Rhyl Memorial SWW Surnames A-G

Rhyl war memorial, Second World War

Below are details of the people from the Rhyl area who died in the Second World War.

With thanks to Alwyn Evans of Clwyd Family History Society for this research.

Rank, Name &
Service Number
RegimentDiedAgeDetailsCemetery or
Memorial
 Rank  Regiment  Died  Age  Details  Cemetery
      
Trooper
BANKS
John Henry
7885681
Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
(4th Bn.)
19 May 1940 24 Cysoiing Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Pilot Officer Flt. Engr.
BATES
Albert

175422
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(429 R.C.A.F. Sqdn.)
25 May 1944 28 Son of Albert & Lily Bates; husband of Iris M Bates, of Rhyl. Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
BEACH
C
BEACH
John
Lieutenant
BEATY
James Herbert

64454
King's Regiment Liverpool
attd.
East Yorkshire Regiment
(5th Bn.)
6 Apr 1943 28 Son of Richard Herbert & Grace Gertrude Beaty, of Rhyl. Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Gunner
BERRY
Leslie

4205422
Royal Artillery
(382 Bty., 116 Lt. A.A. Regt.)
12 Jul 1944 32 Son of Robert Oswald & Nora Berry; husband of Florence Henrietta Berry, of Rhyl. St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, Calvados, France.
Corporal
BESTWICK
Bernard Francis

4201568
Royal Hussars Royal Armoured Corps
(H.Q. Sqn. 13th/18th )
10 Jun 1944 28 Son of Bernard Cuthbert Wint Bestwick & Ida Mary Bestwick; husband of Dorothy Anne Bestwick, of Barmouth, Merionethshire. Hermanville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Lance Corporal
BLAKEMORE Geoffrey Harry George
4198135
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(8th Bn.)
27 Jun 1943 23 Son of George & Elizabeth Amy Blakemore, of Rhyl. Rhyl Town Cemetery.
Sergeant Air Gunner
BOOTH
Eric Foster

636621
Royal Air Force
(149 Sqdn.)
8 Jun 1942 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Fusilier
BOREN
Henry

13106937
Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1 Mar 1945 36 Born in Poland. Husband of Margaret Boren, of Brooks Bar, Old Trafford, Manchester, England. Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Sergeant
BRACCHI
Ronald

550921
Royal Air Force
(224 Sqdn.)
21 Dec 1940 19 Son of Joseph & Marie Bracchi, of Rhyl. Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Fusilier
BRADFORD
William

4195852
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(1st Bn.)
18 Mar 1943 24 Born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England. Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
Lance Sergeant
CAIRNS
Percy M

4190091
Welsh Guards
(3rd Bn.)
5 Jan 1945 30 Son of William & Maud Mary Cairns, of Rhyl; husband of Mary Patricia Cairns, of Rhyl. Santerno Valley War Cemetery, Italy.
Flying Officer Air Gnr.
CULLING
Maurice Ferguson

51053
Royal Air Force
(149 Sqdn.)
15 Mar 1944 23 Son of Francis Percy & Elsie Culling, of Rhyl. St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France.
Telegraphist
DAVIES
Raymond Ellwood

D/JX 139652
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Kandahar
22 Dec 1940 23 Son of Thomas Edward & Margaret Hannah Davies, Rhyl. Maala Cemetery, Yemen.
Fusilier
DAVIES
William Kitchener

4209204
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(4th Bn.)
21 Jul 1944 30 Son of David & Ethel E Davies; husband of Mary Davies, of Rhyl. Brouay War Cemetery, Calvados, France
Electrical Artificer 4th Class
DENT
Clifford

D/MX 86951
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Defiance
28 Jan 1943 28 Son of Herbert & Edith Dent; husband of Muriel Dent, of Rhyl. Rhyl Town Cemetery.
Corporal
DIXON
Clive

7607535
Royal Engineers 4 Jun 1940 30 Born in Middlesborough, Yorkshire, England. Son of William Thomas Dixon & of Christina Dixon, of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England. Hope Cemetery, Flintshire.
DRAYCOTT
A
Trooper
DUNNING
Norman

7933280
Royal Armoured Corps
(3rd King's Own Hussars)
29 Nov 1943 31 Son of William Henry & Ethel Anne Dunning; husband of Emily Dunning, of Rhyl. Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Private
EDWARDS
Agnes

W/258692
Auxiliary Territorial Service 4 Oct 1945 28 Daughter of Joseph & Sarah J. Edwards, of Rhyl. Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, England.
Fusilier
EDWARDS
Harold Robert

4209209
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
(4th Bn.)
6 Dec 1944 23 Son of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Edwards, of Rhyl. Groesbeek Memorial, Gelderland, Netherlands.
EDWARDS
W T
Flying Officer, Air Bomber
ESPLEY
Eric Charles

49845
Royal Air Force
(576 Sqdn.)
31 Mar 1944 22 Son of Dennis James Espley, & of Winifred Rashleigh Espley, of Rhyl. Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany.
Trooper
ESPLEY
Harry

326349
Royal Armoured Corps Warwickshire Yeomanry, 2 Nov 1942 22 Son of Dennis James Espley, & of Winifred Rashleigh Espley, of Rhyl. Alamein Memorial, Egypt.
Sergeant
EVANS
Arthur

1106238
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(214 Sqdn.)
7 Jul 1941 21 Son of William John & Margaret Alice Evans, of Rhyl. As Communal Cemetery, Limburg, Belgium.
EVANS
J L
EVANS
T P
Pilot Officer Flt Engr.
FAHY
Edward

172210
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(419 R.C.A.F. Sqdn.)
17 Jun 1944 21 Son of Joseph Peter & Lucy Fahy, of Rhyl. Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Chief Yeoman of Signals
GERRED
Albert Newton
D/J 90489
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Britomart
27 Aug 1944 42 Son of Frederick & Margaret Gerred, of Rhyl; husband of Miriam Esther Gerred, of Shirley, Southampton, England. Mistaken for enemy ship and sunk by R.A.F. planes in the English Channel. Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England.
GILBERT
J H
GILLBANKS
H
Sergeant
GIZZI
Peter Carmino

1434388
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
(76 Sqdn.)
22 Jan 1944 21 Son of Joseph C & Sarah Ellen Gizzi, of Rhyl. Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Sapper
GIZZI
Thomas Alexander (Tony)

1873783
Royal Engineers
(54 Field Coy.)
13 Mar 1941 22 Son of Mr & Mrs John Gizzi, Plas Deva, Prestatyn. Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
GRAHAM
Robert Nicholson

913322
Royal Artillery 16 Nov 1942 22 Born in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Son of James & Janet Graham; husband of Dilys May Graham, of Rhyl. Rhyl Church Cemetery.
Lance Sergeant
GRIFFIS
Joseph Charles Leroy

2733957
Welsh Guards
(2nd Bn.)
12 Dec 1943 26 Born in St. Asaph. Son of Charles & Jane Griffis; husband of Lilian Dorcas Griffis, of New Haw, Surrey, England. Addlestone Burial Ground, Surrey, England.