The memorial is in St John’s Methodist Church, St John’s Street, Whitchurch. 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 …
The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …
I first started visiting the Battlefields, Cemeteries and Memorials of the Western Front some fifteen years ago. Three years ago I decided to research the names on the War Memorial in Station Road, that’s all they are names, carved …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 30th June 1917 of a letter received by Mr & Mrs Pointon, relating to their son, George Henry Pointon “Hospital Sister writes; He was admitted to Hospital seriously ill on June 10th; an operation was …
George Henry Pointon was born on 8th April 1891 in Hadnall, Shropshire, the second son of George and Hannah Pointon of Higher Heath, Whitchurch. In the 1911 Census, his occupation is shown as general labourer and he was living at …