Monthly Archives: November 2017

Cheshires 1st to 4th November 2017

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100 years ago today 1/11/1917: Private D Cooper (Age 33) 1st Bn. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mrs. A. Cooper, of Sledmere, Malton, Yorks.

Second Lieutenant Mark Aldersey (Age 20) 1st Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Hugh and Evelyn Aldersey, of The Crooke, Aldersey, Chester. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst.

Private Albert Bailey (Age 26) 15th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Peter William Bailey, of 2, Flower St., Castle Park, Northwich.

Private Thomas Arthur Christian 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private William Dodd MM 15th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private John Herbert Halliwell (Age 19) 15th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Halliwell, of 40, High St., Middleton, Manchester.

Private Harold Livesley (Age 22) 15th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Livesley.

Second Lieutenant John Henry Musker 3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private Gordon Needham (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of the late Ira and Ann Needham, of 27, Gladstone St., Glossop.

Private Thomas Henry Newnes (Age 34) 15th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Thomas Newnes, of Rushton, Tarporley; husband of Esther Newnes, of Market Court, Tarporley, Cheshire.

 

WW2:

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100 years ago today 2/11/1917: Private Alfred Marshall (Age 19) MM 15th Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Thomas and Mary Marshall, of 5, Hanover St., Audenshaw, Manchester.

Private W Beard 1st/6th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private F Beswick 1st Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private E Harvey 9th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Second Lieutenant Frank Goodheart Procter (Age 25) 4th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of William and Sarah Procter, of 91, Trafalgar Rd., Moseley, Birmingham.

Private R E O Jones (Age 33) 10th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Edward and Mary Sidney Jones, of 13, Gerald St., Wrexham. Denbighshire.

Private L H Walker 1st/6th Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.

Private J Birchall (Age 29) “E” Coy. 3rd Bn. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Louisa and the late William Birchall; husband of Elizabeth Birchall, of 85, Leadenhall St., Everton, Liverpool.

 

WW2:

1942 Private Harold Pooler (Age 23) 7th Bn. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of James and Harriet Pooler; husband of Grace Vallender Pooler, of Horsehay, Shropshire.

1944 Captain John Bromley davenport (Age 24) 5th Bn. Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Walter Arthur Bromley Davenport, and of Lilian Emily Isabel Jane Bromley Davenport, of Capesthorne, Cheshire.

 

100 years ago today 3/11/1917: Private G W Smith (Age 25) 6th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Samuel and Alice Smith, of 4, James Terrace, Whitby, Cheshire.

Private William Bailey 1st Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Lance Corporal John Gallagher (Age 21) 1st Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of James and Elizabeth Ann Gallagher, of 23, Clarence St., Preston.

Private Norman Bernard Vernon Rothery (Age 23) 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Mr. W. B. Rothery, of Hazelmere, Southport, Lancs.

Private George Casey 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of James Casey, of 26, Argyle St., South Birkenhead.

Private James Richard Bayley (Age 23) 1st/7th Bn. Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Husband of Beatrice Bayley, of 3, Meadow St., Hyde.

Private J Dunn 1st/7th Bn. Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).

Private S Mealor Neston (Ss. Mary and Helen) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1942 Lieutenant Stanley Howard Hardy (Age 25) 2nd Bn. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Fred and Gertrude Hardy, of Harborne, Birmingham. M.Com.(Birmingham).

 

100 years ago today 4/11/1917: Private George Schofield (Age 18) 15th Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Margaret Schofield, of 33, Wakefield St., Chadderton, Oldham.

Lance Corporal Harry Davies (Age 24) 1st/4th Bn. Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Son of Joseph and Mary E. Davies, of 19, Tonbridge Rd., Upper Brighton, Wallasey.

Private Frank Dixon Riddlesworth (Age 31) 1st/7th Bn. Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Husband of Mrs. L. D. Riddlesworth, of 3, Albion St., Macclesfield, Cheshire.

 

WW2:

1944 Private Albert Edmund William Butler (Age 21) 6th Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Butler, of Southall, Middlesex.

Cheshires – 28th to 31st October 2017

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100 years ago today 28/10/1917: Private Joseph Taylor 16th Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private W Skelton 11th Bn. Bethune Town Cemetery, France.

Private Hugh Rowland (Age 20) 1st 7th Bn. Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).

 

WW2:

1944 Private Frank McNamara (Age 30) 6th Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth McNamara, of Chester.

 

100 years ago today 29/10/1917: Private J Boardman (Age 41) 22nd Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Henry and Hannah Boardman; husband of Emily Boardman, of I. Second St., Bootle, Liverpool. Born at Bootle.

Private Enoch Tonks (Age 18) 22nd Labour Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Tonks, of 29, Paul St., Heath Town, Staffs.

Lance Corporal J Day 1st/6th Bn. Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

Private W Jackson (Age 27) 16th Bn. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Isaac and Jane Jackson, of 5, Borough Rd., Birkenhead. Born at Rock Ferry, Birkenhead.

Private James Henry Corfe (Age 35) 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Corfe, of Heath Farm, Higher Bebington; husband of Hannah Corfe, of 7, Victoria Rd., Higher Bebington, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Victor Thornton Gibbens (Age 30) 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Jane Gibbens, of 152, Southwood Rd., Ramsgate; husband of Emily Gibbens, of Compton Rd., East Ilsley, Newbury, Berks.

Private Fred Marshall (Age 25) 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of George and Ann Marshall, of 20, Carr Cottages, Carrbrook, Stalybridge.

Private James Poole 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private Frederick Michael Smith 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Private John Wilson (Age 30) 11th Bn. Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Son of George and Alice Wilson, of 73, Woolley Lane, Hollingworth, Manchester. Native of Pendleton, Manchester.

Lance Corporal E Masterson (Age 27) 16th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of John and Elizabeth Masterson, of 26, Fairford Terrace, West Stanley, Co. Durham. Native of Tanfield Lea, Co. Durham.

 

WW2:

1941 Lance Corporal George Kellett (Age 42) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Crewe Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John and Harriet Kellett husband of Lily May Kellett, of Crewe.

 

100 years ago today 30/10/1917: Private H Ingham (Age 20) 15th Bn. Artillery Wood Cemetery, Belgium. Son of William and Ann Jane Ingham, of 44, Oldham St., Reddish, Stockport.

Corporal J R Eastwood 22nd Labour Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private R H Law 22nd Bn. Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Arthur Woodcock (Age 27) 1st/6th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Son of Charles and Mary Woodcock, of Gt., Barrow, Chester.

 

WW2:

1943 Private George Burgham (Age 21) 7th Bn. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Son of William John and Nellie Burgham, of Congleton, Cheshire.

1943 Corporal J McMahon (Age 24) 7th Bn. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Son of John Charles and Minnie McMahon, of Chester.

1943 Private John Thomas Tydd (Age 24) 7th Bn. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Husband of May Edith Tydd, of Fordcombe, Kent.

1943 Lieutenant Harry John Tarbrett Worley (Age 27) Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Dorothy Worley; husband of Joan F. Worley, of Acton, Middlesex.

 

100 years ago today 31/10/1917: Private R A Pawley (Age 19) 16th Bn. Gent City Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Pawley, of 5A, Egerton Buildings, Barrow-in-Furness.

Private Alfred Ernest Lloyd (Age 44) 6th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Robert Lloyd (Eos Clwyd), Schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Lloyd. Born Ruthin, Denbighshire. Was a member of the 4th A.B. Denbighshire Volunteers (Auxiliary Forces)

Private T Sykes (Age 19) 6th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Joseph and Mary Sykes, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Private G W Pickering (Age 22) 1st/7th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Mr. G. Pickering, of 8, Smyth St., Macclesfield.

 

WW2:

1942 Lance Corporal Gerald Algene Gray Tarr (Age 24) 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. Son of Henry Melverton Tarr and Mary Jane Tarr.