Sapper Ellis Williams<\/strong> Able Seaman Robert Baron Williams<\/strong> Private Ellis Williams (senior)<\/strong> Private Goronwy Evans<\/strong> Private Thomas Kyffin Jones<\/strong> Robert Roberts<\/strong> Private James Hennessey Jones<\/strong> William Parry<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n These are our fallen from the Second World War:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Corporal Thomas Radcliffe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Corporal Thomas Radcliffe was the son of William and Ann Radcliffe. He was born on Anglesey. He joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers in May 1932 and so was an \u2018old hand\u2019 in the 1st<\/sup> battalion by the time of the outbreak of the Second World War. 1st<\/sup> battalion were part of the British Expeditionary Force evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940 having fought a desperate rear-guard action. Two years later they were shipped off to the Far East, regularly being in the thick of the action. In 1943 Radcliffe was awarded the Military Medal. The citation reads \u201cOver a long period of active operations this NCO has consistently shown supreme disregard of personal danger and qualities of leadership of the highest order\u201d. At the defence of Kohima in May 1944, Corporal Radcliffe was injured and died later of his wounds. He was 32 years old and buried at Kohima War Cemetery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n His connection with Glanwydden\/Llangwstenin is that he married Margaret Jones in the fourth quarter of 1940 and lived for a short time (in his case anyway) at Llwynon, Pen-y-bont Road. Llwynon was the Jones family home and Margaret (known as Mabel). Perhaps someone remembers the Jones family or Mabel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roedd y Corporal Thomas Radcliffe yn fab i William ac Ann Radcliffe. Fe’i ganed yn Ynys M\u00f4n. Ymunodd \u00e2\u2019r Royal Welch Fusiliers ym mis Mai 1932 ac felly roedd yn \u2018hen law\u2019 yn y bataliwn 1af erbyn dechrau\u2019r Ail Ryfel Byd. Roedd y bataliwn 1af yn rhan o Llu Alldeithiol Prydain a symudwyd o draethau Dunkirk ym 1940 ar \u00f4l ymladd yn erbyn gweithred enbyd o warchodwyr cefn. Ddwy flynedd yn ddiweddarach cawsant eu cludo i’r Dwyrain Pell, gan fod yn drwchus yn y weithred. Yn 1943 dyfarnwyd y Fedal Filwrol i Radcliffe. Mae’r dyfyniad yn darllen \u201cDros gyfnod hir o weithrediadau gweithredol mae’r NCO hwn yn gyson wedi dangos diystyrwch goruchaf o berygl personol a rhinweddau arweinyddiaeth o’r radd uchaf\u201d. Yn amddiffyniad Kohima ym mis Mai 1944, anafwyd Corporal Radcliffe a bu farw\u2019n ddiweddarach o\u2019i glwyfau. Roedd yn 32 oed a’i gladdu ym Mynwent Rhyfel Kohima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ei gysylltiad \u00e2 Glanwydden \/ Llangwstenin yw iddo briodi Margaret Jones ym mhedwerydd chwarter 1940 a byw am gyfnod byr (yn ei achos ef beth bynnag) yn Llwynon, Pen-y-bont Road. Llwynon oedd cartref teulu Jones a Margaret (a elwid yn Mabel). Efallai bod rhywun yn cofio’r teulu Jones neu Mabel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Private John Edward Weyman<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Private John Edward Weyman died at the Battle of El Alamein on 25 October 1942 aged 27. It is believed he was born at Henryd where in 1939 his mother was postmistress. His father, John, died 11 August 1915 at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli while serving with the 6th battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. John senior is listed as being son of Mr and Mrs J. Weyman of Gwern-y-Felin, Henryd. Bu farw\u2019r Preifat John Edward Weyman ym Mrwydr El Alamein ar 25 Hydref 1942 yn 27 oed. Os, ac mae\u2019n fawr os, rwyf wedi cael yr achau yn gywir cafodd ei eni yn Henryd lle ym 1939 roedd ei fam yn bostfeistres. Bu farw ei dad, John, 11 Awst 1915 ym Mae Suvla, Gallipoli wrth wasanaethu gyda 6ed bataliwn y Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig. Rhestrir John senior yn fab i Mr a Mrs J. Weyman o Gwern-y-Felin, Henryd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Priododd John Edward \u00e2 Norah Skelsey yn ail chwarter 1942 ac roeddent yn byw yn Glasfryn, Pen-y-bont Road. Ymrestrodd yn y fyddin ym mis Ebrill 1940 ac ymunodd \u00e2 Chatrawd Frenhinol Swydd Warwick cyn trosglwyddo i Gatrawd Frenhinol y Frenhines ym mis Mai 1942. Bum mis yn ddiweddarach cafodd ei ladd wrth ymladd ac nid oes ganddo fedd hysbys yn cael ei goff\u00e1u ar Gofeb Alamein, yr Aifft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mavis Jones<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mavis was a three month old baby living at Ffolt, when she tragically caught whooping cough from evacuees and died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Margaret Chapman<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Margaret, who survicved the war, served in London\u2019s Air Training Corps working out trajectories for the guns that protected the capital from Nazi bombing raids \u2013 a high risk role that called for a spirited and intelligent person.\u00a0 Both of which Margaret personified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beryl Nicholls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Beryl Nicholls (nee Tomlin), who also survived the war, was born in 1925 and grew up on the south side of Oxford. At the start of the Second World war Beryl was attending school\u00a0but at age 16 she started work as a telephonist. This she disliked and when the opportunity arose to enroll at Waterperry Horticultural College for Ladies she jumped at the chance. Waterperry College with its large house and gardens had been founded in 1931 by the redoubtable Miss Beatrix Havergill who ran the college till 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the war years the focus of the college was market gardening and Beryl became part of the Land Army. She received a 2-year education in horticulture\u00a0which developed into a lifelong love of plants, gardening and nature. The photo portraits of Beryl, by Cecil Beaton (official government photographer – see imperial war, tell of a bright-eyed girl of 18, full of fun, but totally at home getting her hands dirty – characteristics recognisable into her later years, to those who knew her. With her training complete, Beryl got a job at a nursery near Shiplake on Thames where she found lodging with a local couple. The son of the household returned to his parental\u00a0home at the end of the war. Beryl and David fell in love and were married in 1947.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Glanwydden, Llangwstenin & Pydew lost 8 men to the First World War, and at least 2 never returned from the Second World War. These are our fallen from the First World War: Sapper Ellis WilliamsTelegraphist, Royal Engineers Able Seaman Robert … Continue reading
Telegraphist, Royal Engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shoeing Smith, Royal Field Artillery<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery \u2013 117th<\/sup> Siege Battery<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royal Welsh Fusiliers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Royal Welsh Fusiliers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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John Edward married Norah Skelsey in the second quarter of 1942 and they lived at Glasfryn, Pen-y-bont Road. He enlisted in the army in April 1940 and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment before transferring into the Queen\u2019s Royal Regiment in May 1942. Five months later he was killed in action and has no known grave being commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/GlanwyddenValley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image-4.png\")
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