The Nantglyn War Memorial commemorates those men of the area who were killed during World War I. The memorial is in the form of a granite obelisk surmounting a concrete base containing inscribed slate plaques. It was funded by Captain and Colonel Wynne-Edwards of Plas Nantglyn.
Nantglyn is a village and community in rural Denbighshire. Between 1974 and 1996 it was in the county of Clwyd.
"Mewn Anghof Ni Chant Fod, Wyr y Cledd, Hir Eu Clod" (Ceiriog)
1914-1918 War
Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private Elon ELLIS 16909 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.) |
10 Jul 1916 | 22 | Son of John and Catherine Ellis, Glyn Terrace, Nantglyn: Brother of 20710 Pte. Moses and Mrs. Harriet Ellis. | Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. |
Private Robert HUGHES |
Of Bryn Golau, Nantglyn. | ||||
Private Robert T JONES |
Cader, Nantglyn. | ||||
Private Evan ROBERTS 40781 |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (22nd Bn.) |
16 Apr 1916 | Of Tanfforddwen, Peniel, Nantglyn. | St. James' Churchyard, Nantglyn. | |
Captain Walter Falconer SCOTT |
59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force) |
25 Oct 1914 | 34 | Born Liverpool, England. Son of Walter Scott, of Tan y Gyrt, Nantglyn; and the late Isabella Scott. Resident of Jullunder, Punjab, India. | Rue-de-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas de Calais, France. |
Private Harold WILLIAMS 81868 |
67th Gen. Hosp. Royal Army Medical Corps | 6 Jan 1919 | 26 | Son of Evan and Annie Williams, (Glandwr) Police Station, Nantglyn, Denbigh later of Groesfordd Farm, Voryd, Abergele, Denbigh | Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece. |
Those marked (ยง) died while "in military service".
The memorial lists all those who fought in World War I. They
are not included here.
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