100 years ago today 20/3/1917:
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WW2:
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good days…no losses…it will unfortunately chnage soon I suspect since 1917-1918 were the worst years of the war for the Cheshires. We are not yet half way through the casualties for this regiment, yet past the half way point for the war…..
100 years ago today 19/3/1917: Private J Rusk (Age 37) 15th Bn. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of James and Rose Rusk, of Liverpool. Called up from Reserve in 1914. Wounded three times.
WW2:
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100 years ago today 18/3/1917: Private J H Jones (Age 23) 23rd Bn. Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Son of Mrs. Agnes Evans, of Cross Houses, Eyton-on-Severn, Salop.
WW2:
1942 Private James Mcintyre (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Son of Hugh and Ellen McIntyre, of Kirkdale, Liverpool.
1945 Private Esmond Witts Beckett (Age 18) 1st Bn. Venray War Cemetery, Netherlands. Son of William Arthur and Florence Nellie Beckett, of Hednesford, Staffordshire.
1945 Private John William Hemmings (Age 19) 1st Bn. Venray War Cemetery, Netherlands. Son of William Fredrick and Gertrude Maud Hemmings, of Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent.
100 years ago today 17/3/1917:
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WW2:
1943 Serjeant George Thomas Ball (Age 36) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Thomas and Margaret Ball; husband of Lilian Ball, of Brentford, Middlesex.
1943 Serjeant Frank Johnson (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. Son of Margaret Johnson, and stepson of T. Williamson. of Nantwich, Cheshire.
1943 Serjeant Alexander Sherriff (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.
….bad day in North Africa
St. Patrick’s Day…the Cheshire Regiment ‘Patricks’ lost during WW1….
17/11/1914 Private Patrick Murray 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
29/04/1915 Private Patrick Walsh 1st Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
8/05/1915 Private Patrick Igo (Age 39) 2nd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
3/10/1915 Private Francis Patrick Callaghan 2nd Bn. Loos Memorial, France.
3/10/1915 Private Patrick Sweeney 2nd Bn. Loos Memorial, France.
18/11/1915 Lance Corporal Patrick Noon 1st Bn. Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, France.
29/04/1916 Private Patrick Mcdonald (Age 36) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.
20/05/1916 Private Patrick Dair 10th Bn. Loos Memorial, France.
3/07/1916 Lance Corporal Patrick Hanlon (Age 31) 11th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.
6/07/1916 Private Patrick Jordan (Age 43) 2nd Garrison Bn. Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
7/07/1916 Private Thomas Patrick Murphy 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.
7/07/1916 Private John Patrick Redmond (Age 24) 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.
19/08/1916 Private Thomas Patrick Meehan (Age 25) 9th Bn. Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium.
11/10/1916 Private Patrick Burke 1st Bn. Peterborough Old (Broadway) Cemetery, United Kingdom.
17/10/1916 Lance Corporal Francis Patrick Rhodes 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.
25/11/1916 Private Patrick Burke (Age 19) 6th Bn. Runcorn Cemetery, United Kingdom.
10/05/1917 Private Patrick Herrity (Age 28) 1st Bn. Arras Memorial, France.
13/08/1917 Private Patrick Lennon 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
8/10/1917 Private Patrick Murphy 1st Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.
28/12/1917 Staff Serjeant Patrick Ward M S M 2nd Bn. Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania.
24/03/1918 Private Arthur Patrick Casserly 11th Bn. Arras Memorial, France.
5/05/1918 Serjeant Patrick Dowling (Age 27) 1st Bn. Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Ireland, Republic of.
21/08/1918 Private Patrick Kennealy (Age 26) 1st Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom.
17/09/1918 Private William Patrick Butler (Age 35) 12th Bn. Plovdiv Central Cemetery, Bulgaria.
25/04/1920 Lance Corporal William Patrick Elliott (Age 20) 16th Bn. Liverpool (West Derby) Cemetery, United Kingdom.
1943 Serjeant Alexander Sherriff (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.
great news! nothing happened….
100 years ago today 16/3/1917:
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WW2:
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100 years ago today 15/3/1917: Private J Hardy (Age 21) 13th Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France. Son of William Hardy, of 104, Oliver St., Stockport.
Private John W. Rogers (Age 37) Depot Manchester Southern Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Mrs. Mary Rogers, of 92, Gibson St., Ardwick, Manchester.
WW2:
1945 Private Ernest James Grendall (Age 26) 4th Bn. Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of William Grendall, and of Lily May Grendall, of Coney Hill, Gloucester.
and happy birthday Tim
100 years ago today 14/3/1917: Private Frederick Roe (Age 26) 7th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Son of Thomas and Ann Roe, of 14, Wesley St., Glossop, Derbyshire; husband of Elsie Marsden (formerly Roe), of 5, Carter St., Stalybridge.
WW2:
1941 Private Richard Dalton (Age 28) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Portlaoighise (Ss. Peter And Paul) Cemetery, Ireland, Republic of. Son of James and Mary Dalton; husband of Mary Kate Dalton, of St. Thomas, Oxford.
1941 Private George James Hinkley (Age 35) 8th (H.D.) Bn. Birkenhead (Landican) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George James Hinkley and Edith Amelia Hinkley; husband of Rosina Hinkley, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
1944 Corporal John Berry (Age 37) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Samuel and Ann Berry, of Wigan, Lancashire; husband of Florence Berry, of Wigan.
100 years ago today 13/3/1917:
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WW2:
1941 Private William Brown (Age 28) 8th Bn. Cheadle and Gatley Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Charles and Alice Brown, of Cheadle.
1941 Serjeant Charles Williscroft 8th (H.D.) Bn. Rugeley Cemetery, United Kingdom.
1944 Private Frederick Hayes (Age 28) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of Frederick and Marie Hayes, of Stockport, Cheshire.
1944 Private Douglas Stapleton McGreevy (Age 21) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of George Herbert and Frances McGreevy, of West Kirby, Cheshire.
I’m glad to report we lost no men 100 years ago…..
100 years ago today 11/3/1917:
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WW2:
1945 Serjeant Arthur Barber (Age 35) 6th Bn. Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Herbert Pownall Barber and Florence Barber; husband of Bertha Barber, of Edgeley, Stockport, Cheshire.
1945 Private Albert George Woodhouse (Age 34) 6th Bn. Forli War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Walter William and Hannah Sophia Woodhouse, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.
100 years ago today 10/3/1917: Private E Lythgoe 19th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.
Private W Rushton (Age 41) 4th Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of George Rushton, of 242, Heaton Lane, Stockport; husband of Jane Rushton, of 260, Heaton Lane, Stockport.
WW2:
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remember them all: Cheshire Regiment casualties 