www.bexley.gov.uk www.bexley.gov.uk BEXLEY BOROUGH WW1 ROLL OF HONOUR This list has been compiled by staff & volunteers at Bexley Local Studies & Archives Centre using a wide range of resources. While every attempt has been made to ensure that the information presented here is accurate, Bexley Local Studies & Archives Centre is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All information in this site is provided "as is", with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, subsequent alterations or of the results obtained from the use of this information. We would, of course, welcome any more information or revised details about any of these names. We have also traced almost 800 photographs of these WW1 casualties from the Bexley area. Please email [email protected] for more information. Guide to the sequence of information below : Name ; Rank ; Service No. ; Regiment or service ; How died (see key below) ; Where died ; Date of death ; Age at death ; Where commemorated or buried ; Address or other local links ; Local Memorial(s) ; Family & relatives ; Local papers / articles ; Websites ; Other information Key to abbreviations: BLSAC = Bexley Local Studies & Archive Centre CWGC = Commonwealth War Graves Commission Died = i.e. usually died of illness, or other causes DCM = Distinguished Conduct Medal DoW = Died of wounds F&F = France/Flanders Home = in the UK. Other theatres of war are listed e.g. at sea, Gallipoli, Mesopotamia etc. KiA = Killed in action MC = Military Cross MM = Military Medal NoK = Next of kin OTC = Officer Training Corps SDGW = UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 ( www.ancestry.com ) ABBOTT , George Stanley ; Corporal ; Y/632 ; 3rd Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps ; Died ; Greece ; 28/09/1918 ; 23 ; Mikra British Cemetery, Greece ; Born & baptised Belvedere, 39 Lyndon Road / 3 Picardy Hill, Belvedere, Boy Scout in Belvedere, Erith Grammar School pupil ; Belvedere War Memorial. Erith & District Hospital Memorial ; Son of George W. & Eliza Abbott ; Erith Observer 1 November 1918 ; A clerk with the Metropolitan Water Board. Enlisted Woolwich, September 1914. Attended Belvedere Methodist Church. ABRAMS (Abrahams) , Frank ; Bombardier ; 54723 ; G Bty. Royal Horse Artillery ; Died ; F&F ; 07/11/1918 ; 31 ; St Sever Cemetery Extension, France ; Born Bexleyheath. Family at Garden Lodge, Brampton Road, Son of Michael Frank Arnold Abrahams/Abrams (A policeman in Bexleyheath) & Sarah, Husband of Lily E.L. Abrahams of Fulham, Resident Fulham, A labourer. (Name varies in spelling - Abrams/Abrahams). ACKLAND (or AUKLAND) , George ; Lance Corporal ; 9096; 1st Btn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 25/07/1918 ; 22 ; Aval Wood Military Cemetery, France - II. AA. 1 ; 8 Blackhorse Road, High Street, Sidcup ; Sidcup War Memorial ; Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Ackland ; Article & photo in "For King & Country": Chislehurst War Memorial, copy in BLSAC ; Born Camberwell. Enlisted Lewisham. A porter for W.S. Jarrett Outfitters of Sidcup High Street. ADAMS, Albert ; Private ; 40416 ; 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 02/10/1917 ; 41 ; Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium - Panel 47 to 48 & 163A ; 32 St John's Road, Erith ; Son of William Adams of Erith, husband of Ada Caroline Adams, of 126 Britton Street, Gillingham, 1 son ; A publican in Gillingham. Enlisted Chatham. ADAMS , Charles John Norman ; 2nd Lieutenant ; 2nd Btn. Grenadier Guards ; DoW ; F&F ; 14/11/1918 ; 29 ; St Sever Cemetery Extension, France ; The Vicarage, Erith ; Erith (St John's) Memorial ; Son of George Adolphus Samuel & Beatrice. Father was vicar of Christchurch in 1909 ; http://www.hambo.org/kingscanterbury/view_man.php?id=116 ; Born Argentina. Educated at Oxford University. ADAMS, George Allsop ; 2nd Lieutenant ; 3rd, attd. 7th Btn. East Surrey Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 09/04/1917 ; 19 ; Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, France, Grave Reference/ Panel Number: II. H. 13 ; Laurel Lodge, Sidcup ; Sidcup War Memorial ; Son of Albert Edward & H. A. Adams of Laurel Lodge, Sidcup, brother of Horace ; Student at St John's College, Hurstpierpoint. ADAMS , Horace Sidney ; Private ; 29590 ; 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 18/10/1916 ; 24 ; Thiepval Memorial, France, Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Pier & Face 13 A ; High Street, Sidcup ; Sidcup War Memorial ; Son of Mr Albert Edward & Honor Alice Adams of Sidcup. Brother of George Allsop ; Sidcup & District Times 27 April 1917 ; Enlisted Woolwich. Wounded in 1915, spent 4 months in UCL hospital recovering. ADAMS , John Henry ( J as I on Memorial) ; Captain ; Army Pay Department ; Died ; Home ; 25/02/1919 ; 36 ; Bexleyheath Cemetery ; Father in Bexleyheath, wife in Eltham ; Bexleyheath War Memorial, Christ Church Bexleyheath War Memorial panels ; Son of Francis & Ursula, married to Jessie, 1908 ; Died of pneumonia, High Peak Hotel, Nottingham. ADAMS , Thomas Humphrey ; Private ; 15937 ; 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 01/07/1916 ; 23 ; Thiepval Memorial, France ; Worked at Royal Arsenal Co-op in Bexleyheath; Son of Tom & Charlotte Adams of Charlton ; Assistant grocer. Enlisted Woolwich. AGER , William James ; Stoker 2nd Class ; K/29041 Royal Navy, HMS Defence ; KiA ; At sea ; 31/05/1916 ; 23 ; Plymouth Naval Memorial ; 19 Mill Road, Erith ; Son of the late George & Amelia Ager ; From Dartford & the Great War – by Gethyn J. Rees ; Resident Dartford. AKERS , William Henry ; Private ; 33528 ; 6th Btn. Border Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 04/10/1917 ; 31 ; Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium - Panel 85 to 86 ; 37 Horsa Road Belvedere ; Enlisted Bexleyheath. Son of William & Lucy. Husband of Frances Ellen. Born Plumstead. A baker. ALCHIN (ALLCHIN on CWGC & censuses), William Thomas ; Private ; G/9765 ; 4th Btn. Middlesex Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 26/01/1916 ; 19 ; Cité Bonjean Military Cemetery, France ; 13 High Street /17 Baston Road, High Street, Plumstead (CWGC) ; East Wickham War Memorial ; Son of John W. & Mary Ann ; http://www.ewt.org.uk/Memorial/allchin/ ; Born Peckham. A mill hand. Family had also lived in India. ALDER , Alfred William ; Sapper ; 126752 ; Royal Engineers ; Died ; E. Africa ; 30/07/1917 ; 37 ; Dar es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania ; Maud Cottage, Standard Road ; Bexleyheath War Memorial, Christ Church Bexleyheath War Memorial panels ; Son of William C. & Ellen H. ; Born Portsmouth. A GPO clerk. ALDERTON , George Sergeant ; G/8008 ; 10th Btn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 27/04/1918 ; 32 ; Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Belgium - I. O. 25. ; Born Bexleyheath. 3 Pinnacle Hill ; Son of Naphtali & Margaret ; http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/Sgt%20G%20Alderton.html ; Enlisted Deptford. Resident Lewisham. Engineer’s assistant. ALDOUS , George ; Private ; 2093 ; 7th Btn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ; KiA ; F&F ; 16/06/1916 ; 41 ; Bray Military Cemetery, France ; Jubilee Road, Foots Cray ; Son of Henry & Mahalia. 6 children & a stepson. Re-married, husband of Annie. Born Essex. A farm worker (Beaverswood Farm, Chislehurst) ; Enlisted Woolwich. ALDRIDGE , Claude Vincent ; 7777 ; Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment ; born 1885 ; 4, Ashburnham Road, Belvedere. Details unverified ; Erith (St John's) Memorial ; Son of Frederick & Mary ; Born Enfield. An iron trimmer/Barman Army 1904. ALDRIDGE , John Patrick ; Private ; 4782 ; 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers ; Died ; Palestine ; 29/10/1918 ; 22 ; Haifa War Cemetery, Israel - B. 4. ; Resident Erith ; Son of Alfred & Mary of West Ham. Husband of Edith ; Born Essex, enlisted Canning Town. Died of pneumonia. ALLCHIN , Albert George ; Able Seaman ; J/4333 ; Royal Navy, HMS Laurel ; KiA ; At sea ; 28/08/1914 ; 21 ; Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery ; 201 Snowdrop Road, Lodge Lane (CWGC) ; East Wickham War Memorial ; Son of Henry E. R. & Helen Anna. Brother of Henry ; http://www.ewt.org.uk/Memorial/allchin-3/ ; Joined Royal Navy in 1911. ALLCHIN , Frederick John (A. J. on Memorial) ; Private ; 26035 ; Machine Gun Corps ; KiA ; F&F ; 20/07/1916 ; 19 ; Thiepval Memorial, France ; Born Bridgen. Resident 3 Pleasant Row, Westbourne Grove, Crayford ; Bexleyheath War Memorial, Christ Church Bexleyheath War Memorial panels, St Paulinus Church Memorial, Memorial in the Manor House, Crayford & Roll of Honour of St Paulinus CoE School ; Son of Charles & Edith Alice ; Family were farm workers. ALLCHIN , Henry Richard ; Private ; 62512 ; 8th Royal Fusiliers ; KiA ; F&F ; 09/04/1917 ; 27 ; Gourock Trench Cemetery, France ; 201 Snowdrop Road, Lodge Lane (CWGC) ; East Wickham War Memorial ; Son of Henry E. R. & Helen Anna. Brother of Albert http://www.ewt.org.uk/Memorial/allchin-2/ ; Born Peckham. A bookstall clerk (W.H. Smith). ALLCHURCH , Ernest Francis ; Private ; 15198 ; 1st Btn. Coldstream Guards ; KiA ; F&F ; 15/09/1916 ; 22 ; Thiepval Memorial, France ; Sidcup Homes School pupil (The Hollies) ; NoK Herbert Allchurch (brother) c/o Mrs Lacey, Gt Missenden, Bucks. Sister Alice Lilian signed for his 1914-18 Star & Victory Medal ; Resident Great Missenden. Enlisted Camberwell, February 1915. ALLEN , Arthur George ; Rifleman ; 15857 ; 3rd Btn. New Zeal & Rifle Brigade ; DoW ; F&F ; 03/01/1917 ; 32 ; Estaires Communal Cemetery & Extension, France ; The Lees, Hadlow Road, Sidcup ; Sidcup War Memorial ; Son of Benjamin & Mary Persis Allen of Sidcup ; Sidcup & District Times 19 January 1917 photo ; http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11045370 ; Educated at Marlborough House School Sidcup & had worked in Martins bank in Sidcup before travelling