William T. H. Challen : 91�Թ��, Aiming to capture all memorials in London

Person | Male Born 8/12/1911 Died 13/6/1917

William T. H. Challen

War dead non-military, WW1 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW1. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Died aged five years. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this little boy. William Thomas Henry Challen was born on 8 December 1911 in Poplar, the son of William Samuel Challen and Jessie Challen, née Gould. His father was a Dock Labourer. On 21 February 1912 he was baptised in the name of William Thomas Harry Challen at St Stephen's Church, Tredegar Road, Bow and the family were living at 3 Parnell Road, Bow. They moved to 39 Pekin Street, Poplar and he was killed, aged 5 years, on 13 June 1917 when a bomb fell on Upper North Street School, Poplar, during a German aircraft raid, killing 18 children. He was buried on 20 June 1917 in a mass grave at the East London Cemetery and Crematorium, 260a Grange Road, Plaistow.