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11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
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Those known to have served with11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Abell John Lloyd William Howard. Capt. (d.3rd Jul 1916)
- Abell John LLoyd William Howard. Capt. (d.3rd Jul 1916)
- Arnold George. Pte. (d.3rd July 1916)
- Birch William Horrocks. Sgt.
- Boulton James. Pte. (d.7th July 1916)
- Brown Leonard. Pte. (d.5th April 1918)
- Chapman Alfred. Pte. (d.8th November 1915)
- Conroy William Henry. Pte (d. 7th July 1916)
- Daniels George Arthur. Pte.
- Dixon James Nathan. Pte. (d.24th Mar 1918)
- Draycott John. Pte. (d.23rd Nov 1918)
- Fox DCM Ernest. Pte.
- Gronow Arthur. Pte. (d.10th July 1916)
- Hallows George. Pte. (d.20th April 1918)
- Kent Richard Leopold. Pte. (d.3rd July 1916)
- McCormick Thomas. Sgt. (d.3rd July 1916)
- McPartland John. Pte. (d.4th Sep 1916)
- Mellody Adrian. L/Cpl. (d.3rd July 1916)
- Moon William Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.21st Nov 1916)
- Oliver William. Pte. (d.16th June 1917)
- Palmer William Edward. Pte. (d.15th June 1917)
- Peters Nicholas Owen. Pte.
- Price Thomas. Pte. (d.19th Aug 1917)
- Reynolds Alfred Henry Price. Pte. (d.3rd July 1916)
- Robinson Austin. Pte (d.11th March 1916)
- Rowlinson James. Pte. (d.11th Oct 1916)
- Sands MM James. Sgt (d.2nd Aug 1917)
- Sands MM. James. Sgt. (d.2nd August 1917)
- Sloan Duncan. Pte. (d.26th Nov 1918)
- Tonge James. Pte. (d.14th June 1917)
- Walker Thomas. Pte. (d.3rd July 1916)
- Webb Alfred Augustus. Pte. (d.4th July 1916)
- Worrall John Edmund. Pte. (d.3rd July 1917)
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Pte. Ernest Fox DCM 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment  Ernest Fox DCM joined the Cheshire 17th Reserve Battalion on 20th September 1915 in Bebington, Wirral. He was sent overseas on 23rd June 1916 as part of BEF with 13th Cheshire Battalion (Lord Leverhulmes Wirral Battalion).
The 13th Cheshire's took part in the first battle of the Somme. The 13th suffered great losses at Ovillers- LaBoisselle on 7th July 1916. Ernest was transferred to 11th Cheshire Battalion on 13th July 1916 for a short time and then to the 15th Battalion (The Cheshire Bantams) on 16th August 1916 where he trained as a Lewis gunner. Ernest remained with the 15th Cheshire's and was awarded his DCM for his bravery and gallantry on 25th March 1918 at Clery Ridge (Maricourt area of the Somme) during the German spring offensive of 1918.
Ernest was wounded on 16th April 1918 in the town of Hedauville and eventually evacuated home to recover in hospital. He made a full recovery and returned to France in the late October of 1918. I was privileged to have Ernest as a Grandfather with many happy memories of this man who was a modest hero. Ernest sadly passed away in 1974.
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Pte. William Oliver 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.16th June 1917) William Oliver died on the 16th of June 1917, aged 28. Buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Oliver, of Thornbury, husband of Elsie May Oliver, of Forda, Thornbury, Brandis Corner, Devon.
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Pte. Duncan Sloan 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.26th Nov 1918) Duncan Sloan married Agnes Campbell in 1914. Their daughter Agnes was born in February 1916. He served with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
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Pte. James Rowlinson 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.11th Oct 1916) James Rowlinson served with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment His twin brother Peter died 27th of June 1916 with the 10th Cheshires.
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Pte. Nicholas Owen Peters 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Nicholas Peters was born on 14 Dec 1888, the son of Nicholas and Catherine Peters of Seacombe, Cheshire. Before joining up, he was a ship’s cook with the Allen Line steamship Co. of Liverpool.
He enlisted on 10th of September 1914 at Wallasey and joined the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment on 18th of September 1914. After training, he transferred to 75th Brigade Headquarters in Aug 1915. He arrived in France in Sept 1915 with the 11th Battalion. In June 1918, he was absorbed into the 1/6th Battalion. On 25th of August 1918 he received a gunshot wound to the jaw and was transferred back to hospitals in the UK. He was discharged on 11 Feb 1919. He was awarded a military pension later that year of 19 shillings and 3 pence.
He married Florence Hazelhurst in 1925. They were both living in Wallasey, Cheshire in 1939. His occupation was canteen cook. He died in July 1971, aged 82.
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Sgt. James Sands MM. 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.2nd August 1917) James Sands served with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in WW1. He died 2nd of August 1917 aged 25 years and is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Henry Arthur and Julia Sands of 7 Percy St., Bolton, husband of Mrs. E. L. Malhuss (formerly Sands) of Cannon St., Bolton.
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Pte. George Arnold 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1916) My grandfather, George Arnold never saw his youngest son (my father, Duncan Arnold) because he died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. This upset my father throughout his life and in turn has upset me.
My father told me he was in the machine gun section and was shot by a German sniper. I, in turn, (like so many others) had my grandfather taken away from me. Something which has upset me the whole of my life. At this date (November 2018) I am 71 years of age yet I still grieve. May he rest in peace.
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Sgt. Thomas McCormick 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1916) Thomas McCormick served with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
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Pte. Thomas Price 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.19th Aug 1917) My grandfather is Thomas Price. I believe he was about 32 yrs old. We have no family photograph of him or information of his death of reported missing.
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Pte. Leonard Brown 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (d.5th April 1918) Leonard Brown is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium. He was the uncle of my husband who was born many years after Leonard's death but was named after him.
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Pte. John Edmund Worrall 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1917) John Worrall was my Great Uncle on my mother's side of the family.
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Pte. Thomas Walker 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1916) Thomas Walker was my Grandfather's brother, my mother's uncle and so he is my great uncle. Thomas died on the third day of the Battle of the Somme. His name is engraved on the Thiepval Monument.
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Pte. John Draycott 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.23rd Nov 1918) Private John Draycott died in Nancy (Eastern France), probably of disease, after the end of the war. He was buried at Jarville-la-Malgrange with three Indian labourers.
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Pte. James Nathan Dixon 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (d.24th Mar 1918) James Dixon was born in 1894 at Macclesfield, son of Nathan and Sara Ellen Dixon, 7 Alderley Street. In 1911, they were living at 137 Chester Road, and James was working as a house painter.
James attested at Macclesfield, his service record shows his first theatre of war was the Balkans, going with the Cheshires to Gallipoli on the 8th of August 1915; this was not with the 11th Battalion. Having survived here, he was then drafted to the Western Front. The Battalion were engaged in battle at St. Quentin, they moved on the 21st March 1918 from Bihucourt at about 9a.m. to Favruil, and on to a point east of Beugnatre. At approximately 5 p.m. on the 22nd it was ordered to occupy a position near Chaufours Wood, and the road running south from Marchies, which it did after making a short attack with the assistance of some tanks. Heavy casualties were caused by enemy shelling. At about 8a.m. on the 23rd the enemy renewed his attack. The Battalion were compelled to withdraw to Beugny, and then to the Army Line near Sapignies.
Private James Nathan Dixon is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. He was awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
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Pte. Richard Leopold Kent 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1916) My great uncle Leo (Richard Kent) and his brother, Edward Kent, were killed in the Great War.
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Sgt. William Horrocks Birch 11th Btn, D Company Cheshire Regiment  William Horrocks Birch joined up at the age of 35 as soon as war was declared against the Germans. He was living with his parents at Wallasey, Cheshire, just across the Mersey River from Liverpool. He was a photographer by trade.
He fought in a number of battles, including the Battle of the Somme on 1st of July 1916. He and his company charged the enemy lines. He survived the first day. They were then brought to a barn to rest. Only 33 men out of their original 250 were left. Their rest was short-lived as they were suddenly taken back to the front line and ordered to charge. This time, however, when he climbed over the top and down to charge, his knee twisted and he could not continue. His knee swelled to the point that he was taken back to England for treatment.
After this, he was assigned to General Allenby's army in the Middle East and flew as a Royal Flying Corp aerial photographer in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. After the war, he married and had a family, living in Wrexham, North Wales until his death.
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Pte. Alfred Henry Price Reynolds 11th Btn Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1916) Alfred Henry Price Reynolds was my great grandfather. He died at the Battle of the Somme with the 11th Btn on the 3rd July 1916 age 36. Leaving my great grandmother with 8 children to take care of alone.
I know very little about him. He was born in Tipton, Staffordshire, in 1911 he was living in Bilston and just prior to the war he moved with his family to Ellesmere, Port Cheshire for work. I can find no name on any of the named town memorials for him.
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L/Cpl. Adrian Mellody 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd July 1916) Adrian Mellody was killed on the 3rd of July 1916.
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Capt. John LLoyd William Howard Abell 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.3rd Jul 1916) John Abell was a schoolmaster at Wallasey Grammar School. He and fellow Captain, Thomas
Murray were the two form masters of the Second Form. There are staff photographs taken in 1912, which show both of them. In addition the archive for Wallasey Grammar School has form photographs for summer 1912, which show John Abell and Thomas Murray with their respective forms. Both left Wallasey Grammar School in the late summer of 1914 to serve with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
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L/Cpl. William Alfred Moon 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.21st Nov 1916) L/Cpl. William Alfrd Moon was the son of Mrs. M Moon of 5 Blue Coat School Chester and served with the Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 21st November 1916 and is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension in Bailleul, France.
The Battalion had landed in France on 26th September 1915 as part of 75th Brigade in the 25th Division. The Battalion was engaged in the Battle of the Somme from an attack on 3rd July 1916 south of Thiepval until 22nd October 1916 when the Battalion was relieved to go back to Albert then Warley and Authieule before entraining at Doullens for Bailleul on 29th October 1916. Lance Corporal Moon had deserted his colleagues at some time during the Somme Battle and was tried at a Courts Martial on 11th November 1916, convicted and shot 10 days later.
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