Minsterley 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

Minsterley War Memorial

1914-1919

Austin, Leonard Corbett (21). Private, 16412, 8th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 25/04/1917. Buried Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece. Grave: F. 1396. Son of Henry and Mary Austin, of 1, Hogston Bank, Minsterley, Salop.

Bennett, George Henry (18). Private, 109156, 1st Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment). Killed in action 24/04/1918. Buried Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Grave: II. J. 9. Son of Mrs. Bennett, of The Square, Minsterley, Salop.

Blakeman, Hubert (26). Serjeant, 7978, 10th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed in action 30/12/1917. Buried Ribecourt British Cemetery, France. Grave: II. C. 38. Son of William and Georgina Blakeman, of Wellington, Salop; husband of Sarah Ann Blakeman, of 7, Crows Nest Dingle, Minsterley, Shrewsbury.

Blakemore, William Edgerton (18). Private, 3/19425, 2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers. Killed in action 23/08/1916. Buried White House Cemetery, St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium. Grave: I. H. 14. Son of Edgar and Edith M. Blakemore, of Lady Oak Villa, Minsterley, Salop.

Crowther, Rupert Henry (32). Private, 30954, 1st Bn. A. Company Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in action 04/03/1917. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 5 A and 6 C. Husband of Margaret Crowther, of "Enderley", 95, Malvern Rd., Worcester.

Doogan, John (28). Corporal, 230070, 10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 19/09/1918. Buried Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'Huille., France. Grave: IV. C. 16.

Dorricott, Thomas (34). Private, 24428, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 03/05/1917. Remembered upon Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7. Son of John and Sarah Dorricott.

Holmes, Thomas. Private, 41735, 2nd/4th Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action 29/08/1918. Remembered upon Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France. Panel 7.

Jones, John. Private, 18843, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 14/07/1916. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D.

Parry, Frank. Private, 16280, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 26/09/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 112 to 113.

Viscount Weymouth (Thynne, John Alexander) (20). Second Lieutenant, 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). Killed in action 13/02/1916. Buried Vermelles British Cemetery, France. Grave: II. C. 1. Son of the Sir Thomas Henry Thynne, 5th Marquess and Violet Caroline, Marchioness of Bath.

Warter, Joseph Ernest (21). Gunner (Signaller), 711595, 298th Bde. "C" Bty. Royal Field Artillery. Gassed at Ypres 16/10/1917. Died 17/01/1919. Buried Minsterley (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, England. South of West end of Church. Son of Joseph A. and Sarah Water, of Minsterley.

Williams, Frederick George (39). Lance Corporal, 10611, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds received at Railway Wood, Ypres 02/08/1915. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, France. Grave: I. D. 7. Son of the late John Prosser Williams and Mary Williams. Born Worthen, Shrewsbury.

Woods, James. We have been unable to identify this casualty.

1939-1945

Davies, Herbert George. Sergeant, 2219321, 630 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 15/02/1945. Buried Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany. Grave: 2. A. 11.

Davies, Jack Rippon (32). Private, 4040408, 4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action during the first day of Operation Goodwood (Battle of Caen) 18/07/1944. Buried Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, France. Grave: I. D. 8. Son of John and Eliza Dvies; husband of Elizabeth Sefton Davies.

Jones, William John Richard (23). Trooper, 4920188, 4 Regt Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.. Died 06/05/1943. Buried Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia. Grave: Coll. grave I. N. 18. Son of William and Evelyn Maud Jones; husband of Beatrice Rosalind Jones, of Tamworth, Staffordshire.

Meredith, Ivor Arthur (21). Private, 5125590, 1st/7th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died 25/03/1944. Buried Minsterley (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, England. Grave: N.E. of church. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Meredith, of Pontesbury.

Pardoe, Cyril Astell (31). Lieutenant, H.M. Submarine Parthian Royal Naval Reserve. Lost when the Parthian, believed mined, failed to arrive at Beirut 11/08/1943. Remembered upon Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England. Panel 79, Column 3. Son of Reginald George and Ethel Vavesco Pardoe; husband of Ethel Joyce Pardoe, of Wallasey, Cheshire.

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