Penmaenmawr Memorial SWW


Second World War 
The following people from the Penmaenmawr area died in active service.

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  • 1915783 Lance Corporal Albert Bees
    Royal Engineers 681 General Construction Company
    Died: 01/12/1940
    Age: 37
    Cemetery: Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi) Cemetery.
    Son of George and Emily Jane Bees; husband of Mary Bees, of Penmaenmawr.
  • LT/JX 183134 Ordinary Seaman Robert Cooper
    Royal Naval Patrol Servicem HM Trawler Juniper.
    Died: 08/06/1940
    Age: 34
    Memorial: Lowestoft Naval Memorial,Suffolk.
    Son of Jack and Florence Cooper; husband of Violet Cooper, of Penmaenmawr
  • P/JX 127080 Leading Signalman Harold Davies
    Royal Navy - H.M. Submarine Swordfish.
    Died: 16/11/1940
    Age: 30
    Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
    Mentioned in Despatches.
    Son of Wllliam and Anne Davies of 35 Erasmus Street; husband of Ethel Davies, of Sale, Cheshire.
  • 1802412 Aircraftman 2nd Class William Herbert Dyer
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Died: 01/10/1943
    Age: 20
    Cemetery: Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi) Cemetery
    Son of Harold and Hilda Frances Dyer, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • 1493224 Gunner Emlyn Evans
    Royal Artillery
    Died: 11/02/1944
    Age: 25
    Cemetery: Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi) Cemetery.
    Son of Robert John and Sarah Evans, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • 1921594 Sapper Emrys Evans
    Royal Engineers, 808 Road Construction Company
    Died: 13/01/1943
    Age: 40
    Buried:DwygyfylchiCemetery
    Son of Henry and Margaret Anne Evans, of Penmaenmawr; husband of Elizabeth Ellen Evans, of Capelulo, Penmaenmawr. 
  • 133411 Flying Officer James Davies Spencer Goldring
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Died: 18/07/1943
    Age: 19
    Memorial:RunnymedeMemorial
    Son of Stephen Spencer Goldring and Joan Frances Goldring, of Penmaenmawr. Not named on Penmaenmawr war memorial 
  • Carpenter Griffith J Griffiths
    Merchant Navy, MV Lady Glanely (Cardiff)
    Died: 02/12/1940
    Age: 40
    Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial
    Son of Griffith and Jane Griffiths; husband of Grace Griffiths, of Penmaenmawr 
  • D/JX 142336 Leading Seaman Robert Hall
    Royal Navy, HMS Gloucester
    Died: 22/05/1941
    Age: 21
    Memorial:PlymouthNaval Memorial
    Son of Edward and Annie Ruth Hall, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • 7920351 Trooper Leonard Horton
    Royal Armoured Corps, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
    Died: 25/10/1942
    Age: 31
    Buried:El Alamein War Cemetery,Egypt
    Son of George William and Mabel Horton; husband of Vera Horton, of Penmaenmaw
  • 3970029 Trooper Charles T Hughes
    Royal Armoured Corps.
    Died 24/07/1945 aged 30.
    Buried: Rome War Cemetery, Italy.
    Son of Hugh and Margaret Hughes of 10 Erasmus Street; husband of Mary Josephine Hughes of Gyffin, Conwy. He had married in January 1945. Brother of Ernest Hughes, below.
  • 1064231 Aircraftman 1st Class Ernest Hughes
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
    Died: 17/09/1941
    Age: 28
    Buried: Buried Benoni Cemetery, South Africa
    Son of Hugh and Margaret Hughes of 10 Erasmus Street; husband of Muriel Hughes of Llandudno. Brother of Thomas Charles Hughes, above.
  • Kenneth R Johnson
  • D/JX 170651 Leading Seaman Arthur Jones
    Royal Navy, HMS Gloucester
    Died: 22/05/1941
    Age: 26
    Memorial:PlymouthNaval Memorial.
    Son of May Thomson Jones, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • Bobbie Jones
  • 1537023 Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) Harold Elfed Jones
    Died: 20/02/1944
    Age: 21
    Cemetery: Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi) Cemetery.
    Son of David John and Elizabeth Austin Jones, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • John H Jones
  • 1915735 Sapper John William Jones
    Royal Engineers
    Died: 13/05/1944
    Age: 59
    Cemetery: Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi) Cemetery.
    Husband of Margaret Jones, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • Robert S Jones
  • Thomas S Jones 
  • 1578097 Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber) Thomas John Jones
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 207 Sqdn.
    Died: 26/08/1944
    Age: 22
    Buried:Durnbach War Cemetery,Germany.
    Son of Thomas Michael and Hettie Jones, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • 2331109 Signalman Eric Lee (or Eric Lea)
    Died: 25/11/1941
    Age: 23
    Memorial:Alamein Memorial,Egypt
    Son of Walter and Effie May Lea; husband of Mary Winefred Lea, of Penmaenmawr 
  • 1106956 Leading Aircraftman Elfed Lewis
    Royal Air Force
    Died: 06/03/1942
    Age: 31
    Memorial:SingaporeMemorial
    Son of Henry and Elizabeth Lewis, of Penmaenmawr 
  • Joseph T Owen 
  • 971525 Sergeant Idris Price
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Died: 12/07/1941
    Age: 24
    Memorial:RunnymedeMemorial
    Son of David Daniel and Margaret Price, of Penmaenmawr 
  • Lieut Michael Walter Ratcliff (or Michael Radcliffe)
    Royal Navy
    Died: 13/05/1941
    Age: 22
    Buried:Plymouth(Weston Mill) Cemetery
    Son of James and Gertrude Ratcliff, of Penmaenmawr 
  • T/145093 Driver Gwilym Roberts
    Royal Army Service Corps
    Date of Death: 09/09/1942
    Age: 25
    Buried:Basra War Cemetery,Iraq
    Son of William and Laura Roberts, of Penmaenmawr 
  • 2740276 Guardsman R Sambrook
    Welsh Guards 1st Bn.
    Died: 15/06/1947
    Buried:Ramleh War Cemetery,Israel&Palestine
    Son of Mr and Mrs John A Sambrook, of Penmaenmawr. Not named on Penmaenmawr war memorial 
  • Trooper 7936438 James Donald Williams
    Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 42nd (23rd Bn. TheLondonRegt.)
    Died: 13/02/1942
    Age: 36
    Buried:Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery,Egypt
    Son of John and Mary Williams; husband of Annie Watson Williams, of Penmaenmawr. Not named on Penmaenmawr war memorial. 
  • 1487670 Sergeant (Flight Engr) Kenneth Roberts
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 207 Sqdn.
    Died: 29/07/1944
    Age: 24
    Cemetery:Durnbach War Cemetery,Germany
    Son of Robert and Margaret Alice Roberts, of Penmaenmawr 
  • 1380839 Sergeant (Air Gnr) Stanley W Roberts (or William Stanley Roberts)
    Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Died: 30/07/1943
    Age: 22
    Buried: Penmaenmawr (Dwygyfylchi) Cemetery
    Son of William and Winnie Susie Roberts, of Penmaenmawr. 
  • 152923 Lieutenant Harold Vaughan
    Royal Army Pay Corps
    Died: 13/03/1941
    Age: 46
    Buried: Cantley (St. Wilfred) Churchyard,Yorkshire
    Husband of Mildred Vaughan, of Penmaenmawr 
  • Nancy Williams 
  • D/JX 149672 Able Seaman Sydney Williams (or Ronald Sidney Harold Williams)
    Royal Navy, HMS Glorious
    Died: 08/06/1940
    Age: 20
    Memorial:PlymouthNaval Memorial
    Son of Howard and Alice Williams, of Penmaenmawr
  • 1564075 Private William Williamssoldier icon
    Gloucestershire Regiment, 10th Bn.
    Died: 13/02/1945
    Age: 24
    Memorial: Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar