Cheshires – 12th April 2017

100 years ago today 12/4/1917: Private Leslie Lloyd (Age 21) 3rd Bn. attd. 13th Bn. Chichester Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Margaret Lloyd, of 29, Leigh St., Old Swan, Liverpool.

Private C Cragg 3rd Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1942 Private Frank Webb 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

1943 Captain William Edward Sutton Lees (Age 26) 6th Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. Son of William and Kathleen A. Lees, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

1943 Private Albert Thomas Stockley (Age 22) 6th Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. Son of Frederick John and Nell Stockley, of Feltham. Middlesex.

Remembered by his only remaining sister Jean and the family of his sister Queenie….” thanks to Lucie.

1944 Lance Serjeant George Summer Hewitt (Age 25) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of George Edward and Eva Eliza Hewitt, of Hoole, Chester. Freeman of the City of Chester.

1945 Private Harry Broadley (Age 23) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Harry and Holly Broadley, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.

1945 Lieutenant Leslie Hilton Kershaw (Age 27) MID Groesbeek Memorial, Netherlands. Son of Wilfred and Elizabeth Edna Kershaw, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.

1945 Private Thomas Maguire (Age 26) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Son of T. G. and Martha H. Maguire, of Warrington, Lancashire.

1945 Private Leonard Cyril Rookes (Age 18) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.

1945 Private Sam Wright (Age 18) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Beatrice Wright, of Osmondthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire.

2 thoughts on “Cheshires – 12th April 2017

  1. Lucie's avatarLucie

    Albert Thomas Stockley ‘Tom’, is not forgotten today, he is still remembered by his only remaining sister Jean and the family of his sister Queenie. His bravery will never be forgotten.

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