This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 E. S. Sharman (Edgar Stanley Sharman) (Sharman, Edgar Stanley) Service no S/30908 Rifleman, Rifle Brigade, 16th Battalion Killed in action on 31 May 1917, aged 25 Born in Lambeth; enlisted at Camberwell; lived in Lambeth CWGC: "Son of Charles William and Louise Sharman, of 5, Tradescant Road, South Lambeth, London." Remembered at Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from 1901 census Edgar Stanley Sharman, 19 in 1911, was a ship's steward. He lived at 5 Tradescant Road, South Lambeth, with his widowed father, Charles William Sharman, 50, a travelling salesman (hairdresser sundries) from Battersea, and siblings Herbert Henry Stanley, 23, a commercial clerk, and May Louise Sharman, 18, who worked for a milliner and draper. All the children were 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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