Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter Y. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one … 
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Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter W. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter V. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter T. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter S. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter R. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter P. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter O. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter N. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter M. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter L. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter K. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter J. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter I. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter H. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter G. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter F. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter E. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter D. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter C. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter B. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in one …
Men from Whitchurch and the surrounding area who served in the Great War whose surnames begin with the letter A. Some died in action; the majority returned to resume civilian life. We have sought to record their lives in …
Personal Details Born: 26 August 1896 in Altrincham, Cheshire. Family: He was the second of six children born to James Cresswell Pidduck, a cattle food agent and paper merchant, and his wife Polly. He married Elsie M Eaton in 1921 …
Personal Details Born: 16 July 1899 in Iscoyd, Flintshire, Wales and baptised 12 August 1899 in Hanmer parish church. Family: He was the son of Albert John Eaton, a plumber, and his wife Mary. He married Norah Glancey on 12 …
Personal Details Born: 3 May 1890 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 21 May 1890 at St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the third of six children born to Charles Fowles, a tanner, and his wife Susannah. He married …
Personal Details Born: Quarter 3 1885 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised at St. Alkmund’s Parish Church on 4 October 1885. Family: He was the fourth child born to George Dulson, a paviour, and his wife Elizabeth. No marriage can be …
Report on the death of Charles Harding in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914 – 1919 “HARDING, CHARLES, Private, No. 6391, 1st Battn. Scots Guards; b. Adderley, co. Salop; enlisted 8 Jan. 1906; served with the Expeditionary Force; killed in …
Report on the death of Douglas Kirk Wolley Dod in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914 – 1919 “WOLLEY-DOD, DOUGLAS KIRK, Lieut., 12th (Service) Battn. The King’s (Liverpool Regt.), yst. s. of Francis Wolley-Dod of Edge Hall, Malpas, Cheshire, late …
Report on the death of Jack Hainsworth Maxwell Newall in Naval Forces Roll of Honour “NEWALL, JACK HAINSWORTH MAXWELL, Sub.-Lieut. Drake Battn. Royal Naval Division, R. N. V. R., only s. of the late William Newall Maxwell Newall, of Liverpool, …
Report on the death of Philip Charles Owen in De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914 – 1919 “OWEN, PHILIP CHARLES, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry), s. of the Rev. Loftus Meade Owen, Rector of Stockton, …
CRICHTON, HENRY WILLIAM, Viscount, M.V.O., D.S.O., Major and Brevet Lieut.-Col., Royal Horse Guards; Extra Equerry to His Majesty the King etc. eldest son of John Henry, 4th Earl Erne, K.P., P.C., by his wife, Lady Florence Mary (21, Knightsbridge, S.W.), …
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“Lance Corporal John William Field, 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders is recommended for Gallant and Distinguished Service in the field.” Despatch from Field Marshall Sir John French Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) France 1914
County branches of the Red Cross had their own groups of male and female volunteers called Voluntary Aid Detachments. At the beginning of WW1 the V.A.Ds carried out a range of voluntary positions including nursing, transport duties, working …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 16th November 1918 relating to the death of Frank Viggor “The sad news that Mr F Viggor, late of Messrs Tupling & Viggor Ironmongers of Whitchurch, has been killed in action in France was received …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 14th April 1917 regarding the death of William Gordon Welch “William Gordon Welch, Sapper, Royal Engineers, Signal Company, he enlisted in 1915, and was engaged for some months in the Salonika front. Being taken ill …
Wilfred was killed during a raid on enemy trenches in positions near Ploegsteert Wood near Ypres. The objective was to capture or kill the crews of three Minnenwerfers (trench mortars). The battalion war diary states: “1916 December 20th Wed. Holding …
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) …