Whitford war memorial
Whitford war memorial
The village’s war memorial consists of tablets inside the church, listing 10 local men who fell in the First World War and four who were killed in the Second World War. Scroll down for their details.
The Hon John Llewelyn Lloyd-Mostyn was son of the 4th Baron Mostyn. He joined the Royal Navy and was on leave in Glasgow when he was shot dead, aged 28, by a fellow midshipman who had pointed a pistol at him as a prank. The latter was put on trial but acquitted of culpable homicide. Lord Mostyn told the inquest that nobody was to blame for the death, which had happened when his son and comrades had been working with a revolver, apparently thinking it wasn’t loaded. Lord and Lady Mostyn gave two oak desks for the church sanctuary in memory of their son.
On the church’s north wall is a war shrine, presented by Lord Mostyn in 1917 and made of wood and copper from the training ship Britannia.
In 1949 a new Bible was bought for the church as a memorial to the men who died in the Second World War.
Some of the church’s altar ornaments were previously at the army chapel in Kinmel Park camp during the First World War. Many Canadians died there in 1918-19 and are buried in Bodelwyddan churchyard.
With thanks to Alwyn Evans of Clwyd Family History Society
Postcode: CH8 9AJ View Location Map
First World War
| Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunner EVANS Robert Thomas 220619 |
Royal Field Artillery (51st Bty.) |
16 Nov 1918 | 28 | Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Jane Evans; husband of Margaret Evans, of 7, Lower Brognall, Holywell. | Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. |
| Private HOSKINS Thomas Edward 37890 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
26 Oct 1917 | 27 | Born Lloc. | Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private JONES Edward 54797 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (15th Bn.) |
27 Jul 1917 | 20 | Son of Thomas and Mary Jones, of Bychton Cottages, Mostyn. | Artillery Wood Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| JONES Joseph |
Denbighshire Hussar Yeomanry | ||||
| Private JONES William 2507 |
King's Liverpool Regiment (10th Bn.) |
16 Jun 1915 | 23 | Son of Ann Jones, of Tanrallt Farm, Lloc, Holywell. |
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Private PRICE Ernest Everett 41258 |
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ("B" Coy. 1st Bn.) |
18 Sep 1918 | 19 | Son of Thomas & Maria Price, of Bryn Bella, Lloc. |
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Private ROWLANDS Joseph 5301 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
4 Mar 1917 | 46 | Husband of Annie Elizth Rowlands, Mostyn Square, Whitford. | Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private SIMON Albert Daniel Vaughan 3037 |
Welsh Guards (1st Bn.) |
31 Jul 1917 | 28 | Son of David & Susannah Elizabeth Simon, of Whitford. | Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private WILLIAMS James 240989 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1/6th Bn.) |
6 Nov 1917 | 25 | Stepson of Mrs Jane Williams, Saithfynnon, Whitford |
Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. |
| Private WILLIAMS John David 25367 & 26081 |
South Wales Borderers (2nd Battalion) formerly King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
23 Apr 1918 | 20 | Son of David and Mary Hannah Williams, of Mostyn. | Mynwent Pen Rhewl, Mostyn. |
Second World War
| Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUGHES Elwyn |
Royal Artillery | ||||
| The Honorable Midshipman MOSTYN John Llewelyn Lloyd |
Royal Navy (HMS Rodney) |
10 Jan 1940 | 28 | Son of Edward Llewelyn Roger Lloyd Mostyn (4th Baron Mostyn) & Constance Mary Reynolds, of Mostyn Hall, Mostyn. Accidentally shot at the Beresford Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland. | |
| Gunner PARRY Leonard Edward 1516993 |
Royal Artillery (292 Bty. 94 H.A.A. Regt.) |
14 Apr 1943 | 25 | Son of Thomas and Hilda Winefred Parry, of Hoylake. Resident of Werneth, Whitford. |
Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. |
| Corporal REECE Gerald 640363 |
Royal Air Force | 19 Dec 1941 | 20 | Son of Percy William & Marjorie Reece, of Berthengam. | SS Beuno & Mary Churchyard, Whitford. |