Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd
Clwyd Family History Society
Broughton (Flintshire)
Brychdyn (Sir y Fflint)
The Broughton War Memorial commemorates those men of the Broughton and Bretton area who died in World War I.
Broughton (Welsh: Brychdyn) is a village in the community of Broughton and Bretton in Deeside, Flintshire. Between, 1974 and 1996, it was part of the county of Clwyd. The community includes Hawarden Airport.
1914-1918 War
| Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Edward James ALLMAN # 40160 & 2445 |
South Wales Borderers (6th Bn.) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
28 May 1918 | Son of George & Mary Jane Allman, Bretton. | Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. | |
| Lance Corporal Henry Thomas ASBURY # 262808 |
Royal Engineers (Syren Forces) | 1 Feb 1919 | 36 | Born at Penymynydd. Son of Richard & Emma Asbury; husband of Mary Elizabeth Asbury, of Belle Vue Terrace, Penyffordd. | New British Cemetery, Murmansk, Russia. |
| Private Alfred BEEBY 34881 & 69216 |
Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (2nd Bn.) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
24 Oct 1918 | Born Manchester, England. Of Rose Cottage, Broughton. | Verchain British Cemetery, Verchain-Maugre, Nord, France. | |
| Gunner William EVANS 54118 |
Royal Field Artillery ("A" Bty. 122nd Bde.) | 24 Oct 1918 | 36 | Son of the late Richard Evans & of Mary Jane Jones (formerly Evans), of 19, Brunswick Road, Buckley. Native of Broughton. | Bertry Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. |
| Lance Corporal James Thomas HARBRIDGE 36824 & 2433 |
Machine Gun Corps Infantry (183rd Coy.) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
3 Dec 1917 | Son of James T & Anne Harbridge, Barrow, Cheshire, England. Resident of Broughton. | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France. | |
| Private Walter LONG # 25311 |
Cheshire Regiment (1st Bn.) |
20 Jun 1915 | Born Chester, England. Son of William & Emma Jones, Mount Terrace, Buckley. Resident of Broughton. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. | |
| Private Edgar MESSHAM 20126 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (14th Bn.) |
31 Aug 1916 | Born Hawarden. Son of Thomas & Martha Messham, Warren, Broughton. | Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. | |
| Sergeant Thomas Edward NICHOLS 18585 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
22 Apr 1918 | Son of Edward & Sarah Jane Nicholas, of Bretton. | Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. | |
| Private Jonas PATTLE # 9279 & 201403 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.) |
23 Mar 1918 | Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Resident of Bretton. | Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. | |
| Corporal William Charles ROBINS 17387 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (14th Bn.) |
18 Sep 1918 | Son of Richard & Mart Williams, Warren View, Broughton. | Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. | |
| Second Lieutenant Guy Lesingham SPRECKLEY |
King's Royal Rifle Corps (22nd Bn.) |
23 Apr 1917 | 32 | Son of Mr Herbert William Spreckley & Florence Lesingham Spreckley (nee Bailey), of Cove Cottage, Worcester, England. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private Arthur THOMAS 39320 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
10 Dec 1917 | Son of James & Ann Thomas of Bretton Lodge, Bretton. | Erquinqhem-Lys Churchyard Extension, France. | |
| Gunner Jack WHITELEGGE 676429 |
Royal Field Artillery (275th Bde.) |
31 Jul 1917 | 19 | Son of John and Sarah Jane Whitelegge, of Station House, Padeswood, Flintshire. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Captain Charles WHITLEY |
Kings Royal Rifle Corps (7th Bn.) |
11 Apr 1917 | Born in Halewood, Liverpool, England. Son of Edward & Elizabeth Eleanor Whitley, of Primley, Paignton, Devon, England. Of Warren Hall, Broughton. | Hibers Trench Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas de Calais, France. |
# Also commemorated on the memorial at Bretton Methodist Chapel.
1939-1945 War
| Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant John Brett DAVEY 189297 |
Cheshire Regiment (7th Bn.) |
21 Jan 1944 | Born Northwich, Cheshire, England. Son of Lt.-Col. Charles William Brett Davey and Patricia Davey, of Woodmancote, Gloucestershire, England. | Minturno War Cemetery, Italy. | |
| Harry FOX |
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| Private Thomas Verdun ROBERTS 4460171 |
Queen's Own Royal West Kent
Regiment (5th Bn.) |
27 Jun 1944 | Son of James Edward and Sarah Ann Roberts, of Broughton. | Assisi War Cemetery, Italy. |
Sources:
- Broughton War Memorial
- Photo by Vic Roberts
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Military Records
- 1901 & 1911 Censuses
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