The memorial is inside Coton Methodist Chapel, Shropshire. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped that the people of Whitchurch, Shropshire and beyond will get … 
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Born in Manchester, Lancashire in 1897 (baptised 26 December 1897), the only son of William and Mary Roberts of 3 Brades Lane, Prees, Shropshire. William is also commemorated on the Edstaston memorial. Regiment : 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion …
Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1895, the eldest son of Thomas Beckett and the late Sarah Ann Beckett of 62 Coton Wood, Nr Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Percy assisting in his father’s market garden business. Percy is also …
William Henry Lea, born in Edstaston, Shropshire in 1893, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Lea of Lower House Farm, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a farm worker. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment; formerly …
Wilfred Henry Bradshaw, born in Moss Side, Manchester on 26 January 1893, the eldest son of Henry and Annie Bradshaw of 60 Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeamonry) Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry; formerly T4/040229 R.A.S.C. …
John Thomas Walters was born in Coton, Whixall, Shropshire in 1891, the only son of John and Elizabeth Walters of Hayes Farm, Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : B Company 9th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : …