Ruthin War Memorial

Ruthin war memorial

This memorial was unveiled in December 1925 by Lord Kenyon to commemorate the local people who had fallen in the First World War. A further 30 names were added in 2006, following research by local historians David Williams and Geraint Owen.

The names of people who died in the Second World War are displayed on panels on the wall behind the column. Also on the wall is a memorial to a local soldier killed in the Falklands conflict in 1982.

To read details of the local war dead, choose a category below.

First World War

Second World War

Falklands Conflict

The monument, made of concrete, has a finely detailed Celtic cross above a depiction of Archangel St Michael, traditionally associated with victory in war. Further down, a memorial inscription in English flanks an image of a sword. On the plinth is a Welsh quotation from the Welsh national anthem: “Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed” (“They lost their blood for freedom”).

With thanks to Clwyd Family History Society and to Byron Jones

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First World War

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


Captain John W Anderson	Royal Army Medical Corps	17 May 1918	26	Son of John & Grace Waddell Anderson, of Ashgrove, Milnathort, Kinross-shire, Scotland.	Buried Fort Sandeman Cemetery & Delhi Memorial (India Gate), India
Private James Askey 8780	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	24 Nov 1916	31		Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Private Thomas Burd 59326	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	4 Oct 1916	21	Son of Richard & Jane Burd, of Penybont, Llanrhydd. Born at Clun, Shropshire, England.	St. Meugan's Churchyard, Llanrhydd.
Private Henry (Harry) Clarke 12220	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	22 Jun 1916	29	Son of Charles & Catherine Clarke, of Chapel Terrace, Graigfechan.	Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private John William Brough Cooke 54114	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	24 Oct 1916	19	Son of John William Brough Cooke & Mary Jane Cooke, of 6, Mount Pleasant, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Sergeant Gwilym Davies 20018	14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	6 Jul 1916			Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France.
Private James Davies 49749	1st Bn. Cheshire Regt. Previously served as farrier in Denbighshire Yeomanry.	31 Aug 1917	24	Son of Mrs. Hannah Edwards, of 103, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France.
Private John Llewelyn Davies 2240	1st/5th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	12 Jul 1915	20	Son of Agnes Ann Davies, Bronafallen, Prior Street, Ruthin.	Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Gunner Henry Bostock Peter Dudley 707391	66th Div. Ammunition Col. attd. 66th T.M. Bty. of the Royal Field Artillery	13 Apr 1917		Husband of Sarah Hannah Dudley (nee Davies), of 9, Rhos Street, Ruthin.	Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Sapper John William Edwards 140379	458th Field Coy. Royal Engineers	30 Apr 1918	21	Son of John & Elizabeth Edwards, of 93, Mwrog Street, Ruthin. His father, bandmaster of Ruthin Town Band, also served.	Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Lance Corporal Edward Evan Ellis 202029	2nd/5th Bn. Manchester Regiment	18 Jul 1918	20	Son of William & Annie Ellis, of 2, Prior Street, Ruthin. Born at Bryncynhellog, Llangerniew.	St. Roch Communal Cemetery, Valenciennes, Nord, France.
Private George James Ellis 36638	16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	11 Jul 1916	21	Brother of Edward Ellis, 22 Albert Street, Wrexham.	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Lance Corporal John Richard Ellis 387715	Royal Engineers	7 Nov 1920	45	Husband of Amelia Ellis (nee Dowell), of 115, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	SS. Mwrog & Mary Churchyard, Llanfwrog.
Private Thomas Price Ellis 38556	"B" Coy. 7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry	Died of wounds on 2 Sep 1918	18	Son of Police Constable William and Annie Ellis, of 2, Prior Street, Ruthin.	Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas de Calais, France. Worked for Cambrian Mineral Water Co.
Private Walter Ellison	Royal Welsh Fusiliers			Husband of Margaret Elizabeth Ellison, 4 Bryn Coed Road, Moss, Wrexham.
Private Albert Evans	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Aug 1917	20	Son of James & Catherine Evans, Turf Smithy, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.
Captain Emrys H S Evans	18th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers	22 Jul 1916			Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme, France.
Private John Lloyd Evans 37656	14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	7 Sep 1918	22	Son of John & Mary Jane Evans, of Coed y Gawen, Ruthin.	St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Serjeant Peter Evans 39972	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	26 Mar 1919	34	Son of Peter & Ada Evans, of Bryn Clwyd, Clwyd Street, Ruthin.	Ruthin Baptist Chapelyard, Ruthin.
Private Richard Evans	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Jul 1916
Private Richard J Evans 19278	16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	10 Jul 1916			Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France
Lance Corporal Robert Evans 39082	10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	16 Aug 1916			Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Evans	15th Bn. Welsh Regiment	24 Aug 1918	36	Son of Mr W R Evans (Clerk of the Peace for Denbighshire) & Mary Evans; husband of Edith Lloyd Evans, of Plasyward, Ruthin. A Solicitor and LL.B. (London). Born at Bangor is y Coed, Flintshire.	Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France.
Private Robert John Evans 19278	16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	10 Jul 1916	17
Private Leonard Fallows 31159	10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	17 Feb 1916	20	Son of Richard & Selina Fallows, 32, Gloucester Street, Chester, Cheshire, England.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Lieutenant Donovan Baldwin Griffith	209th Sqdn. Royal Air Force	19 Jul 1918	19	Son of Baldwin & Mary Fanny Griffith, of Bryn Rhos, Ruthin.	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Private James Griffiths	Cheshire Regt.	Aug 1917			Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium.
Private Frank Hitchin 466035	550th Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps	31 Oct 1918	21	Son of Joseph & Annie Hitchin, of 2, Castle Street, Ruthin.	St. Peter's Church Cemetery, Ruthin.
Private Edward Hughes	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	9 Jul 1915
Private Edward Thomas Hughes 5815	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	9 Jul 1916			Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France
Sergeant Henry Hughes	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Jul 1916	17
2nd Lieutenant John Arthur Elias Hughes	(4th (Denbighshire Bn) (Territorial) Royal Welsh Fusiliers	26 Jan 1915	28	Son of John Elias and Jane Hughes (nee Jones). Also commemorated on the St. Asaph War Memorial.	Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private John Edwin Hughes 17490	13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	11 Jul 1916	23	Son of John and Alice Emily Hughes, of 14, Park Road, Ruthin.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Robert Thomas Hughes 7284	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	25 Sep 1915	21	Son of Robert and Sarah Hughes, of Mill Bank, Llanrhaeadr.	Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Sergeant William Jenkins	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Oct 1916		Son of David Jenkins, driver of the mail between Ruthin and Rhyl.
Private Daniel Jones 19315	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	27 Aug 1916			Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Edward (Hussin) Jones 8483	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	4 Dec 1917
Private Harold Charles Jones 2508	1st/23rd Bn. London Regt.	25 May 1915	24	Son of Rev HW Jones (rector of Llanferres, Mold) and Mrs EM Jones, of 20, Castle Street, Ruthin. Educated at St. Edmund's School, Canterbury, Kent.	Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Henry (Harry) Jones 8481	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	1 Mar 1915	28	Husband of Elizabeth Jones, of 104, Mwrog Street, Ruthin. Left three children.	Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Private Herbert Jones 31111	10th Bn. South Wales Borderers	8 Aug 1918	32	Son of John and Mary Jones; husband of F. Jones, of Ty Newydd, Llanfwrog, Ruthin.	Harponville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Guardsman Idwal Jones	Welsh Guards	Jul 1916
Private John Jones 23268	19th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	12 Jul 1916	29	Son of Elizabeth Jones; husband of Catherine Jones, of 20, Borthyn, Ruthin. Left six children. Worked for rector of Gyfylliog before the war.	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Private John Jones	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Private John Cadwaladr Jones 8580	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	7 Nov 1914	29	Son of Elizabeth Talbot Jones, 65, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Edward Jones 31802	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	4 Sep 1918	24	Son of Mary Ann Jones, 106, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Private Robert John Jones 7421	2nd/4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	14 Jun 1915	17	Son of Evan and Jane Jones, of 51, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	SS. Mwrog And Mary Churchyard, Llanfwrog.
Private Robert John Jones	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Jul 1916
Lance Corporal Robert Thomas Jones 63430	Northumberland Fusiliers	19 Apr 1919	26	Son of Joseph Jones and Mrs. Jones. Husband of Beatrice May Bastain (formerly Jones).	Wrexham Cemetery.
Gunner Stanley Jones		Nov 1916
Private William Davies Jones	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Oct 1916
Private William Keegan 69421	6th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	11 Aug 1918	18	Son of Mrs. Dinah Keegan, of 17, Rhos Street, Ruthin.	Ville-Sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Lieutenant Philip Hebdon Lecomber	2nd/7th Bn. Manchester Regt.	27 Mar 1918	21	Son of W G and Margaret S Lecomber, of Phildene, Prestatyn, Flintshire.	Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Alfred Ernest Lloyd 241516	6th Bn. Attd. 118th Trench Mortar Bty. Cheshire Regt.	31 Oct 1917	44	Son of Robert Lloyd (Eos Clwyd), Schoolmaster, & Elizabeth Lloyd. Was a member of the 4th A.B. Denbighshire Volunteers (Auxiliary Forces).	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Manders M2156370	4th Army Siege Park Royal Army Service Corps (M.T.)	29 Nov 1918			Tourcoing (Pont-Neuville) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France.
Private John Robert McGowan 63159	Royal Army Medical Corps	27 Sep 1919. Died after a long illness.	40	Son of Jane McGowan, of Mwrog Street. Husband of Miriam McGowan (nee Goodman), of 21, Borthyn Street, Ruthin. Left two daughters. A Ruthin postman and secretary of Ruthin FC before enlisting.	SS. Mwrog and Mary Churchyard, Llanfwrog.
Private John McKay 19688	13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	22 Apr 1918. Killed while working as stretcher bearer.	24	Had no relations. Lived with Mr and Mrs Owen of The Cottage, Woodlands.	Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France.
Private Samuel Mellor 24524	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	22 Sep 1915	20	Grandson of Harriet Richards, School House, Llanfair.	Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Second Lieutenant Henry Moore	3rd Bn. Attd. 2nd Bn. Welsh Regiment	15 Jul 1916			Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Private Eben Morris 200614 M.M.	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	6 Apr 1918	22	Son of John & Jane Ann Morris.	Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Private Robert William Morris 17610	13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	31 Jul 1917	20	Son of Thomas & Susanah Jane Morris, of 56, Rhos Street, Ruthin.	Welsh Cemetery (Caesar's Nose), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Thomas Morris	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Private Thomas James Morris 17437	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	25 Sep 1915	29	Son of Thomas Morris, of 22, Borthyn Street, Ruthin.	Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private John Ramsey Mostyn (served as Hayward) 190285	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	20 Sep 1919	19	Son of John Bralton Mostyn & Mary Elizabeth Mostyn, of 8, Prior Street, Ruthin.	St. Peter's Church Cemetery, Ruthin.
Lieutenant George Vyvyan Naylor-Leyland	Royal Horse Guards	21 Sep 1914	22	Son of Sir Herbert Naylor-Leyland, 1st Bart., and Lady Naylor-Leyland of Nantclwyd Hall, Ruthin.	Vendresse Churchyard, Aisne, France.
Private Robert Thomas Owen 7865	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	16 May 1915	36	Son of Owen & Dorothy Owens, of 7, Rhos Street, Ruthin.	Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Roger Robert Owen	Cheshire Regt.	Jan 1918
Private Thomas James Owen DM2151561	4th & 5th Light Armoured Car Bty. Royal Army Service Corps	3 Jul 1917	20	Son of John & Emma Elizabeth Owen, Penrhos, Ruthin.	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Private Thomas James Parry 17965	16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	14 Sep 1918	24	Son of Mr Goodman Parry, of 25, Borthyn, Ruthin.	Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Sergeant William Edward Peake	3835 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars	16 Feb 1915	38	Son of Williams and Isabella Peake, of 3, Panker Street, Notting Hill, London; husband of Eleanor Haig Peake, of 1, Clwyd Terrace, Ruthin. Served in the Somaliland Campaign 1902-4.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Albert Roberts 28331	19th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	4 Oct 1916	19	Son of William & Jane Roberts, of 30, Rhos Street, Ruthin.	Calvinistic Methodist Chapelyard, Rhewl.
Private Albert F Roberts	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	1917			VAD Hospital in Essex, England.
Private Christmas Vaughan Roberts 4218	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	1 Sep 1918	26	Son of Hugh Vaughan & Margaret Roberts; husband of Christina Roberts, of Pretoria Cottage, South Street, Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland; brother of Stephen Vaughn Roberts and John Vaughn Roberts (below) who all died in the Great War.	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.
Private David Roberts 13439	5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment	12 May 1917	26	Son of William & Jane Roberts, of 5, Prior Street, Ruthin.	Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private David Roberts	Dragoon Guards
Corporal George Roberts 3541	2nd Reserve Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry	28 Apr 1920	29	Husband of Janet Roberts (nee Hogg), of 15, Prior Street, Ruthin.	SS. Mwrog and Mary) Churchyard, Llanfwrog.
Company Sergeant Major Gwilym H Roberts T4173340	11th Div. Train Army Service Corps	5 Dec 1917	27	Son of Thomas H Roberts & Margaret E Roberts, of 21 Clwyd Street, Ruthin.	Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Sapper Henry Roberts 211219	Yeomanry Mounted Div. Signals Royal Engineers	17 Oct 1918	21	Son of Mrs Margaret Roberts, of 81, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria.
Private John Richard Roberts 4149	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	19 Jul 1916	27	Son of Richard and Elizabeth Roberts, of 11, Llanrydd Street, Ruthin; husband of Sarah Ann Roberts, of 80, Mwrog Street, Ruthin.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Corporal John Richard Roberts	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Driver John Vaughan Roberts T4199173	Army Service Corps. Attd. 185th Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery	23 Oct 1917	32	Son of Hugh Vaughan & Margaret Roberts; brother of Stephen Vaughn Roberts & Christmas Vaughn Roberts (above) who all died in the Great War.	Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece.
Corporal John William Roberts	8th Bn. Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)	29 Aug 1918	34	Eldest son of Gomer & Margaret Roberts, of 11, Llanfair Villas, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd. Native of Cefngriolen, Llanelidan. Farmed in South Alberta, Canada from 1910 to 1915.	Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Corporal Robert Richard Roberts 21480	14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	7 Jul 1916	25	Son of Richard & Ellen Roberts, Blaennant, Llanbedr.	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'abbe, Somme, France.
Private Stephen Vaughan Roberts 87666	Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	27 Apr 1918	29	Son of Hugh & Margaret Roberts, Mwrog Street, Ruthin. Brother of Christmas Vaughan Roberts and John Vaughan Roberts (above) who were killed in the Great War.	Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France.
Private Thomas Roberts 4217	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	25 Jan 1915			Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private William Roberts G2661	7th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	1 Jul 1916	20	Son of Roberts Roberts, of 23, Rhos Street, Ruthin.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Captain Thomas James Simpson	Royal Army Veterinary Corps	May 1916. Died of pneumonia at Colchester Military Hospital.	67	Lived at Fulbrooke, Ruthin. Locally well-known as a vet before he enlisted. Three of his daughters were Red Cross nurses.	Ruthin Baptist Chapelyard.
Lance Corporal Hubert Sansom Staines 5685	20th Bn. Royal Fusiliers	20 Jul 1916	24	Son of William and Bridget Staines, of Rhiwlas, Pwllglas. His parents made extensive enquiries about him, and were informed of his death in February 1917. He may have been taken prisoner. His father was caretaker of Ruthin jail. Two brothers also served.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Flight Lieutenant John Emyr Thomas	Royal Naval Air Service	3 Sept 1917. Killed while flying near Yeovil.	23	Son of Mrs Thomas of Castle Street, Ruthin. Educated at Ruthin Grammar, Denbigh and Wrexham County schools. Wounded while a dispatch rider with Royal Naval Div in Gallipoli. Served with RNAS at Somme, later ferrying new planes to France.	Rhewl Calvinistic Methodist Chapelyard.
Private Harold David Thomas 31324	"C" Coy., 17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	14 Jul 1916	19	Son of William & Louisa Thomas, of 8, Borthyn Street, Ruthin; brother of Fred Thomas.	London Cemetery And Extension, Longueval, Somme, France.
Private John Frederick Thomas 31325	"D" Coy. 16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	11 Jul 1916	17	Son of William & Louisa Thomas, of 8, Borthyn Street, Ruthin.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Edward Thomas Trehearne 2173	1st Bn. Welsh Guards	14 Aug 1916	32	Son of William Thomas & Mary Trehearne, of Ruthin.	Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, Somme, France.
Lance Corporal Frederick Wynne Williams 2274	"A" Coy. 16th (Public Schools) Bn. Middlesex Regiment re-posted to 1st Bn	22 Aug 1916	28	Son of William & Elizabeth Williams, of Ruthin.	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France.
Able Seaman Hugh Williams	Royal Navy	Aug 1916
Private Lewis Williams 204976	11th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	10 Oct 1918	22	Son of David & Alice Williams, of 11, Heol Offa, Llidiart Fanny, Coedpoeth, Denbighshire.	Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
Lance Corporal Owen Lewis Williams 9675	The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st Bn.	10 Mar 1915	27	Son of Owen and Margaret Williams, of 1 Ruabon Rd., Wrexham. After a pre-war spell in the army, he worked at Ruthin post office. Also named on Wrexham war memorial.	Le Touret Memorial.
Gunner Price Williams 155489	Royal Garrison Artillery 276th Bty (also associated with Lancashire Regt.)	15 Apr 1918	37	Son of builder John Price Williams and Hannah Williams, of Ruthin; husband of Annie Mary Williams (nee Cheetham), of 164 Knowsley Rd., Bootle, Liverpool. Worked as a painter and plumber in Bootle before the war, played for Linacre Gas Works FC. Left 3 daughters.	Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Private Richard Williams	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Jul 1916
Private Robert Williams	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Private Robert J Williams 28430	19th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	25 Sep 1917	21	Son of Charles & Alice Williams, of Alms House, Llanfair, Ruthin.	Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-le-Grand, Somme, France.
Private William Williams 200419	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	6 Apr 1918	23	Son of Richard and Mary Williams, of 31, Park Road, Ruthin.	Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Gunner William O Williams 113107	"A" Bty. 170th Bde. Royal Field Artillery	20 Dec 1916	23	Brother of Miss Maggie Williams, of 14, Clwyd Street, Ruthin.	Sailly-Au-Bois Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

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Second World War

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


Captain Herbert Brereton Aldrich 180144	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	6 Jul 1944	31	Son of Herbert Evan & Edith Arden Aldrich, of Ruthin.	Brouay War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Sergeant John Clare Baker 1862003	429 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	25 Feb 1945	23	Son of Walter & Sarah Lilian Baker, of Ruthin.	Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Assistant Barman Richard Robert Bevan	Merchant Navy, SS Llandaff Castle (London)	30 Nov 1942	55	Born in Ruthin to David and Sarah Bevan; husband of Kathleen Louise Juliana Bevan of Durban, South Africa. Ship sunk near Lourenço Marques. Not named on Ruthin war memorial.	Tower Hill Memorial
Leading Signalman Joseph Alexander Burnett DSSX 23715	HMS Columbine Royal Navy	1 Jun 1943	23	Son of Joseph & Sarah Eileen Burnett, Pwllglas.	Hollybrook Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Leading Aircraftman George Glyn Davies 625438	Royal Air Force	14 Jun 1945	24		Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Sergeant William Eric Davies Air Bomber 1454522	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 104 Sqdn.	21 Aug 1944			Klagenfurt War Cemetery.
Fusilier William Dolben 14224027	6th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	16 Jul 1944	21	Son of Isaac Thomas & Sarah Elizabeth Dolben (nee Hughes), nephew of David & Jemmieh Jones, of Ruthin.	Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Fusilier Norman Ellis 4208169	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	5 May 1944	39	Son of Edward & Margaret Ann Ellis, of Ruthin; husband of Lucy Cotgrave Ellis, of Ruthin	Kohima War Cemetery, India.
Lance Corporal Theodore Evan Evans POX 4170	Royal Marines	10 Jan 1941	20	Ward and nephew of Mrs E Williams, of Ruthin.	Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Hampshire, England.
Sergeant Pilot Maldwyn Griffiths 1379390	218 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	2 Oct 1942			Hamburg Cemetery, Germany.
Able Seaman Herbert Howells DJX 390227	HMS Mahratta Royal Navy	25 Feb 1944	21	Son of Herbert & Mary Grace Howells, of Ruthin.	Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England.
Gunner George James 1467176	61 (The Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regt. Royal Artillery	16 May 1940			La Hulpe Communal Cemetery, Brabant Wallon, Belgium.
Private Herbert William Jones 13045753	Pioneer Corps	18 Nov 1940	28	Son of Herbert and Fanny Jones, of Llanfwrog.
Able Seaman Howard Wynne Jones DJX 157215	HMS Repulse, Royal Navy	10 Dec 1941	19	Son of Oliver & Margaret Ellen Jones, 17 Llanrhyd Street, Ruthin	Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, England.
Sergeant Pilot George Godfrey Stone Laws 745649	501 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	28 Mar 1941	21		St. Meugan Churchyard, Llanrhydd.
Sergeant Flt. Engr. Harold Lindsay 532556	434 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn. Royal Air Force	27 Sep 1943	25	Son of William Thomas & Charlotte Annie Lindsay of Ruthin.	Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Major Will West Machin 64931	38 Field Coy. Royal Engineers	1942	32	Son of William & Elizabeth Machin; husband of Ella Stewart Machin (nee Rose), of Dalgety, Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.	Diego Suarez War Cemetery, Madagascar.
Sergeant Air Gunner Tecwyn Morris 1013749	40 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	27 Jun 1941	27	Son of William & Sarah Ann Morris, of Ruthin.	Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Fusilier George Alfred Mostyn 4198822	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	6 Jan 1946	29	Son of John Boulton Mostyn & Mary Elizabeth Mostyn (nee Hayward), of Ruthin; husband of Hilda Mostyn (nee Roberts), of Ruthin.	SS. Mwrog and Mary Churchyard, Llanfwrog.
Sergeant Wireless. Op. (Air) Patrick Michael Piper 1077652	97 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	10 Nov 1944	23	Son of John Henry Piper, & of Elizabeth Ellen Piper, of Battersea, London, England	Clichy Northern Cemetery, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Corporal John Eirwyn Price 4205698	31st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	15 Feb 1944	31	Son of David & Alice Price, of Ruthin; husband of Mair Olwen Price, of Ruthin.	St. Meugan Churchyard, Llanrhydd.
Ordinary Seaman Joseph Roy Roberts	Royal Navy
Stoker 1st Class Joseph William Roberts DKX 115049	HMMTB 681 Royal Navy	10 Jun 1944	22	Son of Joseph Henry & Winifred Mary Roberts, of Bodorgan, Anglesey.	SS. Mwrog and Mary Churchyard, Llanfwrog.
Driver Alfred Gordon Smith T220947	Royal Army Service Corps attd. Royal Army Medical Corps	19 Aug 1942	31	Son of Alfred & Edith Smith, of Ruthin.	St. Meugan Churchyard, Llanrhydd.
Driver William Wallace Spence T90816	Royal Army Service Corps	8 Jun 1940	30	Son of John & Grace Spence; husband of Doris Mary Spence (nee Taylor), of Gresford, Denbighshire.	Paluel Churchyard, Seine-Maritime, France.
Lieutenant Walter Leonard Campbell Trigger 126150	South Wales Borderers attd. 1st Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers	6 May 1944	24	Son of Walter James Trigger & Edith Louisa Trigger, of Ruthin.	Kohima War Cemetery, India
Sapper Winston Churchill Vaughan 14229800	42 Field Coy. Royal Engineers	20 Jul 1944	31		Florence War Cemetery, Italy.
Private David Tegwyn Williams 14219065	2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment	3 Jul 1944	18	Son of Thomas & Harriet Williams, of Ruthin.
Assistant Steward Leonard Williams	SS Ocean Venture, Merchant Navy	8 Feb 1942	18	Son of Ebenezer & Anne Jane Williams, of Ruthin.	Tower Hill Memorial, London, England.
Private Alfred William Wilson 14359148	The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C. 12th (10th Bn. The Green Howards (Yorkshire Regt.) Bn.	17 Nov 1943	19	Son of Alfred Edward & Elizabeth Wilson, of Walton on Thames, Surrey, England.	St. Mary's Churchyard, Walton on Thames, Surrey, England.

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Falklands Conflict

James Russell Carlyle, L Sgt. Welsh Guards, 1st Battalion. Died 8 June 1982, on his 26th birthday. Of Ruthin, Denbighshire. Awarded Elizabeth Cross in 2010. Also commemorated on the Falklands National Monument in Cardiff.

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