Old Park 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

Old Park War Memorial

1914-1919

Butler, Albert (22). Private, 11754, 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 01/12/1915. Buried Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France. Grave: I. C. 23. Son of Albert and Sarah E. Butler, of Dawley.

Cooper, Richard Henry (26). Private, 42989, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 28/09/1918. Buried Grevillers British Cemetery, France. Grave: XIII. A. 21. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, of 47, Prior's Terrace, Oakengates, Wellington, Salop.

Brothers (Killed the same day)

Freeman, Charles (24). Corporal, 200205, 1st/4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on the same day as his brother 30/12/1917. Remembered upon Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 12 A and 12 D. Son of Susan Freeman, of Dawley.

Freeman, James. MM (26). Serjeant, 200302, 1st/4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action, on the same day as his brother 30/12/1917. Buried Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, France. Grave: II. D. 5. Son of Susan Freeman, of Dawley.

Brothers

Hawkins, Robert Leonard (21). Private, 36922, 10th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment. Killed in action 18/04/1918. Buried Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France. Grave: VIII. U. 27. Son of John and Maria Hawkins, of Old Park, Dawley.

Hawkins, William Henry (31). Private, 7179, 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of shrapnel wounds to the head, received during the battle of Bellewaarde Ridge, Ypres. 27/06/1915. Buried Cheltenham Cemetery, England. Grave: B1. 919. Son of John and Maria Hawkins, of Old Park, Dawley.

Holmes, John (26). Private, 15757, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 26/09/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 112 to 113. Son of Ezra and Mary Holmes, of 22, Wilmot Road, Old Park; husband of Maud A. Holmes, of 56, Old Park, Oakengates, Salop.

Howells, Harry. Private, 15415, 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 25/04/1916. Buried Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Grave: J. 16.

Howells, John (23). Private, 200954, 1st/4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 31/12/1917. Buried Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, France. Grave: VIII. E. 22. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Howells, of 4, New St., Oakengates, Salop.

Jones, Noah. Private, 200184, 1st/4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 01/01/1918. Buried Sunken Road Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Belgium. Grave: A. 41.

Lowe, Leonard. Private, 21277, 1st/4th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 26/03/1918. Buried Grevillers British Cemetery, France. Grave: XII. F. 12.

Meredith, George (24). Private, 24746, 5th Bn. Grenadier Guards. Died of wounds 26/11/1917. Buried Ketley (St. Mary The Virgin) Churchyard, England. New ground. 12. Son of Thomas and Emma Meredith, of Ketley.

Williams, Jack. MM (22). Private, 10760, 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 18/05/1918. Buried Sains du Nord Communal Cemetery, France. Grave: 339. Son of Alfred and Harriett Williams, of Dawley.

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