Personal Details Born: In 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He married Emily Allen in 1904 in Chorlton, Lancashire and together they had one child, William. Residence: In 1911 he was living at 24 Dane Road, Sale, Cheshire; in 1914 he … 
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Personal Details Born: 1 December 1860 in Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 30 December the same year in Tilstock Parish Church. His family name was Henshall. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to John Henshall, an agricultural …
Personal Details Born: In 1882 and baptised on 22 December 1882 at St Alkmund’s Parish Church in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of seven children of William Henshall, a general labourer, and his wife Harriett. He married Harriett …
Personal Details Born: In 1890 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church on 16 July in the same year. Family: He was the youngest of seven children of William Henshall, a general labourer, and his wife Harriett. …
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 …
Born in Yardington, Whitchurch in 1879, the eldest son of William and Harriet Henshall of 42, Yardington, Whitchurch. William worked as a General Labourer before joining the Army. William’s brother, Albert, died from his wounds in 1916. Regiment : South …
Albert Henshall was born in Yardington, Whitchurch in 1893. Albert was the fifth son of William and Harriet Henshall of 42 Yardington, Whitchurch. Albert’s brother, William, died from illness following service in the Great War in 1918. Regiment : 11th …