Madeley

1914 - 1919

Major Charles Allix Lavington Yate V.C. 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 20.9.1914, aged 42 Son of the Rev. George Edward Yate, Vicar of Madeley, Shropshire and Prebendary of Hereford; husband of Florence Helena
Lieutenant F J Briscoe 1st York and Lancaster Regiment 10.5.1915, aged 24 Son of Ben and Esther Briscoe, formerly of School House, Rodington, Salop, and of Madeley
Lieutenant George Cecil Kearsley M.M. 75th Canadian Infantry 30.9.1918, aged 27 Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Laura Kearsley, of Madeley
F.R. Millichap - Lieutenant Frank Henry Millichap 6th South Lancashire Regiment, attached Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 24.4.1916, aged 22 Son of Mr. W.H. and Mrs. C.E. Millichap, of Onslow House, Commercial Road, Bournemouth; born at Madeley
Second Lieutenant Frederick Charles Youden 15th Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 8.8.1915, aged 33 Husband of Annie E. Youden, of Coalport
Sister K Simmonds R.C.S.
B.J. Hill - 44648 Battery Serjeant Major A J Hill D.C.M. 113th Battery, 25th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery 22.5.1916 Brother of Mrs. E. E. Oliver, of 17, Havelock Road, Greet Hill, Birmingham
66186 Company Serjeant Major Harold Simpson D.C.M. 2nd/10th Royal Scots 13.10.1918, aged 24 Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Simpson; husband of Emily Gertrude Simpson, of 29, Paynes Lane, Coventry
5247 Serjeant William Bromfield 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 9.6.1915, aged 40 Son of Andrew and Susannah Bowens, of 21, High Street, Coalport; born at Madeley
J. Small - 200034 Company Serjeant Major John William Small 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 31.10.1917 Brother of Mrs. S. Butcher, of 47, High Street, Madeley
2211 Serjeant William Henry Ward 2nd/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 25.10.1915, aged 29 Husband of Eva E. Jones (formerly Ward), of 2, Belle Vue Road, Ironbridge
W. Mitchell - 5941 Serjeant Walter Henry Mitchell 111th Company, Machine Gun Corps 23.12.1917, aged 30 Stepson of Ellen Mitchell, of Isolation Hospital, Marston Green, nr. Birmingham; husband of Ellen Louisa Mitchell, of 13, Levitts Fields, Lichfield
9873 Corporal John Edwin Harris M.M. 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7.7.1917 Husband of F. E. Yeomans (formerly Harris), of 5, Paddocks Lane, Kemberton, Shifnal
11139 Corporal Arthur Henry Lawley 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3.8.1915, aged 31 Son of Henry and Elizabeth Lawley, of 13, Franklin Terrace, Victoria Avenue, Wellington
4036 Corporal Percy Speake 9th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 19.4.1916
217942 Corporal John Jones Railway Operating Division, Royal Engineers 27.5.1918, aged 28 Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Jones; husband of Lizzie Lewis (formerly Jones) of 25, Victoria Road, Madeley
201529 Corporal John Henry Ward 4th (Reserve) King's Shropshire Light Infantry 8.5.1917, aged 25 Son of George Ward, of 19, Court Street, Madeley; husband of Annie Ward, of 33, Townfields, Lichfield
Lance Corporal F. Austin - 17534 Private Frederick Austin 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 24.8.1916
200482 Lance Corporal John Henry Humphreys 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 30.10.1917
11253 Lance Corporal Elijah Lowe 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10.2.1916, aged 29 Son of Moses Lowe, of 42, Aqueduct Road, Madeley
12218 Lance Corporal Wilfred Morris 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 31.8.1916, aged 23 Son of Mrs. Jane Morris, of 26, Station Road, Madeley
130351 Lance Corporal John Henry Townsend Miles "F" Special Company, Royal Engineers 23.7.1918, aged 26 Son of George and Clara Elizabeth Miles, of 62, High Street, Madeley
85054 Corporal Ernest Oswell 4th The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 23.10.1918
25747 Private Charles Albert Pugh 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 22.8.1916, aged 39 Son of George and Anne Elizabeth Pugh, of Kemerton, Tewkesbury
457 Lance Corporal Arthur Price Rowe 2nd/7th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 12.3.1918, aged 32 Son of Mr. T. W. and Mrs. L. A. Rowe, of Idsal House, Madeley
202769 Lance Corporal Leonard Worthing Whatmore 1st/7th Worcestershire Regiment 27.8.1917, aged 35 Son of Charles and Emma Whatmore, of 56, Birchwood Crescent, Sparkbrook, Birmingham; husband of Enid Winifred Whatmore, of "Shamba," Hillside Road, Hastings
C Ward - Lance Corporal Clarence T Ward King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Private J Harry Benbow London 1917
Private Henry Brown dow 1915
G Baugh King's Shropshire Light Infantry
T Bowen King's Shropshire Light Infantry
F Bowers - Private Frank J Bowers King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Driver A Bowen Royal Field Artillery
30624 Driver G Brickley Royal Field Artillery, transferred to (Private 327085) Labour Corps 17.11.1918, aged 25 Husband of Edith Brickley, of 80, Wesley Road, Ironbridge
T/3/028302 Driver Harry Childs 15th Reserve Park, Army Service Corps 28.10.1915
17189 Private Vincent Cartwright 1st Coldstream Guards 31.7.1917
5025 Private Albert Clarke 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry 25.9.1916
W. Cornes - 25510 Private William Edward Cornes 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 11.9.1917
6295 Private Thomas Collingwood 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 11.3.1915, aged 25 Son of George and Catherine Ann Collingwood, of Front Street, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
Seaman Collingwood
529 Private Henry Davies 11th Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 20.7.1915, aged 27 Nephew of Eliza Vernon, of 11, Belle Vue Road, Ironbridge; native of Madeley
10526 Private Joseph Davies 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 31.7.1915
17666 Private Richard Downes 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 24.8.1916
875 Private Daniel Dean 10th Lincolnshire Regiment 9.8.1916, aged 21 Son of Mrs. C. Dean, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Joseph Durnall liv
Dale
3/21069 Private H E Evans M.M. 7th South Wales Borderers 17.9.1918, aged 34 Husband of Mrs. Evans, of 6, Upper Cross Street, Tirphil, Glamorganshire
T Edwards
24079 Private George Geary 7th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 28.3.1918, aged 29
200476 Private P Geary 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 24.11.1918, aged 25 Sons of Mrs. H. Pooler (formerly Geary), of 41, Aqueduct Road, Madeley
42527 Corporal Robert Adderley George 2nd South Wales Borderers 18.4.1918 Son of Mrs. E. George, of 33, The Lloyds, Stourbridge

17701 Private Herbert Gogerty 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 27.4.1917
17655 Private Arthur J Gough 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 30.11.1917, aged 19 Son of Arthur and Alice Ann Gough, of 63, High Street, Madeley
40661 Private Richard Joseph Griffiths M.M. 4th Worcestershire Regiment 20.11.1917
Private R Groome Royal Army Medical Corps 1918
10281 Private Harold Otho Goodhall 1st South Staffordshire Regiment 1.7.1916 William ssr
16796 Private Samuel Harris 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 20.12.1916, aged 29 Son of Edward and Mary Ann Harris, of 27, Bridgnorth Road, Madeley
Private A Heighway King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1918
200314 Private Albert Higginson 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 30.10.1917
75421 Private George W Halcrow 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1.9.1918
Humphries
175884 Gunner John Lewis Hornblower 260th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 14.10.1918, aged 30 Husband of Julia May Hornblower, of 30, High Street, Dawley
E.O. Jackson - 11300 Private Ormond Edgar Jackson 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 15.9.1915, aged 29 Son of John and Mary Ann Jackson, of Madeley
7246 Private Arthur Jones 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry 7.7.1917 Husband of L. Jones, of 60, Park Street, Madeley
A.E. Jones - 16826 Private Albert Jones 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 11.5.1917 Husband of J. Jones, of 17, Holly Hedge, Little Dawley
12209 Private George Jones 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 31.8.1916, aged 25 Son of Edwin and Margaret Jones, of 20, Church Street, Madeley
Wilfred R Jones South Staffordshire Regiment
J. Jones Royal Air Force - possibly 65778 Air Mechanic 3rd Class James Harold Jones Depot, Royal Flying Corps 16.5.1917, aged 25 Husband of Alice Elizabeth Jones
R. Kendall - 8011 Private Ralph Thomas Kendall 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers 1.7.1915, aged 38 Son of Thomas Kendall; husband of Katharine Kendall, of 25, Crackley Bank, Shifnal
G. Kearsley - Lieutenant George Cecil Kearsley M.M. 75th Canadian Infantry 30.9.1918, aged 27 Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Laura Kearsley, of Madeley
25455 Private William Lysons 10th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 21.9.1918, aged 20 Son of Herbert and Emma Lysons, of 9, Ironbridge Road, Madeley
10484 Private Robert Lowe 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 14.9.1915, aged 31 Son of Moses Lowe, of 42, Aqueduct Road, Madeley
14710 Private Alfred Horace Maiden M.M. 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 20.9.1916
W R Morgan - possibly 7568 Private W Morgan 6th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 28.5.1916
Private Harold Mitchell G

1232 Private George Alfred Moreton 2nd Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7.11.1914
200200 Lance Corporal W J Mullard 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 23.1.1918
200233 Private Arthur John Pearce 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 19.4.1918, aged 24 Son of George and Ellen Pearce, of 12, Hill Top, Madeley
200253 Serjeant G Plant 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 30.12.1917, aged 23
64295 Private Herbert Parker 16th Infantry (Labour) Company, The King's (Liverpool Regiment), transferred to (48317) 81st Company, Labour Corps 5.7.1917, aged 21 Son of Wallace and Mary Ann Parker, of 18, Queen Street, Madeley
Bristol Z/3806 Signalman Cyril William Phillips Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. "Ghurka" 8.2.1917, aged 20 Son of Joseph and Kate Phillips, of "Hillcote", 16, Madeley Road, Ironbridge
6103 Gunner Luke Pope 8th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 11.5.1916, aged 39 Son of Henry and Jane Pope, of Bacchus Lane, Birmingham; husband of Mrs. Pope, of 35, St. Luke's Lane, Newhaven, Sussex
17661 Private F Ray 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry 6.3.1916
19351 Private Edgar Richards 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3.7.1917, aged 27 Son of Maria Richards, of 34, Prince Street, Madeley
17000 Private John Roberts King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1916
19272 Private Thomas Roberts King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1916
A Rodgers
155868 Gunner Leonard H. Roberts 199th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 1.4.1918 Son of Mrs. C. Roberts, of 7, Station Road, Madeley
43107 Private Henry Victor Scott 44th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 24.4.1917, aged 19 Son of William B. and Nellie Scott, of Bamford Road, Wolverhampton
STK/1124 Private Colin Stevenson 10th Royal Fusiliers 9.4.1918, aged 28 Son of George and Sarah Stevenson, of 1, Beech Road, Madeley
41 Private Cecil Silver 29th Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 26-27.9.1917 Son of Alfred and Annie Silver; native of Melbourne, Australia
24064 Private Frederick Stephan 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 31.10.1916, aged 33 Son of Edward and Annie Stephan, of Coalport
9226 Private Alfred Speake 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2.3.1915
6023 Private Thomas Taylor 5th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 24.8.1916
35188 Private Harry Tranter 7th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 27.9.1918 Son of Mr. R. M. Tranter, of 86, Prince Street, Madeley
34033 Private George Edward Arthur Ward 1st/4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5.6.1918, aged 19 Son of Mr. A. R. Ward, of 34, Court St., Madeley
W. Wilkes - 6113 Private Worth Stevenson Wilkes 1st King's Shropshire Light Infantry 26.3.1915, aged 21 Son of Thomas S. and Mary Wilkes, of 2, Coalport Road, Madeley
37020 Private Bert Wilton 10th Gloucestershire Regiment 13.7.1917, aged 22 Son of Arthur and J. Wilton, of 34, Park Lane, Madeley
8678 Corporal Alfred Williams 12th Rifle Brigade 22.11.1917, aged 38 Son of James and Emily Williams, of 54, Aqueduct Road, Madeley

1939 - 1945

154918 Able Seaman John Henry Biggs Royal Navy, H.M.S. Glorious 8.6.1940, aged 19
P/JX 324870 Ordinary Seaman Thomas Joseph Biggs Royal Navy, H.M.S. Fidelity 1.1.1943, aged 19 Sons of Thomas R. and Elizabeth Biggs, of Madeley
4032718 Private Harry Bowen 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 13.10.1944, aged 24 Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Kelsey; husband of Phyllis Bowen, of Madeley
3050808 Sergeant (Air Gunner) Edward Brisbourne Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 5.9.1944, aged 19 Son of Edward and Ena Brisbourne, of Much Wenlock
4033534 Serjeant William Ernest Buntin 4th Welch Regiment 3.8.1944, aged 26 Son of Andrew and Lily Buntin, of Madeley
Burgess
LT/KX 103616 Stoker William Henry Curel Royal Naval Patrol Service, H.M. Yacht Rosabelle 11.12.1941, aged 21 Son of William Henry and Agnes Curel, of Madeley; husband of Connie Curel, of Fulham
304939 Trooper Charles Donald Curzon Royal Horse Guards 14.11.1940, aged 28 Son of Charles Henry and Lily Mary Curzon, of Madeley
4033447 Private Clive Darrall 4th Welch Regiment 2.7.1940, aged 25 Son of Harry and Martha Florence Darrall, of Madeley
4034170 Serjeant Leonard Douglas Dodd 5th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 25.6.1944, aged 25
530700 Sergeant Raymond Cyril Dodd 233 Squadron, Royal Air Force 5.6.1940, aged 24 Sons of Arnold Thomas Dodd and Minnie Dodd, of Madeley
F. Edwards - 2662542 Guardsman Frank Arthur Edwards 5th Coldstream Guards 3.9.1944, aged 33 Son of George Edward and Ethel Elizabeth Edwards; husband of Mildred Elizabeth Edwards, of Coalbrookdale
629150 Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) Edward Joseph Evans D.F.M. 218 Squadron, Royal Air Force 28.11.1940, aged 21 Son of Edward and Frances Selina Evans; husband of Vera Evans, of Southey Green, Sheffield
4035819 Private Philip Douglas Alfred George 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry 18.7.1944, aged 25 Son of Richard Thomas George and Emily George, of Madeley
4035783 Private Thomas Albert Gough King's Shropshire Light Infantry 12.2.1940 Son of James Albert and Emma Gough, of Madeley
308554 Lieutenant Ronald Jack Gregory 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment 20.3.1944 Son of John and Edith Gregory, of Madeley
4038826 Private Fernley William Thomas Groves King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and No. 1 Commando 1-6.12.1942 Son of George and Mary Groves, of Madeley
1819148 Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) John Humphries Guy 100 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 16.1.1945
1507974 Flight Sergeant (Navigator) Edward Arnold Johnson 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 25.6.1944, aged 26 Son of Edward and Sarah Johnson, of Madeley
4041785 Corporal Charles Watkin Marrion 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5.8.1944, aged 28 Son of Arthur Richard and Ellen Marrion; husband of Florence Vera Marrion, of Broseley
Able Seaman A. Palmer Royal Navy
4127754 Private Harold Pooler 7th Cheshire Regiment 2.11.1942, aged 23 Son of James and Harriet Pooler; husband of Grace Vallender Pooler, of Horsehay
4034391 Sapper James Albert Tisdale 270 Field Company, Royal Engineers 19.4.1942, aged 24 Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. Tisdale; husband of Florence Lucy Tisdale, of Madeley
1583664 Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Robert Alec Yale 467 (R.A.A.F.) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 29.12.1943, aged 20 Son of William Henry and Sarah Hannah Yale, of Madeley
1582011 Sergeant Leslie George Yorke 102 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 12.11.1943, aged 27 Son of William and Amy Yorke, of Madeley; husband of Lydia Yorke, of Madeley
422917 Leading Aircraftwoman Margaret Maud Hall Women's Auxiliary Air Force 21.11.1941, aged 19 Daughter of Albert and Maud Alice Hall, of Madeley