Troedrhiwfuwch War Memorial
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The names are listed alphabetically. In brackets are the names as they appear on the memorial – occasionally errors do occur on memorials.
Great War 1914-18
Pte. S. Davies, R.W.F. – not identified.
but possibly Stanley Davies on Pontlottyn war memorial
Pte. J. Gill – not identified
Thomas Ivor Healey (Pte. T.I. Healey)
Private 3190 (241290) Welsh Regiment 1/5th Battalion.
Killed in action November 3 1917.
Grave C. 18 Beersheba War Cemetery.
Son of Thomas and Sarah Healey.
James Henry Hillman (Rfln. J. Hillman, Mons.)
Rifleman 2415 Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Battalion.
Killed in action May 8 1915 (as was his brother Rifleman Thomas John Hillman).
Panel 50 Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium,
Son of John and Annie Hillman.
Pte. T. Jones – not identified
P. Leageian, D.C.M. Welch – not identified.
No such name, or similar name, has been found within the United Kingdom – there may have been some error.
Pte. F. Mayo, Army – not identified.
Sources studied to date have not shed light on Pte. Mayo’s war service, but it is likely that he was the ‘husband having enlisted’ mentioned in a child neglect case heard in Merthyr Police Court and reported in Pioneer 3 July 1915 page 1.
Herbert George Nash
Born in Worcestershire about 1896, Herbert George Nash was son of George and Elizabeth. It is unclear when he arrived in the upper Rhymney valley, but when he enlisted for war service at Bargoed he was living in Troedrhiwfuwch.
Possibly Herbert George Nash (Pte. H. Nash, Worcs.)
Private 34212 Welsh Regiment 1st Battalion.
Died October 2 1915.
Panel 77 and 78 Loos Memorial, France.
Arthur Panter (Rfln. A. Panter)
Rifleman 2416 Monmouthsire Regiment 1st Battalion.
Killed in action May 8 1915.
Panel 50 Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium.
Son of Sidney and Sarah Panter (61 High Street, Troedrhiwfuwch).
Sergt. H. Phillips, S.W.B. – not identified.
Possibly Sgt. William Herbert Phillips whose name appears on Pontlottyn war memorial
James Roach
James Roach, born in Bolton, Lancashire, on 23 May, was son of James and Charlotte Annie Roach. When he was enumerated in his parents’ home in 1911 he was listed as an unemployed shop storekeeper. It is possible that he moved to upper Rhymney valley in search of work. He was serving on board HMS Goliath when he was killed or died as a direct result of enemy action on 13 May 1915.
James Roach (Sig. J. Roach, Navy)
Stoker 2943T Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. “Goliath”.
Died May 13 1915, Aged 26.
Commemorated Plymouth Naval Memorial 8., United Kingdom.
Son of James and Charlotte Annie Roach. Born at Bolton, Lancs.
Pte. B. Short, S.W.B
George Pritchard Ward (Rfln. G.P. Ward)
Rifleman 1965 Monmouthsire Regiment 1st Battalion.
Killed in action May 8 1915.
Panel 50 Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium.
Son of Robert and Martha Ward (1 Chapel Road, Troedrhiwfuwch)
Edmund White
GHS thanks A.M. great-nephew of casualty Edmund White for information to allow correct identification.
Edmund White was born in Rhondda Fawr about 1896 to parents James and Mary Kate White who hailed from Ireland. He had three older sisters, the oldest was born in Ireland about 1891 but the other two were born in Rhondda Fawr about 1892 and 1895. Father James was a colliery timberman working below ground when the family was enumerated in Rhondda Fawr in 1901 but they had moved to 7 Sebastopol, Tirphil, by the time of the 1911 census. Edmund White followed his father into the coal industry. Having enlisted for war service in Bargoed he became Rifleman 4846 with Royal Irish Rifles. His active service on the Western Front started on 22 December 1915.
He is commemorated on Troedrhiwfuwch war memorial and on Pozieres Memorial panel 74-76.
Edmund White (Rfln. E. White, R.I.R)
Rifleman 4845 Royal Irish Rifles 2nd battalion.
Killed in action, death presumed on 24 March 1918, Western Front.
Panel 74-76 Pozieres Memorial
Edward Williams (Rfln. E. Williams)
Private 1563 Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Battalion.
Killed in action April 1915.
Panel 50 Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium.
Son of George Williams and cousin of William John Jones of 54 High Street, Troedrhiwfuwch.
Richard John Williams
Richard John Williams, son of Edwin Williams and his wife Jane, was born in Troedrhiwfuwch about 1893. According to the 1911 census, Edwin, born in Pontlottyn about 1867, spoke both English and Welsh, but, as his Cumberland-born wife Jane (whom he married about 1889) spoke English only, it is not surprising that their six children were monoglot English.
In 1911, 18 year old Richard John, like his father, was described as a coal miner (hewer).
It is not clear when and with whom, Richard John Williams enlisted for war service at Bargoed. He served as a Private (service number 18912) with Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion in France and Flanders where, sadly, he was killed in action July 10 1916. His name is listed on Pier and Face 7A and 10A on Thiepval Memorial, France and he is commemorated on the war memorial in his home village, Troedrhiwfuwch.
Further research may shed more light on the family, including whether or not the E. Wiliams (Rifleman) commemorated on Troedrhiwfuwch war memorial is a relative.
Richard John Williams (Pte. R.J. Williams).
Private 18912 Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion.
Killed in action July 10 1916.
Pier and Face 7A and 10A Thiepval Memorial, France.
Son of Edwin and Jane Williams (57 High Street, Troedrhiwfuwch).
The Village of Troedrhiwfuwch was abandoned in the 1980s as a result of the movement of the mountain above the village. The War Memorial stands opposite the site of the village on the left hand side of the road between Pontlottyn and Tirphil
World War II 1939-45
Mansel Vernal Phillips (M V Phillips Sgt RAF)
Sergeant 1836048 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 431 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Died December 1943.
Grave 6. A. 18 Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.