Personal Details Born: 18 February 1870 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of five children born to Edwin Day, a blacksmith, and his wife Ann. He married Eliza Hunt on 19 April 1894 in Whitchurch and together they … 
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Personal Details Born: 11 August 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 9 September 1896 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church. Family: He was the second of seven children born to Joseph Day, a labourer, and his wife Eliza, nee Hunt. He …
Personal Details Born: Quarter 4 1888 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church on 14 December 1888. Family: He was the eighth of nine children born to Enoch Day, a shoe maker, and his wife Mary, nee …
Personal Details Born: 1877. Family: The second son of Charles and Rhoda Day of Newtown Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Percy married Elizabeth Jane Bills on 19 August 1901. Residence: In 1911 Percy and Elizabeth were living at 6 Newtown Street, Whitchurch; the 1919 Absent …
Personal Details Born: March 1865 Family: The eldest son of Edwin and Ann Day of Yardington Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William married Emily Brookshaw on 15 December 1889. Residence: In 1891 William was living in Newton, Whitchurch. By 1901 he had moved back …
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 …
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 Claypit Street, Whitchurch in 1884, the third son of Enoch and Mary Day. Husband of Rosie (nee Edge) Day, of Stockton Heath, Cheshire and father of Thomas Eric. Thomas was a manager in a Boot/Shoe Shop before enlisting.