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Category Archives: Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

John Evans

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Personal Details Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1889, the second of nine children born to John and Mary Evans of 9 Post Office Lane, Whixall. John married Sarah A Foster in 1915 in Whixall; no children can be traced for …

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Tags: Evans, Memorials, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Whixall Memorial, Whixall Methodist Chapel Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Alfred Edwards

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Personal Details Born in 1883 in Tilstock, Shropshire, the second of seven children born to Alfred and Esther Edwards. He married Mary Ann in 1908 and together they had one child, Wilfred Thomas. In 1891 he was living in Tilstock …

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Tags: Edwards, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall Methodist Chapel Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

  The memorial was on the outside wall of the United Reformed Church, Whixall. The church has been sold for conversion into a private dwelling; the memorial has been removed and is now free-standing in the adjacent graveyard. This is …

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Tags: Bradshaw, Eddies, Edgerton, Edwards, Evans, Ikin, Jones, Lea, Thomas, Walker, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Frederick Thomas

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Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales in 1891, the fifth son of Mary Clarke (previously Thomas) of Pentrecoed, Ellesmere, Shropshire. The 1911 census shows Frederick as a joiner. We have been unable to find the link to Whixall; it is possible …

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Tags: Memorials, Staffordshire Yeomanry, Thomas, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Henry Jones

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Born in Edstaston, Shropshire in 1887, the third son of Emily Jones and the late Thomas Jones of Lindford, Weston-under-Redcastle, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Henry working on the family farm and living at Brook House, Brook Farm, Coton, …

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Tags: Jones, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Alfred Eddies

Born in Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 7 November 1891 (baptised 20 December 1891), the eldest son of Samuel and the late Alice Eddies of Welsh End, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Husband of Annie Eddies (nee Studley) (married in 1916) of Higher …

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Tags: Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), Eddies, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

James Edgerton

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Born in Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 11 June 1890, the second son of Benjamin and Jane Edgerton of Platt Lane, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Husband to Nellie L Edgerton (nee Buck) (married in 1913) and father of Winifred A. The 1911 …

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Tags: Edgerton, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

William Lea

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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 …

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Tags: Belgian Croix de Guerre, Cheshire Regiment, Coton Memorial, Lea, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Wilfred Bradshaw

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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. …

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Tags: Bradshaw, Coton Memorial, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Herbert Ikin

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Herbert William Ikin, born in Whixall, Shropshire on 11 April 1890, the eldest son of William and Elizabeth Ikin of Stanley House, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Herbert as a market gardener. Regiment : 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire …

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Tags: Ikin, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Memorials, Whixall Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

Ernest Walker

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Ernest Overton Walker, born in Bronington, Flintshire, Wales on 13 October 1895, the only son of Ernest and Ellen Walker of Brook Farm, Ossage Lane, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Ernest working on his father’s farm. Regiment : …

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Tags: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Memorials, Sadler, Whixall Memorial, Whixall Methodist Chapel Memorial, Whixall St Mary's Church Memorial, Whixall United Reformed Church Memorial

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