Welsh Frankton War Memorial

6th Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry 1914-1919
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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

Welsh Frankton War Memorial

1914-1919

Coles, Edward Nelson (30). Private, PLY/12418, H.M.S "Goliath." Royal Marine Light Infantry. Lost when the Goliath was sunk by a Turkish torpeado boat in Morto Bay off Cape Helles, Turkey 13/05/1915. Remembered upon Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England. Panel 7. Son of Edward and Mary Elizabeth Coles, of Hardwick Cottage, Ellesmere; Salop; husband of Mabel May Coles, of 40, Destbridge Cottages, Tavistock, Devon.

Downes, Samuel James (21). Lance Corporal, 19521, 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 22/03/1918. Remembered upon Pozieres Memorial, France. Panel 60. Son of Miriam Downs, of 4, Park Green, Oswestry, and the late Stephen Downs.

Edwards, Charles Henry (25). Driver, 620383, 223rd Bde. Royal Field Artillery. Died of wounds 22/08/1918. Buried Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, France. Grave: IV. F. 18. Son of John Allen Edwards and Emma Edwards, of "Yew Tree House," Lower Frankton, Oswestry, Salop.

Edwards, Fredrick (23). Private, 153557, 43rd Bn. Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). 24/04/1916. Remembered upon Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30. Son of William and Annie Edwards, of 13, Perthy, Ellesmere, Salop, England.

Langford, Walter (29). Private, 230157, 10th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 22/08/1918. Remembered upon Loos Memorial, France. Panel 98 and 99. Son of Henry Charles and Mary Ann Langford.

Roberts, H. We have been unable to identify this casualty.

Spowage, William (39). Private, 38362, 5th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 19/09/1918. Buried Grevillers British Cemetery, France. Grave: XIII. D. 11.

Brothers

Urion, Frederick Thomas (19). Private, 238850, Herefordshire Regiment Att. 6th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 20/09/1917. Remembered upon Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Panel 154. Son of Thomas Price Urion and Sarah Urion, of Hordley Grange, Ellesmere, Salop.

Urion, George. MM (26). Serjeant, 11693, 5th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 14/11/1918. Buried Welsh Frankton (St. Andrew) Churchyard, England. Grave: 100 ft. North of vestry. Son of Thomas P. and Sarah Urion, of Hordley Grange, Ellesmere, Salop.

1939-1945

James, Charles Geoffrey (21). Sergeant, 1181424, 44th Bn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 04/09/1943. Remembered upon Runnymede Memorial, England. Panel 154.

Jones, Edward Raymond (21). Corporal, T/176370, Royal Army Service Corps. 07/11/1941. Buried Tobruk War Cemetery, Egypt. Grave: 6. Q. 5. Husband of Ethel Jones, of Frankton, Shropshire.

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