James Thomas

Labour Corps

Personal Details Born: 26 January 1878 in Chester, Cheshire. Family: He married Martha Badrock in 1903 in Chester, Cheshire. The couple had two children, Edith Mabel and Hilda. Residence: In 1911 James, his wife and two children were living at …

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John William Thomas

Personal Details Born: 9 August 1894 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 5 September 1894 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of six children born to John Thomas, a farm labourer, and his wife Ellen …

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Thomas William Thomas

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1892 Family: His pension record stated that he was married. Residence: The 1919 Absent Voters` List gave an address of 17 Egerton Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire for him, but no other connection with this address can be found. …

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Richard Thomas

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Personal Details Born: 1881 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 23 December 1881 at St. Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fourth of five children born to Morris Thomas, a labourer, and his wife Fanny. He married Dora Harding …

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Charlie Thomas

Personal Details Born: 10 October 1897 in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Family: He was the third of six children born to John Thomas, a cattle dealer, and his wife Agnes. No marriage can be traced for Charlie. Residence: He lived at Hawthorn …

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George Thomas

Labour Corps

Personal Details Born: 3 March 1876. Family: The first child of Morris and Fanny Thomas of 13 Claypit Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. He married Bertha Penn on 31 July 1915 and together they had 2 children – Brian and Wilfred. Employment: At the age of …

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Philip Henry Thomas

Personal Details Born: 10 August 1888. Family: The son of Joseph and Selina Thomas of The Oaklands, Wrenbury, Cheshire. In 1925 Philip married Ida E Yoxall and together they had one child, Joseph. Civilian Occupation: In 1911 he was employed as a bank …

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Arthur Leonard Thomas

Royal Engineers

Personal Details Born: 4 December 1882. Family: He was the second son of Peter and Eleanor Thomas of 11 Watergate Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire. On 1 September he married Myra Williams Butterworth of Rochdale, Lancashire who died on 10 November 1918. Arthur and Myra had …

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St Alkmund’s Church Memorial

St Alkmunds Memorial

    St Alkmund’s Church is at the top of Bargate, Whitchurch, next to the site of the original Whitchurch Grammar School. At the west end of the Church is a triptych form war memorial with a central panel of …

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Campaign Medals 2

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 …

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Whitchurch Memorial

War Memorial - Whitchurch, Shropshire

  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 …

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Harry Thomas

The Great War History Hub Whitchurch, shropshire - War dead missing image

Born in Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1899 (baptised 25th January 1899), the second son of Harry and Harriet Thomas of Hare Cottage, Prees Wood, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Regiment : 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards Rank : Private Service Number : 28943 Killed …

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