Malpas
World war One
Roll of Honour
Sidney Alsop Allen Private No. 15011 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Killed in action; France 19 February 1916 Aged 20 Buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France
George Allman Private No. 7461 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment Killed in Action; Belgium 24 August 1914 Aged 28 Buried in Audregnies Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Robert Ankers Rifleman No. 372125, formerly 4581 8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) Killed in action; France 7 October 1916 Aged 34 Buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Alfred Ashley Private No. 202832 Depot Royal Welsh Fusiliers Died; UK 6 March 1919 Aged 27 Buried in Malpas Cemetery, Malpas, Cheshire
John Alfred Bailey Able Seaman No. R/3713 Howe Battalion, Royal Navy Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Died of wounds; France 5 January 1918 Aged 25 Buried in Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France
Sydney Barlow Private No. 9453 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Killed in action; France 30th October 1914 Aged 29 Buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France
Fredrick Bateman Rifleman No. 4302 1st/8th Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) Killed in action; France 21 May 1916 Aged 29 Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Charles Bebbington Private No. 15034, formerly 4685 South Wales Borderers, posted to 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment Killed in action; France 16 January 1917 Aged 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
James Albert Benyon Private No. 718262 (previously 371761) 23rd Battalion London Regiment Died of wounds; France 9 May 1918 Aged 34 Buried in Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
William Birchall Private No. 34582 C Company 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Died of wounds; France 31 March 1918 Aged 32 Buried in Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, France
George Boycott Private No. 61135 13th Battalion Welsh Regiment Died in an accident; UK 21 September 1919 Aged 20 Buried in Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery
Thomas Boycott Private No. 18499 C Company 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in action; France 14 July 1916 Aged 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
William John Brellisford Private No. 48750 6th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (formerly 32767 Cheshire Regiment) Died of wounds; France 16 November 1918 Aged 36 Buried in Premont British Cemetery, Aisne, France
John Henry Burns Gunner No. 3917 (although shown as 1917 on the CWGC site) ‘X’ 4th ™ Battery Royal Field Artillery Died; UK 1 May 1920 Aged 25 Buried in Whitchurch Cemetery, Shropshire
James Caughan Private No. 14403 (James was the brother of Patrick Gaughan, who was killed in action in 1917.) 7th (Service) Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Died of Wounds; France 15th July 1916 Age 32 Buried in La-Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, Somme, France
Ambrose Chetwood Private No. W/908 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Killed in action; France 2 November 1915 Aged 22 Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery
Edgar Henry Clutton Private No. 50297 (also 5040 and 241788) 16th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Killed in action; France 3 March 1917 Aged 20 Buried in Fouquescourt British Cemetery, France.
James Crump Private No. 10464 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in Action; France 8th October 1918 Age 21 Buried in Ramicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France
Arthur Davies Gunner No. 69334 99th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Killed in action; France 2 July 1918 Aged 27 Buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France
David Davies Driver No. 36837 B Battery, 79th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Killed in action; France 17 April 1917 Aged 29 Buried in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery Arras, Pas de Calais, France
Leonard Edge Shoeing Smith No. L/9936 149th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Died; United Kingdom (Sheffield) 6 March 1916 Aged 36 Buried in Urmston Cemetery, Lancashire
James Evans Private No. 8932 A Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Died of wounds; France 23 May 1915 Aged 29 Buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, France
John Evans Private No. 16514 D Company, 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Died of wounds; France 22 April 1916 Aged 33 Buried in St Hilaire Cemetery, Frevent, France
Edgar Fleet Private No. 21235 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in action; France 9 April 1917 Aged 23 Commemorated on Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Wilfred Fleet 2nd Corporal No. 251785 1st Army Workshop Company 8 Royal Engineers (formerly 19755 King’s Shropshire Light Infantry) Died; UK 10 May 1920 Aged 25 Buried in Malpas Cemetery, Cheshire
Patrick Gavien (listed as Gavin on war memorial) Corporal No. 1973 1st Battalion Irish Guards We have been unable to determine when or how he died There is no CWGC (Commonwealth War Grave Commission) record for Patrick Gavien; . Stephen Gibbons Private No. 10976 16th (The Queen’s) Lancers, Household Cavalry Killed in action; France 23 March 1918 Aged 40 Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
George Glover Sergeant No 10058 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in action; Belgium 31 May 1918 Aged 24 Buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderem, Belgium
John Glover (known as Jack) Lance Corporal No. G/566 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Killed in action; France 7 October 1916 Aged 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Joseph Groom Colour Sergeant No. 9865 (KSLI number) Nigerian Regiment, West African Frontier Force (previously 3rd Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry) Died of illness; UK 7 April 1919 Aged 23 Buried in Brecon Cemetery, Powys, Wales
Joseph Hewitt Private No. 19241 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment; formerly 223555 Labour Corps Killed in action; Belgium 14 October 1918 Aged 22 Buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium
John Hopley Driver No. 36834 B Battery, 79th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Killed in action; France 17 April 1917 Aged 23 Buried in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, Pas de Calais, France.
John Johnson Private No. 26300 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Died of wounds; France 9 November 1916 Aged 36 Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
John Owen Jones Private No. 40096 3rd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Died of illness; United Kingdom 13 May 1917 Aged 20 Buried in Mostyn (Christ Church) Churchyard, Flintshire, Wales
Thomas Ivan Jones Able Seaman No. 237257 (CH) HM Torpedo Boat “No 36”, Hecla, Royal Navy Died of illness; UK 13 April 1919 Aged 28 Buried in Malpas Cemetery, Cheshire
Harry Lamb Private No. 37323 1st/7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (formerly 1872 Cheshire Yeomanry) Killed in action; France 22 October 1918 Aged 27 Buried in Belle Vue British Cemetery, Briastre, Nord, France.
Frank Leek Private No. 291498, formerly 4290 1st/7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Killed in action; Palestine 17 December 1917 Aged 23 Buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery, Palestine.
Samuel Marsh Private No. M2/203330 820th Mechanical Transport Company, Army Service Corps Died of illness (malaria); Greece 21 March 1918 Aged 38 Buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece
Archibald Maltman McIntyre Private No. 7089 21st/25th Battalion Australian Infantry Killed in action; France 4 July 1918 Aged 30 Buried in Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France
John McMichael Gunner No. 112440 119th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Died of wounds; France 10 May 1918 Aged 31 Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
John Mercer Private No. 44764 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers Died at sea; Persian Gulf 13 February 1917 Aged 36 Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq
George Parker Private No. 25387 1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers Died of wounds; Belgium 11 April 1918 Aged 33 Commemorated on Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainault, Belgium
Arthur Phillips Company Quartermaster, Sergeant No. 22810 20th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Killed in Action; France 1 July 1916 Aged 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
John Powell Private No. 33502 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in action; France 21 March 1918 Aged 27 Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
John Powell Private No. 17988 5th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in action; France 24 August 1916 Aged 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Joseph Richardson Private No. 19505 1st Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Died of illness; United Kingdom 10 September 1915 Aged 21 Buried in Sheffield (St Philip) (Wardsend) Church Cemetery.
Hugh Handley Sandbach Captain and Commanding Officer No. East African Mounted Rifles, formerly 1st Royal Dragoons (Captain) Killed in Action; Tanzania 3 November 1914 Aged 36 Buried in Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania
Richard Simpson Driver No. 198270 282nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Died of wounds; France 22 August 1918 Aged 20 Buried in St Hilaire Cemetery Extension, Frevant, Pas de Calais, France.
Edward Stevenson Private No. 203653 1st/4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, formerly Cheshire Regiment (4677) Died of illness (malaria); Egypt 18 October 1917 Aged 33 Buried in Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Joseph Stevenson Private No. 16591 6th Battalions King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in Action; France 12 October 1915 Aged 21 Buried in Rue-du-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery, Laventie, France
John Richard Taylor Private No. 90622 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Died; 20 November 1918 Aged 20 Buried in Malpas Cemetery, Malpas, Cheshire
Alfred Walley Sergeant No. S/11198 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade Killed in action; France 14 November 1916 Aged 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Leonard Wasse Sapper No. 480462, formerly 3402 460th Field Company Royal Engineers Died of wounds; France 19 August 1917 Aged 33 Buried in Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
George Williamson Private No. 24397 8th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Killed in action; Greece 18 September 1918 Aged 22 Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
Richard Williamson Private No. 24219 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Killed in action; Mesopotamia (Iraq) 20 December 1916 Aged 26 Commemorated on Basra Memorial, Iraq
Douglas Kirk Wolley-Dod Lieutenant No. 12th Battalion The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Killed in action; France 25 September 1915 Aged 18 Buried in Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France
Frederick Hova Wolley-Dod Lieutenant No. 1st Garrison Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Died of illness (typhoid); Macedonia, now Turkey, 24 July 1919 Aged 47 Buried in Chanak Consular Cemetery, Turkey
George Albert Woodfield Private No. 230789 4th Reserve Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (formerly 1178 Cheshire Yeomanry) Died; UK 24 November 1918 Aged 29 Buried in Malpas Cemetery, Malpas, Cheshire
Alfred Wragg Aircraftman 2nd class No. 67787 3rd Balloon Wing Royal Air Force Died of illness; France 3 March 1919 Aged 36 Buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Pas de Calais, France.
NOTE* Not all our soldiers who gave their lives are commemorated on our Malpas War memorial. There are 11 missing men, these being: John Roberts, Robert Brock Stewart, Philip Arthur Fox, Alfred Ridgeway, Percy Chapman, Horace Lewis Bond, Ernest Jones, George Mackay, Ernest Holland, Charles Vickers and Wilfred Simon Hopley. The Common Wealth War Graves Commission CWGC website also confirms that there are 7 WW1 CWGC burials in the Malpas cemetery, these being: Alfred Ashley, Wilfred Fleet, Wilfred Simon Hopley, Thomas Ivan Jones, Robert Brock Stewart, John Richard Taylor and George Albert Woodfield.