Cheshires – 24th to 29th July 2017

100 years ago today 24/7/1917: Private Wilfred Hughes (Age 23) 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Frederick and Jane Hughes, of Long Green, Barrow, Chester.

Private A Wake 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

WW2:

1942 Corporal George Foale Bickley (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of William Foale Bickley and Ann Frances Bickley, of Handbridge, Cheshire.

 

100 years ago today 25/7/1917: Private H Duckworth 1st Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Son of Mrs, M. Duckworth, of 43, Lawrence Rd., Altrincham, Cheshire.

Private Joseph Brereton 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private W Belfield 7th Bn. Macclesfield Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1943 Private John William Mckechnie Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Fanny McKechnie, of Portwood, Stockport.

 

100 years ago today 26/7/1917: Private Cecil Tombleson (Age 29) 22nd Bn. Gwalia Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of L. J. Tombleson, of 30, Grafton Rd., Acton, London.

Private S Colclough (Age 21) 1st/6th Bn. Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of James and Hannah Colclough.

Private Richard Baron (Age 21) 18th Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France. Son of Ann Baron, of 21, Norris St., Darwen, Lancs, and the late Richard Baron.

 

WW2:

NIL

 

100 years ago today 27/7/1917:

NIL

 

WW2:

1942 Private Stanley Lewis (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.

1942 Lieutenant Mark Antony Elston Lomas (Age 29) 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Lt.-Col. A. D. Lomas, T.D., F.S.I., and of Jane Steward Lomas (nee Linaker). Chartered Accountant.

1942 Private Bernard Sidney Majilton (Age 27) MID 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Theresa Majilton, of Birkenhead.

1943 Lance Corporal Frank Cooper (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. Son of Joseph and May Cooper, of Plumstead Common. London.

 

100 years ago today 28/7/1917: Serjeant Albert Ellis (Age 23) 19th Bn. Canada Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Eveline Ellis, of 48, Manchester Rd., Mossley, Manchester.

Private W L Maudsley 20th Labour Bn. Dickebusch New Military Cemetery Extension, Belgium.

Private G Hayes 3rd Bn. Durban (Ordnance Road) Military Cemetery, South Africa.

 

WW2:

1943 Private John George Edwards (Age 29) 7th Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of John George and Florence Edwards; husband of Mary A. Edwards, of Fazakerley, Liverpool.

1943 Private David Rimmer (Age 31) 7th Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Thomas and Prudence Rimmer, of Birkenhead; husband of Annie Rimmer, of Birkenhead.

 

100 years ago today 29/7/1917: Private F W Walton 15th Bn. Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Elizabeth Walton, of 27, Paradise St., Altrincham, Cheshire.

 

WW2:

1944 Lance Corporal John Cyril Eyres 6th Bn. Manchester Crematorium, United Kingdom. Son of John and Mabel Eyres, of Heaton Moor, Stockport, Cheshire.

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