Personal Details: Born: July 1877 and baptised on 14 September 1877. Family: The first child of Ralph Wright and Margaret Jane Burgess of Smallbrook Villa, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Annie Bird Berridge on 2 April 1902 and together they had 3 … 
Personal Details Born: 1871 Family: The third son of William and Mary Black of Watergate Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Frederick married Rosina Harriet Matthews in 1892 and together they had 7 children – Elsie, Eleanor, Henry, John, Rowland, Winifred and Sybil. Residence: At …
Personal Details: Born: 11 November 1869. There is some confusion as to George’s year of birth. He was baptised on the 6 February 1870 but his army pension sheet has his 55 birthday as 11 November 1925. Therefore we believe he …
Personal Details: Born: 21 February 1879 Family: The first son of Thomas and Elizabeth Beeks of Higher Wych Smithey, Wigland Grove, Wigland, Cheshire. Hugh married Edith Frances Moore on the 12 April 1909 and together they had 2 children – …
Personal Details Born: December 1883 Family: Second child of John and Hanna Beech of Way Mills, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Ernest married Lily Hopwood on 31 December 1906 and together they had 4 children – Thomas Cyril, John Ernest, Doris May and Frederick. …
Personal Details Born: 1879 Family: Second son of Thomas and Christina Beddow. Thomas also used the name Beddows. Residences: Steel Lane, Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire, and 87 Cheeryble Street, Higher Openshawe, Manchester by the end of the war. Civilian Occupation: He was …
Born: 19 October 1882 Family: Eldest child of Alfred and Ellen Arrowsmith of Foxes Lane Broughall. In March 1910, William married Mabel Gill and they had a son, Leonard. Civilian Occupation: At 18 William was an apprentice to a gardener (not domestic); however, …
Born: July 1897 Family: The third child of Thomas and Henrietta Beddow of 8 St John Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William married Edith and together they had a son Geoffrey. Residence: When William was demobilised in 1919 he indicated his address as 11 …
Personal Details Born: 18 February 1894 in Sydney, Australia. Family: 2nd son of William and Eva Mary Bamber. The family returned from Australia in the late 1890s. William married Lillian Cardwell in December 1930 and, after her death, married again …
Personal Details Born: 26 September 1876 Family: Son of Margaret Bennion. William married Elizabeth Humphreys on the 23 February 1896 and together they had 7 children – William, Elizabeth, Margaret, Florence, Emily, Samuel and Gwendoline. Civilian Occupation: Builder’s labourer. Residence: On leaving the …
Born: 12 September 1895 Family: Son of William and Sarah Agnes Ashley. William married Maisie Mary Hart, from Limerick, in 1930. Education: He attended schools in Whixall and Ash prior to the family moving to Burslem, Staffordshire. Civilian Occupation: At 14 he …
Born 1892 Son of Alfred & Sarah Ann Newbrooke of 5 Castle Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – boatman Military Details Regiment : Royal Field Artillery Rank : Gunner Service Number : 67045 27/09/1911 Enlisted with 33rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery …
Born 1890 Son of – John & Annie Passant, 4 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Shoemaker Regiment : Monmouthshire Regiment Rank : Corporal Service Number : 226027, 2869 04/09/1914 Enlisted with 1st Monmouthshire Regiment 07/06/1917 Went under fire to …
Personal Details Born 1881 Next of kin – Mrs Alice Ann Fisher (wife), 20 Pepper Street, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Stoker at Whitchurch Gas Works Military Details Regiment : King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Royal Defence Corps Rank : Private Service …
Personal Details Born 1885 Next of kin – Mrs Baddeley, Lower Morrey, Shavington (wife) Civilian occupation – Farmer Military Details Regiment : Shropshire Yeomanry Rank : Sergeant, Corporal Service Number : 887 01/04/1908 Enlisted with Shropshire Yeomanry as Private & …
Personal Details Born 1874 Next of kin – Mrs Elizabeth Bennion (wife), 1 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Builder’s labourer Military Details Regiment : King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Labour Corps Rank : Corporal, Private Service Number : 11691, 42444 …
Personal Details Born 1891 Next of kin – Mrs Annie Woolley, Cemetery Lodge, Milebank, Whitchurch (wife) Civilian occupation – Motor Driver Military details Regiment : Royal Army Service Corps Rank : Private Service Number : M2/167596 10/12/1915 Enlisted with Royal …
King’s (Liverpool Regt.) Nicholson 50053. T. (Whitchurch, Shropshire)
Liverpool Daily Post – Friday 11 May 1917 …
Wounded King’s Shropshire Light Infantry – George Fox 22436 of Whitchurch
Personal Details Born 1897 Next of kin – Mrs Ryder, 7 Yardington, Whitchurch (Foster Mother) Civilian occupation – Farm labourer Military Details Regiment : Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 27253 30/06/1915 Enlisted with Cheshire Regiment 03/03/1916 Embarked …
Mechanical Transport Drivers – William John Dodsworth & John Henry Williams Horse Transport Transport Drivers – William A. Kilgarriff, Herbert Roberts, John Hayward, William Arthur Dawson, Alfred Fowles, George Fowles, Arthur Chidlow & Thomas Stockton
Enlisted – 14 September 1914 Named in Whitchurch Herald 19/09/1914 Private in KSLI, No. 13035 Born in or near Whitchurch Occupation: Clerk Has resided out of father’s house for more than 3 years Address: 47 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Salop Never …
12th September 1914 George Albert Chubb