This name is on the war memorial inside St Andrew's Church, Landor Road, Stockwell Road, London SW9 Leonard Fairclough (Fairclough, L.) Service no 550612 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), 16th Battalion Died age 29 on 1 July 1916 Son of Abraham and Emily Fairclough, of 14, Rumsey Rd., Stockwell, London. Remembered at Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2, Hebuterne, France and at St Andrew's Church Information from the 1911 census Leonard Fairclough was an engine fitter, like his father, Abraham Fairclough. In 1911 he and his family were living at 26 Kimberley Road, Stockwell. Abraham, 49, was from Latham, Lancashire. His wife, Emily 56, was from Ockham in Surrey. Leonard, then 23, was born in Poplar, east London. His brother Harold, 21, was born in Ockham and worked as a clerk, while his sisters, Emily 14, and Daisy, 11, both born in Wimbleson, were still at school. Fanny Potter, sister to Emily (senior), 64 and single, lived with the family. |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
Leonard Fairclough |