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WWI participants from the outskirts of Abergele

Posted on 14/07/2014 by Gareth Morlais

This is the second of a series of four posts featuring the research of Andrew Hesketh into participants in the Great War with Abergele connections. As a mark of respect, we’re publishing the thousand-plus list of names in installments. Today we’re listing those from the outskirts of Abergele. As Andrew Hesketh says: “The ones ‘farther afield’ are a real conundrum. Llanddulas, Rhyd y Foel, Betws yn Rhos, St. George and Towyn were, at the time, effectively regarded as part of the ‘wider’ Abergele. The the pull of the market and the close links between the agricultural communities in particular meant that blokes from as far away as Llanelian and Dolwen (which today are in the gravitational orbit of Colwyn Bay) were, at the time, regarded as part of the wider Abergele community. So was Llanfair TH and Llanefydd, but I decided early on to draw a line there because the ‘pull’ of Denbigh and Llanrwst begins to kick in at those places). I decided therefore, that my research should reflect what was seen and regarded as Abergele and district in 1914, not what it would appear to be in 2014.”

MORRIS,
JOHN

Royal
Garrison Artillery

Bangor

MORRIS,
THOMAS PRITCHARD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Bangor

DAVIES,
THOMAS

Army
Service Corps

Betws
yn Rhos

DAVIES,
WILLIAM

Lancashire
Fusiliers

Betws
yn Rhos

HUGHES,
DAVID

Royal
Garrison Artillery

Betws
yn Rhos

HUGHES,
HENRY

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Betws
yn Rhos

HUGHES,
HUGH

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Betws
yn Rhos

JONES,
OWAIN ap VYCHAN

Labour
Corps

Betws
yn Rhos

LLOYD,
ALBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Betws
yn Rhos

WILLIAMS,
ISAAC

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Betws
yn Rhos

JONES,
THOMAS

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Betws-yn-Rhos

OWEN,
TREVOR

South
Wales Borderers

Betws-yn-Rhos

OWENS,
JOHN

Army
Service Corps

Betws-yn-Rhos

RAWLINSON,
THOMAS JONES

Royal
Engineers

Betws-yn-Rhos

ROBERTS,
ELLIS LLOYD

Machine
Gun Corps

Betws-yn-Rhos

ROBERTS,
ROBERT LLOYD

Welsh

Betws-yn-Rhos

BLACKWELL,
LESLIE GEORGE BENNETT

King’s
(Liverpool)

Colwyn
Bay

DAVIES,
THOMAS

London

Colwyn
Bay

JONES,
EDGAR WILKINSON

York
& Lancaster

Colwyn
Bay

KILBOURNE,
FRANK

North
Stafoordshire

Colwyn
Bay

LARSON,
JOHN

Royal
Navy

Colwyn
Bay

ROBERTS,
WILLIAM

Colwyn
Bay

ROBERTS,
WILLIAM

Colwyn
Bay

JONES,
WILLIAM PENNANT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Denbigh

JONES,
JOHN OWEN

Welsh

Dolwen

ROWLANDS,
ISAAC REES

Welsh
Guards

Dolwen

ROWLANDS,
J. R.

Welsh
Guards

Dolwen

ROWLANDS,
JOHN

Canadian

Dolwen

WYNNE,
EDWARD HENRY JOHN

Grenadier
Guards

Dolwen

DYSON,
T.

Foryd

JONES,
W. CHARLES

Foryd

JONES,
DAVID

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Henllan

PATRICK,
WILLIAM JOHN

Somerset
Light Infantry

Kinmel
Bay

BANKS,
ARTHUR CHAPLIN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

BANKS,
CHARLES CHAPLIN

Royal
Flying Corps

Llanddulas

BARTLEY,
HOWELL

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

CADMAN,
CHARLES JOSEPH MC

Royal
Engineers

Llanddulas

CADMAN,
JOHN (LORD CADMAN OF SILVERDALE)

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
HENRY

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
HUGH (HUGHIE)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
HUMPHREY

Royal
Field Artillery

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
ISAAC

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
JOHN HUGH

Cheshire

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
MOSES

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
MOSES J.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
ROBERT O.

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
ROBERT PHILLIP

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
THOMAS

Welsh
Guards

Llanddulas

DAVIES,
WILLIAM THOMAS (WILLIE)

Cheshire

Llanddulas

DICKEN,
THOMAS (TOM)

Royal
Air Force

Llanddulas

EVANS,
RICHARD MAURICE

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

EVANS,
WALTER

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

FORMSTON,
THOMAS

Royal
Engineers

Llanddulas

GRAHAM,
THOMAS F.

Llanddulas

GRIFFITHS,
RUSSELL

Llanddulas

GRIFFITHS,
WILLIAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

HUGHES,
HUGH

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

HUGHES,
RICHARD

Royal
Field Artillery

Llanddulas

JAMES,
JOHN EDWARD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

JONES,
A. BRANSBY

Royal
Army Medical Corps

Llanddulas

JONES,
BERTIE

Royal
Army Medical Corps

Llanddulas

JONES,
DANIEL

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

JONES,
GWILYM GEORGE

South
Wales Borderers

Llanddulas

JONES,
HUGH

Royal
Engineers

Llanddulas

JONES,
LLOYD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

JONES,
ROBERT

Royal
Engineers

Llanddulas

JONES,
ROBERT J.

Llanddulas

JONES,
ROBERT JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

JONES,
THOMAS (TOMMY)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

JONES,
WILLIAM

Llanddulas

JONES,
WILLIAM

Llanddulas

JONES,
WILLIAM C.

Royal
Engineers

Llanddulas

LEWIS,
FRANK

Llanddulas

LLOYD,
D

Llanddulas

McCOMBE,CHARLES

Mercantile
Marine

Llanddulas

MORRIS,
JOHN

Llanddulas

MORRIS
WILLIAM

Welsh

Llanddulas

POWELL,
JOHN

Manchester

Llanddulas

POWELL,
LLEWELYN

Llanddulas

ROBERTS,
ARTHUR

Llanddulas

ROBERTS,
GEORGE

Llanddulas

ROBERTS,
WILLIAM (WILL)

Royal
Navy Volunteer Reserve

Llanddulas

ROBERTS,
WILLIAM (WILLIE)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

THOMAS

Llanddulas

THOMAS,
DAVID

Llanddulas

THOMAS,
RICHARD

Llanddulas

TURNER,
FREDERICK HARDING

Liverpool

Llanddulas

TURNER,
WILLIAM

Liverpool

Llanddulas

VALENTINE,
MOSES IDWAL MM OBE

Royal
Field Artillery

Llanddulas

VAUGHAN,
EDWIN

Llanddulas

VAUGHAN,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

VAUGHAN,
JOHN H.

Llanddulas

VAUGHAN,
ROBERT

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
DAN [DANIEL]

Cheshire

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
DAVID LEWIS

Army
Service Corps

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
HUMPHREY

Royal
Field Artillery

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
JOHN J.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
JOHN

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
L

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
SAMUEL

Llanddulas

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS H.

Llanddulas

WYNNE-JONES,
EDWARD IRVINE

Welsh

Llanddulas

JONES,
HUGH

Llandulas

VAUGHAN,
JOHN HENRY

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanefydd

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanefydd

BORTHWICK,
FRANCIS HENRY DSO & Bar

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanelian

LLOYD,
LLEWELYN

Llanelian

OWEN,
CYRIL POWNALL

Machine
Gun Corps

Llanelian

DAVIES,
ROBERT WILLIAM

Llanfair
Talhaiarn

JONES,
MAURICE ROBERT

Army
Service Corps

Llanfair
Talhaiarn

JONES,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanfair
Talhaiarn

GRIFFITH,
TREVOR LLEWELYN

Royal
Field Artillery

Llanfair
TH

PARRY,
DANIEL

Labour
Corps

Llanfair
TH

PIERCE,
EDWARD JONES

Llanfair
TH

JONES,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llanfairfechan

JONES,
DAVID

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llangernyw

JONES,
HERBERT C. TREVOR

Royal
Army Medical Corps

Llangernyw?

WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM

Llannduals

ROBERTS,
JOHN

Welsh

Llanrwst

DAVIES,
GEORGE MILLWARD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llansannan

EVANS,
EMRYS

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llysfaen

JONES,
JOHN PETER

Llysfaen

LEWIS,
JOSEPH

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Llysfaen

DAVIES,
WILLIAM

South
Lancashire

Moelfre

HUGHES,
EDWARD (TED)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Moelfre

HUGHES,
WILLIAM EVAN (WILL)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Moelfre

JONES,
THOMAS R. (TOM)

South
Wales Borderers

Moelfre

MORGAN,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Moelfre

MORGAN,
WILLIAM

Moelfre

ROBERTS,
ROBERT

Royal
Field Artillery

Moelfre

WILLIAMS,
LLEWELYN (LLEW)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Moelfre

WILLIAMS,
ROBERT TREVOR

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Moelfre

WILLAMS,
J. DAVID

Morfa
Rhuddlan

BOOTH,
FRANK

Army
Veterinary Corps

Old
Colwyn

AUSTIN,
ALFRED JAMES (ALF)

Royal
Air Force

Pensarn

AUSTIN,
FREDERIC (FRED)

Royal
Flying Corps

Pensarn

AUSTIN,
THOMAS HENRY

South
Wales Borderers

Pensarn

AUSTIN,
WILLIAM EDWARD (TED)

Machine
Gun Corps

Pensarn

BLUNDELL,
JOHN R.

Pensarn

CARTWRIGHT,
CHARLES C.

Royal
Navy Volunteer Reserve

Pensarn

CLEWS,
ARTHUR RICHARD

Pensarn

COMBE,
JAMES PATRICK CAMPBELL

Royal
Engineers

Pensarn

DAVIES,
HAROLD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Pensarn

DAVIES,
HERBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Pensarn

DAVIES,
J. R. PERCIVAL

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Pensarn

DAVIES,
JOHN R.

Royal
Garrison Artillery

Pensarn

DAVIES,
T

Royal
Army Medical Corps

Pensarn

DAVIES,
THOMAS OWEN

Royal
Field Artillery

Pensarn

DAVIES,
WILLIAM HAROLD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Pensarn

EARWAKER,
RALPH PARSON O.B.E.

Army
Service Corps

Pensarn

EDWARDS,
WILLIAM

Pensarn

EVANS,
D. R.

Pensarn

EVANS,
JOHN JAMES

Pensarn

FRASER,
ALEC

Australian
Army

Pensarn

FRASER,
JAMES CHARTERIS

Royal
Defence Corps

Pensarn

GRIFFITHS,
LLEWELYN PRITCHARD

Pensarn

HEAD,
JOHN HENRY

Pensarn

HOPKINS,
TOM [THOMAS] J.

Army
Service Corps

Pensarn

HOYLE,
J. C

Cheshire

Pensarn

HUGHES,
CECIL AUGUSTUS

Pensarn

HUGHES,
RICHARD DAVID

Welsh
Guards

Pensarn

JACOB,
HAROLD

Royal
Navy

Pensarn

JACOB,
SIDNEY SQUIRE (SID)

King’s
(Liverpool)

Pensarn

JONES,
ARVON

Pensarn

JONES,
BENUEL

Denbighshire
Yeomanry

Pensarn

JONES,
EDWARD

Royal
Engineers

Pensarn

JONES,
JOHN HUGH

Royal
Navy

Pensarn

JONES,
JOSEPH PENIEL

Pensarn

JONES,
LYNCH

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Pensarn

JONES,
ROBERT

Pensarn

JONES,
TREVOR

Royal
Field Artillery

Pensarn

LEIGHTON,
HERBERT

Welsh

Pensarn

LEWIS,
RICHARD

Royal
Garrison Artillery

Pensarn

MacDONALD,
CHARLES

Royal
Engineers

Pensarn

PARRY,
SAMUEL

Pensarn

ROBERTS,
JOHN R.

York
& Lancaster

Pensarn

ROBERTS,
JOSEPH BROWN

Royal
Garrison Artillery

Pensarn

ROWLANDS,
GWENNIE

Pensarn

SMITH

Pensarn

THOMAS,
JOHN HENRY

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Pensarn

TURVY,
FRANCIS HUGH

Pensarn

WHEWAY,
W.

Royal
Field Artillery

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
EDMUND GOODMAN

East
Lancashire

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
HAYDN

Royal
Navy

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
HORATIO

King’s
Royal Rifle Corps

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
JOHN GOODMAN

Royal
Engineers

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
ROBERT EDWIN

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS

Royal
Navy

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS (TOM)

Royal
Engineers

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS EVAN

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
VINCENT

Pensarn

WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM

Pensarn

WYKEHAM-MUSGRAVE,
WENMAN HUMPHREY

Royal
Navy

Pensarn

OWEN,
JOSEPH HEBER

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Prestatyn

JACKSON,
ELIAS

Rhyd
y Foel

JONES,
PERCY

South
African Army

Rhyd
y Foel

JONES,
THOMAS

Rhyd
y Foel

JONES,
WILLIAM

Rhyd
y Foel

WILLIAMS,
JOHN

Royal
Fusiliers

Rhyd
y Foel

WILLIAMS,
PETER

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Rhyd
y Foel

WILLIAMS,
ROBERT DAVID

Royal
Field Artillery

Rhyd
y Foel (?)

THOMAS,
JOSEPH H.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
Asaph

BECKETT,
FRANK SYDNEY

Sherwood
Foresters

St.
George

BRADLEY,
ARTHUR M.

Royal
Engineers

St.
George

DAVIES,
WILLIAM

St.
George

DAVIES,
WILLIAM

St. George

DAVIS,
THOMAS

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

EDWARDS,
FREDERICK (FRED)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

EVANS,
ARTHUR M. GRAHAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

EVANS,
DAVID GRAHAM

Chaplain
Forces

St.
George

EVANS,
FRANK [FRANCIS] GRAHAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

EVANS,
STANLEY GRAHAM

Machine
Gun Corps

St.
George

EVANS,
STIRLING GRAHAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

GILCHRIST,
WILLIAM

Duke
of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)

St.
George

HOLMES,
ALBERT

South
Staffordshire

St.
George

HUGHES,
DAVID

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

HUGHES,
H. B. L.

St.
George

HUGHES,
JAMES DEVINE

Royal
Engineers

St.
George

HUGHES,
WALTER

St.
George

JONES,
WILLIAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

St.
George

LEDSHAM,
LESLIE

Labour
Corps

St.
George

OWEN,
FRANCIS

St.
George

OWEN,
FRANK

Australian
Army

St.
George

SALISBURY,
EDWARD DAVID

Royal
Army Medical Corps

St.
George

BARTLEY,
W. S.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

ELLIS,
JOHN DAVID

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

GERRARD,
JOHN

Loyal North Lancashire

Towyn

HUGHES,
DANIEL

Towyn

HUGHES,
ISAAC

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

HUGHES,
JOHN

Towyn

HUGHES,
JOHN FFOULKES

South
Wales Borderers

Towyn

HUGHES,
THOMAS

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

HUGHES,
TOM

Towyn

HUGHES,
WILLIAM

Towyn

HUGHES,
WILLIAM HENRY

Labour
Corps

Towyn

JONES,
WILLIAM GEORGE

Northumberland
Fusiliers

Towyn

MOSLEY,
WILLIAM ARTHUR

Towyn

OWEN,
EDWARD

Towyn

ROBERTS,
E

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

ROBERTS,
JOHN

Somerset
Light Infantry

Towyn

ROBERTS,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

ROBERTS,
JOHN OWEN

South
Wales Borderers

Towyn

ROBERTS,
JOHN OWEN

Towyn

ROBERTS,
T. H.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

ROBERTS,
THOMAS

Towyn

SHEPHERD,
A.

Towyn

TODD

Lancashire
Fusiliers

Towyn

WILLIAMS,
DAVID

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

WILLIAMS,
PETER

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Towyn

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS

Towyn

WINKUP,
ARTHUR

Royal
Field Artillery

Towyn

ELLIS,
HUGH LODWICK MALDWYN (HUGHIE)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Ysceifiog

ADAMS,
GLYNNE

RNVR

BEDFORD,
HENRY

Abergele
and District Civilian Guard

BELL,
ROBERT

BEVAN

BIRTWISTLE,
DAN

BLAKEMORE,
CHARLES EDWARD

Royal
Navy

BLAKEMORE,
W.

Abergele
and District Civilian Guard

BOOTH,
RICHARD

Welsh

BROOKES

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

CHESTERS,
CECIL

Royal
Naval Air Service

COLLINSON,
JOHN HENRY

Royal
Engineers

DARLINGTON,
CHARLIE

Royal
Flying Corps

DARLINGTON,
HARRY

Royal
Flying Corps

DARLINGTON,
WALTER

Royal
Engineers

DAVIES

Abergele
Military Police

DAVIES,
ALLEN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
ARTHUR

DAVIES,
DAVID

Labour
Corps

DAVIES,
EVAN M.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
H. J.

Royal
Flying Corps

DAVIES,
H. T. (HUGH THOMAS?)

DAVIES,
HUGH

Royal
Engineers

DAVIES,
J. P. R.

DAVIES
JOHN

DAVIES,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
JOHN

Royal
Fusiliers

DAVIES,
JOHN (JACK)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
JOHN ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
JOHN ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
LLEW

DAVIES,
PERCY

Army
Service Corps

DAVIES,
R

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

DAVIES,
ROBERT JONES

Machine
Gun Corps

DAVIES,
ROBERT JONES

Royal
Field Artillery

DAVIES,
THOMAS OWEN

Royal
Army Medical Corps

DAVIES,
TOM

DAVIES,
W

DAVIES,
WILL (WILLIAM)

South
Wales Borderers

DAVIES,
WILLIAM

Royal
Field Artillery

DAVIES,
WILLIAM

Army
Service Corps

DICKINS,
ARTHUR GEORGE

Royal
Engineers

DOBBINS,
FRANCIS LEO

Denbighshire
Yeomanry

EDWARDS,
ARCHIBALD (ARCHIE)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

EDWARDS,
HOWEL

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

EDWARDS,
JOHN

Royal
Military Police

EDWARDS,
WILFRED

EDWARDS,
WILLIAM

Labour
Corps

EDWARDS,
WYNN

Royal
Field Artillery

EDWARDS.
JACK [JOHN]

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

EVANS

EVANS,
ARNOLD

Royal
Army Medical Corps

EVANS,
B

EVANS,
ERIC M.

Welsh

EVANS,
J. O.

Royal
Engineers

EVANS,
J. T.

EVANS,
J. W.

Machine
Gun Corps

EVANS,
JOHN

EVANS,
JOHN [JACK]

Royal
Field Artillery

EVANS,
LLEWELYN

EVANS,
ROBERT ARTHUR

Mercantile
Marine

EVANS,
TED

EVANS-HUGHES,
ERIC H.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

FITTON,
HARRY

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

FLAVIN,
MICHAEL MC

Welsh

FLEET,
E. H.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

GRAY,
ARNOLD

GREENHALGH

GRIFFITHS,
JAMES

Army
Service Corps

GRIFFITHS,
W.

Machine
Gun Corps

HALLIDAY,
THOMAS E.

Army
Service Corps

HANNAH,
MABEL TEMPLETON

Queen
Alexandria’s Imperial Military Nursing Service

HARRISON,
J.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HAWKYARD,
A. M.

HEATH,
J. A.

HEATH,
JOE G.

Training
Reserve

HIBBINS,
H

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HIGGIN,
WILLIAM HENRY HARTLEY

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HIGGINS

South
Wales Borderers

HUGHES

General
Service

HUGHES,
(?). H

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HUGHES,
ALBERT

Army
Service Corps

HUGHES,
CHARLES

Rifle
Brigade

HUGHES,
DAN

Royal
Garrison Artillery

HUGHES,
H

HUGHES,
H. O. Dr.

HUGHES,
JAMES

Army
Service Corps

HUGHES,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HUGHES,
JOHN

Army
Veterinary Corps

HUGHES,
JOHN

Labour
Corps

HUGHES,
LEVI

Royal
Defence Corps

HUGHES,
R

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HUGHES,
SAMUEL

Labour
Corps

HUGHES,
THOMAS FFOULKES

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

HUGHES,
THOMAS S.

Army
Service Corps

HUMPHREY-ROBERTS,
DAVID

HUMPHREYS,
E. W.

JOHNSON,
STANLEY

JONES,
ALBERT E.

Royal
Field Artillery

JONES,
ALFRED

JONES,
ARTHUR

JONES,
C. T.

JONES,
CHARLES

Abergele
& District Civilian Guard

JONES,
DYFRIG

Royal
Naval Division

JONES,
ED

Royal
Engineers

JONES,
FRANCIS

Welsh
Guards

JONES,
FRANK

JONES,
FREDERICK WILLIAM

Welsh

JONES,
G. MORGAN

JONES,
GLYN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
GLYNNE

Army
Service Corps

JONES,
HARRY (ALIAS ROBERTS, HARRY)

JONES,
ISAAC

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
J. D. M

Royal
Navy

JONES,
JIM [JAMES]

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
JOHN

Royal
Field Artillery

JONES,
JOHN E.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
JOHN JAMES

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
JOHN OWEN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
JOSHUA

Abergele
& District Civilian Guard

JONES,
JOSHUA

JONES,
R. H.

Army
Service Corps

JONES,
R. H.

JONES,
R. PARRY

JONES,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

JONES,
STEWART KIRBY

Royal
Field Artillerry

JONES,
T. G.

Admiralty
Wireless Station

JONES,
W

Royal
Flying Corps

JONES,
W. E

Welsh

JONES,
W. HUMPHREYS

Abergele
and District Civilian Guard

JONES,
W. Ll.

Royal
Naval Air Service

JONES,
WILLIAM JAMES

South
Wales Borderers

JONES,
WILLIAM R.

Royal
Army Ordnance Corps

LAMB,
HARRY

Grenadier
Guards

LEWIS,
THOMAS

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

LLOYD,
JOHN ALUN (a.k.a ALLAN)

Welsh

LLOYD,
TOM [THOMAS]

Training
Reserve

LUKE,
RICHARD (DICK)

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

MACDONALD

MACKENZIE,
A. A

Royal
Engineers

MATHEWS,
HAROLD

Royal
Army Medical Corps

McDONALD,
J. O.

Army
Service Corps

MILLWARD,
H. H.

Royal
Navy

MILLWARD,
H. T.

MILLWARD,
J. T

Royal
Field Artillery

MOORE,
J

MOSS,
DAVID J.

MYDDLETON,
CHARLES

Royal
Naval Air Service

NEEDHAM,
R. M.

Royal
Marines

NUTTALL,
FRANK

Dragoon
Guards

OWEN,
DAVID

Army
Service Corps

OWEN,
E.

OWEN,
EDWARD

OWEN,
JOHN

OWEN,
ROBERT

Abergele
& District Civilian Guard

OWEN,
ROBERT

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

OWEN,
ROBERT JAMES

Royal
Garrison Artillery

OWEN,
W. C.

Royal
Engineers

OWENS,
JOHN

Tank
Corps

PARKS,
EDWARD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

PARRY,
E.

Royal
Defence Corps

PARRY,
EDWARD E.

Royal
Field Artillery

PARRY,
J

Manchester

PARRY,
JOHN

PEACOCK,
DAVID

PHILLIPS,
JOHN

PHILLIPS,
TUDOR OWEN M.C.

South
Wales Borderers

PIERSON,
GUY KENYON

Royal
Fusiliers

PRICE,
T. W.

Abergele
& District Civilian Guard

RATCLIFFE

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
B

Royal
Field Artillery

ROBERTS,
DAVID

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
E

Royal
Field Artillery

ROBERTS,
E. I.

Royal
Navy Volunteer Reserve

ROBERTS,
EDWARD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
FRED

ROBERTS,
HARRY

Welsh

ROBERTS,
HENRY OSWALD

Royal
Army Medical Corps

ROBERTS,
HERBERT

Machine
Gun Corps

ROBERTS,
HUGH

Welsh

ROBERTS,
J. EDWARD

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
J. Ll. J

ROBERTS,
JOHN J. B.

Labour
Corps

ROBERTS,
LLEWELYN

Machine
Gun Corps

ROBERTS,
R. T.

Dragoon
Guards

ROBERTS,
RICHARD

Rifle
Brigade

ROBERTS,
RICHARD E.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
ROBERT

Abergele
& District Civilian Guard

ROBERTS,
ROBERT

Mercantile
Marine

ROBERTS,
ROBERT MEREDITH

Royal
Field Artillery

ROBERTS,
SAMUEL

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
THOMAS

Royal
Engineers

ROBERTS,
THOMAS OWEN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

ROBERTS,
WALTER

ROBERTS,
WILLIAM HENRY

Machine
Gun Corps

ROBINSON,
OSWALD

Royal
Navy Volunteer Reserve

ROWLANDS,
E

Welsh

SIMONS,
EDWARD

Army
Service Corps

SMITH,
GEORGE

STOKES,
C

Royal
Engineers

TAYLOR,
ALBERT

Mercantile
Marine

TAYLOR,
JOHN G.

Royal
Field Artillery

THOMAS,
HARRY E.

Royal
Army Medical Corps

THOMAS,
R. A.

THOMAS,
WILLIAM

Royal
Garrison Artillery

TWITTY,
GEORGE

Grenadier
Guards

UNKNOWN
SAILOR

VAUGHAN

South
Wales Borderers

VAUGHAN,
GLYN

WADDINGTON,
E. R.

Abergele
& District Civilian Guard

WATSON,
CHARLES

Army
Service Corps

WELLS,
JOHN

Cheshire

WHITELEY,
W. A.

Royal
Engineers

WHITLEY,
T. J.

Army
Service Corps

WHITLEY,
THOMAS

WILLIAMS,
D.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
DANIEL

WILLIAMS,
DAVID

WILLIAMS,
EDWARD

Abergele
and District Civilian Guard

WILLIAMS,
EDWARD

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
EDWARD R. FFOULKES

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
ERNEST H.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
EVAN

Royal
Berkshire

WILLIAMS,
FRED

WILLIAMS,
FREDERICK

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
G. T.

Welsh

WILLIAMS,
GEORGE

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
HAROLD

Royal
Army Medical Corps

WILLIAMS,
HAROLD C.

Royal
Field Artillery

WILLIAMS,
HYWEL P.

WILLIAMS,
IVOR

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
J. D.

Machine
Gun Corps

WILLIAMS,
JAMES

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
JAMES WOOD

Royal
Army Medical Corps

WILLIAMS,
JOHN

Cheshire

WILLIAMS,
JOHN

City
of London Yeomanry

WILLIAMS,
JOHN

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
JOHN R.

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
LLEWELYN

King’s
(Liverpool)

WILLIAMS,
OWEN BENJAMIN

Welsh
Guards

WILLIAMS,
R. E.

South
Lancashire

WILLIAMS,
R. G.

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
ROBERT

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
S. T. O.

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
SAM

WILLIAMS,
T

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
T. C.

WILLIAMS,
T. E.

WILLIAMS,
TEDDY

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS (TOM)

Royal
Engineers

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS (TOM)

Royal
Navy

WILLIAMS,
THOMAS CHARLES

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WILLIAMS,
WILLIAM

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

WOODHOUSE

WORTHINGTON,
WILLIAM ERNEST

Royal
Welsh Fusiliers

Paris or bust, by bike from Llanfair TH

Posted on 11/07/2014 by Gareth Morlais

“Two local lads from Llanfair TH, Abergele have this morning set off in the early hours on their 450 mile journey to Paris, France.” writes Justin Hinchliffe of Bodfari, Denbighshire.

“Llion Griffiths and Clive Williams were waved off this morning by myself from the bridge in Llanfair TH and they headed off towards St Asaph, Denbigh, Ruthin and onto Llangollen over the stunning Horseshoe Pass. They aim to finish today’s stint over 100 miles away in Worcester. Here they will have a well deserved rest and then start the next days cycling.

“They are doing this to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Support Charity so every penny they raise will be going straight to this well worthwhile cause. Llion and Clive have been training very hard for over 12 months now and are extremely determined to complete this mammoth task. ”

One of the cyclists Llion Griffiths says: “We really appreciate all your support and thank you for any donations. Here is the link for the Virgin Giving Money page that has been set up for Donations. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/Llanfair “

WWI participants from further afield with an Abergele connection

Posted on 07/07/2014 by Gareth Morlais

“One Abergele man is commemorated in a small town in Australia and another in Utica, New York, USA,” says Abergele WWI researcher Andrew Hesketh.

Finishing up on the 100th anniversary of the start of War on 28 July, AbergelePost is serialising Andrew’s list in this year which marks the Centenary of the beginning of the Great War.

Here are the people with Abergele connections from outside Wales and even further afield.

Name	Regiment*	Location
OWEN, JOSEPH	King’s Own (Shropshire Light Infantry)	Acton Pigott, Salop
AMOS, HARRY OSWALD		Australia
EVANS, DAVID SAXON WALTON	Australian Army	Australia
EVANS, HERBERT WYNN WALTON	Australian Army	Australia
GILCHRIST, ALBERT ALEXANDER	Australian Army	Australia
DAVIES, HUGH	Labour Corps	Battersea
EDWARDS, JOHN RAYMOND	Canadian Army	Canada
EDWARDS, WILLIAM GORDON	Canadian Army	Canada
JONES, FRANK MARSINGALE	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Duffield
LOCKETT, ERNEST	Worcestershire	King’s Norton, Worcestershire
KERSHAW, ROBERT	Lancashire Fusiliers	Liverpool
WILLIAMS, ISAAC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Liverpool
OWEN, ROBERT	Australian Army	Moora, Western Australia
JONES, EDWARD THOMAS	Royal Engineers	New Broughton
PARRY, EDWARD EVANS (TED)	Australian Army	Perth, Australia
WYNNE, CAREY	Royal Army Medical Corps	Pleck, Walsall
HILL, GORDON GRAY	Singapore Volunteer Rifles	Singapore
RIDGE, EVERARD VAUGHAN	Machine Gun Corps	Surrey
PROCTOR, FREDERICK WILLIAM	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	Torquay
DAVIES, WILLIAM	US Army	USA
DAVIES, WILLIAM HENRY	Machine Gun Corps	West Kirby
BAKER, ALFRED (ALF)	King’s (Liverpool)
BORTHWICK, ALEXANDER MUSGRAVE	Royal Scots
BRADLEY, W. E.	Royal Warwickshire
CLOUGH, FREDERICK NORMAN	Manchester
COOKE, WILLIAM GEORGE	The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire)
DAVIES, JOHN	Cheshire
DAVIES, R. IDWAL	London
DAVIES, ROBERT	King’s (Liverpool)
EVANS, JOHN J.	Manchester
EVANS, SHÔN	Australian Army
FALLON	Irish Hussars
GRIFFITH, M.K	Gordon Highlanders
GRIFFITHS, JOHN	Lancashire Fusiliers
GUNTER, FREDERICK WILLIAM	Lancashire Fusiliers
HUGHES, JAMES	King’s (Liverpool)
HUGHES, WILLIAM	Border
JONES, A	Manchester
JONES, DAVID	Lancashire Fusiliers
JONES, FRED	King’s (Liverpool)
JONES, GEORGE FREDERICK	King’s (Liverpool)
JONES, J. E	Canadian Army
JONES, THOMAS ABEL	US Army
JONES, WILLIAM THOMAS	King’s (Liverpool)
LINEKAR, FRANCIS RUBENSTEIN	Liverpool
LLOYD, HENRY	Cheshire Yeomanry
LYNE, REGINALD MELVILLE	South African Army
M?, HARRY	Manchester
MILLS, THOMAS REGINALD	King’s (Liverpool)
NEEDHAM, THOMAS VAUGHAN	Manchester
OWEN, R. E	Cheshire
OWEN, THOMAS	Australian Army
RINDER, LLEWELYN TRELEAVEN	York & Lancaster
ROBERTS, CHARLES CECIL GWYNEDD	London
ROBERTS, W. E.	Manchester
ROBERTS, W. H.	Cheshire
SMALE, ARTHUR	Lancashire Hussars
SMITH, ALEXANDER	Black Watch
STACEY, ERNEST GEORGE HEWLETT	Australian Army
STURGESS, EDWARD	Gordon Highlanders

N.B. Andrew Hesketh says that the Regiment column usually shows the last known regiment of the 1914-1919 period. When the principal experience of a man has been with a former regiment, this is shown instead.

The next installment will list participants from Abergele’s outskirts, from Pensarn to Llanddulas and from Dolwen to Moelfre.

Abergele and the Great War

Posted on 01/07/2014 by Gareth Morlais

During 2014, we’re commemorating the Centenary of the beginning of World War I in 1914.

For the past seven years Andrew Hesketh has been researching the role played in the Great War by the people of Abergele.

As a mark of respect to those who participated in WWI, AbergelePost.com is publishing the names of the participants in installments, along with where they’re from and their regiment where known.

We can do this with special thanks to Andrew Hesketh for sharing his research. Andrew describes how he came to do this and writes:

“I have been researching the men and women of Abergele & district who participated in the Great War 1914-1918 since c.2007. My ‘list’ of participants now well exceeds 1,000 and this is backed up by plenty of archival and research information, as well as visits to certain battlefields.

“About three or four years ago I read in the local press that the Council were planning towards the centenary of 2014, and that a central pillar of their plan would be based around potentially adding ‘missing’ names to memorial at St. Michael’s.”

Andrew sees his work as an organic project:

“Would any readers be able to add any information, trivial or otherwise, to my research into local men and women of the Great War period? I would be particularly pleased to see photographs of local men who participated. I am also struggling to match up some war-era addresses with their actual location in Abergele! Naturally I would share, in return, any information I have collected.”

We’ll be publishing Andrew’s list – split up into four installments – over the coming weeks, and timing the final installment to go live on the morning exactly 100 years after the Great War began on 28 July 1914.

AbergelePost has been working with Ysgol Emrys ap Iwan on a multi-media project which will aim to pay special tribute to those who took part in the War. More news about that over the coming weeks.

Gwrych Castle Open Day

Posted on 30/06/2014 by David_Hughes

Last Saturday the Gwrych Castle Trust opened the gates of the castle to the public for the first time in thirty years. Here are a few pictures of what was an extremely successful day. Thank you to the Gwrych Castle Trust and the current owners of Gwrych Castle. These pictures belong to Jackie (Skippy) Rowlands and she has given her permission to reproduce them here. Thank you Jackie.

Shire horses at Abergele National Ploughing Championship

Posted on 27/06/2014 by Gareth Morlais

In the past, the Women’s Institute has produced sets of coloured postcards celebrating all kinds of events and landmarks around Abergele. Here’s a photo by Gwyneth Vaughan of Betws yn Rhos WI, showing the Abergele National Ploughing Championship. Although this plough is pulled by horses, judging by the estate car in the background, this is a fairly recent competition.

Abergele National Ploughing Championship. Photo by Gwyneth Vaughan of Betws yn Rhos Women's Institute — Abergele National Ploughing Championship. Photo by Gwyneth Vaughan of Betws yn Rhos Women’s Institute

Gwrych Castle Open Day 28 June 2014

Posted on 21/06/2014 by Gareth Morlais

Gwrych Castle from Tan y Gopa's Doorknob by Gareth Morlais CC-BY-SA — Gwrych Castle from Tan y Gopa’s Doorknob by Gareth Morlais CC-BY-SA

Gwrych Castle’s gates are being flung open for visitors for the first time in ages on Saturday 28 June 2014.

Entry between noon and 4pm will cost £5, which includes a tour of the castle and grounds and a catch up on the latest news from the owners of the Castle and Gwrych Trust. The tours are hourly.

Ice cream will be on sale as well as copies of Mark Baker’s latest book Margaret Sandbach: A Tragedy in Marble and Ink, written with Dewi Gregory.

Mark Baker, who is Chair of the Board of Trustees for Gwrych Trust and author of The Rise and Fall of Gwrych said, “It is very exciting that the castle will be open for the day and that we have an opportunity for people to learn about its history and what is proposed for the future”.

Jake Basford of the Trust, handling promotion, says that proceeds from the tours will go towards the planned Visitor Centre project.

Access will be via the road shared with Manorafon Farm, but access will only be given to foot traffic. No parking will be allowed on site, at Manorafon Farm or Abergele Golf club, unless otherwise stated. If you have a disability and want to discuss access, just email gwrych (at) gmail.com before the day.

Summer Fete – Friends of Abergele Hospital

Posted on 18/06/2014 by Gareth Morlais

On Saturday the 21st June 2014, the League of Friends of Abergele Hospital are holding their annual summer fete. Bob Pearson of the Friends has written with details:

“It is to be opened by Darren Millar A.M. at 2pm in the hospital grounds. Many different stalls will be there including tombola, bric-a-brac, plants, books, children’s toys, cakes, popcorn and many others. A police dog handler and armed responce officer will be attending to talk to members of the public about their roles. The lifeboat will be represented, a display of childres dancing, the Cantorion Choir and the Rhyl Junior Silver Band.”

The Mayor of Abergele, Brian Roberts, will be drawing the raffle. There will also be entertainment from Bro Aled School and the Joy Cournock school of dancing. There will be a children’s play bus and the Red Cross will be in attendance. (Source: Iolo Facebook page)

I have fond childhood memories of going to the annual summer garden fete at the hospital in Abergele. Back in the 60s we called it the Chest Hospital Fete or the Sanny Fete. From what I hear from Bob and his hard-working co-workers at the Friends, this year’s revival of an old tradition promises to be a real gem.

Photo of entrance to Hospital by Ross Davies.

Sam Kelly’s Abergele connection

Posted on 15/06/2014 by Gareth Morlais

The actor Sam Kelly (Porridge, ‘Allo ‘Allo!, On the Up, Barbara, etc) sadly died on 14 June 2014. Not many people will be aware of his Abergele connection. His mother Mary and father Fred (who died many years before Mary) lived in Abergele in the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Some readers may remember Mary Kelly.

Sam’s real name was Roger Kelly and he came back to Abergele during filming breaks to see his folks. Because my mother had been a childhood friend of Roger’s when she grew up in Peel Green, near Manchester, and later in Conwy, we’d see Roger in Abergele quite often.

It was with sadness that I heard of his passing and he’s sure to be fondly remembered.

Sam Kelly as Bunny Warren. Probably BBC Copyright.