Lyneal 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

Lyneal War Memorial

1914-1919

Bright, Richard Thomas (23). Private, 230452, 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 22/08/1918. Previously suffered a gunshot wound in Palestine. Remembered upon Loos Memorial, France. Panel 98 and 99. Son of Edward and Margaret Bright, of Tower Farm, Lyneal, Ellesmere, Salop.

Clarke, Harry (26). Private, 27752, 4th Bn., South Wales Borderers. Died of wounds 05/03/1917. Buried Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Grave: IV. A. 10. Son of Richard and Annie Clarke, of Lyneal Mill, Ellesmere, Salop.

Clawley, John Owen (20). Private, 2698, 1st/3rd Bn., Shropshire Yeomanry. Killed in action 24/08/1916. Buried Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, France. Grave: I. C. 26. Son of Owen and Elizabeth Clawley, of Pikes End Cottage, Ellesmere, Salop.
* John was one of the first Shropshire Yeomanry casualties of the war.

Egerton, Gordon Joseph (19). Private, 74445, 1st/7th Bn., Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 10/06/1918. Buried Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, France. Plot 2. Row C. Grave 22. Son of Joseph and Alice Egerton, of The Poplars, Welshampton, Ellesmere; late of School House, Lyneal, Ellesmere, Shropshire.

Hughes, Ben (18). Private, 19806, 15th Bn. "W" Coy., Cheshire Regiment. Killed in action 28/07/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A. Son of Thomas and Mary Hughes, of Bank House, Colemere, Ellesmere, Salop.

Husbands, Thomas Henry (19). Private, 208189, 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed by shell fire 01/10/1918. Buried Zantvoorde British Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: II. B. 22. Son of Thomas and Alice Husbands, of Allotment Cottage, Colemere, Ellesmere, Salop.

Lea, Joseph H. (19). Private, 2753, 3rd/1st Bn., Shropshire Yeomanry. Died of wounds received in France, in the U.K., 12/09/1916. Buried Ellesmere Cemetery. Grave: G. 106. Son of Joseph and Jane Lea, of Lyneal Hall, Ellesmere.

Reeves, John (32). Private, 11180, 5th Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed by shell fire 18/03/1916. Buried Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souche, France. Grave: XVII. M. 11. Husband of Hannah Elizabeth Reeves, of Fern Cottage, Colemere, Ellesmere, Salop.

Reeves, Robert Thomas (19). Private, 241717, 10th Bn., Royal Welsh Fusilier. Killed in action 14/06/1917. Remembered upon Arras Memorial, France. Bay 6. Son of Robert and Lizzie A. Reeves, of 3, Whitemere Cottages, Ellesmere, Salop.

(Brothers)

Smith, Frank (23). Private, 22083, 3rd Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 30/06/1916. Buried Lyneal-Cum-Colemere (St. John) Churchyard. Son of Mrs. Emily Smith, of Peacock House, Lyneal.

Smith, Thomas (20). Private, 19629, 7th Bn., King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action at Bazetin Ridge, France, 14/07/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D. Son of Mrs. Emily Smith, of Peacock House, Lyneal.

(Not on the memorial)

Smith, George (30). Private, M 2/047248, Royal Army Service Corps. Died from illness contracted during the Great War, 18/08/1922. Buried Lyneal-Cum-Colemere (St. John) Churchyard. Son of Mrs. Emily Smith, of Peacock House, Lyneal.

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