This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A. C. Grout (Alfred Grout) (Grout, Alfred) Service no 13775 Private, Royal Berkshire Regiment, 8th Battalion Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action age 20 on 25 September 1915 CWGC: "Son of Mrs C. S. Grout, of 6 Garden Row, Stockwell, London, and the late George Grout." Remembered at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France, as well as on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 and inside St Andrew's Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1901 census In 1901 Alfred Grout, then 6, and his siblings lived with their widowed mother at 30 White Hart Street in Kennington. The census merely gives his mother as "C. Grout" and does not state where she was born. She was 31. Her children are listed as: Emily Grout, 10 George Grout, 8 Alfred Grout, 4 Ernest Grout, 4 All the children were born in Lambeth. |
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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 |
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