Ruabon War Memorial

Ruabon

Rhiwabon

The Ruabon War Memorial commemorates those men of the area who died in World War I and World War II. It takes the form of a lychgate, at the entrance to St Mary's Parish Church. The memorial was designed by the Wrexham architect, T H Hogg, and was built of local Cefn stone and Wynnstay oak. Marble slabs are inscribed with the names of the war dead. The gate was dedicated on 31 October 1920.

The village, community and ecclesiastical parish of Ruabon (Welsh: Rhiwabon) lies in a former heavily industrialised area in the county borough of Wrexham. Until 1974 Ruabon was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, from 1974 to 1996, in the county of Clwyd.

The churchyard also contains the Lindisfarne College War Memorial which commemorates those former students of the college who died in two world wars.

1914-1918 War

Rank, Name & Service Number	Regiment	Died	Age	Details	Cemetery or Memorial
Driver George Sedgwick ALDERSON 700348 CWGC	Royal Field Artillery ("B" Bty. 210th Bde.)	23 Jan 1918	19	Son of George & Annie Alderson, of 67, Fountain Street, Accrington, Lancashire, England. Born Ruabon.	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Frank BARNES 32954	Gloucester Regiment (2nd Bn.)	26 Oct 1919	18		Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, England.
Gunner Richard Charles BENYON 189728 CWGC	Royal Field Artillery ("B" Bty. 83rd Bde.)	24 Jul 1917	29	Son of the late John & Eliza Benyon, of Reel Cottage, Berriew, Montgomeryshire; husband of Amelia Greasley (formerly Benyon), of 7, New Hall View, Ruabon.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Piper Colin CAMPBELL S/9023 CWGC	Gordon Highlanders (9th Bn.)	17 Aug 1916	23	Son of George & Kate Campbell, of Brick Yard Cottage, Wynnstay, Ruabon.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private William CARTER 267009 & 8726	Welsh Regiment (1st/6th Bn.) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers	12 Jul 1917	30	Born Ruabon. Son of William & Elizabeth Carter, of Acton Scott, Church Stretton, Shropshire, England.	Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Thomas COLLEY 37917 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.)	18 Nov 1918	28	Son of Mary Colley, of Brookside, Duke Street, Ruabon & the late John Colley.	Caudry British Cemetery, Nord, France.
2nd Lieutenant Harry Harding DAVIES CWGC	South Wales Borderers (3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn.)	10 Nov 1917	21	Son of William & Sarah C Davies, of Bryn Celyn, High Street, Ruabon. Brother of Robert Dyke Davies.	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private R DAVIES	Welsh Regiment
Lance Corporal Robert Dyke DAVIES 44440 CWGC	Royal Engineers (78th Field Coy.)	16 Dec 1915	26	Son of William & Sarah Catherine Davies, of Bryn Celyn, High Street, Ruabon. Brother of Harry Harding Davies.	Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Corporal Robert Owen DAVIES 25167 D.C.M. CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers ("B" Coy. 17th Bn.)	29 Aug 1917	23	Son of John Davies, of Tan y Lan, Ruabon.	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Thomas Albert DOBBINS 202070 WGC	4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	23 Mar 1918	34	Husband of Mary Dobbins, of 3, Brookside Cottages, Ruabon.	Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Q.M. Sergeant Charles EDWARDS 23046 CWGC	"C" Coy. 16th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers	22 Jun 1917	23	Son of Charles & Sarah Edwards, of Plas Newydd Lodge, Ruabon.	Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private David Richard EDWARDS 241933	5th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (also 4575 Infantry Base Depot RWF)	26 Mar 1917	36	Son of Mary Ann Phillips, 2 Green Lane, Abbey Road, Llangollen.	Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza).
Private Joseph Reynold EDWARDS 127575 CWGC	Machine Gun Corps (7th Bn.)	14 Jul 1918	22	Son of William & Margaret Jane Edwards, of 2, Cleveland Street, Ruabon.	Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel.
Private R Emlyn EVANS 70017 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	30 Jul 1918	34	Son of George & M J Evans; husband of Minnie Evans, of Ruabon.	Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial, Poona, India.
Lance Corporal William Lloyd EVANS 345172 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Denbighshire Yeomanry Bn.	27 Dec 1917	21	Son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Evans, of Royal Oak Inn, Gresford. Formerly of Park Street, Ruabon.	Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel.
Private Albert William FOWLES 25446 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (11th Bn.)	18 Sep 1918	22	Son of William & Alice Ann Fowles, of 40, New Hall View, Ruabon. Born Bronington.	Doiran Memorial, Greece.
Private Enoch GRIFFITHS 200504 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st/4th Bn.)	5 May 1918	22	Son of George & Elizabeth Griffiths, of 37, New Hall View, Ruabon. Also commemorated on the Johnstown War Memorial.	St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Private William GRIFFITHS 55675 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Bn.)	31 Jul 1917	24	Son of Edward & Sarah Griffiths, of Mount Pleasant, Penybryn, Ruabon.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Bty. Sergeant Major Edwin HAMPSON 15440 CWGC	Royal Artillery (24th Siege Bty.)	14 Apr 1917		Son of Mr E Hampson, of Railway Terrace, Ruabon.	Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Joseph HAYCOCKS 8149 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)	10 Jun 1915		Husband of Sarah Louisa Haycocks of Whitegate Cottage, Gyfelia.	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord, France.
Private Ellis HOPLEY D/16740 CWGC	7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)	14 Oct 1918	24	Son of Thomas Hopley, of Brookside Cottage, Gyfelia.	St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Private Harry HUGHES 15464 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	16 Aug 1916	21	Son of William & Sarah Hughes, of 1, Afon Terrace, Afongoch, Ruabon.	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France.
Sergeant Percy HUGHES 15492 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers ("C" Coy. 10th Bn.)	1 Oct 1917	21	Son of Frederick & Emma Hughes, of 1, Queen Street, Ruabon.	Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Private Sydney Gordon HUGHES 8003 CWGC	Army Cycle Corps (IX Corps, Cyclist Bn.)	5 Oct 1918		Born 1896, New Hall View, Ruabon.	Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Private Thomas HUGHES 127579 CWGC	Machine Gun Corps (38th Bn.)	21 Aug 1918	23	Son of Robert Thomas & Harriett Hughes, of Corwen, Merionethshire.	Forceville Communal Cemetery & Extension, Somme, France.
Lance Corporal William HUGHES 200706 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (9th Bn.)	4 Dec 1918	32	Son of William & Sarah Hughes; husband of Margaret Hughes, of Pen y Gardden, Ruabon.	Ruabon Cemetery.
Private Levi Arthur HUMPHREYS 6592 CWGC	Australian Infantry	20 Sep 1917		Born Dyserth, Flintshire, moved to Plas Bennion, Ruabon. Emigrated to Australia about 1911. Australian national.	Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Frederick JOHNSON 36259	Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (2nd Bn.)	4 May 1917	32	Brother of Louise Jones, 6 John Street, Brynfield, Ruabon and also brother of Emily E Pritchard.	Nice (Caudade) British Civil Cemetery, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
Private Arthur JONES 65214 CWGC	Welsh Regiment (18th Bn.)	13 Apr 1918	19	Son of Job & Dorothea Jones, of Gardden Hall, Ruabon.	Ploegsteert Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Charles JONES	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Sergeant Charles JONES 345002 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Bn. Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry)	27 Aug 1918		Husband of Sophia Jones, of Bryn Isa Cottages, Plas Bennion, Ruabon.	Caestre Military Cemetery, Nord, France.
Private Charles Edward JONES 25444	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Bn.)	12 Jul 1918	19	Son of Edward Jones, of 50, Walker's Lane, Sutton Manor, St. Helens, Lancs.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private David JONES 200818	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.)	27 Mar 1918	35	Son of John & Sarah Jones, of Johnstown; husband of Sarah Ellen Jones, of Eddys New Buildings, Afongoch.	Etaples Military Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Sapper Edward JONES WR/277862 CWGC	Royal Engineers (278th Railway Coy.)	13 Jul 1918	32	Husband of Elizabeth Jones of 2, Queen Street, Ruabon.	Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte, Pas de Calais, France
Private George Thomas JONES 14656	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (10th Bn.)	29 Sep 1917	21	Son of David and Elizabeth Ann Jones, 1 New Hall View, Ruabon and brother of Sarah Jane Jones. (1911 Census)	Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Humphrey JONES	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Private John Mortimer JONES 19599 CWGC	Cheshire Regiment (15th Bn.)	30 Apr 1918	27	Son of Mr & Mrs Edward Jones, of Rhosnesni, Wrexham.	Berlin South-Western Cemetery, Germany.
Private John William JONES 73233 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (24th Bn.)	7 Sep 1918	20	Son of Mary Elizabeth Evans (formerly Jones), of 33A High Street, Cefn Mawr, Ruabon & the late James Jones.	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Trooper T JONES	Royal Garrison Artillery
Private Thomas Arthur JONES 31377 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (10th Bn.)	20 Jul 1916	23	Son of Thomas & Annie Jones; husband of Mary Ann Jones, of 18, Park Street, Ruabon.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Lance Corporal William Edward JONES 36627	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Bn.)	18 Sep 1918	29	Son of Henry David and Mary E Jones, Isfryn, Glyn Ceiriog, Ruabon. Also commemorated on the Glyn Ceiriog War Memorial.	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Gunner William Stanley JONES 113105 CWGC	Royal Horse Artillery (15th Bde.)	22 Oct 1916	21	Son of Alfred John & Mary Ann Jones, of 10, Chapel Street, Ponciau, Ruabon.	Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France.
Private (Rifleman) John KEMPSTER R/11465 CWGC	King's Royal Rifle Corps (2nd Bn.)	23 Jul 1916		Son of William & Ann Kempster of Hen Barns, West Felton, Oswestry.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Walter KEMPSTER
Private Arthur Trevor LEWIS 38012 CWGC	Gloucester Regiment ("D" Coy. 12th Bn.)	5 Apr 1918	27	Son of Mrs E M. Lewis, of Berwyn, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, & the late Canon J S Lewis.	Ruabon Cemetery
Private Robert LLOYD 48953 CWGC	South Wales Borderers (2nd Btn.)	14 Jun 1918	19	Son of Frederick Robert & Jane Lloyd, of Maesyllan Farm, Ruabon.	Cinq Rues British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord, France.
Private Thomas LLOYD 200852 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)	23 Sep 1917	31	Son of John & Sarah Lloyd, of Gyfelia; husband of Caroline Lloyd, of Rhosymadoc.	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private Walter LOCKLEY R/11466 CWGC	King's Royal Rifle Corp (2nd Btn.)	25 Sep 1915	25	Son of Mrs A McCormack, of St. Margaret's Cottage, 12 Bainton Road, Oxford, England. Born in Chester. Lived at Pont Adam, Ruabon. Railwayman.	Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Thomas James MATTHEWS 26133 CWGC	West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales' Own (2nd Btn.)	4 May 1917		Son of Robert & Sarah A Matthews.	Ruabon Cemetery
Private William Edward MATTHEWS 49774 CWGC	Cheshire Regiment ("D" Coy. 1st Btn.)	28 Jun 1917	21	Son of Edmund & Mary Matthews, Outfalls, Morton.	Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Sergeant James Davie McLAREN 5641 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Btn.)	6 Oct 1916	23	Son of James Davie & Margaret Ann McLaren of 2, Copperas Hill, Penycae, Ruabon. Brother of Thomas McLaren (below). Also commemorated on the Penycae War Memorial.	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Corporal Thomas McLAREN 200298 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Res. Btn.)	24 Dec 1917	31	Born Wrexham. Son of James Davie & Margaret Ann McLaren of 2, Copperas Hill, Penycae. Also commemorated on the Penycae War Memorial.	Ruabon Cemetery, Denbighshire.
Sapper I Alec MEREDITH 152178	Royal Engineers (38th Div. Signal Coy.)	7 Sep 1917	24	Brother of J Meredith, of 4, Fernleigh, Ruabon.	Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Thomas MORGAN 8592	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.)	21 Jan 1917	20	Son of Thomas & Hannah Morgan, 2, Brookside Cottages, Ruabon.	Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Private Arthur MORRIS 22779 CWGC	King's Liverpool Regiment (20th Bn.)	3 Jul 1916	24	Son of William and Annie Morris, of 8, Queen Street, Ruabon.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Driver Charles NICHOLAS T3/024263 CWGC	Army Service Corps (32nd Div. Train)	12 Aug 1918	40	Son of Charles & Jane Nicholas, of Railway Terrace, Ruabon.	Boves West Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
2nd Lieutenant Walter Lowe PERCIVAL 13928 CWGC	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (9th Bn.) formerly King's Shropshire Light Infantry	24 Oct 1918		Born Derby, Derbyshire, England. Son of Walter & Emily M Percival of Hafod House, Ruabon.	Poix-du-Nord Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Private Charles PRINCE 696155 CWGC	175th Canadian Labour Corps	18 Oct 1918	41	Born at Ruabon. Son of Charles & Mary Prince; husband of Edith Prince, of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Canadian national.	Levallois-Perret Communal Cemetery, Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
Corporal Frank PUMFORD 40760 & 43730	Royal Dublin Fusiliers (10th Bn.) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers	13 Jul 1917	34	Born Jackfield, Ironbridge, Shropshire, England. Son of George & Sarah A Pumford of Church Street, Ruabon; husband of Mrs C E Pumford, 52, Carne Street, Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan.	Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Lance Corporal Thomas REED 25196 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Btn.)	7 Jul 1916	36	Son of Mrs Eliza Reed, of 2 Beech Terrace, Ruabon.	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Robert RIDGE 200455 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Btn. attd. 24th Bn.)	22 Mar 1918	29	Son of John & Jane Ridge, of Duke Street, Ruabon; husband of Mrs E A Bebbington (formerly Ridge), of The Royal Oak, Gresford.	Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Corporal George ROBERTS 362054	Royal Army Medical Corps (1st Welsh Border Mounted Bde. Field Amb.)	14 Feb 1918	25	Son of Richard & Charlotte Roberts, of Bryn Coed, Summer Hill, Wrexham. Resident of Ruabon.	Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramla, Israel.
Morris ROBERTS
Private William ROBERTS 17037 CWGC	South Lancashire Regiment (8th Bn.)	29 Aug 1916			Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private William Lawton ROBERTS 172 CWGC	Royal Warwickshire Regiment ("A" Coy. 15th Bn.)	30 Jul 1916	22	Son of Dr. Richard Lawton Roberts, & Christiana Roberts, of Ruabon.	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France
Private Clifford ROBINSON 31338	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Bn.)	4 Dec 1915	23	Son of Charles and Mary H Robinson, Tan-y-Lan, Ruabon (1911 Census); husband of Ada (later Ada Wright).	Green Hill Cemetery, Turkey (including Gallipoli).
2nd. Lieutenant Benjamin Richard Corley ROGERS CWGC	Royal Fusiliers (6th Bn. attd. 3rd Bn.)	17 Oct 1918	28	Son of Mrs Corley Rogers, of 24, Tollington Place, Tollington Park, London, England. Native of Oswestry.	Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, Nord, France
Private William Henry ROGERS 20660 CWGC	Manchester Regiment (22nd Bn.)	1 Jul 1916			Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Private Alfred SAMUELS	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Private E SAMUELS	Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Private Joseph SAMUELS 24165 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	27 Jun 1916			Basra War Cemetery, Iraq.
Private John Allen SANGER 55512 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Bn.)	2 Feb 1917	31	Son of William Lewis and Mary Sanger, Parkside Cottages, Ruabon (1901 Census).	Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Gunner Thomas SMITH 26858 CWGC	Kings Shropshire Light Infantry	12 Jul 1917	26	Son of John & Mary Ann Smith of 12, Forester's Terrace, Bryn Fields, Ruabon.	Noeux-les-Mines Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Eng. Captain Charles G TAYLOR M.V.O. CWGC.	Royal Navy (1st Battle Cruiser Squadron)	24 Jan 1915	51	Son of the late Rev. A L Taylor, headmaster of Ruabon Grammar School; husband of Mary Taylor, of Maysmead Place, Langford, Bristol, England. Killed on board HMS Tiger at the Battle of the Dogger Bank, North Sea. Won 9 International Rugby caps for Wales, 1884-87.	Tavistock New Cemetery, Devon, England.
Private Thomas VAUGHAN CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.)	6 Jul 1915	26	Son of Ann Vaughan, of 25, Russell Street, Cefn Mawr & the late Edward Vaughan.	Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Sergeant George WEBSTER 6214 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)	23 Aug 1917		Born Hanley, Staffordshire, England. Father of Doris Webster, 1, Oakleigh Terrace, Ruabon.	Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Lance Corporal Albert Edward WILLIAMS 26839	Shropshire Light Infantry (6th Bn.) (formerly 507 Denbigh Yeo)	1 Apr 1918	22	Son of Edward and Sarah Ann Williams, 12 New Hall View, Ruabon. (1911 Census)	Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
Private James WILLIAMS 6848	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th. Bn.)	30 Oct 1916		Son of Mrs Mary Caine, of 71, Harrowby Road, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Henry WILLIAMS	South Lancashire Regiment
2nd Lieutenant William Lawton WOOLLEY CWGC	South Wales Borderers (3rd Bn. attd. 7th Bn.)	18 Sep 1918	19	Son of Mrs E T Woolley of Hafod House, Hafod, Ruabon, late of Wrexham.	Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece.
Private John WYATT 17412 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Bn.)	10 Jul 1916	26	Son of Joseph and Sarah Wyatt, brother of Florence, 4 Queen Street, Bryn Field, Ruabon (1911 Census).	Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

1939-1945 War

Rank, Name & Service Number	Service	Died	Age	Details	Cemetery or Memorial
Fusilier Norman Edgar CARLESS 4203761 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.)	13 Mar 1945	31		Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.
Sergeant (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Patrick Russell COOPER 649058 CWGC	Royal Air Force (108 Sqdn.)	23 Feb 1942			Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
Fusilier E C DAVIES	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Fusilier John Dilwyn EDWARDS 4198915 CWGC	Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Bn.)	18 Mar 1943	23	Son of Albert & Annie Edwards, of Ruabon	Rangoon Memorial, Burma.
Co. Sergeant Major R EDWARDS	Welsh Guards
Sergeant John Edward HUMPHREYS 527341 CEGC	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (10 Sqdn.)	8 Nov 1942			Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
Driver Alfred Edwin JOHNSON 2330467 CWGC	Royal Corps of Signals (H.Q., 1st Depot Bn., 231st Bde., Sig. Sec.)	8 Sep 1943	23	Son of Frederick & Edith Johnson, of Ruabon.	Salerno War Cemetery, Italy.
Guardsman Robert Francis JONES 2734987 CWGC	Welsh Guards (1st Bn.)	29 May 1940	19	Son of John William Jones, & of Gertrude Mary Jones, of Ruabon.	Dunkirk Memorial, France.
Private Robert LARGE 4206462 CWGC	Hampshire Regiment (5th Bn.)	9 Sep 1943	32	Son of James & Catherine Large, of Ruabon; husband of Emily Edith Large, of Ruabon.	Salerno War Cemetery, Italy.
Warrant Officer John Eric LATHAM 1511713 CWGC	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (18 Sqdn.)	17 Apr 1945	21	Son of Edward Graham Latham & Dorothy Latham, of Ruabon.	Padua War Cemetery, Italy.
Guardsman William OWENS 2737842 CWGC	Welsh Guards (1st Bn.)	12 Aug 1944	23	Son of David & Elizabeth Owens, or Ruabon; husband of Phoebe Ann Owens, of Ruabon.	Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery, Normandy, France
Able Bodied Seaman James Robert WARD C/JX 300788 CWGC	Royal Navy H.M.S. Bullen	6 Dec 1944	22	Son of William Robert & Mary Ward, of Ruabon. Torpedoed and sunk by U-775 northwest of Strathy Point, Scotland.	Lyness Royal Navy Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland.
Sergeant David Charles WILLIAMS 4188258 CWGC	Loyal North Lancashire Regt. Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C. (2nd/6th Bn.)	between 6 May 1943 and 8 May 1943	33	Son of Edward Lewis Williams & Priscilla Williams; husband of Olwen Williams, of Ruabon.	Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.
Able Bodied Seaman Leonard YARWOOD C/JX 542855 CWGC	Royal Navy H.M.S. Liddesdale	9 Feb 1945	20	Son of Thomas & Ada Yarwood of Ruabon.	Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya.

St Mary's Parish Church contains a private memorial:

TO THE MEMORY OF
PHILIP RODBER MURLESS, SERG. MAJOR
OF THE 89TH COY. OF IMPERIAL YEOMANRY,
A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF THIS PARISH,
AN EX-CHURCHWARDEN; WHO DIED OF "ENTERIC
FEVER" IN KLERSDORP HOSPITAL, TRANSVAAL,
SOUTH AFRICA, ON MAY 4TH 1902.
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS & FRIENDS
AS A MARK OF THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HE WAS HELD
BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
BY HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AT THE AGE OF 36 YEARS,
THE PARISH HAS SUFFERED A LOSS BUT THE SACRIFICE
HE MADE IN VOLUNTEERING TO FIGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY
WILL EVER ACT AS AN INCENTIVE TO DUTY
BY THOSE WHO FOLLOW AFTER.

There were two further memorials at Ruabon Boys' Grammar School.

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OLD BOYS
in memory of their schoolfellows
SERGT. MAJOR ALFRED JACKSON, 88TH BATT. MONTGOMERYSHIRE REGIMENT
SERGT. MAJOR PHILIP MURLESS, 89TH BATT. MONTGOMERYSHIRE REGIMENT
TROOPER FRED C TAYLOR, 7TH BATT. DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT
ALL OF THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY
who lost their lives in the South African War, 1899-1902
July 1903.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

To the memory
of Engineer Captain
Charles G. Taylor R.N.
an old of this school,
second son of the late
Rev. A. L. Taylor M.A.
Headmaster 1856-1903.
He was killed on H.M.S. Tiger
in the action fought in the
North Sea January 24, 1915
This tablet is erected
by his old School fellows
as a mark of their affec-
tion and admiration.

Sources:

Ruabon War Memorial
Photo by John Murray
"Our Absent Friends", St. Mary's Parish Church, Ruabon
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
1901 & 1911 Censuses

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