Herbert Arthur Dawson, born in Station Road, Whitchurch in 1897, the second son of Herbert and Agnes Dawson of 18 Station Road, Whitchurch. Herbert emigrated to Canada in 1912 aged 15, departing from Liverpool on 14th March 1912. He sailed … 
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Ralph Drake Newbrook, born in Whitchurch in 1889, the eldest son of Joseph and Edith Newbrook. Husband of Dorothy Eleanor (nee Knight) Newbrook of Paris, Ontario, Canada. Ralph left for Canada on 1st March 1912 from Liverpool on the Virginian …
Frederick Joseph Hopley, born in Bunbury, Cheshire on 8 November 1890, the third son of Joseph and Annie Hopley of Croxton Green, Cholmondley, Cheshire. Husband to Doris Mable Hopley (nee Coates) of 906 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Doris was …
Edwin Thomas Powell, born in Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 1 December 1895 (baptised 27 December 1896), the eldest son of George and the late Annie Elizabeth Powell of Arrowery, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Edwin enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in …
George Percy Burrows was born in Whitchurch in 1888. He was the second son of George and Emily Burrows of 39, Talbot Street, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census shows George living in Lichfield and working as a butcher’s assistant. George emigrated …
Born in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales in 1880, the only son of Elizabeth and the late Talbot Thomas Wilson of Bickley Moss, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Talbot Ernest had a sister, Effie Maud, born in 1882. Their mother, Elizabeth, died shortly after Effie’s …