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Are any of these WW1 and WW2 Crewe and Nantwich district ancestors yours??.....
« on: Wednesday 17 January 07 17:35 UTC (UK) »
Hi All

An article in my local paper today entitled "Please help us remember them" is appealing for information on the following people. Local historians are in the process of updating a book ""The Roll of Honour" which currently contains 1,600 names and 530 photographs of local people.  The updated version of the book is due for release in May this year.

The following people have yet to be positively identified, although if no new evidence comes to light, they will still be included on the roll.

In brackets the War Memorial they are commemorated on.

Private J Ault (Crewe WM)
Private E A Baker (Crewe WM)
Sapper C J Bale (Crewe WM)
Private Albert Ball (Crewe WM)
Albert Barnes (Nantwich)
Richard Bate (Audlem)
Harry Binnersley (Wybunbury)
John Bisley (Nantwich)
Private H Breeze (Crewe)
John Brookshaw (Shavington)
John Brown (Wrenbury)
Sgt B Buckley (Crewe WM)
Ernest Burrows (Worleston)
Private A Chadwick (Crewe WM)
W E Chamberlain (Acton)
Frederick Clarke (Worleston)
A C Coleman (Copp Lynch and Crewe WM)
W C Coleman (Copp Lynch)
Dennis Coleman (Audlem)
Edwin Cooke (Shavington)
Albert Davies (Bunbury)
Albert E Dickens (Worleston)
Private J Dodd (Crewe WM)
Driver J S Edgar (Willaston)
Walter Henry Edwards (Copp Lynch)
Frank Fellows (Bunbury)
James Foster (Acton)
Alfred Garrett (Wrenbury)
Corporal W D Godwin (Crewe WM)
Edward and Frederick Griffiths (Worleston)
G Harris (Copp Lynch)
W Higgins (Haslington)
Private J Hoare (Crewe WM)
Fred Hodgkinson (Wrenbury)
A Hodgson (Copp Lynch)
Herbert Hodkinson (Bunbury)
Reginald Holland (Barthomley)
Wilfred Holmes (Copp Lynch)
Joseph Hough (Bunbury)
Private W Hunt (Crewe WM)
George W Jackson (Nantwich)
Harry Jenkinson (Barthomley)
Private A Jones (Crewe WM)
John Langford (Worleston)
Private W Latham (Crewe WM)
L/Cpl J J Lightfoot (Crewe WM)
Eric Lloyd (Audlem)
Alfred John Lovatt (Wybunbury)
John Charles Machin (Copp Lynch)
Private H Madeley (Crewe WM)
Private G Matthews (Willaston)
Sapper J Nevitt (Crewe WM)
William Noden (Acton)
Harry Palin (Shavington)
Private C Parish (Crewe WM)
Kenneth Parsonage (Audlem)
Stephen Peacock (Bunbury)
Harold Potts (Shavington)
Private F Powell (Crewe)
John Henry Richards (Audlem)
Lt Reginald Rodden (Crewe WM)
Richard Roycroft (Bunbury)
J Edward Sandars (Bunbury)
Private George Saunders (Willaston)
Herbert Saunders (Nantwich)
Joseph E Smith (Bunbury)
Walter Smith (Nantwich)
Edward Stockton (Audlem)
Charles W H Thomas (Shavington and Wybunbury)
J Harry Thompson (Bunbury)
Sam Chapman Turner (Copp Lynch and Nantwich)
L/Cpl Thomas Waring (Willaston)
Arthur White (Nantwich)
Frank White (Copp Lynch)
L/Cpl A D Whitfield (Crewe WM)
John T Wilson (Bunbury)
Robert Wilson (Bunbury)
George Wood (Bunbury)
Private F Yates (Crewe WM)
Private W E Young (Crewe WM)

If you have any info or photos on the names listed, or any photos of any local man or woman lost during the 2 World Wars contact Mark Potts on 01270 560015 mark [at] markpotts.wanadoo.co.uk

Sarah Smiley

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Re: Are any of these WW1 and WW2 Crewe and Nantwich district ancestors yours??.....
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 July 08 18:44 UTC (UK) »
Mark Potts has undertaken a great deal of research into tributes which commemorate the men and women, from Crewe and Nantwich, who lost their lives during the Great War (1914-18) and the Second World War (1939-45). He  has already published two books containing nearly 1,750 names with over 250 photographs.

"Dear Mrs Jones - The Great War Dead of Crewe and Nantwich"
Authors: Mark Potts and Joy Bratherton. Published 2001.
 
"Dear Mrs Jones - The Next Generation"
Authors: Mark Potts and Tony Marks. Published 2003.

www.crewe-nantwich.gov.uk/business/town_centre_management/war_memorials.aspx

If you're able to assist with the names on the list posted by Sarah or you would like to check an entry the contact details for Mark and Tony are shown on this link http://tinyurl.com/6dumle

Christopher
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