Personal Details Born: 27 July 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and was baptised on 11 September the same year in Ightfield Parish Church, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of four children born to Joseph Lees, a farmer, and his wife … 
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Personal Details Born: In 1869 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 8 October the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the second of seven children born to James Williams, a carter, and his wife Harriett …
Personal Details Born: In 1869 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to John Reay, a general labourer, and his wife Sarah. He married Annie Thelwell on 5 March 1889 in Whitchurch and together they …
Personal Details Born: In 1897 in Wem, Shropshire. Family: He was the fifth of eight children born to Henry Ouseley and his wife Betsy. He married Stella Crawley in 1927 in Long Ashton, Somerset. The couple had two children; Michael …
Personal Details Born: June 1876 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to Patrick Gaughan, a pedlar, and his wife Ellen Elizabeth Helen. No marriage can be traced for William. Residence: In 1881 he …
Personal Details Born: 24 January 1900 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of seven children born to William H H Corfield, a bricklayer, and his wife Mary Ann. He married Edna Coyne in 1926 in Wem, Shropshire, and …
Personal Details Born: 27 September 1888 in Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales. Family: He was the eldest of four children born to Thomas Hughes, a watchmaker, and his wife Jane, nee Griffiths. No marriage can be traced for Thomas. Residence: In 1901, …
Personal Details Born: Quarter 3 1891 in Wadsworth, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and baptised 19 July 1891 at St. Edmund King and Martyr church, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. Family: He was the third of seven children born to Robert Flint, a hotel and …
Personal Details Born: 13 April 1876 and baptised in St Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 7 May 1876. Family: Harry was the eldest of 5 children born to Edmund Bamforth, a platform inspector, and his wife, Hannah Frances. He …
Personal Details Born: Born 1 July 1898 (Baptised on 4 March 1899) Family: Sixth of eight children born to Joseph and Hannah. Philip married Mary Jones in 1923 at Conway, Caernarvonshire, Wales and together had 3 children – Emrys, Barbara …
Personal Details Born: 29 November 1898. Family: The second son of Samuel and Jane Lewis of The Bell Inn, Tushingham, Cheshire. Civilian Occupation: He was a gardener. Residence: In 1939 he was living in a bungalow near Pearl Farm, Tushingham, Cheshire …
Personal Details Born: In Whitchurch, Shropshire on the 31 December 1899. Family: The second child of James and Florence Gillespie. At the time of his birth, the family were living at 144 Wrexham Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Ten years later they had …
Born in Waverton, Cheshire in 1889, the eldest son of John James and Marie Butler of Whalebone Road, Willington, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband of Edith Williams (formerly Butler), nee Leadsom, of Tybroughton, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly …
Gordon Joseph Egerton was born in Tilstock Park, Shropshire in 1893, the eldest son of Joseph and Alice Egerton of The Poplars, Welshampton, Shropshire. Regiment : 1st/7th Battalion Manchester Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 74445 Killed in action; …
John William Taylor, born in Whitchurch in 1897, the eldest son of Samuel and Martha Taylor of 1 Jones Yard, High Street, Whitchurch. John was living in Runcorn in August 1914; he enlisted in Wigan in 1916. Regiment : 2/5th …
Born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1894 (baptised 1 August 1894), the son of Mrs Mary Ann Evanson (previously Clive) and step-son of Henry Evanson of White House, Wellington Lane, Worthenbury, Wrexham, Wales. The 1911 Census shows Walter as a farm …
Born in Whitchurch in 1892, the third son of James and Emily Witkiss of 9 Waymills, Whitchurch. Husband of Elizabeth (nee Doan) Witkiss of Prestwick, Lancashire. Father of Albert James. Albert was a resident of Prestwick, Lancashire when he enlisted …
Born in Iscoyd, Flintshire, Wales in 1891, the third son of Job and Ellen Jones of Higher Wych Farm, near Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 census shows Harold as a cowman on a farm. Regiment : 2nd/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment Rank …
Born in Stockingford, Warwickshire in 1890, the sixth son of Frederick and Martha Dale of Oxheys Farm, Tarporley, Cheshire. Frank’s brothers Albert and Walter also lost their lives in the Great War and are commemorated on the Wrenbury and Wrenbury …
Born in Winsford, Cheshire in 1882, the second son of Frederick and Martha Dale of Oxheys Farm, Tarporley, Cheshire. Husband of Lily Dale of ‘Roseneath’, Huxley, Cheshire; father of Norman. His occupation in the 1911 Census was provision dealer. Walter’s …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in 1894 and living in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, the fifth son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Free Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Thomas as an agricultural labourer. Thomas’s …
Born in Stockingford, Warwickshire in 1890, the fifth son of Frederick and Martha Dale of Oxheys Farm, Tarporley, Cheshire. His occupation in the 1911 Census was insurance clerk. Albert’s brothers Frank and Walter also lost their lives in the Great …