Personal Details Born: In 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 26 October that year in St. Alkmund’s Parish Church. Family: He was one of seven surviving children born to John Sumner, a labourer, and his wife Hannah. He married … 
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Personal Details Born: William was born 17 February 1898 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the second of nine children born to John Henry Sumner, a labourer in a milling furnace, and his wife Edith. No marriage can be confirmed for …
Personal Details Born: 1 April 1885 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 21 June the same year at Christ Church, Tilstock, Shropshire. Family: He was one of at least four children born to Richard Sumner, a labourer, and his wife Eliza. …
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 …
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 …
I first started visiting the Battlefields, Cemeteries and Memorials of the Western Front some fifteen years ago. Three years ago I decided to research the names on the War Memorial in Station Road, that’s all they are names, carved …
Report in the Whitchurch Herald 14th July 1918 relating to the death of John Sumner “Mrs Sumner, of 52 Naylor Street, Crewe, has received news that her son, Pte; John Sumner, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry has been presumed dead after …
Born in Whitchurch in 1882, the eldest son of John and Hannah Sumner of 52 Naylor Street, Crewe, Cheshire. Regiment : 1/4th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (Territorial Force) Rank : Private Service Number : 34553 Killed in Action; France …