Personal Details Born: 27 July 1886 in Malpas, Cheshire. Family: He was the son of Rosa Wharton; Rosa subsequently married Thomas Coffin and together they had three children. No marriage can be traced for John. Residence: In 1891 and 1901 … 
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Personal Details Born: 6 September 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the fourth of six children born to George Harper, a blacksmith, and his wife Ann. He married Sarah Amy Richmond in 1915 in West Derby, Lancashire and together …
Personal Details Born: 15 Jul 1893 and baptised the following month at St. Alkmund’s Church, Whitchurch. Family: Elder of two sons born to Robert Duncan Sandland Ridgway, a carpenter and wheelwright, and his wife Annie. In June 1923 Clement married …
Personal Details Born: 25 March 1887 in Hanmer, Flintshire, and baptised on 10 April the same year in Bronington Parish Church. Family: He was the third of seven children born to Edward Cartwright, a farm labourer, and his wife Selina. …
Personal Details Born: 24th May 1883. Family: The seventh child of John and Elizabeth Woollam of Chemistry, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Samuel married Mary Morris in 1903 and was father to William, John, Phyllis, Solomon, Samuel and Clifford. Civilian Occupation: He was a plasterer by …
Personal Details Born: 19 December 1880. Family: The third child of Thomas and Sarah Sumner of Steele Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Edith Cox in 1903 and was father to George, Doris and Wallace. Civilian Occupation: He was a farm labourer. Residence: He lived at …
Personal Details Born: 11 September 1894 and baptised on 3 October 1894. Family: He was the second son of John William and Cecilia Mary Butler of 4 Waymills, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Harold married Harriet Davies in 1920 and together they had 2 children …
Born in Yardington, Whitchurch in 1879, the eldest son of William and Harriet Henshall of 42, Yardington, Whitchurch. William worked as a General Labourer before joining the Army. William’s brother, Albert, died from his wounds in 1916. Regiment : South …
John Willie Dodd born in Barlow’s Yard, High Street, Whitchurch in 1900. He was the third son of John and Ann Dodd of 6 Barlow’s Yard, High Street, Whitchurch. John died of illness in the Camp Hospital at Kimmel Park, …
John Arthur Williams was born in Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1895, the fourth son of George and Frances Williams of Garfield Villa, Prees Green, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows John as a draper’s assistant. Regiment : 6th Battalion South …
Born in Claypit Street, Whitchurch in 1884, the third son of Enoch and Mary Day. Husband of Rosie (nee Edge) Day, of Stockton Heath, Cheshire and father of Thomas Eric. Thomas was a manager in a Boot/Shoe Shop before enlisting.
Born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales on 3 December 1898, the second son of George and Margaret Ellen Breslin of Whitchurch Road, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. Reuben’s brother, Fred, also lost his life in the Great War. Regiment : 2nd Battalion South …
George Henry Pointon was born on 8th April 1891 in Hadnall, Shropshire, the second son of George and Hannah Pointon of Higher Heath, Whitchurch. In the 1911 Census, his occupation is shown as general labourer and he was living at …
Born in Tunstall, Staffordshire in 1896, the second son of Thomas Moore and the late Lucy Jane Moore of 17 Whitchurch Road, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers Rank : Private Service Number : 42222 Killed in …
Born in Malpas, Cheshire in 1880 (baptised 28th July 1880), the third son of Henry and Margaret Mercer of High Street, Malpas. Husband to Lilian Mercer (nee Latham) of Sandbach, Cheshire; married on 8 November 1915 in St Oswald’s Church, …
Born in No Mans Heath, Malpas, Cheshire in 1896, the third son of Ellis and Beatrice Bebbington of Hampton, near Malpas, Cheshire. Husband to Beatrice Bebbington (nee Clorley) (married 1916) of 5 Roving Bridge, Whixall, Shropshire and father to Florence …