Monthly Archives: January 2017

Cheshires – January 1st 2017

Sorry for the silence since mid-October…..I have no excuses so will fill in the blanks in my online tribute soon. Cheers…

100 years ago today 1/1/1917: Private Frank Elson (Age 28) 10th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Son of John and Jane Elson, of Cuckoo Lane, Acton, Nantwich, Cheshire.

Private W J Boyle 16th Bn. Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private A Phillips 1st/5th Bn. Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, France. Son of Mrs. H. Phillips, of 61, James St., Middleswick Rd., Northwich.

Private William George Smallman (Age 33) 8th Bn. Mikra Memorial, Greece. Son of George Smallman, of Durham, Ontario, Canada; husband of Violet E. Smallman, of 8, Lock Rd., Eastham Ferry, Eastham, Cheshire.

 

WW2: 1945: Private John White Edwards (Age 28) 6th Bn. Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Edward and Hilda Bertha Edwards, of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; husband of Betty Rose Edwards, of High Wycombe.