Personal Details Born: 6 August 1882 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 20 September 1882 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. He was also known as Rowe Thomas Manford and Thomas Manford Rowe. Family: He was the son of William Manford, …
The memorial is by the roadside in Threapwood. 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 get …
Until 1993, the Military Medal (MM) was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The medal …
The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …
William Powell Manford was born in Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire on 3rd November 1894 (baptised 17th January 1895), the third son of Joseph and Mary Ann Manford of Sandy Lane, Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a cow …