Gunner Oliver Davies, 7th Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in action in France on 13 August 1917, aged 20. Born in Cardington, he was the son of Mr and Mrs H Davies, who lived on the Lawley. He is buried at Maroc British Cemetery in Grenay, France.

Private Richard Charles Dudley, 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. He was born in Shrewsbury, but in the 1911 census he was living with his grandmother, Mrs Mary Smith, at 1 Paper Mill Cottages, aged 14 and working on the farm. He died of his wounds in the Battle of the Somme on 28 October 1916, aged 19 and is buried at Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private Thomas Francis, 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He was born in Montgomery, the fourth of Thomas and Susannah Francis’ nine children. His family home was in Craven Arms. He enlisted in Shrewsbury. He was killed in action at Ypres on 3 April 1916 aged 23. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium.

Private Albert Roberts, 10th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He was the fourth of ten children of Edward and Anne Roberts. His father was a cowman, and the family lived at Yew Tree Cottage in Longnor. Albert was killed in action in France on 22 August 1918, aged 21. He is buried at Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private Blanchard William Storr. 7th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. In the 1911 census, he was living with his family in Nottingham, aged 15 and working as an office clerk at an Iron Foundry. He was the third of six children of Francis and Sarah Hannah Storr. Perhaps when war broke out he was working in Longnor? He was killed in action in Belgium on 31 March 1916, three days before Thomas Francis who was in the same battalion. He was 20 years old. He is buried at Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Private Charles Wilcox, 6th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. He was born in Bishops Castle, son of John and Harriet Wilcox. In the 1901 census he was living in Botvyle, aged 19, and working as a waggoner on a farm. He died of illness whilst a prisoner of war in France less than a month before the end of the war (18 Oct 1918). He’s buried at Hautmont Communal Cemetery, France. After he died, his effects were given to his sister, Emily Haycock.