Category Archives: ww2

Cheshires – 21st to 23rd June 2017

100 years ago today 21/6/1917: Serjeant George Henry Davies 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

 

WW2:

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100 years ago today 22/6/1917: Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Christian Lansdale Walsh (Age 20) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of J. Leo and Frances E. Walsh, of Larchwood, Chelford, Cheshire.

Private Thomas Prosser 8th Bn. Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India.

Private George William Shaw 9th Bn. Over (St. John) Churchyard, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1943 Private Charles William Rhodes 4th Bn. Horsley (St. Clement) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Charles W. Rhodes and Jane S. Rhodes, of Kilburn.

 

100 years ago today 23/6/1917: Private P Shipstone (Age 28) 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Elizabeth Shipstone; husband of Mabel Shipstone, of 306a, Radford Rd., Hyson Green, Nottingham.

Private Robert Edward Hewitt (Age 24) 8th Bn. Whitehaven (Hensingham) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Thomas and Mary Catherine Hewitt, of 4, Bedford St., Hensingham.

 

WW2:

1942 Serjeant John Harold Crawford (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Caserta War Cemetery, Italy. Son of John James Crawford and Caroline Crawford; husband of Florence Annie Crawford, of Farnworth, Widnes, Lancashire.

1944 Private William Leslie Etherington (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Son of William John and Lily Etherington, of Liss, Hampshire.

1944 Private Edwin Howarth (Age 36) 2nd Bn. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Son of John Joseph and Edith Jane Howarth; husband of Doris Howarth, of Rochdale, Lancashire.

Cheshires – 20th June 2017

100 years ago today 20/6/1917: Private J Bates 17th Reserve Bn. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private John Peers (Age 21) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of John Peers, of Burwardsley, Chester, and the late Prudence Peers.

Private John James Williamson (Age 34) 10th Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

Private Frederick Cecil Abel (Age 19) 9th Bn. Kensal Green (All Souls’) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Sidney and Mary Eliza Abel, of 92, Widdrington Rd., Coventry. Born at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.

 

WW2:

1942 Lieutenant Harry Davies 1st Bn. Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta.

Cheshires – 19th June 2017

100 years ago today 19/6/1917: Private Charles Henry Russell (Age 22) 13th Bn. Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Only son of Charles H. and Minnie Russell, of Grange Villa, Grange Rd. West, Birkenhead.

Private William Lyon (Age 36) 22nd Bn. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Robert and Ann Lyon; husband of Mary Ann Lyon, of 14, Marshall Terrace, Clare St., Liverpool.

Private George Edwin Allen (Age 39) 22nd Bn. Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Allen.

Private E Ambrose 22nd Bn. Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Benjamin Rees Gould (Age 28) 22nd Bn. Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Benjamin and Mary Gould, of Tynllan, Deserth, nr. Builth Wells; husband of Gertrude Gould, of Windsor Cottage, Newbridge-on-Wye, Radnorshire.

Private R Hargreaves 22nd Bn. Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Arthur Beard 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private William Green 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Lance Corporal James Lawless (Age 27) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Patrick and Mary Lawless, of Longfield, Forkhill, Co. Armagh.

Private Alexander Mcgregor (Age 37) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Gregor and Flora McGregor, of 39, Park St., Cambuslang, Glasgow.

Private William John Trasler (Age 29) 16th Bn. Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany. Son of William John Trasler, of Dallington, Northants; husband of Mrs. L. R. Trasler, of 38, Monarch Rd., Kingsthorpe Rd., Northampton.

 

WW2:

1944 Private Douglas William Keel (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of William and Charlotte Minnie Keel; husband of Elsie Lilian Keel, of Fishponds, Gloucestershire.

1944 Private Stanley Noden (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France.

1944 Private William Roughley (Age 29) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Harry and Margaret Feilding Roughley; husband of Doris Roughley, of Atherton, Lancashire.

1944 Private Frederick William Wright (Age 33) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Frederick William and Jane Eliza Wright; husband of Alice Wright, of Woodford Green, Essex.

Cheshires – 18th June 2017

100 years ago today 18/6/1917: Private T Deary 9th Bn. Locre Hospice Cemetery, Belgium.

Private John Worden (Age 27) 9th Bn. Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium. Husband of Eliza Ann Worden, of 328, Ribbleton Lane, Preston.

Private George William Luty 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Harry Archer (Age 37) 10th Bn. Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Archer, of 40, Green St., Hyde, Cheshire.

Private Herbert Davenport (Age 34) 16th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Husband of Ada Davenport, of 28, Middleton Rd., Oldham.

 

WW2:

1944 Private John Alwyn Bliss (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of David Charles and Martha Ann Bliss; husband of Bertha Bliss, of Widnes, Lancashire.

1944 Corporal Fred Gidman (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Gidman; husband of Ethel Gidman, of Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent.

1944 Private John George Slone (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Margaret Lawrence Christmas Carr Slone; husband of Eileen Slone, of Howdon-on-Tyne, Northumberland.

1945 Serjeant Herbert Thomas Jermy (Age 30) MID Norwich Cemetery, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Son of Charles and Kate Jermy; husband of Kathleen Mary Jermy, of Norwich.

Cheshires – 17th June 2017

100 years ago today 17/6/1917: Private J Edwards 10th Bn. St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private John Corry Moore 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private H Jackson 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private S Greenwood 13th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Private T R Cleaton (Age 18) 1st/6th Bn. Bridgnorth Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Sarah Cleaton.

 

WW2:

1940 Colour Serjeant Harry Lawrence Hibbins (Age 32) Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of John Hibbins, and of Rose Hibbins (nee Ford); husband of Winifred E. Hibbins, of Hanton Bridge, Hertfordshire.

1940 Private Horace James (Age 34) La Bernerie-En-Retz Communal Cemetery, France.

1940 Private Arthur Keenan (Age 31) Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Arthur Keenan, and of Bridget Keenan (nee McCasey).

1940 Private Albert Lewis (Age 38) Pornic War Cemetery, France. Son of Mark and Sarah Lewis.

1940 Lance Corporal David Smith (Age 31) Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Mary Ellen Smith, of Birkenhead.

1940 Private Isaac Frederick Woodland (Age 32) Les Moutiers-En-Retz Communal Cemetery, France. Son of Bert and Rebecca Woodland; husband of Edith Constance Woodland, of Isleworth, Middlesex.

1940 Private Alfred Wright (Age 32) Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Beatrice Wright; husband of Gweneth Wright, of Aberfan, Glamorgan.

1941 Private Frank Alexander Whittaker 4th Bn. Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

1942 Corporal George Ashbrooke (Age 29) 5th Bn. Weaverham (St. Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Annie Ashbrooke, and stepson of Harry Broadhurst, of Weaverham; husband of Hilda Ashbrooke, of Northwich.

1943 Private Keith Charles Dransfield (Age 28) Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, United Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dransfield, of Blundellsands, Liverpool.

1944 Private Joseph Fidler Bannister (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Fred and Sarah Ann Bannister, of Hazel Grove, Cheshire.

1944 Private George Makin (Age 32) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Helen Makin; husband of Rose Elizabeth Makin, of Hayes, Middlesex.

 

 

Cheshires – 16th June 2017

100 years ago today 16/6/1917: Private F Warrington 11th Bn. Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Harold Bancroft 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private William Edward Palmer (Age 23) “C” Coy. 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Husband of Myra Palmer, of 39, Newtown Row, Birmingham.

Private William Oliver (Age 28) 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Oliver, of Thornbury; husband of Elsie May Oliver, of Forda, Thornbury, Brandis Corner, Devon.

Private Joseph Fisher (Age 18) 1st/5th Bn. Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, France. Son of Thomas and Mercia Fisher, of 2, Williams Row, Bridge St., Stone Bridge, Saltney, Chester.

Private R Broadhurst 1st/7th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq.

 

WW2:

1944 Private Arthur Peach (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Son of Arthur and Annie Peach, of Walsall, Staffordshire; husband of Doris Minnie May Peach, of Coal Pool, Walsall.

1944 Private Leonard Stanley Weedon (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Hottot-Les-Bagues War Cemetery, France. Son of George Henry and Lilian Weedon; husband of Alice Weedon, of New Malden, Surrey.

Cheshires – 15th June 2017

100 years ago today 15/6/1917: Private R Jackson 9th Bn. Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium.

Private J Pearce 9th Bn. Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium.

Private James William Ashpital (Age 19) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of John and Isabella Ashpital, of 18, Ellesmere Avenue, Marple, Cheshire.

Private Harry Bruce 9th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private John Downs (Age 45) 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Husband of Esther Downs.

Private Richard Henry Stansfield (Age 24) 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Abraham and Annie Stansfield, of 425, Burnley Rd., Todmorden.

Private Charles Edward Timson (Age 25) 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Samuel Walter and Elizabeth Timson, of Regent St., Lutterworth; husband of Emily Lucy Timson, of Regent St., Lutterworth, Rugby.

Private A Hanley 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private G H Pointon 19th Bn. Grevillers British Cemetery, France.

 

WW2:

1942 Private Martin Mcmanus (Age 31) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Martin and Catherine McManus; husband of Anne McManus, of Davyhulme, Lancashire.

1942 Private Joseph Whittaker (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Joseph and Annie Whittaker, of Stockport, Cheshire.

Cheshires – 13th June 2017

100 years ago today 13/6/1917: Private Ronald Andrew (Age 19) 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Edwin and Margaret Alice Andrew, of 41, Burnley Rd., Waterfoot, Manchester.

Private Charles Manthorpe (Age 28) 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of James and Susan Manthorpe, of 76, Denmark St., Diss, Norfolk.

Private Thomas Quinn 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Edward Reece (Age 19) “A” Coy. 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. Reece.

Private J M Jones (Age 35) Trealaw Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

WW2:

1940 Private John Stanley Rogers (Age 25) Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, United Kingdom. Son of James and Abigail Rogers.

Cheshires – 11th June 2017

100 years ago today 11/6/1917: Private Joseph Clarkson 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private B Massey 10th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Second Lieutenant Charles Potts (Age 19) 4th Bn. attd. 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Son of Hubert and Rosa Potts, of Netherleigh, Chester.

 

WW2:

1943 Private Harry Parker (Age 41) 4th Bn. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany. Husband of Jane Ann Parker, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

1944 Private William Borrow (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France. Son of Jack and Ann Borrow; husband of Catherine Borrow, of Everton, Lancashire.

1946 Private Leonard Holman (Age 31) Atherton Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Edgar and Lizzie Holman, of Leigh; husband of Dora Holman, of Leigh.

Cheshires – 10th June 2017

OsG carRemembering Oradour-sur-Glane, French Village wiped out by SS in their way to Normandy in 1944…

http://www.oradour.info/

 

100 years ago today 10/6/1917: Private S Chadwick 13th Bn. Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.

Serjeant M J Donegan 13th Bn. Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium.

Private S Hill 13th Bn. Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Frederick George Bunce (Age 17) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Martha Bunce.

Private Phillip Buswell (Age 32) 9th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Charles John and Mary Buswell, of 46, Old Mill Lane, Barnsley. A railway clerk.

Private Alfred Coop (Age 23) 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of Mrs. Louisa Coop, of 33, Moorbottom Rd., Thanton Lodge, Huddersfield; husband of Kathleen A. Coop, of 99, Laund Rd., Salendine Nook, Huddersfield.

Private Samuel Charles Denny Hunter 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Peter O’kell (Age 33) 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Son of William O’Kell; husband of Harriet O’Kell, of 41, Canal St., Runcorn, Cheshire.

Private Christopher Reek 13th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private Edward Irving Woods 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Private G Ashbourne 11th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private H E Dayas 13th Bn. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.

Private P Wright 11th Bn. Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.

 

WW2:

1940 Private John Newton Keirle (Age 35) Pornic War Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Gwladys Ann Keirle, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan.

1942 Private Arthur Graley (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. Son of John and Annie Gertrude Graley, of St. Helen’s, Lancashire.

1944 Private John Mccarthy (Age 28) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of John McCarthy (killed in France, 1915) and Isabella McCarthy, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

1944 Private Walter Oldham (Age 27) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Walter and Eliza Oldham; husband of Elizabeth Oldham, of Romiley, Cheshire.

1944 Lance Serjeant George Price (Age 25) Hermanville War Cemetery, France. Son of George Stubbs Price and Florence Price, of Walney, Lancashire.

1944 Private Joseph Royle (Age 24) 2nd Bn. Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Son of Joseph and Mary Royle, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.

1944 Private Ralph Sherwin (Age 23) 7th Bn. Salerno War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Ralph and Beatrice Sherwin, of Hyde, Cheshire; husband of Lily Mary Sherwin, of Gee Cross, Hyde.