Ffynnongroyw war memorial

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The war memorial at Ffynnongroyw was erected in 1994, at the instigation of local councillor Dorothy Banks (better known locally as “Dolly”). She had lost two of her brothers in the Second World War: Jeremiah Frederick Johnson and Joseph Spencer Johnson.

To read details of local people who died in active service or from war wounds, please select a category below.

First World War

Second World War

The First World War dead are also named on a tablet which is now inside Canolfan Ffynnongroyw, the community centre near the war memorial. The tablet was originally in the Undenominational School, and moved to All Saints Church for safekeeping when the school closed.

Three of the local men who died in the Second World War were crew members on MV The Lady Mostyn, sunk by a mine in 1940. Two of them were brothers.

With thanks to Dorothy Banks and Adrian Hughes, and to the Clwyd Family History Society

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First World War

  • Peter Henry Blackwell, Corporal, 20532, died 10/07/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Bn. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Peter & Sarah Catherine Blackwell, Fiji House, Ffynnongroyw.
  • David Edwards, Private, 2400, died 16/11/1916, aged 18. Welsh Guards 1st Bn. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Charlot Edwards, 2 Dee View Terrace, Pen y Ffordd, Ffynnongroyw.
  • William Edwards, Private, 39993, died 13/10/1917, age 26. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Cemetery: Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Joseph & Elizabeth Edwards, of 21 Wirral View, Mostyn.
  • James Lloyd Evans
  • James Forbes. His death was reported locally on 5 September 1918.
  • Thomas John Griffiths, Private, 15115, died 03/03/1916, age 34. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 10th Bn. Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Brother of Mrs Ellen Williams, of 4 Dee View Terrace, Pen-y-Ffordd.
  • Albert Trevor Jones, Private, 55036, died 19/12/1916, age 19. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Cemetery: Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Thomas Jones of Gwendraeth, Ffynnongroyw.
  • Elias Jones, Corporal, 20589, died 23/04/1918, age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Bn. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal. Cemetery: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of John and Jane Jones, of Ffynnongroyw.
  • Frank Jones, Private, 1220, died 19/08/1915. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5th Bn. Memorial: Helles Memorial, Turkey.
  • Hugh Jones, Private, 53748, died 24/06/1917, age 23. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Bn. Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Son of Robert and Mary Harriet Jones, of 3 Dee View, Penyffordd, Ffynnongroyw.
  • John Jones, Private, 24116, died 10/07/1916, age 22. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Bn. Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Peter and Sarah Elizabeth Jones, of 7 Jones's Terrace, Pen-y-Ffordd, Ffynnongroyw. Not named on Ffynnongroyw war memorial.
  • John Gregson Jones, Private, 1784, died 28/04/1916, age 26. Welsh Guards 1st Bn. Cemetery:Potijze Burial Ground Cemetery, Belgium. Son of William and Esther Jones, of Tan Rhiw, Ffynnongroyw.
  • Thomas Harri Jones, Private, 17392, died 05/07/1916. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19th Bn. Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension,France. Son of the Rev Owen Baldwyn Jones and Mrs Elizabeth Jones, of Ffynnongroyw. Not named on Ffynnongroyw war memorial.
  • John Aneurin Owen, Private, 54612, died 01/08/1918, age 22. Machine Gun Corps 47th Bn. Cemetery: Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Owen Edward and Jane Owen, of Dolgellau. Born and lived in Ffynnongroyw. Enlisted in Holywell. Not named on Ffynnongroyw war memorial.
  • William Owens
  • George Hill Roberts, Telegraphist, J/40804, died 19/01/1918, age 19. Royal Navy – HM Submarine H10. Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Son of John W and Sarah Grace Roberts, of Clipstone Archway, Edwinstowe, Newark. Lived in Mostyn. 
  • Arthur Williams, Private, 51421, died 21/03/1918, age 20. Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/7th Bn. Memorial: Pozieres Memorial,France. Son of Peter and Mary E Williams, of Picton Farm, Ffynnongroyw.
  • William Thomas Williams, Private, 15385, died 31/07/1917. Leinster Regiment 7th Bn. Cemetery: Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Belgium. Born in Flintshire. Lived in Mostyn and enlisted in Flint.
  • Herbert Wynne, Private TR/6/6268, died 17/09/1917. Training Reserve 12th Bn, transferred to Labour Corps 85th Company, where he served as 201092. Cemetery: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No.3, Belgium.
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Second World War
The following men from the Ffynnongroyw area died in Second World War service or from war wounds.

  • Ronald Barnard, Able Seaman, died 23/07/1940, age 18. Merchant Navy, MV The Lady Mostyn (Chester). Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial, London.Buried: Llanasa (Picton) Cemetery. His ship was sunk by a magnetic mine in the Mersey area.
  • John Davies, Gunner, 1494006, died 22/03/1945, age 26. Royal Artillery 111 Anti-Tank Regt. Cemetery: Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar. Son of John and Susannah Davies, of Ffynnongroyw.
  • John Ellis Davies, Lance Sgt, 2734126, died 12/09/1944, age 27. Welsh Guards 1st Bn. Buried: Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium. He came from Groes, Ffynnongroyw. Son of John Andrew and Jane Davies; husband of Ivy Cecielia Davies, of Morden, Surrey.
  • Lloyd Davies, Fusilier, 4198143, died 25/10/1942, age 25. Royal Welch Fusiliers 8th Bn. Cemetery: Llanasa (Picton) Cemetery. Son of Edward and Sarah Davies, of Ffynnongroyw.
  • Norman Davies, Signalman, 2588380, died 24/03/1945. Royal Corps of Signals and No. 1 (Bde. Sigs.) Commando. Cemetery: Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Son of Benjamin Rees Davies and Elsie Ida Davies, ofStaines, Middlesex.??
  • Jeremiah Frederick Johnson, Trooper, 7899548, died 06/05/1943, age 24. Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. 5th. Cemetery:Massicault War Cemetery,Tunisia. Son of Jeremiah and Jane Johnson, of Tŷ Mawr, Ffynnongroyw. He served through the North African campaigns and died on the day hostilities ended in Tunisia. He had previously been taken prisoner but escaped.
  • Joseph Spencer Johnson, Sapper, 2198681, died 18/08/1944, age 24. Royal Engineers 87 Assault Sqdn. Cemetery: Llanasa (Picton) Cemetery. Son of Jeremiah and Jane Johnson, of Tŷ Mawr, Ffynnongroyw. He was wounded during the fighting for the Caen-Falaise Gap. He died while being returned to Southampton.
  • Iorwerth Jones, RAF. Buried: Llanasa (Picton) Cemetery.
  • Madoc P Jones, Leading Aircraftman, 1010911, died 13/07/1945. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Memorial: Singapore Memorial. He lived in Garth Mill, Ffynnongroyw. He endured three years in a Japanese prison camp before dying in Borneo shortly before the Japanese were ousted from Singapore.
  • Gwilym Price,  Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He lived in Tai Trap, Penyffordd. He was taken prisoner in north Africa and was being taken to Italy, with 2,000 other prisoners, when their ship was sunk by Allied planes.
  • Kenneth Thomas Roberts, Serjeant, 7907199, died 05/01/1945, age 27. Royal Armoured Corps "A" Sqdn. 23rd Hussars. Awarded the Military Medal. Cemetery:Hotton War Cemetery,Belgium. Son of John and Catherine Ann Roberts; husband of Gwyneth Mair Roberts, of Ffynnongroyw.  Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He lived in Tai Trap, Penyffordd. He was taken prisoner in north Africa and was being taken to Italy, with 2,000 other prisoners, when their ship was sunk by Allied planes.
  • Douglas Wilson Williams, Gunner, 1454618, died 12/12/1942, age 22. Royal Artillery 84 Anti-Tank Regt .Cemetery: Benghazi War Cemetery,Libya. Son of Harry E and Alice Rebecca Williams, of Ffynnongroyw.
  • Jack Williams, Private, S/150910, died 26/11/1941, age 25. Royal Army Service Corps. Cemetery: Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Ernest and Dora Williams, of Cloggers, Min-y-Don, Ffynnongroyw. While home on  leave, he carved his army number on a five-bar gate at Ffynnongroyw vicarage. The number was still visible in 1994. He died in a field hospital.
  • Leslie Williams, Second Engineer Officer, died 23/07/1940, age 25. Merchant Navy, MV The Lady Mostyn (Chester). Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial,London. Son of Thomas and Mary Williams, of Picton. See entry for Ronald Barnard above for details of this ship’s sinking.
  • Thomas W Williams, Chief Engineer Officer, died 23/07/1940, age 39. Merchant Navy, MV The Lady Mostyn (Chester). Cemetery: Llanasa (Picton) Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Mary Williams; husband of Margaret Williams, of Mostyn. Brother of Leslie above. See entry for Ronald Barnard above for details of this ship’s sinking.
  • Robert Minim Williams, Supply Assistant, P/MX 70280, died 04/03/1942. Royal Navy, HMS Anking. Memorial:Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His middle name was given to him in celebration of the minimum wage announced shortly around the time of his birth. His ship was sailing to Australia when it was sunk by gunfire from a Japanese warship. He lived in Penyffordd.


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