Personal Details Born:In 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of six children born to George Harper, a blacksmith and his wife Ann. He married Constance M. Pace in 1919 in Whitchurch. No children can be found for …
Personal Details Born: 6 September 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to George Harper, a blacksmith, and his wife Ann. He married Sarah Amy Richmond in 1915 in West Derby, Lancashire and together …
The memorial is outside St. John the Baptist Church, Bettisfield. There is also a plaque inside the Village Hall, Bettisfield. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It …
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 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 …
Ernest George Harper (known as George) born in Bettisfield, Flintshire in 1896, the only son of Thomas and Annie Harper of Cadney, Bettisfield, Flintshire. George is shown as a farm labourer in the 1911 Census. Regiment : 1st/4th Battalion Royal …
Frederick George Harper was born at 24 Egerton Road, Whitchurch in 1890. He was the eldest son of George and Ann Harper of No 1, ‘Brae Side’, Edgeley Road, Whitchurch. Frederick worked as a Blacksmith in the Iron Foundry of …