Personal Details Born: 23 August 1878 in Broughall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of twelve children born to John Thornton, a farm labourer, and his wife Mary Jane. He married Mary Moores on 24 February 1904 in the … 
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Personal Details Born: 15 April 1880 in Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire and baptised on 19 March 1895 in the Parish Church of Northwood, Hanley. Family: He was the second of three children born to William Thomas Johnson, a potter’s manager, and …
Personal Details Born: 23 May 1894 in Burleydam, Cheshire and baptised with his twin sister on 1 July 1894 at St Michael`s Parish Church, Burleydam. Family: He was the third of five children born to Thomas Allen Hancock, a farm …
Personal Details Born: 19 January 1871 in Adderley, Shropshire and baptised on 5 March 1871 in Adderley Parish Church. Family: He was the fifth child born to Joseph Done, an agricultural labourer and his wife Frances. He married Leonora Oxford …
Personal Details Born: 7 August 1876 in Liverpool, Lancashire. Family: He was the third of seven children born to John Bryan, a watch finisher, and his wife Margaret. He married Isabella Armitstead on 25 January 1900. The couple had two …
Personal Details Born: 1884 in Prescot, Lancashire. Family: He was the sixth of seven children born to Patrick O`Neill, a labourer, and his wife Eliza. He married Edith Davies on 7 April 1906 at Prescot Registry Office, Prescot, Lancashire. The …
Personal Details Born: 12 September 1879 in Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire, and baptised on 5 October the same year in Wrockwardine Parish Church. Family: He was the son of Joseph Maddocks, a publican, and his wife Harriett. He married Nellie Mealand …
Personal Details Born: 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He married Margaret Price in 1916 at Boughton Registry Office, Chester, Cheshire. The couple may have had five children Edward, John, Hannah, Edwin and Robert, but as Lloyd and Price are both common …
Personal Details No personal details known. Military Details Regiment: Royal Engineers (previously Cheshire Regiment) Rank: Private Service Number: 197382 (previously WR/259538 (RE) and 10271 (Cheshire)) Date of Enlistment: Not known Date of Discharge: Not known Reason for Discharge: Not known …
Personal Details Born: In fourth quarter of 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire, twin brother to Alice. Family: Joint youngest of five children born to Edward and Sarah Rodgers. In early 1922 Thomas married Edith Hall in Whitchurch and together they had …
Personal Details Born: 3 August 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised in St. Alkmund`s Parish Church on 21 August the same year. Family: He was the third of ten surviving children born to Edward Suker, a cattle dealer, and his …
Personal Details Born: In 1881 in Hollyhurst, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Also known as Stephen Charles Evans. Family: He was the third of eight children born to Stephen Charles Evans, a rural postman, and his wife Sarah Harriet. No marriage can be …
Personal Details Born: 11 June 1889 in Black Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 25 July the same year at St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the seventh of nine children born to William Glassey, a farm cattle man, …
Personal Details Born: 29 April 1888 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 3 June the same year in Marbury Parish Church, Cheshire. Family: He was the sixth of nine children born to William Glassey, a farm cattle man, and his …
Personal Details Born: 24 April 1882 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 10 May the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Evanson, a bricklayer, and his wife Mary Anne. He …
Personal Details Born: 26 February 1899 in Cheswardine, Shropshire and baptised 24 December the same year in Cheswardine Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to John Vaughan Parry, a police constable, and his wife Mary …
Personal Details Born: 27 February 1900 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the youngest of seven children to Thomas Hughes, a carter to the urban district council, and his wife Charlotte, nee Gill. He married Cecilia A Rycroft in 1920 …
Personal Details Born: 23 March 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 17 April the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of two children born to Lizzie Palin (his brother John died in 1904 …
Personal Details Born: 4 April 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the seventh of nine children born to James Murray, a smith and fitter, and his wife Sarah Ann. He married Elizabeth Foster in 1920 in Nantwich, Cheshire; we …
Personal Details Born: 23 July 1883 in Chorlton, Manchester, Lancashire. Family: He was the fourth and youngest child of Samuel and Harriet Ralphs. No marriage can be located for Stephen. Residence: In 1891 the family were living at 31 Lincroft Street, …
Personal Details Born: 9 November 1891 in Drumgavlin, Co Down, Ireland. Family: He was the youngest of four children of John Alexander McIlwaine, a domestic servant, and his wife Marianne. It is possible that he had more siblings; we cannot …
Personal Details Born: In 1892 in St. Martin’s, near Oswestry, Shropshire and baptised on 26 December at St. Martin’s Parish Church. Family: He was the second of nine children born to Thomas Higgins, a farmer and milk seller, and his …
Personal Details Born: 28 March 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 5 June the same year in St. Alkmund’s parish church. Family: He was the second of three children born to George Porter, a farmer, and his wife Sarah. He …
Personal Details Born: In 1882 and baptised on 22 December 1882 at St Alkmund’s Parish Church in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of seven children of William Henshall, a general labourer, and his wife Harriett. He married Harriett …
Personal Details Born: 21 January 1899 in Nantwich, Cheshire and baptised on 5 March 1899 in St Mary’s Church, Wistaston, Cheshire. Family: He was the second of three children of Edwin Hamlet, a platelayer’s labourer, and his wife Mary. He …
Personal Details Born: Quarter 1 1884 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 6 February 1884 at St. Alkmund`s Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to John Davies , a gardener, and his wife Hannah. He …
Personal Details Born: 29 May 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest child of Charles Leonard Blencowe, a baker, and his wife Margaret Winifred, nee O’Hara. His siblings were Catherine, Albert, Charles, Frank, Percy, George and Harry. William …
Personal Details Born: 27th March 1898, baptised at Whitchurch Unitarian Church April 18th. Family: Eldest of six children born to William Edwin & Ada. In 1927 he married Gladys Bennett in Market Drayton, Shropshire. They did not appear to have …
Personal Details Born: 17 June 1892. Family: The second child of William and Sarah Wilkinson of New Cottages, Darliston, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Annie H Johns on the 29 May 1916 and together they had 3 children – Thelma S E, Dilys M …
Personal Details Born: 17 July 1887 (baptised 3 August 1887). Family: The third child of Peter and Jane Roles of Castle Hill, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: He was a bricklayer’s labourer when he joined the Army on 22 February 1904 and became a …
Personal Details Born: 26 February 1875 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The youngest child of James and Jane Pilsbury of 4 Edwards Ct, Chester, Cheshire. Charles married Mary Jane McDowell on the 12 May 1895 and together they had 3 children – Lillian, James Frederick …
Personal Details Born: 1878. Family: The eighth child of William and Bridget O’Hara of Venables Yard, High Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Bernard married Evelyn D’Souza on 29 October 1908 in Madras, India whilst he was serving there. Civilian Occupation: He was a labourer when he …
Personal Details Born: 1895. Civilian Occupation: Charles was a farm labourer before enlisting. Military Details Regiment: Machine Gun Corps (previously Cheshire Regiment) Rank: Private Service Number: 61347 (previously 17727) Date of Enlistment: 2 November 1914 Date of Discharge: 21 …
Personal Details Born: 11 July 1881 (baptised on 29 July 1891) in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The first child of Alfred and Fanny Jarvis of 41b Newtown, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Alfred married Clara Smith on the 3 October 1916 and together had 5 children …
Personal Details Born: 6 October 1888. Family: The second son of Charles and Susanna Fowles of 8 Newtown Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Leonard married Ellen H Young in 1920 and together they had 3 children – Eileen M, John C and Ellen M. …
Personal Details Born: 4 November 1895 in Salford Lancashire. Family: William was sent to live with his aunt in Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Cicely Slattery in 1922 and together they had 2 children, Patricia Rosemary and James Michael Civilian Occupation: …
The World War I Croix de guerre was established by royal decree on 25 October 1915 as an award for bravery or other military virtue on the battlefield. It was only awarded to individuals. The Croix de guerre was not …
Born in Whitchurch in 1890, the third son of George and Harriet Walford of 28 Watergate Street, Whitchurch. Edward worked as a coach builder before joining the Army. Regiment : 11th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment, formerly Hereford Regiment No 239302 …
Born in Wrenbury, Cheshire in 1890, the eldest son of David and Jane Gregory of 2 Smeaton Wood Cottages, Pinsley Green, Wrenbury, Cheshire. Ernest died of pneumonia at The Military Hospital, Herne Bay, leaving a widow, Mrs Gregory (nee Jones), …
Charles Ralphs, known as Charlie, was born in Willington, Malpas, Cheshire in 1899, the fifth son of Charles and Ellen Ralphs of Tallarn Green, Flintshire, Wales. Husband to Clara E Ralphs (nee Dutton); married 1918. The 1911 Census shows Charlie …
Born in Shocklach, Cheshire in 1896, the eldest son of David and Edith Hewitt of Bradley Brook, Malpas, Cheshire. Joseph had an older step-brother, William Fairbrother. The 1911 Census shows Joseph as a general farm lad working on Whalebone Farm, …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1895, the third son of William George and Emma Thomas of No Man’s Heath, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Alice Edith Thomas (nee Edge) of Norbury Common, near Whitchurch, Shropshire; father to Albert Leslie and Frances …
The Honourable Arthur Reginald Clegg-Hill, born at Hawkstone Hall, Marchamley, Shropshire on 15 June 1877, the second son of the late Rowland Clegg-Hill, 3rd Viscount Hill and the late Isabella Elizabeth Clegg-Hill, Viscountess Hill of the same address. Husband of …
Born in Marbury, Cheshire in 1889, the second son of Thomas and Jane Jackson. Husband of Martha (nee Gregory) Jackson of 29 St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch. John was a regular soldier serving with the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment in Jubbulpore, …
Albert Thomas Powell was born in Bronington, Flintshire in 1895, the second son of John Charles and Fanny Powell of Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire. Husband of Dorothy Powell of 36 Cowfields, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank …
Born in Broxton, Cheshire in 1900, the only son of Charles William and Rowena Barlow of New Chapel House, Nomansheath, Malpas, Cheshire. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regimen,; formerly King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (17888) Rank : Private Service Number : …
Born in Whitchurch in 1895, the only child of Arthur and Elizabeth Mary Bedford. Cecil’s father died in 1896; he lived with his grandparents Joseph and Elizabeth Jones of 190 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. He worked as a tailor. Regiment : …
Born in Wrenbury, Cheshire in 1899, the eldest son of Thomas and Tabitha Brown of Sheppenhall, Aston, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 49923, formerly 3758 Killed in action; Belgium 10th April 1918 Aged …
William Henry Lea, born in Edstaston, Shropshire in 1893, the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Lea of Lower House Farm, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a farm worker. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment; formerly …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1894 (baptised 17th July 1898), the third son of Thomas and Fanny Jane Leek of Cuddington, Malpas, Cheshire. Regiment : 1st/7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 291498, formerly 4290 Killed in …
Henry, known as Harry, born in Cuddington, Malpas, Cheshire on 23 August 1878, the third son of the late Thomas Pate and the late Mary Pate of Bickley Moss, Cheshire. Husband to Florence (known as Flossie) Pate (nee Beech) of …
Born in Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire in 1888 (baptised 2nd January 1889), the eldest son of Henry and Annie Davies of Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Alfred as a farm labourer. Regiment : 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private …
Walter Edward Cliff was born in Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1890 (baptised 5 September 1890), the son of Mary Cliff of Holywell House, Faddiley, Nantwich, Cheshire and the grandson of Sarah Cliff and the late Thomas Cliff of Swanna …
Born in Wilkesley, Cheshire in 1881 (baptised 20 September 1881), the second son of George and Elizabeth Parker of Ivy House, Wilkesley, Cheshire. Regiment : 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 26415 Killed in action; Belgium …
William Thomas Cooper was born in Tunstall, Staffordshire in 1895. He was the second son of Arthur and Mary Jane Cooper of Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 10244 Killed in …
George Hugo Durant was born in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, Ireland on 1st November 1876, the eldest son of the late James Hugo Durant and the late Catherine Durant. Husband of Mary Durant (nee Guest) of Marley Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. George and …
George Henry Pointon was born on 8th April 1891 in Hadnall, Shropshire, the second son of George and Hannah Pointon of Higher Heath, Whitchurch. In the 1911 Census, his occupation is shown as general labourer and he was living at …
Francis Edward Reece (known as Edward) born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1898, the second son of the late Mr John Francis and the late Mrs Elizabeth Reece of Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. It has proved difficult to trace Edward or …
Born in Bark Hill, Whitchurch in 1880, the second son of William and Elizabeth Debanks of 5 Barkhill, Whitchurch. Husband of Ann (nee Brish) Debanks, of Guildford, Surrey. William was a Army reservist, mobilised in August 1914. He had previously …
Edgar Henry Clutton was born in Cuddington, Malpas, Cheshire in 1896, the second son of Henry Clutton and the late Lucy Clutton of School House, Chorlton, Malpas, Cheshire. Edgar was a cowman. Regiment : 16th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : …
Born in Top o’ th’ Town, Broomhall, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1893, the third son of William and Annie Stevenson of the same address. Regiment : 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 49572 and 4121 Killed in …
Born in Broxton, Cheshire in 1890, the second son of Robert and Mary Williamson of High Street, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Richard as a farm labourer. Regiment : 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 24219 …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1879 (christened 2nd January 1880), the eldest son of William and Sarah Ann Johnson of Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Harriett Johnson (nee Roberts) (married 10th February 1913) of 8 Wrench’s Court, Tarvin Road, …
Charles Crump was born in Hampton Heath, Cheshire in 1895. He was the eldest son of Charles and Mary Crump of Bradley Green, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch. Charles was working as a Farm Labourer when he enlisted at Whitchurch in December …
Charles Herbert Shaw was born in Cheetham, Manchester in 1866. He was the third son of William Euclid and Matilda Jane Shaw of 46, Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. Charles worked for Messrs Griffiths Bros., corn merchants, Chester. Charles enlisted on the …
Born in Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire on 29 September 1894, the second son of Enoch and Esther Spencer of The Green, Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows his occupation as gardener. Regiment : 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service …
George Caldecott Taylor was born in High Street, Whitchurch in 1890, the second son of William and Arena Taylor of 69, Talbot Street, Whitchurch. George was engaged in the Teaching Profession before enlisting in August 1914. He was promoted to …
Robert Hall was born in Whitchurch in 1894. He was the eldest son of Mary Ann Hall of 8 St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch. Robert enlisted in Ellesmere Port on the 4th August 1914 and landed in France in July 1915.
Leonard William Davies was born in Stanney, Cheshire in 1880, the eldest son of Richard and Ann Davies of Old Fold, Vale Road, Whitby, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Leonard as a farm labourer. Leonard’s maternal grandparents and his mother …
Born in Hightown, Lancashire in 1893, the son of George and Hannah Griffiths of Coronation Villas, New Road, Lymm, Warrington. Frederick’s father was a policeman serving with the Cheshire Constabulary. In the 1911 Census Frederick is shown as a dairyman. Regiment …
George Frederick Jones was born on Catteralls Lane, Whitchurch in 1894. George was the fourth son of Samuel and Kate Jones of 2 Smithy Cottages, Broughall, Whitchurch. Regiment : 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion Cheshire Regiment (Earl of Chester’s Battalion) Rank : …
Born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales on 6 September 1890, the eldest son of George and Margaret Breslin of Whitchurch Road, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Frederick’s brother, Reuben, also lost his life in the Great War. Regiment : 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment …
Born in Chester Road, Whitchurch in 1881 the third son of John and Hannah Davies. Harry worked as a groom in Cheshire, before enlisting at Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1915. Regiment : 8th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service …
Born in Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1895, the eldest son of Joseph Charles and Martha Gregory of 62 Village Green, Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Harold employed as a cowman on Sandford farm, Aston, Nantwich. Harold was taken …
Sidney Alsop Allen was born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1896, the second son of Joseph W Allen and the late Sarah Ann Allen of Cross O’Th’ Hill, Malpas, Cheshire. He enlisted in 1914 and departed for the front on 19th …
Born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales on 25th May 1893 (baptised the same day), the eldest son of Ambrose and Margaret Chetwood of Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Husband of Ruth Chetwood (nee Lloyd) (married in 1914) of Higher Wych, Malpas, Cheshire and …
Personal Details Born 1897 Next of kin – Mrs Ryder, 7 Yardington, Whitchurch (Foster Mother) Civilian occupation – Farm labourer Military Details Regiment : Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 27253 30/06/1915 Enlisted with Cheshire Regiment 03/03/1916 Embarked …
Born in Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1896, son of William and Ann Chesters of Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Lance Corporal Service Number : 10185 Killed in action; Belgium 26th June 1915 Aged 19
Born in Salford, Lancashire in 1889, the second son of the late William Dutton and Mary (known as Polly) Dutton of 1 Laburnum Cottages, Lower Heath, Prees, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Thomas as a clerk. Thomas’s brother Joseph also …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in September or October 1887, the second son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Farm Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William was a labourer before enlisting in 1907. William’s three brothers Joseph, …
Jacob Griffiths was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1886, the third son of Jacob and Sarah Ann Griffiths of Folly Lane, Yardington, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Husband of Amy Griffiths (née Hinds) of Gorton, Manchester and father of Amy. Regiment : 1st …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1886, the fourth son of the late James Allman and the late Elizabeth Allman of Malpas, Cheshire. Husband of Martha Allman of 7 Stafford Street, Birkenhead (married in 1909). The 1911 Census shows George as …