Club and Manchester United, lives in Neston. Sir Wilfred Grenfell KCMG (1865 in Neston – 1940), a medical missionary to Newfoundland Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bushell VC DSO (1888 in Neston – 1918 in Morlancourt, France), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross Billy Congreve VC, DSO, MC (1891 in Neston – 1916 in Longueval, France), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross Rosalind Hill (1908–1997), historian George Ward Gunn VC MC (1912 in Neston – 1941 in Sidi Rezegh, Libya), an English recipient of the Victoria Cross Ralph Millington (1930 in Neston – 1999), an English footballer who played 357 games for Tranmere Rovers F.C. Sir Tim Hunt FRS FMedSci FRSE MAE (born 1943 in Neston), a British biochemist and molecular physiologist, jointly awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries about protein molecules Patrick Wormald (1947 in Neston – 2004), a British historian and academic See also Listed buildings in Neston St Mary's and St Helen's Church, Neston References Citations Sources External links Civil parishes in Cheshire Market towns in Cheshire Towns in Cheshire