William Thomas Murhall was born in Whitchurch in 1889, the second son of William and Amelia Murhall of Liverpool Road, Whitchurch. William was working as a Groom before joining the Army. His mother died when he was six years old … 
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Sidney Hubert Crewe was born in St Michaels, Shrewsbury in 1876. He was the only son of John and Ellen Crewe of 15, Yardington, Whitchurch. Sidney was the husband of Elizabeth (nee Adams) Crewe, of 17, Yardington and he was …
Born in Wrenbury, Cheshire in 1878, the eldest son of the late John and Martha Ashley of Pinsley Green, Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 16th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Rank : Private Service Number : 37445 Killed in action; France 23rd …
Born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1891, the second son of James and Mary Ann Walley of 42 New Park Road, Castlefields, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Husband to Alice Louie Walley (nee Bowdler) (married 4th July 1915) of 28 West Road, Congleton, Cheshire. …
Albert Henshall was born in Yardington, Whitchurch in 1893. Albert was the fifth son of William and Harriet Henshall of 42 Yardington, Whitchurch. Albert’s brother, William, died from illness following service in the Great War in 1918. Regiment : 11th …
Jack Hainsworth Maxwell Newall was born in Huyton, near Liverpool, Lancashire on 1st October 1895, the only son of Marian Perrin Knight Newall of Wharton Hall, Winsford, Cheshire and the late William Newall Maxwell Newall. Jack was educated at Charterhouse …
Born in Worleston, Cheshire in 1893, the second son of Andrew and Hephzibah Clarke of Worleston, Cheshire. Regiment : 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : 22034 Killed in action; Belgium 13 November 1916 Aged …
Born in Wrenbury, Cheshire in 1897, the fourth son of the late Thomas and Emily Stevenson of 85 Chapel Lane, Coppenhall, Warmingham, Crewe, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows him as a farm helper. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade Rank …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1879 (christened 2nd January 1880), the eldest son of William and Sarah Ann Johnson of Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Harriett Johnson (nee Roberts) (married 10th February 1913) of 8 Wrench’s Court, Tarvin Road, …
Born in Macefen, Malpas, Cheshire in 1897, the third son of Ambrose George and Sarah Shone of Back Lane, Nomansheath, Malpas, Cheshire. Phillip’s enlistment papers show him as a platelayer. Regiment : 1st/1st Field Company, Royal Engineers Rank : Sapper …
Henry Bardell Adamson, born in Foleshill, Warwickshire on 14 December 1881, the eldest son of the Rev James Bardell Adamson and the late Sarah Sibyl Adamson of 4 Claremont Buildings, Shrewsbury. The Rev Bardell was vicar of Burleydam, Cheshire between …
Charles Crump was born in Hampton Heath, Cheshire in 1895. He was the eldest son of Charles and Mary Crump of Bradley Green, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch. Charles was working as a Farm Labourer when he enlisted at Whitchurch in December …
Born in Ightfield, Shropshire in 1897, the only son of Mary Ellen Ellison of Ightfield, Shropshire. The Commonwealth War Grave Commission records show him as the son of Mr T Ellison of 8 Burleydam Road, Ightfield, Shropshire but the 1901 …
Joseph Jones was born in Watergate Street, (Bulls Head Public House) Whitchurch in 1884, the fourth son of Joseph and Elizabeth Jones, of 22, Watergate Street, Whitchurch. He was the husband of Mary Emma (nee Clutton) Jones of Norbury, Cheshire. …
John Glover (known as Jack), born in Hereford in 1890, the second son of William J Glover of Foel, Llangadfan, Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales and the late Mary Jane Glover. Jack lived in Kent. He enlisted in Ashford in 1914, declaring …
Born in No Man’s Heath, Malpas, Cheshire in 1882, the third son of William and Ellen Ankers of Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Harriet Ankers (nee Warburton) (married 1914) and father of Charles. Robert was a postman prior to …
Charles Herbert Shaw was born in Cheetham, Manchester in 1866. He was the third son of William Euclid and Matilda Jane Shaw of 46, Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. Charles worked for Messrs Griffiths Bros., corn merchants, Chester. Charles enlisted on the …
Born in Stapeley, Cheshire in 1890, the fourth son of the late Samuel Dutton and Elizabeth Dutton of Burleydam, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Frederick as a bank clerk. Regiment : 12th Battalion Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex) Regiment, formerly …
Edwin Thomas Powell, born in Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 1 December 1895 (baptised 27 December 1896), the eldest son of George and the late Annie Elizabeth Powell of Arrowery, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Edwin enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in …
Richard Stockley was born in Whitchurch in 1897. He was the third son of William and Sarah Stockley of Grooms Cottage, Edgeley Bank, Whitchurch. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards Rank : Lance Corporal Service Number : 24187 Killed in …
Born in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1887, the eldest son of Catherine Graydon of 28 Ash Parva, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him working as a general farm labourer. William’s brother Joseph died of heart failure at Prees …
Eric Hanson Lee was born in Whitchurch in 1896. He was the eldest son of Leonard and Anne Lee of 27, High Street, Whitchurch. Eric was studying at St John’s College, Cambridge when he enlisted in 1914 aged 18. He …
Born in Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1886 (baptised 31st October 1886), the eldest son of Joseph and Ann Langford of Birch Cottage, Higher Heath, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 census shows George as a farm labourer. Regiment : 6th Battalion …
John Arthur Lee was born in Whitchurch in 1897. He was the second son of Leonard and Anne Lee of 27, High Street, Whitchurch. John was studying at Ardingly College, Sussex when he enlisted in 1915 aged 18. He gained …
Alfred Spencer Mason Summers, born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire on 6 April 1886, the only son of the late Rt Hon James Woolley Summers, M.P., J.P. and Mrs Edith Summers of Emral Hall, Worthenbury, Flintshire, Wales. Husband to Edith Mimi Summers …
Born in Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 11 January 1895 (baptised 3 March 1895), the eldest son of John and Margaret Eccleston of Church Lane, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows James as a bricklayer. Regiment : 1st/15th battalion London …
Born in Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire on 10th June 1895, the eldest son of Sarah Jane Lloyd of the same address. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 25805 Killed in action; France 9 September 1916 Aged 21
William Joseph Tomlinson, born in Wollerton, Shropshire in 1890, first son of William and Elizabeth Tomlinson of Lawn Farm, Calverhall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William worked on his father’s farm. Regiment : 1st/1st Squadron Shropshire Yeomanry, attached to 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment …
Ernest Overton Walker, born in Bronington, Flintshire, Wales on 13 October 1895, the only son of Ernest and Ellen Walker of Brook Farm, Ossage Lane, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Ernest working on his father’s farm. Regiment : …
Born in Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire on 29 September 1894, the second son of Enoch and Esther Spencer of The Green, Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows his occupation as gardener. Regiment : 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service …
Alfred Charles Hendrick was born in Market Street, Ellesmere in 1893. He was the eldest son of Alfred and Harriet Hendrick of 58, High Street, Whitchurch. Alfred worked as a Railway Porter at Woodside, Birkenhead before enlisting in the Army …
Born in Bettisfield, Flintshire in 1880, the second son of the late William and the late Emily Hallmark of New House Farm, Bettisfield, Flintshire. Husband to Maria Hallmark (nee Powell) of Rose Cottage, Hampton Bank, Welshampton, Shropshire and father to …
George Herbert Williams was born in Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch in 1891. He was the third son of John and Sarah Williams of 8, St John’s Street, Whitchurch. George was a resident of Colne, Lancashire when he enlisted in the Army.
Herbert Samuel Sadler, known as Samuel, born in Whixall Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1887 (baptised 27 July 1887), the eldest son of John Sadler and the late Annie Sadler of Welsh End, Whixall, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Samuel as a …
Charles John Richardson, known as John, born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1893, the son of Charles Richardson, deceased. The 1901 census shows him living with his grandmother, Sarah Davies in High Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Beatrice Annie Richardson (nee …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1898, the eldest son of Charles and the late Mary Powell of Manor Cottages, Hampton, Malpas, Cheshire. Regiment : 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : 17988 Killed in action; France 24 …
Edward John Griffiths was born in Tilstock, Shropshire on 26 April 1895, the second son of Edwin and Harriet Griffiths of Rhostre, Halghton, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. The 1911 Census shows him working on his father’s farm. Regiment : 9th Battalion …
William Gough (Goff in 1911 Census) was born in Farndon, Cheshire, in 1894, the second son of John and Alice Gough of ‘Northumbria’, Mile Bank, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census shows William as a farm worker and living in Wirswall. His …
Ernest George Harper (known as George) born in Bettisfield, Flintshire in 1896, the only son of Thomas and Annie Harper of Cadney, Bettisfield, Flintshire. George is shown as a farm labourer in the 1911 Census. Regiment : 1st/4th Battalion Royal …
Harold Purcell was born in Broughall, Whitchurch in 1894. He was the eldest son of Mrs Martha Arrowsmith of 11, Waymills, Whitchurch. Harold was raised by his Grandmother (Mrs Mary Purcell) and lived at 9, New Street, (Mill Street) Whitchurch.
Charles Jones was born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1896. He was the eldest son of Mrs Margaret Lightfoot of Fenns Wood, Whitchurch. Charles worked as a Gardener before joining the Army. Regiment : 7th (Service) Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry …
We have been able to identify Charles Lightfoot (as commemorated on the Bronington Memorial) and Charles Jones (as recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) as the same person through the service number 22028 serving with the King’s Shropshire Light …
William Parker was born in Whitchurch in 1895 and was the only son of William H and Sarah Ann Parker, of 32 Grindley Brook, Whitchurch. William worked as a Farm Labourer before joining the Army and the 1911 Census shows …
George Albert Hales was born in Whitchurch in 1893. He was the second son of Robert Lee and Elizabeth Ann Hales of 28, Belton Road, Whitchurch. Before enlisting George worked for 9 years as a booking clerk for the London …
Born in Darlaston, near Fauls, Shropshire in 1896 (his birth was registered in the 3rd quarter 1896), the third son of William and Sarah Wallace of Darlaston, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. (Note that the CWGC certificate incorrectly states his age) The …
Born in Swinton, Lancashire in 1889, the fifth son of the late William Hughes and Hannah Hughes of The Hollies, Stone House, Lower Heath, Wem, Shropshire. Regiment : 2nd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Rank : Private Service Number : 3647 Killed …
George Percy Burrows was born in Whitchurch in 1888. He was the second son of George and Emily Burrows of 39, Talbot Street, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census shows George living in Lichfield and working as a butcher’s assistant. George emigrated …
John James Kelly was born in Toxeth, Liverpool in 1885 and was the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Kelly. He was husband of Elizabeth (nee Gearing) Kelly, of 11, Rosemary Lane, Whitchurch and father of Robert Ernest. John worked …
Born in Tilstock Park, Shropshire in 1893, the fifth son of Edward and Alice Jones of 16 Moss Cottage, Whixall, Shropshire. His occupation in 1911 was Captains mate on a canal boat. Regiment : 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry …
Born in Whixall, Shropshire on 24 August 1896, the son of Joseph Clorley of 4 Kiln Cottage, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Joseph as a cow boy. Regiment : 56th Brigade Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery Rank : …
Richard John Edge Rycroft was born in Isycoed, Flintshire in 1881. Richard was the eldest son of Oswald and Elizabeth Rycroft. Richard was the husband of Cecilia Ann (nee Hewitt) Rycroft of Ossmere Cottages, Whitchurch; he was the father of …
Born in Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1893, the second son of Joseph and Anne Downes of Rack lane, Whixall, Shropshire. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Rank : Corporal Service Number : 10340 Killed in action; France 18 July …
George Caldecott Taylor was born in High Street, Whitchurch in 1890, the second son of William and Arena Taylor of 69, Talbot Street, Whitchurch. George was engaged in the Teaching Profession before enlisting in August 1914. He was promoted to …
James was born in Whitchurch in 1884, the third son of the late Patrick and the late Ellen Gaughan of 33, Newtown Street, Whitchurch. James worked as a House Painter before enlisting in 1915. James was the brother of Patrick …
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 …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 18894, the second son of William and Elizabeth Boycott of Old Hall Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Regiment : C Company 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : 18499 Killed in action; France 14 …
Frederick George Harper was born at 24 Egerton Road, Whitchurch in 1890. He was the eldest son of George and Ann Harper of No 1, ‘Brae Side’, Edgeley Road, Whitchurch. Frederick worked as a Blacksmith in the Iron Foundry of …
Albert Francis was born in Edgeley Bank, Whitchurch in 1890. He was the second son of John and Sarah Francis of 3, Ash Magna, Whitchurch. Albert worked as a Joiner before enlisting in 1915. Regiment : 7th (Service) Battalion King’s …
Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1896, the eldest son of Francis and Lucy Starkey of The Nook, Bronington, Whitchurch, Shropshire (now in Flintshire, Wales). Regiment : 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : 18444 Killed …
George Frederick Phillips (known as Fred) was born in Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales in 1893, the eldest son of George and May Phillips of The Shop, Horseman’s Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Fred working in his father’s bakery and …
William Arthur Phillips was born in Wigland, Malpas, Cheshire in 1895, the second son of George and May Phillips of The Shop, Horseman’s Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows William working in his father’s bakery and shop. William’s elder …
Brian Harrison was born in Knockin Heath, Shropshire in 1892. Brian was the second son of Major John German and Mrs Emma Harrison of Cloverfields, Chester Road, Whitchurch. He was also the brother of John German Harrison who died in …
Robert Hall was born in Whitchurch in 1894. He was the eldest son of Mary Ann Hall of 8 St Mary’s Street, Whitchurch. Robert enlisted in Ellesmere Port on the 4th August 1914 and landed in France in July 1915.
Leonard William Davies was born in Stanney, Cheshire in 1880, the eldest son of Richard and Ann Davies of Old Fold, Vale Road, Whitby, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Leonard as a farm labourer. Leonard’s maternal grandparents and his mother …
Born in Hightown, Lancashire in 1893, the son of George and Hannah Griffiths of Coronation Villas, New Road, Lymm, Warrington. Frederick’s father was a policeman serving with the Cheshire Constabulary. In the 1911 Census Frederick is shown as a dairyman. Regiment …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1881 (baptised 3rd April 1881), the eldest son of the late James Phillips and Ann Phillips of Edge, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Mary Bebb Phillips (nee Ryder) (married 1904) of 108 Salisbury Road, Wavertree, Liverpool, …
George Frederick Jones was born on Catteralls Lane, Whitchurch in 1894. George was the fourth son of Samuel and Kate Jones of 2 Smithy Cottages, Broughall, Whitchurch. Regiment : 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion Cheshire Regiment (Earl of Chester’s Battalion) Rank : …
Born in Moreton Street, Prees in 1893. He was the only son of John and Elizabeth Fowles, of 89, Talbot Street, Whitchurch. William moved to Talbot Street, Whitchurch after the death of his father; he worked in the printing industry …
George William Brookes, born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1894, the eldest son of George and Sarah Ann Brookes of 5 Sandford, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. (The memorial in the churchyard shows his name as Brooks) The 1911 Census shows George as …
Edward George Davies was born in Grindley Brook, near Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1891, the eldest son of Edward and Emily Davies of Chester Road, Tushingham, near Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Edward as a joiner. Edward’s younger brother, William …
Born in Castle Hill, Whitchurch in 1879, the fourth son of Edward and Emma Hamer. Husband of Ann Marie (nee Lewis) Hamer, of 13, Sherrymill Hill, father of Nellie, Alice, Polly and Richard. Worked as a Labourer in the Iron …
Born in Liverpool, Lancashire on 24th April 1887, the illegitimate son of Sarah Carter (nee Bateman) and the late Amos Henry Lewis. Frederick was brought up by a Mrs Davies as Frederick Davies. His mother, Sarah Bateman, married William Carter …
John Thomas Walters was born in Coton, Whixall, Shropshire in 1891, the only son of John and Elizabeth Walters of Hayes Farm, Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : B Company 9th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : …
Born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales on 6 September 1890, the eldest son of George and Margaret Breslin of Whitchurch Road, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Frederick’s brother, Reuben, also lost his life in the Great War. Regiment : 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment …
George was born in Whitchurch in 1882, the eldest son of Thomas and Elizabeth Speakes. Husband of Sarah Ann (nee Fowles) Speakes of 2, Grooms Yard, Watergate Street, Whitchurch, father of George, Frank and Frederick. George worked as a Farm …
Stanley Victor, born in Whitchurch in 1892, the second son of Joseph and Edith Newbrook of 9, Havana Buildings, Whitchurch. Stanley was a regular soldier stationed in Portland, Dorset in August 1914. He landed in France on the 11th August …
Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales in 1883, the eldest son of the late Thomas Evans and Ruth Evans of Island Green Cottage, Wrexham, Wales. Husband of Alice Evans (nee Williams) (married in 1904) of Higher Wych, Malpas, Cheshire and father …
Born in Chester Road, Whitchurch in 1881 the third son of John and Hannah Davies. Harry worked as a groom in Cheshire, before enlisting at Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1915. Regiment : 8th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service …
Born in Newhall, Aston, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1879, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Caulcott. Husband of Florence Elizabeth Caulcott (nee Hughes) and father to a daughter also called Florence Elizabeth. Frederick was a butcher by trade. The inference from …
Born in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1889, the second son of Catherine Graydon of 28 Ash Parva, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him working as a domestic gardener. Joseph died of heart failure at Prees Heath Military Hospital, …
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 Malpas, Cheshire in 1879 (baptised 2nd November 1879), the third son of John and Sarah Edge of Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Husband of Ann Edge (nee Wain) (married in 1900) of 181 Stretford, near Urmston, Lancashire and father …
John Thomas Jones was born in Pulford, Cheshire in 1892 the eldest son of George and Mary Jones of 8, Mill Cottages, Grindley Brook, Whitchurch. John worked with his father in the Mill, at Grindley Brook, before joining the Army.
Born in Cranage, Cheshire in 1894 (baptised 27 May 1894), the second son of Robert and Sarah Ann Brown of Old School Road, Bickley, Cheshire. Alfred died at the military hospital in Westgate on Sea in Essex. Regiment : 5th …
Born in Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1895, the eldest son of Joseph Charles and Martha Gregory of 62 Village Green, Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Harold employed as a cowman on Sandford farm, Aston, Nantwich. Harold was taken …
Sidney Alsop Allen was born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1896, the second son of Joseph W Allen and the late Sarah Ann Allen of Cross O’Th’ Hill, Malpas, Cheshire. He enlisted in 1914 and departed for the front on 19th …
Born in Whitchurch in 1892; the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Newbrook of 43 Yardington, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census details John’s occupation as being an assistant butcher and living at 43c Newtown Street, Whitchurch. John was working as an …
John was born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1895, the eldest son of John and Edith Phillips of No Man’s Heath, Malpas, Cheshire. John worked as a Groom before enlisting in August 1914, landing in France on the 22nd June 1915.
Born in Morda, Shropshire in 1894, the fourth son of William and Elizabeth Gosnell of 43 Newtown Street, Whitchurch. Husband of Mary Ellen (nee Chesters) Gosnell, of Nantwich, father to Mary and John William. From the 1911 Census, William worked …
Born in Whixall, Shropshire on 28 January 1895, the second son of Thomas and Mary Clorley of 2 Woodside, Whixall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Alfred as a farm labourer working for Anne Tunna and Ann Jones at Noneley, …
(shown as Bromfield on the Prees memorial.) Born in Audlem, Cheshire in 1883, the second son of John and Mary Broomfield of Lily House, Crucknore Road, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Husband of Mabel Broomfield (nee Kent) (married 1906) of Preston …
Born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales on 25th May 1893 (baptised the same day), the eldest son of Ambrose and Margaret Chetwood of Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Husband of Ruth Chetwood (nee Lloyd) (married in 1914) of Higher Wych, Malpas, Cheshire and …
Albert Jeffrey Cartwright (known as Bertie), born in Bronington, Flintshire, Wales on 29 October 1890, the first son of Esther Humphreys (his birth certificate indicates no father’s name). The 1891 and 1901 Censuses show Albert as the son of Elias …
Douglas Kirk Wolley Dod was born in Simla, Bengal, India on 18 November 1896 (baptised 2nd February 1897), the third son of Francis and Annette Mary Wolley Dod of Edge Hall, Malpas, Cheshire. Douglas attended Rugby School and is commemorated …
Born in Aston, Birmingham in 1891, the eldest son of Thomas and Emily Hewitt. Mrs. Hewitt would lose her three sons in the Great War. Thomas was possibly in the Army/Territorial’s before August 1914; he landed in France on the …
Born in Aston, Birmingham in 1893, the second son of Thomas and Emily Hewitt. In 1911 he was living at 14 Egerton Road Whitchurch and was working as a tailor before enlisting in August 1914. He landed in France on …
William James Bagley, born in Ashley, Staffordshire in 1894, the eldest son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bagley of Napley Heath, Market Drayton, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a waggoner on a farm. Regiment : 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire …
Philip Charles Owen was born in Ellesmere, Shropshire on 1 May 1897, the second son of Rev Loftus Meade Owen and Mrs Amy Frances Owen of The Rectory, Stockton, Shifnal, Shropshire. Philip’s father was vicar of St Chad’s Church, Hanmer, …
Born in Audlem in 1887, the third son of Thomas and Ann Bebbington of Willaston, Cheshire. In 1911, Herbert was employed as a compositor. Herbert enlisted in Whitchurch in August 1914, promoted Corporal in January 1915, and Sergeant in April …
Born in Fauls, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1878, the third son of Robert and Ellen Heath. Husband to Ada Heath (nee Jervis) of 3 Aychley Cottages, Market Drayton, Shropshire and father to Agnes Jane and Edith Alexandra. The 1911 Census shows …
Born in Stinsford, Dorset in 1892, the eldest son of John and Mary Frost. Husband of May (nee Edge) Frost of Egerton Road, Whitchurch. John worked as a groom before enlisting in 1914. Regiment : 6th (Service) Battalion York & …
Born in Oldcastle, Malpas, Cheshire in 1894, the fourth son of William and Elizabeth Stevenson of Booth Cottages, Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Joseph as a pigman on Manor Farm, Wychough, Malpas, Cheshire. Joseph’s older brother, Edward, also …
Born in Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1880, the third son of the late Joseph Batho and Caroline Batho of 21 Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Corporal Service Number : 7826 Killed in action; Belgium …
Horace Birch Davenport was born in Belton Road, Whitchurch in 1881, the third son of George and Mary Davenport of Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. Husband of Mabel (nee Jones) Davenport, of Newtown, Whitchurch, father of George Bernard. Regiment : 1st Battalion …
John Thomas Bate was born in Prees, Shropshire in 1894, the second son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann Bate of 8 Brades Lane, Prees, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows John working as a lad on The Twemlows Farm, Ash Parva, …
Born in Ash, Shropshire in 1893, son of Charles and Sarah Ann Ward of Ightfield Hall Cottages, Ightfield, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him working as a dairyman at Ightfield Hall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light …
Percy William Freer was born in Adderley, Shropshire in 1892, the fourth son of John and Fanny Freer of 2 Terrick Cottages, Whitchurch. Percy worked his passage to Australia in 1913. In August 1914 he enlisted in the Australian Infantry …
Frederick Phillips Pearson was born in Liverpool in 1880, the fourth son of Edward and Maria Pearson of 48 Edgeley Road, Whitchurch. Frederick had served with the Cheshire Regiment in South Africa, and was awarded the Queens Medal with 3 …
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 …
Born in Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1896, son of William and Ann Chesters of Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Lance Corporal Service Number : 10185 Killed in action; Belgium 26th June 1915 Aged 19
Cecil Harry Whitfield (known as Harry) was born in Wem, Shropshire on 21st February 1890, the eldest son of Charles and Sarah Whitfield of 8 Sandford, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Harry as a cowman. Harry’s younger brother …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in 1889, the third son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Farm Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Joseph’s three brothers William, John and Thomas all lost their lives in the Great War.
Joseph Henry Smith born in Wem, Shropshire in 1886, the second son of Thomas and Sarah Smith of Wood Cottage, Bettisfield, Flintshire, Wales. Joseph left home in his early teens; the 1901 Census shows him living in Wem, Shropshire as …
Born in Salford, Lancashire in 1889, the second son of the late William Dutton and Mary (known as Polly) Dutton of 1 Laburnum Cottages, Lower Heath, Prees, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Thomas as a clerk. Thomas’s brother Joseph also …
Known as William, born in Adderley, Market Drayton, Shropshire in 1884, the eldest son of George and Harriet Hulse of The Old Workhouse, Burleydam, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows William as a bricklayer’s labourer. Regiment : 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire …
Born in Broughall, Whitchurch in 1892, the second son of William and Mary Heycocks of Brook Cottage, Broughall, Whitchurch John worked as a Farm Waggoner before enlisting in August 1914, he landed in France on the 17th May 1915 Regiment …
Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales in 1886, the second son of the late Thomas Evans and Ruth Evans of Island Green Cottage, Wrexham, Wales. James enlisted on 27th October 1905, serving at home and in India and Burma before being …
Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley, born in Oak Cottage, New Woodhouse, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1885, the second son of Col Charles Rivers Bulkeley and the late Constance Clementine Bulkeley of the same address. Charles’s elder brother, Captain Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley …
Born in Marbury, Cheshire in 1893 (baptised 1 October 1893), the only son of George and Sarah Thomas of The Post Office, Marbury, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Clement as a rural postman. Regiment : 1st/6th Battalion The King’s …
Born in Ash, Shropshire in 1885, the eldest son of George and Lucy harding of Sparrow Castle, Ash Parva, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him employed as a farm waggoner. Note that Arthur and Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley (also …
Alfred Charles Grays Peirson, born in Highgate, London in 1883 the eldest son of Alfred and Mary Peirson. Husband of Elizabeth Ada (nee Gorman) Peirson of 16, Talbot Street, Whitchurch Alfred had moved to Whitchurch with his employer Captain H …
Born in Norbury, Cheshire in September or October 1887, the second son of Thomas Maddocks and the late Annie Maddocks of Mount Farm Cottage, Tarporley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William was a labourer before enlisting in 1907. William’s three brothers Joseph, …
Arthur was born in Cheswardine, Shropshire in 1888, the eldest son of Mrs Mary Ann Mann of 25a, Newtown Street, Whitchurch Regiment : 2nd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : 6528 Killed in Action Belgium …
Arthur was born in Wirswall, Whitchurch in 1886, the third son of Thomas and Mary Ann Nunnerley of Bradeley Green Farm, Wirswall. Arthur was working as a Bank Clerk in Hull, before enlisting in August 1914. Regiment : 1st/6th (Territorial) …
Born in Acton, Nantwich, Cheshire on 13 July 1880, the eldest son of William Herriman and the late Emma Herriman. Husband of Mary Herriman (nee Scragg) of Ravensmoor, Nantwich, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows him as a platelayer for London …
Born in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales in 1880, the only son of Elizabeth and the late Talbot Thomas Wilson of Bickley Moss, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Talbot Ernest had a sister, Effie Maud, born in 1882. Their mother, Elizabeth, died shortly after Effie’s …
Thomas was born in Bargates, Whitchurch in April 1874, the second son of Patrick, a labourer in a local Iron Foundry, and Harriett Travers of Yardington, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He had two sisters, Elizabeth and Catherine, and two brothers, John and …
Herbert Wickstead Ethelston was born in Park Lane, London on 4th November 1881, the third son of the late Edmund Peel (formerly Ethelston) and the late Henrietta Margaret Peel of Bryn-y-Pys, Overton, Flintshire, Wales. Husband of Muriel Margaret Ethelston (nee …
Born at Chalk Farm, Kentish Town, Middlesex (the service records show him as born in Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire) on 12th January 1896, the third son of George Matthews of 36 Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire and the late Jane Matthews. …
Born in Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 2nd Battalion King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 9721 Killed in action; France 20th February 1915 (age unknown)
Arthur Rice Birch was born in Newport, Shropshire on 13 July 1893, the eldest son of Thomas and Martha Birch of 25 Bishop Street, Cherry Orchard, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him as a railway clerk, working for the …
John was born in Newtown Street, Whitchurch in 1887, the eldest son of John Matthew a joiner, and Elizabeth Field of 31 Newtown Street, Whitchurch Shropshire. John had seven sisters, Adelaide, Sara, Jane, Ellen, Eve, Hilda and Jessie, and one …
Born in Dudley, Worcestershire in 1880, the only son of Patrick and Margaret Hagan At the time of his call up William was living in Pepper Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire Regiment : 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Rank : Private Service …
Born at Terrick Hall, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 18th March 1878 (baptised 24th April 1878), the only surviving son of Samuel Henry and Elizabeth Sandbach of Cherry Hill, Malpas, Cheshire and Handley, Cheshire. Hugh attended Eton College from where he went …
Viscount Henry Willam Crichton, born in Lisnaskea, Fermanagh, Ireland on 30 September 1872, the son of John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl of Erne and Florence Mary Crichton, Viscountess of Crom Castle, Ireland. Husband of Mary Cavendish, Viscountess Crichton (married 1903) …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire on 16 July 1885, the son of the late Thomas Barlow and Elizabeth Hewitt (previously Barlow) of Top House, Chorlton Lane, Malpas, Cheshire. Sydney enlisted in the army in 1907, serving in India between 1909 and …
Lord Hugh William Grosvenor born in London in 1884, the eighth son of the late Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and the eldest son with his second wife Katherine, Duchess of Westminster. The family home was Eaton Hall, …
Born in Adderley, Shropshire in 1887 (baptised 30th September 1887), the third son of Arthur and Elizabeth Harding of Spoonley, Market Drayton, Shropshire. Husband to Caroline Harding (known as Carrie) (nee Smith) (married 28th October 1910) of 39 Ash Parva, …
Born in Nantwich, Cheshire in 1876. Matthew was boarding in Newtown Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire and working as a slaughter man prior to enlisting in August 1914. Regiment : 3rd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank : Private Service Number : …
Thomas Henry Rivers Bulkeley, born in Oak Cottage, New Woodhouse, Whitchurch, Shropshire on 23 June 1876, the eldest son of Col Charles Rivers Bulkeley and the late Constance Clementine Bulkeley of the same address. Husband of Annie Evelyn, Lady of …
Born in Tushingham, Cheshire in 1892, the second son of William and Ann Mellor. William was working as a farm waggoner in August 1914, and must have been an army reservist. Regiment : 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Rank …
St John Alan Charlton born on the Cholmondley Estate in 1889, the only son of St John and Elizabeth Bronwen Charlton of 9 Sloane Gardens, London. Educated at Eton, St John attended the Agricultural College of Cirencester and enlisted in …
Born in Bickley, Cheshire in December 1885, the fourth son of George and the late Ellen Coffin of the same address. George served as a domestic groom at the Colmondley Castle Stables, Cholmondley, Cheshire prior to enlisting in the army …
Jacob Griffiths was born in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1886, the third son of Jacob and Sarah Ann Griffiths of Folly Lane, Yardington, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Husband of Amy Griffiths (née Hinds) of Gorton, Manchester and father of Amy. Regiment : 1st …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1886, the fourth son of the late James Allman and the late Elizabeth Allman of Malpas, Cheshire. Husband of Martha Allman of 7 Stafford Street, Birkenhead (married in 1909). The 1911 Census shows George as …