Cheshires – 28th to 31st October 2017

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.

 

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