Beulah Hill. Died 3.4.1918 P 1X O 3B St Sever Cemetery extension Rouen.

STEVENS J Pte L/11301 age 21. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Btn. Son of James and Sarah Stevens 5 Naseby Road UN Died 28.9.1916. X1 B 1 Connaught Cemetery Thiepval.

PEARSON John Private 10609 age 18. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Btn Son of Joseph and Alice Pearson 13 Anerley Vale. Born TH C 5 Sailly-sur-la-Lys churchyard.

McLAREN R S Sjt G/480 age 24. The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th Btn Husband of Alice McLaren of 4 St Aubyn’s Road UN. Son of Mr and Mrs J McLaren of Penge. Died 8.12.1917 V E 25 Rocquigny -Equancourt Road British Cemetery Manancourt.

WOOD Albert Victor Private 515029 age 20. London Regiment (London Scottish) 4th Btn Son of William John  and Sarah Wood 2 Farquhar Road UN Died 17.8.1917 XV11 H 5A Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

BAXTER Thomas William Lance Cpl T/25078 no age given. Army Service Corps 15th supply depot. Husband of Ethel Wilks (formerly Baxter) of 10 Paddock gardens, Westow Street. Died 12.3.1915 1 A 40 Chocques Military Cemetery

PROVIS John Private 115381 age 32. Canadian Infantry 27th Btn. Born UN Son of George Stanton Provis and Emily Preston Provis of Dublin. Died 30.4.1917 1V c 41 Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

SCUTT Frank Sapper 101808 age 36 Royal Engineers (131sr Coy) Husband of S A Scutt 58 Gipsy Hill. Died 18.10.1915 A 13.8 St Sever Cemetery Rouen.

BRUCE George James Sjt 57010 age 27 Royal Field Artillery C Bty 59th Bde husband of Kathleen Bruce 29 Eagle Hill, son of Mr and Mrs J Bruce of Dulwich. Died 27.9.1918 11 F 24 Bucquet Road Cemetery Ficheux.

SANDS Percival Robert Cpl 120682 age 22 Royal Engineers HQ Special Coy. Son of Emma Emily Richardson (formerly Sands) ‘Woodlands’ 22 Farquhar Rd UN and the late William Henry James Died 5.11.1916 H 16 Longueval Road Cemetery.

HYMUS George William Henry Lance Cpl 290408 age 23 Royal Sussex Regiment ( 13th Btn) Husband of Ethel Kathleen Hayward (formerly Hymus) of 8 Bloomhall Road, Central Hill UN Died 10.3.1918 V C 13 Tincourt New British Cemetery.

SHEPPARD P A Private 40856 age 18 Devonshire Regt 8th Btn Son of Amy Jane Sheppard 9 Camden Hill Road UN Died 12.10.1917 1.8.28 Godewaersvelde British Cemetery.

LEAKEY Albert Private 26853 age 23 Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Btn) Son of Mrs Elizabeth Leakey of UN Died 16.8.1916 11 F 26 Dive Copse British Cemetery Sailly-Le-Sec

BROWN John Private 7845 age 26 London Regiment (1st / 13th Kensington Btn) Son of the late James Thomas Brown and Mrs Brown of UN Died 12.10.1916 1.O.42 Grove Town cemetery Meaulte

MONK Fred Private G/61793 age 38 Royal Fusliers 13th Btn Husband of Amy Monk 12 St Aubyn’s Road. Died 11.4.1917 1.M.4 Duisans British Cemetery Etrun.

TURNER John Henry William Lance Cpl G/61865 age 26 Royal Fusiliers (10th Btn) Husband of Lilian R Turner 13 Carberry Road UN. Died 14.4.1917 111 J 17 Duisans British Cemetery Etrun

 

HOWARD Cecil Cunningham 2nd Lt age 19 The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (A Coy 8th Btn) Son of John Alexander and Emily Gertrude Howard of 115 Church Road UN Died 23.5.1916 V A 7 Aubigny Communal Cemetery extension.

IVES H J M 2nd Lt age 30 Royal Field Artillery (C Bty 255th Bde) Husband of Alice May Ives (now Dunn) 5 Ranger Mansions (Ranger Road now Jasper Road) UN. Previously served in France with Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles. Died 28.4.1917 V1 D 13 Aubigny Communal Cemetery extension.

LAYMAN Douglas Arthur Campbell 2nd Lt age 22 Lancashire Fusiliers 17th Btn Son of Arthur and Alice Layman of 4 Dulwich Wood Park. Died 22.2.1916 11 M 9 Bethune Town Cemetery.

SHEPHERD Harry James Driver M2/116504 age 28 Army Service Corps 35th Ammunition Sub Park Son of William and Annie Maria Shepherd 25 Lunham Road UN. Died 23.12.1917 V1 BB 28 Mendinghem Military Cemetery.

MARTIN John Cpl 4541 age 38 A.I.F. 54th Btn Husband of Louisa Martin 21 Whiteley Road Gipsy Hill. Born Sydney NSW Son of Thomas Martin. Died 4.9.1918 1V G 13 Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension.

GUTTRIDGE Charles Clements Private 345957 age 33 Devonshire Regiment 16th (Royal Devon and Royal North Devon Yeomanry) Husband of Mary Guttridge 92 Anerley Road UN eldest son of Charles William and Charlotte Guttridge. Died 2.9.1918 111 B 30 Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension

 

GUNN Herbert Ernest Lance Cpl 1507 age 22 London Regiment (London Scottish) Son of John and Florence Ada Gunn ‘Seaforth’ 83 Beulah Hill UN Died 19.8.1916 111 H 1 Hebuterne Military Cemetery.

WILLIAMS Danvers Rifleman 25 / 151 age 19 New Zealand Rifle Brigade (3rd Btn 3rd) Son of Major H P and Mrs Williams 111 Central Hill UN. Died 19.5.1918 1 H 2 Hebuterne Military Cemetery.

FREER H Private 457 no age given Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Btn) Husband of R Freer 22 Queens Road UN Died 20.9.1917 1 E 4 Hargicourt British Cemetery.

BYWATERS F Driver 65768 age 41 Royal Field Artillery (C Bty 117th Brigade) Husband of Lilian Bywaters of Westow St UN Died 1.3.1919. Spec Men Woodgrange Park Cemetery, East Ham.

(Note: A note on the CWGC website says they are in the process of producing a special memorial to commemorate F Bywaters “as it is not possible to mark his actual grave.” 

POULTON Oliver Victor Sjt 17319 age 30 Royal Engineers (15th Field Coy) Husband of E A Benstead (formerly Poulton) of 3 Salters Hill UN. Died 28.6.1917 1 C 1 Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery

BRIGNALL Frank Private 16748 age 37 Canadian Infantry (7th Btn) Born UN Son of James and Emma Brignall 61 Addison Road, Kensington. 24 4 1915 X1V A 10 Perth Cemetery (China Wall)

GRANT Ernest Sapper 386825 age 41 Royal Engineers 4th Signal Coy (Royal Monmouth) Husband of Hannah Grant, Brewer Street, London. Son of L and Fanny Grant of UN Died 5.7.1918 V D 47 Pernes British Cemetery.

HARDING Ferdinando Welch Smithers Private 514713 age 31 London Regiment (London Scottish) 14th Btn Husband of Dorothy B Harding 49 Alexandra Road UN. Son of Ferdinando W S and Mary Harding. Died 17.8.1917 XV11 H 4 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

 

(This list is currently incomplete. More new names to follow. Abbrieviatrions: Bde: Brigade; Btn: Battalion; Bty: Battery; Coy: Company TH: Thornton Heath UN: Upper Norwood)