Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd
Clwyd Family History Society
The Dyserth War Memorial commemorates those men of the area who were killed during World War I and World War II.
Dyserth (Welsh: Diserth) is a village and community in the Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire. 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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Sergeant Adolph George BEER 18872 & 1984 M.M. |
Machine Gun Corps Infantry (16th Coy.) formerly East Kent Regt. |
15 Sep 1916 | 29 | Born in Tranmere, Cheshire, England. Son of Adolph W & Emily Beer; husband of Marie Beer of 40, Penkett Road, Wallasey, Cheshire, England. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, Picardie, France. |
Private Frank BRADBURY 102105 |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 15 Sep 1917 | 27 | Born Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England. Son of Samuel Bradbury; husband of Margaret S. Bradbury, of Polygon Nursing Home, 8, Wilton Polygon, Crumpsal, Manchester, England. | St. Bridget's Churchyard, Dyserth. |
Private William BRAYNE 200796 |
Cheshire Regiment (1st/4th Bn.) |
2 Aug 1918 | 21 | Son of Mr E Brayne, of New Inn, Dyserth. | |
Private First Class CARTWRIGHT Roger Norman |
United States Army (23rd Infantry Regt., 2nd Infantry Division) |
18 Jul 1918 | 30 | Son of Charles Cartwright, Glan Aber, Llanasa. Resident of Blaine, Montana, USA Also on the Picton & Llanasa Memorials. |
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France. |
Corporal Robert DAVIES 54453 & 44132 |
Machine Gun Corps. (Infantry) (17th Bn.) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
12 Oct 1918 | 32 | Son of Ellis & Mary E Davies, Tan y Fron, Gronant. | Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. |
Private Henry Ress ELLIS 241181 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (5th Bn.) |
26 Mar 1917 | 19 | Son of Thomas & Emily Ellis, of Glan Aber, Dyserth. | Jerusalem Memorial, Israel. |
Private Robert John EVANS 39120 |
South Wales Borderers (1st Bn.) |
10 Nov 1917 | 22 | Son of John T & Caroline Evans, of Plas Hiraddug, Dyserth. | Tyne Cot Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private Thomas Richard EVANS 18902 |
6 Corps, 2nd Bn.Coldstream Guards | 16 Apr 1932 | 35 | Son of John Thomas & Caroline Evans, Pen y Bryn Farm, Dyserth. | St Bridget's Churchyard, Dyserth. |
Private Goodman EVANS served as EDWARDS 11644 |
Grenadier Guards (2nd Bn.) |
10 Nov 1914 | 29 | Son of Robert & M A Evans, of Ardwyn Cottage, Dyserth. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Private Herbert JONES 53938 (Also on the Prestatyn War Memorial) |
19th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 24 Nov 1917 | 19 | Son of Herbert and Catherine Jones, Railway Cottage, Prestatyn. | Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France |
Private Frederick Stanley KIRKHAM 241407 |
5th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 26 Mar 1917 | 22 | Son of the late Frederick John and Harriet Kirkham. | Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). |
Driver Henry LEWIS 187127 |
Royal Field Artillery(2nd Reserve Bde.) | 2 April 1917 | 29 | Son of Charles & Catherine Lewis, of Dyserth. | St. Bridget's Churchyard, Dyserth. |
Second Lieutenant John Young Alexander LINE |
North Staffordshire Regiment ("D" Coy. 8th Bn.) |
13 Mar 1916 | 20 | Born at Stone, Staffordshire, England. Only son of the Rev. J R Line & Emily Line, of Deane Vicarage, Bolton, Lancashire, England. Educated at Oundle School and Downing College, Cambridge. | Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. |
Private John Leslie MOORES 377070 |
Manchester Regiment (1st/10th Bn.) |
13 July 1918 | 23 | Only son of John & Mary Moores, of "Inglemount", Dyserth. Native of Longsight, Manchester, England. | Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. |
Lance Corporal John Armfield PARRY 687439 |
Canadian Infantry (47th Bn.) |
29 Apr 1918 | 26 | Son of Peter & Mary Parry, of Mor Awel, Dyserth. | Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Peter PIERCE 241204 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st/5th Bn.) |
7 Nov 1917 | 22 | Son of David Pierce, of Bron Berllen, Dyserth. | Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel. |
Lance Corporal David William PRITCHARD 6109 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
29 Aug 1916 | 36 | Son of Maria Pritchard, of Holly Bank, Dyserth, & the late David Pritchard. | Serre Road Cemetery No. 2, Somme, France. |
Private Robert Wynne ROBERTS 3254 |
Welsh Guards (1st Bn.) |
1 August 1917 | 28 | Son of Edward & Mary Roberts, of Dyserth; husband of Mary Ellen Roberts, Pen-y-Braich, Rhyl. | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
(Private) Corporal John T ROBERTS 2093 |
Machine Gun Corps (Motors 15th Sqdn.) |
2 June 1919 | Son? of Mrs Anne Roberts, Rose Bank, Dyserth. | India Gate Memorial, Dehli, India. | |
Private Charles Victor ROBERTS 9062 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.) |
7 Nov 1914 | 29 | Son of Joseph & Eleanor Roberts, of The Lodge, Bodrhyddan, Dyserth. Served 7 years in India. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Major Geoffrey Seymour ROWLEY-CONW(A)Y |
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (6th Bn.) |
10 Aug 1915 | 37 | Son of the late Capt. Conwy Rowley Conwy, of Bodrhyddan, Rhuddlan; husband of Gabrielle Rowley Conwy, of Trewyddan, St. Asaph. | Helles Memorial, Turkey. |
Private Griffith Edwin Rhys THOMAS 532557 |
London Regiment - Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles (1st/15th Bn.) |
15 Sep 1916 | 20 | Son of Margaretta Letitia Thomas, of "St. Cadoc", High Walls Rd., Dinas Powis, Glamorgan, & the late Joseph Thomas. Formerly of Tan-y-Bryn, Dyserth. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
Private William Morgan WILLIAMS 58030 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
27 Aug 1918 | 19 | Son of Goodman H and Elizabeth Williams, of Wesley House, Dyserth. | Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. |
Private Samuel WILLIAMS 54140 |
South Wales Borderers | 7 Oct 1919 | 31 | Nephew of John & Anne Williams, Tyn Y Ffynnon, Brynia, Dyserth. Husband of Jennie(y) Williams (nee Roberts), | St. Bridget's Churchyard, Dyserth. |
1939-1945 War
Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
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Guardsman Curzon Samuel BRADBURY 2614462 |
Grenadier Guards (2nd Bn.) |
16 Sep 1939 | 25 | Son of Frank & Margaret S Bradbury, of Dyserth. | St. Bridget's Churchyard, Dyserth. |
Gunner John Albert BURROW 851991 |
Royal Artillery (20 Anti-Tank Regt.) |
12 Oct 1944 | 29 | Son of Eli Hainsworth Burrow & Ellen Burrow, of Dyserth. | Mierlo War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands |
Second Lieutenant Hugh Hesketh HUGHES 103800 |
Welsh Guards | 23 May 1940 | 38 | Son of Hugh & Ida Margaret Katherine Hughes, Rhydorddwy Fawr, Rhyl. | St. Martin-Boulogne Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
Aircraftman 2nd Class William Percival HUTCHINSON 983217 |
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (33 Sqdn.) |
20 May 1941 | 24 | Son of William Somers Hutchinson & Edith Hutchinson, Dyserth. | Alamein Memorial, Egypt |
Sergeant W.Op./Air Gnr. Thomas Gronwy JONES 1006271 |
Royal Air Force (106 Sqdn.) |
20 Oct 1941 | 20 | Son of Thomas J Jones, & of Rachel Dorothy Jones, of Dyserth. | Kiel War Cemetery, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Radio Officer George MEREDITH |
Merchant Navy S.S. Rowanbank (Glasgow) |
31 Jan 1941 | 18 | Son of Harry & Muriel Meredith, of Dyserth. Sunk by German aircraft in the Atlantic, en-route from Lourenço Marques (Maputo), Mozambique to Oban, Scotland. | Tower Hill Memorial, London, England. |
Second Engineer Officer Wilfred Herbert MONTGOMERY |
Merchant Navy S.S. Kwangtung (London), |
5 Jan 1942 | 36 | Sunk in the Java Sea, south of Java by a Japanese submarine. | Tower Hill Memorial, London, England. |
Sub-Lieutenant Harold William RICHARDSON |
Royal Navy H.M.S. Heron |
26 Sep 1940 | 21 | Son of Albert Robert & Ida Elizabeth Richardson, of Prestatyn. | St. Bridget Churchyard, Dyserth. |
Corporal David Thomas ROGERS 4197743 |
Royal Welch Fusiliers (6th Inf. Bde.) |
6 Apr 1943 | 24 | Son of William Thomas Rogers, & of Mary Ellen Rogers, of Dyserth. | Rangoon Memorial, Burma. |
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