This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Richard George Head)
(Head, R. G.)
Service no 9049
Private, Yorkshire Regiment, 6th Battalion
Killed in action aged 26 on 13 January 1917
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France and at St Mark's Church
Information from the 1911 census
Richard George Head was in the Army in 1911 - he is described as a private in the 1911 census. He was at home, at 71 Smith Street, with his family on the night of the census. His father, Richard Head, 55, was a labourer, born in Shropshire; his mother Alice Head, 46, was from Maidstone, Kent. Richard Head was one of at least five children:
Emily Alice Head, 27, a domestic servant, born in Maidstone
Elizabeth Jane Head, 19, made fancy workboxes, born in Newington
Rose Head, 16, sweet factory, born in Newington
Annie Head, 13, at school, born in Lambeth
George Head, 11, at school, born in Lambeth
William H. Bridge, 40 and single, a washer at a motor garage, born in Chelsea, lodged with the family.
Note
Kennington Oval residents of long-standing will remember the butcher's shop owned by the Head family on Clapham Road, a few yards down from St Mark's Church. I don't know if that family is related to the family of Richard George Head.