Personal Details Born: 7 August 1886 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and was baptised on 1 September that year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the youngest of six children born to John Shone, a chemist and grocer, and … 
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Personal Details Born: 26 February 1892 in Grinshill, near Wem, Shropshire and baptised 3 April 1892 in Grinshill Parish Church. He was known as Percy. Family: He was the second of five children born to Edwin Jenks, a stone sawyer …
Personal Details Born: 6 August 1890 in Bilston, Staffordshire. Family: He was the youngest of three children born to Martha Brindley, a charwoman. He married Annie Holloway in 1937 in Bilston. No children can be found for the marriage. Residence: …
Personal Details Born: 1895 in Prees, Shropshire and baptised 10 March 1895 at Calverhall Parish Church, Calverhall, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of five children born to Richard Timmis Woodcock, an agricultural labourer and his wife Emma. He married …
Personal Details Born: 3 July 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 21 July the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the sixth of eight children born to James Hockenhull, a van driver, and his …
Personal Details Born: 17 May 1893 in Utkinton, Cheshire and baptised 2 July 1893 in the Parish of Tarporley. Family: He was the son of John Wrench, a labourer, and his wife Mary, nee Hassell. He married Agnes Ethel Dodd …
Personal Details Born: In 1893 in Norbury, Cheshire and baptised Joseph William on 5 November the same year in Marbury Parish Church, Cheshire. He was also known as William Joseph Williams. Family: He was the son of Joseph Williams, a …
Personal Details Born: 1895 and baptised at St Alkmund’s Parish Church in Whitchurch on 1 November the same year. Family: Joseph was the eldest of four children born to Thomas and Mary Clive. He married Eliza Price in Whitchurch in …
Personal Details Born: 29 July 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 14 August the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth child of Benjamin Stockton, an iron moulder’s labourer, and his wife Alice. …
Personal Details Born: 8 September 1894 in Trentham, Staffordshire and baptised on 27 January 1895 in Trentham Parish Church. Family: He was the youngest of four children born to Frederick Mitchell, a groom – later a publican, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 25 July 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 13 August the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the third of four children born to John Williams, a gardener, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: In 1897 in Norbury, Cheshire and baptised on 30 April the same year in Marbury Parish Church. Family: He was the second of five children born to Joseph Williams, a farm labourer, and his wife Emily. He …
Personal Details Born: 6 January 1876 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 6 February the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to Richard Pearson, a bank clerk, and his …
Personal Details Born: Not known Family: Not known Residence: In 1919 an address of 25 Worthington Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire was given for him on the Absent Voters` List. Employment: Not known Died: Not known Military Details Regiment: Royal Field Artillery …
Personal Details No personal details known. Military Details Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Gunner Service Number: 72396 Date of Enlistment: 6 November 1914 Date of Discharge: Not known Reason for Discharge: Not known
Personal Details Born: 2 February 1894 in Moreton Say, Market Drayton, Shropshire and baptised on 28 February the same year in Calverhall Parish Church, Shropshire. Family: He was the sixth of eleven surviving children born to Edward Norris, a farm …
Personal Details Born: 22 August 1892 in Bromyard, Herefordshire and baptised 23 February 1893 at Castlefields Wesleyan-Methodist Chapel in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Family: Third child of the Rev William Ovington Robinson and his wife Margaret H. No marriage or children can …
Personal Details Born: Third quarter of 1885 in Littlehampton, Sussex and birth registered in East Preston, Sussex. Family: Eldest of four children born to the Rev. William Robinson and his wife Margaret. In 1919 he married Winifred E Ball in …
Personal Details Born: 21 May 1891 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the youngest of six children born to Thomas Malam, a carter, and his wife Caroline. He married Mary E Williams in 1950 in Crewe, Cheshire; no children can …
Personal Details Born: 28 January 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Henry Haycocks, a general labourer, and his wife Mary Elizabeth. He married Doris Palin in 1916 in Whitchurch and together …
Personal Details Born: 17 October 1888 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to William Hayward, a groom, and his wife Mary. He married Edith Annie Elliot on 30 October 1910 in St. Mary’s on …
Personal Details Born: 12 August 1885 in Nantwich, Cheshire. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to Samuel Stubbs, a bricklayer, and his wife Rhoda, nee Hawkins. He married Harriet Humpreys in 1909 in Chester, Cheshire. The couple …
Personal Details Born: 18 July 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of four children born to James Perry, a lodging house keeper, and his wife Mary. He married Edna Hollingworth on 23 December 1933 in the Parish …
Personal Details Born: 4 July 1884 in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia. Family: He was the third of six surviving children born to Frank Sutcliffe, a mechanical engineer, and his wife Catherine, nee Major. He married Mary Gorham in 1912 …
Personal Details Born: In 1895 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 7 June the same year at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the elder of two sons born to John Suker, a general labourer, and his wife Elizabeth. …
Personal Details Born: In 1881 in Hollyhurst, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Also known as Stephen Charles Evans. Family: He was the third of eight children born to Stephen Charles Evans, a rural postman, and his wife Sarah Harriet. No marriage can be …
Personal Details Born: In 1882 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 9 August of the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the elder of two children born to Barrow Jones, a wine merchant, and his …
Personal Details Born: 5 October 1897 in Bridgnorth, Shropshire and baptised 15 October the same year at St. Leonard`s Parish Church, Bridgnorth. Family: He was the youngest of 4 children born to John Lucas, a police sergeant, and his wife …
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: 25 October 1876 in Tattenhall, Cheshire. Family: He was the youngest of six children of John Hodkinson, a railway platelayer, and his wife Ann. He married Mary Jane Roberts on 29 May 1912 at St Alkmund’s Church …
Personal Details Born: 30 September 1887. Family: It is possible that William Edward Foulkes, whose address was also given as Sunnyside, Wrexham Road on the 1919 Absent Voters List was his brother, but there is no definite proof for this …
Personal Details Born: 7 May 1882. Family: It is possible that John Thomas Foulkes, whose address was also given as Sunnyside, Wrexham Road on the 1919 Absent Voters List for Whitchurch was his brother, but there is no definite proof …
Personal Details Born: Not known Family: Not known Residence: At the time of the Autumn 1919 Absent Voters List for Whitchurch, Shropshire, William`s address was given as the Old Eagles Inn, (Watergate Street), Whitchurch. Employment: Not known Died: Not known
Personal Details Born: Not known Family: Not known Residence: The 1919 Spring Absent Voters’ List for Whitchurch gave Frederick`s address as 18 Sherrymill Hill, Whitchurch. Employment: Not known Died: Not known Military Details Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Rank: Staff Sergeant, …
Personal Details Born: 11 October 1869 at Wattlesborough Heath, Westbury, Shropshire. Family: He was the first of 3 children born to Henry Davies, a carpenter and joiner, and his wife Margaret, nee Powell. His siblings were Margaret and Mary. No …
Personal Details Born: 5 July 1895 and baptised with his sister Gladys in August that year at St Alkmund’s Church in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: Third of seven children born to Annie Clarke. George’s father was probably Robert Clarke (from the …
Personal Details Born: 30 September 1885 Family: Eldest of five children born to William and Caroline Arrowsmith. In 1952 he married Emily Eliza Dunn. The 1939 Register identified his wife as Edith D Arrowsmith which suggests he may have been …
Personal Details Born: 29 December 1878 and baptised 2 March 1879 at St Alkmund’s Church in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: Thomas was the fifth of eight children born to John and Sarah Clarke. On 26 October 1911 he married Annie Thomas …
Personal Details Born: In Ellesmere, Shropshire on 24 July 1894. Family: The fifth child of James Albert and Sarah Jane Wood of Lock House, Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire. In 1920 he married Millicent A Boughey and together they had 3 children – George A …
Personal Details Born: 29 November 1881. Family: The second son of William and Ann Stockton of Smallbrook Buildings, West End, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Ada Jones on the 14 February 1906 and was father to Louisa, Nellie, Beatrice, William and Elsie. Residence: After the …
Personal Details Born: 26 March 1897. Family: The first son of Arthur and Eliza Ralphs of 2 Edgeley Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Nellie Brassey in 1924; our research suggests they had a child together – John A. Civilian Occupation: By the age of …
Personal Details Born: 11 May 1887. Family: The fourth son of Samuel and Hannah France of Higher Heath, Prees, Shropshire. Herbert married Alice Ridgway in 1923 and they had 2 children together – Marjorie J and William H. Civilian Occupation: Herbert was a …
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: 30 July 1894 Family: The fourth child of Richard and Mary Jane Crewe of 9 Smallbrook Buildings, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Lily E Lee in June 1919. Civilian Occupation: At the age of 16 he was a van boy …
Born 1892 Son of Alfred & Sarah Ann Newbrooke of 5 Castle Hill, Whitchurch Civilian occupation – boatman Military Details Regiment : Royal Field Artillery Rank : Gunner Service Number : 67045 27/09/1911 Enlisted with 33rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery …
(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 …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1894, the son of the late Thomas Edward Burns (shown on his marriage certificate, although we can find no record of him in the censuses). The 1901 Census shows him living with his grandparents Michael …
Born in Wem, Shropshire in 1896, the fifth son of Charles William and Sarah Vaughan of Prees, Lower Heath, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 census shows him as a painter. Regiment : Royal Field Artillery Rank : Corporal Service Number : …
Kenneth Houghton Glover was born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire in 1888 (baptised 2nd December 1888), the only son of James and Charlotte Elizabeth Glover of Lowton House, Lowton, Lancashire. Husband to Mary Belle Glover (nee Ireland) of Elf House, Staveley, Westmorland. …
Born in Wem, Shropshire in 1890, the second son of William and Emma Huxley of the Toll Gate House, Wrexham Road, Whitchurch. William worked as a Farm Waggoner before joining the Army. Regiment : ‘B’ Battery, CLXX th Brigade, Royal …
(Baptised as Alec, but the military records record him as Alick.) Born in Stanton-Upon-Hine-Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 26 June 1890, the second son of Samuel and Harriet Kerry of 1 Church Cottage, Stanton, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him as …
Born in Hampton, Cheshire in 1885, the only son of Richard and Emma Simpson of Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire. Richard had a twin sister, Martha Emma. Regiment : 282nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Rank : Driver Service Number : 198270 …
Born in Whitchurch in 1894, the second son of Edward and Jane Heatley of 40 Smallbrook Road, Whitchurch. Regiment : 13th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery Rank : Gunner Service Number : 120352 Died of Illness; India 19th May …
Ernest Edward Francis was born in Chelmarsh, Shropshire in 1896. He was the eldest son of Edward and Henrietta Francis of 8 Chemistry, Whitchurch. Prior to joining the war Ernest was an apprentice bootmaker. Regiment : XIth Brigade, Royal Field …
John German Harrison, born in Whitchurch in 1891. He was the eldest son of John German and Emma Harrison of Cloverfields, Chester Road, Whitchurch. John was educated at Shrewsbury School and studied music in Berlin and America. He arrived back …
George Edward Hand was born in Wybunbury, Cheshire in 1890, the second son of Elizabeth and the late Thomas Hand of Lightwood Green, Nantwich, Cheshire. His occupation is shown as factory hand (milk factory) in the 1911 Census. Regiment : …
Edward James Webb (Known as James), born in Fauls, Shropshire in 1883, the grandson of Michael and the late Esther Webb of Fauls, Shropshire. Husband of Martha Webb (nee Crowther) of Hill Top Farm, Wem, Shropshire and father to Gladys …
Ernest Grant Warner was born in Ratlinghope Mill, Ratlinghope, Shropshire in 1884, the eldest son of the late Henry Warner and Frances Ann Warner of Mill Cottage, Horseman’s Green, Halghton, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. The 1901 Census shows Ernest as a …
Philip Warburton Lee was born in Iscoyd, Flintshire, Wales on 22nd February 1892, the eldest son of Joseph Henry Warburton Lee and Emmeline Vernon Warburton Lee of Broad Oak, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Philip attended Rugby School, followed by the Royal Military …
Born in Wrenbury, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1893, the second son of William and Mary Cartwright of Newcastle Crossing, London Road, Nantwich, Cheshire. The 1911 census shows William as servant to Henry Tollemache at Dorfold Hall, Acton, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : …
Born in Norbury, Marbury, Cheshire in July 1896, the third son of William and Grace Ann Hopley of The Bank, Norbury, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Alfred working on his father’s farm. His sister, Fanny Hopley, is also commemorated on …
Born in Ightfield, Shropshire in 1890, the third son of Edwin (Edward) and Elizabeth Arrowsmith of 19 Ightfield Heath, Ightfield, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Andrew living and working as a farm waggoner at Elms Farm, Ash Parva, Whitchurch, …
Born in Cuddington Heath, Malpas, Cheshire in 1888 or early 1889 (baptised 23rd January 1889), the third son of Joseph and Mary Davies of Cuddington Heath, Malpas, Cheshire. David’s trade on enlisting was a waggoner. David joined up with a …
Born in Ellesmere, Shropshire in 1894, the eldest son of James and Emily Hopley of Cuddington, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows John as general servant to Mrs Harriet Taylor, baker, and her family at Church Street, Malpas, Cheshire. John …
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 : …
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 …
Mechanical Transport Drivers – William John Dodsworth & John Henry Williams Horse Transport Transport Drivers – William A. Kilgarriff, Herbert Roberts, John Hayward, William Arthur Dawson, Alfred Fowles, George Fowles, Arthur Chidlow & Thomas Stockton