Personal Details Born: 25 December 1884 in Ightfield, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to John Francis, a coachman and his wife Sarah. No marriage can be found for him. Residence: In 1891 he and his … 
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Personal Details Born: 11 April 1899 in Chelmarsh, Shropshire and baptised 25 June 1899 at Chelmarsh Parish Church. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to George Edward Francis and his wife Henrietta, nee Beach. No marriage can …
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 Sarah FrancisOf Catteralls Lane, Whitchurch, SalopServed at V.A.D. Hospital, Shropshire 26, Broughall, Whitchurch, SalopFrom 28/01/1915 to 03/03/1919
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 …
Ernest Edward Francis was born in Chelmarsh, Shropshire in 1896. He was the eldest son of Edward and Henrietta Francis of 8 Chemistry, Whitchurch. Prior to joining the war Ernest was an apprentice bootmaker. Regiment : XIth Brigade, Royal Field …
Albert Francis was born in Edgeley Bank, Whitchurch in 1890. He was the second son of John and Sarah Francis of 3, Ash Magna, Whitchurch. Albert worked as a Joiner before enlisting in 1915. Regiment : 7th (Service) Battalion King’s …
Report in the Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News June 1916 regarding the death of Ernest Edward Francis “Mr & Mrs Francis, 152 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch have received many expressions of sympathy in the death in action on the 25th April …