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7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment



   The 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment were a Territorial unit with their HQ in Macclesfield.A Coy was from Congleton, B Coy from Congleton and Bollington, C and D Coys were based in Macclesfield, E Coy was from Macclesfield and Winsford, F Coy from Natwich and Crew, G Coy from Sandbach, Middlewich and Winsford and H Coy was from Wimslow, Winsford and Middlewich. They had two associated cadet corps; The Macclesfield Industrial School Cadet Corps and the Macclesfield Grammar School Cadet Corps.

6th Jul 1915 Equipment

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26th Mar 1917 Attack Made

23rd Mar 1918 On the Move  location map

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27th Mar 1918 In Defence  location map

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1st Jun 1918 Inspection

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3rd Sep 1918 Line Held

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6th Sep 1918 Quiet

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Those known to have served with

7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Bebbington Alfred. Pte,
  • Downward George. Pte.
  • Gardiner Ellis Hubert. Lt. (d.7th October 1918)
  • Gibbs MC. Thomas Charles. Lt. (d.31st May 1918)
  • Ikin William. Sgt. (d.19th October 1917)
  • Oakes Abraham. Sgt. (d.15th Jan 1918)
  • Pickford Joseph Francis. L/Cpl. (d.11th Aug 1915)
  • Postles Luther. Pte. (d.26th March 1917)
  • Wilson Jesse. Sgt. (d.23rd July 1918)
  • Woodall Thomas. Pte. (d.14th Oct 1918)
  • Woodall Thomas. Pte. (d.14th October 1918)
  • Woodall Thomas. Pte. (d.14th Oct 1918)

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  Pte. Thomas Woodall 1/7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.14th Oct 1918)

My Grand Uncle Thomas Woodall lived with his Aunt Alice and her husband William Jackson in Doncaster, West Yorkshire due to unforseen circumtances following the accidental death of his mother in 1898. His father re-married in 1911 and his stepmother had no intention of raising Thomas and his sister Mary Ann.

As soon as he was old enough Thomas enlisted into the British Army. He was a young man of good nature and wanted to be a soldier, he left behind a young wife and 2 children along with his sister.

We believe he lost his life in the battle of Courtrai, Belgium, on Monday the 14th of October 1918. It was the hardest news his sister had to deal with and advise their father and his wife of his death. Thomas had only been home on leave two months prior for his daughters christening in August 1918, unfortunately his daughter died 4 months after Thomas was killed in action.

Although I never met him I feel that he was a very loving brother and would have been a very loving father,and Grand uncle. So I will honour him with the respect he deserves along with his brothers in arms, we will remember the fallen heroes with gratitude for the freedom we celebrate today. Lest we forget.

<p>Hooge Crater Belgium

Katrina Meyrick






  Sgt. William Ikin 1/7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.19th October 1917)

William Ikin was born in Winsford, Cheshire and lived in John Street. He joined the Cheshire Regiment at Stockport in August 1914 as a reservist, and was sent to the barracks at Chester Castle. In 1915 he was sent from there to the Drill Hall in Winsford to recruit volunteers and in May of that year he went to Herefordshire for training before heading off to war.

He met a young lady called Edith Florence Davies from Woolmer Green, Stevenage and they were married in June. He left for Egypt in July and, after a short while there, he arrived on 10th August 1915 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli. He survived Gallipoli and was at Kahn Yunis, Gaza and Palestine where he succumbed to dysentery.

On 19th of October 1917 he died at the casualty clearing station at Dier El Belah. This is now a war cemetery and this is where he is buried. He never returned home and on the day he died his mother in John Street, Winsford also passed away.







  Sgt. Abraham Oakes 7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.15th Jan 1918)

Along with one of his brothers, Abraham Oakes was a professional soldier with a proud history of service. Upon completion of his Military career he joined the Sandbach Volunteers. On the outbreak of the South African war he became a member of the Baden Powel’s Mounted Police and served throughout that campaign. When the South Africa war was over Abraham returned to Sandbach and joined the Volunteers again, staying with them until they became the Territorials.

On the outbreak of the Great War the Territorials were called up to serve at Gallipoli, at Suvla Bay and in Egypt where he contracted Malaria and was invalided home in late 1917 and was placed in the Whitchurch Military Hospital where he died.

He was given a military funeral which was conducted by the Rev Armistead of Malpus with five members of the Cheshire Reserve Battalion acted as bearers. The Volunteers Band played the Dead March and a Firing Party from the Sandbach Section of the Volunteer Regiment under Lieutenant Ferrand fired three volleys over the grave. Buglers from the Reserve Battalion and two buglers from the Bradwall Training School Boys sounded the Last Post.

Carl Oakes






  Pte. Luther Postles 1st/7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.26th March 1917)

Luther Postles served with the 7th Cheshire Regiment. I am trying to find out any information about my ancestor, because I want to write his personal story.

Patricia Worrall






  Pte. Thomas Woodall 7th Btn. Cheshire Regiment (d.14th October 1918)

Thomas Woodall was born in 1893 in Staveley Chesterfield Derbyshire. He was the only son of Anne Peabody and Samuel Woodall. He enlisted to serve his country in 1914. He married his sweetheart, Alice Neale, in April 1915 an became a father in 1917 to a son and in 1918 his daughter was born. He came home on leave for her baptism in September of the same year then returned to his regiment for training.

In October 1918 he went to to France with his regiment on 14th he was killed in action. It is believed this happened in the battle for Coutrai. His loved ones were told. However, his little girl died in Jan 1919 this was a double devastion for his wife and his sibling my grandmother.

No matter where your loved ones died they were taken too soon but we must always remember them for the heroes they are.

Lest we forget

<p>Photo taken in Sept 1918 at baptism of daughter

Katrina Meyrick






  Pte, Alfred Bebbington 1/7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

Alfred Bebbington served in France with the 1/7th Cheshire Regiment in 1918. He was gassed and returned to England. He was treated at Macclesfield Hospital and later married Ivy who was his nurse. They were happily married until their deaths in the 1970's. He had many stories to tell, one he did mention was that after recovering he was sent to Egypt. He was awarded both the British War and the Victory Medal

Sandra Wynn-Evans






  Pte. Thomas Woodall 1/7th Bttn. Cheshire Regiment (d.14th Oct 1918)

Thomas Woodall was the eldest of two children to Samuel Woodall and Annie (nee Peabody). It is believed that after his mother’s death they went to live with their father and grandparents until Samuel remarried. Samuel's second wife did not want to look after Thomas, then aged 6, or his 5-year-old sister Mary Ann, so she put them both out on the street to fend for themselves. They were found roaming the streets in an unkempt state by their aunt's husband William Jackson. William took them both home to his wife Alice where they continued to live and thrived until they were of an age where they could find employment. Thomas apparently went to work in the coal mines and Mary Ann went into service.

When the war broke out Thomas was 19-years-old, and he enlisted in 1916. He married Alice Neale in 1917, and then set off to fight unaware that his wife was expecting their first child. Sadly, Thomas was killed in the Battle of Courtrai just under a month before the end of the war. Alice was left widowed with a young child to look after. Their son's name was Stanley Thomas Woodall.

I would like to find out more about his life in the army before his death. His grave is in Hooge Crater Cemetery in Belgium. If anybody could help I would be most grateful as I am trying to build a profile of Thomas for my famliy tree.

Katrina Meyrick






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