This name is on the Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 E. Driscoll (Edward Driscoll) (Driscoll, Edward) Service no 216940 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 12th Bty. 35th Bde. Died age 24 on 21 October 1917 Son of Michael and Ellen Driscoll, of 2 Crimsworth Road, Wandsworth Road, London. Remembered at The Huts Cemetery, Ieper, Belgium and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Edward Driscoll, 18, was working as a driller (acetylyne) and living with his family in 4 rooms at 26 Madrid Place (now gone), South Lambeth. Michael Driscoll, 56, was a road sweeper for the borough council. He was born in City of London, where Ellen Driscoll, 55, was also born. The couple had had 7 children, 4 of whom survived. James Driscoll, 25, was a carman for the LRSW Railway. Both sons 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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