Killed in action on 16 May 1915, aged about 37
Lance Corporal, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 2nd Battalion
Service no. S/64 (previously 5008)
Remembered at Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Enlisted in Battersea, lived in Clapham
Information from the 1911 census
Benjamin Gilham, who was 33 in 1911, lived in three rooms at 20 Crosby Row, Bermondsey, south-east London with his wife, Amelia Mary Gilham (nee Craven), 31 and their three children. Benjamin was born in Clerkenwell, Amelia in Dulwich.
The children were
Benjamin George Gilham, 6, born at North Street, Clapham
Ivy Victoria Gilham 4, born at Robertson Street, Clapham
Constance Mary Gilham, 2, born at Heath Road, Clapham.
John West, a wood-chopper, lodged with the family.
Benjamin described himself on the census as an "army pensioner and carman". He worked for Pickfords.
British Army Service Records 1760-1913
Benjamin Gilham joined the Royal West Surrey Regiment on 22 January 1896.
He was 19 years and 3 months old
Gave his occupation as labourer
5 feet 4 3/8 inches tall; 119 pounds
Fresh complexion; grey eyes; brown hair
Scar on left eyebrow, and right elbow
Mole top of right thigh
2 front upper teeth missing
Served 12 years, discharged on 21 January 1908. Enlisted in Army Reserve.
Served in India.
Married Amelia Mary Craven at Emmanuel Church, Camberwell.
Three children.
Father: Benjamin Gilham, 22 Southwell Place, Long Lane, Bermondsey