Chetwynd 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

Chetwynd War Memorial

1914-1920

Borough, Alaric C. H (25). Lieutenant, 1st Bn. Welsh Guards. Killed in action 01/12/1917. Buried Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, France. Grave: VI. G. 20. Son of Mr. J. S. B. and Mrs. E. M. Borough, of Chetwynd Park, Newport, Salop.

Browne, Charles (22). Rifleman, 260003, 1st/6th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 29/07/1917. Buried Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, France. Grave: A. 32. Son of Mrs. S. Browne, of 5, Green Lane, Chetwynd End, Newport, Salop, and the late Mr. G. H. Browne.

Elliott, Robert Chambers Macdonald (25). Second Lieutenant, 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 Laura Elliott, of Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, and the late Capt. Herbert George Underwood Elliott.

Brothers
(Not recorded on the memorial)

Hollinshead, George (33). Private, 13334, 8th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 18/09/1918. Remembered upon Doiran Memorial, Greece. Son of John and Mary Hollinshead, of 15, High St., Shifnal, Salop.

(Recorded on the memorial)

Hollinshead, William (33). Private, 266770, 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment. Killed in action 12/04/1918. Remembered upon Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel 10. Son of Matthew and Emma Hollinshead, of Shifnal, Salop; husband of Edith Hollinshead, of 30, Chetwynd End, Newport, Salop.

Brothers

Kennerley, Ernest John (28). Private, 109703, Tank Corps. Killed in Action 27/09/1918. Buried Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, France. Grave: VII. B. 13. Son of Robert and Eliza Kennerley, of New House, Chetwynd.

Kennerley, Walter (30). Gunner, 736706, 276th Bde. "A" Bty. Royal Field Artillery. Died 04/06/1920. Buried Chetwynd (St. Michael) Churchyard, England. In South-West part.

Lovatt, Frederick John. Private, 21213, 11th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 20/08/1916. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Grave: VIII. B. 147. Son of Mary Lovatt, of 5, Puleston, Newport, Salop.

Owen, George Henry. Private, 8729, 8th Bn. Gordon Highlanders. Killed in action 25/09/1915. Remembered upon Loos Memorial, France. Panel 115 to 119.

Brothers

Rylance, Charles (24). Private, 24732, 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Died 08/02/1917. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Grave: VIII. B. 193. Son of John William and Margaret Rylance, of 3, Chetwynd Rd., Newport, Salop.

Rylance, Thomas. DCM (22). Private, 4265, 15th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died of wounds whilst rescuing men from no-mans-land. It was for this deed he was awarded the DCM 23/09/1916. Buried St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Grave: B. 20. 28. Son of John William and Margaret Rylance, of 3, Chetwynd Rd., Newport, Salop.

Sherwood, William J (30). Private, 1005, 2nd Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 09/10/1917. Buried Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium. Grave: XXI. D. 17. Son of Nimrod and Annie Sherwood, of Chetwynd Gardens, Newport, Salop.

Brothers

Vernon, Charles (25). Serjeant, 9603, 1st Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Killed in action 04/10/1915. Remembered upon Loos Memorial , France. Panel 27 to 30. Son of William Vernon, of 4, Puleston, Chetwynd, Newport, Salop, and the late Fanny Vernon.

Vernon, George (24). Gunner, 60833, 65th Battery Royal Field Artillery. Died 04/08/1916. Buried Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Grave: XXI. G. 40. Son of William and Fanny Vernon, of 4, Puleston, Chetwynd, Newport, Salop.

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