Monthly Archives: February 2017

Cheshires – 28th February 2017

100 years ago today 28/2/1917: Private John Jones (Age 29) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Alice J. Higson (formerly Jones), of 21, Penrith St., Uppe Hill St., Liverpool.

 

WW2:

1943 Private Walter Ramond Mannquel Manley (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya. Husband of Harriet Manley, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

1944 Serjeant Frank Louis Baines (Age 27) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of George and Ethel Baines; husband of Mary Katherine Baines, of Waringstown, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

1944 Private Joseph Higginson (Age 20) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Thomas and Ethel Higginson, of Knutsford, Cheshire.

1944 Private Alan Tom Sanders (Age 22) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Tom and Emily Sanders; husband of Margaret Ellen Sanders, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1944 Private Arthur Edward Wright (Age 23) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of John Samuel and Bridget Wright, of Newcastle, Staffordshire.

1947 Private Joseph William Massey (Age 41) Feltham Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George and Emily Massey; husband of Rosaline Massey, of Feltham.

Cheshires – February 2017

100 years ago today 27/2/1917: Private A Murray (Age 23) 10th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of William Alexandra and Elizabeth Murray, of 74, Widnes Rd., Widnes, Lancs.

Serjeant J B Skillicorn (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Doiran Memorial, Greece. Son of Edward Stephen Skillicorn and Elizabeth Skillicorn, of 2, Princes St., Douglas, Isle of Man.

 

WW2:

1944 Private William Leslie Sneyd 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Mabel Sneyd; husband of Edith Sneyd, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

1945 Corporal Joseph William Davey (Age 31) 1st Bn. Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands. Son of Richard Nicholas Davey and Margaret Davey, of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England.

Cheshires – February 2017

100 years ago today 26/2/1917: Lance Corporal Harry Alcock (Age 32) 15th Bn. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France. Son of Robert and Emma Alcock; husband of Jane Elizabeth Alcock, of 60, Stafford St., Higher Hillgate, Stockport.

Private J Bath 15th Bn. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France.

Private H Melville 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

WW2:

1943 Lance Corporal Vincent Joseph Burns (Age 22) Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.

1944 Private Frank Barber (Age 25) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Hannah Barber, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.

Cheshires – 25th February 2017

100 years ago today 25/2/1917:

1917 Private J Holden 15th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

1917 Private R Libby 9th Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

 

WW2:

1944 Private Charles Brandon (Age 20) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.

1944 Lieutenant Colonel George William Fredric Leicester (Age 48) Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William Frederic and Mary Lilian Leicester; husband of Katharine Anne Leicester, of Camberley, Surrey.

Cheshires – 24th February 2017

100 years ago today 24/2/1917: Private F Cotton 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Lance Corporal T Tomlinson (Age 20) 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Brother of Harry Tomlinson, of 21, Bentley St., Lancashire Hill, Stockport.

Private H Foxley 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

 

WW2:

1943 Corporal Richard Ayres (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Richard and Annie Ayres; husband of Rosella Ayres.

1943 Private W Christie (Age 29) 30th Bn. Bathgate (Boghead) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William and Mary Ellen Christie; husband of Margaret Christie, of Blackridge.

1944 Corporal John Allen (Age 33) 6th Bn. Anzio War Cemetery, Italy.

1944 Private William Henry Thompson (Age 24) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Albert and E. Thompson, of Saltney, Chester.

1945 Lieutenant John Wynne Rowlands (Age 25) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. Son of William John and Ethel Wynne Rowlands, of Barry, Glamorgan.

Cheshires -22nd February 2017

100 years ago today 22/2/1917: Corporal George Elliott 6th Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

 

 

WW2:

1940 Private William John Howes (Age 55) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Deane (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Husband of Margaret Ellen Howes, of Bolton.

1947 Private B B Griffiths (Age 22) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Isaac James Griffiths and Minnie Mary Griffiths, of Brynmawr, Brecknockshire.

1947 Private Alfred Ray (Age 33) Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ray; husband of Doris Ray, of Dingle, Liverpool.

 

This is little Private Hubert in his Cheshire Regiment uniform at the 100th anniversery celebrations at Audregnies on 24th August 2014 – He died today, RIP little mate.

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Cheshires – 20th February 2017

100 years ago today 20/2/1917: Lance Corporal Harry Illidge 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private James Phillips Rawlinson (Age 28) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Husband of Mary E. Rawlinson, of 38, England St., Ashton-under-Lyne.

Private Charles Black 3rd Bn. Heptonstall Slack Baptist Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Mrs. B. Black, of Spring Head, Heptonstall.

 

WW2: 1944 Private Harry Thomas (Age 24) MM 6th Bn. Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Harry Thomas, and of Lucy Thomas (nee Goodwin), of Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Joan Thomas (nee Albinson), of Edgeley, Stockport.

1945 Lieutenant Fred Dawson (Age 36) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Fred and Sarah Ellen Dawson, of Prestatyn, Flintshire; husband of Margaret Dawson.

Cheshires – 19th February 2017

100 years ago today 19/2/1917: Private John Busby 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private William Henry Stockton (Age 27) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of William and M. Stockton, of 7, Bradwall Rd., Sandbach, Cheshire.

 

WW2: 1944 Private Angus Kennedy (Age 31) 6th Bn. Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Angus and Mary Jane Kennedy, of Rothesay, Buteshire.

1944 Lance Corporal Harold Trevor Marshall (Age 25) 6th Bn. Anzio War Cemetery, Italy. Son of George and Esther Pauline Marshall; husband of Doris Marshall, of Stockport, Cheshire.

1945 Private William Guy Mann (Age 39) Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany. Son of William Edward and Fanny Eunice Mann; husband of Evelyn Mann, of Shepherd’s Bush, London.