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VICTORIA
& ALBERT MUSEUM MEMORIAL
World
War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled & Copyright © Martin Edwards 2017
As
you enter the Victoria & Albert Museum from the Vromwell Road entrance,
directly to your right is inset a memorial dedicated to those from the
mueum who died in The First World War.
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Photographs
Copyright © Martin Edwards 2017
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VICTORIA
& ALBERT
MUSEUM
IN HONOUR FO THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FIR THEIR COUNTRY
SERVING THE KING
BY LAND AND SEA
IN THE GREAT WAR
MCMXIV - MCMXVIII
1914-1918
| ADAMS |
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| ARNOTT |
Hugh
Fowler |
Gunner
276030, 112th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action Friday 10 October 1917. Aged 35. Born Brompton, Middlesex,
enlisted Battersea, Surrey. Son of the late Hugh Irving Arnott.
In the 1911 census he was a boarder, aged 29, born Chelsea, unmarried,
a Packer, resident at 57 Rosebury Road, Fulham S.W., London &
Middlesex. Buried in SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Plot I. Row C. Grave 14. |
| BIGGS |
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| BUNTING |
Alfred
Arthur |
Rifleman
320939, 1st/6th (City of London) Battalion (City of London Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 14 July 1917. Aged 36.
Enlisted London, resident Clapham Common. Husband of Elizabeth H.
Bunting, of 97, Stormont Rd., Clapham Common, London. In the 1911
census he was aged 30, married to Elizabeth, a Cabinet Maker, born
Battersea, resident at 162 Latchmere Road, Lavender Hill S.W., Battersea,
London & Surrey. Buried in OAK DUMP CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Row I. Grave 2. |
| CALLENDER |
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| CLARK |
A |
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| FERGUSSON |
J |
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| IVES |
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| LAWES |
J
J |
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| McLEAN |
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| QUICKENDEN |
William
Frederick |
Serjeant
591638, 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles),
London Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 23 March 1918. Aged 22.
Born North Kensington, resident West Kensington, enlisted Chelsea.
Son of Mr. R. and Mrs. A. A. Quickenden, of 50, Archel Rd., West
Kensington, London. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Kensington,
a Messenger, resident with bhis parents, Reuben and Ada Quickenden,
at 50 Archel, Fulham S.W., London & Middlesex. Buried in ASSEVILLERS
NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot X. Row D. Grave 6. |
| SIORDET,
MC |
Gerald
Caldwell |
Second
Lieutenant (Temporary), 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Killed in action Friday 9 February 1917. Born
Le Havre, France. Educated Balliol College, Oxford University;
Matriculated 1904. Enlisted September 1914; served in the ranks
before commissioned. Awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) in Mesopotamia
22 September 1916. No known grave. Commemorated on BASRA MEMORIAL,
Iraq, Panel 41.
Extract
from Balliol College Oxford Register 1914:
Siordet,
Gerald Caldwell: b June 13, 1885; s. of G. C. Siordet,
of Clifton. Educ. Clifton (Sch.); Balliol 1904-6 and 1908-9 (A.W.P.C.,
R.J.E.T.); 3rd Cl. Mods. 1906, Union and Brakenbury Socs. Draper
1909-10 ; with the Medici Soc., 7 Grafton Street, London; W.,
1910-. Address : 5 Portsea Place, Connaught Square, London, W.
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| STRATFORD |
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| TOOMEY |
William
Thomas |
Corporal
5495, 2nd Battalion, Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal
Canadians). Killed in action Saturday 26 January 1918. Aged 31.
Born Poplar, London, enlisted and resident London. Son of James
and Janet Francis Toomey, of London; husband of Elizabeth Florence
Toomey, of 85, Guinness Buildings, Lever St., City Rd. London. In
the 1911 census he was aged 24, married to Elizabeth Florence, aged
24, a 2nd Class Attendant, resident 23 Florence Street, Islington
N, London & Middlesex. Buried in HARGICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY,
Aisne, France. Plot I. Row I. Grave 8. |
| WYER |
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Last
updated
11 November, 2017
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