This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 A. J. Harris (Alfred James Harris) (Harris, Alfred James) Service no G/18601 Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion Born in South Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell Killed in action age 19 on 17 October 1918 Remembered at Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Alfred James as a 12-year-old schoolboy living with his family at 14 Larkhall Lane, where they occupied 7 rooms. Frederick James Harris, 51, a brewery stoker and Eliza Mary Harris, 56, did not give birthplaces. They had 8 children, 5 of whom were included on the census return: William John Harris, 30, a railway stoker, born in Twickenham Albert Frank Harris, 26, a packer, born in Twickenham Edith Alice Harris, 17, a dressmaker's assistant, born in South Lambeth Minnie Eliza Harris, 16, a packer, born in South Lambeth Alfred James Harris, 12, born in South 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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