Llangollen Memorial FWW

Llangollen war memorial, First World War

Below are details of the people from the Llangollen area who died in the First World War.

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

Rank, Name & Service Number	Service	Died	Age	Details	Cemetery or Memorial
Rank	Service	Died	Age	Details	Cemetery


Private Richard Ambrose 332798	King's Liverpool Regiment (1st/9th Bn.)	2 Aug 1917	37 (26 in press reporting)	Son of Mr & Mrs Ambrose, of Llangollen; husband of H L Ambrose, of Hazelwood, Upper Mill Road, Llanfairfechan, and father of their child. A Llangollen tailor before the war, later regimental tailor.	Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private David Lloyd Andrews 3034	Australian Infantry (15th Bn.)	9 Aug 1916	29	Son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Andrews of Llangollen, also of Broneinion, Llanfair, Welshpool. Emigrated to Australia.	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France.
Nurse Edith Frances Barker	Voluntary Aid Detachment 90th (Cheshire) Detachment	3 Apr 1918	49	Daughter of Richard and Emily Barker, of Huyton, Liverpool. Lived at Pen-y-Bryn, Llangollen, from 1901.	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.
Lance Sergeant Charles Carrington 6137	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.)	9 May 1915		Born in Bagillt, Flintshire. Lived in Llangollen.	Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Alfred James Candy
Gunner William Clutton 92297	Royal Garrison Artillery (255th Siege Bty.)	12 Aug 1918	33	Son of James & Annie Clutton, of Trem y Berwyn, Garth Trefor; husband of Mary Jane Clutton, of 30, Church Street, Llangollen.	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Private Thomas Steen Davies 12490	King's Liverpool Regiment (11th Bn.)	23 Mar 1918	24	Son of Thomas and Martha Davies, of 20, Regent Street, Llangollen.	Poizieres Memorial, Somme, France.
David S Downie		1918		Born Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire, England. Nephew of David Owen Jones, of Regent Street, Llangollen. Died in Liverpool?
Sapper William Henry Dove WR/251741	Royal Engineers	18 Aug 1921		Husband of Eleanor Dove, of Bronhaul, Llangollen.	St John's Churchyard, Abbey Road, Llangollen.
Rifleman Harold Dean 242704	South Lancashire Regiment (2nd/5th Bn.)	16 Mar 1921		Son of John Heywood Dean & Sarah Dean, of West Street, Llangollen.	Fron Bache Cemetery, Llangollen.
Private Thomas Edwards G/18838	The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (8th Bn.)	1 Aug 1917	38	Son of Mrs MA Phillips, of 2 Green Lane, Llangollen. Brother of David, below.	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Private David Richard Edwards 241933	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (5th Bn.)	26 Mar 1917	36	Son of Mary Ann Phillips, of 2 Green Lane, Abbey Road, Llangollen.	Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
Gunner Arthur Wynne Edwards 98029	Royal Garrison Artillery (205th Siege Bty.)	6 Nov 1918		Son of John R Edwards & Mary Elizabeth Edwards, of the Star Inn, Llangollen and Oswestry. Died of pneumonia.	Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.
Private Frederick Edwards 37710	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.)	27 Aug 1918		Son of William & Dorothy Edwards, of 28 Church Street, Llangollen.	Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Frederick Cecil Edwards 201517	South Wales Borderers	16 Jan 1918	20	Son of Selina Fowler (formerly Edwards), of 41, Hall Stret, Llangollen.	Morchies Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private John Morton Edwards 49108	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (3rd Bn.)	13 Dec 1916	40	Son of Richard & Jessie Edwards of 10, Bryn Villa, Llangollen. Husband of Catherine Edwards of 15, Moore Street, Bootle, Liverpool, England.	Bootle Cemetery, Liverpool, England.
Lance Corporal William Edwards 17771	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.)	31 Jul 1917		Born in Llangollen.	Dragoon Camp Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private William Morris Edwards 11904	King's Shropshire Light Infantry (7th Bn.)	25 Mar 1918	29	Son of William & Mary Edwards, of 54, Berwyn Street, Llangollen.	Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France
Private George James Ellis 36638	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.)	11 Jul 1916		Of 15, Princes Street, Llangollen.	Danzig Alley Britsih Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France.
Private Robert Ellis 8486	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.)	7 Nov 1914	34	Not named on Llangollen war memorial. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ellis, of Pen Lan Llanrhaiadr, Oswestry; husband of Elizabeth Eleanor Ellis, of Colwyn House, Oak Street, Llangollen.	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Private Edward Evans 25407	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Bn.)	2 Aug 1917	34		Dozingham Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Saddler Henry Evans TS/9962	Army Service Corps (1st Coy.)	14 Aug 1917	34	Husband of M J Evans, of 9, Berwyn Street, Llangollen.	Fron Bache Cemetery, Llangollen.
Private John Evans 14/26927 & 118443	Durham Light Infantry (14th Depot Bn.) tranf. to Labour Corps (18th Coy.)	2 Jun 1918	40	Son of Evan & Margaret Evans, of Fron Bache, Llangollen.	Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France.
John Edward Evans
Private George Henry Gale 72886	Machine Gun Corps Infantry (32nd Bn.)	9 Feb 1919		Son of George Robert & Mary Ellen Gale, of Hall Street, Llangollen. Died of pneumonia. Brother of John Richard Gale (below).	Southern Cemetery, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
Able Seaman John Richard Gale R/3637	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Drake Battalion Royal Naval Division)	21 Jan 1918		Son of George Robert & Mary Ellen Gale, of Hall Street, Llangollen. Brother of George Henry Gale (above).	Flesquières Hill British Cemetery, Cambrai, Nord, France.
Private John Daniel Gifford 47206 & 4071	Bedfordshire Regiment ("B" Coy. 2nd/(5th Bn.) formerly The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)	8 Jul 1917	45	Born in Banda Oriental, South America [now Uruguay]. Son of Robert & Annie Lloyd Gifford, of Llangollen.	Brompton Cemetery, London, England.
Gunner John Harris 98321	Royal Field Artillery ("D" Bty. 92nd Bde.)	23 Oct 1916	19	Son of Mrs S. Harris, of 3, Fords Heath, Cruckton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.	Guards' Cenmetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
Private John Hugh Hughes 19797	South Wales Borderers (2nd Bn.)	13 Aug 1915	23	Son of Mr & Mrs Hugh Hughes, of 4, Butlers Hill, Llangollen.	Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Private William Hughes 66836	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.)	7 May 1918		Son of William & Margaret Ann Hughes, of 11, Princess Street, Llangollen.	St. John's Churchyard, Abbey Road, Llangollen.
Private William David Hughes 3531	Australian Infantry, A.I.F. (25th Bn.)	4 Oct 1917		Son of Jane Elizabeth & Lewis R Hughes, of The Grapes, Regent Street, Llangollen. Emigrated to Australia.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private William Owen Hughes 16824	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (9th Bn.)	25 Sep 1915	31	Son of John & Jane Hughes, of Pencoed, Llangollen; husband of Clara Hughes, of Holly Cottage, Pencoed, Llangollen.	Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
David Humphreys
Private Stephen Jasper 6430	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.)	1 Oct 1917		Son of Edward & Mary Jasper, of Viaduct View, Froncysyllte; husband of Maria Jane Jasper of Under Hill, Froncysyllte.	Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Private Philip Johnson DM2/165182	Army Service Corps (728th M.T. Coy.)	7 Nov 1918		Born in Wrexham. Son on Samuel Richard and Mary Presila Johnson, of the Royal Hotel, Llangollen. Died of pneumonia.	St John's Churchyard, Abbey Road, Llangollen.
Lance Corporal David Hugh Andrew Jones 39311	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (10th Bn.)	14 May 1917	37	Son of Humphrey & Mary Jane Jones, of Canoldre, Llangollen.	Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Edward Henry Jones 355373 & 2947	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (25th Bn.) formerly Montgomeryshire Yeomanry	31 Oct 1917	25	Son of Richard & Elizabeth Jones, of 13, Church Street, Llangollen.	Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel.
Guardsman Griffith Thomas Jones 22916	Grenadier Guards (2nd Bn.)	3 Dec 1916	22	Son of William & Sydney Jones, of Cwmeisian, Dolgellau, Merionethshire. Born Llangollen.	St. Michael's Churchyard, Llanfihangel y Traethau, Merionethshire.
Private James Jones 2308	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (47th Prov. Bn.)	25 Dec 1915	45	Son of William & Ann Jones, of Trefor Square, Llangollen. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Evans (formerly Jones), of 17, Bro Gwilym, Cefn Mawr.	St John's Churchyard, Abbey Road, Llangollen.
Private John Jones 16159	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.)	31 Jul 1917		Of Llangollen.	Dragoon Camp Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
John Henry Jones
Llewelyn Jones
Lance Corporal Richard Edward Maybury Jones 17891	Cheshire Regiment (10th Bn.)	25 Jul 1916		Son of Alice Jones & stepson of George Maybury; husband of Emily Jones (nee Ledsham), of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England.	Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France.
Private Richard Ambrose Jones 23403	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.)	1 Sep 1916		Born Bala, Merionethshire. Husband of Jane Ambrose Jones, of 9, Princess Street, Llangollen.	Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Robert Edward Jones 13176 & 400229	Lancashire Fusiliers (10th Bn.) transf. to Labour Corps (904th Coy.)	8 Nov 1918	38	Son of Robert & Rebecca Jones, of Llangollen; husband of Minnie Jones, of 4, Cross Lane, Llangollen.	Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimelle, Pas de Calais, France.
Lance Corporal Joseph Edward Kirby 5524	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (9th Bn.)	28 Jul 1916	18	Son of Joseph & Martha Annie Kirby, of Fulham, London, England. Lived at Pentre Felin House, Llandysilio, Llangollen.	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France.
Rifleman Griffith Lloyd 242706	Prince of Wales's Volunteers - South Lancashire Regiment (2nd/5th Bn.)	15 Jun 1917	24	Son of John & Mary Lloyd, of 4, John Street, Llangollen.	Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private William Lloyd 58460 & 137334	Cheshire Regiment (12th Bn.) formerly Royal Field Artillery	18 Sep 1918		Of Central Stores, Castle Street Street, Llangollen. Brother of Maggie E Lloyd, Maes Llyn Farm, Llangollen.	Doiran Memorial, Greece.
David R Morris
Private Richard Levi Morris 45740	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Depot)	18 Jan 1919	24	Son of John Daniel and Hannah Morris, of 2, Tyn y Ffynon, Llangollen.	Fron Bache Cemetery, Llangollen.
Private David Morgan 18193	Royal Scots - Lothian Regiment (15th Bn.)	1 Jul 1916	22	Son of William & Catherine Morgan, of Dinbren Ucha, Llangollen.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Joseph Nanson 29171	Northumberland Fusiliers (10th Bn.)	27 Oct 1918	32	Son of Joseph & Jane Nanson, of Wallsend, Northumberland, England; husband of Alice Nanson, of 8, York Street, Wallsend. Previously lived at Bryniau Mawr, Feifod, Llangollen.	Giavera Memorial, Italy.
Second Lieutenant Eric Henry Olley 1027	Australian Army (26th Bn.)	4 Aug 1916		Born Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Son of Henry Robert & Emma Marian Olley of County School House, Llangollen. Emigrated to Tasmania, Australia.	Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Pas de Calais, France.
Sapper Edward T Owen 45388	Corps of Royal Engineers (95th Field Coy.)	3 Dec 1916		Son of Mrs Owen, of Hyfrydle, Abbey Road, Llangollen.	Serre Road Cemetery No. 1, Pas de Calais, France.
Private David Owens 345583	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Denbighshire Yeomanry Bn.)	27 Dec 1917	20	Son of John & Catherine Owens, of Bryn Dethol Cottage, Holyhead Road, Llangollen.	Jerusalem War Memorial, Israel.
Private Arthur Parry 68453	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (25th Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry Bn.	2 Sep 1918	32	Son of David Parry, of 21, Church Street, Llangollen.	Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucan, Somme, France.
Private Benjamin Prydderch 7603	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.)	23 Oct 1918			Fron Bach Cemetery, Llangollen
Corporal Cecil John Reeves (Charles John Reeves on war memorial) SS/1310	Army Service Corps, 63rd Field Bakery	9 May 1917	28	Son of Walter and Emily Reeves, of 40 Fontmell Magna, Shaftesbury. Killed accidentally in Suffolk.	Fontmell Magna (St Andrew) Churchyard
Private Hugh Rogers 18328	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (10th Bn.)	3 Mar 1916	20	Son of Edward & Jane Rogers, of Duke Terrace, Berwyn, Llangollen.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Edward Roberts
Lance Corporal John Briscoe Roberts 11720	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Bn.)	3 Jul 1918	36	Husband of Gladys Roberts, of 25, Church Street, Llangollen.	St John's Churchyard, Abbey Road, Llangollen.
Private Jonathan Roberts 73424	The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (Labour Bn.)	26 Dec 1917	40	Son of William and Mary Roberts; husband of Ellen E Roberts, of Bodafon, Llangollen.	Cefn (Trefynant) Cemetery
Private John Robert Roberts 026568	Army Ordnance Corps (58th Coy.)	20 Jul 1918	39	Son of Robert & Laura Roberts, of Penygroes, Caernarfonshire. Lived at Meirion House, Llangollen.	Lembet Road Military Cemetery, Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece.
Lance Corporal Thomas Roberts 17396	Royal Welsh Fusiliers ("D" Coy. 13th Bn.)	22 Apr 1917	21	Son of William & Ellen Roberts, of 22, Regent Street, Llangollen.
Rifleman Douglas Alexander Robertson 391667 & 4706	London Regiment - Queen Victoria's Rifles (9th Bn.)	6 May 1917	31	Son of Joseph & Martha Robertson, of Craigivar, Abbey Road, Llangollen. Resident of Fulham, London, England.	Grevillers Britixh Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Second Lieutenant Walter Raymond Robertson	Border Regiment (2nd Bn.)	1 Jul 1916		Son of Joseph Robertson, of Criagvar, Abbey Road, Llangollen. Worked on a rubber plantation in present-day Malaysia before returning home to join the war effort.	Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, Somme, France.
Private John Dennis Rowlands 45217	Durham Light Infantry (14th Bn.)	9 Dec 1917	30	Son of Llewelyn & Mary Rowlands of Llangollen. Husband of Janet Rowlands, of 11, Lancaster Terrace, Acrefair, Wrexham and later 16, Bridge Street, Llangollen.	Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Corporal Arthur Thomas Wallis 7215	Royal Army Medical Corps (5rth Gen. Hosp.)	1 Jun 1918	24	Son of Mr & Mrs T Wallis, of 19, Bridge Street, Llangollen. Native of Wrexham	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Gerald Heber Webster 13065	Gloucestershire Regiment (8th Bn.)	3 Jul 1918	21	Son of Frank Applin Webster & Mary Webster (nee Williams, born Llangollen), of Tirionfa Chalford Hill, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private David Williams 345784	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Bn.)	8 Nov 1918	31	Son of Mr & Mrs Williams, of Price Square, Llangollen; husband of Elizabeth Ellinor Williams, of Pleasant View, Corwen.	Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France.
Private George Williams 11715	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Bn.)	7 Dec 1914	27	Son of John and Martha Williams; husband of Catherine Williams, of Newbridge Terrace, Newbridge. Born in Llangollen.	St John's Churchyard, Abbey Road, Llangollen.
Private John Henry Williams 24633	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (9th Bn.)	3 Jul 1916	18	Son of Mrs Ann Davies, of White House, Froncysyllte.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Robert Percy Williams 2156	Welsh Guards (1st Bn.)	1 Dec 1917		Born in Cardiff, Glamorgan. Enlisted at Llangollen.	Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France.

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