Tag Archives: 1915

Oakwood Avenue

Road off north side of Lewis Road, near the Church Road end.

undated photo of Oakwood Avenue

1913 OS map

1913 OS map

World War 1 Connections
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:

Rifleman Robert Langridge

Private Herbert Percy Andrews

Private Alfred Joseph Tracey

From the Surrey Recruitment Registers:

W G BRUNTON of 10 Oakwood Avenue, aged 25 Years 1 Months, Labourer. Conscripted on 23 November 1915 to the Royal Fusiliers (5th Batn).

T GODDING of 56 Oakwood Avenue, aged 31 Years 11 Months, Assistant. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 10 December 1915 to the Suffolk Regiment (1st Batn).

C F GOSNEY of 5 Oakwood Avenue, aged 18 Years 1 Months, Labourer. Joined on 8 April 1915 to the East Surrey Regiment.

R H HALL of 29 Oakwood Avenue, aged 37 Years 3 Months, Bus Inspector. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 12 December 1915 to the Royal West Surrey Regiment (3rd Batn).

G W HILLING of 40 Oakwood Ave Mitcham, aged 37 Years 11 Months, Clerk. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 13 May 1916 to the Army Veterinary Corps.

F INSTANCE of 25 Oakwood Avenue, aged 19 Years 8 Months, Labourer. Volunteered on 21 August 1915 to the Middlesex Regiment.

J A MANSELL of 47 Oakwood Avenue, aged 37 Years 2 Months, Agent Asst. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 11 May 1916 to the Royal Flying Corps.

F C MANSER of 19 Oakwood Avenue, aged 40 Years 5 Months, Telephone Operator. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 11 December 1915 to the Yorkshire & Lancashire Regiment.

L W MARTIN of 38 Oakwood Avenue, aged 34 Years 11 Months, Clerk. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 10 December 1915 to the Essex Regiment (4th Batn).

E A MINNS of 49 Oakwood Avenue, aged 38 Years 9 Months, Manager. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 7 December 1915 to the Durham Light Infantry (5th Batn).

J ROAKE of 13 Oakwood Avenue, aged 19 Years, Wireman. Volunteered on 19 November 1915 to the Royal Horse Artillery.

H SHARMAN of 38 Oakwood Avenue, aged 29 Years 1 Months, Motor Driver. Conscripted on 7 May 1917 to the Army Service Corps (mt).

G A SIVIOUR of 12 Oakwood Avenue, aged 25 Years 10 Months, Secretary. Conscripted on 11 December 1916 to the Royal Horse & Field Artillery.

C SMITH of 15 Oakwood Avenue, aged 37 Years 11 Months, Metal Worker. Conscripted on 10 December 1915 to the 3rd Training Reserve Batn.

T S STRAGNELL of 41 Oakwood Avenue, aged 35 Years 9 Months, Tarcutter. Conscripted on 10 December 1915 to the 63rd Rifles (naval Division).

J TAYLOR of 52 Oakwood Avenue, aged 17 Years 8 Months, Clerk. Conscripted on 7 February 1917 to the Army Service Corps (ht).

A TEDDER of 9 Oakwood Avenue, aged 30 Years 7 Months, Manager. Conscripted on 8 December 1916 to the Royal West Kent Regiment (3rd Batn).

H THOMAS of 14 Oakwood Avenue, aged 26 Years 8 Months, Chauffeur. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 12 December 1915 to the Army Service Corps (mt).

T C THORNTON of 17 Oakwood Avenue, aged 22 Years, Roundsman. Conscripted on 19 October 1916 to the Norfolk Regiment (2/6th Batn).


Occupants from 1915 street directory

from Lewis Road

WEST SIDE

1, Miss Louis LASENBY, shopkeeper
1A, Mrs GILBERT
3, Mrs GILL
5, George GOSNEY, estate office
7, George REYNOLDS
9, Arthur TEDDER
11, Henry Edward FOSTER
13, John William ROAKE
15, Charles SMITH
17, Alfred FRANKLIN
19, Frederick MANSER
21, Frederick WILLIAMS
25, Henry William INSTANCE
27, Henry DREWETT
29, Ernest Alfred BOUFFLER
31, Thomas STEPHEN
33, Joseph H WOODMANSEE
35, William GIDDINGS
37, Albert EVERITT
39, Robert Henry HALL
41, Thomas STRUGNELL
43, William MUSTOE
45, Harry Walter BRENNAN
47, James MANSELL, assistant insurance supt
49, Ernest MINNS
51, James REED
53, Arthur FOLEY
55, Albert Henry HENSHAW
57, Charles Edward PEARCE
59, Robert NEWMAN

EAST SIDE SIDE

2, Harold THOMAS, confectioner
4, Augustus STANSFORD
6, Bernard M WILLIAMSON
8, Edward Thompson THOMPSON
10, Frederick BRUNTON
12, George Albert SIVIOUR
14, Harold THOMAS
16, John Thomas COOPER
18, Thomas LEGG
20, William STOKES
22, Thomas Henry DYER
24, Albert William SLEIGH
26, Walter NIGHTINGALE
28, Edward Samuel DANSON
30, Isaac Edward ASHLEY
32, James HUDSON
34, William John SLATER
36, William George TANNER
38, Francis Edward KING
40, George William HILLING
42, David HORAN
44, Charles PURNELL
46, Harry COLLINS
48, William George CARTER
50, John Edward BARNARD
52, Joseph TAYLOR
54, Ernest ROGERS
56, Thomas GODDINGS
58, C PAYNE
60, Arthur John THOMPSON
60A, Henry FURRIER


Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

Albert Road

Road north of Cold Blows and east of Whitford Gardens.

Postcard with the date 25/4/1920. Written on the reverse : “Mrs Clarks house, the third house on the left.”

Road sign for Albert Road at Cold Blows end. Photo taken 20th August 2022

1910 OS Map

1910 OS Map

1953 OS map

1953 OS map

Occupants in the 1911 street directory

10, Ernest JENNER
12, Ebenezer LEWIS
14, Ernest BIGSBY
16, Thomas Henry DYER
18, William George KING
20, Henry MACPHERSON
22, Mrs JONES
24, James CLEAL
26, Percy James HUNT
28, Alexander TAIT
30, Mrs BAND
32, Walter CLARK
34, Augustus IVE
38, Archibald MCLACHLAN

From the 1915 street directory:

from Elmwood Road

8, William Walter JENNER
10, Ernest JENNER
12, Henry BRICKNELL
16, Mrs TAYLOR
18, Thomas Bowen OWEN
20, Alec JENNINGS
22, Mrs AUSTIN
24, James CLEAL
26, George William LOVE
28, Percy James HUNT
30, Mrs BAND
32, Robert Thomas JONES
34, John HAMER
36, Thomas Walter JAMES
38, Archibald MACLACHLAN
40, Arthur BIGSBY
42, Charles William SANDERS
48, John PILLINGER
50, George Thomas NIGHTINGALE
52, Mrs NIGHTINGALE
54, William John LELLIOTT
56, Arthur BLOCK
58, Mrs LEACH
60, William ALLEN
62, Charles NUNN
64, Mrs T BAKER
66, George STEWARDSON
68, Leonard LAIT

… here is Cold Blows

WEST SIDE
57, Thomas James CLARKE
55, Albert Edward POTTER
53, Ernest BIGSBY
51, William Aubrey WOOLLEY
49, William JOWITT
47, John Alexander FINDLAY
45, Jack H HARROW
43, Roy DALE
41, Alfred John Thomas LAWSON


World War 1 Connections
Air Mechanic 1st Class William Andrew Hardy

Corporal James Henry Weight

From the Surrey Recruitment Registers:

A G BROOKER of 56 Albert Road, aged 29 Years, Grocer. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 9 December 1915 to the Royal Field Artillery.

J A FINDLAY of Glenask, Albert Road, aged 29 Years 1 Months, Cashier. Conscripted on 9 May 1916 to the London Regiment (15th Batn). John Alexander FINDLAY listed in the 1915 street directory at number 47.

A E JENNER of 10 Albert Road, aged 20 Years 1 Months, Gas Collector. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 23 February 1916 to the Royal Engineers.

W J JOWITT of 49 Albert Road, aged 38 Years, Sorter. Conscripted on 14 May 1917 to the Royal Horse & Field Artillery (4 Depot).

L W H LAIT of The Mews, Albert Road, aged 23 Years, Clerk. Volunteered with the Derby Scheme on 6 June 1916 to the Royal Garrison Artillery (no 1 Depot).

W J LELLIOTT of 54 Albert Road, aged 29 Years, Collector. Conscripted on 11 December 1916 to the Royal West Surrey Regiment (Labour Coy).

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.