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The following people from the Colwyn Bay area died in active service. Where shown, click this icon for more details.Extra page icon

  • John Eric Newall, Gunner, 1733113, died 25/03/1945, age 35. Royal Artillery 48 Bty., 21 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt. Commemorated at Singapore Memorial.
  • Phyllis Nuttall, Sister, 274639, died 12/02/1944. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. Commemorated at Brookwood Memorial,Surrey.
  • Kenneth Ford Oldham, Flying Officer 136202, died 25/08/1943, age 23. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 208 Sqdn. Buried at Beirut War Cemetery. Nephew of Mr JH Oldham, of Rhos-on-Sea. Accepted for the Methodist Ministry.
  • David Owen, Private, VX.29244, died 17/05/1941, age 34. Australian Infantry A.I.F. 2/23 Bn. Memorial Alamein Memorial. Son of Mr and Mrs John Owen, of Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Norman Owen, Flying Officer, 162950, died 13/08/1944, age 26. Royal Air Force. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross. Buried at Old Colwyn Church Cemetery. Son of Richard and Diana Owen, of Pendared Farm, Llysfaen; husband of Mary Owen, of Dolwen. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.Link Icon to fallen soldier page
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  • Edward Parry, Sergeant, 643093, died 19/02/1943, age 23. Royal Air Force 106 Sqdn. Awarded Distinguished Flying Medal. Memorial Runnymede Memorial. Son of Thomas John and Gertrude Maud Parry, of First Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea. He was awarded the DFM, a week before his death, for his part in a raid on Berlin in January 1943 when he and another gunner beat off an enemy fighter, shot down another fighter and then, when “coned” by searchlights, opened fire and extinguished several lights.
  • Eric Parry, Sub-Lieutenant (A), died 03/11/1945, age 20. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Daedalus. Buried at Colwyn Bay (Bronynant) Cemetery. Son of Walter John and Annie Gertrude Parry, of Colwyn Bay.
  • Edward Victor Pegler, Cook (O), D/MX 122111, died 29/01/1944, age 32. Royal Navy HMS Spartan. Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of Henry Walter and L Pegler; husband of Nesta Pegler, of 9 Gladys Grove, Colwyn Bay, and later of Conisbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Ronald William Penrose, Leading Aircraftman, 1302489, died 03/10/1942, age 22. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 163 Sqdn. Buried at Asmara War Cemetery, Eritrea. Son of Albert Edward and Irene Penrose (nee Goulding), of Colwyn Bay. He was educated at the County School and was a Scout. He worked at the Westminster Bank before enlisting.
  • Harold Buckley Pierce, Gunner 1666413, died 26/05/1940, age 39. Royal Artillery 61 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt. Buried at Fleurbaix Communal Cemetery. Son of John H and Sarah L Pierce, of Colwyn Bay; he left a wife, Martha Pierce, and six children, living at 87 Park Road, Colwyn Bay.
  • John Henry Squire Pierce, Gunner 919852, 23/04/1945, age 24. Royal Artillery 73 Medium Regt. Buried at Argenta Gap War Cemetery. Son of Thomas Henry and Hilda Mary Pierce, of 27 First Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea.
  • Harold Plews, Gunner, 150739, died 23/04/1917, age 45. Royal Garrison Artillery, No. 2 Depot. Buried at Bredbury (St. Mark) Churchyard. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Plews; husband of Mary Annie Plews, of Coniston, Greenfield Road, Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • William Porritt, Driver T/151314, died 15/11/1944, age 27. Royal Army Service Corps. Buried at Beirut WarCemetery. Son of William and Rose Porritt, of 25 Lawson Road, Colwyn Bay.
  • Frederick Thomas Pritchard, Aircraftman 2nd Class, 1654694, died 20/11/1942, age 37. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 543 Sqdn. Buried at Newbridge-On-Wye (All Saints) Churchyard. Son of David and Edith Mary Pritchard; husband of Lilian May Powell Pritchard, of Colwyn Bay. He died as a result of a railway accident, on his birthday, at Didcot. Educated at the Priory School, Shrewsbury, and worked for the Midland Bank for 20 years, the last five of which were at Colwyn Bay.
  • Wilfrid Selwyn Pryce-Williams, Flying Officer, Air Bomber, 151019, died 23/09/1943, , age 26. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 218 Sqdn. Buried at Llandrillo-yn-Rhos (St Trillo) Churchyard. Son of David Pryce Williams and Laura Williams, of Maes y Fron, Dinerth Road, Colwyn Bay. Educated at Llanrwst Grammar School. Served two years with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers before joining the RAF.
  • Charles Francis Raybould, Sergeant, 2221557, died 28/10/1944, , age 36. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 115 Sqdn. Commemorated at Runnymede Memorial,Surrey. Son of Francis Joseph and Ann Elizabeth Raybould, of Plas Cadnant, Woodland Park, Colwyn Bay.
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  • Edward Roberts, Sargeant. Died 1944. Husband of Ena Roberts, of Llys Rhodwen, 61 Abergele Road.
  • Frank Seymour Roberts, Fusilier, 6983471, died 18/02/1943, age 32. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Bn. Commemorated at Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar. Son of Edward Ingman and Marjorie Roberts; husband of Winnifred Roberts, of Winsford, Cheshire.
  • Hugh Henry Roberts, Corporal 1881281, died 21/02/1943, age 26. Royal Engineers 230 Field Coy. Buried at Enfidaville War Cemetery. Son of John and Ellen Roberts, of Glyn, Bryn Teg Avenue, Old Colwyn, Denbighshire. Educated at Colwyn Church School. Worked as a joiner before the war.
  • John Gwilym Roberts, Private, 2735658, died 13/01/1943, age 41. Pioneer Corps. Buried at Old Colwyn Non-Conformist Cemetery. Son of William and Elizabeth Roberts, of Old Colwyn.
  • Robert Charles Roberts, Serjeant T/773415, died 04/05/1942, age 31. Royal Army Service Corps. Buried at Old Colwyn Non-Conformist Cemetery. Son of Robert Edward and Emily Roberts, of Colwyn Bay.
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  • Thomas Philip Roberts, Flight Sergeant, 1623387, died 12/04/1945, age 21. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 112 Sqdn. Memorial: Malta Memorial. Son of Thomas Philip and Gladys Roberts, of Old Colwyn.
  • Thomas Robert Edgar Roberts, Lance Serjeant 2734112, died 01/07/1944, age 30. Welsh Guards 1st Bn. Buried at St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux. Son of David and Annie Jones Roberts; husband of Ena Gwendoline Roberts, of Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • James Clifton Edmeston Robinson, Flying Officer 74710, died 21/05/1941, age 23. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1 Sqdn. Memorial: Runnymede Memorial. Son of James and Ruth Robinson, of Colwyn Bay. B.A. (Cantab.). Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Lionel George Henry Ryden, Lance Bombardier 872082, died 20/09/1944, age 21. Royal Artillery, 1 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty. Groesbeek Memorial. Son of George Henry Ryden and Shelagh May Ryden (nee Lewis), of Markley Villa, Dundonald Road, Colwyn Bay. As a member of the St Paul’s Troop of Boy Scouts, he was awarded the Boy Scout silver cross for gallantry for rescuing a boy from the sea near Colwyn Bay pier in December 1934.soldier icon
  • Thomas Willoughby Sadler, Pilot Officer, 171950, died 05/01/1944. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 95 Sqdn. Commemorated at Malta Memorial.
  • Arthur Kenneth Saxon, Sergeant, Obs. 581022, died 03/03/1940, age 27. Royal Air Force 99 Sqdn. Buried at West Row Baptist Chapelyard. Son of Arthur and Marion Saxon, of Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Harold George Shaw, Bombardier 973700, died 28/01/1945, age 31. Royal Artillery 2 Survey Regt. MemorialRangoon Memorial. Son of William and Bessie Shaw, of Tudor House, Everard Road, Rhos-on-Sea; husband of Doris Minnie Shaw, of Rosindale, Dundonald Road, Colwyn Bay.
  • Robert Taylor Shore, Trooper 4131663, died 13/09/1943, age 29. Reconnaissance Corps 18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Regt. Buried at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Son of Robert andElisabethAnnShore; husband of Ruth Shore, of Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Leonard Houghton Smith, Sergeant, Obs, 1027454, died 30/11/1942, age 28. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 Sqdn. Buried at Milan War Cemetery. Son of Herbert Thomas Smith and Ella Smith; husband of Nesta B. Smith, ofColwynBay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Frank Sproston, Bombardier, 902643, died 24/03/1945, , age 26. Royal Artillery 4 Airlanding Anti-Tank Bty. Buried at Reichswald Forest War Buried at,Germany. Son of Margaret Maud Rigby, of Colwyn Bay.
  • Henry Taylor, Sergeant, 656724, died 21/10/1942, age 24. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 235 Sqdn. Memorial Runnymede Memorial. Son of Mr andMrsAR Taylor, of Colwyn Bay.
  • John Dilwyn Thomas, Gunner 919848, died 07/01/1944, age 28. Royal Artillery 138 Field Regt. Buried at Cassino War Cemetery,Italy. Son of John and Margaret Thomas; husband of Constance Violet Thomas, ofColwynBay.
  • Lewis Thomas, Serjeant 888226, died 25/11/1941. Royal Artillery, 61 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt. Buried at Old Colwyn Non-Conformist Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Jane Lewis, of Colwyn Bay; husband of Annie Lewis. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Reginald Thomas, Gunner 875748, died 25/01/1941, age 18. Royal Artillery 303 Bty., 99 H.A.A. Regt. Buried at Colwyn Bay (Bronynant) Cemetery. Son of John and Annie Thomas, of 9 Park Road, Colwyn Bay.
  • William Morgan Thomas, Civilian, 03/08/1943, age 20. Civilian War Dead. Reporting Authority Mv Loch Katrine. B.A.; of Netherby, Heenan Road, Colwyn Bay. Son of William and Elizabeth Thomas. Not named onColwynBay war memorial.
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  • Thomas Norman Thompson, Corporal, T/108621, died 14/10/1940, age 30. Royal Army Service Corps, 11 Res. M.T. Coy. Buried at Old Colwyn Non-Conformist Cemetery. Son of Mr and Mrs Fred Thompson, of Old Colwyn.
  • Parker Thorpe, Able Seaman, D/SSX 25003, died 14/02/1941, age 20. Royal Navy, HM MTB 41. Memorial: Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of Parker and Bertha Thorpe; grandson of Mary Adshead, of Old Colwyn, Denbighshire.
  • Herbert Tonge, Flight Sergeant, Bomb Aimer, 979747, died 09/08/1944, age 26. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 640 Sqdn. Buried at Guemicourt Churchyard Son of Samuel and Mary Tonge; husband of Gabrielle Tonge, of Colwyn Bay.
  • Ronald (or possibly Richard) Gordon Whale, Third Radio Officer, died 23/06/1941, age 21. Merchant Navy SS Arakaka (Liverpool) . Commemorated at Tower Hill Memorial, London. Son of Gordon Scott Whale and Ethel Louise Whale, of Plas Bryn, Walshaw Avenue, Colwyn Bay. His ship was on meteorological duty for the Admiralty when it was sunk, probably by torpedo.
  • Phillip J Whittingslow, Gunner, 867788, died 21/05/1940, , age 19. Royal Artillery 5 Medium Regt. Commemorated at Dunkirk Memorial, France. Son of Hiram R and Sarah Whittingslow, of Colwyn Bay.
  • David Williams, Marine, PLY/X 104882, died 05/02/1945, age 21. Royal Marines, No. 41 R.M. Commando. Memorial Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of Griffith and Emily Williams, of Old Colwyn, Denbighshire.
  • David Frederick Williams, Gunner, 861621, died 29/07/1940, age 22. Royal Artillery, 61 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt. Buried at Colwyn Bay (Bronynant) Cemetery. Son of David Richard and Alice Williams, of Penrhyn Bay, Llandudno.
  • James Donald Williams, Trooper, 7936438, died 13/02/1942, age 36. Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 42nd (23rd Bn. The London Regt.) Buried at Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of John and Mary Williams, of Westwood Terrace, Colwyn Bay; husband of Annie Watson Williams, of Everton House, Penmaenmawr.
  • John Meurig Williams, Sapper, 1943243, died 27/10/1943, age 21. Royal Engineers 295 Army Field Coy. Buried at.Catania War Cemetery, Sicily. Son of William Morgan Williams and Annie Elinor Williams, of Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • John Owen Williams, Engineman, LT/KX 106161, died 01/04/1942, age 38. Royal Navy, HMS Norseman. Buried at Liverpool (Allerton) Cemetery. Son of William and Edith Williams, of Liverpool; husband of Ellen Peterson Williams, of Liverpool.
    Thomas D Williams, Able Seaman, died 2/12/1940, age 54. Merchant Navy, SS Kavak. Commemorated on Tower Hill Memorial. Son of Mr and Mrs Williams Williams, of Eversley, Marine Drive, Rhos-on-Sea. Address: Plymouth Villa, Colwyn Bay. He left a son, who served in the Royal Navy.
  • William Williams, Writer, D/SMX 334, died 05/04/1942, age 19. Royal Navy, HMS Dorsetshire. Commemorated at Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of William and Bessie Williams of Kendal, Westmorland; grandson of Mrs M Williams, of 9 Grove Road, Colwyn Bay. Educated at Conway Road School. Worked before the war for the Ministry of Agriculture, in Westmoreland.
  • William Williams, Corporal, 4187864, died 02/08/1943. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 6th Bn. Buried at Catania War Cemetery, Sicily. Native of Mold. Lived in Colwyn Bay for 15 years before the war, where he worked in the coal department of the Co-op. His mother lived at 35 Park Road, Colwyn Bay.
  • Basil Geoffrey Wills-Sinclair, Rifleman, 6968400, died 27/04/1943. Rifle Brigade 7th (1st Bn. TheLondon Rifle Brigade) Bn. Buried at Massicault War Cemetery. Son of Douglas William and Catherine Matilda Lucy Wills-Sinclair, of Colwyn Bay. Not named on Colwyn Bay war memorial.
  • Gordon Wooller, Sergeant, 994130, died 17/06/1941, age 25. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 274 Sqdn. Commemorated at Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Wilfred and Edith Wooller, of Cobblecote, Marine Drive, Rhos-on-Sea; husband of Betty Wooller, of Cardiff. He was one of four serving brothers. One of his brothers was Welsh rugby international Wilf Wooller, who spent four years at the Japanese Changi prisoner-of-war camp, and later became a BBC broadcaster and Sunday Telegraph sports reporter.
  • John Wright, Gunner 900497, died 28/06/1942, age 24. Royal Artillery 124 Field Regt. Memorial: Alamein Memorial. Son of Mr and Mrs WE Wright, of Colwyn Bay.