William Thornton

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Personal Details Born: 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the elder of two children born to William Thornton, a general labourer, and his wife Martha. No marriage can be found for him. Residence: In 1901 his family were living …

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George Henry Oliver

Personal Details Born: 1 March 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 11 April the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the second of five surviving children born to Stephen Oliver, an iron foundry clerk, and his …

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Robert Arthur Hughes

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Personal Details Born:  In 1897 in Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales. Family: He was the youngest of four children born to Thomas Hughes, a watchmaker, and his wife Jane. No marriage can be traced for Robert. Residence: In 1901, he was living …

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William Walters Shone

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Personal Details Born: 3 June 1895 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 19 June the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to William Shone, a gardener, and his wife Sarah, …

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George Sandford Hassall

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Personal Details Born: 22 April 1886 in Norbury, Cheshire. Family: He was the youngest of seven children born to George Hassall, a farmer, and his wife Harriett. He married Muriel Emily Sherry in 1919 in Chester, Cheshire and together they …

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John Edward Heatley

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Personal Details Born: 9 August 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire; baptised in St. Alkmund’s Church on 14 August the same year. Family: He was the eldest of five children of Edward George Heatley, a saddler, and his wife Jane. He married …

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Robert Thomas Grace

East Surrey

Personal Details Born: 16 January 1895 Family: The second child of Robert and Mary Ann Grace of 42 Watergate Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Robert married Cecilia Moth of 41 Broughton Street, Queen’s Road, Battersea on the 25 September 1915 at St Phillip’s Church, …

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Harold Adams

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Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1886, the fifth son of William and Emma Adams of Heath Cottage, Steele Heath, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Harold as a draper’s apprentice. Regiment : 16th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps Rank : Lance …

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