Personal Details Born: 17 January 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the only child of William Caleb Birchall, an ironmonger, and his wife Mary Ellen, nee Pickford. He married Annie Boutflour Dickman (known as Nancy) in 1922 in Morpeth, … ![Button](http://thegreatwar.whitchurch-shropshire.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Green-Rectangular-View-Full-Post.png)