WW1 WAR MEMORIAL - WEST GREEN VICTIMS PROFILES - NAMES TAKEN FROM MEMORIAL NAMES |
THOMAS HENRY ( HARRY) BEDFORD |
DIED: 9thth October 1917 age 34 ADDRESS: 431 Seven Sisters Road OCCUPATION
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Thomas Henry (Harry)
Bedford was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Bedford (Who was also known as Harry) and Sarah
Anne Bedford. The family of Harry Bedford Senior were living at 51 Belmont Ave, West
Green, Tottenham. Thomas Henry (HARRY) Bedford
Junior was one of 6 children but at the time of the 1911 census aged 27 years he was
married to Alice Maud Bedford and living at 431 Seven Sisters Road. Harry & Alice had
two children. Yet another Thomas Henry Bedford (Age 7) and Edward George Bedford (Age 5).
We are indebted to Alan Robinson for providing a photograph of his Great Uncle - Thomas Henry (HARRY) Bedford |
FREDERICK F.W BINDOFF |
DIED: 31st July 1917 age 48 ADDRESS: 1 Terront Road, West Green OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Manager of Public House |
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At the time of the
1911 census Frederick was a widower and boarding at number 1 Terront Road along with a
further 3 boarders. His place of birth was given as Kingston, Surrey. One can only speculate but, assuming he lived close to his place of work, it was likely he could have been the publican at The BlackBoy Inn- The Fox or perhaps the Original Dagmar in Cornwall Road.
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CHARLES HERBERT BUNTING |
DIED: 23rd November 1917 age 19 ADDRESS: 39 Culross Road, West Green OCCUPATION
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Charles was the son
of David and Emily Bunting of West Green.
At this time Charles was a schoolboy aged just 12 years. Prior to that in the 1901 Census the family had lived in
Campsbourne Road Hornsey. The family name had originated from Debden in Essex. |
FRANK ARTHUR CHESHIRE |
DIED: 27th November 1917
age 19 ADDRESS: 24 Netherton Road, S Tottenham OCCUPATION
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Frank was the son of
Marcus and Sarah Jane Cheshire of South Tottenham. At the time of the 1911Census his father, Marcus Cheshire, was employed as a Boot Repairer and the family were living at 12 East Crescent, Hermitage Road, Tottenham which also appears to have been his shop.
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GEORGE ERNEST CLARKE |
DIED: 21st August 1917 age 23 ADDRESS: 14 Bernard Road, South Tottenham OCCUPATION
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George was the son
of Ernest and Sarah Clarke and he was the second eldest of 4 children. At the time of the
1911 census the family were living at 10 Victoria Road, Broad Lane, Tottenham, His father Ernest Clarke was a goldblocker in the bookbinding business. George had an elder brother Alfred Clarke (Age 25), a sister Emily Clarke age 21 and a younger brother Charles Clarke age 19. It is not known if Alfred or Charles also served in WW1. |
CHARLES FAULTLESS |
DIED: 24th November 1917
age 21 ADDRESS: 8 Hartington Terrace, West Green OCCUPATION
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Charles was the son
of Henry and Eliza Faultless of West Green. Their address at 8 Hartington Terrace was a
local area of West Green known as Spratts Row. This was located quite close to Robins
Mission and as such would have been within just a stones throw of the memorial. At the time of the 1911Census his father, Henry Faultless, was employed as a Carman and Labourer. There had been 8 children born to the family but 3 had died in infancy. This large family lived in just 3 rooms. At this time Charles was employed as a Milk-Boy and was aged just 14 years. In 1911 he also had an elder sister, W Grace Faultless and younger siblings named Elizabeth (13) Henry (9) and Mary (3). |
JOHN ALBERT WILLIAM FROST |
DIED: 16th August 1916 age 21 ADDRESS: 136 Roslyn Road, West Green OCCUPATION
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John Albert W Frost
was the son of James and Mary Ann Frost and at the 1911 Census the family were living at
29 Richmond Road, South Tottenham. His father James Frost was employed as a Labourer. He and his wife Mary Ann had 6 children born to their marriage. John was the oldest child
and was aged 15 years in 1911. He had 2 younger brothers Arthur (13) Edward (9) and 2
sisters Mary (6) and Violet (2). All of the children were born in Tottenham and
surprisingly the family lived in just 2 rooms in Richmond Road. |
WILLIAM KILLINGBACK |
DIED: 31st May 1916 age 17 HMS DEFENCE ADDRESS: 15 Lawrence Road, West Green OCCUPATION
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William Henry
Killingback was the son of James and Mary Jane Killingback and at the 1911 Census the
family were living at 15 Lawrence Road. The CWGC Citation spells the name as Killingbeck
but in all other records its spelt as Killingback. His father James Killingback was employed as a Council Carman. He and his wife Mary Jane had 8 children born to their marriage but 4 had died in infancy. William had an elder brother named Joseph Killingback who was aged 17 years in 1911 and most probably also served during the war. He also had a sister Rose Margaret (9) and brother George Albert (3) in 1911. The family of 6 had lived in just 3 rooms in Lawrence Road |
GEORGE LOVEDAY |
DIED: 20th May 1918
age 35 ADDRESS: 39 Cornwall Road, West Green OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Builders Labourer |
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George was married
to Lucy Rose Loveday and they had 5 children born to their marriage but 2 had died in
infancy.
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DONALD McCASKILL |
DIED: 20th Sept 1917 age 20 ADDRESS: 34 Clonmell Road, Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Builders Labourer |
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Donald was the son
of William and Alice McCaskill of 34 Clonmell Road, Philip lane, Tottenham. We could find no record for the family in the 1911 Census but did discover the family living in Islington in 1901. William McCaskill was employed as a postman and had been born in Southorpe, Norfolk while His wife Alice was born in Islington. Donald was aged just 3 years in 1901. |
JACK H WARD |
DIED: 5th November, 1918 age 27 ADDRESS: 70 Scales Road (1911) OCCUPATION (Pre-War): Boot Operative (Heeler) Boot Manufacturers |
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Jack H Ward was the
son of James W Ward and E.E Ward. He was one of 8 children born to their marriage. Four
Sons and Four Daughters. (No Christian names on Census). At the 1911 Census the family were living at 70 Scales Road Tottenham. Four members of the family were all working for the same company which we suspect must have been Flateau at Tottenham Hale. Jack had been born in Clerkenwell. From their ages in 1911 it would seem unlikely that his 3 younger brothers would have served in WW1. Jack Ward was posthumously awarded the Military Medal for his bravery in the field of action: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as stretcher-bearer. He repeatedly faced heavy fire to rescue wounded men, bringing in no less than twelve, one of whom was shot dead in his arms. His gallant conduct was the talk of all who witnessed it We suspect that Jack was a local hero in Tottenham following
the award of his DCM and Military Medal. We have discoverd a few references to his bravery
in old editions of the Tottenham Herald.
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THE BETHELL FAMILY - STANLEY ROAD |
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ARTHUR RAYMOND BETHELL DIED ST ALBANS QTR 2 1918 - AGE 30 WE SUSPECT THAT ARTHUR RETURNED HOME INJURED FROM THE WAR AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. |
Charles S Bethell :
Died 29th October 1914 age 29 Ernest Montague Bethell: Died 31st May 1916 Aged 26 (HMS DEFENCE) Herbert Edward Bethell: Died 27th June 1918 Age 30 Arthur Raymond Bethell Died Q2 1918 St Albans Herts
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Perhaps one of the saddest discoveries from the list of names on the
memorial. They were 4 of the sons of Henry Bethell and Helen Mary Bethell of 57 Stanley
Road, West Green Tottenham. We cannot find any citation from the CWGC for Arthur Bethell. At the time of the 1911 Census the family were living at 56a Abbotsford Avenue, West Green. Their mother, Helen Mary Bethell, was shown as a widow and there appeared to have been 5 possibly 6 sons born to her marriage with her late husband Henry Bethell. Ernest was a Greengrocers Assistant aged 21 years- Herbert was a Carmen for a laundry aged 21 years and Arthur was a Builders labourer aged 23. We have discovered that in 1911 Charles Slingsby Bethell age 24 was serving as a Private in the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders possibly with his regiment in India. 10 Years earlier in 1901 the Bethell family were living in Roslyn Road, Tottenham On his certificate, at the time of his death, Herbert was married to Martha Pollard Bethell at 12 Albert Road, South Tottenham. It was interesting to note that Ernest Bethell had died aboard HMS DEFENCE in May 1916 as was William Killingback from Tottenham whose details are shown in an earlier listing. It is not known for certain if the remaining brothers, Percy Bethell, served in WW1! We have found an Arthur Bethell from St Anns Road who signed up in 1915 and a Death of an Arthur Bethell in St Albans in Q2 1918. It is possible he returned home from the war injured but died close to his place of birth in Kings Langley Herts. There is also an A.R Bethell on the West Green Memorial which would suggest it was actually four of the brothers who died. |
THE HENLEY FAMILY - ABBOTSFORD AVENUE |
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Albert HENLEY: Died 13th
May 1915 - Age 28 (HMS GOLIATH) Frank HENLEY: Died 22nd Sept 1914 - Age 29 (HMS CRESSY) George HENLEY: Died 1st Nov 1914 - Age 32 (HMS GOOD HOPE)
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This is an example of yet another family tragedy that befell the
HENLEY family from Abbotsford Avenue. They were 3 of the sons of George Henley and the
late Charlotte Henley of 41 Abbotsford Avenue. All three sons had been born in Barnsbury,
Islington before moving to Tottenham but were lost to their parents in a period just short
of 8 months in WW1 We first found the HENLEY family in the 1901 CENSUS living at 26 Minster Road, St Anns. We had some difficulty in locating the family in the 1911 CENSUS but eventualy found them living at Leopold Terrace, Blackboy Lane, although not all of the sons were resident at this time. (Due to a transcription error the family had been recorded as HENBY in the 1911 Census).
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THOMAS PEARCE |
DIED: 31st March 1917 age
35 ADDRESS: 48 Avondale Road, West Green, Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Milk Carrier |
Private 11353, 8th
Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment. Killed in action Saturday 31st March, 1917. Thomas was born in Finsbury Park but spent much of his early years in the village of Pirton near Hitchin where his family originated. His family moved back to Holloway in c 1882. By 1901 Thomas was married To Margaret Ellen and had 3 children. In the 1911 Census we find Thomas (age 28) and Margaret Ellen
(age 27) living at 220 Langham Road, Tottenham along with his three children,
Thomas, David and Alfred. We are indebted to Neil Pearce for providing this information about his Great Uncle - Thomas Pearce. |
GEORGE SELLIER |
DIED: 18th July 1915 age 44 ADDRESS: 34 Brunswick Road, West Green Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Porter-Cabinet Factory |
George Lincoln Sellier was born in Kensington London c 1870 George was a merchant seaman serving aboard S.S Batoum. George joined the merchant navy on 3rd September 1914 and his duty was a fireman. His death registration says he was killed by an enemy submarine off Southwold Suffolk and apparently he was the only victim. One of the first in WW1 to be killed by torpedo action. George is also remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and the
Felixstowe Memorial in Suffolk. At the 1911 Census George was living at 34 Brunswick Road along with wife Agnes and four young sons- George - Donald John & Robert. His occupation was a porter at a Cabinet Factory and given his location this was likely to be Harris Lebus at Tottenham Hale. |
ALBERT STANLEY DANIELS |
DIED: 28th March 1918 age 23 ADDRESS: 10 Summerhill Road, West Green Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911-Bricklayer |
Son of John and
Elizabeth Daniels, of "Alberta", Elm Rd., Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Clearly the
family had moved to Essex after the war but they had formerly Lived at 10 Summerhill Road
Tottenham (1911 Census). Albert had been born in Tottenham in 1895 and was one of five children Albert Daniels was one of several men who had lived in Summerhill Road and had died in WW1 although they were not all named on the West Green Memorial
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FREDERICK GEORGE STANLEY NOAH |
DIED: 21ST
September 1918 age 36 ADDRESS: 99 St Ann's Road, South Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Pianoforte maker |
Frederick George
Stanley Noah was born in Camden in 1882. The eldest of five brothers, his Father Frederick
worked on the railways as a Station Porter as had his father before him. He was the husband of Alice Florence Noah and the father of three children In 1901, at the age of 18, FGS volunteered to fight in Boer (2nd) War, and fought with The Middlesex Regiment. On his return he began work as a Pianoforte maker as there were many in and around Camden during this time. At the outbreak of WWI ten years later. FGS enlisted again, now aged 32 on the 22nd September 1914, a month or so after Britain had declared war on Germany On Saturday the 21st of September 1918, FGS was killed near Essling Alley approximately 1km south of Maissemy during the lead up to the 100 day offensive, the major assault on the formidable Hindenberg line. The beginning of Essling Alley trench can still be seen winding eastward from the Rue de la Croix Saint Claude. According to 100 du Vignys Roll of Honour (p. 133) he was killed instantly by an exploding shell on the 20.09.18 and was buried where he fell. This information has been provided by his Grandson Andrew Noah who also informs me that three of Frederick's brothers also died in WW1 - Henry Lionel Noah (age 31) 20.11.1916 - Joseph Noah (age 24) 20.11.1917 and Percy Edward Noah (age 20) 10.01 1920 at Edmonton Military Hospital.These men were not commemorated on the West Green Memorial
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SYDNEY ELPHICK SANDERS |
DIED:
30th NOVEMBER 1917 AGE 27 ADDRESS: 159 PHILIP LANE, WEST GREEN, TOTTENHAM OCCUPATION: CLERK ASSAYISTS OFFICE (1911 CENSUS) |
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Sydney was the second eldest of 3 sons and was born in Tottenham,
London on January 23rd 1890. He lived with his parents at 159, Philip Lane, West Green.
Tottenham. He
enlisted in Camberwell on 2nd September 1914 with (T.F.) 2/21st Battn. Co. of London
Regiment. He was killed in action during a German counter attack at Lateau Wood to the
South of Cambrai on 30 November 1917, whilst serving as Second Lieutenant with the 6th
Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). We
are indebted to his Great Nephew,
Ian Sanders,
who has provided us with this information. Furthermore Ian has sent to us a copy of the
Telegram that was delivered to his parents upon his death. Perhaps more moving is the
following extract from his will that was written in the trenches In
the event of my death I leave all moneys from every source to my beloved Ella Winifred Miles. 215
Mount Pleasant Road, Tottenham, London N. I
take this opportunity of thanking her from the depths of my heart for all her splendid
British loyalty to me during the whole of my grand acquaintance with her
&
especially her devotion during the past
3
½ years She has been everything to me. I thank
also from my innermost soul Ma Pa & all my family for their great & many
kindnesses both before and during the War. I have wanted for nothing & everybody has
taken care of me very well. S. Ian
has kindly provided a wonderful photograph taken of Ella Miles sitting in the sidecar of
Sydney Sanders motorcycle during their courtship. |
TELEGRAM
INFORMING OF HIS DEATH![]() |
PHOTOGRAPH OF ELLA WINIFRED
MILES![]() |
CHARLES EDWARD GERRIE |
DIED: 17th
August 1917
age 29 ADDRESS: 6 Handsworth Road, South Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): Assistant in Hosiery Wholesalers
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Son of Hugh Reid
Gerrie and Alice Gerrie of 6 Morrison Avenue, Tottenham and later of Manor Park, London.
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ELLIS SIBLEY GILL |
DIED: 13th
November 1916 age 24 ADDRESS: 21 Grove Park Road, South Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Cabinet Maker |
Son of Henry George
Gill and Mary Ann Gill of 21 Grove Park Road, Tottenham. Ellis was born at 41 Westerfield Road, Tottenham 28th March, 1892 He was one of fours sons Henry Charles Gill, Bertie James Gill and Leonard Vivian Gill. Educated at Seven Sisters School. His occupation at the 1911 Census was given as a Cabinet maker. Joined the Royal Engineers in July 1914. Served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders and was killed in action 13th November 1916. Second Lieut Percy Miller wrote: We have lost one of our finest boys. He was always willing and most reliable; he was a great favourite with all the N.C.O.s and men. He was brave to the last. We are all very sad that we shall not have the company and asistance of your son; he was such a fine fellow that we could ill afford to lose him; he was such a fine example to the other men According to his family Ellis was killed by a sniper, when out in no-man's land, mending the wire. The family story says that his body could not be recovered for a day or so.
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BERTIE JAMES GILL (BROTHER OF E.S GILL -SURVIVED WW1) |
BORN 18th
October 1887 ADDRESS: 21 Grove Park Road, South Tottenham OCCUPATION (Pre-War): 1911 Draughtman for Land Registry. |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS SAPPER 91804 BERTIE JAMES GILL -SURVIVED WW1 WE PUBLISH LEFT A COPY OF HIS WW1 MEMORIES THAT WERE FIRST PUBLISHED BY THE 'STAND TO' MAGAZINE OF THE 'WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION' IN 1980. Bertie James Gill was born 18th October 1897 at 41
Westerfield Road Tottenham. Before Joining the Army in 1915 he worked as a Draughtsman for
the Land Registry. He could not return there after the war, and in 1922 he joined the
Signal Engineers Department of London Transport, where he became a respected Supervisor
until he retired in 1962.
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Updated November 2014 -
Thomas Pearce and George Sellier Updated August 2016 - Albert Daniels -Frederick Noah and the HENLEY Brothers Updated August 2016 - Sydney Elphick Sanders Updated November 2017 - Ellis Sibley Gill - Charles Edward Gerrie and the memories of Bertie James Gill who survived the Great War. |