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OLD COLWYN WAR MEMORIAL

 

Adams,Llewellyn Glyndwr

Pte GS/49711 9th Royal Fusiliers

Formerly 2426 Special Reserves Royal Fusiliers

Born: Shrewsbury

Enlisted: Mill Hall

Died of wounds: 22/11/1917 France & Flanders

Foster son of Mrs E R Adams of Glenmore, Colwyn Bay

 

Barker, James

L/Cpl 203460 6th Gloucestershire Regiment

Born: 1885 Rockferry, Cheshire

Killed in action: 15/4/1918 France & Flanders

Son of John & M Barker of Colwyn BayP

Husband of Kathleen Hannah Barker of 2 Frome Villas, Bath Rd, Stroud

St Venant-Robecq Rd British Cemetery, Rodecq I F16

 

 

Bellis, John

Pte 2120 5th Royal Welch Fusiliers ( Flintshire Territorials)

Born: Salop

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Theatre of war: Balkans 8/8/1915

Assumed dead: 10/8/1915 Gallipoli

Helles Memorial,Gallipoli, Turkey  Panels 77-80

 

Broadbent, Cecil Hoyle

2nd Lieutenant 4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Born: 1882 Cannock, Staffordshire

Theatre of war: France 20/9/1915

Died of wounds: 1/3/1916 During a bomb training accident whilst acting as an instructor

Bryn Eglwys, Old Colwyn

Son of the late James & Mrs Broadbent of 4 Apsley Crescent, Bradford

Manager of the Manchester & Liverpool District Bank

 

Callow, James

L/Cpl 20104 14th Royal Welch Fusiliers

Born: Bolton,Lancashire

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Theatre of war: France 2/12/1915

Killed in action: 8/7/1916 Somme

Thiepval Memorial Pier & Face 4A

 

Conway, Alfred

Pte 201108 & 8515 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers ( Denbighshire Btn)

Born: Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Killed in action: 23/3/1918

Son of Henry & Ellen Conway, Ty Mawr Cottage, Old Colwyn

Grocer's assistant

Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras Bay 6

 

Davies, David

Pte 242673 5th South Lancashire Regiment

Born: Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Wrexham

Killed in action: 11/4/1918

Grocer's assistant

Son of William & Elled Davies, Bryn Menai,Wellington Rd, Old Colwyn

 

Davies, Emlyn

Pte 63553 16th Lancashire Fusiliers

Born: 1900 Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Wrexham

Killed in action: 25/8/1918

Asainvillers British Cemetery, Dept de la Somme IV B8

 

Davies, Frederick       (Pictured)

Pte 53950 & 3743 15th Welsh Regiment

Born: 1884 Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Died of wounds: 2/8/1917 at 61st casualty Clearing Station, Belgium

Son of Richard & Esther Davies , 3 Twynan Terrace Old Colwyn

Postman

 

Davies,Ivor

Gnr 229490 Royal Field Artillery 251st Brigade

Born: Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Wrexham

Died: 8/7/1918 in Germany as a prisoner of war

Niederzwehren Cemetery,Hessen,Germany

 

Davies, John

Pte 2648 5th Royal Welch Fusiliers (Flintshire Territorials)

Born: Abergele

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Theatre of war: Balkans 8/8/1915

Killed in action: Gallipoli 10/8/1915

Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey Panels 77-80

 

Davies, J

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Davies, W

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Davies, William Owen

Pte 120525 Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Training Battalion

Born: 1883 Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Bangor 11/6/1917

Died: 16/1/1918 at Victoria Hospital, Blackpool of Tuberculosis

Brother of Jennie Davies of 5 Brynffynon Terrace, Old Colwyn

Groom?Carter

Buried at Old Colwyn Non-Conformist Church Cemetery C19

 

Edwards, Edward Owen

Pte 48667 Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd Garrison Battalion

Formerly 30380 Royal Welch Fusiliers

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Died: 23/10/1918 Mesapotamia

 

Edwards,John Kelvin

Lieutenant 5th Cheshire Regiment

Theatre of war: France 16/9/1918

Died: 28/11/1918

Son of Reverend John & Ellen Edwards of "Maes Llwyn" Princess Rd,Old Colwyn

Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais I F6

 

Evans, M

No further information

 

Fairclough, Robert Justice

Captain 5th Liverpool Regiment

Formerly Royal Welch Fusiliers

Born: 1874 Aughton,Lancashire

Theatre of war: France 21/2/1915

Died of wounds: 30/5/1915

Cotton Broker of West Lodge,West Kirkby,Wirral

Son of James & Fanny Fairclough of "Elderslie" Old Colwyn

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,Pas de Calais  II A28

 

Foulkes, Owen

Pte 2033538 11th Royal Welch Fusiliers

Born: Llanelien

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Died: 19/10/1918 Malta. Abcess of the brain as a result of shrapnel wounds to the skull.

Son of Leah & the late Robert Foulkes of Penmaen Cottage, Penmaenrhos,Old Colwyn

Pieta Military Cemetery,Northern Harbour,Malta  Plot  A XX 5

 

Foulkes, Thomas T

Pte 53613 1st Royal Welch Fusiliers & 8691

Born: Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Wrexham

Killed in action: 4/5/1917 France & Flanders

Son of William & Sarah Foulkes Carlyle House,Old Colwyn

Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery,Arras,Pas de Calais  Bay 6

 

Hughes, W M

No further information

 

Jones, A P

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Jones, B

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Jones, Bartholomew Lloyd

Pte 6048 2nd Royal Welch Fusiliers

Born: 1895 Rhos on Sea

Enlisted:  Wrexham 5/9/1914

Theatre of war: France 28/6/1915

Killed in action: France 20/7/1916

Son of Mrs Annie Jones,4 Garden Terrace, Old Colwyn

Thiepval Memorial  Pier & face 4A

 

Jones, Charles Edward

59th Company Machine Gun Corps

Formerly 3301 Royal Welch Fusiliers

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Killed in action: 6/1/1917

Thiepval Memorial Pier & face 5C & 12C

 

Jones, David Lewis

Rfmn 376074 8th London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)

Born: Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Hammersmith,London

Died of wounds: 10/9/1918 France & Flanders

Vis-En- Artois British Cemetery,Haucourt,Pas de Calais Panel 190

 

Jones, David John

Pte 28426 4th South Wales Borderers

Formerly 2760 Royal Welch Fusiliers

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Died: 24/9/1918 Mesapotamia

Baghdad North Gate Cemetery,Iraq  III D3

 

Jones, F

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Jones, George Edward

L/Cpl 41655 6th Yorkshire Regiment

Formerly 160639 Royal Field Artillery

Born: 1884 Llanfair Talhaearn

Killed in action: 9/4/1918 France & Flanders

Husband of Emmie Jones of 3 Arfon Terrace, Penmaenrhos,Old Colwyn

Sailly_La Bourse Communal Cemetery Extension   G2

 

Jones, H E

No further information

 

Jones, J

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Jones, John

Pte 36838 17th Royal Welch Fusilliers

Born: Old Colwyn

Enlisted: Colwyn Bay

Died of wounds: 11/7/1916

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt L'Abbe  II A48

 

Jones, J D

No further information

 

Jones, J R

No further information

 

Jones, R

No further information

 

Jones, T S

Pte 11792 11th Royal Welch Fusiliers

Died: 25/12/1918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    
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