Personal Details Born: 17 December 1882 in Brunel, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Family: He was the third of four children born to Henry Percival and Rosa Helen Beckett. He married Madge Farrington in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1906; no children can be …
Personal Details Born: 30 August 1895 in Whixall, Shropshire. Family: He was the only child born to Ambrose Beckett, a labourer and his wife Mary, nee Harris. He married Winifred Cliff in 1919 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The couple had two …
Personal Details Born: 27 February 1894 in Ash, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of four children born to Robert Beckett, a farm waggoner, and Clara Beckett. The 1939 Register shows Joseph as single, we are unable to find a …
The memorial is inside Coton Methodist Chapel, Shropshire. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped that the people of Whitchurch, Shropshire and beyond will get …
The memorial is outside St. John the Baptist Church, Bettisfield. There is also a plaque inside the Village Hall, Bettisfield. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It …
The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The Military Cross is granted in recognition of …
Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1895, the eldest son of Thomas Beckett and the late Sarah Ann Beckett of 62 Coton Wood, Nr Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Percy assisting in his father’s market garden business. Percy is also …
Born in Bettisfield, Flintshire in 1897, the eldest son of Phillip and Mary Ann Beckett of Bradenheath, Bettisfield, Flintshire. Regiment : 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : 21205 Killed in action; France 26 September …