The memorial is outside St Mary and Michael’s Church, Burleydam. The grave of the Adamson family is in the churchyard at the eastern end of the church. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website … 
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Born in Aston, Staffordshire in 1887. Husband to Edith Clewes (nee Edgerton) of Middle Morrey Cottage, Shavington, Market Drayton, Shropshire and father to Gladys Mary, Elsie, Frances Edna, Phyllis H M and Edith A Frank was a farm labourer before …
Born in Newhall, Nantwich, Cheshire on 5 February 1884, the second son of Thomas Allen and Sarah Hannah Hancock of Combermere Cottage, Old Woodhouse, Broughall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Harry was husband to Mary Ellen Hancock (they married 7 September 1916), living …
Born in Portmadoc, Carnarvon, Wales in 1882, the second son of Edward and Jane Severn of Combermere Abbey, Burleydam, Cheshire. Ernest was a gardener prior to enlisting. Regiment : 143rd Company Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Rank : Private Service Number …
Born in Wilkesley, Cheshire in 1881 (baptised 20 September 1881), the second son of George and Elizabeth Parker of Ivy House, Wilkesley, Cheshire. Regiment : 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 26415 Killed in action; Belgium …
Francis Edward Reece (known as Edward) born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1898, the second son of the late Mr John Francis and the late Mrs Elizabeth Reece of Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. It has proved difficult to trace Edward or …
Henry Bardell Adamson, born in Foleshill, Warwickshire on 14 December 1881, the eldest son of the Rev James Bardell Adamson and the late Sarah Sibyl Adamson of 4 Claremont Buildings, Shrewsbury. The Rev Bardell was vicar of Burleydam, Cheshire between …
Born in Stapeley, Cheshire in 1890, the fourth son of the late Samuel Dutton and Elizabeth Dutton of Burleydam, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Frederick as a bank clerk. Regiment : 12th Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment, formerly …
Known as William, born in Adderley, Market Drayton, Shropshire in 1884, the eldest son of George and Harriet Hulse of The Old Workhouse, Burleydam, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a bricklayer’s labourer. Regiment : 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire …
Viscount Henry Willam Crichton, born in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, Ireland on 30 September 1872, the son of John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl of Erne and Florence Mary Crichton, Viscountess of Crom Castle, Ireland. Husband of Mary Cavendish, Viscountess Crichton (married 1903) …
Lord Hugh William Grosvenor born in London in 1884, the eighth son of the late Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and the eldest son with his second wife Katherine, Duchess of Westminster. The family home was Eaton Hall, …