The memorial is in the lych-gate of St Wenefrede’s Church, Bickley. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped that the people of Whitchurch, Shropshire and …
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 …
Born in Bickley, Cheshire in December 1885, the fourth son of George and the late Ellen Coffin of the same address. George served as a domestic groom at the Colmondley Castle Stables, Cholmondley, Cheshire prior to enlisting in the army …