Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Clwyd
Clwyd Family History Society
Sychdyn
The Sychdyn War Memorial takes the form of a stone gateway and commemorates those local men who died in World War I.
The village of Sychdyn (formerly know as Soughton in English) is in the parish of Northop, Flintshire. Until 1974 the area was part of historic Flintshire and, between 1974 and 1996, part of the county of Clwyd.
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
JUSTICE AND RIGHT IN THE GREAT WAR.
The names also appear on the Northop War Memorial.
1914-1918 War
| Rank, Name & Service Number |
Service | Died | Age | Details | Cemetery or Memorial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Walter BROOKES 15855 CWGC |
1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 29 Oct 1918 | Born Nannerch. Son of William & Mary Brookes of Northop. | Northop Churchyard | |
| Private Walter CHAMBERS 15400 CWGC |
10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 27 Jun 1917 | 21 | Son of John & Emma Chambers, of Sychdyn. | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Corporal Walter Benedictus DAVEY 15404 CWGC |
10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 3 Mar 1916 | 22 | Son of the late George B & Mary Davey of Sychdyn. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private William Bramwell DRIVER 57937 CWGC |
9th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 28 May 1918 | Born Wrexham. Son of William Anthony Driver & Sarah Elizabeth (nee Wakely). | Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France. | |
| Private Thomas George HEWITT 240230 CWGC |
1st/4th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | 14 Apr 1918 | 40 | Born Mynydd Isa. Husband of Annie Hewitt. | Tyne Cot Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private William Thomas HODGKINSON 39768 & 60965 GWGC |
2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers formerly in Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
21 Nov 1917 | 22 | Son of William & Mary E Hodgkinson, of Brynyffynnon, Sychdyn. | Marcoing British Cemetery, Cambrai, Nord, France. |
| Driver Daniel JAMES 190628 |
7 July 1918 | 33 | Son of John & Hannah James of Mold; husband of Catherine James, of Sychdyn. | KIrkee 1914-1918 Memorial, India. | |
| Lance Corporal Edward Lennox Petch JONES 56261 GWGC |
10th Bn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own) | 11 Oct 1918 | 24 | Born Sychdyn. Son of Edward & Emma Jones, of Cliff House, Micklefield, Leeds, England. | Selridge British Cemetery, Montay, Nord, France. |
| Private Walter JONES DM2/195035 |
Royal Army Service Corps | 12 Jul 1917 | 35 | Son of Mrs Margaret E Jones, of Black Brook Cottage, Mold. | North Gate War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq. |
| Private John Herbert MARSH 400602 CWGC |
2nd/7th Bn. Manchester Regiment | 23 Jul 1917 | 25 | Son of Thomas & Mary Marsh; husband of Annie A. Marsh, of Quarry Houses, Sychdyn. | Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
| Private Griffith PIERCY 15397 CWGC |
9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 30 Sep 1918 | 21 | Son of William & Isabella Piercy, of Sychdyn. Brother of William Piercy (below). | Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Private William PIERCY 62408 CWGC |
9th Bn. Welsh Regiment | 30 May 1918 | 19 | Son of William & Isabella Piercy, of Offa Bank, Sychdyn. Brother of Griffith Piercy (above). | Chambrecy British Cemetery, Marne, France. |
| Private Franklin William PINNINGTON 19405 CWGC |
17th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 13 Jul 1918 | 38 | Born Liverpool, England. Husband of Sarah Jane Pinnington of Duke Street, Sychdyn. | Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. |
| Corporal Herbert Taylor ROCK 4623 CWGC |
45th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. | 31 Aug 1916 | 29 | Son of William Edwin & Lois Jane Rock, of Sychdyn. Australian national. | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France. |
| Gunner Charles WILLIAMS 37428 & 3599 |
Machine Gun Corps formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
10 Apr 1918 | 27 | Born Rhosesmor. Son of the late Charles and Harriet Williams. | Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, Pas de Calais, France. |
| Lance Corporal George Henry WILLIAMS 15403 CWGC |
10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 30 Apr 1916 | 22 | Son of Thomas & Mary Williams, of Quarry Houses, Sychdyn. | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. |
| Private Thomas John WILLIAMS 240817 CWGC |
14th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 4 Aug 1917 | 20 | Son of Thomas & the late Elizabeth Williams, of Pen y Bryn, Sychdyn. | Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. |
Sources:
- Sychdyn War Memorial
- Photo by Alwyn Evans
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Military Records
- 1901 & 1911 Censuses
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