Personal Details Born: 5 September 1884 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 8 October 1884 at St Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the son of Henry Coulthirst Frith, a plumber and his wife Mary, nee Hayward. He married Jennie … 
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Personal Details Born: 16 April 1889 in Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 22 May the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth of ten children born to Henry Madeley, a labourer and …
Personal Details Born: 17 January 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the only child of William Caleb Birchall, an ironmonger, and his wife Mary Ellen, nee Pickford. He married Annie Boutflour Dickman (known as Nancy) in 1922 in Morpeth, …
Personal Details Born: In 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and was baptised on 7 October the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the second of three children born to George Grindley, a railway shunter, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: Henry Beddows on 1 February 1890 in Tilstock, Shropshire. His family changed their name from Beddow to Beddows between 1901 and 1911. Family: He was the ninth of twelve children born to Thomas Beddow, a railway labourer …
Personal Details Born: 12 September 1887 in London, Middlesex. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to Edwin Jenks, a stone sawyer and his wife Emma. He married Dora Beatrice Reed in 1922 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The couple …
Personal Details Born: In 1877 in Barnstaple, Devon and baptised 4 November 1877 in Georgeham Parish Church, Devon. Family: He was the fifth of eight children born to Edward Ellis Dawson, a policemen, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Frances …
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 …
Personal Details Born: 21 June 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the younger of two children born to John Williams, a labourer, and his wife Alice. He married Dorothy Bowdler on 24 December 1925 in Malinslee, Shropshire and together …
Personal Details Born: 23 March 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 17 April the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of two children born to Lizzie Palin (his brother John died in 1904 …
Personal Details Born: 20 December 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of five children born to Samuel Price, a labourer, and his wife Frances. He married Gertrude Davies in 1920 in Whitchurch and together they had a …
Personal Details Born: His birth was registered in Whitchurch, Shropshire in Quarter 1 1894. On his military record he stated that he was born in Ash, Shropshire. Family: He was the son of Elizabeth Bithell. Elizabeth subsequently married James Williams …
Personal Details Born: 19 August 1893 (baptised 10 September 1893) Family: The first son of Henry Samuel and Martha Frances Blantern Mainwaring of Heath Lodge, Heath Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Henry married Hanna Bertha Evans in December 1922 and together they had 3 daughters …
Personal Details Born: 1889. Family: The second son of Joseph and Mary Edge of Broughall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Thomas married Ethel Warburton on 1 April 1917 and together they had 2 children – Vera and Joseph. Civilian Occupation: He was a labourer on the …
Personal Details Born: 4 November 1895 in Salford Lancashire. Family: William was sent to live with his aunt in Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Cicely Slattery in 1922 and together they had 2 children, Patricia Rosemary and James Michael Civilian Occupation: …
(Shown as ‘Garratt’ on Aston and Wrenbury memorials and CWGC, but ‘Garrett’ on the 1901 and 1911 Censuses and Medal Index Card.) Born in Market Drayton, Shropshire in 1894, the second son of William and Emma Garrett of 30 Buntingsdale …
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 …
Born 1890 Son of – John & Annie Passant, 4 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – Shoemaker Regiment : Monmouthshire Regiment Rank : Corporal Service Number : 226027, 2869 04/09/1914 Enlisted with 1st Monmouthshire Regiment 07/06/1917 Went under fire to …
Clive Richard Barber, born in Wombridge, Shropshire in 1897, the only son of Thomas and Winifred Barber of Dairy Cottage, Park Avenue, Whitchurch. Regiment : 225th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Rank : Sergeant Service Number : 106199 Died of …
Chester Chronicle Saturday 15th June 1918 Transcription MILITARY MEDAL WON – The parents of Lance-Corporal C. Williams, of the Machine-gun Corps, have had the gratification of hearing their son has won the Military Medal, for an act of great bravery, …
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 …
Image reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc Transcription Corporal Passant has been awarded the Military Medal for courageous conduct and leadership on the night of June 8th, this year. Besides this on the previous night, after a gallant attack, …
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 …