The memorial is outside St Chad’s Church, Prees, with a plaque inside the church. 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 Chad’s Church, Hanmer. 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 Lower Heath School, which is on the B5065 in Lower Heath, Prees, Shropshire. The Memorial was donated anonymously in 1919, the donor expressing the wish ‘that it should be placed in a prominent position, as …
The memorial is in the churchyard of Holy Immanuel Church, Fauls Green. There is also a plaque inside the Church commemorating the same men. A memorial to Jack Mullins can be found inside the Church. The Commonwealth War Grave …
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 Prees, Shropshire in 1895, the fifth son of Charles and Sarah Whitfield of 8 Sandford, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. Husband to Mary Ann Whitfield (nee Cooper) of 4 Higher Road, Harmer Hill, Shropshire and father to Harry C and …
Samuel Richard Whitfield was born in Bronington, Flintshire, Wales in 1892 (baptised 4th September 1892), the eldest son of Richard and Ellen Whitfield of Brook Lane, Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales. The 1911 Census shows Samuel as a farm worker. Regiment : …
Cecil Harry Whitfield (known as Harry) was born in Wem, Shropshire on 21st February 1890, the eldest son of Charles and Sarah Whitfield of 8 Sandford, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire. The 1911 Census shows Harry as a cowman. Harry’s younger brother …