This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 G. F. W. Sach (George Frederick William Sach) Sach, George Frederick William) Service no 470989 Rifleman, London Regiment (The Rangers), 12th Battalion Born in Ealing; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 21 September 1918, aged 21 CWGC: "Son of George and Emily E. Sach, of 28 Edithna Road, Stockwell, London." Remembered at Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers-Guislain, France, as well as at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 and inside St Andrew's Church, Landor Road, London SW9  SACH, G.F.W., L/Cpl., 12th London Regt., (Rangers). He volunteered in February 1915, and after completing his training served at home until 1917, when he was drafted to France. Whilst overseas, he fought on the Somme, at Ypres, Arras, Albert, St. Quentin, St Eloi and Lille. He also served in the Retreat of 1918, and on September 21st of that year was unfortunately killed in the Allied Advance. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. "Whilst he remember, the sacrifice was not in vain." 28, Edithna Street, Stockwell, S.W.9. Information from the censuses George Frederick William Sach was 13 in 1911. Born in Ealing, he lived at 28 Edithna Street with his parents milkman George Sach, 39, from Ealing, and Emily Elizabeth Sach (nee Betts), 45, from Litcham, Norfolk, and brother James Walter Sach, 9, born in Clapham. Three aunts (sisters of his mother) from Norfolk lived with the family, Louisa Harriett Betts, 46, Alice Ann Betts, 42, a lady's maid, and Florence Betts, 40, as well as Ivy Alice Betts, 9, born in Clapham. In 1901 the Sachs were living in 36 Wirtemburg Street, Clapham, and a decade earlier they were in Twyford Abbey, Ealing. |
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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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