Beckbury 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

Beckbury War Memorial

1914-1919

Brassington, Thomas Nathan (22). Private, 28612, 1st Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment. Died of wounds 21/03/1918. Remembered upon Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 67 and 68. Son of Nathan and Agnes Brassington, of Heathton Cottages, Claverley, Wolverhampton.

Edwards, Thomas James (18). Private, 18308, 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 25/09/1916. Buried Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, France. Grave: X. D. 3. Son of George and Jane Edwards, of 10, Beshton Cottages, Albrighton, Salop.

Fleckner, Frederick George (40). Lance Corporal, 10638, 7th Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 22/08/1915. Remembered upon Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 170 and 171. Husband of Alice Fleckner.

Homer, Andrew (35). Lance Corporal, 33002, 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 21/03/1918. Remembered upon Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 60. Son of the late John and Sarah Ann Homer; husband of Leah Elizabeth Homer, of Ryton, Shifnal, Salop.

Macham, Alfred (41). Serjeant, 7095, 7th Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment. Killed in action 09/08/1915. Remembered upon Helles Memorial, Turkey. Panel 134 to 136. Husband of Louisa Macham, of 31, Beckbury, Shifnal, Salop.

Powles, Henry (26). Private, 23884, 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 19/04/1917. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Grave: VI. D. 34. Son of Harriet Powles, of Beckbury, Shifnal, Salop.

Turner, Richard (29). Private, 7911, Depot 1 East Lancashire Regiment. Died of wounds 09/03/1915. Buried Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, England. Screen Wall. F.B. 18. 3. Son of Henry and the late Susannah Turner, of Beckbury, Salop; husband of the late Gertrude Turner.

1939-1946

Guilfoyle, William Robert Yule (19). Flying Officer, 113405, 93rd Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 27/11/1942. Remembered upon Malta Memorial, Malta. Panel 2, Column 2.

Thompson, Norman K. Private, 14893750, 1st Bn. The Herefordshire Regt. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 20/10/1946. Buried Tel-el-Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Grave: 6. J. 3.

Unitt, George Rowland (29). Gunner, 1701651, 173 Bty., 58 Lt. A.A. Regt. Royal Artillery. Died 08/08/1944. Buried Bayeux War Cemetery, France. Grave: XX. F. 6. Son of William and Alice Martha Unitt; husband of Freda Unitt, of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent.

1957

Not Recorded on the Memorial

Truss, Brian Stuart (20). Craftsman, 23251631, Royal Engineers and Mechanical Engineers. Killed in the Akaba plane crash 17/04/1957. Buried Habbaniya, Iraq. Grave: B.1-7.

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