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An article in the Chester Chronicle dated 18th July 1916 reported that Whitchurch women had stepped into the jobs left empty by men serving in the forces. Miss Crewe was delivering parcels while Miss Etches and Miss Huxley were working as …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 13 July 1918 regarding the death of John Faulkner “RIFLEMAN FAULKNER KILLED We regret to record the death of Rifleman John Faulkner King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Faulkner of …
Chester Chronicle Saturday 15th June 1918 Transcription MILITARY MEDAL WON – The parents of Lance-Corporal C. Williams, of the Machine-gun Corps, have had the gratification of hearing their son has won the Military Medal, for an act of great bravery, …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 6th April 1918 regarding the death of John Thomas Jones “News was received from the War Office on Saturday that Captain John T. Jones had ‘died on March 28th, information to follow.’ The fact that …
The V.A.D. Hospital at Broughall continues to do very useful work, and there are at present a large number of patients, including Canadians and Anzacs. Chester Chronicle 17th November 1917 …
Image reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc Transcription Corporal Passant has been awarded the Military Medal for courageous conduct and leadership on the night of June 8th, this year. Besides this on the previous night, after a gallant attack, …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 3 March 1917 regarding the death of John Mercer “DEATH OF MR. JOHN MERCER. – The sad news arrived on Thursday last from the War Office that Mr. H. Mercer’s youngest son, John, had died. …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 30 December 1916 of the military wedding of John Thomas Jones and Lydia Ann Houghton “On Thursday a quiet wedding was solemnised at the Primitive Methodist Church, Ellesmere Port, the contracting parties being Captain and …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 30th September 1916 regarding the deaths of Eric Hanson Lee and his brother John Arthur Lee “Mr. Leonard Lee, who lost his wife only recently, has now sustained a fearfully heavy blow. Both sons have …
Wounded King’s Shropshire Light Infantry – George Fox 22436 of Whitchurch
Report in the Chester Chronicle 30th October 1915 regarding the death of Joseph Stevenson “THREAPWOOD ANIOTHER HERO’S DEATH Threapwood has done well in the great war. The first of her sons to fall was No. 9925 Pte. George Matthews, 1st …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 23rd October 1915 about Harold Gregory “Mrs. Henry Tollemache has received further acknowledgements of the parcels of comforts sent from Nantwich to prisoners of war in Germany. Pte. H. Gregory writes to Mrs. Tollemache:- “Dear …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 9th October 1915 regarding the death of Douglas Kirk Wolley Dod “THE LATE LIEUT. D. K. WOLLEY-DOD HOW HE FELL Further particulars are now given of the fate of Lieutenant Douglas Kirk Wolley-Dod, King’s (Liverpool …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 2nd October 1915 regarding the death of Douglas Kirk Wolley Dod “MALPAS OFFICER KILLED News has been received at Edge Hall that Lieut. Douglas Kirk Wolley-Dod, 120th Battalion of the King’s Liverpool Regiment, is reported …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 5 June 1915 regarding the death of John Turner Clough Hazledine “Second Lieut. John Turner Clough Hazledine, 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on May 9th, was the third son of the …
Image reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc Transcription A large number of troops came to the Prees Heath camp at the end of the week, mostly Scottish and Border Regiments, and between 5,000 and 6,000 have settled into the …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 20th March 1915 regarding the death of Herbert Wickstead Ethelston “It was announced on Thursday, and the news was received in Cheshire and Flintshire with deep regret, that Lieutenant Herbert Wicksted Ethelston, of the Grenadier …
Image reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc Transcription The work at the Heath now employs nearly a thousand men, and it is expected the hutments and general arrangements will be in order for the first draft to arrive in …
Image reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc Transcription Prees Heath Military Camp Prees Heath, close to Whitchurch, is now covered with long lines of wooden buildings which have been put up by an army of joiners. Already there are …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 14th November 1914 regarding the death of Hugh Handley Sandbach “CAPT. HUGH H. SANDBACH KILLED IN GERMAN EAST AFRICA The news of the week carries on its wing another of the sad stories of the …