This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 C. Elphick (Cecil Herbert Elphick) Information from the 1911 census This is a tentative identification. There is no Cecil Herbert Elphick on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database nor in the Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1918. None of the men listed as "C. Elphick" in these databases would seem to fit the man named at Stockwell. The same applies to "H. Elphick". However, there are 2 men of the correct age range living in Lambeth who may, or may not, be those named on the memorial. There are many reasons why men are missed off the databases - human error, death after the end of the war, lost records. These brothers, both born in Hadlow, Kent, were living at 14 Kellett Road, Brixton in 1911. Cecil Hebert Elphick, 30, was a single municipal servant. He worked for the Comptroller's Department of London County Council. His brother, Henry James Elphick, 34, was a civil servant working for the Secretariat of the G.P.O. (General Post Office). |
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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 |
Cecil Herbert Elphick |