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: 24 January 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 14 March the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to John Shone, a chemist and grocer, and his …
Personal Details Born: 3 June 1895 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 19 June the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of three children born to William Shone, a gardener, and his wife Sarah, …
The memorial is outside St Chad’s Church, Tushingham. 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 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 Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The Military Cross is granted in recognition of …
Born in Macefen, Malpas, Cheshire in 1897, the third son of Ambrose George and Sarah Shone of Back Lane, Nomansheath, Malpas, Cheshire. Phillip’s enlistment papers show him as a platelayer. Regiment : 1st/1st Field Company, Royal Engineers Rank : Sapper …