 and at St Mark's Church, Kennington Oval E. J. Batterbury (Ernest James Batterbury) Service no S/7006 Lance Corporal, Rifle Brigade, 7th Battalion Died age 23 on 18 August 1916 Son of Henry Hooper Batterbury and Sarah Alice Batterbury, of 162 Old South Lambeth Road, South Lambeth, London. Remembered at Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval and at St Mark's Church, Kennington Oval. Image © Clive Batterbury Information from 1911 Census Ernest James Batterbury, 18 in 1911, was a hosier's assistant, born in Lambeth. He lived at Buckstone Cottges, Oval Place, Dorset Road, London SW8, with his mother, Sarah Alice Batterbury, 47, who was born in the City of London, and father Henry Hooper Batterbury, 47, a theatre attendant, originally from Windsor, Berkshire, five siblings and a boarder. Ernest, the eldest, was followed by Rachel May Batterbury, 16, a milliner's assistant, born in "West Newington, Surrey" Alice Batterbury, 15, no employment given, born in Lambeth Alfred Herbert Batterbury, 10, born in Lambeth Ethel Elizabeth Amy Batterbury, 7, born in Lambeth Harry Batterbury, 6, born in Lambeth The boarder was Charles Thomas Gabriel Bottomley, 62, a widowed confectioner from Marylebone. |
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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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