Personal Details Born: In 1895 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 8 May the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. He was known as Jack. Family: He was the second of three children born to James Williams, a … 
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Personal Details Born: 18 October 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the only son of Edgar Samuel Cooper, a draper’s assistant, and his wife Edith Emily, a confectioner. He was brother to Dorothy and Violet. In 1933 he married …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Personal Details Born: 10 October 1889. Family: The fifth child of Stephen and Mary Gorham of 140 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Margaret Roberts on the 10 October 1918 and together they had 2 children – Mary and John B. …
Born in Wrenbury, Cheshire in 1896, the second son of Samuel and Eliza Tapley of Yew Tree House, Wrenbury Frith, Nantwich, Cheshire. His occupation is shown in the 1911 Census as grocer’s apprentice. Regiment : 16th Battalion attached to the …
Born in Rhosllanerchrugog, Denbighshire in 1898, the second son of Thomas and Jane Hughes of 39 Claypit Street, Whitchurch. Regiment : 7th (Service) Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps Rank : Rifleman Service Number : C/1623 Killed in Action; France 21st …
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 …
Tom (Thomas) Williams, born in Whitchurch in 1897, the second son of Henry and Mary Elizabeth Williams of 2 Havana Buildings, Scotland Street, Whitchurch. Regiment : 16th (Service) Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps (Church Lads Brigade) Rank : Rifleman Service …
George Harold Groom was born in Hanmer, Flintshire in 1897, the eldest son of Levi and Elizabeth Groom of Horseman’s Green, near Whitchurch Shropshire. Regiment : 21st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps Rank : Rifleman Service Number : R/33490 Died …
John Grant Lewis was born in Green End, Whitchurch in 1894. He was the only son of John and Ellen Lewis of 75 Green End, Whitchurch. He was a saddler by trade. John was a member of the Church Lads …
Thomas Frederick Cliff was born in Whitchurch in 1896. He was the second son of Thomas and Martha Cliff of 3a, Claypit Street Terrace, Whitchurch. Thomas enlisted on the 21st September 1914, a member of the Church Lads Brigade. (The …
William Ernest Burrows was born in Whitchurch in 1892. He was the fourth son of George and Emma Burrows of 39, Talbot Street, Whitchurch. William enlisted in September 1914, he was a member of the Church Lads Brigade. William’s elder …
Frank Thomas Barron was born in Whitchurch in 1893. He was the only son of Thomas and Alice Barron of 9, St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census shows that at the age of 18 he was working as an …
James Henry Hockenhull was born in Tilstock, Whitchurch in 1890, the second son of James and Mary Hockenhull of 13, Catteralls Lane, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census reveals James residing at Moss Villa, Tilstock Road, Whitchurch and working as a groom/general …
Born in Bickley, Cheshire in 1888, the fourth son of Elizabeth and the late Peter Humphreys of Hetherstone Green, Bickley, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Arthur as a game keeper. Regiment : 7th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps Rank …