CANE, WILLIAM HENRY, Private, No. 58092, 1st Battp. (22nd Foot) The Cheshire Regt., s. of the late William Henry Cane, Boot Factor, by his wife, Louisa; b. Clarendon Park, Leicester, 22 March, 1890; educ. Leicester; was a Boot Factor; enlisted as a Drummer in the 1st Cheshires 4 Oct. 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following Dec.; proceeded to Italy in Dec. 1917, where he remained until April, 1918, when he returned to France, and was killed in action on 8 June following. Buried in Tannay British Cemetery, three and three-quarter miles west of Aire and six miles south-south-west of Hazebrouck. He m. at Bretby, 26 Dec. 1911, Maud (246, Conway Street. Birkenhead), dau. of William Adams, and had a son, Leslie, b. 2 June, 1912.

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BRASSEY, ALBERT, Private, 4th (Territorial) Battn. The Cheshire Regt., s. of James Thompson Brassey, of 7, Whitfield Street, Tranmere, Shipping Clerk, by his wife, Elizabeth; b. Birkenhead, co. Chester, 6 Oct. 1893; educ. St. Peter’s School there was for seven years a Clerk in a Shipping Company: enlisted in Nov. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli from June, 1915, and was killed in action while landing at Suvla Bay 9 Aug. following; unm.

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BRADY, JOSEPH, Private. No. (-). 11th (Service) Battn. The Cheshire Regt., 3rd s. of Thomas Brady, of 12. Myrtle Court. Birkenhead. Docker, by his wife. Mary; b. Birkenhead. co. Chester: educ. Our Lady’s School there was em-ployed as an Assistant in the Frame Room at Messrs. Lever Brothers, Port Sun-light: enlisted in Sept. 1914: served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from about Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Messines Ridge 8 June, 1917.

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BRADSHAW, ARTHUR, Private, 5th (Territorial) Battn. The Cheshire Regt., 4th s. of Joseph Bradshaw, of 13, New Crane Street, Chester, Labourer, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Garner; b. Chester, 6 Sept. 1894; educ. Holy Trinity Church of England Schools there was a Brush Maker; joined the Cheshire Territorials in 1910; was called up on mobilization 4 Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from Jan. 1916, and was killed in action on the Somme 11 Sept. following, while acting as Stretcher Bearer. Buried behind the lines; unm.

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ANDREWS, CHARLES RAYMOND, Capt., 2nd Battn. (22nd Foot) The Cheshire Regt., only 8. of the late Lt. Col. Robert Charles Andrews, Indian Army, by his wife, Alice Gertrude (6, Ennismore Gardens, Dover), dau. of the late Col. C. Y. O. Chambers, Indian Army; b. Rangoon, Burmah, 1 Feb. 1890; educ. Army School, Stratford-on-Avon; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (Special Reserve) The Liverpool Regt. 21 April, 1909; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 17 Jan. 1915; was reported wounded and missing after the fighting at Hooge 25 May following, and is now assumed to have been killed in action on or about that date. His Brigadier wrote: “Your son was seen by one of my Staff officers just before the night attack, in which he led his battalion with great gallantry, and, as far as I can gather he was the first into the German trench, where he was seen to fall or stumble. I think he must have been hit.” Capt. Andrews was commanding his battation at the time, all the senior officers having become casualties. He was mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field; unm.

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