Cressage War Memorial

6th Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1914-1919
Annette Burgoyne
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Dawley Lost Generation 1914-1919
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Till Ludlow Tower Shall Fall
Clive Richardson
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Shropshire war Memorial

Cressage War Memorial

1914-1919

Barnes, Edwin (30). Private, 8653, 2nd Regt. South African Infantry. Killed in action 18/07/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 4 C. Son of the late George and Ann Barnes.

Bridgwater, Thomas Henry (26). Gunner, 58266 20th Bde. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 19/05/1915. Buried Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery, England. Screen Wall. W. 448.

Hill, Herbert (20). Private (Signaller), 291799, 15th Bn. Welsh Regiment. Died of wounds 28/08/1918. Buried Fienvillers British Cemetery, France. Grave: C. 22. Son of Rowland and Mary Hill, of 4, Jasmine Cottage, Wood Lane, Cressage, Shrewsbury.

Reese, Frank John (33). Private, 7859 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 22/04/1916. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 47 and 49. Son of Thomas and Helen Reese, of 10, Shrewsbury Rd., Cressage, Salop.

Brothers

Rowlands, John (22). Private, 18039, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 24/08/1916. Buried Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France. Grave: XIII. I. 9. Son of Samuel and Annie Rowlands, of 9, Shrewsbury Rd., Cressage, Shrewsbury.

Rowlands, William Henry (20). Private, 203611, 10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 22/08/1918. Remembered upon Loos Memorial, Belgium. Panel 98 and 99. Son of Samuel and Annie Rowlands, of 9, Shrewsbury St., Cressage, Salop.

Brothers

Wood, Francis Cleveland (19). Midshipman, , H.M.S. "Russell." Royal Navy. Lost off Malta when the Russell struck two mines 27/04/1916. Remembered upon Chatham Naval Memorial, England. 15. Son of Richard Francis Marmaduke Wood, and Ellen L. Wood, of "Belswardyne Hall," Cressage, Salop.

Wood, Robert Edward (21). Rifleman, 24/665, 2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Killed in action 30/09/1916. Remembered upon Caterpillar Valley New Zealand Memorial, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. M. Wood, of Belswardyne Hall, Cressage, Salop, England.

1939-1945

Manning, Arthur T. B. (40). Private, 401596, Army Catering Corps attd. 75 (Shropshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt. Died whilst a prisoner of war 18/12/1943. Buried Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy. Grave: V. D. 26. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Manning, of Cressage, Shropshire; husband of Alice Winifred Manning, of Cressage.

Roberts, Frederick Herbert (37). Leading Aircraftman, 1089085, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 03/06/1944. Buried Cressage (Christ Church) Churchyard, England. South of church. Grave 533. Son of George Talbot Roberts and Margaret Mercy Roberts; husband of Margaret Helen Roberts, of Cressage.

Cressage

Roberts, Frederick Herbert