Personal Details Born: Birth registered during the second quarter of 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 5 June the same year at Tilstock Church, Shropshire. Family: He was the second child of James & Sarah Brookes, his older brother being … 
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Personal Details Born: 27 March 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He married Margaret Blaylock in 1916 in Carlisle, Cumbria and together they had four children – Margaret, William T, Dorothy R and an unnamed male child. Residence: The 1919 Absent …
The memorial is in Lower Heath School, which is on the B5065 in Lower Heath, Prees, Shropshire. The Memorial was donated anonymously in 1919, the donor expressing the wish ‘that it should be placed in a prominent position, as …
The memorial is in the churchyard of Holy Immanuel Church, Fauls Green. There is also a plaque inside the Church commemorating the same men. A memorial to Jack Mullins can be found inside the Church. The Commonwealth War Grave …
Until 1993, the Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The medal …
The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …
George William Brookes, born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1894, the eldest son of George and Sarah Ann Brookes of 5 Sandford, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. (The memorial in the churchyard shows his name as Brooks) The 1911 Census shows George as …