Using data from census records, war graves and war memorials we can begin to discover the names of those from the historic boroughs of Finsbury and Islington who died at Gallipoli.
In October we remember the death of:
Finsbury Rifles
01/10/1915
Lance Corporal William George Kearns
5 Brewery Rd., Caledonian Rd
Aged 20
Rifleman William Bernard Savage
Son of William and Mary Savage, of 58 Margery Park Rd., Forest Gate, London
Aged 18
04/10/1915
Rifleman B. Eggleton
08/10/1915
Lance Corporal F.F. Lester
Son of T.J. Lester, of 38 Devonshire Avenue, Southsea, Portsmouth
Aged 26
31/10/1915
Rifleman H.J. Hunt
Other Regiments
03/10/1915
Private Frederick James Smith
Royal Fusiliers – 2nd Battalion
06/10/1915
Lance Serjeant Thomas Adams
Essex Regiment – 7th Battalion
12 Gaywood Road, Walthamstow, London
11/10/1915
Private Joseph Frederick Warwick
Gloucestershire Regiment – 7th (Service) Battalion
17/10/1915
Sapper Henry William Graham
Corps of Royal Engineers – 68th Field Company
18/10/1915
Private John Rogers
Lancashire Fusiliers – 1st Battalion
83 Bingfield Street, Caledonian Road, London
21/10/1915
Private Henry Thomas Lea
London Regiment – 2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)
34 Giplin Grove, Upper Edmonton, London
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