This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 C. F. Rance (Charles F. Rance) Service no 321283 Rifleman, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), 1st/6th Battalion Born in Clapham; enlisted in Londn; lived in Wandsworth Killed in action on 7 June 1917, aged about 19 Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, Belgium Brother of Bernard Christopher Rance. Information from the 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses relating to the Rance brothers (four of whom served in the Great War, two surviving) as well as listing in the National Roll of the Great War 1914-1918 are available here. |
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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 |
Charles F. Rance |