Personal Details Born in 1883 in Tilstock, Shropshire, the second of seven children born to Alfred and Esther Edwards. He married Mary Ann in 1908 and together they had one child, Wilfred Thomas. In 1891 he was living in Tilstock … 
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Personal Details Born: 1891 in Burnley, Lancashire and baptised on 1 October 1891 at St. Matthew`s Church, Habergham Eaves, Burnley. Family: He was the only child of Joseph H Edwards, a watchmaker and his wife Ellen. He married Frances Ann …
Personal Details Born: 1878 in Whixall, Shropshire Family: He was the younger of two children born to Edwin Edwards, a general labourer, and his wife Keziah. He married Lily (or Lilly) Stokes in 1903 in Fulham, London and together they …
Personal Details Born: In 1897 in Bronington, Flintshire and baptised 28 March 1897 in Bronington Parish Church. Family: He was the eighth of nine children born to Evan Edwards, the manager of a brickworks, and his wife Sarah. He married …
Personal Details Born: 1873 in Silverdale, Staffordshire. Family: He was one of at least six children born to Thomas Edwards, a miner, and his wife Hannah, nee Yearsley. He married Mary Ann Lloyd on 17 May 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. …
Personal Details Born: 3 April 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 17 April 1896 in St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was one of six surviving children born to Arthur Edwards, a railway platelayer and his wife, Harriet. He …
Personal Details Born: 4 December 1883 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 19 December 1883 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was one of six surviving children born to Arthur Edwards, a railway labourer and his wife Harriet. No …
Personal Details Born: 15 January 1892 in Marbury, Cheshire and baptised 1 May the same year in Marbury Parish Church. He was also known as Jack Edwards. Family: He was the second of eight children born to John Edge, a …
Personal Details Born: 6 October 1888 in Nantwich, Cheshire. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to Robert David Edwards, a grocer, and his wife Emily. He married Jessie Maud Mary Puttick in 1924 in Reading, Berkshire and …
Personal Details Born: 15 November 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of six children born to James Edwards, a joiner, and his wife Mary Ann. He married Florence Muriel Richards in 1920 in Whitchurch and together they …
Personal Details Born: In 1887 in Oswestry, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of nine children born to Evan Edwards, a brick works foreman, and his wife Sarah. No marriage can be traced for John. Residence: In 1901 the family were …
Personal Details Born: 20 June 1898. Family: The third child of Robert David and Emily Edwards of Sandhurst, Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Military Details Regiment: Royal Air Force Rank: Mechanic Service Number: 253953 Date of Enlistment: 30 March 1918 Date of …
Personal Details Born: 15 April 1896. Family: The seventh child of Evan and Sarah Edwards. When Walter was baptised on 26 April 1896 the family were living at Fenn’s Bank Brick & Tile Works, Bronington, Flintshire. The 1901 Census shows them living …
Personal Details Born: 10 September 1887 Family: The fifth child of James and Hannah Edwards of Whitchurch Road, Prees, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: He was a farm waggoner prior to enlisting for 12 years. Military Details Regiment: Royal Navy Rank: Stoker Service Number: …
The memorial was on the outside wall of the United Reformed Church, Whixall. The church has been sold for conversion into a private dwelling; the memorial has been removed and is now free-standing in the adjacent graveyard. This is …
The memorial is inside Whixall Welsh End Methodist Chapel. 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 …
The memorial is near Whixall primary school, Mossleigh, Whixall. 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 …
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 Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom and the British Empire to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service in World War I. The badge, sometimes known as the …
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 …
Alfred Pryce Edwards, born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1893, the third son of Evan and Sarah Edwards. Husband of Gertrude (nee Crewe) Edwards, of 14, Barkhill Whitchurch, father of Winifred, Alfred, Sidney Cecil, Walter Kitchener and Dorothy Evelyn. Alfred was …
Born in High Street, Whitchurch in 1881, the second son of Arthur and Harriet Edwards of 38 Smallbrook Road, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census showed Willie to be a brick pipe and tile worker. Willie enlisted on the 21st 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