....................... Empire". - Then followed the names of the men from Whitchurch and district who volunteered and were accepted for active service:- Imperial Yeomanry. Lieut. (now Captain) R.T. Jones, Veterinary-Captain T.M. Parker, Private H. Walker, R. Walker, E.W. Wright, A. Marsh, G.W. Harper, W. Burgess, R. Barker, S. Copnall, Sergeant F. Edwards, Privates J. Nunnerley and F. Burgess. 23rd Lancashire Horse: T. Ridgeway and E. Edge. 22nd Cheshire Yeomanry: Privates A. Mayer, E....
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20th January 1900 Wellington Journal
WHITCHURCH MEN FOR THE FRONT
The men of the Whitchurch Company of Volunteers who are going to South Africa are:- Privates F. W. Heatley (ambulance), James East, Joseph Prodger, E. Jones, A. Connor, E. Gill, G. Thomas, J.R. Sutcliffe, E. Burrows (son of Sergeant G.P.Burrows, G. Jones, and Atkinson: and those of the Yeomanry:- Corporal T. M. Parker, Sergeant Edwards (veterinary surgeon), Troopers H. Walker, R. Walker, W.O. Nash (Ancient Britain), Joseph Kelly (Liverpool) R. Parker, George ...
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10th January 1900 Nantwich Guardian
A MILITARY FAMILY
The position of a well known and highly respected family, that of Mr J. Walker, confectioner, Whitchurch in these exciting times will be read with interest. Two sons H.C. and R.L. Walker have volunteered, and very soon they will have enlisted for South Africa. Mr J.A. Walker, another son, at present engaged as a schoolmaster under the London School Board, has volunteered out of the 1st City Artillery into the City of London Imperial Volunteers. Mr W.E. Walker holds a co...
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