Personal Details Born in Whixall, Shropshire in 1889, the second of nine children born to John and Mary Evans of 9 Post Office Lane, Whixall. John married Sarah A Foster in 1915 in Whixall; no children can be traced for … 
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Personal Details Born: In 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and was baptised on 7 October the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the second of three children born to George Grindley, a railway shunter, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: Henry Beddows on 1 February 1890 in Tilstock, Shropshire. His family changed their name from Beddow to Beddows between 1901 and 1911. Family: He was the ninth of twelve children born to Thomas Beddow, a railway labourer …
Personal Details Born: 11 July 1894, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 27 July 1894 in St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was one of eight children born to William Chase, a labourer and his wife Sarah. He married Mary …
Personal Details Born: Not known Family: Not known Residence: In both 1917 and 1919 he was living at 3 Eaton’s Yard, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Employment: In 1917 he was a carter. Died: Not known Military Details Regiment: Labour Corps (previously Royal …
Personal Details Born: 8 February 1876 in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. Family: He was the third child of Amos Jones, a bricklayer, and his wife Jane. He married Ada Sarah Smith on 14 November 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and together they …
Personal Details Born: 1 March 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 25 June the same year in the Unitarian Church of St. Saviour, Whitchurch. Family: He was the second of four children born to Thomas Murray, a fitter and …
Personal Details Born: 9 December 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 5 January 1890 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the third of five children born to George Gregory, a joiner, and his wife Hannah. He married …
Personal Details Born: 27 December 1892 in Wem, Shropshire. Family: He was the son of Frances Sarah Wilkinson; his mother married Benjamin Peplow in 1899 and he was brought up in this family, with a step sister Frances Violet Anne. …
Personal Details Born: 18 February 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fifth of six children born to George Howell, a house painter, and his wife Sarah. He married Ethel Campbell on 27 September 1926 in St. Paul’s Church, …
Personal Details Born: 1858 in Narford, Swaffham, Norfolk, and baptised on 16 April 1858 in Narford Parish Church. Family: He was the youngest of three children of George Pond, a gamekeeper, and his wife Jane. He married Martha Harriet Hopkins …
Personal Details Born: 25 August 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was one of nine children born to Isaiah Lea, a greengrocer, and Elizabeth Humphreys. He married Violet Mary Johnson in Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire in 1913. The couple had seven …
Personal Details Born: 1 July 1898 in Broughall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of seven children born to George Griffiths, a bricklayer, and his wife Mary Jane. He married Sarah Elizabeth Allman in 1925 in Oswestry and together they …
Personal Details Born: 1 February 1884 Family: He married Agnes Gaughan in Liverpool during the 3rd quarter of 1908. Together they had a son, Peter J, who was born in 1924 in Whitchurch. Residence: The address given for John on the …
Personal Details Born: 17 May 1887 and baptised 10 July the same year at Whitchurch Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. The 1939 Register lists his date of birth as 17th May 1886, as does his death record but this does not tally …
Personal Details Born: 8 May 1883 in Wellington, Shropshire and baptised 27 June 1883 at St. George`s Parish Church, Wellington. Family: He was the only son of John Stanworth, an iron worker and his wife Mary Jane, nee Rosson. His …
Personal Details Born: 22 August 1889 in Hinstock, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of four children born to William Jackson, a general labourer, and his wife Mary. Our research suggests he never married. Residence: In 1891 he lived with …
Personal Details Born: 14 December 1890 in Edmonton, Middlesex and baptised on 19 April 1891 in St. Leonard’s Church, Bootle, Lancashire. Family: He was the oldest of two children born to Edward John Polkinghorne, a chief steward, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 26 November 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 5 January 1881 with his sister Jane in St. Alkmund’s Church. Family: He was the sixth of eight children born to James Penk, a shoemaker, and his wife …
Personal Details Born: 26 February 1899 in Cheswardine, Shropshire and baptised 24 December the same year in Cheswardine Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of five children born to John Vaughan Parry, a police constable, and his wife Mary …
Personal Details Born: In October 1879 in Bronington, Flintshire, Wales and baptised 18 July 1880 in Bronington Parish Church. Family: He was the son of William Downward, a labourer, and his wife Emma. He married Margaret Davies on 2 December …
Personal Details Born: 18 February 1870 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of five children born to Edwin Day, a blacksmith, and his wife Ann. He married Eliza Hunt on 19 April 1894 in Whitchurch and together they …
Personal Details Born: 11 June 1898 in Tilstock, Shropshire and baptised there on 7 August the same year. Family: He was the third of five children of Joseph Henry Hinde, a carpenter, and his wife Elizabeth. He married Ruth Dorricott …
Personal Details Born: 24 July 1889 and baptised 11 September at St Alkmund’s church the same year. Family: Youngest of four children born to John and Mary Cooper. In the 1911 census Albert was listed as married. Confusingly, army records …
Personal Details Born: 30 November 1892 at Bunbury, Cheshire. Family: He was one of five children born to Thomas Bailey, a canal inspector, and his wife Elizabeth (nee Venables). George does not appear to have married. Residence: In 1901 the …
Personal Details Born: 17 June 1892. Family: The second child of William and Sarah Wilkinson of New Cottages, Darliston, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Annie H Johns on the 29 May 1916 and together they had 3 children – Thelma S E, Dilys M …
Personal Details Born: 26 February 1875 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The youngest child of James and Jane Pilsbury of 4 Edwards Ct, Chester, Cheshire. Charles married Mary Jane McDowell on the 12 May 1895 and together they had 3 children – Lillian, James Frederick …
Personal Details Born: 9 January 1888. Family: The first child of George and Mary Phillips of Field House, Wigland, Cheshire. Civilian Occupation: Domestic gardener Residence: In 1939 he lived at The Bothy, Blithfield Gardens, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Died: On 28 January 1956 aged 68. Other …
Personal Details Born: 1886. Family: The second son of James and Mary Madeley. James was married to Nellie and together they had 3 children – Jack, Hilda and William. Civilian Occupation: He was a labourer. Residence: At the time of enlisting, he lived at …
Personal Details Born: 11 July 1881 (baptised on 29 July 1891) in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: The first child of Alfred and Fanny Jarvis of 41b Newtown, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Alfred married Clara Smith on the 3 October 1916 and together had 5 children …
William Herbert Victor Barlow (known as Herbert) was born in Bronington, Flintshire in 1897, the third son of Annie Elizabeth and the late William Barlow of The Chequers, Redbrook, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : B Company, 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1891 (christened 30th December 1891), the son of Mrs Sarah Ashley. Husband of Alice Mullock, formerly Ashley (nee Edwards) (married 26th January 1915) of Bickerton, Malpas, Cheshire and father to Alice Helena (baptised 28 November …
John Richard Taylor was born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1898, the eldest son of the late William Henry Taylor and Mrs Martha Taylor of Rose Cottage, Higher Wych, Malpas, Cheshire. Regiment : 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Rank : Private …
Alfred Darlington Roberts, born in Whitchurch in 1886, the eldest son of Alfred and Mary Ann Roberts of 1 Highgate, Whitchurch. Alfred worked in the Bakery at Bronington, Flintshire before joining the Army. Alfred was the nephew of Edward Thomas …
Born in Whitchurch in 1883, the second son of William and Louisa Evanson of 44 Smallbrook Road, Whitchurch. Regiment : 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (25247) Rank : Private Service Number : 56451 Killed …
George Edmund Vickers, born in Station Road, Whitchurch in 1899. He was the fourth son of Edward and Ellen Vickers of 5 Station Road, Whitchurch. Regiment : 24th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Rank : Private Service Number …
John Herbert Williams, born in Kerry, Montgomeryshire in 1886, the third son of James and Mary. Husband of the late Mabel (nee Edwards) Williams, of Llangollen, Denbighshire (died 29 May 1915), and father of James Edward (born 4 March 1909), …
Born in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, in 1886, the third son of John and Martha Webster of 17 Liverpool Road, Whitchurch. He married the late Annie (nee Griffiths) Webster, of Ruabon, Denbighshire on 11th August 1910, father of Doris (born …
Born in Green End, Whitchurch in 1881, the sixth son of Thomas and Marie Clive of 6 Station Road, Whitchurch. The 1911 Census records William as being a domestic gardener. Regiment : 17th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd North …
Born in Mile Bank, Whitchurch in 1881, the second son of William and Sarah Chase. Husband of Mary (nee Brown) Chase, of Hollins Lane, Tilstock and father of Margaret, Mary and Edwin. In the 1911 Census, Edwin’s occupation was farm …
Born in St Marys Street, Whitchurch in 1895, the fifth son of George and Mary Ann Evans of 35, St Marys Street, Whitchurch. Frank worked as a Butcher before enlisting. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly Montgomeryshire Yeomanry …
Edward John Griffiths was born in Tilstock, Shropshire on 26 April 1895, the second son of Edwin and Harriet Griffiths of Rhostre, Halghton, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. The 1911 Census shows him working on his father’s farm. Regiment : 9th Battalion …
Ernest George Harper (known as George) born in Bettisfield, Flintshire in 1896, the only son of Thomas and Annie Harper of Cadney, Bettisfield, Flintshire. George is shown as a farm labourer in the 1911 Census. Regiment : 1st/4th Battalion Royal …
Born in Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1893, the second son of Joseph and Anne Downes of Rack lane, Whixall, Shropshire. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Rank : Corporal Service Number : 10340 Killed in action; France 18 July …
George Frederick Phillips (known as Fred) was born in Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales in 1893, the eldest son of George and May Phillips of The Shop, Horseman’s Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Fred working in his father’s bakery and …
William Arthur Phillips was born in Wigland, Malpas, Cheshire in 1895, the second son of George and May Phillips of The Shop, Horseman’s Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows William working in his father’s bakery and shop. William’s elder …
Brian Harrison was born in Knockin Heath, Shropshire in 1892. Brian was the second son of Major John German and Mrs Emma Harrison of Cloverfields, Chester Road, Whitchurch. He was also the brother of John German Harrison who died in …
Stanley Victor, born in Whitchurch in 1892, the second son of Joseph and Edith Newbrook of 9, Havana Buildings, Whitchurch. Stanley was a regular soldier stationed in Portland, Dorset in August 1914. He landed in France on the 11th August …
Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales in 1886, the second son of the late Thomas Evans and Ruth Evans of Island Green Cottage, Wrexham, Wales. James enlisted on 27th October 1905, serving at home and in India and Burma before being …
Born in Ash, Shropshire in 1885, the eldest son of George and Lucy harding of Sparrow Castle, Ash Parva, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows him employed as a farm waggoner. Note that Arthur and Charles Ivor Rivers Bulkeley (also …
John Turner Clough Hazledine, born in Llandudno, Wales in 1876, the third son of Sarah Grace Boevey Vaughan (formerly Hazledine) and the late John Rowland Lovell Hazledine of Burlton Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. John’s brother the Rev. William Clough Hazledine was …
Born in Dudley, Worcestershire in 1880, the only son of Patrick and Margaret Hagan At the time of his call up William was living in Pepper Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire Regiment : 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Rank : Private Service …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire on 16 July 1885, the son of the late Thomas Barlow and Elizabeth Hewitt (previously Barlow) of Top House, Chorlton Lane, Malpas, Cheshire. Sydney enlisted in the army in 1907, serving in India between 1909 and …