Post by BereniceUK on Apr 13, 2017 5:35:23 GMT
In memory of Raymond Samuel Thicknesse, 2nd Lieutenant, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Killed in action in France gallantly leading his men 9th October 1917 aged 27 years.
A member of the ancient family of Thicknesse of Balterley.
1914 - 1918
81213 Gunner Harry Booth 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery 27.10.1917, aged 21 Son of Frank and Matilda Booth, of Balterley - also named on the Barthomley and Balterley memorial plaque
Frederick Holdsworth - 44115 Lance Corporal Frederick William Holdsworth 13th, attached 5th Entrenching Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 20.4.1918, aged 34 Son of Joseph and Francis Mary Holdsworth, of Wybunbury; husband of Ethel Mary Holdsworth, of 8, Stalbridge Road, Crewe
Harry Moss
97429 Private Alfred Platt 1st Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 26.3.1918, aged 19 Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Platt, of Balterley - also named on the Barthomley and Balterley memorial plaque
39911 Private George Stubbs 4th North Staffordshire Regiment 1.10.1918
41312 Private Elisha Wagstaff 4th Bedfordshire Regiment 7.4.1918
302674 Private George Bailey 2nd/7th Manchester Regiment 21.3.1918, aged 19 Son of John and Hannah Bailey, of 26, Sickle Street, Oldham
WR/262580 Sapper Bertram Beech 259th Light Railway Operating Company, Royal Engineers 4.9.1918, aged 22 Son of Mrs. Mary Beech, of Cotes Heath - also named on memorials in St James' Church, Cotes Heath
29613 Private Arthur Brassington 15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment 27.8.1918 Son of Mr. J. Brassington, of Clarks Lane, St. Martin's, Oswestry
James Dunn
George Ginders - 51716 Private George Percy Ginders Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 15.3.1918, aged 28
Joseph Ginders - 6/2140 Private Joseph Edgar Ginders Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 14.8.1915, aged 31 Sons of Thomas and Annie Ginders, of Pear Tree Lake, Balterley- both also named on the Barthomley and Balterley roll of honour
Arthur Houchin - 9867 Private Arthur Cecil Houchin 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 11.11.1914, aged 23 Son of Frederick and Mary Ann Houchin
43247 Private Harold Hughes Royal Army Medical Corps
35213 Private Walter Roscoe 18th Highland Light Infantry 25.8.1917
Basil Tatham - Captain Basil Owen Tatham 3rd, attached 2nd, East Yorkshire Regiment 23.4.1915, aged 31 Son of Arthur Thomas Tatham and Eliza Hale Tatham, of 65, Oakwood Court, Kensington, London, and formerly of Doddlespool Hall
Thomas Taylor - 39329 Lance Serjeant Thomas Henry Taylor 2nd Royal Scots 5.8.1918
Second Lieutenant Raymond Samuel Thicknesse 4th, attached 2nd, Lancashire Fusiliers 9.10.1917, aged 27 Nephew and adopted son of Ralph and Lily Thicknesse, of The Chantry, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Wilfred Wright
Frank Thomas Beeston
John Cornes - 116964 Flying Officer Sydney John Cornes 23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 21.2.1943, aged 24 Husband of Marjorie Cornes, of Betley
964015 Gunner Edwin Farrington 25 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1.4.1945, aged 26 Son of Thomas Matthew and Margaret Ellen Farrington, of Balterley
Tom Harden
2034865 Serjeant Thomas Murray 8 Bomb Disposal Section, Royal Engineers 25.2.1944, aged 35 Son of Thomas and Harriet Murray; husband of Ethel Gertrude Murray, of Betley
2013634 Sapper Cyril Turner 4 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers 4.4.1941, aged 21 Son of Charles and Elizabeth Turner, of Betley
Frank Bailey - 3663675 Private Frank Albert Bailey South Lancashire Regiment 4.9.1942, aged 21 Son of Frank Thomas Bailey and Clara Elsie Bailey; husband of Doris Bailey, of Buddileigh, Betley
Arthur Bull
Derek Tomlinson - Sub-Lieutenant (A) Derek Arthur Grose Tomlinson Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Nightjar 17.11.1944, aged 20 Son of Leslie Grose Tomlinson and Winifred Mary Tomlinson, of Betley
