Ash 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

Ash War Memorial

1914-1919

Brothers

Bulkeley, Charles Ivor Rivers (30). Captain, Scots Guards. Killed in action 16/05/1915. Remembered upon Le Touret Memorial, France. Panel 3 and 4. Son of Col. Charles Rivers Bulkeley, C.B., and the late Constance Clementine Bulkeley.

Bulkeley, Thomas Henry Rivers. CMG, MVO (39). Captain, 2nd Bn. Scots Guards. Killed in action 22/10/1914. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 11. Son of Col. Charles Rivers Bulkeley, C.B., and the late Constance Clementine Bulkeley.

Clarke, Fred (23). Private, 22034, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 13/11/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D.

Faulkner, John Joseph (24). Private, 28622, 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 04/02/1917. Buried Philosophe British Cemtery, Mazingarbe, France. Grave: I. L. 45. Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Faulkner, of Jessima Cottage, New Woodhouses, Whitchurch, Salop.

Francis, James. Serjeant, 13403, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 14/07/1916. Buried Copse British Cemtery, Sailly-le-Sec, France. Grave: I. B. 17.

Frost, John William (23). Private, 20850, 6th Bn. York and Lancaster Regiment. Died at Sea 20/09/1915. Remembered upon Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 171 to 173. Son of John W. and Mary Frost.

Brothers

Graydon, Joseph (27). Private, 22387, 9th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died at Prees Heath Military Hopsital 18/03/1916. Buried Ash (Christ Church) Churchyard, England. South of chancel. Son of Joseph and Catherine Graydon, of Ash.

Graydon, William (28). Private, 24595, 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 25/09/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 8 D. Son of Joseph and Catherine Graydon, of Ash.

Hall, Percy Leonard (21). Corporal, 57809, 199th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Killed in action 10/10/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. Son of George and Emily Hall.

Hancock, Harry (34). Private, 551944, Fort Garry Horse. Killed in action 01/04/1918. Remembered upon Vimy Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Sarah Hancock.

Harding, Arthur (25). Lance Corporal, 11472, 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 16/05/1915. Remembered upon Le Touret Memorial, France. Panel 13 and 14. Son of George and Lucy Harding, of Sparrow Castle, Ash Parva, Whitchurch, Salop.

Hazledine, John Turner Clough (39). Second Lieutenant, 4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed 09/05/1915. Buried Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'avour, France. Grave: II. D. 33. Son of Sarah Grace Boevey Vaughan (formerly Hazledine), of Burlton Hall, Shrewsbury, and the late John Rowland Lovell Hazledine.

Hockenhull, James Henry (26). Rifleman, C/454, 16th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Killed in action 16/03/1916. Buried Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Grave: I. A. 3. Son of James Hockenhull, of 13, Catterall's Lane, Whitchurch, Salop.

Hollowood, Henry (32). Private, 29788, 10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20/09/1918. Buried Ste Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon, France. Grave: I. B. 18. Son of John Hollowood; husband of Elizabeth Hollowood, of 34, Ash Parva, Whitchurch, Salop.

Jackson, Charles (20). Private, 20335, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 27/04/1917. Remembered upon Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7. Son of Thomas and Esther Elizabeth Jackson, of 19, Ash Magna, Whitchurch, Salop.

Middleton, George Henry (32). Private, M2/106041, 596th M.T. Coy. Army Service Corps. Died at Sea 27/03/1917. Buried Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave: D. 74. Son of George and Elizabeth Middleton, of Calverhall, Whitchurch, Salop.

Oliver, Percy (34). Private, 39879, 10th Bn. Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 21/09/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 75 to 77. Son of Edward and Lolista Oliver, of 2 Ash, Ash Wood Lane, Whitchurch, Salop.

Stevens, Cyril Stanley Geoffry (30). Captain, 1st/2nd Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 09/10/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 54 to 60 and 163A. Son of Mrs. Stevens, of Idsall, Prestbury; husband of Mary Ada Stevens (nee Pearse), of St. Ninian's, Moffat, Dumfriesshire.

Stockley, Richard (20). Lance Corporal, 24187, 2nd Bn. Grenadier Guards. Killed in action 25/09/1916. Buried Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France. Grave: X H. 2. Son of William and Sarah Stockley, of Edgeley Bank, Whitchurch, Salop.

Swanwick, Joseph (19). Private, 21386, 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 16/08/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 112 to 113. Son of Henry and Alice Swanwick.

Ward, George. Private, 15899, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died From Shock 01/08/1915. Buried Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: Enclosure No.2 IV. B. 54.

Williams, Harry. Private, 24018, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 02/04/1917. Buried Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. Grave: II. N. 12.

1939-1945

Morris, Arthur (34). Private, 4030806, 2nd Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 28/10/1944. Buried Overloon War Cemetery, Holland. Grave: III. D. 14. Son of Tommy and Alice Morris, of Broughall, Shropshire.

Purcell, Sidney (20). Corporal, 4035109, 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 22/09/1944. Buried Mierlo War Cemetery, Holland. Grave: V. B. 5. Son of George and Martha Ellen Purcell, of Broughall, Whitchurch, Shropshire.

Rogers, Percy (23). Private, 4035554, 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 07/08/1944. Buried Ash (Christ Church) Churchyard, England. Grave 67. Son of Andrew James Rogers and Edith (Ada) Rogers, of Whitchurch.

Thomas, Wilfred Richard (27). Lance Serjeant, 2660650, 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards. Died 28/02/1943. Buried Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave: 8. E. 16. Son of Richard Arthur and Jessie Thomas; husband of Grace Maude Thomas, of Aston, Shropshire.

Wade, Wentworth Alexander (19). Able Seaman, D/JX 160523, HMS Attack Royal Navy. Killed when the ML.169 exploded 15/02/1942. Buried Gibralter North Front Cemetery, Gibralter. Grave: Plot 2. Row B. Joint grave 9. Son of Cecil Alexander and Alice Roberts Wade, of Edgeley, Shropshire.

Williams, John (23). Gunner, 901279, 97 (The Kent Yeomanry) Field Regt. Royal Artillery. Died 14/11/1942. Remembered upon Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Column 40.

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