
LISVANE
WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Robert Hellier 2007
The
Lisvane War Memorial is situated in the centre of the small village
of Lisvane, which is now a suburb of Cardiff. The memorial is in Lisvane
Road close to the junction with Church Road and St Mellon’s
Road. The memorial is a Cross of Sacrifice on a stone plinth.
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Photographs Copyright © Robert Hellier 2007 |
In
Honoured Memory Of
The Men From This Parish
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In The Great War
1914-1918
DRURY |
Edgar
Charles |
Lance Corporal 109122, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Died
of wounds received in action 1 April 1916 in No. 1 Canadian Field
Ambulance (Gun Shot Wound Right Lung). Aged 26. Born 17 October
1892 in Llanishen, Cardiff. Son of George William and Janet Florence
Drury, of "The Lozells," Lisvane, Llanishen, Cardiff.
Farmer by trade. Unmarried at attestation. Attested 27 November
1914 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, aged 23 years, height 5 feet 10
inches, weight 146lbs, chest 33½-35 inches, dark complexion,
dark blue eyes, dark brown hair, religious denomination Church of
England. Emabtrked at Folkestone for France 24 October 1915. Appointed
Lance Corporal in the field 3 January 1916. He had three siblings
- two brothers and a sister. His sister was a teacher who went to
live with her brother in Neath where he was a Bank Manager; they
both died in Neath. Buried in MAPLE COPSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Plot I. Row F. Grave 1. National Archives of Canada Accession
reference: Canadian
Expeditionary Force (CEF), RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2679
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EVANS |
Thomas
David |
Private
28891, 8th Battalion, Border Regiment formerly 176772, Royal Army
Service Corps. Killed in action in France & Flanders 5th August
1917. Born Pentyrch, Glamorgan; enlisted Cardiff; resident of Lisvane,
Cardiff. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL,
West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 35 |
TURNER |
Frederick
William Robertson |
Lieutenant
(Territorial), 2nd (Glamorgan) Company, Royal Engineers. Killed
in action 5th August 1916. Aged 25. Son of James Edward and Emma
Sophia Jane Turner of Ty Gwyn, Lisvane, Cardiff. Buried in HABARCQ
COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot VIII. Row
K. Grave 3. |
WILLIAMS |
Arthur
Llewellyn |
Gunner
229391, "C" Battery, 79th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed
in action in France & Flanders 4 November 1918. Aged 20. Enlisted
Cardiff; resident of Cardiff. Son of the late Frederick Williams
and of Jane Williams, of the Griffin Inn, Lisvane, Cardiff. Buried
in POIX-DU-NORD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot
II. Row A. Grave 1. |
WILKIE |
Charles
Joseph |
Temporary
Lieutenant Colonel, 17th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Killed in action
19 October 1916. Aged 48. Husband of Dora Wilkie of "Derwallt Rogerstone",
Newport, Monmouthshire. Buried in MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY,
. Plot I. Row K. Grave 10. |
1939-1945 |
CARDELL |
Nevill
Southwell |
Flight
Sergeant 581143 (Observer), 226 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Died
12 Augustv 1941. Buried in FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN CEMETERY,
Zeeland, Netherlands. Row A. Grave 24. |
CAREY
-THOMAS |
Oswald
Gaskell Carey |
Major
58694, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. Died 23 March
1943. Aged 29. Son of Arthur Percy and Grace Emily Carey-Thomas;
husband of Elizabeth Barbara Carey-Thomas, of Lisvane, Glamorgan.
Buried in SFAX WAR CEMETERY, Tunisia. Plot XIII. Row E. Grave 21. |
ENGLAND,
DSO, DFC |
Richard
Geoffrey |
Wing
Commander (Pilot) 90392, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force (Auxiliary
Air Force). Died 22 October 1943. Aged 27. Awarded the Distinguisged
Service Order (D.S.O.) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.).
Son of Richard Gravell England, and of Gwendoline Whitelaw England,
of Lisvane, Glamorgan. Buried in FLUSHING (VLISSINGEN) NORTHERN
CEMETERY, Zeeland, Netherlands. Row G. Grave 14. |
FIELD |
Albert
John |
Private
3969995, 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment. Died 5 October 1944. Aged
31. Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Field; husband of Rose Field, of Llanishen,
Cardiff. Buried in VALKENSWAARD WAR CEMETERY, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Plot II. Row E. Grave 5. |
GROSVENOR |
Richard
James |
Sergeant
1182429, 236 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 7
September 1942. Son of Harry and Lily Lucy Grosvenor; husband of
Johanna Gabriela Grosvenor, of Hendon, Middlesex. No known grave.
Commemorated on RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, Surrey. Panel 84. |
ILES |
James
Albert |
Fusilier
14444814, 6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. Died 20 February
1945. Aged 18. Son of Albert and Ida May Iles, of Lisvane. Buried
in LISVANE (ST. DENYS) CHURCHYARD, GFlamorganshire. Row C. Grave
12 .
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KING |
Raymond |
Aircraftman
2nd Class 1705006, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 29 June
1942. Aged 19. Son of Percival G. King and Grace E. M. King, of
Llanishen, Cardiff. Buried in CARDIFF (LLANISHEN) CEMETERY, Glamorganshire.
Grave 432.
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Their
Name Liveth For Evermore
Last
updated
9 August, 2019
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