Personal Details Born: 12 January 1895 and baptised 6 February 1895 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of seven children born to William Challenor, a general labourer, and his wife Elizabeth Challenor. He married Alice May Williams (nee … 
Personal Details Born: 23 September 1869 and baptised 12 November 1869 at St Alkmund’s Church, Whitchurch. His surname has also been spelt Challoner and Challinor on the various records. Family: Third of ten children born to Jonathan and Elizabeth Challoner. …
Personal Details Born: Baptised 13 Oct 1886 at St Alkmunds Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire. His surname was sometimes spelt Challenor. Family: Eldest of the seven children of John and Jane Challinor. In 1919 John married Florence Windsor in Whitchurch, Shropshire and …
Personal Details Born: 15 August 1878 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Randle’s surname was sometimes spelt Challinor. Family: Eighth of ten children born to Jonathan and Elizabeth Challenor. In November 1911 he married Sarah E Porter at St Oswald’s Church in …
Personal Details Born: 20 October 1891 Family: The first child of William and Elizabeth Challenor of 28 Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Brother of Frank and George Challenor, both of whom died during the war. William married Ada Clawley in September 1923 and …
St Alkmund’s Church is at the top of Bargate, Whitchurch, next to the site of the original Whitchurch Grammar School. At the west end of the Church is a triptych form war memorial with a central panel of …
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 …
I first started visiting the Battlefields, Cemeteries and Memorials of the Western Front some fifteen years ago. Three years ago I decided to research the names on the War Memorial in Station Road, that’s all they are names, carved …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 15th February 1919 relating to the death of Frank Challenor “Mr W Challenor, 28 Claypit Street has received the sad news of the death of his son Private Frank Challenor, 1/4th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 15th February 1919 relating to the death of Frank Challenor “Mr W Challenor, 28 Claypit Street has received the sad news of the death of his son Private Frank Challenor, 1/4th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry …
George Fallous Challenor, born in Whitchurch in 1899, the fourth son of William and Elizabeth Challenor of 28, Claypit Street, Whitchurch. George enlisted on the 16th September 1917 aged 18 and after initial training embarked for service in Russia in …
Born in Whitchurch in 1896, the third son of William and Elizabeth Challenor of 28 Claypit Street, Whitchurch. Frank enlisted in August 1914, landing in France with the 5th battalion in May 1915. In February 1918 the battalion was disbanded …