Abbots Bromley’s Lost Generation
Remembering the boys and men who went to war from the village and sadly never returned. These smiling men in this photo were some of… Read More »Abbots Bromley’s Lost Generation
Remembering the boys and men who went to war from the village and sadly never returned. These smiling men in this photo were some of… Read More »Abbots Bromley’s Lost Generation
Pte Joseph William Willetts lost his life on the 27th August 1918 in England, serving with the North Staffordshire Regt. Joseph was born in Abbots… Read More »Joseph William Willetts
On the 21st March 1918 Sgt. Charles William Webb serving with the 18th Battalion Machine Gun Corp was killed in action, he was 23 years… Read More »Charles William Webb
Pte George Preedy killed in action on the 25th March 1918 age 22George was born in Drayton Bassett in 1895 to Joseph and Maria Preedy.George… Read More »George Preedy
On the 12th of August 1918 Pte Charles Alfred Nash service number 886239 – serving with the 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry (The North Saskatchewan Regt)… Read More »Charles Alfred Nash
Pte. Scott Leason 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters was killed in action on the 25th March 1918 age 23. Scott was born in Snelston, Derbyshire and… Read More »Scott Leason
On the 23rd of May 1918 L/Sgt John William Lawley was killed in action in France age 36. John was born in 1881 Ellastone, Derbys… Read More »John William Lawley
The 4th July marks the centenary of the death of Pte Oliver William Hodgkinson of the 44th Battalion Australian Imperial Force No. 2108. Oliver was… Read More »Oliver William Hodgkinson
On the 11th of November 1918, Private John Grimley, who served with the Durham Light Infantry and a Prisoner of War in Germany lost his… Read More »Private John Grimley
On the 30th January 1919 2nd Lt. Christopher Berkeley of the Coldstream Guards and attached to the RAF sadly lost his life in a flying… Read More »Christopher Berkeley