Personal Details Born: 26 June 1881 in Petersham, New South Wales, Australia and baptised on 17 July the same year in St. Peter’s Church, Cumberland, Sydney, Australia. Family: He was one of six children born to Frank and Catherine Evelyn … 
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Personal Details Born: 16 April 1889 in Grindley Brook, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 22 May the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth of ten children born to Henry Madeley, a labourer and …
Personal Details Born: 17 January 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the only child of William Caleb Birchall, an ironmonger, and his wife Mary Ellen, nee Pickford. He married Annie Boutflour Dickman (known as Nancy) in 1922 in Morpeth, …
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: 21 May 1897 in Willington, Flintshire, Wales and baptised 20 June the same year in Hanmer Parish Church. Family: He was the fifth of seven children born to John Griffiths, a domestic coachman, and his wife Emma …
Personal Details Born: 13 September 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of five surviving children born to Herbert Dawson, a cycle agent and private hotel keeper, and his wife Agnes Maud. He married Gladys Smith in 1924 …
Personal Details Born: 9 June 1890 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised in Whitchurch on 4 July the same year. Family: He was the second of seven children of John Nunnerley Joyce, a farmer, and his wife Annie. The 1939 Register …
Personal Details Born: 12 June 1889 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 6 September the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to Alfred Roberts, a cornfactor grocer, and his …
Personal Details Born: 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the eldest of five surviving children born to Philip Shenton, a factory engine driver and his wife Mary, nee Lunt. No marriage can be confirmed for Thomas. Residence: In 1901 …
Personal Details Born: 24 July 1876 in Bangor, Flintshire, Wales and baptised on 27 August the same year in Worthenbury Parish Church, Flintshire. Family: He was the second of nine children born to Samuel Redropp Maddocks, a farmer, and his …
Personal Details Born: 30 August 1893 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Family: He was the second of five children born to Sir Wyndham Charles Henry Hanmer, 6th Baronet Hanmer of Hanmer, and his wife Lady Essex Hanmer. He married Aileen Mary Rogerson …
Personal Details Born: In 1872 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 5 June the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of four children of John Speed, a hairdresser, and his wife Mary Ann, nee …
Personal Details Born: 7 September 1881 in Holywell, Flintshire and baptised with his twin sister Alice on 9 September 1881 at Pontblyddyn Parish Church, Flintshire. Family: He was one of seven children born to John Charles Knight, a butler, and …
Personal Details Born: 24 April 1882 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 10 May the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the fifth of nine children born to Thomas Evanson, a bricklayer, and his wife Mary Anne. He …
Personal Details Born: 3 November 1894 in Sale, Cheshire. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to James Cresswell Pidduck, a cattle food agent and paper merchant, and his wife Polly. He married Elma Helen between 1921 and …
Personal Details Born: 4 March 1896 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 20 March of the same year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was the elder of two children born to William Hughes, an iron founder, and his …
Personal Details Born: 15 January 1882 in Brown Moss, Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised in Tilstock Church on 13 August the same year. Family: He was the son of Sarah Moss and grandson of James and Elizabeth Moss. His mother later …
Personal Details Born: In 1888 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 21 June the same year in the Congregational Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth of eight children born to George Dodd, a builder, and his wife Mary Jane. …
Personal Details Born: 23 January 1894 in Willaston, Prees, Shropshire and baptised 4 March the same year in Calverhall Parish Church. Family: He was the eldest of four children born to George Simon, a dairy farmer, and his wife Mary …
Personal Details Born: 22 November 1875 in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales and baptised on 13 August 1876 at Ightfield Parish Church, Shropshire. Family: He was the son of John and Mary Jane Dickin. He married Mary Emma Rogers on 17 September …
Personal Details Born: 9 May 1893 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 25 June 1893 at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was one of five children born to John Briggs, a boot maker, and his wife Sarah Grace …
Personal Details Born: 9 July 1898 Family: The only child of Frank Thurman and Mary E Coleman. He married Frances Hawley in Liverpool in 1920 and together they had two girls, Janet B and Rhea F. Residence: Although George was …
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 1885 Next of kin – Mrs Baddeley, Lower Morrey, Shavington (wife) Civilian occupation – Farmer Military Details Regiment : Shropshire Yeomanry Rank : Sergeant, Corporal Service Number : 887 01/04/1908 Enlisted with Shropshire Yeomanry as Private & …
William Joseph Tomlinson, born in Wollerton, Shropshire in 1890, first son of William and Elizabeth Tomlinson of Lawn Farm, Calverhall, Whitchurch, Shropshire. William worked on his father’s farm. Regiment : 1st/1st Squadron Shropshire Yeomanry, attached to 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment …
The following lists appeared in the Whitchurch Herald, they show those who enlisted during September and October 1914. Images reproduced with permission of Trinity Mirror plc …