
GREENWICH
POSTMEN WAR MEMORIAL
World
War - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2013
The
Greenwich Postmen Memorial measures width 29 inches, height 18 inches
and is made of marble. It has been been relocated to Charlton &
Greenwich Letter Sorting Office, 25 Horn Lane, Greenwich, London. SE10
0DP. It lists those who served and survived and those who died. The
lists below start with those who died and then lists those who survived.
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Photograph
above copyright © Jim Marrett 2013
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SERVED
IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
1949 - 1919
R.I.P. |
HODGES |
George
William |
Corporal
738160, 1/24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's), London
Regiment. Died of wounds 3 January 1919. Aged 25. Enlisted London,
resident Walworth. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Hodges, of 87, Carter
St., Walworth, London. Formerly 2220, 1/9th Battalion, London Regiment.
In the 1911 census he is the son of Frederick and Eleanor Hodges,
aged 17, Telegraph Messenger, born Southwark, London, resident 108
Carter St, Walworth, London S.E. Buried in TERLINCTHUN BRITISH CEMETERY,
WIMILLE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot XII. Row E. Grave 29. |
PITTS |
Herbert
Ernest |
Gunner
L/38317, "B" Battery, 161st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Killed in action 6 November 1917. Aged 21. Enlisted Deptford, London
S.E,, resident Greenwich, London S.E. Son of Joseph and Amelia Pitts,
of 28, Glenister Rd., East Greenwich, London. In the 1911 census
he is living with his parents Joseph and Amelia Pitts, aged 15,
a Telegraph Messenger, born London S.E., resident 28 Glenister Road,
East Greenwich S.E. Buried in GWALIA CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot II. Row E. Grave 13. |
WALKLING |
James
Ernest |
Private
8926, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Died of wounds 17 July
1916. Born and resident Forest Hill, London, enlisted Woolwich,
London. Husband of Emily E. Walkling, of 53, Devonshire Rd., Forest
Hill, London. Born in the Lweisham Registration District, London
January to March Quarter 1887. In the 1901 census he is living with
his parents John and Lizzie Walkling, aged 14, born Forest Hill,
London, resident 9 Clude Place, Lewisham. In the 1911 census he
is a Private (Signaller), 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers,
born London, Kent, aged 23, single, serving at Robert's Heghts,
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Buried in LA NEUVILLE BRITISH
CEMETERY, CORBIE, Somme, France. Plot I. Row C. Grave 22. |
Those
who served |
AGGERSBERG |
W |
No
further information currently available |
BEARHAM |
M |
No
further information currently available |
BROADHURST |
A
E |
No
further information currently available |
BURR |
E
V |
No
further information currently available |
COLEBECK |
Alfred
Frederick |
Born
188 in East Greenwich, died 29 March 1929 at Chelsea Hospital. Son
of Charles Thomas and Caroline Mary (nee Burrbery) Colebeck |
CLARKE |
F
C |
No
further information currently available |
CARTER |
R
F |
No
further information currently available |
CHAPMAN |
J |
No
further information currently available |
DICORPO |
D |
No
further information currently available |
ERRINGTON |
J |
No
further information currently available |
ESSEX |
H
A |
No
further information currently available |
FALDO |
R
J |
No
further information currently available |
FITCH |
R
J |
No
further information currently available |
FARRIN |
W
J |
No
further information currently available |
FORD |
W
S |
No
further information currently available |
MELHUISH |
A
J |
No
further information currently available |
MILLER |
W
E |
No
further information currently available |
MILLISS |
W
E |
No
further information currently available |
PRITCHARD |
H
G |
No
further information currently available |
PAGE |
H |
Born
1885. Son of Robert and Mary Jane. |
ROOD |
G
M |
No
further information currently available |
SAUNDERS |
G
W |
No
further information currently available |
STAINES |
H
J |
No
further information currently available |
SEABY |
A
S H |
No
further information currently available |
STONEHAM |
G
F |
No
further information currently available |
STANSBURY |
J |
No
further information currently available |
WATERS |
F
J |
No
further information currently available |
WHITE |
G
W |
No
further information currently available |
Last
updated
18 August, 2014
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