Rhyl Memorial FWW Surnames Q-Z
Rhyl war memorial, First World War
Below are details of the people from the Rhyl area who died in the First World War.
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With thanks to Alwyn Evans of Clwyd Family History Society for this research.
| Rank, Name & Service Number | Regiment | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Regiment | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery |
| Private Benjamin REES 18144 |
Welsh Regiment (D Coy. 10th Bn.) |
22 Mar 1917 | 23 | Son of William & Anne Rees, of 28, Dumfries Street, Treorchy, Glamorgan; husband of Freda May Rees, of 9, Elwy Street, Rhyl. | Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private Albert RENSHAW 50434 |
Prince of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment (2/5th Bn.) |
15 Feb 1918 | 32 | Son of Alfred Bandcroft Renshaw & Jane Renshaw; husband of Gertrude Renshaw, of 47, Woodhouse Crescent, Stony Lane, Trench, Wellington, Shropshire, England. | Mory Abbey Military Cemetery, Mory, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Private Walter RICHARDS 16701 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
11 Jul 1916 | 19 | Son of William Henshaw & Ellen Richards, Llys Awen, Morley Road, Rhyl. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
| Private George RICHARDSON |
10th RDF | ||||
| Private Harry RIGBY |
South Wales Borderers | ||||
| Private Frank ROBERTS |
DY | ||||
| G Sydney ROBERTS |
MBD | ||||
| Private Gomer ROBERTS 202465 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (9th Bn.) |
15 Jun 1918 | 30 | Son of William & Maria Roberts, of 13, Stanmore Street, Rhyl. | Hermonville Military Cemetery, Marne, France. |
| Corporal R ROBERTS |
5th Kings Liverpool | ||||
| Private W ROBERTS 30428 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Bn.) |
23 Jul 1917 | Husband of J Roberts, of 193, Wellington Road, Rhyl. | North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq | |
| Lance Sergeant Walter Price ROBERTS 11603 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
26 Oct 1918 | 23 | Son of Edward & Ellen Roberts, of Rhyl. | Giavera British Cemetery, Arcade, Italy. |
| Second Lieutenant Francis RODERICK |
Welsh Regiment (14th Bn. ) |
31 Jul 1917 | Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. | ||
| Private George RYLES 12794 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (C Coy. 17th Bn.) |
28 Mar 1918 | 26 | Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Ryles, of Cornist Cottages, Flint, Flintshire. | Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Nord, France. |
| Company Quartermaster Sergeant J E SALUSBURY 16440 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
23 Apr 1918 | 36 | Son of Thomas Walter & Esther Mary Salusbury; husband of Mary Owen Salusbury, of 1, Bridge Street, Rhyl. | Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. |
| Private Henry SHARPE 203357 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
15 Mar 1918 | 27 | Son of George & Martha Sharpe, of Myrtle Villa, Linden Road, Gloucester, England; husband of Gladys Sharpe, of Ibstock, 10, Lake Avenue, Rhyl. | Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium. |
| Lieutenant Edward SHUREY |
Welsh Regiment (16th Bn.) |
18 Jul 1918 | 27 | Son of Henry & Challoch Shurey, of Rhondda, Glamorgan; husband of Florence Mary Shurey, of Meadow View, Leam Terrace, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. | Curragh Military Cemetery, County Kildare, Ireland. |
| Private Arthur James SIMPSON 3295 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1/5th Bn.) |
11 Dep 1915 | 21 | Son of Jessie Simpson of 26 St James's Street, Newton, Chester. Lived in Rhyl. | Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
| Lieutenant Wilfred Webster TAIT |
Welsh Regiment (10th Bn.) |
19 Dec 1915 | 24 | Son of Francis H & Edith L Tait, of Chester, Cheshire, England; husband of Dorothy Tait, of 22, West Parade, Rhyl. | Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Sergeant A H THOMAS |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||||
| Signal Boy Peter James THOMAS J/41665 |
Royal Navy HMS Invincible |
31 May 1916 | 16 | Son of Richard Henry & Violet Thomas, of 3, Windsor Street, Rhyl. Sunk in the Battle of Jutland, Denmark. | Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England. |
| Lance Corporal Leonard THORPE 29912 |
King's Own Scottish Borderers (6th Bn.) |
4 Oct 1918 | 35 | Born in Repton, Derbyshire, England. Son of Jane Thorpe, of 114, Wellington Road, Rhyl, & the late Henry John Thorpe. | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private George Hendry TINMAN |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn. ) |
7 Jan 1915 | 23 | Native of Rhyl. Husband of Edith Hamaman (formerly Tinman), of 50, Canal Bank, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland. | Bois-Grenier Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. |
| Private David Yorke TREHEARN (2913 |
Australian Infantry (60th Bn. A.I.F.) |
20 Jul 1916 | 26 | Son of William Thomas & Letitia Trehearn; husband of Bessie I Trehearn, of 261, Malvern Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. | |
| Lance Corporal David Albert (Bertie) VAUGHAN 29016 |
South Wales Borderers (2nd Bn.) |
11 Apr 1918 | 20 | Son of Edward & Mary Vaughan, of 12, Warren Road, Rhyl. | Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France. |
| Second Lieutenant Robert Clare WALTON |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (5th Flintshire) Battalion - Territorial) |
10 Aug 1915 | 22 | Son of Robert & Ella Walton, 11, Garden Lane Raymond Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. | Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
| Lance Corporal William WEBSTER M2/101826 |
Army Service Corps (2nd Water Tank Coy.) | 24 Jun 1917 | 26 | Son of Walter William & Esther Webster, of 56, Darley Street, Farnworth, Lancashire, England; husband of Jennie Woodhouse (formerly Webster), of 12, Windsor Street, Rhyl. | Pont-D'achelles Military Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord, France. |
| Private William Frederick WEEKS 25487 |
South Wales Borderers (11th Bn.) |
31 Jul 1917 | 24 | Born in Rhuddlan. Son of Oliver & Mary Weeks, of Station House, Nannerch, Flintshire. | Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Sapper William Gordon WELCH 142031 |
Corps of Royal Engineers (Signal Depot) |
6 Apr 1917 | 31 | Born in Frodsham, Cheshire, England. Son of William & Margaret Welch, 15 South Avenue, Newton by Chester, Cheshire, England. | Overleigh Cemetery, Chester, Cheshire, England. |
| Second Lieutenant Lewis Stuart WHITTINGHAM |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (7th Bn.) |
28 Feb 1917 | 35 | Only son of Lewis Browne Whittingham & Mary Augusta Whittingham, of 26, Butterton Road, Rhyl. Formerly of Llandrinio, Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire. | Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery, Somme, France. |
| Private Albert WILLIAMS |
Canadian Infantry (79th Bn.) |
12 Aug 1915 | 21 | Born in Rhuddlan. Son of Albert Salisbury & Sarah Williams, of 42, Victoria Road, Rhyl. | Brandon Cemetery, Manitoba, Canada. |
| Private Elias Robert WILLIAMS 291464 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st/7th Bn.) |
11 Nov 1917 | 28 | Born at Corris, Merionethshire. Son of John & Sarah Ann Williams. Assistant Master at Barmouth and Rhyl Council Schools. | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. |
| Second Lieutenant Henry V WILLIAMS |
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| Private J R WILLIAMS |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||||
| Private Llewelyn WILLIAMS 16442 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
10 Jul 1916 | 21 | Son of Llewelyn Williams, of 2, Greenfield Place, Vale Road, Rhyl. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
| Private Peter WILLIAMS |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers | ||||
| Private Peter Pugh WILLIAMS 43801 |
Essex Regiment (11th Bn.) | 30 Jun 1918 | 23 | Son of Albert & Sarah Williams, of 42, Victoria Road, Rhyl. | Nine Elms British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private W H WILLIAMS 67794 |
South Wales Borderers (53rd Bn.) |
3 Nov 1918 | 18 | Son of William Williams, of 1125, Vale Road, Rhyl. | St Mary's Churchyard, Rhuddlan. |
| Private William WILLIAMS 203155 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Bn.) |
14 Sep 1918 | 23 | Son of Elizabeth & the late William Williams, of 43, Wellington Road, Rhyl. | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Sergeant William WILTON 1585 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (5th Bn.) |
10 Aug 1915 | Born Erith, Kent, England. | Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey. | |
| Sergeant George YARNOLD 17816 |
Royal Field Artillery (B Bty. 170th Bde.) | 4 Apr 1917 | Born in Hadley, Shropshire, England. Husband of Amy Yarnold (nee Duffy). Married at St. Thomas, Rhyl in 1913. | Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. | |
| Driver Thomas David YOUNG 705064 (surname is EDWARDS) |
Royal Field Artillery (C Bty. 211th Bde.) | Husband of E Edwards, of 45, Wilmott Street, Hulme, Manchester, England. | St. Aubert British Cemetery, Nord, France. |