Monthly Archives: May 2020

20th May 2020

20/05/1915 Private Edward Evans 2nd Bn. Gent City Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘7392’

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20/05/1915 Private William Minnis 1st/4th Bn. Birkenhead (Flaybrick Hill) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘1330’

20/05/1915 Private George Munt 2nd Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. ‘9148’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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20/05/1916 Lance Corporal William James Ainsworth (Age 20) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘13881’ Son of William and Martha Ainsworth, of Lostock Gralam, Cheshire.

20/05/1916 Private Henry Frederick Astbury 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘14960’

20/05/1916 Private Harry Ernest (?H C?) Beacall 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘3/12571’

20/05/1916 Private John Burgess 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘18844’

20/05/1916 Private Arthur Clarke 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ’14/24203′

20/05/1916 Private Charles Conley (Age 23) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘8/11053’ Son of Charles and Julia Conley.

20/05/1916 Private Ernest Cooke 10th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘15017’

20/05/1916 Private Patrick Dair 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘13057’

20/05/1916 Private William Arthur Dutton (Age 29) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ’10/14047′ Son of William and Mary Elizabeth Dutton, of Runcorn, Cheshire.

20/05/1916 Private Joseph Foxley (Age 26) “B” Coy. 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘13953’ Son of John and Bertha Foxley, of 2, Station Rd., Lostock Gralam, Northwich.

20/05/1916 Private Walter Hodkinson (Age 22) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘12884’ Grandson of Annie Wilding, of 9, Station Rd., Winsford, Cheshire.

20/05/1916 Serjeant James Hunt 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘15658’

20/05/1916 Private Henry Jacks (Age 32) “B” Coy. 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘13910’ Son of Chas. and Eliza Jacks, of Marston, Cheshire.

20/05/1916 Private Israel King (Age 25) 11th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘24397’ Son of William and Margaret King, of Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead.

20/05/1916 Private Charles Lambert (Age 26) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘14562’ Only son of Annie Lambert, of 6, Renshaw’s Cottages, Roebuck Lane, Sale, Cheshire.

20/05/1916 Private Harry Lawton (Age 27) 1st/6th Bn. St. Venant Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘2781’ Son of George and Martha Lawton, of Stalybridge. Born at Stalybridge.

20/05/1916 Private Thomas Page (Age 19) No. 3 Depot Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘10183’ Son of the late Thomas and Catherine Page. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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20/05/1916 Private John Smith 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ’14/24630′

20/05/1916 Private Albert Thirlwall (Age 27) 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘14157’ Son of Frederick Stanley, and Alice Maud Thirlwall, of The Hough, Macclesfield Rd., Wilmslow, Cheshire.

20/05/1916 Lance Corporal Arthur Watson 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘I/13122’

20/05/1916 Private Thomas Yoxall 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘15131’

20/05/1917 Private Harold Hunt 1st/5th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘244370’

20/05/1919 Private Edward Ashton (Age 41) Depot Bebington Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘17607’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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20/05/1919 Serjeant James Kelly 3rd Bn. Edinburgh (Mount Vernon) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Edinburgh United Kingdom. ‘20332’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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20/05/1921 Private Joseph Burnie Osborne (Age 44) 6th Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘266508’ Son of Albert Edward Osborne. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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19th May 2020

19/05/1915 Private Samuel Shepley 1st Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. ‘10568’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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19/05/1916 Lance Corporal Joseph Barlow (Age 20) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘16152’ Son of Thomas and Martha Jane Barlow, of 34, Ardenfield, Hillgate, Stockport, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Private Thomas Barnes (Age 23) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘12942’ Son of Thomas and Mary Barnes, of Winsford, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Lance Corporal Thomas Bowen 16th Bn. Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘21668’

19/05/1916 Private Albert Darlington (Age 18) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘13123’ Son of Samuel and Ellen Darlington, of 2, Percy St., Northwich, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Private John Dowd 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘13852’

19/05/1916 Private John Thomas Edwards 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘16196’

19/05/1916 Captain Charles Fleetwood Ellerton 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. Son of Mouat Keith and Annie Ellerton, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Private Richard Forshaw (Age 28) 11th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘16844’ Son of Richard and Mary Ann Forshaw; husband of F. Forshaw, of Attleborough, Nuneaton. Native of Egremont, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Private Wilson Thomas Hill (Age 22) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘13140’ Son of John and Sarah Elizabeth Hill, of Davenham, Northwich, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Lance Corporal William Jeffs (Age 21) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘14980’ Son of Susannah and the late James Jeffs, of Frodsham, Cheshire.

19/05/1916 Private Robert Mellor (Age 18) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘15575’ Son of George and Mary Elizabeth Mellor, of 43, Brosscroft, Hadfield, Derbyshire.

19/05/1916 Second Lieutenant Leonard George Birmingham Young 10th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France.

19/05/1916 Private George Yoxall (Age 28) 10th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘14242’ Husband of G. Yoxall, of Woods Row, Newton Heath, Middlewich, Cheshire.

19/05/1917 Corporal John Thomas Cain 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘28498’

19/05/1917 Private William Hugh Collier 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, Somme France. ‘58223’

19/05/1917 Private William Stanley Crimes 4th Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘243661’

19/05/1917 Private Bruce Little (Age 30) 1st Bn. Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘12655’ Son of Emma and the late William Little, of 154, Northenden Rd., Sale, Cheshire.

19/05/1918 Private George Patrick Devereux (Age 49) Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery, Warwickshire United Kingdom. ‘21532’ Son of Patrick and Sarah Devereux; husband of Annie Devereux, of 6/84, Great Lister St., Birmingham.

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19/05/1918 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Thomas Albert Pilgrim (Age 35) 3rd Bn. Hartlepool North Cemetery, Durham United Kingdom. ‘8761’ Son of Mrs. S. Silk (formerly Pilgrim), of 3, Stockwell Grove, Stockwell, London, and the late H. Pilgrim. Served in the South African Campaign.

19/05/1921 Private Alfred Ambrose Hartley (Age 31) 10th Bn. Sudbury Cemetery, Suffolk United Kingdom. ‘292122’ Son of Harry Hartley, of 3, Walnut Tree Lane, Sudbury. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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18th May 2020

18/05/1915 Lance Corporal Arthur David Hughes (Age 21) 5th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘2291’ Son of Edward and Emily Hughes, of 27, Gladstone Avenue, Chester.

18/05/1916 Private George Chesters (Age 19) 11th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘23401’ Son of Alfred and Mary Chesters, of Red Hill Cottages, Tarporley, Cheshire.

18/05/1916 Private Richard Davies 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘26575’

18/05/1916 Corporal Jack Florance (Age 29) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘9215’ Son of Jack and L. Florance; husband of Mrs. F. E. A. Sullivan (formerly Florance), of “Clonmore,” Short St., Cooks Avenue, Canterbury, Sydney, Australia.

18/05/1916 Serjeant Walter Lowther 15th Bn. Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord France. ‘19877’

18/05/1917 Private John Taylor 13th Bn. Bousbecque Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘10391’

18/05/1917 Private Albert Edward Telford 1st Bn. Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘28837’

18/05/1917 Private Albert Hough 15th Bn. Marteville Communal Cemetery, Attilly, Aisne, France.’9/17825′

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18/05/1917 Private John Griffith Williams 20th Bn. Acheux British Cemetery, Somme France. ‘43195’ Son of Griffith and Jane Williams, of Dafarn Dywyrch, up Llandwrog, Carnarvon.

18/05/1917 Private Richard Melling Woodhouse 1st Bn. Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘24992’

18/05/1918 Private James William Clarke 51st Bn. Penmynydd (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, Flintshire United Kingdom. ‘41949’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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18/05/1918 Serjeant William Dodd (Age 42) 13th Bn. Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-Sur-Somme, Somme France. ‘29161’ Son of John and Mary Dodd, of Pendleton, Manchester. Served in the South African Campaign.

18/05/1918 Private William Harcourt Gardner (Age 18) 53rd Bn. Ambleside (St. Mary) Churchyard, Westmorland United Kingdom. ‘TR4/22782’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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17th May 2020

17/05/1915 Second Lieutenant Arthur Blackaby 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Husband of Edith Blackaby, of 22 Briscoe Road, Hoddesdon, Herts.

17/05/1915 Private Edward Powell 2nd Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘12201’

17/05/1916 Lance Corporal William Thomas Dodd (Age 25) 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/208’ Son of William Andrew and Mary Dodd, of 53, Vernon Rd., Chester.

17/05/1916 Lance Corporal Joseph Hughes (Age 35) 11th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘16693’ Son of Henry and Margaret Hughes.

17/05/1916 Private Herbert Smith (Age 20) 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/731’ Son of Samuel and Annie Smith, of Carr Gate Farm, Saughall Massie, Moreton, Birkenhead.

17/05/1917 Captain John Basil Armitage (Age 41) 5th Bn. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais France. Son of William and Margaret Armitage (nee Mills); husband of Kathleen Armitage, of Northlea, Altrincham, Cheshire.

17/05/1917 Second Lieutenant Thomas Casson MC Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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17/05/1917 Private William John Dempster (Age 37) 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘45966’ Son of William and Helen Dempster, of Birkenhead; husband of Rose Ann Dempster, of 28, Stanley St., Seacombe, Wallasey.

17/05/1917 Private Hugh Thomas (Age 19) 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘16714’ Son of William and Catherine Thomas, of 30, White St., Birkenhead.

17/05/1917 Private Reginald Walker (Age 20) 1st/5th Bn. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais France. ‘244135’ Son of James and Emily Walker, of Alys Brook Cottage, Holmer, Hereford.

17/05/1917 Private Edward Shipley Wells (Age 24) 12th Bn. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘34736’ Son of Edward and S. J. Wells, of 7, Daybrook St., Macclesfield. Born at Heaton Norris, Stockport. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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17/05/1917 Major Ralph Worthington (Age 30) 16th Bn. Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon, Aisne France. Son of Thomas Worthington, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; husband of Jenny Bruce Worthington, of 40, Berkeley St., Glasgow.

17/05/1918 Private Frederick George Carr (Age 24) 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘64176’ Son of Edward and Sarah Ann Carr, of 102, Cannon Hill Lane, Merton Park, London.

17/05/1918 Private James Clay 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘315386’

17/05/1918 Private James Evers 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘51411’

17/05/1918 Private Edwin Hassall 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘53028’

17/05/1918 Private William Mcgowan 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘65259’

17/05/1918 Private William Rimmer 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘51708’

17/05/1918 Private Richard Standing 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘26164’

17/05/1918 Private Noah Walton (Age 24) 15th Bn. Pozieres Memorial, Somme France. ‘63623’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walton, of 17, Littleton St., Canton, Cardiff.

17/05/1918 Private George Wood 1st/4th Bn. Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). ‘201146’ Son of Mrs. A. Wood, of 28, Guildford St., Wallasey, Cheshire.

16th May 2020

16/05/1915 Private Jordan Bradbury (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘18426’ Husband of Eliza J. Bradbury, of 5, Stanyford St., Hadfield, Manchester.

16/05/1915 Private John (W?) Scott 3rd Bn. Dukinfield Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘18719’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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16/05/1916 Private William Edward Capper 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1096’

16/05/1916 Private William Caton (Age 20) 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/694’ Son of Mary Caton, of 55, Cambridge Rd., Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

16/05/1917 Private Arthur Cartwright (Age 32) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘6923’ Son of James and Selina Cartwright.

16/05/1917 Second Lieutenant William Adolphe Malone (Age 30) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Son of John and Margaret B. Malone, of Entroya, Forwilliam Park, Belfast.

16/05/1917 Serjeant Richard John Storey 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘9777’

16/05/1918 Private Albert Edward Fawkner (Age 36) 23rd Bn. Macclesfield Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘315477’ Son of Edward Fawkner; husband of Elizabeth Fawkner, of 1 12, Newton St., Macclesfield.

16/05/1918 Private Sidney Harrop 4th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘243544’

16/05/1918 Private Arthur Ernest Yabsley (Age 23) 9th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘245964’ Brother of C. H. Yabsley, of Bowden, Blackawton, Devon.

15th May 2020

15/05/1915 Private George Downs 2nd Bn. Les Gonards Cemetery, Versailles, Yvelines France. ‘18864’

15/05/1915 Serjeant Herbert McKay (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, Nord France. ‘8005’ Son of Robert McKay (late Lt. and Qmr. 4th Bn. Cheshire Regt.) and Mary Ann McKay, of 161, Hall St., Stockport.

15/05/1915 Private John Henry Sanders (Age 19) 1st/5th Bn. Norley (St. John) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘2108’ Son of James and Emily Sarah Sanders, of Ivy Cottage, Flaxmere, Norley. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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15/05/1916 Second Lieutenant Ernest Harold Bates (Age 26) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. Son of James and Cissie Bates, of 6, Blomfield Crescent, Paddington, London.

15/05/1916 Private Peter Callaghan 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/84’

15/05/1916 Lance Corporal John Robert Chambers (Age 25) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1116’ Son of Robert and Emma Chambers, of 66, Upper Warwick St., Liverpool.

15/05/1916 Private William Clegg 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘18971’

15/05/1916 Private Robert Jones (Age 26) 11th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘24008’ Son of Jack and Alice Jones, of 52, Ince St., Heaton Norris, Stockport; husband of Mary Ellen Jones, of 9, Heapriding St., Brinksway, Stockport.

15/05/1916 Private Frederick Richard Kitchen (Age 36) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘24379’ Son of Edward and Mary Kitchen, of Fountain St., Higher Tranmere; husband of Martha Kitchen, of 5, Mill St., Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead. An employee of Lever Bros., Port Sunlight.

15/05/1916 Private Henry Mccarrey (Age 25) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/958’ Son of Mrs. Jane McCarrey, of 7, Warden St., Ballymena, Co. Antrim.

15/05/1916 Lance Corporal Harry Pounall (Age 18) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1145’ Son of Joseph and Sarah Pounall, of 26, Rudd St., Hoylake, Cheshire.

15/05/1916 Private Benjamin Ridyard (Age 36) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘18994’ Son of William Ridyard; husband of Elizabeth Ridyard, of 22 Back, Demesne St., Stalybridge.

15/05/1916 Lance Corporal Jeremiah Joseph Sheehan 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/871’ Husband of Catherine Sheehan.

15/05/1916 Private Frederick Smith 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/868’

15/05/1916 Private Hugh Smith (Age 29) 1st Bn. Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany. ‘6595’ Husband of Margaret Coyne (formerly Smith), of 5, Upper Luke St., Toxteth Park, Liverpool. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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15/05/1916 Private Denis Wakefield (Age 21) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘24603’ Son of Annie Wakefield, of Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire.

15/05/1916 Private James Weaver (Age 21) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1061’ Son of Thomas and Margaret Weaver, of Barton Wells, Malpas, Cheshire.

15/05/1916 Private Thomas Wood (Age 26) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/682’ Son of Henry and Mary Wood, of 37, Grove St., New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

15/05/1917 Private Eli Maiden 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘3/33455’

15/05/1918 Private William Done 3rd Bn. Northwich Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘18940’ Husband of Florence Done, of 48, Bungalow Avenue, Winnington, Northwich.

15/05/1921 Private Joseph Edwin Bardsley (Age 25) 6th Bn. Godley (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘265176’ Son of E. Bardsley, of 9, Syddall St., Hyde, and the late James Henry Bardsley.

14th May 2020

14/05/1916 Corporal Fredrick Brown (Age 24) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1203’ Son of Mrs. E. Brown, of Liverpool.

14/05/1916 Private Patrick Carey (Age 39) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/712’ Son of Catherine Huntington, of 34, Fair View Avenue, Liscard, Cheshire.

14/05/1916 Private John Coyle 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1244’

14/05/1916 Private Andrew Dillon (Age 29) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/343’ Son of James Dillon, of 34, Bromborough Rd., Lower Bebington, Cheshire; husband of the late Florence Gore Dillon.

14/05/1916 Private James Donnelly (Age 25) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/340’ Son of Thomas and Catherine Donnelly, of 60, Roslyn St., Lower Tranmere, Birkenhead.

14/05/1916 Private Rowland Gaukroger (Age 34) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘27075’ Brother of Miss Gaukroger, of 10, Joseph St., Littleborough, Manchester.

14/05/1916 Second Lieutenant Arthur Edmund Gould (Age 31) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. Son of James George and Alice Mary Gould, of “Rocklands,” 109, Crouch Hill, London.

14/05/1916 Private Richard Irwin 13th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/782’

14/05/1916 Private Robert Norris (Age 31) 13th Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/394’ Son of Richard and Margaret Norris, of 77, Towson St., Liverpool.

14/05/1916 Private Harold Saxon (Age 26) “D” Coy. 1st/4th Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. ‘4516’ Son of Joseph and Hannah Jane Saxon.

14/05/1916 Private Amos Thayer 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘630’ Nephew of Joseph Jackson, of 166, Brook St., Birkenhead, Cheshire.

14/05/1916 Lance Corporal George Henry Watson 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘749’

14/05/1916 Private Albert Oliver Williams (Age 25) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘387’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of Liverpool.

14/05/1917 Private George Ford (Age 23) 16th Bn. Nesle Communal Cemetery, Somme France. ‘57844’ Son of William Ford; husband of Ada Winifred Ford, of West End, Bletchley, Bucks.

14/05/1917 Private William Lee (Age 20) 1st Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘50559’ Son of Joseph and Mary Lee, of Cholmondeley Cottage, Five Crosses, Frodsham, Cheshire. Native of Tarvin, Cheshire.

14/05/1917 Serjeant Sidney Moston 1st Bn. Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘6342’

14/05/1917 Lance Serjeant Cecil Tankard (Age 31) 1st Bn. Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais France. ‘50431’ Son of Mr. C. E. Tankard, of 10, Eske Rd., Blundellsands, Liverpool.

14/05/1918 Private Henry Bache (Age 46) 1st/7th Bn. Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). ‘63079’ Husband of Mrs. E. Ann Maymon (formerly Bache), of 14, Allinson St., Middleton, Lancs. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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14/05/1918 Private Arthur Jones 8th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘3/59257’

14/05/1918 Private John (E?) Smith 11th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘53327’

14/05/1918 Private Richard Swales 11th Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg Germany. ‘67443’ Son of Mr. F. Swales, of 1, Duncan Square, Whitehaven. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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14/05/1919 Private Wesley Varley (Age 37) 1st/7th Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘267022’ Husband of Rose Varley, of 28, Northbrook Rd., Wallasey. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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13th May 2020

13/05/1915 Private Thomas Lilley (Age 18) 2nd Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘18207’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Lilley, of 30, Strong St., Plank Lane, Leigh, Lancs. Native of Chadsmoor, Cannock.

13/05/1915 Serjeant John Weir 2nd Bn. Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘6907’

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13/05/1916 Lance Serjeant Arthur Cawley Acton (Age 21) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/821’ Son of James Acton, of 33, Brownlow Rd., New Ferry, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Lance Corporal Edwin Arnold (Age 21) 8th Bn. Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. ‘24457’ Son of W. H. and Isabella Arnold, of 1, Oak Lane, Kerridge, Macclesfield, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Lance Corporal William Blundell (Age 23) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/101’ Son of Mrs. Alice Blundell, of 52, Chatham Rd., Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Private Frederick Breslin (Age 25) 13th Bn Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘541’ Son of George and Margaret Breslin, of Hanmer, Salop.

13/05/1916 Private William Davenport 10th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘17785’

13/05/1916 Private Richard Fabby (Age 36) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/24063’ Husband of Mrs. A. Fabby, of Little Sutton, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Serjeant Frederick William Goodger 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/408’

13/05/1916 Lance Corporal William George Hughes (Age 24) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/418’ Son of George and Sarah Jane Hughes, of 4, Brook St., Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Private William John Kearns (Age 34) 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/522’ Son of Mrs. Catherine Kearns, of Rathowen, Killala, Ballina, Co. Mayo.

13/05/1916 Private Harold Kerr (Age 21) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/866’ Son of Mrs. M. Kerr, of 152, New Chester Rd., Lower Tranmere, Birkenhead. Born at Birkenhead.

13/05/1916 Private James Owens (Age 31) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/1115’ Husband of M. E. Owens, of 97, Bebington Rd., Port Sunlight, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Private George Parsons 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/89’ Husband of C. Parsons, of Rock Ferry, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Private Frank Selby 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/645’

13/05/1916 Private Henry Shakeshaft (Age 21) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/257’ Son of Rosalie and the late Isaac Shakeshaft, of Hoylake, Cheshire.

13/05/1916 Private Francis Strutt (Age 29) 13th Bn Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/482’ Son of William and Rose Strutt, of Arundal Alton Park Rd., Clacton-on-Sea; husband of Charlotte Strutt of 6, Findlater St., Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin.

13/05/1916 Private Harry Whitby (Age 26) 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/223’ Son of Harry and Martha Ann Whitby, of Cromers Lake, Frodsham, Warrington.

13/05/1917 Private George Bird (Age 24) 1st/5th Bn. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais France. ‘241461’ Husband of Mary Bird, of 6, Edgar Place, Greenway St., Handbridge, Chester.

13/05/1917 Private Albert Hough 15th Bn. Marteville Communal Cemetery, Attilly, Aisne France. ‘9/17825’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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13/05/1917 Private William Morbon Poole (Age 21) 1st/5th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘240321’ Son of Edgar and Elizabeth Poole, of 5, Church Walk, Northwich, Cheshire. His brother Arthur also fell.

13/05/1918 Private Archibald Douglas Fereday (Age 19) 10th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘72264’ Son of Joseph and Jane Ann Fereday, of 41, Perowne St., Aldershot.

13/05/1918 Private Harrison Slater (Age 21) 1st/5th Bn. Hamburg Cemetery, Hamburg Germany. ‘240801’ Son of William and Elizabeth Slater, of 2, Farm Rd., Rudheath, Northwich, Cheshire. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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13/05/1919 Private J Burke 2nd (Garr.) Bn. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. ‘31722’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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13/05/1920 Corporal Harold Kelly (Age 28) 1st Bn. Wolverhampton Borough Cemetery, Staffordshire United Kingdom. ‘10288’ Son of Mrs. Fanny Prior, of 23, Portland Place, Wolverhampton. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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12th May 2020

12/05/1915 Private Thomas Reginald Brickell (Age 16) 2nd Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘18732’ Son of Mrs. A. M. Brickell, of 71, Crabtree Rd., Brookfields, Birmingham, and the late Pte. T. Brickell (Oxf. and Bucks Light Inf.), who also fell.

12/05/1915 Private Robert Ford (Age 44) 1st Bn. Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘10859’ Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ford, of Chester; husband of Mary Ann Ford, of 3, Poker’s Court, Castle St., Chester. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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12/05/1915 Private John Wilfred Hayes (Age 21) 5th Bn. Divisional Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘2085’ Son of Wilfred Thomas and Catherine Jane Hayes, of 20, George St., Bamton, Northwich.

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12/05/1915 Private Dominick Kirwin (Age 27) 2nd Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘8727’ Brother of Kate Kirwin, of 56, Upper Leeson St., Dublin.

12/05/1915 Private Joseph Laidler (Age 16) 2nd Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘18579’

12/05/1915 Serjeant Joseph Wood (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘6268’ (Served as EDWARDS). Husband of Elizabeth Ann Wood, of 24, Densmore St., Failsworth, Manchester.

12/05/1917 Private James Burke 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘52011’

12/05/1917 Private James Gildea 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘242852’

12/05/1917 Private Cyril Jones 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘49759’

12/05/1917 Private Leo Morgan (Age 27) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ’14/35572′ Son of John and Catherine Morgan, of 123, Love Lane, Heaton Norris, Stockport.

12/05/1917 Private Stanley Wise 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘50542’

12/05/1918 Private Robert Joseph Kelly (Age 35) 6th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘33735’ Son of Robert and Jane Kelly, of Douglas; husband of Emmaline Kelly, of 28, Barrack St., Douglas, Isle of Man.

12/05/1918 Private James Moseley 21st Labour Bn. Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais France. ‘56393’

12/05/1918 Private Gerald Ridley (Age 30) 15th Bn. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Brandenburg Germany. ‘50292’ Son of Michael Clinton Ridley and Sarah Anne Ridley. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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12/05/1919 Private Joseph Bradbury (Age 29) Manchester (Gorton) Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘291009’ Husband of Alice Maud Leavey (formerly Bradbury), of 9, St. Martin’s Row, Broad St., Birmingham. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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12/05/1921 Private Wilfred Williamson 7th Bn. Congleton (St. Stephen) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘291115’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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Congleton St Stephens cheshire

11th May 2020

11/05/1915 Lieutenant Henry Marmaduke Chaplin 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium.

11/05/1915 Private John Dacey (Age 20) 2nd Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, Nord France. ‘18209’ Son of Sarah Beresford (formerly Dacey), of 18, Dudley Rd., Ellesmere Port, Birkenhead, and the late Thomas Dacey.

11/05/1915 Private Edward Knight (Age 34) “C” Coy 1st Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘11516’ Husband of Gertrude Knight, of 46, Peel St., Dukinfield, Cheshire.

11/05/1915 Private William Maddocks 2nd Bn. Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord France. ‘8702’

11/05/1915 Second Lieutenant Philip Chorlton Nosworthy (Age 19) 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. Son of Philip H. and Elizabeth A. Nosworthy, of 2, Alma Rd., Aigburth, Liverpool.

11/05/1916 Private Albert Ellis Brock (Age 31) 1st Bn. Haslington (St. Matthew) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘7350’ Husband of Maud Brock, of 12, Bold St., Haslington.

Haslington, St Matthew, Cheshire

Haslington, St Matthew, Cheshire

11/05/1916 Lance Serjeant Frank Dodd 13th Bn. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/511’

11/05/1916 Private John Greenwood 2nd Garrison Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. ‘32095’

11/05/1916 Private Fred Johnson 14th Bn. Marthall (All Saints) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘33199’

11/05/1916 Private Hugh McDonald (Age 33) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘516’ Husband of Margaret McDonald, of 10, Midland St., Birkenhead, Cheshire.

11/05/1916 Serjeant James Joseph McNally 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘W/75’

11/05/1916 Private James Henry Ward (Age 26) 13th Bn. Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais France. ‘616’ Son of Hugh and Annie Ward, of County Armagh, Ireland.

11/05/1917 Private Fred Barton (Age 19) 15th Bn. Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne France. ‘58114’ Son of Adam and Hannah Barton, of 277, Stockport Rd., Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire.

11/05/1917 Private Walter Brierley (Age 36) 12th Bn. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. ‘58477’ Husband of Louisa Brierley, of 27, Bury Rd., Rochdale. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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11/05/1917 Serjeant Charles McKay 16th Bn. Nesle Communal Cemetery, Somme France. ‘7155’

11/05/1917 Private James Stokes (Age 28) 12th Bn. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘36223’ Son of Frank and Hannah Stokes, of 5, Arundel St., Glossop, Derbyshire. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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11/05/1918 Private George Rothwell Bradbury 1st Bn. Northwich (St. Helen) Churchyard, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘33483’ (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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11/05/1918 Private Richard John Fazackerly (Age 22) 1st Bn. Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘10335’ Son of Richard and Saushanna Fazackerly, of 11, Tranmere, nr. Birkenhead. (pic findagrave.com – with thanks)

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