This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 G. R. McDowall (George Robert McDowall) (McDowall, George Robert) Service no 59064 Serjeant, Royal Engineers, 69th Field Coy Born in Lambeth; enlisted in London; lived in Stockwell Killed in action on 10 May 1916, aged about 43 CWGC: "Brother of Mr H. McDowall, of 33 Nealdon Street, Stockwell, London." Remembered at Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, British Extension, France, on the Stockwell War Memorial and inside St Andrew's Church, Landor Road, London SW9 On 4 October 1900 George Robert McDowall, 27, the son of a labourer, married Emma Cecil Giffin, 21, at St. Andrew’s Church. He was a serving serjeant with the 2nd Dragoons. In 1911 Emma is found living at 33 Nealdon Street, Stockwell, with her three children Flora May, 6 (born in Norwich), Robert Andrew, 4 (born in Glasgow), and George Leslie, 1 (born in Lambeth). |
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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 |
George Robert McDowall |