Personal Details Born: In 1869 in Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 31 October the same year in Prees Parish Church. Family: He was the second son of Elizabeth Huxley. He married Emily Hurlston Hesketh in 1908 in Whitchurch, Shropshire … 
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Personal Details Born: 1 July 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The third child of John Brereton and Ethel Huxley of 20 Station Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: In 1939 he was working as an Agricultural Tractor Dealer and Air Ministry Contractor. Residence: In …
The memorial is inside Whixall Welsh End Methodist Chapel. 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 …
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 …
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 Wem, Shropshire in 1890, the second son of William and Emma Huxley of the Toll Gate House, Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. William worked as a Farm Waggoner before joining the Army. Regiment : ‘B’ Battery, CLXX th Brigade, Royal …
Ernest John Huxley was born in Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1895 (baptised 21st November 1895), the second son of John Henry and Sarah Ann Huxley of 17 Whitchurch Road, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. No marriage can be traced for Ernest.
Born in Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1889, the eldest son of the late Mary and the late Thomas Huxley of Grange Cottage, Northwood, Wem, Shropshire. When he enlisted in September 1916, Thomas was living at Wharfdale Gardens Farm, Ilkley, Yorkshire …