Private William Leslie Gilbert was killed On This Day 30th September 1915. A resident of 31 Criffel Ave

William was the eldest of seven children, four of whom were boys, of a civil engineer, also named William Gilbert, and his wife, Louise; he was the only son to attend Dulwich. After spending just over three years at the College he subsequently began to work as, at first, a draughtsman, before qualifying as an engineer, and then taking up a role at the British Thomson-Houston works at Rugby.

Shortly after war broke out, in September 1914, William signed up as a member of the 23rd Battalion of the London Regiment, going overseas with them in March the following year.
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He was involved in the capture of German trenches at Givenchy that June, and had subsequently become one of the Brigade’s grenadiers when, on September 30th 1915, he was killed by German shell fire whilst serving near Loos.
(Dulwich College)

Rita Lupino was born On This Day September 30, 1921 - 100 years ago. The Lupino family were residents of 152 Leigham Court Road
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She was an actress and sister to Hollywood actress and dircetor Ida Lupino, known for One Step Beyond (1959), Not Wanted (1949) and Outrage (1950). She was married to Enrique Valadez.
She died on December 10, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California

On This Day 29th September 1990 Dennis Dring died
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Dennis William Dring, RA a portrait painter who lived at 33 Kingscourt Roadk 

On This Day 28 September 1938 this appeared in The Bystander

The Vic-Wells ballet season opened at Streatham Hill Theatre
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Image © Illustrated London News Group. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.

On This Day 28 September 1904 Ernest Howard Shepard married Florence Eleanor Chaplin at St Andrew's Streatham

Ernest Howard Shepard was an English artist and book illustrator. He is known especially for illustrations of the anthropomorphic animal and soft toy characters in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh.

Edith Mary Copley (1892-1993) was born On This Day 27th September 1892.

She was a servant with her sister Elizabeth Rose Copley at the "Burnage", Streatham Common.
The "Burnage" was occupied by the Cave-Brown-Cave family. Edith was a VAD Red Cross Auxillary Nurse and Cook during WW1.
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The Copley family lived at 41 Wellfield Road in Streatham.

On This Day 27 September 1871 James Hill died. He lived at "The Rookery"

James Hill a tobacco Manufacturer, his wife Jane, a daughter and 7 domestic staff. The Census records a Butler, Cook, Lady's maid, 2 housemaids, a Nurse and a footman. (Source Census 1851)
Robert and James Hill operated as Tobacco Manufactures from premises in Shoreditch. The Image below is of the Spinet brand of cigarettes which he owned
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After 6 years of widowhood Jane Adam Hill became the 4th wife of Sir Kingsmill Grove Key,

On This Day 26 September 1952 this appeared in the Norwood News

The farce "Wild Horses" at the Streatham Hill Theatre by Ben Travers

Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Robertson Hare - famous for All Gas and Gaiters starred with Ralph Lynn