100 years ago today 31/1/1917:
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WW2: 1943: Corporal George Hector Worrall (Age 31) 5th Bn. Kirkee War Cemetery, India. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Worrall, of Knutsford, Cheshire; husband of Ethel Maud Worrall, of Knutsford.
1945: Private William Henry Payne (Age 29) 6th Bn. Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Henry and Alice Payne; husband of Florence Emily Payne, of Shoreditch, London.
nice to have a ‘night off’ from WW1 KIA
100 years ago today 30/1/1917: Private Colin Stanley Moore (Age 26) 9th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Edwin and the late Jessie Moore, of Castle Northwich, Cheshire.
Private M P Crayton (Age 40) Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Agnes Crayton, of 62, Peel St., Burslem, Staffs.
WW2: 1945: Private John Fredrick Morrall (Age 18) 1945 Redditch (Abbey Road) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of G. H. Morrall and Edith M. Morrall, of Redditch.
sorry….I forgot last night
100 years ago today 29/1/1917: Private Reginald Taylor (Age 42) 20th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of George and Mary Jane Taylor, of Pickhill, Denbighshire; husband of Charlotte Taylor, of 10, Napier St., Wrexham, Denbighshire.
Private George Dobbins 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.
Private James Henry Farmer (Age 24) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Samuel and Lizzie Farmer, of II, Worrall St., Edgeley, Stockport.
Private Samuel Platt (Age 24) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Mrs. Sarah Platt, of Dood Field, Marple, Cheshire.
Lance Corporal Edward Railton (Age 35) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of the late Thomas and Maria Railton, of Newton Arlosh, Kirkbride, Carlisle.
WW2: 1941: Private Thomas Herbert Ellis 1st Bn. Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Private Ronald Stubbs (Age 24) 4th Bn. Ipswich Old Cemetery, United Kingdom.
Private Frank M. Balmforth (Age 30) Northwich Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Samuel Maurice and Martha Balmforth, of Northwich; husband of Florence Balmforth, of Lostock Gralam, Northwich.
1944: Lieutenant Edward Roderick Barnett (Age 29) Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Ernest Roderick and Elizabeth Barnett; husband of Meryll C. Barnett, of Edinburgh.
Lance Serjeant Joseph Bowness (Age 21) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William and Sarah Jane Bowness, of Liverpool.
100 years ago today 28/1/1917: Private E Fewtrell 9th Bn. Couin New British Cemetery, France. Son of Mr. H. Fewtrell, of 93, Ramsbottom St., Crewe.
Private T Byrom (Age 23) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Byrom, of Red House, Upton, Birkenhead.
WW2:
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death of Henry VIII
100 years ago today 27/1/1917: Private T B Jones 1st/5th Bn. Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France.
Private S Griffiths (Age 27) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of William and Mary Ann Griffiths, of 18, Westminster Rd., Wallasey, Cheshire. Born at Birkenhead.
WW2: 1944: Private William John Whapshott (Age 36) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Husband of Ada Whapshott, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
100 years ago today 28/1/1917: Private E Fewtrell 9th Bn. Couin New British Cemetery, France. Son of Mr. H. Fewtrell, of 93, Ramsbottom St., Crewe.
Private T Byrom (Age 23) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Byrom, of Red House, Upton, Birkenhead.
WW2:
NIL
Holocaust memorial day…….
Happy Australia Day cobbers….
100 years ago today 26/1/1917: Private J Anderson 9th Bn. Couin British Cemetery, France. Son of Mr. J. Anderson, of 71, Vincent St., Crewe.
Private T Rafferty 20th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Lieutenant Charles John Watson (Age 24) “A” Coy. 10th Bn. attd. 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Charles James and Mary Emma Watson, of “The Sycamores,” Broughton Park, Manchester. Gazetted Jan., 1915; wounded at Vimy Ridge April, 1916.
Serjeant Charles Burness Battersby (Age 24) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of William Percy Battersby, of 40, Carrington Rd., Small Heath, Birmingham.
WW2:
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100 years ago today 25/1/1917: Private John William Jones (Age 22) 9th Bn. Varennes Military Cemetery, France. Husband of Alice Jones, of Hensham Lane, Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
WW2:
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100 years ago today 24/1/1917:
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…a nice rare day with no regimental fatalities….lest we forget all the others from all the other regiments…
WW2: 1944: Private Albert Grindey (Age 24) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Ernest William and Isabell May Grindey, of Upper Hulme, Staffordshire.
100 years ago today 22/1/1917: Private William Bradburn 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Private John Ernest Langford (Age 27) 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium. Son of William and E. Langford, of Bourton, Much Wenlock.
Private E Morley 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Private G Pumford 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Second Lieutenant B H Shaw 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Private T H Thompson 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.
Private William Wilson (Age 21) 13th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium. Son of Mary Wilson, of County Council Dispensary, Beeley St., Hyde, Cheshire, and the late Robert Wilson.
Private T Davies 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Private J Griffiths 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Robert Wilkie Milarvie (Age 23) 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Son of the late Robert and Lavinia Esther Milarvie, of 260, Hyde Rd., Ardwick, Manchester.
Corporal Thomas Alfred Scott (Age 24) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of the late John and Jessie Scott. Born at Jarrow, Co. Durham.
WW2: 1940 Private Ralph Marsh (Age 39) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Leigh Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Esther Marsh; husband of Mary Marsh, of Leigh.
100 years ago today 21/1/1917: Private Robert Menzies Steele (Age 36) 20th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Ex-Police Inspector Steele and the late Charlotte Steele, of Cleator Moor; husband of Jane Steele, of 160, Ennerdale Rd., Cleator Moor, Cumberland.
Private D J Waring 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
Private Edward Lewis 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.
WW2: 1944: Private Albert Burgess (Age 23) 6th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Burgess, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
Lieutenant John Brett Davey (Age 25) 7th Bn. Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Lt.-Col. Charles William Brett Davey and Patricia Davey, of Woodmancote, Gloucestershire.
remember them all: Cheshire Regiment casualties 