War Memorial - Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales - The persons behind the names

Howard G. Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Second Lieutenant abt. 1895 05 January 1917 22 King's Royal Rifle Corps Corwen (Ss. Mael and Sulien) Churchyard, Merionethshire, UK Son of the Rev. Griffith and Edith Williams, of The Rectory, Corwen, Merioneth.

Thomas Oswald Davies
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 2288 10 August 1915 7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli) Son of Watkin and Sarah C. Davies, of Wood Bank, Corwen, Merioneth.

Alfred Ernest Pearce
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 2471 abt. 1893 10 August 1915 22 7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli) Son of Benjamin and Ellen Pearce, of Brompton House, Corwen, Merioneth.

David Rees
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Serjeant 290395 26 March 1917 1st/7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Born at Corwen, Merioneth.

Caradog Davies
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 71250 abt. 1892 03 May 1917 25 27th (Manitoba Regiment) Canadian Infantry Vimy Memorial, France Son of David & Elizabeth A. Davies, of Bryn Teg, Corwen.

David John Edwards
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 6237 abt. 1878 20 November 1918 40 3rd Garrison Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Dolgellau (St. Mary) Churchyard, Merionethshire, UK Son of Mrs. Dorothy Ann Parkes, of 5, Aber View, Corwen, Merioneth. Born at Dolgelley.

Norman Bernard Pearce
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 33031 abt. 1896 02 November 1917 21 1st/5th Bn. Norfolk Regiment Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Son of Benjamin and Ellen Pearce, of Tawelfan, Corwen, Merioneth.

David Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal 290478 29 December 1917 1st/7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Joseph Herbert Davies
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 18209 abt. 1878 02 August 1917 32 3rd Bn. Worcestershire Regiment Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Son of Mrs. Margaret Wenlock (formerly Davies), of Mount Pleasant, Corwen, Merioneth.

Robert T. Griffiths
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Corporal 47211 abt. 1873 22 December 1918 35 11th Bn. Welsh Regiment transf. to 1036th Div. Employment Coy. Labour Corps Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece Only son of Mrs. Margaret Griffiths, of Bradford House, Corwen, Merionethshire.

Hugh G. Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Rifleman 4377 abt. 1892 10 April 1916 24 8th Bn. London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Son of Mrs. Margaret Jones, of 934, Moy Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Born at Corwen, Merioneth, Wales.

David William Davies
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 92213 abt. 1889 22 August 1919 30 11th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli) Son of John Davies, of Pentre Bach, Bryneglwys, Corwen, and the late Miriam Davies, husband of Elizabeth Ellen Davies, of Hill St., Corwen, Merioneth.

John David Edwards
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 34942 abt. 1895 10 July 1916 21 17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial, France Son of John and Mary Edwards, of Blaenddol, Corwen, Merioneth.

Robert David Edwards
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 34944 abt. 1894 28 August 1916 22 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial, France Son of Robert and Margaret Edwards, of 1, Liverpool Cottages, Corwen, Merioneth.

William Humphrey Evans (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 6419 25 September 1915 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Loos Memorial, France

Robert Ernest Herd
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 60638 abt. 1887 26 September 1917 30 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of William and Eliza Herd, of Aquaduct Inn, Stretten, Stafford, husband of Jane Mary Herd, of Cefn Rug, Corwen, Merioneth.

Gwillym Llewelyn Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 68452 abt. 1893 26 September 1917 24 2nd Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium Son of David and Elizabeth Hughes, of 3, Cambrian Terrace, Corwen, Merioneth.

Edward Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 34938 abt. 1896 21 July 1916 20 17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France Son of Edward Edwards and Catherine Hughes, of Royal Oak, London Road, Corwen, Merioneth.

Lewis Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 25949 abt. 1889 27 July 1916 27 17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, France Son of Peter and Gwen Hughes, of 7, Mill St., Corwen, Merioneth.

Thomas Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 127579 abt. 1895 21 August 1918 23 Royal Welsh Fusiliers CWGC: 38th Bn. Machine Gun Corps Forceville Communal Cemetery, France Son of Robert Thomas and Harriett Hughes, of Corwen, North Wales.

Thomas J. Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 44242 abt. 1889 28 February 1917 28 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Couin New British Cemetery, France Son of Hugh Hughes, of Pig-y-Bont, Llangwm, Corwen, husband of Mary Lewis (formerly Hughes), of Rock Cottage, Corwen, Denbighshire.

Daniel Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private G/20472 abt. 1881 31 July 1916 35 Royal Welsh Fusiliers CWGC: 7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France Son of Benjamin and Jane Jones, of 6, Church St, Llanderfel, husband of Emma Jones, of 91 Furness Rd., Harlesden, London.

Edward William Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 59271 abt. 1890 11 April 1918 28 Royal Welsh Fusiliers CWGC: 25th (Tyneside Irish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Jones, of Pen-Y-Park, Bryn, Corwen.

Robert Pierce Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3/59064 abt. 1891 29 April 1917 26 Royal Welsh Fusiliers CWGC: 13th Bn. Cheshire Regiment Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France Son of Isaac and Grace Jones, of Tyn-Y-Cefn, Corwen, Merioneth.

Thomas James Peake
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 31946 abt. 1871 01 March 1916 45 20th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Corwen (Ss. Mael and Sulien) Churchyard, Merionethshire, UK Served on the North West Frontier of India (1891) and in the South African Campaign.

Peter Phillips
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 290435 abt. 1891 26 March 1917 26 7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Son of John and Ann Phillips, of 8, London Rd., Corwen, Merioneth.

H. P. Roberts
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

David Thomas
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 20464 abt. 1892 10 July 1916 24 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial, France Son of Ellis and Gwen Thomas, of Hafod Fawr, Festiniog, Blaenau-Festiniog, Merioneth.

Arthur Phillip Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 19999 abt. 1892 09 July 1916 24 16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial, France Son of William Williams, of Mona House, Llangefni, Anglesey.

Howell Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 48936 abt. 1879 28 May 1918 39 Royal Welsh Fusiliers CWGC: 16th Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France Son of Samuel Williams, of Tynygroes, Llandrillo, Corwen, Mont., husband of Elizabeth E. Williams, of Glynmadian, Aberhosan, Machynlleth, Mont.

Owen Richard Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 5799 abt. 1880 16 May 1915 35 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Le Touret Memorial, France Husband of Elizabeth Ellen Williams (nee Roberts), late of Brook Street, Corwen

Robert Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 2727 abt. 1886 14 October 1915 29 "D" Coy. 1st/7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Portianos Military Cemetery, Greece Son of the late Rees and Elizabeth Williams, of Corwen, Merioneth.

Robert Evan Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 290438 abt. 1895 29 December 1918 23 1st/7th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Son of Evan and Jane Williams, of 1, Crown Terrace, Corwen, Merionethshire.

Thomas E. Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 19401 abt. 1896 18 February 1917 21 14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium Son of Mr. R. E. Williams, of Hill St., Corwen.

Thomas D. Atkinson
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 3520 abt. 1894 11 March 1918 24 1st Bn. Welsh Guards Level Crossing Cemetery, Fampoux, France Son of Ann Atkinson, of Gwyddelwern, Corwen, Merioneth, and the late John Atkinson, husband of Hannah Atkinson, of Plas Coch, Lancaster Square, Conway.

Bertram James Clack
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private (CWGC: Lance Corporal) 64073 abt. 1889 21 September 1918 29 18th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile, France Son of George and Elizabeth Clack. Husband of Florence Clack of Cefn Rug, Corwen, Merioneth. His brother, Petty Officer Frederick Clack also fell.

Thomas Ogwen Davies
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 624817 abt. 1897 21 September 1917 20 8th Bn. Canadian Infantry Aix-Noulette Communal Cemetery, France Brother of Enid Annie Davies, of Betws y Coed, Caernarfonshire.

Owen Vaughan Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 646244 abt. 1896 27 April 1917 21 7th Bn. Canadian Infantry Bois-Carre British Cemetery, Thelus, France Son of William and Margaret Jones, of London Road, Corwen.

David Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 1000441 abt. 1885 21 August 1917 32 78th Bn. Canadian Infantry La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy, France Brother of Mrs Elizabeth Dorricott, of 1, Berwyn Villas, Ditherington, Shrewsbury, England.

Alfred John Foreman
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private M2/052038 abt. 1893 18 January 1916 23 521st M.T. Coy. Army Service Corps Devizes Cemetery, Wiltshire, UK Son of Alfred and Ada Foreman, of 48, Glenister Park Rd., Streatham, London.

Robert Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private M2/032922 abt. 1893 31 May 1915 22 52nd Mechanical Transport Coy. (Aldershot) Army Service Corps Liverpool (Toxteth Park) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK Only son of William and Susan Hughes, of 49, Lamport St., Liverpool.

Daniel Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private G/20472 abt. 1881 31 July 1916 35 7th Bn. East Surrey Regiment Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, France Son of Benjamin and Jane Jones, of 6, Church St, Llanderfel, husband of Emma Jones, of 91, Furness Road, Harlesden, London.

Robert Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private Royal Field Artillery

David Owen
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 25436 abt. 1899 18 February 1919 20 South Wales Borderers transf. to (380162) 77th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps Belgrade Cemetery, Belgium Son of Robert and M. A. Owen, of 2, Liverpool Terrace, Corwen, Merioneth.

William Ernest Salmon (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Sapper CWGC: Private 15352 abt. 1881 22 October 1916 35 Royal Engineers CWGC: "D" Coy. 3rd Bn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Felixstowe New Cemetery, Suffolk, UK Son of Thomas and Jane M. Salmon, of 23, Broadway, Shifnal, Salop.

John Caradog Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 57082 abt. 1900 29 May 1919 19 North Staffordshire Regiment Corwen Burial Ground, Merionethshire, UK Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams, of Edeymion Shop, Corwen.

Noel Griffith Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 356710 abt. 1899 13 April 1918 19 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Loos Memorial, France Son of the Rev. Griffith Williams, Rector of Corwen, Merioneth.

David Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 2101 abt. 1889 07 January 1917 28 3rd Coy. 1st Bn. Welsh Guards Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, France Son of Robert and Margaret Jones, of Llwyncwbe, Llangwm, Corwen, Merioneth.

Owen Roberts
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 74165 abt. 1895 22 April 1918 23 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Aveluy Wood Cemetery (Lancashire Dump), Mesnil-Martinsart, France Husband of Mrs. E. A. Roberts, of Shamber Weir, Gwyddelwein, Corwen, Merionethshire.

Tegwyn Edwards
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Aircraftman Royal Air Force

Ivor Edward Edwards
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Fusilier 4209907 abt. 1908 20 Januar 1944 36 8th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Minturno War Cemetery, Italy Son of Hugh and Mary Edwards, husband of Winifred Jane Edwards, of Corwen, Merionethshire.

John Nisbet Francis
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal (CWGC: Private) 13102853 abt. 1904 41 12 May 1945 Pioneer Corps Nairobi War Cemetery, Kenya Son of John and Agnes Frances Francis, husband of Elizabeth Ann Francis, of Corwen, Merionethshire.

John Hugh Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Fusilier 4190893 abt. 1908 17 July 1944 36 6th Bn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, France Son of John and Maggie Hughes, Brook Street, Corwen, husband of Annie Hughes, of Cefn Mawr, Denbighshire.

Edward Frederick Hughes
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Boy Seaman Royal Navy

Gwilym Jones (Probably)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private (CWGC: Driver) T/145372 abt. 1918 08 June 1943 25 237 Inf. Bde. Coy. Royal Army Service Corps Rhosllannerchrugog Cemetery, Denbighshire, UK

Thomas Owen Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Driver T/61819 abt. 1922 13 June 1942 20 Royal Army Service Corps Imphal War Cemetery, India Son of G. Owen and Margaret E. Jones, of Corwen, Merionethshire.

Alfred Leslie Nock
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Staff Sergeant S/117179 abt. 1914 13 September 1942 28 10 Base Supply Depot Royal Army Service Corps Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland Son of Alfred and Margaret Nock, of Llanrwst, Denbighshire.

Edward Owen
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private 4032501 abt. 1916 06 June 1944 28 2nd Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France Son of Evan and Prudence Owen, of Corwen, Merionethshire.

Thomas Robert Edgar Roberts
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Lance Serjeant 2734112 abt. 1914 01 July 1944 30 1st Bn. Welsh Guards St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, France Son of David and Annie Jones Roberts, husband of Ena Gwendoline Roberts, of Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire.

James Webb
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Boy Seaman Royal Navy

Robert Reece Williams (CWGC: Robert Rees Williams)
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Corporal (CWGC: Guardsman) 2734245 24 April 1945 Welsh Guards

David Williams
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private (CWGC: Lance Corporal) 14200992 abt. 1923 26 January 1945 22 6th Bn. South Wales Borderers Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar Son of William and Lilian Williams, of Corwen, Merionethshire.

Robert Dylan Vaughan Jones
Rank: Service No.: Date of Birth: Date of Death: Age: Regiment: Cemetery: Add. Information:	Private abt. 1961 27 August 1979 18 2nd Parachute Regiment Corwen Cemetery

Private Robert Dylan Vaughan Jones served with 29 Platoon Junior Para Company.
He joined P Company Platoon 447 but was unable to Pass Out with them as he had broken his leg when he jumped in on Armoured Brigade Ex Phantom Bugle (the final recruit training exercise).
When he did Pass Out he went to the 2nd Parachute Regiment.
Pte. Jones died on 27 August 1979, aged just 18 years, as a result of the Warrenpoint bombing in Northern Ireland in which 18 paratroopers were killed.
Pte. Jones is now buried in Corwen Cemetery, Denbighshire, in Wales.

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