About

Hello My name is Ed Hanley, this is my blog and its main aim is to commemorate the men of the Cheshire Regiment of the British Army who fought and fell during the Great War.

I was born and bred in Macclesfield, Cheshire and although i know live in Australia it is more important that ever to remember the men of 1914-1918…

I first ‘discovered’ the Cheshires after watching the late great Professor Richard Homles on TV in 1996 with his wonderful program “War Walks”, where he walked the ground and gave a fascinating assessment of what happened. Series 1 episode 3 “Mons” contained a reference to the Cheshires not receiving an order to with draw and being “…engulfed by bayonet and rifle butt…as the Germans swept in“. From that moment on I was hooked…..

The opening of the memorial to the actin at Audregnies, Belgium (24th August 2014)

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  1. jennifer suzanne thorley's avatarjennifer suzanne thorley

    Private Norman Thorley (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.i think this Man could be my dads brother and i would love to know who his Parents were

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    1. edwardmacclesfield's avataredwardmacclesfield Post author

      Hello, I’ve had a look and all I can find is what is on the blog…..Norman Thorley, born about 1915, apparently Lancashire (I had a look on Ancestry and it gave me ‘mothers maiden name GASKELL’ and born Blackburn…. All the best

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      1. J Thorley's avatarJ Thorley

        Hi. Regards to Norman thorley he is indeed my dads brother he was born 12 April 1914 Darwen Blackburn the son of Walter thorley and Matilda Gaskell of Sugar Lane Rainow macclesfield Cheshire England

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  2. jennifer suzanne thorley's avatarjennifer suzanne thorley

    hi yes i had the same record funny thing is my dads mum also Gaskell from Rainow \ i thought men Named in Rainow had lived – born there regards Jennyt

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  3. J Thorley's avatarJ Thorley

    Private Norman Thorley died 1943 he was born macclesfield Cheshire England mother Matilda Gaskell and father Walter Thorley. Sugar lane Rainow christening April 1918. Birth certificate not yet traced could be because he was born when the 1 St world war broke out. If I find his birth certificate I will gladly share. Jenny Thorley

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  4. Heather Griffiths's avatarHeather Griffiths

    William Evan Griffiths, Private 10622, died Nov 8, 1918 of his wounds. I found out yesterday (2024) that he was my Grandfather’s eldest brother. His mother was widowed with three other children at the time of his passing.

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