On this page we remember those lost in war:
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”
From “For the fallen” by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), published in The Times newspaper on 21st September 1914.
THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-1918
1914
Blackmore, William Age 22 Private
Army Service Corps. 3rd Section Railway Supply Depot Service No. T/29243
Died: 21st October 1914 Buried: Roye New British Cemetery, Somme, France (Grave ref: 1V.F.1A.)
1915
Edwards, Richard Age 22 Driver
Army Service Corps. 39th Reserve Park Service No. T4/038868
Died: 17th August 1915 Buried: Greenwich Cemetery (Grave Ref: Screen Wall 3 “C” A.4.)
Son of Owen and Mary Edwards, Hill Farm Cottages, Racecourse, Oswestry
Reynolds, John Henry Age 28 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 7th Battalion Service No. 13875
Died: 15th June 1915 Killed in action Buried: La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium
Son of John Henry Reynolds
Venables, Gilbert Rowland Age 34 Second Lieutenant
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 3rd Battalion
Died: 7th March 1915 Buried: Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Grave Ref: 1.A.2.)
Son of Rowland George and Gertrude Venables, Oakhurst, Oswestry
1916
Jones, William Age 26 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6th Battalion Service No. 12260
Died: 30th August 1916 Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 12A and 12D)
Son of Mr and Mrs William Jones, Chapel House, Racecourse
Lawford, Herbert Martin Benson Age 29 Captain
Royal Fusiliers, 9th Battalion
Died: 7th October 1916 Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 8C, 9A and 16A)
Son of Martin Benson and Emily Agnes Lawford, Trewern, Hengoed, Oswestry
Roberts, James Age unknown Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6th Battalion Service No. 26590
Died: 18th December 1916 Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (Pier and Face 12A and 12D) : Remembered with honour
Wynn, George Age 28 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry G Company, 5th Battalion Service No. 17385
Died: 28th March 1916 Buried: Le Treport Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France (Grave Ref. Plot 2. Row L. Grave 2C.)
Son of Thomas and Eliza Wynn, Chain Cottage, Racecourse, Oswestry
1917
Conde, George Age 21 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 7th Battalion Service No. 19532
Died: 29th October 1917 Buried: Hengoed (St Barnabas) Churchyard : Remembered with honour
Son of Edwin and Alice Conde, Rose Cottage, Hengoed
Edwards, Thomas Owen Age 21 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6th Battalion Service No. 15344
Died: 16th August 1917 Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Panel Ref: 112 to 113)
Son of Mr and Mrs Owen Edwards, Hill Farm Cottage, Racecourse, Oswestry
Ellis, Edward Sidney Age 22 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 10th Battalion (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Service No. 230341
Died: 30th November 1917 Buried: Jerusalem War Cemetery (Grave Ref: E.51)
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Ellis, 2 Church Lane, Selattyn
James, Thomas Age 46 Private
Army Service Corps, 25th Labour Company Service No. SS/17475
Died: 24th April 1917 by accidental drowning in Salonika Buried: Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece (Grave Ref: 967)
Son of John and Sarah James, Rhos Fach, Racecourse, Oswestry
Jones, Frank Age 34 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6th Battalion (Pals Battalion) Service No. 33082
Died: 12th August 1917 Buried: Canada Farm Cemetery, Belgium (Grave Ref: 11.F.9.)
Son of John and Ann Jones of Oswestry : Husband of Mary Elizabeth Davies (formerly Jones), Holmleigh Cottage, Hengoed, Oswestry
Jones, James Age unknown Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 7th Battalion Service No. 33084
Died: 27th September 1917 Buried: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium (Grave Ref: V1 F.15.)
Lived in Pant Glas
Jones, John Age 38 Lance Corporal
Royal Engineers, 94th Field Company Service No. 48543
Died: 3rd May 1917 Buried: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium (Grave Ref: V1.J.7.)
Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Jones, 1 Pant Glas, Oswestry
Morris, Edward Age 19 Private
Manchester Regiment, 2nd/7th Battalion Service No. 277508
Died: 6th May 1917 Buried: Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (Grave Ref: J.30.)
Son of Edward and Mary Morris, Rose Cottage, 10 Pant Glas, Oswestry
1918
Foulkes, George Age 27 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Service No. 203604
Died: 16th March 1918 Killed in action Buried: Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (Grave Ref: 11.E.30.)
Husband of Mary Lucy Jones (formerly Foulkes), Mardy Cottage, Hengoed, Oswestry
Howell, David Richard Age 19 Private
Machine Gun Corps, 49th Company Service No. 144410
Died: 15th June 1918 from wounds Buried: Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, France (Grave Ref: 1.A.18)
Son of Caroline and the late Thomas Howell, Penrhos Farm, Racecourse, Oswestry
Jones, Frank Jackson Age 25 Private
Gordon Highlanders, 4th Battalion Service No. 266527
Died: 13th April 1918 Killed in action Memorial: Loos Memorial, France (Panel Ref: 115 to 119)
Son of Mr and Mrs George Jones, Five Crosses, Gobowen, Oswestry
Lockley, Frank Age 23 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 10th Battalion (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Service No. 230305
Died: 13th November 1918 Buried: Lille Southern Cemetery, Nord, France (Grave Ref: 1.A.5.)
Son of Robert and Mary Lockley, Pant Glas, Oswestry
Markey, Thomas Alfred Age 29 Sapper
Royal Engineers, 137th Army Troops Company Service No. 94160
Died: 23rd May 1918 From accidental burns Buried: Bralo British Cemetery, Greece (Grave Ref: 6)
Son of Mr and Mrs T Markey. Husband of Mary, Racecourse Road, Oswestry
Payne, William Henry Age 18 Private
Lancashire Fusiliers, 11th Battalion Service No. 51226
Died: 28th May 1918 Killed in action Memorial: Soissons Memorial, France
Son of Herbert William and Mary Ann Payne, Vron Lodge, Birmingham Bank, Pant Glas, Oswestry
Roberts, Edward Age 29 Lance Corporal
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby) Regiment Service No. 72582
Died: 22nd April 1918 Memorial: Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France (Panel Ref: 52 to 54)
Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ann Roberts, Vron Farm, Selattyn
Sanderson, William Thomas Age 20 Private
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 1st /4th Battalion Service No. 24934
Died: 19th April 1918 Killed in action Buried: Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium (Grave Ref: V.C.10)
Son of Hanna Eliza and the late William Sanderson, Twmpath, Gobowen, Oswestry
Wynn, Ernest Age 23 Lance Corporal
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 10th Battalion (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Service No. 230469
Died: 18th September 1918 Buried: Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon, France (Grave Ref: 11.D.10.)
Son of Mary Wynn and the late Samuel Henry Wynn, Underhill Cottage, Oswestry
1919
Ellis, David William Age 34 Staff Sergeant
Royal Engineers Service No. 131932
Died: 8th January 1919 Buried: St Barnabas Churchyard, Hengoed (Grave Ref: North of Church)
Son of Richard and Elizabeth Ellis, 2 Church Lane, Selattyn. Husband of Mary Ann Ellis, Arndale., Gobowen
THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
Hanmer, Robert Beaumont Age 24 Flight Sergeant
R83 Squadron RAF
Died: 1941 Shot down over Belgium Buried: Houthulst, Belgium
Husband of Mary (formerly Stansfield)
Markey, Alfred Thomas Age 31 Private
Middlesex Regiment, 1st/7th Battalion Service No. 14596757
Died: 18th November 1944 Buried: Mierlo War Cemetery, Netherlands
Husband of Maud, Oswestry
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