Personal Details Born: 21 February 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to John R Richards, ironmonger, and his wife Frances Jane. Henry married Doris Mullineux in 1928 in Ellesmere, Shropshire. The couple do … 
St Alkmund’s Church is at the top of Bargate, Whitchurch, next to the site of the original Whitchurch Grammar School. At the west end of the Church is a triptych form war memorial with a central panel of …
The panel containing the memorial was removed from the original Grammar School in Bargate, Whitchurch and now hangs in Sir John Talbot School, Tilstock Road, Whitchurch, the current secondary school. This is an ongoing project, information will be added …
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 20th April 1918 of a letter received by Mr. and Mrs. Richards regarding the death of their son, John William Brookes Richards “After being away from the Battalion in Hospital for just two months, I …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 20th April 1918 relating to the death of John William Brookes Richards “On Friday 12th April, Mr & Mrs Richards of Moss Side, Brownlow Street received official notification from the War Office on the death …
John William Brookes Richards (brother of William Lee Brookes Richards) was born in Chester, Cheshire in 1896. He was the eldest son of John and Frances Richards of ‘Moss Side’ 4 Brownlow Street, Whitchurch. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, …
William Lee Brookes Richards, born in Chester, Cheshire on 20th September 1897, the second son of John Richard and Frances Jane Richards of ‘Moss Side’ 4 Brownlow Street, Whitchurch. William was educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Bargates and Ellesmere College.
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 25th August 1917 of a letter received by Mr and Mrs Richards regarding their son, William Lee Brooks Richards “Dear Mrs Richards, I am very grieved to have to send you news of your son’s …