List of the Fallen 1914-18 & 1939-45
The Great War 1914 -1918
Frank Allen
Ivanhoe Cottage, Willow Street. Aged 29 - Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died: 13.11.1916. Killed Puisieux, Pas de Calais.
Tom Bristow
Gwalod House, Gwall Hill. Aged 19 - Private. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, then R.W.F.
Died: 23.4.1917. Killed Wancourt, Pas de Calais.
William E Burdett
Maeslewis, Knolton. 29 - Private. Machine Gun Corps
Died: 26.4.1918. Killed Ypres Salient, Belgium.
Thomas E Davies
Adwy, Bersham. Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Killed: 25.12.1917 Killed in action in France.
Alan Durdle
Lloc, Holywell. L/Corporal. Welsh Horse. Duke of Cambridges Own
Died: 4.3.1917. Killed in Flanders.
Richard Edwards
Asney Cottage, Overton Bridge. Private. Welsh Horse, then Royal West Kents.
Died: 16.7.1917 Killed in action in France.
Walter Edwards
Asney, Overton Bridge. Gunner. Royal Garrison Artillery
Died: 20.9.1918. Died of wounds in France.
Herbert W Ethelston
Bryn y Pys, Overton. Aged 33. Lieutenant, Grenadier Guards
Died: 14.3.1915. Killed in action.
Robert W Eyton
Gwydyr House, Overton. Aged 22. Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade.
Died: 22.3.1918. Killed near Flavey. Mentioned in Dispatches.
F.D.Fitzjohn
High Street, Overton. Aged 31. Private. 65th Battalion Canadian Armed Forces
Died: 23.3.1917. Buried in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Walter Hamer
Wrexham Road, Overton. Aged 28. Private. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry.
Died: 19.9.1918. Killed in action.
Ralph W. Hargreaves
Llan y Cefn, Overton. Aged 25. Acting Captain. Welsh Guards.
Died: 1.12.1917. Wounded France 1916, Killed Cambrai.
Edward Haynes
Lilac Cottage, Overton Aged 25. First Class Stoker. Royal Navy.
Died: 31.5.1916. Served HMS Black Prince. Drowned.
Stanley Haynes
Lilac Cottage, Overton. Private. Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died: 28.5.1915. Killed Gallipoli.
Thomas Henderson
Edinburgh. Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 18.8.1915. Died of Wounds at Sea.
Frank Howard
Argoed Lane, Overton. Trumpeter. Welsh Horse
Died: 24.1.1919. Died from meningitis.
Walter Jackson
Ivy Cottage, Overton. Aged 35. 2nd Lieut. Welsh Yorkshire Prince of Wales Own.
Died: 9.10.1917. Twice wounded and killed in Ypres Salient.
Joseph Jones
Private. RWF. Formerly Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
Died: 29.4.1918. Killed Mesopotamia.
Richard Jones
Penyllan Cottage, Overton. Sapper. Royal Engineers
Died: 1.6.1918. Killed Ypres.
Thomas H Jones
Baysdon House, Overton. Bombadier. Royal Field Artillery
Reported missing 21.3.1918. Taken prisoner and shot.
Thomas Jones
Tanners Row, Overton. Sapper. Royal Engineers
Died: 24.3.1918. Killed in action in France.
Charles Johnson
Knolton Bryn. Aged 25. Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Died: 26.10.1914. Killed in France.
Harry Morgan
Maeslewis, Knolton. Aged 27. Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Died: 24.10.1918. Badly wounded in 1917. Killed in France.
Edward Northover
Mossleigh, Overton. Gunner. Royal Field Artillery.
Died: 23.10.1918. Died in hospital in Le Havre, France.
John Henry Powell
Back Lane. Aged 42. Sergeant. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Died: 11.7.1916. Killed Somme.
Albert Roberts
White Horse Hotel, Overton. Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Died: 22.4.1918. Killed Flanders.
Alfred Roberts
Tanners Row, Overton. L/Cpl. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died: 27.6.1919. France 1915-1916. Died of consumption.
Arthur Studley
Little Overton. Private. Wellington Infantry New Zealand Force.
Died: 1916. Killed at Gallipoli.
William Taylor
Queensbridge, Overton. Company Sergeant Major. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Died: March 1917. Served in France and died from wounds.
William Wainwright
Lightwood Green. Corporal. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died: 14.6.1919. Died from wounds and gas poisoning.
The Second World War 1939-1945
Cecily M Bruce Benjamin
Pendyffryn, Overton Aged 20. Chief Wren. Women's Royal Naval Service
Died: 19.8.1941. SS Aguila, torpedoed.
Norman H Bolland
Poethlyn Terrace, Overton. Aged 19 Fusilier. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Died: 14.4.1945. Died from shrapnel wounds. Buried in Germany.
Reginald Hillman
Salop Road, Overton. Aged 23. Guardsman. Grenadier Guards.
Died: 14.8.1944. Killed Bayeux, France.
George Lindsay
High Street, Overton. Aged 43. Flight lieutenant. RAF Voluntary Reserve
Died: 29 6.1944. No known grave.
John Winston Pearson
Maesgwaylod. LAC. RAF
Died of Pneumonia.
Hugh William Jardine Ethelston Peel
Bryn y Pys, Overton. Aged 25. Lieut. Armed Reconnaissance Battalion.Welsh Guards
Died: 17.2.1945. Killed Netherlands. Awarded Croix de Guerre.
