Personal Details Born: 7 February 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 4 April 1880 at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of at least five children born to Benjamin Blyth Powell, a draper and his wife … 
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Personal Details Born: 23 July 1886 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 27 August at St Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth child born to Henry Powell, a tailor, and his wife Emma. He married Alice Emily Florence …
Personal Details Born: 13 January 1884 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 30 March the same year in Whitchurch Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Family: He was the second of four children born to Benjamin Blyth Powell, a general labourer, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 5 May 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 19 June the same year in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of three surviving children born to Thomas Powell, a plasterer, and his …
Personal Details Born: 9 April 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 3 May the same year in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the youngest of three surviving children born to Thomas Powell, a plasterer, and his …
Personal Details Born: 19 April 1893. Family: The third son of Benjamin Blythe & Martha Powell of 23 Egerton Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Nellie Evelyn Baker in 1920 and together they had 2 children – Dorothy and George. Residence: In 1911 he had …
The memorial is inside St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Whixall. 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 …
The memorial is near Whixall primary school, Mossleigh, Whixall. 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 …
The memorial is in the graveyard of St. Mary’s parish church. 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 …
The memorial is outside St Oswald’s Church, Malpas. 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 …
The memorial is in Lower Heath School, which is on the B5065 in Lower Heath, Prees, Shropshire. The Memorial was donated anonymously in 1919, the donor expressing the wish ‘that it should be placed in a prominent position, as …
The memorial is in the churchyard of Holy Immanuel Church, Fauls Green. There is also a plaque inside the Church commemorating the same men. A memorial to Jack Mullins can be found inside the Church. The Commonwealth War Grave …
The memorial is outside St. Margaret’s Church Wrenbury. There is a memorial window inside the church which includes the names of some of the men on the memorial. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the …
The Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom and the British Empire to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service in World War I. The badge, sometimes known as the …
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 …
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 …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald recording the decision of the Whitchurch War Memorial Committee at its wind up meeting “Additional names to be placed upon the Memorial – Arthur Powell, Matthew John Powell, Charles Jones. Matthew John being a doubt …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald regarding the death of Arthur Toplady Powell “We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr Arthur Toplady Powell only son of Mrs W. A. Powell and the late Mr W. A. Powell who was …
Baptised in Whitchurch, Shropshire 22nd May 1895, Arthur Toplady Powell was the youngest of eight children and the only son of Harriet Emma Powell and the late William Arthur Powell of 24 Dodington, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The family later lived in …
Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1895, the second son of Thomas and Hannah Powell of Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Abel as a farm waggoner working on Tilstock Park Farm, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 9th Battalion Loyal North …
Albert Thomas Powell was born in Bronington, Flintshire in 1895, the second son of John Charles and Fanny Powell of Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire. Husband of Dorothy Powell of 36 Cowfields, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank …
Clarence George Powell (known as George), born in Fauls, Shropshire in 1895, the son of George and Martha Powell of Newbury House, Lower Heath, Wem, Shropshire. Husband to Mary E Powell (nee Adams). The 1911 Census shows George as a …
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 …
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 …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald recording the rehabilitation of Arthur Toplady Powell following the amputation of his right arm and his training to write left handed “ Lance Sargeant Arthur T Powell, son of Mrs Powell Talbot Street, who it …