The memorial plaque is inside St Michael’s Church, Marbury. There is also a commemoration in the lych gate. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped … 
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Born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire in 1887, the second son of John and Harriet Foster of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Alfred working on his father’s farm: The Homestead, Hollyhurst, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 14th Battalion Army Cyclist …
(Baptised as Alec, but the military records record him as Alick.) Born in Stanton-Upon-Hine-Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 26 June 1890, the second son of Samuel and Harriet Kerry of 1 Church Cottage, Stanton, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him as …
William George Purcell was born in Marbury, Cheshire in 1885 (baptised 2nd August 1885), the third son of Thomas and the late Hannah Purcell of Hollin lane, Marbury, Cheshire. Regiment : 52nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly Royal Welsh …
Percy Garner Ikin was born in Norbury, Cheshire in 1895 (baptised 6th October 1895), the only son of Alice Mary Cliff (nee Ikin) of Smithy Cottage, Marbury, Cheshire and grandson of William and Martha Ikin. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Prince …
Born in Gauntons Bank, Norbury, Cheshire in 1892 the fourth son of Thomas and Annie Maddocks. Husband of Sarah (nee Roberts) Maddocks of Mount Farm Cottage, Chester Road, Whitchurch, father of Esme and Annie. John was working as a farm …
Walter Edward Cliff was born in Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1890 (baptised 5 September 1890), the son of Mary Cliff of Holywell House, Faddiley, Nantwich, Cheshire and the grandson of Sarah Cliff and the late Thomas Cliff of Swanna …
George Hugo Durant was born in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland on 1st November 1876, the eldest son of the late James Hugo Durant and the late Catherine Durant. Husband of Mary Durant (nee Guest) of Marley Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. George and …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in 1894 and living in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, the fifth son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Free Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Thomas as an agricultural labourer. Thomas’s …
Born in Norbury, Marbury, Cheshire in July 1896, the third son of William and Grace Ann Hopley of The Bank, Norbury, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Alfred working on his father’s farm. His sister, Fanny Hopley, is also commemorated on …
Jack Hainsworth Maxwell Newall was born in Huyton, near Liverpool, Lancashire on 1st October 1895, the only son of Marian Perrin Knight Newall of Wharton Hall, Winsford, Cheshire and the late William Newall Maxwell Newall. Jack was educated at Charterhouse …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in 1889, the third son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Farm Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Joseph’s three brothers William, John and Thomas all lost their lives in the Great War.
Born in Marbury, Cheshire in 1893 (baptised 1 October 1893), the only son of George and Sarah Thomas of The Post Office, Marbury, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Clement as a rural postman. Regiment : 1st/6th Battalion The King’s …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in September or October 1887, the second son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Farm Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William was a labourer before enlisting in 1907. William’s three brothers Joseph, …
Herbert Wickstead Ethelston was born in Park Lane, London on 4th November 1881, the third son of the late Edmund Peel (formerly Ethelston) and the late Henrietta Margaret Peel of Bryn-y-Pys, Overton, Flintshire, Wales. Husband of Muriel Margaret Ethelston (nee …