Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd
Clwyd Family History Society
Whitford
Chwitffordd
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Sources:
- Whitford War Memorial
- Transcription and photo by Alwyn Evans
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Military Records
- 1901 & 1911 Censuses
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