The War Graves of the British Empire
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Shropshire i 148 THE WAR GRAVES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CEMETERIES AND CHURCHYARDS IN SHROPSHIRE THE WAR GRAVES, OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE The Register of the names of those who fell in the Great War and are buried in Cemeteries and Churchyards in the Administrative County of Shropshire Compiled and Published by order of the Imperial War Graves Commission, London. 1931* The particulars given in the Registers of the graves have been compiled from information furnished by the Record Offices and the next-of-kin. In all cases the relatives have been asked to furnish the personal information they wish to appear in the Register and where possible this has been given in their actual words. The manner of locating the graves recorded in these Registers docs not conform to any uniform system, but follows the practice adopted by the governing authorities of the various cemeteries concerned. They are indicated by letters or numbers at the end of the individual name entries, which represents the Plot (or Section, Ward or Compartment as the case may be), Row (if any) and Grave. In many instances three-sub-divisions of the Cemetery arc indicated, e.g., 51. 2. H. ; in some only two are shewn, the first of which represents the Plot or Row, whichever it might be, and the second the number of the Grave, e.g., C. 33.; in others only the Grave number is shewn, or only the Row is indicated. In many cases only a general indication of position can be given. The abbreviations used in the Registers in connection with the grave locations are appended as a glossary :— C.E. ------ Church of England. Gen. ------ General. N .C . ------ Nonconformist. R.C. ------ Roman Catholic. SHROPSHIRE HE War Graves in the Administrative County of Shropshire, 718 in number, are contained in 148 Cemeteries and Churchyards. They may be classified Tas follows :— Soldiers of United Kingdom units - 541 German Army- - - - - - - -113 Royal Air Force ------- 26 Royal Navy ------ 12 Overseas Military Forces of Canada - 6 Royal Marines- ------- 4 Australian Flying Corps ------ 4 German Navy ------- 4 Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service - 2 Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps - 2 Belgian Army -------- Imperial Camel Corps ------ Canadian Forces and Royal Air Force - New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Of the British soldiers, 154 belonged to the King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) and four to the Shropshire Yeomanry. The K.S.L.I. sent eight Battalions to service overseas. The Shropshire Yeomanry served in Egypt, Palestine, and France and Flanders. The Registers are arranged alphabetically under the names of the Boroughs and Urban and Rural Districts in which the Cemeteries and Churchyards are situated. In the Rural Districts, the name of the Civil Parish is added where it differs materially from that of the burial ground. The Registers record particulars of 600 War Graves. INDEX TO THE REGISTERS OF THE GRAVES (The abbreviations shewn in connection with the area in which the cemeteries are situated, indicate Municipal Borough (M .B .), Urban District ( U.D.), and Rural Distnct (R.D .)). Cemetery Index 0 J r *1 f '• 1 j’i:f j' ' Number. AREA. !Shropshire. Page. Abdon (St. Margaret) Churchyard Ludlow R.D. 69 28 Acton Burnell (St. Mary) Churchyard - Atcham R.D. I 13 Alberbury (St. Michael) Churchyard Extension, Atcham R.D. 2 13 Alderbury-with-Cardeston. Albrighton (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard - Atcham R.D. 3 13 Albrighton (St. Mary Magdalene) Churchyard - Shifnal R.D. n o 37 Alveley (St. Mary) Churchyard - Bridgnorth R.D.- 24 21 Ash (Christ Church) Churchyard, Whitchurch Whitchurch R.D. 144 43 Rural. Ashford Bowdler (St. Andrew) Churchyard - Ludlow R.D. 70 28 Ashford Carbonell (St. Mary Magdalene) Ludlow R.D. 7i 28 Churchyard. Astley (St. Mary) Churchyard - Atcham R.D. 4 13 Baschurch (All Saints) Churchyard Ellesmere R.D. - 55 25 Benthall (St. Bartholomew) Churchyard Wenlock M.B. 136 42 Berrington (All Saints) Churchyard Atcham R.D. 5 13 Bicton Cemetery ------ Atcham R.D. 6 13 Bishop’s Castle (St. John the Baptist) Church Bishop’s Castle 21 2C yard. M.B. Bitterley (St. Mary) Churchyard - - - Ludlow R.D. 72 28 Bourton Churchyard ----- Wenlock M.B. 137 42 Bridgnorth Cemetery ----- Bridgnorth M.B. - 22 20 Bromfield (St. Mary) Churchyard Ludlow R.D. 73 28 Broseley Cemetery ----- Wenlock M.B. 138 42 Buildwas (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Atcham R.D. 7 13 Burford (St. Mary) Churchyard - - - Burford R.D. 3i 22 Burwarton (St. Lawrence) Old Churchyard Bridgnorth R.D. - 25 21 Cardeston (St. Michael) Churchyard, Alder- Atcham R.D. 8 13 bury-with -Cardeston. Caynham (St. Mary) Churchyard Ludlow R.D. 74 28 Cemetery Index Number. AREA. Shropshire. Page. Chapel Lawn (St. Mary) Churchyard, Clun - Clun R.D. 45 24 Cheswardinc (St. Swithun) Churchyard Drayton R.D. 5i 24 Chctton (St. Giles) Churchyard - Bridgworth R.D. 26 22 Chetwynd (St. Michael) Churchyard, Chet- Newport R.D. 83 30 wynd Rural. Church Stretton (St. Lawrence) Churchyard Church Stretton 37 23 Extension. U .D . Clee St. Margaret Churchyard - Ludlow R.D. 75 28 Cleobury Mortimer Cemetery - - - Clcobury Mortimer 38 23 R.D. Cleobury North (SS. Peter and Paul) Church Bridgnorth R.D. - 27 22 yard. Clive (All Saints) Churchyard - Wem R.D. - 125 40 Coalbrookdale (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Wenlock M.B. 139 42 Cockshutt (SS. Simon and Jude) Churchyard - Ellesmere R.D. - 56 26 Condover (St. Andrew) Churchyard Atcham R.D. 9 14 Cound (St. Peter) Churchyard - Atcham R.D. 10 14 Crifdns (St. Matthew) Churchyard, Ellesmere Ellesmere R.D. - 57 26 Rural. Crudington (St. Mary) Churchyard, Ercall Wellington R.D. - 118 38 Magna. Dawley Magna (Holy Trinity) Churchyard Dawley U.D. 48 24 Dawley Parva (St. Luke) Churchyard - Dawley U.D. 49 24 Diddlebury (St. Peter) Churchyard Ludlow R.D. 76 28 Ditton Priors (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard Bridgnorth R.D. - 28 22 Doddington (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard, Clcobury Mortimer 39 23 Cleobury Mortimer. R.D. Donington (St. Cuthbcrt) Churchyard - Shifnal R.D. h i 37 Dorrington (St. Edward the Confessor) Church Atcham R.D. 11 14 yard, Condover. Edgmond (St. Peter) Churchyard Newport R.D. 84 30 Ellesmere Cemetery - - - - - Ellesmere U.D. - 66 2 7 Ercall Magna (St. Michael) Churchyard- Wellington R.D. - 119 39 Farlow (St. Giles) Churchyard - Cleobury Mortimer 40 23 R.D. Fauls (Emmanuel) Churchyard, Prees - Wem R.D. 126 40 Cemetery Index Number. AREA. Shropshire. Page. Ford (St. Michael) Churchyard - Atcham R.D. 12 14 Great Ness (St. Andrew) Churchyard - Ellesmere R.D. - 58 26 Hadley General Cemetery - - - - Wellington R.D. - 120 39 Haughton (St. Chad) Churchyard, West Felton Oswestry R.D. 95 34 Hengoed (St. Barnabas) Churchyard, Selattyn- Oswestry R.D. 96 35 Hope (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, Worthen - Chirbury R.D. - 33 22 Hope Bowdler (St. Andrew) Churchyard Church Stretton 35 22 R D Hopton Wafers (St. Michael) Churchyard Cleobury Mortimer •41 23 R D Iiordley (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension Ellesmere R.D. - 59 26 Kemberton (St. Andrew) Churchyard - Shifnal R.D. 112 37 Kenlcy (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard Atcham R.D. 13 14 Ketlcy (St. Mary) Churchyard, Wellington Wellington R.D. - 121 39 Rural. Kinlet (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard CleoburyMortimer 42 23 JL\R • DX-/ • Knockin (St. Mary) Churchyard - Oswestry R.D. 97 35 Knowbury (St. Paul) Churchyard, Bitterley - Ludlow R.D. 77 29 Lawlcy (St. John) Churchyard, Wellington Wellington R.D. - 122 39 Rural Leaton (Holy Trinity) Churchyard, St. Alk- Atcham R.D. 14 14 mond. Lee Brockhurst (St. Peter) Churchyard Wcm R.D. 127 40 Leighton (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension - Atcham R.D. 15 14 Lillcshall (St. Michael) Churchyard Newport R.D. 35 30 Little Drayton (Christ Church) Churchyard - Market Drayton 81 29 U .D . Little Ness (St. Martin) Churchyard Ellesmere R.D. - 60 26 Little Wenlock (St. Lawrence) Churchyard Wcnlock M.B. - 140 42 Llanvair Watcrdine (St. Mary) Churchyard - Teme R.D. 117 38 Llanyblodwel (St. Michael) Churchyard- Oswestry R.D. 98 35 Llanymynech (St. Agatha) Churchyard - Oswestry R.D. 99 35 Loppington (St. Michael) Churchyard - Wcm R.D. - 128 40 Ludford Cemetery ----- Ludlow R.D. 78 29 Ludlow New Cemetery - Ludlow M.B. 67 27 Cemetery Index Number. AREA. Shropshire. Page. Ludlow Old Cemetery - Ludlow M.B. 68 27 Lyncal-cum-Colemerc (St. John) Churchyard, Ellesmere R.D. - 61 26 Ellesmere Rural. Madeley (St. Michael) Churchyard Wenlock M.B. 141 42 Malins Lee (St. Leonard) Churchyard - Dawley U.D. 5 0 24 Market Drayton Cemetery - Market Drayton 82 29 U .D . Minsterlcy (Holy Trinity) Churchyard - Atcham R.D. 16 14 Moreton (SS. Phillip and James) Churchyard, Oswestry R.D. 100 35 Llanyblodwel. Much Wenlock Cemetery - Wcnlock M.B. - 142 43 Munslow (St. Michael) Churchyard Extension Ludlow R.D. 79 29 Myddle (St. Peter) Churchyard - Ellesmere R.D. - 62 26 Nantmawr Congregational Chapelyard, Oswestry R.D. IOI 35 Oswestry Rural. Ncen Sollars (All Saints) Churchyard - CleoburyMortimer 43 23 R.D Newcastle (St. John) Churchyard, Clun Clun R.D. - 46 24 Newport Cemetery ----- Newport U.D. 89 3i Oakengates (Holy Trinity) Churchyard - Oakcngates U.D.- 90 3i Oswestry General Cemetery - - - - Oswestry M.B. - 93 32 Oswestry (Zion) Calvinistic Methodist Cemetery Oswestry M.B. - 94 34 Park Hall Prisoners of War Cemetery, Whitting Oswestry R.D. 102 36 ton. Petton Churchyard ----- Ellesmere R.D. - 63 26 Plowden (St. Walburga) Roman Catholic Clun R.D. - 47 24 Churchyard, Lydbury North. Pontesbury (St. George) Churchyard Extension Atcham R.D. 1 7 14 Prees (St. Chad) Churchyard - Wem R.D. - 129 40 Preston Gubbals (St. Martin) Churchyard Atcham R.D. 18 15 Quatford (St. Mary Magdalene) Churchyard - Bridgnorth M.B. 23 21 Rowton Churchyard, Ercall Magna Wellington R.D. - 123 39 Rushbury (St. Peter) Cemetery - Church Stretton 36 23 R.D. Ruyton (St.