Rhuddlan War Memorial

Rhuddlan

The Rhuddlan War Memorial commemorates those local people who died in two world wars. The memorial consists of two marble plagues embedded into a red brick wall at the Rhuddlan Community Centre in Parliament Street.

Rhuddlan is a town and community in the county of Denbighshire. It is situated to the south of the coastal town of Rhyl and overlooks the River Clwyd. Rhuddlan was one of the ancient parishes of Flintshire and between 1974 and 1996 was part of the county of Clwyd.

1914-1918 War

Rank, Name & Service Number	Service	Died	Age	Details	Cemetery or Memorial
Private Reginald DAVIES 10486	18th Bn. Manchester Regiment	12 Jan 1916	24	Son of William & Elizabeth Davies, of Leith House, Rhuddlan.	Suzanne Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Private Archibald EDWARDS 16261	8th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	24 Jun 1918	25	Son of Robert & Sarah Edwards, of 4, Marian Villas Parliament Street, Rhuddlan.	Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, Poona, India.
Lance Corporal Glyn Allen EDWARDS 46530	29th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)	2 Sep 1918	26	Nephew of James Henry & Harriet Caroline Chinnery, 58 Mill Bank, Rhyl.	Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.
Private Percy EVANS 829361	52nd Bn. Canadian Infantry	15 Aug 1918	26	Son of Edward & Elizabeth Ann Evans, of 7, High Street, Rhuddlan.	Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Private John William FROST 20850	6th (Service) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment	20 Sep 1915	23	Son of John William & Mary Frost, Pengwern Lodge, Rhuddlan.	Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Corporal Ivor GRIFFITHS S4/091496	Clearing Office Royal Army Service Corps	26 Feb 1919	30	Son of Jonathan & Winifred Griffiths of Rhuddlan; husband of Elizabeth Griffiths, of 62, Parker Street, Warrington, Lancashire, England.	Warrington Cemetery, Lancashire, England.
Richard GRIFFITHS 3317	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd/5th Bn.)	1917		Husband of Jane Griffiths, Marian Cottage, Parliament Street, Rhuddlan. Discharged in 1916 as medically unfit.
Private John INGLEBY 13494	7th Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry	14 Jul 1916	32	Husband of Hannah Jane Ingleby, Pontypridd, Glamorgan.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private David JONES 1287	5th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	10 Aug 1915	22	Son of Mrs Hannah Jones, of 11, Brickfield Terrace, Rhyl.	Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Private John Edward JONES 44088	East Surrey Regiment (posted to 23rd Bn. London Regiment)	12 Aug 1918	18	Son of Mary Jones, of Mona Villas, Rhuddlan, and the late Robert Jones	Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Owen JONES 38786	2nd/7th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers	10 Oct 1917	26	Son of Thomas & Mary Elizabeth Jones, of 1, Marian Villas, Rhuddlan.	Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Joseph JONES 54599	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	23 May 1917	17	Son of Mrs Jones, of 1, Llanfean Terrace, Church Street, Rhuddlan.	Sunken Road Cemetery, Boisleux-St. Marc, Pas de Calais, France.
Thomas JONES
Private Joseph William PARRY 5287	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	5 Feb 1916	27	Son of William & Sarah Ellen Parry, of 21, Cross Street, Rhuddlan.	Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Robert Pierce PRITCHARD 50154	20th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers transf. to 84th Coy. Labour Corps	22 Oct 1917	24	Son of Robert & Louisa Pritchard, Cross Street, Rhuddlan.	Solferino Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Major Geoffrey Seymour ROWLEY-CONWAY	6th Bn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	10 Aug 1915	38	Son of the late Capt. Conway Rowley Conway, of Bodrhyddan, Rhuddlan; husband of Gabrielle Rowley Conway, of Trewyddan, St. Asaph.	Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Private Noel Cecil SARSON 814092	4th Bn. Canadian Infantry	12 Jul 1917	21	Foster-son of Elizabeth Williams, of Odyn House, Rhuddlan.	La Targette British Cemetery, Neuville-St. Vaast, Pas de Calais, France.
Gunner Robert William Walter VAUGHAN 179830	3rd Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery	23 May 1917	32	Son of Thomas Walter & Annie Vaughan, of Avon Croft, Rhyl.	Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Richard Henry WILLIAMS 693	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Denbighshire Yeomanry Bn.)	2 Nov 1918	32	Husband of (Jane) Ellen Randles (formerly Williams), of Parliament Street, Rhuddlan.	St. Margaret's Churchyard, Bodelwyddan.
Robert WILLIAMS
Private Thomas WILLIAMS 32860	2nd Bn. South Lancashire Regiment	13 Apr 1918	19	Son of Thomas Williams, of Bryn Castell, Rhuddlan, and the late Mrs Williams.	Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium.
Thomas WYNNE

1939-1945 War

Rank, Name & Service Number	Service	Died	Age	Details	Cemetery or Memorial
Gunner John ANWYL 938488	6 Medium Regt. Royal Artillery	5 Feb 1944	26	Son of John & Mary Ann Anwyl (nee Williams), of Rhuddlan.	Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
Bombardier Edward EVANS 1109358	181 Field Regt. Royal Artillery	12 Apr 1945	35	Son of William Sutcliffe Evans & Cathrine Lloyd Evans; husband of Vera Evans, of Rhuddlan.	Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany.
Sergeant Henry (Harry) GRIFFITHS 1199265	106 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	30 Nov 1941		Son of Joseph Griffiths, & of Deborah Griffiths, of Rhuddlan.	Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Able Seaman Geoffrey HIRST C/JX 374145	HMS Uganda, Royal Navy	13 Sep 1943	19	Son of Reginald Philip & Kathleen Annie Hirst, of Rhuddlan.	Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England.
Fusilier Harold Humphrey JONES 4203848	1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	16 Nov 1942		Son of John Humphrey Jones & Nellie Humphrey Jones.	Kirkee War Cemetery, India.
Lance Corporal Charles Richardson RANDLES 4192569	2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	25 Feb 1945	24	Son of William & Ellen Randles, of Rhuddlan.	Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
Leading Supply Assistant David Lloyd ROBERTS CMX 65617	HMS Firedrake, Royal Navy	17 Dec 1942		Son of Thomas Twist Roberts & Mary Twist Roberts; husband of Ivy Dilys Roberts (nee Williams) of Rhyl.	Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent, England.
Trooper Hesketh Lloyd ROBERTS 14572154	15th (Scottish) Regt. Reconnaissance Corps, Royal Armoured Corps	6 Aug 1944	19		St. Charles De Percy War Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Driver Alexander SPENCE T126835	10 Armoured. Div. Troops Coy. Royal Army Service Corps	30 Oct 1942	36	Son of John & Grace Hamilton Spence (nee Wallace); husband of Phyllis Mary Spence, of Rhuddlan.	El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.
Lance Corporal George STALEY 2047499	13th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	31 Oct 1942	20	Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Staley, of Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Resident in Denbighshire.	Fenton Cemetery, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Third Officer Henry Eyton WILLIAMS	Merchant Navy (SS Solon II - Swansea)	2 Dec 1942		Son of the late Rev W G & Mrs Williams, Draenwen, Rhuddlan.	Tower Hill Memorial, London, England.
Dispatch Rider, N.F.S. Robert Noel WYNNE	Civilian	18 Oct 1943	17	Son of G M and N V Wynne (nee Page), of 6, Gwindy Terrace, Rhuddlan.

Sources:

Rhuddlan War Memorial
Transcription & Photo by Alwyn Evans
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Military Records
1901 & 1911 Censuses

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