Loppington 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
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Shropshire war Memorial

Loppington War Memorial

1914-1919

Astley, Evan (24). Private, 49203, 24th Bn. Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 04/10/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A. Son of Mrs. Astley, of Moor House, Burlton, Shrewsbury, Salop.

Birch, Alfred (32). Private, 18126, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 10/02/1916. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 47 and 49.

Eaton, Alfred R (30). Leading Stoker, 309222(Dev), H.M.S. "Vivid." Royal Navy. Died of illness 09/04/1918. Buried Loppington (St. Michael) Churchyard, England. South of Church, boundary of new ground. Husband of Sarah Eaton. Son of Alfred R. and Emily Eaton, of Barnes House, Loppington.

Groom, Thomas (27). Private, 54555, 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed in action 28/06/1918. Remembered upon Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium. Panel 5. Son of George and Mary Groom, of 2, Beaumont Terrace, John's St., Castlefields, Shrewsbury; husband of Sarah Griffiths (formerly Groom), of 77, Church St., Rhoseyllen, Wrexham, Denbighshire.

Brothers in Law

Hazledine, John Turner Clough (39). Second Lieutenant, 1st/4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Killed 09/05/1915. Buried Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, France. Grave: II. D. 33. Son of Sarah Grace Boevey Vaughan (formerly Hazledine), of Burlton Hall, Shrewsbury, and the late John Rowland Lovell Hazledine.

Temple, William Arthur Mould (42). Captain, 1st Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds 21/10/1914. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: XXXI. D. 19. Son of Colonel W. Temple, V.C. (R.A.M.C.) and Mrs. A. Temple (nee Mould); husband of Rhoda M. H. Temple (nee Hazledine), c/o Mrs. Vaughan, Burlton Hall, near Shrewsbury. Served in the South African War.

Hudson, William (38). Private, SPTS/1411, 23rd Bn. Royal Fusiliers. Killed in action 27/07/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A. Husband of Mary Catherine Hudson, of Loppington. Son of the late James and Mary Hudson, of Manchester.

Maddox, Elsie (20). Munitions Worker. Buried 24/01/1918, at Loppington (St. Michael) Churchyard, England.

Pitt, James (18). Private, 17777, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 03/05/1917. Remembered upon Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7. Son of James Pitt, of Noneley, Wem, Salop, and the late Mary Pitt.

Pugh, Francis William (34). Private, M2/032849, 116th Aux. Petrol Coy. Army Service Corps. Died 10/11/1918. Buried Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cemetery Extension, Italy. Grave: Plot 8. Row B. Grave 11. Son of Emma and Edward Pugh, of Factory Farm, Loppington, Salop; husband of Louisa Emma Pugh, of Rock Cottage, Eastham, nr. Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Brothers

Unwin, Edward George Cummings (22). Sub-Lieutenant, Hood Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action 03/09/1918. Buried Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France. Grave: VII. E. 31. Son of the Rev. William Cummins Unwin and Frances Harriet Unwin, of Loppington Vicarage, Salop.

Unwin, Francis John (22). Lieutenant, Royal Air Force. Missing, presumed killed, whilst flying in Russia 17/09/1919. Remembered upon Archangel Memorial, Russia. Son of the Rev. William Cummins Unwin and Frances Harriet Unwin, of Loppington Vicarage, Salop. Educated at St. John's, Leatherhead.

Wycherley, James Edwin (27). Private, 1533, 2nd/1st Bn. Welsh Horse Yeomanry. Died 19/04/1916. Buried Loppington (St. Michael) Churchyard, England. South West of Church. Son of Edwin and Beatrice Wycherley, of May Pole Cottage, Loppington.

1939-1945

Bailey, George (27). Private, 4036436, 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 06/09/1944. Buried Brussels Town Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: X. 18. 22. Son of John and Mary Bailey, of Burlton, Shropshire.

Maddox, George Henry (34). Corporal, 4035213, 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 15/04/1945. Buried Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany. Grave: 1. G. 8. Son of Thomas and Harriet Maddox; husband of Dorothy Ena Maddox, of Loppington, Shropshire.

Pugh, Charles Edward (30). Private, 4034442, Durham Light Infantry. Died of wounds 13/09/1944. Buried Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: VI. E. 19. Son of Charles Edward and Lena Pugh; husband of Marjorie Pugh, of Iscoyd, Flintshire.

Pugh, Lewis Edward (22). Corporal, 2658486, 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards. Killed in action near Dunkirk 29/05/1940. Remembered upon Dunkirk Memorial, France. Column 33. Son of John Henry and Martha Annie Pugh, of Brownheath, Shropshire.

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