Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd
Clwyd Family History Society
The Whitford War Memorial commemorates those men of the area who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Whitford (Welsh: Chwitffordd) is a village and community in north Flintshire. Between 1974 and 1996 it was in the county of Clwyd.
1914-1918 War
Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
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Gunner EVANS Robert Thomas 220619 |
Royal Field Artillery (51st Bty.) |
16 Nov 1918 | 28 | Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Jane Evans; husband of Margaret Evans, of 7, Lower Brognall, Holywell. | Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France. |
Private HOSKINS Thomas Edward 37890 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
26 Oct 1917 | 27 | Son of Edwin and Mary Hoskins, Gelli Fawr, Lloc, Holywell (1911 Census). | Hooge Crater Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private JONES Edward 54797 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (15th Bn.) |
27 Jul 1917 | 20 | Son of Thomas and Mary Jones, of Bychton Cottages, Mostyn. |
Artillery Wood Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
Private JONES Joseph 26821 |
1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry | 12 Oct 1916 | 25 | Son of the late John and Elizabeth Jones, of Garfield House, Lloc, Holywell. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
Private JONES William 2507 |
King's Liverpool Regiment (10th Bn.) |
16 Jun 1915 | 23 | Son of Ann Jones, of Tanrallt Farm, Lloc, Holywell. |
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
Private PRICE Ernest Everett 41258 |
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ("B" Coy. 1st Bn.) |
18 Sep 1918 | 19 | Son of Thomas & Maria Price, of Bryn Bella, Lloc. |
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private ROWLANDS Joseph 5301 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.) |
4 Mar 1917 | 46 | Husband of Annie Elizth Rowlands, Mostyn Square, Whitford. | Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private SIMON Albert Daniel Vaughan 3037 |
Welsh Guards (1st Bn.) |
31 Jul 1917 | 28 | Son of David & Susannah Elizabeth Simon, of Whitford. | Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private WILLIAMS James 240989 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1/6th Bn.) |
6 Nov 1917 | 25 | Stepson of Mrs Jane Williams, Saithfynnon, Whitford |
Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. |
Private WILLIAMS John David 25367 & 26081 |
South Wales Borderers (2nd Battalion) formerly King's Shropshire Light Infantry |
23 Apr 1918 | 20 | Son of David and Mary Hannah Williams, of Mostyn. | Mynwent Pen Rhewl, Mostyn. |
1939-1945 War
Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HUGHES Elwyn |
Royal Artillery | ||||
The Honorable Midshipman MOSTYN John Llewelyn Lloyd |
Royal Navy (HMS Rodney) |
10 Jan 1940 | 28 | Son of Edward Llewelyn Roger Lloyd Mostyn (4th Baron Mostyn) & Constance Mary Reynolds, of Mostyn Hall, Mostyn. Accidentally shot at the Beresford Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland. | |
Gunner PARRY Leonard Edward 1516993 |
Royal Artillery (292 Bty. 94 H.A.A. Regt.) |
14 Apr 1943 | 25 | Son of Thomas and Hilda Winefred Parry, of Hoylake. Resident of Werneth, Whitford. |
Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia. |
Corporal REECE Gerald 640363 |
Royal Air Force | 19 Dec 1941 | 20 | Son of Percy William & Marjorie Reece, of Berthengam. | SS Beuno & Mary Churchyard, Whitford. |
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