Kendrick Wynn
- Rank: Gunner
- Regiment: Royal Artillery (32nd Bty. 33rd Bde)
- Service No: 87886
- Died: 16th August 1917
- Age: 19
- Cemetery: Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen
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- Son of Edward Thomas and Mary Augusta Wynn of Plas Grono Lodge, Erddig, Wrexham
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Lewis Williams
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (11th Bn.)
- Service No: 204976
- Died: 10th October 1918
- Age: 22
- Cemetery: Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece
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John Owen Williams
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- Service No: 26028
- Died: 6th July 1916
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John Williams
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- Service No: G/31613
- Died: 19th September 1918
- Age: 18
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Hugh Williams
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: South Lancashire Regiment (2nd Battalion)
- Service No: 16184
- Died: 3rd October 1917
- Age: 31
- Cemetery: Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais
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George W. Williams
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- Regiment: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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- Cemetery: Sailly au Bois Cemetery, France
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Ernest Williams
- Rank: Corporal
- Regiment: Prince of Wales's Volunteers South Lancashire Regiment (2nd / 5th Battalion
- Service No: 241562
- Died: 3rd July 1918
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- Born in Coedpoeth. Lived in Farnworth, Lancashire, England
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Edward Williams
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- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Bn.)
- Service No: 31080 and 49175
- Died: 5th January 1916
- Age: 23
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Albert Williams
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Abel Williams
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- Regiment: Durham Light Infantry (1st / 9th Battalion)
- Service No: 325820
- Died: 15th September 1917
- Age: 41
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- Son of Evan and Margaret Williams of 48. Nant Road, Coedpoeth
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Joseph Oswald WILCOXON
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Welsh Guards Prince of Wales Coy 1st battalion
- Service No: 1778
- Died: 10th September 1916
- Age: 22
- Cemetery: Guards' Military Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France.
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- Son of Joseph & Annie Wilcoxon, of 21, Alexandra Road, Wrexham. Native of Coedpoeth.
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Charles Peter Thomas
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Battalion)
- Service No: 16004
- Died: 12th July 1918
- Age: 36
- Cemetery: Martinsart British Cemetery, Somme, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Henry and Ann Thomas; Husband of Hannah Jane Thomas of 6, Smelt Lane, Coedpoeth
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Daniel Rowlands
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: 1st/4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 6887
- Died: 2nd January 1917
- Age: Unknown
- Cemetery: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
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William Roberts
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Thomas J. Roberts
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Bn.)
- Service No: 26077
- Died: 19th May 1916
- Age: 21
- Cemetery: Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Mary Jane Roberts, of 14, Rhos Berse Rd., Adwyr Clawdd, Wrexham, and the late Meshach Roberts.
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John P. Roberts
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Regiment: Royal Fusiliers (43rd Battalion)
- Service No: M.M. G/103151
- Died: 28th November 1918
- Age: 22
- Cemetery: St, Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
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- Son of Alfred and Mary Roberts of 6, Manley Road, Coedpoeth
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John Henry Roberts
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers ("B" Company, 4th Battalion)
- Service No: 3894
- Died: 18th July 1915
- Age: 32
- Cemetery: Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of William and Harriet Roberts of Coedpoeth; husband of Jane Elizabeth Roberts of 3, Gwem Howell, Coedpoeth
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John E. Roberts
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John Roberts
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John Roberts
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Isaac Roberts
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 200119
- Died: 24th March 1918
- Age:
- Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
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Edward Roberts
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Cheshire Regiment (11th Battalion)
- Service No: 53342
- Died: 18th April 1918
- Age: 19
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Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Son of Evan and Hannah Roberts, 14 Middle Road, Nant, Coedpoeth
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William Rawlinson
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Jonathan Pugh
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Battalion)
- Service No: 87239
- Died: 8th October 1918
- Age:
- Cemetery: Bois-des-Angles British Cemetery, Crevecoeur-sur-L'Escaut, Nord, France
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- Born in Bersham
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Arthur Pugh
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Robert Arthur Parry
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- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 19884
- Died: 23rd November 1917
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Southsea War Memorial
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Joseph Parry
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.)
- Service No: 6775
- Died: 9th March 1915
- Age: 25
- Cemetery: Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
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- Son of Charles and Mary Parry, of 24, Rock Villa, High St., Cefn Mawr, Ruabon
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George Owens
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- Regiment: South Wales Borderers (1st Battalion)
- Service No: 26269
- Died: 19th May 1916
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Aaron Owens
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Simon Oldfield
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Regiment (10th Battalion) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 74146 and 8557
- Died: 22nd August 1918
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- Cemetery: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
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- Son of John and Jane Oldfield of Coedpoeth
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Walter Wright Nicholson
- Rank: Trooper
- Regiment: 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)
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- Died: 7th August 1916
- Age: 20
- Cemetery: Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, Somme, France
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Florence Williams (formerly Nicholson) of 17 High Street, Southsea, Wrexham and the late George Nicholson
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Robert Roland Griffiths Newman
- Rank: Company Sergeant Major
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (14th Battalion)
- Service No: 8500
- Died: 19th September 1918
- Age: 42
- Cemetery: Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Born Westminster, London. Husband of Annie Newman of 31 Waen Road, Coedpoeth. Lived in Blandford, Dorset. Long Service and Good Conduct Medals.
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Thomas Mostyn
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (14th Battalion)
- Service No: 89751
- Died: 6th November 1918
- Age: 19
- Cemetery: Caudrt British Cemetery, Nord, France
- Memorial:
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- Son of John and Amelia Mostyn of 1, Pleasant Villa, Caego, Wrexham
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John James Morris
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: 25th Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 26023
- Died: 15th July 1919
- Age: 23
- Cemetery: Coedpoeth cemetery and memorial garden.
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- Son of William and Ann Morris of Smelt Cottage, Coedpoeth.
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George Matthews
- Rank: Corporal
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers ("B" Company, 4th Battalion)
- Service No: 200496
- Died: 24th March 1918
- Age: 25
- Cemetery: Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews of 6, Bank Street, Southsea, Wrexham
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Thomas LLoyd
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 200852
- Died: September 23rd 1917
- Age: 29
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
Southsea War Memorial
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Ellis Lloyd
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Battalion)
- Service No: 7752
- Died: 19th January 1916
- Age: 26
- Cemetery: Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
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Memorial park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Elizabeth Ratcliffe (formerly Lloyd) of 2, College, Bersham, Wrexham and the late Harry Lloyd
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John Edward Lee
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Battalion) formerly Royal Army Medical Corps
- Service No: 31067 and 49174
- Died: 25th January 1917
- Age: 21
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Basra Memorial, Iraq
- Son of Frank Lea of 8 Lloft Wen, Adwy
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Harold King
- Rank: Corporal
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Battalion)
- Service No: M.M. 200564
- Died: 10th June 1918
- Age: 22
- Cemetery: Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, Somme, France
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- Son of Henry and Annie King of the Adwy, Coedpoeth
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Franklin Kelly
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Battalion)
- Service No: 4301
- Died: 19th October 1914
- Age: 23
- Cemetery: Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen (Grave / Memorial ref.Broodseinde West German Cem. Mem. 5.)
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- Son of David and Ann Kelly of Llys Awel, Llywelyn Road, Coedpoeth
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Thomas Jenkins Jones
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- Regiment: Welsh Guards (1st Battalion)
- Service No: 2020
- Died: 10th September 1916
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Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
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Thomas Jones
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Thomas Jones
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Battalion)
- Service No: 6893
- Died: 11th March 1915
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- Cemetery: Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais
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- Rank: Trooper
- Regiment: Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion) formerly Denbighshire Yeomanry
- Service No: 49155 and 199
- Died: 2nd November 1917
- Age: 33
- Cemetery: Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais
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- Son of Edward and Mary Sidney Jones of 13, Gerald Street, Wrexham. Born in Ruthin
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Robert Jones
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- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1oth Bn.)
- Service No: 44000
- Died: 13th May 1917
- Age:
- Cemetery: Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of William and Fanny Jones, of 2, Trefriw Terrace, Denbigh; husband of Nellie Jones, of 13, Castle Rd., Coedpoeth
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Richard Jones
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Richard Jones
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- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)
- Service No: 33094
- Died: 27th May 1917
- Age: 19
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Moses Carrington Jones
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (14th Bn.)
- Service No: 87488
- Died: 15th October 1918
- Age: 23
- Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
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Memorial Park Coedpoeth
- Born in Wigan, Lancashire Son of Elizabeth and the late William Jones of Coedpoeth
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John W. Jones
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John O. Jones
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John E. Jones
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- Regiment: York and Lancaster Regiment (2nd Battalion)
- Service No: 10788
- Died: 12th Oct 1916
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Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
- Son of John & Elizabeth Jones, of 1, Mostyn Road, Nant, Coedpoeth.
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John Jones
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- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 4683
- Died: 18/12/1914
- Age: 22
- Cemetery: Ploegstreet
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Edward David Jones
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- Regiment: Manchester Regiment (9th Battalion)
- Service No: 53395
- Died: 21st March 1918
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David John Jones
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Battalion)
- Service No: 6474
- Died: 13th Mar 1915
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- Cemetery: Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France.
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Charles E. Jones
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Richard Johnson
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- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 200243
- Died: 3rd April 1919
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Edwin Jarvis
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Gwilym James
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (13th Battalion)
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- Age: 28
- Cemetery: Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt, Somme, France.
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Robert Hughes
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- Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery (153rd Siege Battery)
- Service No: 150915
- Died: 20th September 1917
- Age: 28
- Cemetery: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord, France
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Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Of Helyg Shop, High Street, Coedpoeth. Native of Bryneglwys
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Harold Hughes
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2nd Bn.)
- Service No: 54596
- Died: 27th May 1917
- Age: 19
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Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- Son of Ellen Hughes, of Lofft Wen, Adwy, & the late Thomas Morris Hughes
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Elwy Hughes
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (4th Bn.)
- Service No: 7508
- Died: 24th December 1914
- Age: 24
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Edward Samuel Hughes
- Rank: Sergeant
- Regiment: South African Infantry (3rd Regiment)
- Service No: 8141
- Died: 26th April 1917
- Age: 34
- Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of William and Elizabeth Hughes of Penygelli, Coedpoeth
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George Houghland
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- Died: 5th October 1915
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- Son of Mrs. M. A. Houghland of 27, Offa Terrace, Wrexham
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John Richard Hopwood
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (9th Bn.)
- Service No: 17222
- Died: 22nd March 1918
- Age: 21
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Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
- Son of John and Jane Hopwood of 3, Victoria Road, Coedpoeth
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Charles Hope
- Rank: Lance Corporal
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th Battalion)
- Service No: 87136
- Died: 4th November 1918
- Age: 21
- Cemetery: Englefontaine British Cemetery, Nord, France
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- Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Hope of 11, Twenty Houses, Coedpoeth
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Edward Harrison
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Welsh Regiment (14th Battalion) formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers
- Service No: 266959 and 8545
- Died: 27th August 1918
- Age:
- Cemetery: Morvel British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of John and Sarah Harrison of Llidiart Fanny, Coedpoeth
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William H. Griffiths
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Manchester Regiment (1st / 5th Battalion)
- Service No:
- Died: 22nd March 1919
- Age: 38
- Cemetery: Coedpoeth Cemetery
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of William and Elizabeth Griffiths of 6, Heol Hyfrydle, Coedpoeth
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John Richard Francis
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (16th bn.)
- Service No: 39093
- Died: 4th August 1917
- Age:
- Cemetery: Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
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Godfrey Fitzhugh
- Rank: Captain
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (25th Battalion Montgomery-shire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry)
- Service No:
- Died: 31st October 1917
- Age: 44
- Cemetery: Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Mr, and Mrs, Godfrey Fitzhugh of Plas Power, Bersham, Wrexham
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Captain Godfrey FITZHUGH
1st Montgomery Yeomanry attd 25th Royal Welch Fusiliers
Date of birth: 20 October 1873
Date of death: 1 November 1917
Killed in action aged 43
Buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery, Grave Reference: K. 13.
Godfrey was born in Pershore, the son of Godfrey William Fitzhugh, a barrister, and Katharina Emily Oakley of Plas-Power, Wrexham.
At the time of the 1891 census, Godfrey was described as “articled clerk to a solicitor”. In June 1894, he was gazetted to be a Second Lieutenant in the Yeomanry Cavalry and was promoted Lieutenant, three years later.
In March 1900, he was seconded for service with the Imperial Yeomanry. He relinquished his Commission in the Imperial Yeomanry in September 1901.
He married Ethel Mary Peel on 14 April 1904 they had two sons and a daughter. In October 1905, the London Gazette announced, “Major in the Yeomanry Cavalry (Honorary Captain in the Army) G. FitzHugh resigns his Commission. Dated 18 October 1905”. In 1909, he was Sheriff of Denbighshire and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant, the following year.
He was a Captain in the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry (TF), and arrived in Egypt with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25th (Montgomeryshire and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion on 4 March 1916. In Egypt, the Montgomery Yeomanry were dismounted, and on 4th March 1917 became Infantry, part of the 231st Brigade of the newly-formed 74th (Yeomanry) Division. They were engaged at the 2nd Battle of Gaza 17-19 April 1917, and the 3rd Battle of Gaza 27 Oct-7 Nov 1917, including the Capture of Beersheba on 31 October, the day on which he was killed.
He is commemorated in St Hildeburgh’s Church, Hoylake, Cheshire on the Memorial Plaque to Members of the Royal Liverpool Golf Club who fell in the two world wars. His widow had the bells at St Mary’s Church in Plas Power installed in his memory; they consist of a carillon of eight bells operated by hand and are still in use 2010.
He was awarded the British War & Victory Medals, and the Territorial Force War Medal. He was President of Bersham Cricket Club having given them a field c1904. His grandsons continue the connection (in 2011).
Remembered with honour
BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
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Robert William Evans
- Rank: Sergeant
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (17th Battalion)
- Service No: 26045
- Died: 1st May 1918
- Age:
- Cemetery:
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
- Lived in the Adwy, Coedpoeth
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Robert William Edwards
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st Battalion)
- Service No: 3971
- Died: 30th October 1914
- Age:
- Cemetery:
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
Menen Gate Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Born in Coedpoeth
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William J. Dutton
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th Bn
- Service No:
- Died: 4th October 1915
- Age:
- Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Cemetery.
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Worked in the Bersham area
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Private William J. Dutton entered the Balkans Theatre of War on 28th June 1915 (Gallipoli campaign). He died on 4th October 1915. He was evacuated from ANZAC cove before succumbing to wounds and he is buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Cemetery.
The diary entry for that day says:
About 0900 enemy commenced a severe rifle and shell fire on the trenches all along the line. Being in reserve we were ordered to’ stand to’ ready to move. About 1000 the firing abated and the Battn continued with work in hand, improving and enlarging dugouts; one man was wounded whilst sitting in the trench.
Private Dutton has been commemorated on this war memorial as he is listed on the 1911 census as working as a gardener in the Bersham area on the Plas Power estate
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Walter Dunkley
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers 8th battalion
- Service No: 12554
- Died: 5/4/1916
- Age: 20
- Cemetery: Panel 15 Basra memorial Iraq
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
Rhostyllen War Memorial, Wrexham
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Thomas S. Davies
- Rank: Trooper
- Regiment: Cheshire Yeomanry
- Service No:
- Died:
- Age:
- Cemetery:
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
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Thomas E. Davies
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
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- Died:
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- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
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Arthur Davies
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (8th Battalion)
- Service No: 12550
- Died: 23rd October 1915
- Age:
- Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Mr. E. Davies of Bersham
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Shadrach Corbett
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Welsh Guards (1st Bn.)
- Service No: 2205
- Died: 16th September 1916
- Age: 27
- Cemetery:
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France (ref. Pier and Face 7 D.)
- Son of Andrew and Annie Corbett of Coedpoeth
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Remembered with honour
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Commemorated in perpetuity by
the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Gwynne Lewis Blackshaw
- Rank: Flying Officer
- Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (225
- Service No: 121267
- Died: 10 April 1943
- Age: 22
- Cemetery: Bone War Cemetery, Annaba, Algeria.
- Memorial:
- Son of Thomas Lewis & Elizabeth Ellen Blackshaw, of Coedpoeth.
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George Henry Bennet
- Rank: Trooper
- Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1st Battalion) formerly Denbigh Yeomanry
- Service No: 26772 and 970
- Died: 10th November 1916
- Age: 20
- Cemetery: Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of Benjamin Bennet of Front Lodge, Plas Power, Southsea, Wrexham
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Christopher John Conway Beadow
- Rank: Private
- Regiment: Royal Flying Corp Recruiting Training Centre (Hounslow)
- Service No: 59865
- Died: 10th March 1917
- Age: 18
- Cemetery: Ellesmere Cemetery, Shropshire, England
- Memorial:
Memorial Park, Coedpoeth
- Son of John and Jane Beadow, 1, Coptiviney, Ellesmere, Shropshire