Personal Details Born: 2 March 1888 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to Robert Edmund Kelly, a plumber and painter, and his wife Sarah. He married Ellen Annie Comer (known as Nellie) on 18 … 
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Personal Details Born: 25 February 1875 in Clerkenwell, London. Family: He was the nephew of William H Ward, a watch repairer and jeweller, and his wife Mary A; he had at least one sibling, Arthur J. He married Ada Elizabeth …
Personal Details Born: 27 March 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of three children born to John Hayward, a railway signalman, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Daisy Taylor in 1911 in Nantwich, Cheshire and together had …
Personal Details Born: 1 August 1892 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 9 September the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the youngest of three children born to John Matthews, a coachman, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 21 July 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 9 August 1889 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the third child born to William Groom, a blacksmith, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Eva M …
Personal Details Born: 15 January 1892 in Marbury, Cheshire and baptised 1 May the same year in Marbury Parish Church. He was also known as Jack Edwards. Family: He was the second of eight children born to John Edge, a …
Personal Details Born: 16 July 1899 in Iscoyd, Flintshire, Wales and baptised 12 August 1899 in Hanmer parish church. Family: He was the son of Albert John Eaton, a plumber, and his wife Mary. He married Norah Glancey on 12 …
Personal Details Born: 27 February 1894 in Woodville, Derbyshire. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to John Thomas Daly, an Inland Revenue Officer, and his wife Matilda, nee Ward. He married Evelyn Marjorie Lockhart Quarter 3 1927 …
Personal Details Born: 16 August 1897 and baptised on 15 September 1897 in the Primitive Methodists’ Chapel, Idle, Yorkshire. Family: He was the youngest of five children born to William Bennion, a Primitive Methodist Minister, and his wife Kate (nee …
Personal Details Born: 11 July 1887 Family: The second child, of twelve, of Richard and Annie Rowlands of Hollins Lane, Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Harry married Emma Edwards in June 1917 and together they had 3 children – Joseph E, Harry and Ruth. Residence: The …
Personal Details Born: 15 January 1895. Family: The first son of George and Annie Millington of The Glebe, Darliston, Prees, Shropshire. George married Margaret E Drysdale in 1925 and together they had 2 children – Joan and George H. Civilian Occupation: On leaving school …
Personal Details Born: 13 January 1894 Family: The sixth child of Thomas and Mary Mellor of Prees Wood, Prees, Shropshire. In 1913 he married Frances Annie Jones and was father to George, Leslie, Edith Lillian and Frederick Arthur. Civilian Occupation: In 1911 …
Personal Details Born: 27 March 1892 Family: The second son of Robert Matthews and Kittie Kelly of Church Street, Ightfield, Shropshire. On the 24 July 1918 Peter married Rose Morris and together they had a son, Cecil. Civilian Occupation: On leaving school he became …
Personal Details Born: 12 August 1891. Family: The son of Thomas and Eliza Humphreys of 11 Moreton Street, Prees, Shropshire. He married May Hall in 1912 and together they had a son, Sidney C; and possibly a further son, Harold G. Civilian Occupation: He …
Personal Details Born: 27 March 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. We believe his parents were Edwin William and Ada Elizabeth Hesketh although we have no direct proof of this. Family: In 1926 George married Ethel Catherine Bird and together they had one son, Gerald …
Personal Details Born: 7 June 1891. Family: The first child of John and Elizabeth Hayward of 147 Alkington Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Elsie E Thomas in July 1925 and together they had one child, Norman. Civilian Occupation: In 1911 John was …
Personal Details Born: 8 May 1898. Family: The first son of Thomas and Lizzie Hayward of Tybroughton, Flintshire, Wales. Residence: In 1939 he was living at Eglwys Cross, Flintshire, Wales. Civilian Occupation: In 1939 his occupation was rabbit trapper. Military Details Regiment: Royal …
Personal Details Born: 30 April 1896 or 1897. Family: The third child of Alfred and Mary Haycocks of 12 Brownlow Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Ernest married Jessie L Groom in 1935 and together they had 2 children – William J and Susan …
Personal Details Born: 3 February 1899 Family: The fourth child of John Reece and Matilda Elliott of 7 Waymills, Whitchurch, Shropshire. George married Annie Mary Elizabeth Grateley on the 7 September 1920 and together they had 4 children – Thomas, John, Annie and …
Personal Details Born: 10 September 1887 Family: The fifth child of James and Hannah Edwards of Whitchurch Road, Prees, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: He was a farm waggoner prior to enlisting for 12 years. Military Details Regiment: Royal Navy Rank: Stoker Service Number: …
Personal Details Born: Henry was born on the 30 November 1877. Family: The third son of John and Alice Maria Downward of Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Civilian Occupation: Henry was employed as a bank cashier. Residence: In 1901 he was living in Ladywood Rd, …
Personal Details Born: 28 July 1896 Family: The second child of Henry Albert and Annie Deakin of Havana House, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Clarence married Ruby O’Sullivan in June 1919 in Plymouth. Education: He attended Whitchurch Grammar School. Civilian Occupation: In 1911 he was …
Thomas Ivan Jones was born in Rensselaer, New York, United States of America on 6th October 1890, the son of Thomas and Minnie H Jones who were living in Shrewsbury in 1901. Husband to Keziah Jones (nee Ince) (married in …
Alfred Edmund Godsal was born in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset on 2nd December 1884 (baptised 28th December 1884), the fourth son of Major Philip Thomas and Mrs Ellen Henrietta Godsal of Iscoyd Park, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Alfred attended HMS Britannia, the Royal …
Born in Hodnet, Shropshire on 6 January 1898, the third son of the Richard and Sarah Ann Sands of 55 Church Hill, Ironbridge, Shropshire. There are two CWGC (Commonwealth War Graves Commission) records for 349508 Canadian Field Artillery – for …