Category Archives: WW1

Cheshires – 12th April 2017

100 years ago today 12/4/1917: Private Leslie Lloyd (Age 21) 3rd Bn. attd. 13th Bn. Chichester Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edward and Margaret Lloyd, of 29, Leigh St., Old Swan, Liverpool.

Private C Cragg 3rd Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1942 Private Frank Webb 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya.

1943 Captain William Edward Sutton Lees (Age 26) 6th Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. Son of William and Kathleen A. Lees, of Bramhall, Cheshire.

1943 Private Albert Thomas Stockley (Age 22) 6th Bn. Tripoli War Cemetery, Libya. Son of Frederick John and Nell Stockley, of Feltham. Middlesex.

Remembered by his only remaining sister Jean and the family of his sister Queenie….” thanks to Lucie.

1944 Lance Serjeant George Summer Hewitt (Age 25) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of George Edward and Eva Eliza Hewitt, of Hoole, Chester. Freeman of the City of Chester.

1945 Private Harry Broadley (Age 23) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Harry and Holly Broadley, of Barnsley, Yorkshire.

1945 Lieutenant Leslie Hilton Kershaw (Age 27) MID Groesbeek Memorial, Netherlands. Son of Wilfred and Elizabeth Edna Kershaw, of Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.

1945 Private Thomas Maguire (Age 26) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Son of T. G. and Martha H. Maguire, of Warrington, Lancashire.

1945 Private Leonard Cyril Rookes (Age 18) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.

1945 Private Sam Wright (Age 18) 1st Bn. Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Beatrice Wright, of Osmondthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire.

Cheshires – 10th April 2017

100 years ago today 10/4/1917: Private W Bennett 9th Bn. Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium.

Second Lieutenant Noel Veder Wallis (Age 35) 9th Bn. Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium. Son of William Emerson Wallis, and the late Alice Sarah Seabrooke Wallis.

Private John Thomas Baker (Age 40) 19th Bn. Varennes Military Cemetery, France. Father of Ellen Baker, of 14, White Bull St., Burnley.

 

WW2:

NIL

Cheshires – 7th & 8th April 2017

dodgy internet at home….so 2 days at once (using my phone as amodum, ain’t technology great)

100 years ago today 7/4/1917: Lance Corporal A Mathewson (Age 27) 12th Bn. Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Son of Alexander and Eliza Mathewson. Native of Ince, Birkenhead.

 

WW2:

1943 Corporal Stanley Morris (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Ernest and Annie Eleanor Morris, of Blackpool, Lancashire.

 

 

100 years ago today 8/4/1917: Private Peter Ashall 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Lance Corporal William Byrne (Age 25) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Michael and Jane Kelly, of Feevagh Dysart, Ballyforan, Ballinasloe, Co. Roscommon.

Private Alfred Henry George Craddock (Age 21) “B” Coy. 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Alfred Henry and Sarah Ann Craddock, of 74, Peel House Lane, Widnes, Lancs.

Serjeant T R Gaskell 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Lance Corporal Robert Mcdonald 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private Walter Stanley 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private D Robertson 3rd Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1945 Private John Hayes (Age 31) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Robert Wills Hayes and Sarah Ann Hayes; husband of Florence Elizabeth Hayes, of Chester.

1945 Private Christopher Murphy (Age 31) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Son of David and Ellen Murphy, of Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.

1945 Private Harry Trevor (Age 22) 1st Bn. Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.    

Cheshires – 6th April 2017

100 years ago today 6/4/1917: Private Joseph Henry Brown (Age 24) 1st/5th Bn. Achicourt Road Cemetery, Achicourt, France. Son of Mrs. E. H. Naylor (formerly Brown), of 9, Hope Rd., Sale, Cheshire, and the late John Brown. Native of Altrincham.

 

WW2:

1943 Private James Gerald Carter (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Samuel and Catherine Carter, of Liverpool.

1943 Private George Quayle Gill 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Robert and Hannah Mayers Gill, of Birkenhead.

1943 Private Alfred William Laurence (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Thomas Francis and Louise Laurence; husband of Georgina Mary Laurence, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

1943 Private Eric Alfred Lay (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. Son of George and Alice Lay, of Tottenham, Middlesex.

1943 Private George Miles (Age 26) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of John and Anne Miles.

1943 Private Walter Oakes (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Owen and Emma Oakes, of Anderton, Cheshire.

1943 Lance Corporal Ralph Parry (Age 26) 2nd Bn. Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Arthur and Jessie Parry, of Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan.

1943 Private Ronald Reynolds (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia. Son of Edward and Rose Reynolds, of Liverpool.

1945 Private Walter William Mansell Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany. Son of Frederick and Sally Mansell; husband of Elizabeth Mansell, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

1945 Private Thomas McMullen Liverpool (Ford) Roman Catholic Cemetery, United Kingdom.

Cheshires – 3rd April 2017

100 years ago today 3/4/1917: Private W Jones (Age 24) 1st/5th Bn. Achicourt Road Cemetery, Achicourt, France. Son of Arthur and Mary Jones, of Dobinette Lane, Baguley, Cheshire.

Second Lieutenant Noel Pendlebury Sandiford (Age 29) 5th Bn. Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty, France. Son of N. P. F. Sandiford and Emily Sandiford, of “Aucklands,” Grey Rd., Altrincham, Cheshire; husband of Ruth Ellen Sandiford.

 

WW2:

1945 Private Bernard Littler (Age 34) Wallasey (Rake Lane) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of John and Annie Littler, of Liscard, Wallasey; husband of Barbara Littler, of Liscard, Wallasey.

 

Cheshires – 2nd April 2017

100 years ago today 2/4/1917: Private F Greenhalgh 1st/4th Bn. Deir El Belah War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).

Private A Dodd 13th Bn. Sandbach (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1943 Warrant Officer Class II Richard Llewellyn Davies (Age 36) DCM 7th Bn. Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, United Kingdom. Son of George and Emily Davies; husband of May Davies, of Walton, Liverpool.

1944 Warrant Officer Class II Charles Spencer (Age 33) 7th Bn. Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy. Son of John and Alice Spencer; husband of Dorothy Spencer, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.