Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd
Clwyd Family History Society
Penley
Llannerch Banna
The Penley War Memorial commemorates those men of the Penley area who died during World War I.
Penley (Welsh: Llannerch Banna) is a village and ecclesiastical parish in the community of Maelor South, in the County Borough of Wrexham, on the border with England.
Until 1974 the area was part of historic Flintshire and between 1974 and 1996 part of the county of Clwyd. Penley is primarily a farming community.
To The Glory of God
And To The Honoured Memory Of
The Men Of Penley
Who Gave Their Lives In The Great War
1914-1918 War
| Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Corporal Harold William DAVIES P/2934 |
Military Police Corps (Military Mounted Police attd. IX Corps. |
2 Apr 1919 | 27 | Son of John & Emily Davies, of Blackwood Farm, Penley. Police constable at Shotton. | Southern Cemetery, Cologne, Nordrhein-Westalen, Germany. |
| Lieutenant Robert Townsend Vaughton DYMOCK |
King's Shropshire Light Infantry "D" Coy. 1st Bn |
27 Oct 1915 | 20 | Son of Rowland Griffith Vaughton Dymock and Alice Maud, his wife. | Hop Store Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private William Henry LLOYD 52396 & 2819 |
Cheshire Regiment ("C" Coy. 10th Bn.) formerly Shropshire Yeomanry |
9 Oct 1916 | 23 | Son of Mrs M Lloyd, of 6, St. John's Hill, Ellesmere, Shropshire, England. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
| Private Frederick PLATT 5668 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Bn.) |
16 Feb 1917 | Born Penley, son of George & Margaret Platt. | Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. | |
| John PLATT |
Sources:
- Penley War Memorial
- Photo by Alwyn Evans
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Military Records
- 1901 & 1911 Censuses
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