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War Memorial - Edstaston, Shropshire, England


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P. Beckett
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Private
30569
Whixall, Shropshire
29 March 1918

8th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France
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Alvery Samuel Cotton
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Private (CWGC: Driver)
T3/028026
abt. 1892
03 November 1918
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3rd Coy. 21st Div. Train. Army Service Corps
Vis-En- Artois Memorial, France
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Cotton,
of Rye Bank, Wem, Salop.
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Thomas Howard Darlington
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Gunner
200872
abt. 1886, Edstaston, Shropshire
20 October 1918
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Siege Anti-Aircraft Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery, Italy
Son of Richard Jebb and Rebecca Jane Darlington,
of Paddon Green, Wem, Shropshire.
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George E. Didlick
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Serjeant
9283
Culn, Newport, Shropshire
03 December 1917

1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Cambrai Memorial, Louveral, France
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Joshua Jones
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Private
35172
Bettisfield, Shropshire
11 January 1919

1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment
Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany
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Charles Manning
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Private
43660
abt. 1894
18 October 1918
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2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment
La Vallee-Mulatre Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Elizabeth Manning,
of Mill House, Coton, Whitchurch, Salop,
and the late Ellis Manning.
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T. Ratcliffe
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Private
237757
abt. 1888, Edstaston, Shropshire
30 July 1918
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1st/1st Bn. Herefordshire Regiment
Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire, France
Son of the late George and Jane Ratcliffe,
husband of Frances Ratcliffe,
of 4, Creamore Bank, Wem, Salop.
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William Roberts
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Private
230382
abt. 1897, Manchester
22 August 1918
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10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Bn.
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Loos Memorial, France
Son of William and Mary Roberts
of 3, Brades Lane, Prees, Whitchurch, Shropshire
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Sydney Smith
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Serjeant
12059
abt. 1896, Edstaston, Shropshire
10 October 1917
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"C" Coy. 2nd Bn. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Son of Richard and Kate Smith,
of The Hollies, Edstaston, Wem, Salop.
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William Stockton
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Private
21311
abt. 1897, Whixall, Shropshire
31 March 1918
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"B" Coy. 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Soignies (Zinnik) Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Son of Thomas and Ann Stockton,
of Rose Farm, Whixall, Whitchurch, Salop.
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Stephen Sutton
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Private
40646
Coton, Shropshire
04 March 1917

4th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment
Thiepval Memorial, France
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Jesse George Turner
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Private
33282
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
22 September 1918

10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Peronne Communal Cemetery, France
Son of Isaac and Harriet Turner
of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
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Alfred Williams
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Serjeant
17338
Edstaston, Shropshire
22 August 1917

5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
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Frederick Raymond Clegg-Hill
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Major
40864
abt 1910
13 April 1945
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4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany
Son of Lt.-Col. Charles Rowland Clegg-Hill, D. S. O., J. P., 6th Viscount Hill,
and of Viscountess Hill (nee Bulteel),
husband of Alice Clegg-Hill,
of Prees, Shropshire.
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Frank Dodd
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Corporal
539657
abt. 1916
12 November 1941
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Royal Air Force
Kirkee War Cemetery, India
Son of Florence May Dodd,
of Tilstock, Shropshire.
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