This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 G. H. Canham (George Herbert Canham) (Canham, George Herbert) Service no 3861 Rifleman, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), "D" Coy. 1st/16th Battalion Born in Chelsfield, Kent; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 September 1916, aged 21 CWGC: "Eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Canham, of 35, Mordaunt St., Stockwell, London." Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9  CANHAM, G. H., Rifleman, 16th London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles). He volunteered in March 1915 and was drafted to the Western Front the following year. He took part in several important engagements and was killed in action on the Somme on September 10th 1916. He was entitled to the General Service and Victory Medals. 35, Mordaunt Street, Stockwell, S.W.9. George's brother William James Canham, who survived the war, also appear in the National Roll, as does A. H. Canham of the same address. British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920 George Herbert Canham enlisted at 58 Buckingham Gate on 1 March 1915. He was 20 years and 5 months old, stood 5 feet 9 inches and had a 36½ chest (which he could expand by 3½ inches). His physical development was judged to be "good". Canham's file does not include much more than the basic details of his movements. He was Home from the day of his enlistment to the Territorial Force until 21 April 1916, when he embarked for Rouen. He was deployed in the field from 4 May 1916, and survived there until 10 September, when he was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme. Information from the 1911 census In 1911 the Canham family inhabited 5 rooms at 4 Tivoli Road, West Norwood. William Canham, 41, was a brewer's drayman, born in Wenhaston, Suffolk. Clara Amy Canham 43, was born in Farnborough, Kent. They had had 6 children, 5 surviving at the time of the census George Herbert Canham, 16, a shop porter, born in Chelsfield, Kent William James Canham (cited in the National Roll), 14, an office lad, born in Farnborough, an office lad Arthur Kitchener Canham, 10, born in Chelsea Florence Maud Canham 7, born in Chelsea Maurice Gordon Canham 3, born in Brixton |
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