Bedlinog War Memorial FWW

Bedlinog War Memorial First World War

The following men with connections to the Bedlinog area died on active service in the First World War.

  • William Bevan. Also named on Guest Keen Nettlefold colliery memorial, now in the Taff Bargoed Centre.
  • Arthur Thomas Burston, Lance Corporal 6543. Died 07/11/1914, aged 26. Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of the late George and Jane Burston; husband of Margaret Mary Burston, of 15, Hylton Terrace, Bedlinog, Cardiff. Enlisted at the age of 14; served 12 years in India.
  • David Benjamin Davies, Company Serjeant Major 240286. Died 04/11/1917, aged 26. Welsh Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Beersheba War Cemetery. Son of Benjamin and Sarah Davies, of 5, Powell St., Bedlinog.
  • S Davies, Private 30440. Died 26/10/1918, aged 21. South Wales Borderers 4th Bn. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery. Son of David Davies, of 3, Oakland St., Bedlinog.
  • William East, Private 1330. Died 06/10/1915, aged 28. Welsh Guards, Prince of Wales' Coy. 1st Bn. Loos Memorial. Son of George and Jane East.
  • William Henry Edwards, Private 81735. Royal Army Medical Corps, 36th General Hospital. Died October 7 1917, aged 32. Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. Son of Richard and Ann Edwards of Ceinws, Montgomeryshire.
  • William Owen Francis, Private 1410. Died 10/08/1915, aged 22. Welsh Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Helles Memorial. Son of Thomas and Hannah Francis, of 10, Oakland St., Bedlinog; husband of Alice Maud Francis, of 6, Moriah St., Bedlinog.
  • William George. Private 31508. Died 29/07/1916. Welsh Regiment, 19th Battalion. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais.
  • David Harries, Private 19369. Died 16/12/1915, aged 23. Royal Welsh Fusiliers "C" Coy. 16th Bn. Graigfargoed Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Alice Jessies Harries, of 1, Chapel St., Bedlinog.
  • Frank Herbert Howard, Corporal 19904. Died 09/04/1916. South Wales Borders, 4th Battalion. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Husband of Margaret Jane Howard of 126 Falmouth Road, Redruth, Cornwall.
  • H Howells, Second Lieutenant. Died 10/04/1917, aged 26. Royal Flying Corps. Buried in Graig Congregational Chapelyard, commemorated at Cardiff Western Cemetery. Son of Rowland and Mary J Howells; husband of Margaret Howells, of Hill Crest, Friars Rd., Barry Island. Born at Bedlinog.
  • Charles Ellis Jones, Rifleman S/3405. Died 01/06/1917. Rifle Brigade, 13th Battalion. Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais.
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  • R Jones
  • DC Lewis
  • WJ Lewis
  • William John Minton, Private 2763. Died 25/11/1917. Welsh Regiment 17th Bn. Cambrai Memorial, Louverval. Son of John and Sarah Minton, of 1, Garth House.
  • Arthur Orchard, Private 240624. Died 06/12/1917. Welsh Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Kantara War Memorial Cemetery. Of 19 Hylton Terrace, Bedlinog.
  • Horace Montague Price, Private 241733. Died 26/03/1917. Welsh Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Jerusalem Memorial.
  • W Quartley, Private 1830. Died 10/08/1915, aged 23. Welsh Regiment 1st/5th Bn. Helles Memorial. Son of Albert Quartley, of 14, Glynfach Rd., Cymmer, Porth.
  • E Rollings, Gunner 50619. Died 21/11/1916, aged 19. Royal Garrison Artillery 78th Siege Bty. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval. Son of Thomas Rollings, of 10, Commercial St., Gelligaer, Cardiff.
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  • W Sims, Private 16115. Died 04/06/1916. Welsh Regiment 10th Bn. Rue-Du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie.
  • Willie Parry Thomas, Private 78054. Died from gas poisoning on 30/09/1918, aged 19. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Bn. St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Son of Thomas William and Jane C Thomas, of 1, Primrose Cottages, Bedlinog. Also commemorated on Beddgelert war memorial, near his previous home in Nantmor, Snowdonia.
  • Richard Stanley John Thomas, Private 17906. Died 10/06/1916, aged 20. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7th Bn. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Son of Richard Henry and Elizabeth Ann Thomas, of 15, Oakland St., Bedlinog.
  • J Whittle, Stoker 2nd Class, K/52930(Dev). Died 31/08/1918, aged 23. Royal Navy - HMS Vivid II. Leyland (St Andrew) Churchyard. Husband of L. Wiggin (formerly Whittle), of 7, Station Terrace, Bedlinog. Not named on Bedlinog war memorial.
  • David Williams, Sapper 139465. Royal Engineers, 161 Tunnelling Company. Died June 8th 1916.  Thiepval Memorial, Somme.
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  • Mordecai Williams, Private 15948. Died 03/10/1915, aged 30. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Bn. Graigfargoed Cemetery. Son of Edmund P and Anne Williams, of 59, Pant-du, Port Talbot. Born at Bedlinog.
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  • Thomas David Williams, Private 17904. Died 16/08/1917, aged 22. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7th Bn. Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of James and Catherine Williams, of 25, Commercial St., Bedlinog. Probably T Williams or D Williams on the memorial.