A member of the armed forces mentioned in dispatches is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the … 
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Personal Details Born: 17 July 1893 in Prees, Shropshire and baptised 7 August the same year in Prees Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to Thomas James Hares, a farmer, and his wife Lucretia. He …
Personal Details Born: 18 July 1894 in Prees, Shropshire and was baptised on 20 August the same year in Prees Parish Church. Family: He was the second of five children born to Thomas James Hares, a farmer, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 22 January 1884. Family: The second child of Samuel and Fanny Hares of Ash Acres, Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Agnes Frances Corvesor in 1921 and together they had 3 children – Margaret A, Joan F and John …
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 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 …
Vincent Colin Hares (known as Colin) was born in Prees, Shropshire in 1896 (baptised 27th April 1896), the third son of Thomas James and Lucretia Hares of Holcroft, Edgeley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry …