William Ewart Chidlow

Personal Details Born: 11 April 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of four children born to John Chidlow, an insurance agent and his wife Jane, nee Bennett. His first wife died in 1912; he had one child, …

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Albert Edward Chidlow

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The 1911 Census record indicates that he was an adopted child when he was living with the James family (headed by William with his wife, Charlotte). He married Lucy M Glennoe in …

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Percy Chidlow

Royal Air Force

Personal Details Born: 6 June 1900 Family: The 1901 Census shows Percy as the nephew of Joseph Davies; the 1911 Census records him as Percy Davies living in the same household at the same address. It is probable that he …

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Frederick Chidlow

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: April 1897 and baptised 18 April 1897 in Tilstock, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest son of Frederick Chidlow, a garden labourer, and his wife Elizabeth Chidlow. Frederick married Annie Louise Powell in Market Drayton in 1918 …

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John Chidlow

Personal Details Born: 13 April 1886 Family: Only son of the six children born to John & Sarah Chidlow. In 1911 John married Lillie J Wilkinson at Whitchurch. Together they had five children Muriel L, Olive J, Beatrice M, John …

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Arthur Chidlow

Royal Army Service Corps

Personal Details Born: 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: Son of Charlotte Chidlow. Married Clara Crewe in 1903 at Whitchurch and together they appeared to have had two children, one a daughter named Maggie; Maggie was probably Lily Margaret. Residence: In …

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Enlisted January 1915

Mechanical Transport Drivers – William John Dodsworth & John Henry Williams Horse Transport Transport Drivers – William A. Kilgarriff, Herbert Roberts, John Hayward, William Arthur Dawson, Alfred Fowles, George Fowles, Arthur Chidlow & Thomas Stockton