Wrexham War Memorial FWW (R-Z)

The following men from the area died in service in the First World War.
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  • Joseph Reynolds, Private 54438. Died 28/04/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Mons (Bergen) Communal Cemetery. Enlisted Wrexham.
  • Anarawd Rhydwen, Private 3665. Died 03/05/1918. Age 27. Welsh Guards 1st Bn. Buried at Bienvillers Military Cemetery. Son of J Rhydwen Parry and Annie Parry; husband of Anne Elizabeth Rhydwen, of 4 Idris Villas, Tywyn. Native of Blaenau Festiniog. Worked before the war at the National Provincial Bank, Wrexham.
  • Ernest Richards, Serjeant 39686. Died 20/03/1917 age 28. Royal Army Medical Corps. Buried Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery. Son of William and Sarah Ann Richards, of Wrexham.
  • George Richards, Corporal 202003. Died 28/09/1917. North Staffordshire Regiment. Tyne Cot Memorial.
  • W Richardson, Serjeant 91529. Died 27/09/1918. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Hermies Hill British Cemetery.
  • Albert Roberts, Private 54649. Died 22/04/1918 aged 24. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Pozieres Memorial. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Davies of Brymbo.
  • B Roberts, Private. London Regiment.
  • Caradag Roberts, Lance Corporal 201116. Died 09/10/1918 age 24. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Beaulencourt British Cemetery. Son of William and Sarah Roberts, of 106 Vernon St, Rhosddu, Wrexham.
  • David Roberts, Able Seaman J/5818. Royal Navy HM Submarine E47. Died 20/08/1917, aged 25. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Worked for FW Soames & Co brewery, Wrexham, before joining the Navy at the age of 17.
  • D Roberts, Private 69319. Died 31/10/1918 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of Robert and Eliza Roberts, of 15 Fairfield St, Wrexham.
  • David Charles Roberts, Sapper 121691. Died 07/03/1916. Royal Engineers. Buried St Sever Cemetery. Born Brymbo and enlisted Wrexham.
  • Edward Roberts, Rifleman 242702. Died 13/04/1918. South Lancashire Regiment. Loos Memorial. Born in Wrexham.
  • F Roberts, Boy 2nd Class J/69849. Died 05/07/1917 age 16. Royal Navy. Buried Shotley (St Mary) Churchyard. Son of Isaac and Elizabeth Roberts, of 5 Bright St, Wrexham.
  • Harold Roberts, Private 69298. Died 30/10/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Basra Memorial. Born in Wrexham.
  • J Roberts, Lance Corporal 8695. Died 15/09/1916. Irish Guards. Buried Delville Wood Cemetery.
  • JW Roberts, Gunner. Died 03/08/1917. Age 20. Royal Garrison Artillery 95th Siege Bty. Buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. Son of John and Harriet Roberts, of 1 Bonc Wen, Rhos, Wrexham.
  • Percy Hylton Roberts, Private 49834. Died 16/10/1916 age 28. Cheshire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial. Son of William and Sarah Roberts, of 26 Edward St, Wrexham.
  • Thomas Roberts, Lieutenant 11/10/1918 age 34. York and Lancaster Regiment. Buried Bucquoy Road Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Margaret Roberts, of Borthygest, Porthmadog; husband of Gwladys M Roberts (nee Morris), of Coetmor, Wrexham. MA, University of Wales.
  • William Roberts, Sapper 75776. Died 19/05/1917. Royal Engineers. Buried Roclincourt Valley Cemetery. Born and resided in Wrexham.
  • William Roberts, Private 204645. Died 19/09/1918. Age 36. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 11th Bn. Buried at Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston. Son of Samuel and Dilys Roberts, of Llangollen; husband of Mrs EA Roberts, of Smelt, Pantwyll, Coedpoeth.
  • William Roberts, Private 6725. Died 15/02/1919. Age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Bn. Buried at Penmynydd (or Pontrobin) St John the Baptist Churchyard. Son of John and Sarah Roberts, of Bersham; husband of Catherine Roberts, of Little Mountain, Buckley, Chester.
  • William Roberts, Private 201005. Died 06/04/1918. Age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Bn. Buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1. Adopted son of John Griffiths, of 130 Ruabon Rd, Rhostyllen, Wrexham, Denbigh.
  • George Gonat Roger, Sergeant 17703. King’s Liverpool Regiment. Died 30/07/1916. Age 36. Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Somme, France. Son of Mrs Mary Elizabeth Coleman (formerly Roger), of 20 Edward St., Wrexham. Attended the National School in Wrexham. Was an apprentice at Wrexham engineering company Cudworth & Johnson. Played in the Liverpool Police Band and the RWF Barracks band.
  • J Rogers, Private 266812. Died 07/08/1917 age 41. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Buried Brandhoek New Military Cemetery. Brother of Miss A. J. Rogers, of 7 Clevedon Buildings, Clevedon St, Liverpool. Native of Wrexham.
  • John Gilbert Rogers, Private 52867. Died 11/09/1918 age 19. Somerset Light Infantry. Buried Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery. Son of John William and Sarah Jane Rogers, of 20 Talbot Rd, Wrexham.
  • Frederick James Rotchell, Ordinary Seaman J/63769. Died 12/01/1918 age 19. Royal Navy – HMS Opal. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Son of gardener James Henry and Sarah Jane Rotchell, of 13 Saxon St, Hightown, Wrexham. His ship, and HMS Narborough, both sank after hitting the Orkney coast during a storm.soldier icon
  • ED Rowlands, Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • George W Rowlands, Private 7439. Died 09/05/1915. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Le Touret Memorial. Resided Rhosddu.
  • Alfred Albert Rowley, Company Serjeant Major 5886. Died 08/08/1915 age 32. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Lancashire Landing Cemetery. Son of George and Mary Rowley, of Wallington, Surrey; husband of Elen Rowley, of 41 Bertie Rd, Wrexham.
  • C Russell, Lance Corporal. Probably C Russell, Lance Corporal 7751. Died 16/05/1915. Age 32. Royal Welsh Fusiliers "C" Coy. 1st Bn. Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial. Husband of Emily Russell (later Smart), of 42 Park St, Hereford.
  • Harold Salisbury, Private 54658. Died 10/12/1916 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Mendinghem Military Cemetery. Son of Llewellyn and Mary Ann Salisbury, of 2 Field View, Manley Rd, Wrexham.
  • Leslie William Samuel, Gunner 686739. Died 07/07/1918 age 20. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Ecoivres Military Cemetery. Son of William George and Kathleen Samuel. Native of Wrexham.
  • John Brown Savage, Second Lieutenant. Died 16/05/1915 age 34. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, formerly with the Royal Engineers. Awarded Military Cross. Buried Guards Cemetery. Son of John and Margaret Savage, of 27 Ruabon Rd, Wrexham. Was living in Sydney, Australia, when war broke out.
  • F F Seiffert, Lance Corporal 16397. Died 01/07/1916. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Thiepval Memorial. Son of William FO and Sarah Seiffert, of 314 Rice Lane, Liverpool.
  • R Arnold Seymour-Jones, Lieutenant. Died 27/03/1915 age 25. South Lancashire Regiment. Buried Dickebusch New Military Cemetery. Son of Alfred Seymour Jones CBE, of Pendower, Wrexham. Educated at Wellington College, Shropshire, and Leeds University, before becoming chief chemist at Messrs Brunner Mond. Received a Royal Humane Society award for life-saving before the war.
  • William Shearer, Private 24395. Died 27/05/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Arras Memorial.
  • W Skelly, Private 5322. Died 15/11/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Awarded Military Medal. Buried Staglieno Cemetery. Son of Michael Skelly, of 7 Tuttle St, Wrexham.
  • R Slawson, Gunner 161391. Died 20/01/1918. Royal Garrison Artillery. Buried Bard Cottage Cemetery.
  • Rowland Garland Smith, Private 7964. Died 22/10/1914. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Ploegsteert Memorial.
  • Arthur Henry Leslie Soames, Captain. Killed while experimenting with a bomb on 07/07/1915, age 28. Royal Flying Corps, seconded from 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. Buried Gresford (All Saints) Churchyard. Son of Frederic and Julie Mary Soames, of Bryn Estyn, Wrexham. Awarded Military Cross. Arthur was in the first group of British pilots to fly warplanes to France, in August 1914. Killed while testing an experimental bomb. Brother of William, below. Three other brothers served.soldier icon
  • William Noel Soames, Lieutenant. Died 19/05/1916 age 27. Cheshire Yeomanry. Buried Cairo War Memorial Cemetery. Son of Frederic and Julie Mary Soames, of Bryn Estyn, Wrexham. Manager of the FW Soames & Co brewery, Wrexham, before the war. Vice-president of Wrexham Football Club. Member of the Square & Compass freemasons’ lodge, Wrexham. Died of heart failure after returning from a camel patrol.
  • Arthur Stagg, Serjeant 10224. Died 17/05/1915 age 23. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery. Son of Mr and Mrs A Stagg, of 10, Castle St, Coventry; husband of M Stagg (later Box), of 11, Villiers St, Wrexham.
  • Alfred James Stephens, Company Serjeant Major 9456. Died 25/09/1915 age 31.Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Loos Memorial. Son of Harry and Elizabeth Stephens; husband of Maud Mabel Stephens, of 15, Derwen Rd, Bridgend, Glamorgan.
  • J Stoker, Private 54695. Died 13/11/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Queen’s Cemetery, Puisieux.
  • E A Swift, Bombardier 112534. Died 29/08/1917. Royal Horse Artillery. Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery.
  • J W F Swingler, Company Serjeant Major 8923. Died 06/05/1917 age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Essex Farm Cemetery. Son of Joseph and E. Swingler; husband of A Kathleen Swingler, of 4 Stanley St, Wrexham.
  • Reginald Taylor, Private 41975. Died 29/01/1917 age 42. Cheshire Regiment. Buried Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery. Son of George and Mary Jane Taylor, of Pickhill; husband of Charlotte Taylor, of 10, Napier St, Wrexham.
  • J Thelwell, Serjeant 200721. Died 19/01/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Awarded DCM and MM. Buried Ruyaulcourt Military Cemetery.
  • David Evan Thomas,  Lieutenant  27/04/1917 age 41. Canadian Infantry. Buried Aubigny Communal Cemetery. Husband of Florence E Thomas, of 237, 48th Avenue East, South Vancouver, British Columbia. Served in the South African Campaign.
  • E Thomas, Private. Canadian Infantry.
  • Geoffrey Thomas, Rifleman 321383. Died 15/09/1916. London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Thiepval Memorial.
  • Samuel Thomas, Private 3387. Died 19/07/1916 age 17. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Loos Memorial. Son of Florence Helena Thomas, of Beeston View, Brynteg Broughton, Wrexham, and RSM Alexander Augustus Stewart Thomas (Grenadier Guards).
  • Thomas J Tilston, Private 17241. Died 07/07/1916. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Buried Pozieres British Cemetery. Born Wrexham.
  • Herbert Timberlake, Lance Corporal 2004. Died 15/09/1918 age 29. Welsh Guards. Buried Lagincourt Hedge Cemetery. Husband of Annie Winifrid Morris (formerly Timberlake), of 21 Oxford St, Wrexham. Native of Wrexham. Son of Mr and Mrs Timberlake of Rhostyllen; husband of Annie Winifrid Timberlake (later Morris) of 21 Oxford St, Wrexham. Worked for Mr Edward Jones, Penybryn, before the war. Attended St Mary’s Church (Roman Catholic). Left a widow and five children.
  • J Turner, Private, Welsh Regiment.
  • Charles Henry Vaughan, Plumber's Mate M/7452. Died 28/09/1918 age 24. Royal Navy. Buried Wrexham Cemetery. Son of Charles Vaughan, of 7 Oxford St, Wrexham. Had served in the Navy for 4.5 years.
  • Harold Venables, Private 51986. Died 12/10/1916 age 27. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Thiepval Memorial. Son of William and Eleanor Venables, of 25, Ffordd Estyn, Garden Village, Wrexham.
  • Leonard P Vernon, Lieutenant 18/06/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Awarded MC. Buried Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery. Son of Captain Vernon of Wrexham; nephew of Major and Mrs Clieve, of The Gables, Wrexham.
  • Thomas Wagg, Gunner 80115. Died 03/05/1918 age 23. Royal Garrison Artillery. Buried Boulonge Eastern Cemetery. Son of George and Ann Maria Wagg, of 21 Brook St, Wrexham.
  • William Walter Warner, Company Serjeant Major 8285. Died 25/09/1915 age 29. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Loos Memorial. Son of William Warner, of 54, Church Rd, Aston, Birmingham; husband of Lucy Elizabeth Martin (formerly Warner), of High St, Caergwrle, Wrexham.
  • J E Watkins, Private 17126. Died 13/01/1916 age 21. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Le Touret Military Cemetery. Son of David and Maria Watkins, of 35 Chester St, Wrexham.
  • Joseph George Watson, Serjeant 10073. Died 11/11/1915. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Loos Memorial.
  • F Watts, Serjeant 5846. Died 16/05/1915 age 33. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Villiers Station Cemetery. Father of FJF Watts, of 12 Norman Rd, Wrexham.
  • Stanley Welch, Lieutenant. Died 25/08/1918 after setting off on in an air raid. Royal Air Force. Buried Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery. Of Yorke Street, Wrexham. Son of Walter Welch.
  • F C White, Lance Corporal 6946. Died 16/05/1915 age 27. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Guards Cemetery. Son of Mrs FC White of 21 Bamfield, Wrexham; Husband of Amy Maddocks (formerly White), of 4 Barnfield, Maderia Hill, Wrexham.
  • James Whitehall, Company Serjeant Major M/29611. Died 13/11/1918 age 26. Army Service Corps. Buried Chela Kula Military Cemetery. Son of Richard and Eleanor Whitehall, of Bourne House, Smithfield Rd, Wrexham.
  • Charles Whyte, Serjeant 7623. Died 19/08/1917 age 35. Cheshire Regiment. Buried Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Whyte; husband of Hannah Whyte, of The Post Office, Rhosnesni, Wrexham. Born in Burford, Oxfordshire.
  • John Widdows, Private 2650. Died 13/10/1915. Lincolnshire Regiment. Loos Memorial. Lived in Wrexham.
  • Charles Wilde, Company Quartermaster Serjeant 25007. Died 20/02/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery. Son of William Wilde, of Wrexham; husband of Laura Wilde, of 2 Gloddaeth Cottage, 19, Bodafon St, Llandudno.
  • W S Wilde, Private 6315. Died 07/04/1915 age 24. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Boulonge Eastern Cemetery. Brother of Mrs L. Watt, of 40 Northbourne Rd, Jarrow-on-Tyne.
  • James Wilding, Lance Corporal 8883. Died between 25/09/1915 and 29/09/1915 age 28. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Loos Memorial. Son of Mrs E Wilding, of 126, Kings Mill Rd, Wrexham; husband of Agnes Luker (formerly Wilding), of 25 Pitt Rd, Abingdon Rd, Oxford.
  • P Willcock, Gunner. Royal Army Service Corps.
  • Sydney Tilley Wilks, Private 345100. Died 31/10/1917 age 24. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Jerusalem Memorial. Son of jeweller Richard M and Annie M Wilks, of 25 Yorke St, Wrexham. Four brothers also served.Allen Williams, Private 44309. Died 23/03/1918 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Arras Memorial. Son of Thomas Robert and Jane Williams, of Pear Tree Cottage, Rhostyllen, Wrexham. Worked for the Land Valuation Dept, Inland Revenue, Wrexham.
  • A O Williams, Second Lieutenant. Died Between 16/08/1916 and 19/08/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Thiepval Memorial.
  • H Williams, Lieutenant. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • Harold Morris Williams, Serjeant 49804. Died 25/05/1918 age 20. Cheshire Regiment. Buried Tannay British Cemetery. Son of John and Elizabeth Williams, of Wrexham.
  • John H Williams, Private 14238. Died 26/06/1916. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Buried Bienvillers Military Cemetery. Born and lived in Wrexham.
  • J M Williams, Second Lieutenant. Died 09/05/1918 age 26. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Bouzincourt Comunal Cemetery. Son of Robert Morgan Williams and Elizabeth Williams; husband of Blodwen Williams, of 43 St. John's Rd, Wrexham. Native of Wrexham.
  • J S Williams, Private. South Lancashire Regiment.
  • Owen L Williams, Lance Corporal 9675. Died 10/03/1915 age 27. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Le Touret Memorial. Son of Owen and Margaret Williams, of 1 Ruabon Rd, Wrexham. Brother of William John Williams, below.
  • O R Williams, Private 5799. Died 16/05/1915. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Le Touret Memorial.
  • Thomas Williams, Private 200343. Died 09/10/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Buried Beaulencourt British Cemetery. Born Wrexham.
  • Thomas Pilling Williams, Lance Corporal G/11081. Died 09/09/1916 age 26. Middlesex Regiment. Buried Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. Son of Frederick and Frances Williams, of 31 Bradley Rd, Wrexham. Enlisted at Galashiels in 3rd Hussars in September 1914.
  • W Williams, Private 53666. Died 05/06/1917 age 21. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Rebecca Williams, of Plum Tree Farm, Common Wood, Wrexham.
  • W Williams, Corporal 55536. Died 09/03/1918 age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard. Son of Mr E and Mrs Margret Ann Williams, of 25 Cobden Rd, Wrexham.
  • William John Williams, Corporal 27850. Died 26/04/1915 age 30. Canadian Infantry. Buried Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery. Son of Owen and Margaret Williams, of 1 Ruabon Rd, Wrexham.
  • Walter Stuart Williams, Private 27001. Died 02/06/1918 age 20. Wiltshire Regiment. Buried Marfaux British Cemetery. Son of Herbert JL and Emily Williams, of 4 St Mark's Terrace, Regent St, Wrexham.
  • William Woolrich, Private 19056. Died 11/07/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Thiepval Memorial. Enlisted Wrexham.
  • Albert Wootton, Private 235061. Died 17/05/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Enlisted Wrexham.