Personal Details Born: 18 November 1877 in Manchester, Lancashire and baptised on 21 January 1878 in the Parish Church of St. Mary, St. Denys and St. George, Manchester. Family: He was the third of nine children born to William Evanson, …
Personal Details Born: 24 April 1882 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 10 May the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Evanson, a bricklayer, and his wife Mary Anne. He …
The memorial is inside St. Deiniol’s Church, Worthenbury. 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, Prees, with a plaque inside the church. 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 …
The memorial is in Lower Heath School, which is on the B5065 in Lower Heath, Prees, Shropshire. The Memorial was donated anonymously in 1919, the donor expressing the wish ‘that it should be placed in a prominent position, as …
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 Whitchurch in 1883, the second son of William and Louisa Evanson of 44 Smallbrook Road, Whitchurch. Regiment : 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (25247) Rank : Private Service Number : 56451 Killed …
Born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1894 (baptised 1 August 1894), the son of Mrs Mary Ann Evanson (previously Clive) and step-son of Henry Evanson of White House, Wellington Lane, Worthenbury, Wrexham, Wales. The 1911 Census shows Walter as a farm …