26th June 2020

26/06/1915 Lance Corporal Frederick Chesters 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘10185’

26/06/1915 Private William Edgar Jones (Age 19) 1st Bn. Nottingham General Cemetery, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom. ‘9674’ Son of Evan and Minnie Jones, of 7, Olinda St., New Ferry, Cheshire. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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26/06/1916 Lance Corporal William Ellis Ratcliffe (Age 36) 19th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ‘39270’ Son of John and Betty Ratcliffe, of 3, Warwick St., Haslingden; husband of Elizabeth H. Ratcliffe, of 12, Manchester Rd., Haslingden, Lancs.

26/06/1917 Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Senior Sheard (Age 21) 3rd Bn. Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais France. Son of Theodore Senior Sheard and Mabel Sheard, of “Waverley,” Moor Lane, Crosby, Liverpool.

26/06/1917 Private Joseph Thompson (Age 20) “C” Coy. 3rd Bn. Burnley Cemetery, Lancashire United Kingdom. ‘34152’ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, of 14, Williams Rd., Burnley. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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26/06/1917 Second Lieutenant Thomas Leonard Wood (Age 32) 16th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime France. ” Son of Robert Stewart Wood and Mrs. Payne (formerly Wood), of Eccleston; husband of Edith Mary Wood, of Eccleston, Chester.

26/06/1918 Private Edmund Brown Buck (Age 26) 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘62813’ Son of Thomas and the late Florence Buck, of Old Swan, Liverpool; husband of Cecilia Buck, of 79, Woodhall Road, Old Swan, Liverpool.

26/06/1918 Private Thomas Berry Drinkwater (Age 21) 3rd Bn. Hartlepool North Cemetery, Durham United Kingdom. ‘76589’ Son of Silvanus Charles and Eliza Drinkwater, of Drakelow Farm, King St., Northwich. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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26/06/1918 Private Herbert Higginbotham (Age 35) 1st Bn. Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin, Nord France. ‘64901’ Son of John and Maria Higginbotham, of Stockport; husband of Charlotte Blackshaw Higginbotham, of 17, George St., West Hall St., Stockport.

26/06/1918 Private George Powell (Age 23) MM 1st Bn. Tannay British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord France. ‘49087’ Son of William and Charlotte Powell, of 29, Linenhall Street, Chester.

26/06/1918 Corporal George Thomas (Age 26) “A” Coy. 12th Bn. Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece. ‘W/692’ Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Thomas, of Woodchurch, Birkenhead. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

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