This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 F. T. Elson (Frederick Thomas Elson) (Elson, Frederick Thomas) Service no 62188 Lance Corporal, Royal Fusiliers, 4th Battalion Died age 32 on 11 May 1917 Son of Thomas and Louisa Elson, of London. Husband of Laurel Elson, of 5, Grove Rd., Brixton, London. Remembered at Etaples Military Cemetery, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Frederick Thomas Elson, 25, was living with his family in 6 rooms at 74 Victoria Avenue, Plashet Lane, East Ham. His mother, Louisa, a 56-year-old widow born in Stepney, had 6 children surviving (of 7). Five of these were on the census. Frederick Thomas Elson, born in Leyton, Essex Alice Rosina Elson 23, a draper's clerk, born in Leyton, Essex Henry Charles Elson, 22, an invoice clerk, born in Leyton, Essex Herbert James Elson, 20, a motor mechanic, born in Leytonstone, Essex Florence May Elson, 18, a shorthand typist, born in Leytonstone, Essex On 21 November 1915 Frederick married Laurel James at St Michel's Church, Stockwell. Laurel lived at 5 Grove Road. |
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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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