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Llanfechell War Memorials

  • Anglesey, Llanfechell, War Memorial outside St Mechell’s Church

Llanfechell on Anglesey in North Wales. The War Memorial is outside of the walls of the beautiful Church of Saint Mechell.

Anglesey, Llanfechell, War Memorial Names.

The names on the War Memorial include those of three Thomas brothers from Brynddu. To lose a child during war must be devastating to parents, I really cannot imagine how it must have been for the parents that lost three of their children.

CWGC Memorial to Flight Sergeant John Hughes died 1946 aged 26.

If you have any high resolution photos of anyone on this or any other war memorial, or simply a story to tell, I will show the photos and tell the story, as with the one below for Owen Owen of Bryn Hidl, Mynydd Mechell.

First NameSurnameDateAgeAddressService DetailsNumberSpouseFatherMotherCountryMemorial
Frederick PelhamTrevor08/05/191534BryndduLieutenant. 3rd Battalion – Duke of Cornwall’s Light InfantryWinifred Mary Trevor (nee Mills)Arthur Tudor TrevorEnriquette Trevor (nee Bokenham)BelgiumYpres Menin Gate Memorial
James FredVenmore10/07/191627WylfaLieutenant. 14th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersJames Venmore J.P.Mrs VenmoreFranceDantzig Alley British Cemetery Mametz
RichardJones10/05/191723TrosymynyddSergeant. 10th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersOwen JonesElizabeth JonesFranceArras Memorial
John OliverWilliams25/09/191523FrondegCorporal. 9th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersJohn Williams (late)Jane WilliamsFranceLoos Memorial
RogerHumphreys13/11/191517Penrallt, TregelePrivate. 10th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersIsaac HumphreysEllen HumphreysFranceThiepval Memorial
John OwenJones06/11/191735TrosymynyddPrivate. 7th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersUnknownElizabeth JonesJerusalemJerusalem
RobertJones02/12/191519GlanygorsPrivate. 8th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersUnknownSydney Mary JonesEgyptAlexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Thomas PritchardLewis06/07/1916UnknownTynycaePrivate. 14th Battalion – Royal Welsh Fusiliers20513UnknownUnknownFranceThiepval Memorial
OwenOwen30/11/191635FronPrivate. 10th Battalion – Royal Welsh Fusiliers31857Grace Owen (later Williams)Richard OwenElizabeth OwenFranceThiepval Memorial
OwenRoberts23/06/1917UnknownCarregydaranPrivate. 8th Battalion – Royal Welsh Fusiliers21217UnknownUnknownMesopotamia (Iraq)Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
EvanWilliams28/12/191721Brynddu RoadPrivate. 1st/6th Battalion – Royal Welsh Fusiliers53875Richard WilliamsJane WilliamsIsraelJerusalem
JohnWilliams13/10/191821MinfforddPrivate. 2nd Battalion – Royal Welsh Fusiliers203522John WilliamsUnknownFranceRocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt
OwenWilliams18/08/191519PenmynyddLieutenant. 1st/6th Battalion – Royal Welsh Fusiliers2743Richard WilliamsMary WilliamsTurkey (Gallipoli)Helles Memorial
TrevorThomas10/01/1916UnknownBrynddu, Llanfechell. 3 Brothers Lost2nd Lieutenant. 16th Battalion – Royal Welsh FusiliersUnknownBrigadier General Sir Owen ThomasFrederica Wilhemina Skelton Thomas (nee Pershouse)FranceSt. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’avoue
Robert NewtonThomas23/07/191726Brynddu, Llanfechell. 3 Brothers LostFlt. Cdr. Captain. 14th Sqdn. – R.F.C. (Previously R.W.F.)UnknownBrigadier General Sir Owen ThomasFrederica Wilhemina Skelton Thomas (nee Pershouse)Gaza, IsraelJerusalem
Owen VincentThomas29/07/191824Brynddu, Llanfechell. 3 Brothers LostFlight Commander. Royal Air Force. (Previously R.W.F.)UnknownBrigadier General Sir Owen ThomasFrederica Wilhemina Skelton Thomas (nee Pershouse)EnglandCoopersale (St Alban) Churchyard
WilliamWilliams03/10/194024PensarnSapper. Royal Engineers. 24 Bomb Disposal Section.2009151W. WilliamsUnknownWalesLlanfechell (Ebenezar) Independent Chapel Graveyard
OwenOwen25/09/194325BrynhidlGunner. 257 Coast Regiment – Royal Artillery.952422John Richard OwenMargaret OwenTunisiaBeja War Cemetery
William LukeBackhouse19/05/194528PenralltLance Corporal. Royal Army Service CorpsT/127437James BackhouseEllen BackhouseSouth AfricaJohannesburg (West Park) Cemetery

Gunner Owen Owen of Bryn Hidl, Mynydd Mechell

Owen Owen and Tecwyn Jones in Battle Dress Uniform.

Owen Owen lived at Bryn Hidl in Mynydd Mechell with his parents, John Richard Owen and Margaret Owen. With them lived his sister and brothers. Like all of his brothers, Owen was strong shouldered, fit and healthy, having worked on the land.

When the second world war (WWII) broke out, Owen enlisted in the Royal Artillery, and was assigned to the 257 Coast Regiment. Serving with him was his friend from home, Tecwyn Jones.

Owen had served in several countries including Tunisia. It was whilst he was serving in Tunisia that Owen was killed on the 25th of September 1943, as the result of a railway accident, nothing else is known. Owen was 26 years of age. His friend Tecwyn happily survived the war.

Owen’s brother Harry Owen served in Buma, and after the war worked on the railway at Chester.

On Owen’s grave in Tunisia is engraved a message from the family that reads: ‘Our dear beloved son Owen, never forgotten by his parents, sister and brothers’ – ‘Until We Meet Again’.

  • Gunner Owen Owen standing at ease
  • Harry Owen in his Khakis and Slouch Hat (Bush Hat) – Owen’s brother survived the war
  • Harry Owen with Side Cap (Chip Hat) – Harry served in Burma and was Owen’s brother
  • Mrs Margaret Owen – Owen’s Mother at Bryn Hidl, Mynydd Mechell
  • Owen Owen Commonwealth Grave in Tunisia
  • Owen Owen in his battle dress uniform

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