This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 W. G. Ware (William George Ware) (Ware, William George) Service no 1187 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion Born in Brixton; enlisted in Westminster; lived in Lambeth Killed in action on 27 March 1915 CWGC: "Son of Mr W. H. Ware, of 34 Bessborough Gardens, Westminster, London." Remembered at Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines, Nord, France, as well as Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 and inside St Andrew's Church, Landor Road, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census William George Ware, 16, was a junior clerk at the Army & Navy Stores. He lived at 16 Dalyell Road, Stockwell, with his parents, William Henry Ware, 45, a foreman for a timber merchant, born in Battersea, and Edith Annie Ware, 39, from Chelsea, and elder sister Edith Annie Ware, 17, a "lady clerk" at a coal office. The family had eight rooms. WIlliam Henry Ware has written "householder" proudly in the space for "Number of rooms in this dwelling." |
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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 |
William George Ware |