Norman Joyce

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 23 August 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 28 October the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Norman had a twin brother Arthur Bernard. Norman was named in the civil birth, marriage and death …

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James Henry Foster

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 8 August 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to Alfred Foster, a farm labourer, and his wife Elizabeth Ellen. He married Dorothy M Preece in 1925 in Whitchurch and together …

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Thomas Plant

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: About 1876 in Stanton upon Hine Heath, Shropshire. Family: He was the son of Samuel Plant, a labourer. Residence: In 1915 he gave his address as 4 Scotland Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Employment: In 1915 he was a …

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Ernest Woodhall

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 28 February 1879 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 13 March the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the sixth of seven children born to Charles Woodhall, a carpenter and joiner and …

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Samuel Colton Latham

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 6 November 1892 in Colton, Staffordshire and baptised at the Parish Church of Mary the Virgin, Colton, Staffordshire on 12 March 1893. Family: He was the elder of two sons born to Samuel Colton Latham, a farmer …

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Thomas Henry Hales

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 22 January 1885 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. He was also known as Harry Hales. Family: He was the second of four children born to Walter Hales, a house painter and his wife Sarah Emily. He married Annie Sumner …

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John Francis

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 25 December 1884 in Ightfield, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to John Francis, a coachman and his wife Sarah. No marriage can be found for him. Residence: In 1891 he and his …

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Reginald Lewis Dyer

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 14 October 1893 in Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire and baptised 21 January 1894 at Charlton Kings Parish Church. Family: He was the younger of two sons born to John Henry Dyer, a schoolteacher and his wife Sarah. He …

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Joseph Crewe

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: About 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the son of George Crewe and he had a sister Clara, whom he gave as his next of kin in 1915. Residence: In 1911 he was living with his …

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Ernest Crewe

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1890 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 24 December 1890 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was one of at least six children born to George Crewe, a bricklayer and his wife Margaret. No marriage can …

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John Burns

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: About 1874 in Crossmaglen, Armagh, Ireland. Family: In 1915 he gave his next of kin as his foster brother, John Holdbrook, also living at 9 Pepper Street. Residence: He gave his address as 9 Pepper Street, Whitchurch, …

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Harry Brown

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 11 May 1884 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of seven surviving children born to Richard Brown, an agricultural labourer and his wife Mary. He married Lucy Nellie Starkey on 22 January 1907 at St. …

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William Belfield

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1875 in Nantwich, Cheshire and baptised 18 July 1875 at Nantwich Parish Church. Family: He was the fifth of nine children born to Joseph Belfield, a horse dealer and his wife Ann. He married Alice Street on …

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James Walter Hibbert

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1866 in Duckinfield, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Family: He was the child of Ann Hibbert. He married Eliza Ann Hurst on 7 February 1886 in Duckinfield. He married for the second time to Alma Elizabeth Ward on 27 September …

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John Fowles

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 5 September 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 22 September the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the fourth of eight children born to Joseph Fowles, a farmer, and his wife Sarah. Sarah …

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Arthur Stevenson

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 6 July 1896 in Bunbury, Cheshire. Family: He was the seventh of nine surviving children born to John Stevenson, a general farm labourer, and his wife Elizabeth (nee Thelwell). He married Mary Royle in 1924 in Nantwich, …

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Charles Green

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 15 November 1892 in Tushingham, Cheshire. Family: He was the third of seven children born to John Green, a domestic coachman, and his wife Mary E. No marriage can be traced for Charles. Residence: He lived at …

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James Holbrook

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 18 April 1864 in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales Family: He was the eldest of five children (he had a twin brother John) born to Benjamin Holbrook, a bricklayer, and his wife Ann. He married Nellie Green on 20 …

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George Harry Porter

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 10 March 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 29 March 1893 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of six surviving children born to George Porter, a platelayer on the railway and …

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Fred Newbrook

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 29 June 1894 at St Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of seven surviving children born to Alfred Newbrook, a labourer and his wife Sarah Ann. No marriage …

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Albert Edward Chidlow

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The 1911 Census record indicates that he was an adopted child when he was living with the James family (headed by William with his wife, Charlotte). He married Lucy M Glennoe in …

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John William Mann

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 15 July 1890 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 16 July the same year at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church. Family: He was one of six surviving children born to Thomas Mann, a labourer and his wife Mary. He …

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Thomas Ernest Gill

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1879 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: His grandparents who brought him up were Henry and Frances Gill (his parents are not known). He married Mary Ellen Cliffe in 1902 in Wem, Shropshire; no children can be confirmed for …

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Patrick Burke

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1876 in Ireland, possibly Limerick. Family: He was the son of James Burke. He had two children, Patrick Charles and James. Residence: At the time of his enlistment in 1915 he was living at 4 Venables Yard, …

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Joseph Lloyd

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1896 in Myddle, Shropshire and baptised 31 May 1896 at Myddle Parish Church, Myddle, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of five surviving children born to John Lloyd, a groom, and his wife Elizabeth. No definite marriage …

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Alfred Wright

Welsh Regiment

Personal Details Born: 15 February 1877 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 26 July 1877 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the third of seven children born to James Wright, a bricklayer`s labourer, and his wife Elizabeth, nee …

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Harry Williams

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 15 July 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 13 August the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the sixth of eight children born to James Williams, a carter, and his wife Harriet. No …

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James Thomas

Labour Corps

Personal Details Born: 26 January 1878 in Chester, Cheshire. Family: He married Martha Badrock in 1903 in Chester, Cheshire. The couple had two children, Edith Mabel and Hilda. Residence: In 1911 James, his wife and two children were living at …

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Alfred Williams

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 21 July 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 31 July the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the elder of two children born to John Williams, a general labourer, and his …

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George Harold Taylor

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 19 August 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of eleven children born to Herbert Taylor, a joiner, and his wife Jane. He married Annie Williams in 1917 in Birkenhead, Cheshire. The couple had six children – …

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Wallace Bailey Welch

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 7 October 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the youngest of four children of James Welch, a baker, and his wife Eliza. He married Ada Evans on 8 November 1919 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales and together …

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James Rowles Wilkinson

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 31 October 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 20 January 1890 in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the second of eight children born to George Wilkinson, a butcher, and his wife Henrietta. He …

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William Rowe

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1886 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third child born to William Rowe, a labourer, and his wife Margaret. He married Ethel Mary Madeley on 5 February 1913 at St. John`s Wesleyan Chapel, Whitchurch. The couple …

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Thomas William Thomas

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1892 Family: His pension record stated that he was married. Residence: The 1919 Absent Voters` List gave an address of 17 Egerton Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire for him, but no other connection with this address can be found. …

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Richard Thomas

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 23 December 1881 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to Morris Thomas, a labourer, and his wife Fanny. He married Dora Harding …

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Joseph Walford

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 19 January 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 17 February the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch.   Family: According to the 1901 census Joseph Walford lived with his father George, mother Harriet and brothers …

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Noel Jack Roles

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 30 September 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was one of seven children born to Peter Roles, a general labourer, and his wife Jane, nee Hunt. He married Annie Elizabeth Wright in April 1929 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The …

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Harry Wagstaff

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: Bewdley, Worcester 1897 Family: He lived with his mother, Middie Wagstaff (maiden name Siviter), father, Alfred J. Wagstaff and his older brother, Frederick Horace and younger sister, Ena May. No marriage for Harry could be found. Residence: The 1901 census shows …

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Frederick Walford

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 12 October 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and was baptised on 4 November the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth of eight surviving children born to George Walford, a joiner, and …

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William Sumner

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: William was born 17 February 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of nine children born to John Henry Sumner, a labourer in a milling furnace, and his wife Edith. No marriage can be confirmed for …

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George Henry Reynolds

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 12 August 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 29 August the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the youngest of three children born to Ridgway Reynolds, a labourer, and his wife …

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William David Griffiths

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 25 December 1889 in Llanymynech, Shropshire. Family: He was the fifth of six children born to Edward Griffiths, a bricklayer, and his wife Louisa. He married Agnes Groom in 1914 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and together they had …

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Josiah Huxley

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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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William Oswald Jackson

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 23 June 1886 in Hinstock, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of four children born to William Jackson, a farm labourer, and his wife Mary. He married Minnie Elizabeth Thelwell in 1943 in Whitchurch, Shropshire; no children …

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Thomas Shenton

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of five surviving children born to Philip Shenton, a factory engine driver and his wife Mary, nee Lunt. No marriage can be confirmed for Thomas. Residence: In 1901 …

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Ernest Porter

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1890 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was one of ten surviving children born to Samuel Porter, a labourer, and his wife Louisa. No marriage can be traced for him. Residence: In 1891 he lived with his …

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John Lea

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Personal Details Born: 25 August 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was one of nine children born to Isaiah Lea, a greengrocer, and Elizabeth Humphreys. He married Violet Mary Johnson in Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1913. The couple had seven …

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William George Hall

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1876 in Limehouse, Middlesex. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to William Hall, a labourer, and his wife Rebecca. No marriage can be traced for William. Residence: In 1881 and 1891 he lived …

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George Fowles

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1887 and baptised 4 May 1887 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was one of six children born to John Fowles, a butcher, and his wife Catherine. No marriage can be located for …

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Joseph Robert Hares

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 18 July 1894 in Prees, Shropshire and was baptised on 20 August the same year in Prees Parish Church. Family: He was the second of five children born to Thomas James Hares, a farmer, and his wife …

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Leonard Walter Purcell

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 20 October 1895 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 9 February 1896 in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the third of six children born to Thomas John Hill Purcell, a tobacconist, hairdresser and newsagent, and …

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William Henry Steele

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 5 June 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 22 June the same year at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch.  Family: He was the sixth of seven surviving children born to George Steele, a blacksmith, and his wife …

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Gordon Edwin Suker

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire.  Family: He was the younger of two sons born to John Suker, a general labourer, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Hilda E.Smith in 1921 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The couple had two …

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Josiah Ernest Ridgway

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 7 April 1878 in Whitchurch, Shropshire.  Family: He was the youngest of five sons born to Josiah Ridgway, a clockmaker, and Ann his wife. In 1912 Josiah married Ada Brown in Whitchurch and the following year their …

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Thomas Edwards

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 15 November 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of six children born to James Edwards, a joiner, and his wife Mary Ann. He married Florence Muriel Richards in 1920 in Whitchurch and together they …

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William Evans

Labour Corps

Personal Details Born: In 1878 in Burleydam, Cheshire. Family: He was the fifth of six children born to Peter Evans, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Ann. He married Pamela Felton in 1898 in Market Drayton, Shropshire and together they …

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John Gibbons

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 5 April 1869 in Malpas, Cheshire. Family: He was the eldest of eight children born to Stephen Gibbons, a blacksmith, and his wife Catherine. He married Sarah Ann Hammond on 21 October 1897 at St. George’s Church, …

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Ernest Edward Newbrook

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 18 March 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of five children born to Edward Newbrook, a labourer, and his wife Catherine, nee Salmon. Ernest was a bachelor. Residence: In 1901 his family were living …

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Edwin Pace

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 11 June 1884 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 21 July the same year in St. Alkmund’s Church. Family: He was the youngest of four children born to Richard Pace, a gardener, and his wife Mary. He …

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John Evans

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: October 1876 in Platt Lane, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the youngest of six surviving children born to William Evans, a canal boatman, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Sarah Ann Sparrow on 14 September 1892 in …

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Ernest William Evans

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 29 July 1886 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 11 August the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the sixth of seven children born to George Evans, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Mary …

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Edwin Evans

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 14 April 1875 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 16 April the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of seven children born to George Evans, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Mary …

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Thomas Henry Done

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1878 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the son of Mary Done (Mary married George Allman in 1882 in Whitchurch). No marriage can be traced for Thomas. Residence: In 1881 he lived in Grindley Brook, Whitchurch …

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Isaiah Lea

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1872 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 6 April 1873 at St Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the son of Isaiah Lea, a greengrocer, and Elizabeth Humphreys. He married Annie Jones in 1905 in Whitchurch. On …

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Walter Jones

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In 1896 in Tushingham, Cheshire, near Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the sixth of ten children born to George Jones, a farm labourer, and his first wife Mary. Mary died in 1901 and George married again to …

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Jack Crewe

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 17 March 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 13 April the same year at St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was one of eleven children born to Richard Crewe, a bricklayer’s labourer, and his wife Mary …

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William Skerratt

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 23 December 1885 in Tushingham, Cheshire. Family: He was the second of four children born to Thomas Skerratt, a labourer, and his wife Frances. The 1939 Register indicates that he was single at that time. Residence: He …

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Thomas Henry Hayles

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 22 January 1883 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. This birth date comes from the 1939 Register; the civil birth registration was in the first quarter 1885. Also known by the surname Hales. Family: He was the second of four …

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William Foreshaw

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:   15 May 1880 in Liverpool, Lancashire. Family:  He married Jane Capper Quarter 4 1906 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. They had two children, John William George and Margaret Dorothy. Residence:   In 1901 he was living at 3 Dodington, Whitchurch, …

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Edward Ashley

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 22 September 1877 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of four children of William Arrowsmith, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Mary Arrowsmith. He married Julietta Griffiths on 13 April 1901 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and …

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Stanley Barlow

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 26 July 1892 in Bronington, Flintshire, Wales. Family: He was the second of four children born to William Barlow, a house decorator, and his wife Annie Elizabeth Barlow. No marriage can be traced for Stanley. Residence: In …

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Joseph Beckett

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 27 February 1894 in Ash, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of four children born to Robert Beckett, a farm waggoner, and Clara Beckett. The 1939 Register shows Joseph as single, we are unable to find a …

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Frederick Chidlow

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: April 1897 and baptised 18 April 1897 in Tilstock, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest son of Frederick Chidlow, a garden labourer, and his wife Elizabeth Chidlow. Frederick married Annie Louise Powell in Market Drayton in 1918 …

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Fred Dulson

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:   25 April 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family:   He was the sixth of nine children born to George Dulson, a paviour, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Rosanna B. Grice Quarter 4 1936 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. They had …

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Clement Dodd

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:  In 1896 in Bradley, Cheshire. Family:   He was the youngest of three sons born to Thomas Dodd, a waggoner, and his wife Ann. His brothers were William and Harry. No marriage can be found for him. Residence: …

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James Boyle

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:  In 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was one of nine children born to Patrick Boyle, a labourer in an iron foundry, and his wife Margaret (nee O`Neill). His father died in about 1897. By the time …

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Robert Henry Clarke

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:   15 September 1890 Family: Robert Henry was the second of seven children born to Annie Clarke.  George was possibly the only legitimate child of Annie and Robert Clarke. In 1919 he married Annie Bleasedale (nee Moores), …

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Joseph Bebbington

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:  In 1864 and baptised on 5 June 1864 at St Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family:  He was the eldest of 6 children born to William Bebbington, a gentleman`s servant and later a licensed victualler, and his …

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Horace James Beesley

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:  13th July 1891 in Stoke Newington, Middlesex,  but not baptised until 1st April 1906 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. Family: He was the eldest of 3 children born to James Charles Beesley and his wife Sophia Honor (nee Runnicus). …

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Albert Edward Blencowe

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:  12 June 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family:  He was the second son of Charles Leonard Blencowe, a baker, and his wife Margaret Winifred, nee O’Hara. His siblings were William, Catherine, Charles, Frank, Percy, George and Harry. He …

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Samuel Boaz

Royal Fusiliers

Personal Details Born:  9 March 1896 at Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 1 April 1896 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family:   He was the youngest of three children born to Samuel Boaz, a canal boatman, and …

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George Thomas

Labour Corps

Personal Details Born: 3 March 1876. Family: The first child of Morris and Fanny Thomas of 13 Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Bertha Penn on 31 July 1915 and together they had 2 children – Brian and Wilfred. Employment: At the age of …

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Frederick George Ankers

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: Baptised 20 January 1886 Family: Eldest son and second of six children born to John and Charlotte Ankers. In 1919 he married May Williamson at Whitchurch, Shropshire and together they had two children, Frederick G and Elizabeth …

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Harry Badrock

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born:  Harry was born on 11 February 1889. Family:  He was the son of Charles Badrock, a jobbing gardener, and his wife Ellen. He had one sister, Martha. He married Emily Walmsley on the 17 February 1913 in …

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Samuel Ankers

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: Baptised 17th July 1889 Family:  Son of John and Charlotte. In late 1911 he married Edith Starkey at Whitchurch, Shropshire. Together they had seven children, Lucy E, Phyllis M, Ivy E, Elsie A, Hilda N, Gladys M, …

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Herbert Ankers

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: January 12th 1893 and baptised at St Alkmund’s parish church a month later. Family: The fifth of six children born to of John and Charlotte Ankers of Dodington, Whitchurch, Shropshire. In 1920 he married Annie E. Reynolds …

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Ernest Ankers

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 13th March 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 28th September the same year at St Alkmund’s parish church. Family: Third of six children born to John Thomas and Charlotte A. Ankers of 6 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch, Shropshire. …

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Ernest Richard Caswell

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1895 and baptised 6th October 1895. Also recorded with surname Casewell. Family: Next to youngest of six children born to John and Jane. In 1921 he married Daisy Smith at Whitchurch, Shropshire. Together they had two sons …

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Frank Williams

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: Born in Bettisfield, Flintshire, Wales on 27 April 1895.  Family: The son of Charles and Fanny Williams of Moss Farm, Bronington, Flintshire, Wales. He married Vera Aspa Coates in 1920. Civilian Occupation: He worked in a brickyard when he enlisted; …

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Samuel Webster

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 15 March 1898. Family: The first child of Samuel and Mary Webster of 15 Barlows Yard, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: He was working at cable makers British Insulated Cables Ltd Norfolk prior to enlisting. Residence: He lived at 5 Castle Hill, …

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Ernest Taylor

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 29 August 1893. Family: He was the fourth child of Herbert and Jane Taylor of 10 Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Brother of George Harold Taylor. In 1939 he was married to Helen. Civilian Occupation: He was employed as boot maker/repairer. …

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Charles Henry Stanley

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 4 July 1895 Family: The first child of Henry and Georgina Stanley of 152 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Charles married Gladys M Adams in 1921 and together they had one child – Henry R. Civilian Occupation: After school he joined the …

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Thomas Henry Paddington

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1 February 1895. Family: The third child of Harry and Mary Jane Paddington of 59 Green End, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Thomas married Eva M Austin in 1919 and our research suggests they had 6 children together – Bernard C, John, Leslie T, …

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Sidney Murden

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 5 February 1896 in Finsbury, Middlesex. Family: The second son of Alfred and Annie Mary Murden. Alfred died in 1899 and Annie went on to marry William Sands and moved to Steel Heath, Whitchurch, Shropshire. In 1920 Sidney married …

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Harry Morris

Royal Engineers

Personal Details Born: September 1892 Children: The second child of Harry and Jane Morris of 13 Newtown Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: In 1911 Harry was working as a farm labourer in Tybroughton, Flintshire, Wales. Died: Date unknown     Military Details Regiment: Royal …

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Edwin Jones

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: January 1877 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The fourth child of Joseph and Annie Jones of 37 Folly Lane, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Edwin married Alice Thompson on the 1 March 1905 and together they had 2 children – Ronald and Winifred …

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Edward Madders

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: In Whitchurch, Shropshire on 5 November 1896. Family: The second child of Thomas and Mary Madders of 11 Talbot Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. In 1927 Edward married Norah Catherine Callaghan in Fylde, Lancashire and they had 2 children together – Sheila …

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Charles Hayward

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 12 January 1893 in Adderley, Shropshire. Family: The second son of Samuel and Ann Hayward of Blackwaters, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. Civilian Occupation: In 1911 Charles was working as a waggoner on a farm. Five years later his occupation was …

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Robert Charles Hales

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 9 August 1895. Family: The third son of James Lee and Elizabeth Ann Hales of 28 Belton Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Robert married Kate Minay in 1918. Civilian Occupation: He was employed as a boot shop assistant. In 1939, he …

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George Fisher

Personal Details Born: 1897 Family: The second son of George and Mary Anne Fisher of 4 Venables Yard, High Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: George was employed as a labourer before enlisting in 1915. Residence: For a while after the war he lived at …

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Leonard James Elson

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 18 January 1896 Family: The fourth child of James and Sarah Elson of Moorhead Cottage, Willeymoor, Tushingham, Cheshire. Leonard married Abigail Mary Paddington in 1924 and together they had one daughter, Sheila. His surname was sometimes spelt Ellson. …

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John Caulcott Davies

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 9 January 1896 Family: He was the third son of Edward and Emily Davies of Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Edith Mary Hay in June 1922 and together they had 3 children – Peter, Jean and Betty. …

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Percy Day

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1877. Family: The second son of Charles and Rhoda Day of Newtown Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Percy married Elizabeth Jane Bills on 19 August 1901. Residence: In 1911 Percy and Elizabeth were living at 6 Newtown Street, Whitchurch; the 1919 Absent …

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Joseph Chesters

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: Woodhouses, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1879. Family: The son of Joseph and Elizabeth Chesters of Grange Farm, Wirswall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. We believe Joseph had a sister named Eliza born in 1860 and may have been adopted. Civilian Occupation: He …

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Thomas Beddows

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1879 Family: Second son of Thomas and Christina Beddow. Thomas also used the name Beddows. Residences: Steel Lane, Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire, and 87 Cheeryble Street, Higher Openshawe, Manchester by the end of the war. Civilian Occupation: He was …

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William Robert Bennion

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 26 September 1876 Family: Son of Margaret Bennion. William married Elizabeth Humphreys on the 23 February 1896 and together they had 7 children – William, Elizabeth, Margaret, Florence, Emily, Samuel and Gwendoline. Civilian Occupation: Builder’s labourer. Residence: On leaving the …

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Walter Sydney Fisher

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born 1881 Next of kin – Mrs Alice Ann Fisher (wife), 20 Pepper Street, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Stoker at Whitchurch Gas Works Military Details Regiment : King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Royal Defence Corps Rank : Private Service …

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William R. Bennion

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born 1874 Next of kin – Mrs Elizabeth Bennion (wife), 1 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Builder’s labourer Military Details Regiment : King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, Labour Corps Rank : Corporal, Private Service Number : 11691, 42444 …

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