Personal Details Born: 25 November 1890 in Loppington, Shropshire and baptised 28 December 1890 at Loppington Parish Church. Family: He was the younger of two sons born to William Davies, a schoolmaster and his wife Annie. He married Martha Bedford … 
Personal Details Born: 11 November 1887 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Family: He married Bella Furnival on 15 December 1905 at St John`s Wesleyan Chapel, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The couple had seven children, William Frederick, Arthur, George Henry, Herbert Hugh, Ivor Edward, …
Personal Details Born: 16 November 1877 in Salford, Lancashire. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to William Davies, a commercial traveller, and his wife Mary. Herbert remained unmarried. Residence: In 1891 he lived with his family in …
Personal Details Born: 9 July 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the youngest of seven children born to Edwin Davies, a clothier, and his wife Lucy Emma. He married Emily Christina Bradbury in 1919 in Whitchurch and together they …
Personal Details Born: 29 October 1875 in Audlem, Cheshire. Family: He was the eldest of eight children born to Joseph Davies, a domestic groom, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Ada Spencer on 27 December 1898 at Wrenbury Parish Church, …
Personal Details Born: Around 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 8 February 1892 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the youngest of 8 children born to Joseph Davies and his wife Elizabeth. No definite marriage can be …
Personal Details Born: Not known Family: Not known Residence: The 1919 Spring Absent Voters’ List for Whitchurch gave Frederick`s address as 18 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch. Employment: Not known Died: Not known Military Details Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Staff Sergeant, …
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: 11 October 1869 at Wattlesborough Heath, Westbury, Shropshire. Family: He was the first of 3 children born to Henry Davies, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Margaret, nee Powell. His siblings were Margaret and Mary. No …
Personal Details Born: 9 January 1896 Family: He was the third son of Edward and Emily Davies of Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Edith Mary Hay in June 1922 and together they had 3 children – Peter, Jean and Betty. …
Personal Details Born: 29 September 1893 Family: The only son of John and Sarah Davies of 9 Brooklands, Chester Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. In 1919 George married Harriet Elizabeth Brown and together they had 4 children – Richard Eric, Maisie M, Derrick …
The memorial is by the roadside in Threapwood. 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 beyond will get …
The memorial is outside St Chad’s Church, Tushingham. 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 beyond will get …
The memorial is outside St Oswald’s Church, Malpas. 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 beyond will get …
Peat working was apparently a reserved occupation during WW1 so why were these women employed ? Who were they and where did they stay?
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 …
The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …
Mrs Eliz. DaviesOf Moreton Wood, Whitchurch, SalopMember of Mothers Union Work Party. Duty – NeedleworkFrom 00/00/1915 to 00/00/1918
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 …
Born in Stoak, Cheshire in 1891, the third son of the late John Davies and the late Hannah Davies of Edge Grange, Malpas, Cheshire. Arthur worked on his father’s farm. He died from gas shell poisoning. Regiment : 99th Siege …
Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1895, the second son of John and Kate Davies. Husband of Ivy (nee Sherman) Davies of 16 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. Albert was serving with the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry at Prees Heath when he married …
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 …
William Albert Davies was born in Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1893 (baptised 10th May 1893), the second son of Edward and Emily Davies of Chester Road, Tushingham, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a locomotive fireman. William’s …
Born in Cuddington Heath, Malpas, Cheshire in 1888 or early 1889 (baptised 23rd January 1889), the third son of Joseph and Mary Davies of Cuddington Heath, Malpas, Cheshire. David’s trade on enlisting was a waggoner. David joined up with a …
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 …
Edward George Davies was born in Grindley Brook, near Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1891, the eldest son of Edward and Emily Davies of Chester Road, Tushingham, near Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Edward as a joiner. Edward’s younger brother, William …
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 …