Personal Details Born: 6 July 1896 in Bunbury, Cheshire. Family: He was the seventh of nine surviving children born to John Stevenson, a general farm labourer, and his wife Elizabeth (nee Thelwell). He married Mary Royle in 1924 in Nantwich, … 
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The memorial is by the roadside in Threapwood. 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 memorial is outside St Oswald’s Church, Malpas. 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 memorial is in the lych gate to St. Peter’s Church, Aston. 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 …
The memorial is on the outside wall of Wrenbury School in Nantwich Road, Wrenbury. 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 …
The memorial is outside St. Margaret’s Church Wrenbury. There is a memorial window inside the church which includes the names of some of the men on the memorial. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the …
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 British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …
Born in Oldcastle, Malpas, Cheshire in 1883 (baptised 30th December 1883), the second son of William and Elizabeth Stevenson of Booth Cottages, Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Edward as a farm labourer. Edward’s younger brother Joseph also lost …
Born in Top o’ th’ Town, Broomhall, Nantwich, Cheshire in 1893, the third son of William and Annie Stevenson of the same address. Regiment : 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank : Private Service Number : 49572 and 4121 Killed in …
Wilfred was killed during a raid on enemy trenches in positions near Ploegsteert Wood near Ypres. The objective was to capture or kill the crews of three Minnenwerfers (trench mortars). The battalion war diary states: “1916 December 20th Wed. Holding …
Born in Wrenbury, Cheshire in 1897, the fourth son of the late Thomas and Emily Stevenson of 85 Chapel Lane, Coppenhall, Warmingham, Crewe, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows him as a farm helper. Regiment : 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade Rank …
Report in the Chester Chronicle 30th October 1915 regarding the death of Joseph Stevenson “THREAPWOOD ANIOTHER HERO’S DEATH Threapwood has done well in the great war. The first of her sons to fall was No. 9925 Pte. George Matthews, 1st …
Born in Oldcastle, Malpas, Cheshire in 1894, the fourth son of William and Elizabeth Stevenson of Booth Cottages, Threapwood, Malpas, Cheshire. The 1911 Census shows Joseph as a pigman on Manor Farm, Wychough, Malpas, Cheshire. Joseph’s older brother, Edward, also …