Cheshires – 16th February 2017

100 years ago today 16/2/1917: Serjeant Ernest Clare 10th Bn. Berks Cemetery Extension, Belgium.

Private J Kenworthy 6th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private A Andus 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Lance Corporal F Cartmale 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Private A Kemp 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Willie Lowe (Age 21) 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lowe, of 37, Byron St., Shirebrook, Mansfield.

Private H Thompson 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Private A Walker 10th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Corporal Bernard Baker (Age 29) 20th Bn. Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France. Youngest son of the late Stephen Malor Baker, and Eliza Baker; husband of F. M. Baker, of 130, Avenue Rd., Gosport, Hants.

Private W Williams 20th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private A Minshall 11th Bn. Pont-De-Nieppe Communal Cemetery, France.

Private S Turner 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Private A E Waring 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

Serjeant A Birch 3rd Bn. Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, United Kingdom. (Served as BURCH).

 

WW2: 1942 Private Percival James Cutler (Age 32) 30th Bn. St. Helens Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Frederick Charles and Florence Augusta Cutler.

1944 Lance Corporal Wilfred Hodgkinson (Age 23) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of George H. and Ruth Hodgkinson, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.

1944 Private Rex Edwin Howkins (Age 19) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of John T. and Emma E. Howkins, of Bedford.

1946 Private Leslie Hitchen (Age 25) Bunbury (St. Boniface) Churchyard Extension, United Kingdom. Son of Enoch and Maria Hitchen; husband of Joyce Hitchen, of Haughton.

 

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