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About edwardmacclesfield

Born and bred in Cheshire, my humble efforts are an attempt to remember and commemorate all fallen members of the British Army’s Cheshire Regiment. I’ve started with the ‘easy’ stuff with WW1 & WW2 from www.cwgc.org (the Commonwealth War Graves Commission web site). I will keep on researching to increase the range of available data to cover all older conflicts and deployments, and bring the information up to date. Lest we forget…

Cheshires – 5th March 2017

100 years ago today 5/3/1917: Private A Stanton 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private W Morris 10th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

 

WW2:

1941 Captain Henry Shelmerdine Frost (Age 27) MID Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea. Son of Lt.-Col. John Meadows Frost, D.S.O., and Olivia Frost. of Chester.

1944 Private George Harvey Tattersall (Age 35) 4th Bn. Malbork Commonwealth War Cemetery, Poland.

1945 Private Ernest Webber (Age 38) Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany.

Cheshires – 3rd March 2017

100 years ago today 3/3/1917: Private H Bird 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private E H Clutton 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private William Horace James (Age 19) 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France. Son of William and Edith James, of 204, Cresty Rd., Crewe.

Private S Southern 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private M Whipp 16th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

Private W Harrison 1st Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. S. R. Harrison, of 4, Printers Brow, Hollingwood, Glossop, Derbyshire.

 

WW2:

1946 Private Charles Bonner (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Liverpool (Yew Tree) Roman Catholic Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Helena Bonner, of Liverpool; husband of Dorothy Winifred Bonner, of Fairfield, Liverpool.

1947 Private Samuel Wilson (Age 43) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Belfast (Dundonald) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Katherine Wilson, of Belfast; husband of Beatrice Wilson, of Belfast.

 

love the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission…check it out

http://www.cwgc.org

 

 

 

 

Cheshires – 2nd March 2017

100 years ago today 2/3/1917: Private J W Haigh 20th Bn. Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private D Allen 12th Bn. Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece. Husband of Mrs. P. Littlier (formerly Allen), of 39, Johnson St., Stockport.

Serjeant Harry Sharp 2nd/5th Bn. Port Sunlight (Christ Church) Congregational Chapelyard, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1941 Private Harry Cattell (Age 49) Walsall (Ryecroft) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Jane Cattell, of Walsall; husband of Clara Cattell, of Bloxwich, Walsall.

Cheshires – 28th February 2017

100 years ago today 28/2/1917: Private John Jones (Age 29) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Alice J. Higson (formerly Jones), of 21, Penrith St., Uppe Hill St., Liverpool.

 

WW2:

1943 Private Walter Ramond Mannquel Manley (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya. Husband of Harriet Manley, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

1944 Serjeant Frank Louis Baines (Age 27) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of George and Ethel Baines; husband of Mary Katherine Baines, of Waringstown, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.

1944 Private Joseph Higginson (Age 20) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Thomas and Ethel Higginson, of Knutsford, Cheshire.

1944 Private Alan Tom Sanders (Age 22) 6th Bn. Cassino Memorial, Italy. Son of Tom and Emily Sanders; husband of Margaret Ellen Sanders, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1944 Private Arthur Edward Wright (Age 23) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of John Samuel and Bridget Wright, of Newcastle, Staffordshire.

1947 Private Joseph William Massey (Age 41) Feltham Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George and Emily Massey; husband of Rosaline Massey, of Feltham.

Cheshires – February 2017

100 years ago today 27/2/1917: Private A Murray (Age 23) 10th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of William Alexandra and Elizabeth Murray, of 74, Widnes Rd., Widnes, Lancs.

Serjeant J B Skillicorn (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Doiran Memorial, Greece. Son of Edward Stephen Skillicorn and Elizabeth Skillicorn, of 2, Princes St., Douglas, Isle of Man.

 

WW2:

1944 Private William Leslie Sneyd 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Mabel Sneyd; husband of Edith Sneyd, of May Bank, Staffordshire.

1945 Corporal Joseph William Davey (Age 31) 1st Bn. Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands. Son of Richard Nicholas Davey and Margaret Davey, of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England.

Cheshires – February 2017

100 years ago today 26/2/1917: Lance Corporal Harry Alcock (Age 32) 15th Bn. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France. Son of Robert and Emma Alcock; husband of Jane Elizabeth Alcock, of 60, Stafford St., Higher Hillgate, Stockport.

Private J Bath 15th Bn. Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery, France.

Private H Melville 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

WW2:

1943 Lance Corporal Vincent Joseph Burns (Age 22) Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.

1944 Private Frank Barber (Age 25) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Hannah Barber, of Reddish, Stockport, Cheshire.

Cheshires – 25th February 2017

100 years ago today 25/2/1917:

1917 Private J Holden 15th Bn. Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.

1917 Private R Libby 9th Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

 

WW2:

1944 Private Charles Brandon (Age 20) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy.

1944 Lieutenant Colonel George William Fredric Leicester (Age 48) Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William Frederic and Mary Lilian Leicester; husband of Katharine Anne Leicester, of Camberley, Surrey.

Cheshires – 24th February 2017

100 years ago today 24/2/1917: Private F Cotton 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Lance Corporal T Tomlinson (Age 20) 11th Bn. Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Brother of Harry Tomlinson, of 21, Bentley St., Lancashire Hill, Stockport.

Private H Foxley 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

 

WW2:

1943 Corporal Richard Ayres (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Ancona War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Richard and Annie Ayres; husband of Rosella Ayres.

1943 Private W Christie (Age 29) 30th Bn. Bathgate (Boghead) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William and Mary Ellen Christie; husband of Margaret Christie, of Blackridge.

1944 Corporal John Allen (Age 33) 6th Bn. Anzio War Cemetery, Italy.

1944 Private William Henry Thompson (Age 24) 6th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Albert and E. Thompson, of Saltney, Chester.

1945 Lieutenant John Wynne Rowlands (Age 25) Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany. Son of William John and Ethel Wynne Rowlands, of Barry, Glamorgan.