War Memorials, WW1 & WW2

This is the holding page for the Memorials of servicemen recorded on the Bwlchgwyn Memorial and for servicemen who were related to me or to my husband. Links to the individual memorial pages are from the submenu above or from any of the links below.

Family Connections

Most families were touched in some way by the two World Wars. The links open individual memorial pages showing, as available, a copy of the Commonwealth & War Graves Commission Certificate and the serviceman’s history. These pages may be updated from time to time (and it’s possible that more names might be added), Permission has been granted for use of information from the www.cwgc.org

Bwlchgwyn War Memorial

This is a link to the Bwlchgwyn War Memorial Pages which has photographs of the memorial in the village as well as copies of the links to the individual servicemen and some information about each one (one exception).

William Brown of Bwlchgwyn, King’s (Liverpool) Regiment, 10 March 1915
Thomas Brown of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 23 August 1915
Joseph Davies of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 25 September 1915
George Williams of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 6 April 1918
John W Jones of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2 March 1917
William H Jones of Bwlchgwyn, Cheshire Regiment, 22 August 1916
Edward W Jones of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 6 May 1917
David I Jones of Bwlchgwyn, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 7 July 1917
Isaac Williams of Bwlchgwyn, South Wales Borderers, 1 August 1917
Edward T James of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 24 September 1917
Hugh O Edwards of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 8 October 1918
Robert T Jones of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 13 November 1918
Wynne Williams of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Engineers, 7 July 1944
Wilfred Belton of Bwlchgwyn, Royal Air Force VR, 10 September 1942

Men Commemorated Elsewhere

These are members of my family or my husband’s family, or connected in some way.

John Alfred Ellery of Liverpool, 17 August 1916
Arthur Swinnerton of Liverpool, 25 September 1916
Herbert Potts of Nether Alderley, 22 March 1918
John Belton of Minera, 22 March 1918
David Mullaugh of Salford, 16 December 1944

List of men who are mentioned on these pages, in date order

William Brown of Bwlchgwyn, 10 March 1915
Thomas Brown of Bwlchgwyn, 23 August 1915
Joseph Davies of Bwlchgwyn, 25 September 1915
John Alfred Ellery of Liverpool, 17 August 1916
William H Jones of Bwlchgwyn, 22 August 1916
Arthur Swinnerton of Liverpool, 25 September 1916
John W Jones of Bwlchgwyn, 2 March 1917
Edward W Jones of Bwlchgwyn, 6 May 1917
David I Jones of Bwlchgwyn, 7 July 1917
Isaac Williams of Bwlchgwyn, 1 August 1917
Edward T James of Bwlchgwyn, 24 September 1917
Herbert Potts of Nether Alderley, 22 March 1918
John Belton of Minera, 22 March 1918
George Williams of Bwlchgwyn, 6 April 1918
Hugh O Edwards of Bwlchgwyn, 8 October 1918
Robert T Jones of Bwlchgwyn, 13 November 1918
Wilfred Belton of Bwlchgwyn, 10 September 1942
Wynne Williams of Bwlchgwyn, 7 July 1944
David Mullaugh of Salford, 16 December 1944

Bwlchgwyn War Memorial

Family Connections

John Belton

John Belton of Minera died of his wounds in France in WW1. He was the son of Thomas and Ann Belton of Minera

Wilfred T. Belton

Wilfred Thomas Belton, from Bwlchgwyn, was killed on an RAF operational mission over Germany in WW2. Wilf was the son of Mr and Mrs William Belton of 8, Wesley Road, Bwlchgwyn.

David Mullaugh

David Mullaugh of Salford was killed on an RAF operational mission over Belgium in WW2. He was the son of Patrick Mullaugh and Jane Ann (Renshaw) of Ordsall, Salford

Herbert E. Potts

Herbert Potts died of his wounds in France in WW1, he was the son of Lucy (Salthouse) and Edward Potts of Nether Alderley, Cheshire.

Arthur Swinnerton

Arthur Swinnerton was killed in the Battle of the Somme in France in WW1. Arthur was the brother of Edith Swinnerton who married David Ralston in Liverpool.

John A Ellery

John Alfred Ellery died in France and Flanders on Thursday, August 17th 1916 and is commemorated at La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie. John Ellery was the son of Alfred and Margaret Ellery of Bootle.

Bwlchgwyn War Memorial

These links are also on the Bwlchgwyn War memorial page which has pictures of the war memorial in the village and information, where available, about the servicemen.