Personal Details Born: 15 July 1896 in Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the youngest of three children born to James Stubbs, a railway platelayer, and his wife Sarah Ann. He married Bessie Hoyland Mawdsley on 11 July 1917 in … 
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Personal Details Born: 6 April 1882 in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales and baptised on 7 May the same year in Hanmer parish church. Family: He was the second of eight children born to Thomas Sudlow, a smallholder, and his wife Eliza. …
Personal Details Born: 25 July 1874 in Wales (the birth was registered in Holywell, Flintshire, although this is not the exact location in the census records). His surname is also recorded as Hancocks. Family: He was the fourth of five children …
Personal Details Born: 22 June 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Surname also spelled Hancocks. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to Edward Hancocks, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Elsie M Peake in 1933 in Whitchurch …
Personal Details Born: 31 January 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to John Gibson, a joiner, and his wife Mary. In 1927 Reginald married Mary E. Owen in Malinslee, Shropshire. The couple had …
Personal Details Born: Edward was born 21 December 1877 at Tilley, near Wem, Shropshire and was baptised 20 January 1878 at Clive Parish Church, Clive, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to Richard Fardoe, a labourer, …
Personal Details Born: Quarter 1 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 1 February that year at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to Charles Fowles, a tanner, and his wife Susannah. …
Personal Details Born: April 1890 in Ash, Shropshire. Family: Third of eight children born to William Arrowsmith, a timber salesman, and his wife, Caroline Ellen. Residence: In 1901 the family were living in Vicarage Lane, Ash Magna, Whitchurch, Shropshire. In …
Personal Details Born: 12 October 1888 in Myddle, near Ellesmere, Shropshire and baptised at Myddle Parish Church on 4 November 1888. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to William Dodsforth, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Fanny, …
Personal Details Born: Last quarter of 1882 in Whitchurch. Surname also spelt Croxson and Croxton in records. Family: Third of four surviving children born to Samuel and Betsy Croxson. Up until 1919 Frederick was single. Residence: According to baptism records …
Personal Details Born: 30 June 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 21 July 1893 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church. Family: He was the fourth of seven children born to James Brown, a labourer in an iron foundry, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 26 March 1885 in Bath, Somerset and baptised 10 May 1885 at Bathwick St Mary Church, Bath, Somerset. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to Charles Robert Burge, a licenced victualler, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: Son of Charlotte Chidlow. Married Clara Crewe in 1903 at Whitchurch and together they appeared to have had two children, one a daughter named Maggie; Maggie was probably Lily Margaret. Residence: In …
Personal Details Born: 28th August 1881 in Blofield, Norfolk and baptised on the 25 September at St. Andrew’s Church, Thorpe St. Andrew, Norfolk. Family: He was the son of James Ernest Bacon, a bank cashier, and his wife Money Ellen …
Personal Details Born: 12 June 1875 in Stockport, Lancashire Family: Second of eight children born to Edward and Annie. He married Margaret Crewe on 12 December 1900 at Leigh in Lancashire. Together they had 6 children Harry, John Norville, Charles, …
Personal Details Born: 29th January 1885 Family: Andrew was the sixth of eight children born to Thomas and Elizabeth. He married Clara Snape on 29 April 1913 in Market Drayton. They had one child Albert B born in 1914. Residence: …
Personal Details Born: 15th March 1894 and baptised 1st April 1894. Family: Son of Thomas George and Mary Ann, brother of Ethel. Married Annie Nevitt in 1921 at Whitchurch, Shropshire. Together they had two children, Thomas W and Henry J. …
Personal Details Born: 17 June 1897. Family: The third son of James and Mary Elizabeth Williams of 5 Railway Inn Yard, Station Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. On the 17 December 1921 he married Elizabeth Clewlow and was father to Frederick, Vera and Derek …
Personal Details Born: 1884 Family: The third child of Joseph and Emma Smith of Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Joseph married Martha Jane Wainwright in 1903 and together they had 6 children – Martha, Annie, Joseph, Emma, Mary and Thomas. Civilian Occupation: He was a …
Personal Details Born: 9 June 1898. Family: The first child of Joseph and Penelope Wynne of 30 Worthington Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Clara Housley in 1922 and together they had 2 children – Freda M and Marjorie J. Residence: In 1919 he …
Personal Details Born: 16 May 1883 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The fourth child of John and Margaret Johnson of 18 Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. On 1 October 1911 Walter married Constance Louis Davenport and together they had 2 children – Walter and Brian. …
Personal Details Born: In April 1898. Family: The sixth child of Thomas Henry and Mary Haycocks of 8 Smallbrook Buildings, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: Prior to the war he worked as a baker and van driver. Other Information: Brother to John …
The following Whitchurch men were recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal : M2/167596 Private Alfred James Woolley, Royal Army Service Corps Whitchurch, Shropshire – 14 May 1920 S4/144030 Corporal Thomas Barnett Cartwight, Army Service Corps Whitchurch, Shropshire – 14 June …
The World War I Croix de guerre was established by royal decree on 25 October 1915 as an award for bravery or other military virtue on the battlefield. It was only awarded to individuals. The Croix de guerre was not …
Joseph was born in Whitewell in 1889, the eldest son of Joseph Duckers and stepson of Mary Elizabeth (nee Forrester) Duckers. The 1911 Census records Joseph as being a domestic gardener; however, he had changed occupation by the outbreak of …
Born in Oldham, Lancashire in 1880, the second son of the late John Marsh and Sarah Marsh. Husband to Jessie Marsh (nee McMichael) (married 26th November 1907) of Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire and father to Robert Henry. Samuel was a …
George Henry Middleton born in Ightfield, Shropshire in 1885, the eldest son of George and Elizabeth Middleton of Calverhall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows George working as a domestic chauffeur. Regiment : 596th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps …