St Asaph Memorial FWW
St Asaph war memorial, First World War
Below are details of the people from the St Asaph area who died in the First World War.
With thanks to Alwyn Evans of Clwyd Family History Society and Adrian Hughes of the Home Front museum
Rank, Name & Service Number | Regiment | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
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Rank | Regiment | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery |
Private James Cliffe ARROWSMITH 50232 |
Cheshire Regiment (9th Bn.) |
4 Aug 1917 | 36 | Son of Samuel & Rachael Arrowsmith (nee Cliffe) of Eaton, Congleton, Cheshire, England. Husband of Muriel Arrowsmith (nee Williams) of 1, May Terrace, St Asaph. | Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension Bailleul, Nord, France. |
Private Hubert Stanley BELCHER 49737 |
Cheshire Regiment (1st Bn.) |
24 May 1918 | 24 | Son of William Edward & Ethel Belcher (nee Ling) of St Asaph. His father was the organist and Master of Choristers at the Cathedral. | Tannay British Cemetery, Thienes, Nord, France. |
Major Henry Leigh BIBBY |
Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry | 4 May 1917 | 43 | Son of John Bibby of Fachwen, St Asaph. Lost when enemy sank HMT Transylvania in Mediterranean. | Savona Memorial, Italy. Commemorated on plaque in St Asaph Cathedral. |
Louis Francis CAVANNA or KAVANAGH |
Royal Army Service Corps | Born 1882, Llannefydd, the son of Lewis and Ann Cavanna. | |||
Private Reginald Hingley CLARKE G/24595 |
Queen's Own - Royal West Kent Regiment (7th Bn.) |
12 Oct 1917 | 26 | Born in St Asaph, the son of John and Harriet Clarke (nee Tucker). | Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private Joseph DAVIES 60969 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
14 Mar 1918 | 33 |
Son of Robert and Laura Davies of Gyffredin, Rhuddlan. Born in St Asaph. |
Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. Commemorated on war memorial to St Asaph men inside cathedral. |
Robert DAVIES |
Black Watch? | ||||
Horse Keeper Walter Lawrence DEED 808 & 170875 |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps | 21 Jan 1919 | 39 | Son of Walter Lawrence & Annie Maria Deed (nee Pitt) of St Asaph. Husband of Alice Eugenie Deed. Died of natural causes after discharge. | Died in East Preston, Sussex, England. |
Private Edmund Lawrence DURCAN 1347 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (5th Bn.) & Royal Army Service Corps |
3 May 1916 | 21 | Son of James & Mary Durcan (nee Durcan). Brother of Second Lieutenant Gerald Justin Durcan (see below). Died after discharge. | Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph. |
Lieutenant Henry Laidley Garland EDWARDS |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (3rd Bn & later 1st Bn.) |
16 May 1915 | 29 | Born in Carmarthen, the son of Alfred George & Mary Laidley Edwards (nee Garland) of the Palace, St Asaph. His father was Bishop of St. Asaph and in 1920 became the first Archbishop of Wales. | Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France. |
Sergeant William Asaph GEORGE D.C.M.; M.M. 11204 |
King's Royal Rifle Corps (4th Bn.) |
27 Nov 1916 | 27 | Son of John & Sarah George of Mill Street, St Asaph. | North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad. Iraq. |
Sapper George HILL WR/20918 |
Royal Engineers (305th Road Construction Coy., Roads & Quarries Bn.) |
21 Apr 1918 | 39 | Son of Richard & Sarah Hill (nee Humphreys). Husband of Alice Hill of St Asaph. | Molliens au Bois Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Also commemorated in the Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph. |
Captain Percy Standish HORE |
South Wales Borderers & S Indian Infantry (52nd Sikhs Frontier Force) |
12 Mar 1915 | 34 | Son of the late Lieutenant Colonel Frederic Standish & Harriet Susannah Hore (nee Williams) of St Asaph. | Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L£€™Avouep, Pas de Calais, France |
Private Albert HOULSTON 181 |
Canadian Army Service Corps (2nd Div. Supply Col.) | 8 Mar 1916 | 32 | Son of Edward & Mary Houlston (nee Bennett). | Westoutre Churchyard Extension, Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Lieutenant John Arthur Elias HUGHES |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Denbighshire Bn - Territorial) |
26 Jan 1915 | 27 | Son of the late Rev. John Elias & Jane Hughes (nee Jones). Native of St Asaph. | Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Albert JONES 14610 |
Grenadier Guards (1st Bn.) |
26 Oct 1914 | 23 | Son of John & Fanny Elizabeth Jones (nee Collins). | Menin Gate, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Lance Corporal David JONES P/6572 |
Military Mounted Police | 7 Dec 1918 | 29 | Son of William Jones of Tyn y Morfa, Gwespyr, Flintshire. Native of St Asaph. | Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery, Greece. |
Driver David JONES 187239 |
Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery (41st Bde. of the 47th Bty.) |
21 Mar 1918 | 39 | Son of John Barnes & Jane Jones (nee Price). | Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Evan Thomas JONES (aka Danny GORMAN) 144942 |
Canadian Infantry - Eastern Ontario Regiment (21st Bn.) |
10 Jun 1916 | 26 | Brother of Mr R Gorman, St Asaph. | Bedford House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private Hugh William JONES 27544 |
South Wales Borderers (5th Bn.) |
7 June 1917 | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. | ||
Private John Herbert JONES 275791 |
Manchester Regiment (1/7th Bn.) |
6 April 1918 | 23 | Son of John Charles & Margaret Jones (nee Roberts). Brother of Private Wilfred Jones, 53932 (see below). | Doullens Communal Cemetery, Extension No.1, Somme, France. |
Private Joseph JONES 28360 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
8 Aug 1918 | 22 |
Son ofDavid and Grace Jones of Arthur Cottage, Waen, St Asaph. |
Harponville Communal Cemetery, Somme, France. Commemorated on war memorial in St Asaph Cathedral. |
Private Thomas Allen JONES 37044 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (15th Bn.) |
10 Jul 1916 | Lived in St Asaph. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Commemorated on war memorial in St Asaph Cathedral. | |
Private Thomas Hugh JONES 2841 |
Welsh Guards (1st Bn.) | 6 Mar 1917 | 23 | Son of John Edward and Margaret Jones; husband of Annie Jones of Ty Newydd, Waen, St Asaph. Born in St Asaph. | Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France. Commemorated on war memorial in St Asaph Cathedral. |
Private Thomas Pierce JONES 55320 |
Welsh Regiment (Depot) |
14 Apr 1919 | 22 | Son of Thomas & Ellen Jones (nee Roberts). | Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph. |
Sapper Thomas Price JONES 154766 |
Royal Engineers (225th Field Coy.) |
24 Sep 1917 | 25 | Son of Pryce & Harriet Jones. | Tyne Cot Memorial¸ Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
Private Wilfred JONES 53932 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Denbighshire Yeomanry Bn.) |
15 Apr 1917 | 19 | Son of John Charles & Margaret Jones (nee Roberts). Brother of Private John Herbert Jones, 275791 (See above). | Mikra Memorial, Thessaloniki, Greece. |
Private Edward KENNY 30604 |
Royal Defence Corps (318th Protection Coy.) |
10 Feb 1919 | 46 | Son of Patrick & Jane Kenny (nee Roberts) of St Asaph. | Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph. |
Rifleman Richard Francis KENNY C/1031 |
Kings Royal Rifle Corps (16th Bn.) |
28 Jan 1916 | 22 | Born at St Asaph workhouse. Nephew of Annie Moseley (nee Kenny). | Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
Lieutenant James Windsor LEWIS |
Welsh Guards S R (1st Bn.). |
6 Jun 1916 | 39 | Son of James & Louisa Catherine Lewis (nee Edwards). Husband of Catherine Henrietta Lewis (nee Gregorie). | Brandhoek Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. He is also commemorated on the Crondall War Memorial, in Hampshire, England. |
Private Edward LLOYD 829850 |
Canadian Expeditionary Force (Canadian Infantry - New Brunswick Regiment 44 Bn.) | 12 Apr 1917 | 39 | Son of Robert & Mary Lloyd. | Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private William Charles LUCAS 11372 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Reserve Bn.) |
5 Feb 1917 | 28 | Son of William & Ann Lucas (nee Fenlon) of Silverbank, St Asaph. Brother of Private Percy Lucas 3952 (see below). | Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph. |
Private Percy LUCAS 3952 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
26 Feb 1915 | 23 | Son of William & Ann Lucas (nee Fenlon) of Silverbank, St Asaph. Brother of Private William Charles Lucas 11372 (see above). | Stahnsdorf (Berlin South-Western Cemetery), Germany. |
Private Edward Owen Wynne MORRISs 1501 |
Australian Imperial Force (Infantry). 3rd Bn., H Coy. |
16 May 1915 | 33 | Son of Richard & Susannah Morris (nee Roberts), 1, Greenbank Street, Denbigh. | 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. |
Private Frederick Ernest PIERCE 726 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (5th Bn.) |
29 Aug 1915 | 29 | Son of Robert & Anne Jane Pierce (nee Hughes). | Chatby Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. |
R Charles PRITCHARD |
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Captain Arthur Meurig PRYCE 50232 |
Royal Army Medical Corps, 129th Field Ambulance. From Dec 1916, medical officer to Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Bn. From 1918, bacteriologist at 35th Gen. Hospital, Calais. | 21 Feb 1919 | 42 |
Son of Shadrach Pryce, Dean of St Asaph, and Margaret Ellen Pryce (later Davies); brother of Rev Lewis Pryce of The Vicarage, Colwyn Bay. |
Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, France. Commemorated on war memorial in St Asaph Cathedral. |
Private John Tudor PUGH 39745 |
South Wales Borderers (5th Bn.) |
26 Nov 1918 | 29 | Son of Hugh Vaughan & Hannah Pugh (nee Pierce). | Cambrai East Military Cemetery, Nord, France. |
Gunner Percival Charles RHODES 23684 |
Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery ("B" Bty., 95th Bde.) |
4 Nov 1918 | 29 | Son of Willam J and Jane Rhodes (nee Thomas) of St Asaph. | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private David ROBERTS 33016 |
Highland Light Infantry (17th Bn.) |
1 Apr 1917 | 40 | Son of David & Eliza Roberts (nee Roberts). | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
Lance Corporal David Pennant ROBERTS 17253 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
26 Aug 1918 | 29 | Son of Joseph and Harriet Roberts (nee Jones) 2, Caradoc Terrace, St Asaph. | Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. He is also commemorated on the Tremeirchion War Memorial. |
Private Frank Egerton Howes ROBERTS P/20227 |
Royal Fusiliers - City of London Regiment (9th Bn.) |
4 Aug 1916 | 24 | Son of Thomas Howes and Eleanor Frost Roberts (nee Jones). | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
Private Richard ROBERTS 42229 |
South Wales Borderers (2nd Bn.) |
20 Nov 1916 | 23 | Son of Robert & Anne Roberts (nee Williams) of 8, Cleaver's Row, St Asaph. | Guards' Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France. |
Private William Henry ROBERTS 67643 |
Cheshire Regiment (15th Bn.) |
24 Oct 1918 | 19 | Son of John & Mary Roberts of Bryn Polyn Farm, St Asaph. | Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Henry ROWLANDS 345218 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Bn.) |
19 Jul 1918 | 24 | Son of David Robert & Anne Rowlands (nee Edwards). | Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Felix Norman WATKINS 17137 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
26 Jun 1917 | 26 | Son of Felix Charles & Mary Cecile Watkins (nee Davies) of Brownlow Villa, St Asaph. | Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Rifleman Evan Connett WILLIAMS B/201306 |
Rifle Brigade - The Prince Consort's Own (2/10th London Regiment) |
21 Sep 1918 | 24 | Son of Mr & Mrs R Williams, of Highfield Cottage, Pen-y-Cob, St Asaph. | Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Richard Henry WILLIAMS 6013 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
16 May 1915 | 32 | Son of Richard & Jemima Williams (nee Williams). Husband of Margaret Williams (nee Foulkes) of 10, Luke Street, St Asaph. | Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France and is commemorated in the Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph. |
Private Samuel WILLIAMS 36645 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
11 Jul 1916 | 26 | Son of Mrs. Margaret Williams of Clwyd View, Victoria Road, Prestatyn. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |