The Critchlows, through the records

Five generations from Samuel Critchlow, sawyer and farmer of fifteen acres at Werrington, traced through censuses, service records, war diaries and family photographs. Choose anyone below to read their story.

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When Two Cousins Went to War

Follow William Harry Critchlow and Gerald Critchlow Moreton across the Western Front on an interactive map, rebuilt from their service records and the war diaries.

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