This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 F. J. Raishbrook (Frederick James Raishbrook) (Raishbrook, Frederick James) Service no 955161 Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, Z/29 Trench Mortar Bty. Born in Clapham; enlisted in Brixton Died of wounds on 2 December 1917, aged 20 CWGC: "Son of William Edward and Louisa Ann Raishbrook of London." Remembered at Tincourt New British Cemetery, France and Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the censuses Frederick Raishbrook, aged 14 in 1911, lived at 46 Landor Road, Stockwell with his parents, siblings and two boarders. The household had five rooms. He worked as a messenger boy in a newspaper office. His father, William Raishbrook, 40, was a coal porter, born in Clapham, as was his mother, Louisa Raishbrook, 37. They had four sons: Horace Raishbrook, 15, an errand boy for a chemist; Frederick; Ernest Raishbrook, 12, a schoolboy and part-time errand boy; William Raishbrook, 2. The boarders were Robert Schleicher, 24, an Austrian pastry cook, and Walter Darby, 28, a steward from Highgate, north London. In 1901 the Raishbrooks lived at 25 Landor Road, Stockwell. |
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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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