Caynham War Memorial

6th Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1914-1919
Annette Burgoyne
£12.50

Dawley Lost Generation 1914-1919
Dave Shaw £12.00

Till Ludlow Tower Shall Fall
Clive Richardson
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Shropshire war Memorial

Caynham War Memorial

1914-1919

Brothers

Allerton, Ben (28). Lance Corporal, 16253, 2nd Bn. East Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 24/04/1918. Remembered upon Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 42 and 43. Husband of Susan Jane Allerton, of 16, Silk St., Hulme, Manchester.

Allerton, John William (26). Private, 8057, 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 25/10/1916. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 47 and 49. Son of Benjamin and Elizabeth Allerton, of Prospect Place; Caynham, Ludlow, Salop. Called up from the Reserve, Aug., 1914.

Curtis, Sir William Michael (28). Captain, Royal Defence Corps. Died 19/01/1916. Buried Caynham (St. Mary) Churchyard , England. North East of church. 4th Bart. Husband of Lady Curtis, of Caynham Court, Ludlow, Salop. Born at Knole.

Hall, Edward (26). Private, 18679, 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers. Died of wounds 07/04/1916. Buried Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Grave: I. A. 6. Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Hall, of Caynham.

Brothers

Hill, James Edward (28). Private, 11731, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action at Railway Wood, Ypres 04/08/1915. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 47 and 49. Son of Henry and Emma Hill, of Caynham Mill, Ludlow, Salop.

Hill, John (26). Private, 48568, 5th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action 08/08/1918. Buried Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, France. Grave: IV. D. 13. Son of Henry and Emma Hill, of Caynham Mill, Ludlow, Salop.

King, Arthur. MM (26). Lance Serjeant, 11495, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 24/08/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D. Son of the late George and Mary Ann King.

Morgan, Charles Henry. MM (28). Private, 24092, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 11/05/1917. Buried St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Grave: P. I. I. 5A. Son of Thomas and Hannah Morgan, of The Drill, Knowbury, Ludlow, Salop.

Roberts, Owen (26). Private, 11496, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action attacking German trenches near Ypres, this attack was a subsidiary aimed at keeping German forces away from the battle of Loos 25/09/1915. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 47 and 49. Son of David and Frances Owens, of Bryn-y-Garrey Villa, Flint Mountain, Flint.

1939-1945

Howard, Donald Eric (28). Private, 5126604, 1st Bn. The Herefordshire Regt. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 09/09/1944. Buried Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: V. D. 12.

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