Rank
Private
Regiment
London Regiment
Date of death
10 August 1916
Age of death
22
Address
50 Henley Road
Ilford
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Address source
1916 Probate Record
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
United Kingdom
Photo source
War Memorial Gazette
Biography
John Stanley Corben was born in 1894. He was the son of George, a railway clerk, and Ethel Corben. John had at least two younger sisters, Edith and Ethel.
In 1911, John was working as a railway clerk, like his father. Between 1911 and 1916 John enlisted with the 23rd Battalion, the London Regiment.
He died on 10th August 1916, aged 22, at the King George’s Hospital in Surrey, though it is unknown whether this was illness or injury related. On John’s probate record his address was recorded as 50 Henley Road, Ilford.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com