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 place. If you have any further information about any of these men, please get in touch at the email address shown below.
Whitchurch Museum and Archives
You can search for a name in the table and view the details by clicking on ‘Further information’.
| Surname | Given Names | Survived or died | Further Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon | Ernest Leslie | Survived | View Details |
| Badrock | Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Bagley | William James | Died | View Details |
| Bailey | George Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Bailey | John Alfred | Died | View Details |
| Bailey | William Philip | Survived | View Details |
| Baker | Geoffrey | Died | View Details |
| Baker | William | Died | View Details |
| Bamber | Roy Marston | Survived | View Details |
| Bamforth | Henry Wycherley | Survived | View Details |
| Barber | Clive Richard | Died | View Details |
| Barlow | John | Died | View Details |
| Barlow | Randle | Survived | View Details |
| Barlow | Stanley | Survived | View Details |
| Barlow | Sydney | Died | View Details |
| Barlow | Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Barlow | William | Survived | Did not serve in WW1; discharged prior to the start of the war |
| Barlow | William Herbert Victor | Died | View Details |
| Barnett | John Dennis | Survived | View Details |
| Barrett | William Lodwicke | Died | View Details |
| Barron | Frank Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Barron | George Frederick | Survived | View Details |
| Basford | Frank | Survived | View Details |
| Basford | George | Survived | View Details |
| Bate | John Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Bate | George William | Died | View Details |
| Bateman | Frederick | Died | View Details |
| Batho | George | Died | View Details |
| Batho | Philip | Survived | View Details |
| Batho | Stephen | Survived | View Details |
| Batho | Thomas William | Survived | View Details |
| Baumken | Gordon William | Survived | View Details |
| Baxter | Frederick Arthur | Survived | View Details |
| Bayley | William | Died | View Details |
| Beard | Peter | Died | View Details |
| Bebbington | Charles | Died | View Details |
| Bebbington | Godfrey William | Survived | View Details |
| Bebbington | Herbert | Died | View Details |
| Bebbington | Joseph | Survived | View Details |
| Bebbington | Thomas Edward | Died | View Details |
| Bebbington | Walter Ernest | Survived | View Details |
| Beckett | George | Survived | Did not serve in WW1; discharged prior to the start of the war |
| Beckett | George | Survived | View Details |
| Beckett | Joseph | Survived | View Details |
| Beckett | Percy | Died | View Details |
| Beckett | William | Died | View Details |
| Beddoe | Ronald James Stewart | Survived | View Details |
| Beddow | William | Survived | View Details |
| Beddows | Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Beddows | Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Bedford | Cecil | Died | View Details |
| Beech | Edward | Survived | No further information available |
| Beech | Ernest Edgar | Survived | View Details |
| Beech | John Henry | Survived | View Details |
| Beech | Midgley James | Survived | View Details |
| Beech | Thomas Conway | Survived | View Details |
| Beeks | Hugh William | Survived | View Details |
| Beesley | Horace James | Survived | View Details |
| Belfield | William | Survived | View Details |
| Benbow | Oswald | Survived | View Details |
| Bennett | William Charles | Died | View Details |
| Bennion | Charles Herbert | Survived | View Details |
| Bennion | Francis Robert | Survived | View Details |
| Bennion | George | Survived | View Details |
| Bennion | George | Survived | View Details |
| Bennion | Walter James | Survived | View Details |
| Bennion | Wilfred | Survived | View Details |
| Bennion | William Robert | Survived | View Details |
| Benskin | Samuel Frederick | Survived | Did not serve in WW1; discharged prior to the start of the war |
| Benyon | James | Died | View Details |
| Berry | Edgar | Died | View Details |
| Bethel | Walter A | Died | View Details |
| Bickell | William Burt | Died | View Details |
| Bickers | Edward | Died | View Details |
| Bickley | Harry | Died | View Details |
| Birch | Arthur Rice | Died | View Details |
| Birch | Francis Joseph | Survived | View Details |
| Birch | Andrew Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Birchall | Douglas Thomas Wright | Survived | View Details |
| Birchall | Robert | Survived | View Details |
| Birchall | William | Died | View Details |
| Birchall | William Vincent | Survived | View Details |
| Bird | Ernest Albert | Survived | View Details |
| Bithell | James William | Survived | View Details |
| Black | Frederick Beardsall | Survived | View Details |
| Blencowe | Albert Edward | Survived | View Details |
| Blencowe | Frank | Survived | View Details |
| Blencowe | George | Survived | View Details |
| Blencowe | Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Blencowe | Percy | Died | View Details |
| Blencowe | William | Survived | View Details |
| Bloor | Frank | Died | View Details |
| Boaz | John Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Boaz | Samuel | Survived | View Details |
| Bond | Horace Lewis | Died | View Details |
| Booth | Wilfred | Survived | View Details |
| Bostock | Mason Leslie | Died | View Details |
| Bowker | Leonard Henry | Survived | Did not serve in WW1; discharged prior to the start of the war |
| Bowler | Thomas Chester | Died | View Details |
| Boycott | George | Died | View Details |
| Boycott | Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Boyle | James | Survived | View Details |
| Boyle | John | Died | View Details |
| Boylin | William | Died | View Details |
| Boynton | Charles | Survived | View Details |
| Bradley | Francis George | Survived | No further information available |
| Bradley | Frank Henry | Died | View Details |
| Bradley | William | Died | View Details |
| Bradley | William Goodwin | Died | View Details |
| Bradshaw | George | Died | View Details |
| Bradshaw | Wilfred Henry | Died | View Details |
| Bradshaw | William Thomas | Died | View Details |
| Branford | Percival | Survived | View Details |
| Brayn | Charles Alfred | Survived | View Details |
| Brayn | Wilfred | Survived | View Details |
| Breese | John Samuel | Died | View Details |
| Brellisford | William James | Died | View Details |
| Breslin | Frederick | Died | View Details |
| Breslin | Reuben | Died | View Details |
| Briggs | George | Survived | View Details |
| Bright | Frederick William | Survived | View Details |
| Bright | Thomas | Survived | No further information available |
| Brindley | Samuel | Survived | View Details |
| Bristow | Sidney | Survived | View Details |
| Broadbent | Neville | Survived | View Details |
| Brookes | George William | Died | View Details |
| Brookes | Mark | Survived | View Details |
| Brookes | William Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Brookfield | Sidney James | Died | View Details |
| Broom | William | Survived | View Details |
| Broomfield | John | Survived | Did not serve in WW1; discharged prior to the start of the war |
| Broomfield | John Reginald | Died | View Details |
| Broomfield | Richard William | Survived | View Details |
| Broster | William Thomas | Survived | View Details |
| Brough | Arthur | Survived | View Details |
| Brown | Alfred | Died | View Details |
| Brown | Arthur | Survived | View Details |
| Brown | George | Survived | View Details |
| Brown | Harry | Survived | View Details |
| Brown | John | Died | View Details |
| Brownlie | Jack | Survived | View Details |
| Bruckshaw | Horace | Died | View Details |
| Bryan | William John | Survived | View Details |
| Buckley | Samuel Herbert | Died | View Details |
| Bulkeley | Charles Ivor Rivers | Died | View Details |
| Bulkeley | Thomas Henry Rivers | Died | View Details |
| Bull | John Francis | Died | View Details |
| Burge | Edwin Charles | Survived | View Details |
| Burgess | Edwin | Survived | No further information available |
| Burgess | Eric Ralph | Survived | View Details |
| Burgess | John Clifford | Survived | View Details |
| Burgess | Joseph | Survived | View Details |
| Burgess | Norman Platt | Survived | View Details |
| Burke | John | Survived | View Details |
| Burke | Patrick | Survived | View Details |
| Burns | John | Survived | View Details |
| Burns | John Henry | Died | View Details |
| Burrows | George Percy | Died | View Details |
| Burrows | John James | Survived | View Details |
| Burrows | William Ernest | Died | View Details |
| Bussey | John Richard | Survived | View Details |
| Butler | Arthur | Died | View Details |
| Butler | Harold | Survived | View Details |
| Butler | John | Survived | No further information available |
| Butterworth | Andrew | Survived | View Details |