Roll of Honour - Pembrokeshire

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

FISHGUARD WAR MEMORIAL

The Fishguard Memorial stands in West Street. The names are listed in four columns with Second World War names underneath on a separate plaque.

LEST WE FORGET
1914 - 1918
1939- 1945
THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF FISHGUARD
WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED

1914 – 1918

BATTIN	George	No further information available at present.
BATTIN	Griffith	No further information available at present
BURNNAND	J.S.	No further information available at present
CLAY	P.V.	No further information available at present
DAVIES	W.J.	No further information available at present
DAVIES	J.J.	No further information available at present
DAVIES	G.R.	No further information available at present
DAVIES	W.G.	No further information available at present
DYKE	R.R.	No further information available at present
ELLEN	E.E.	No further information available at present
EVANS	A.	No further information available at present
EVANS	Edwin	No further information available at present
EVANS	Edgar	No further information available at present
EVANS	J.H.	No further information available at present
FRANCIS	R.E.	No further information available at present
FITZMAURICE	J.	No further information available at present
GARNON	T.	No further information available at present
GRIFFITHS	D.	No further information available at present
HOWELLS	G.	No further information available at present
HOWELL	T	No further information available at present
HARRIES	E.	No further information available at present
HARRIES	T.O.	No further information available at present
JENKINS	F.C.	No further information available at present
JOHN	W.	No further information available at present
JONES	C.H.	No further information available at present
JONES	E.D	No further information available at present
JONES	R.H.	No further information available at present
JONES	S.G.	No further information available at present
LEWIS	D.	No further information available at present
LEWIS	W.P.	No further information available at present
LEWIS	T.	No further information available at present
LONGMAN	R.	No further information available at present
MATHIAS	W.G.	No further information available at present
MORGAN	G. D	No further information available at present
MORRIS	John (Jack) James	Bombardier John James (Jack) Morris Early Years Born in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire in 1896, Jack Morris was the first son of Benjamin and Martha Morris. Little is known at this time of his early life but the family lived in and around Fishguard with his father being employed on the harbour wall construction project. As a young man he elected to join the Territorial Force and became a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). At the time, the RGA were deployed as part of a home defence force and mainly found themselves manning coastal batteries. In 1914, at the outbreak of war, Jack was stationed on Stack Rock fort at the entrance to Pembroke Dock. The Somme Exact events remain unclear but evidence supplied by surviving documentation suggests that, once the Territorial Force was authorised for service overseas, Jack was posted to 16th Heavy Battery, RGA. This had formed in support of the 16th Division in early 1915 and was initially moved to Winchester before embarking for Le Havre. The Division arrived in France on 15 March 1915 and were initially billeted at Harfleur before moving up to the Somme area shortly afterwards. On arrival, the unit was deployed close to the village of Beausart behind the front line village of Auchonvillers. Jack’s notebooks give the gun position as ‘left of Beausart railway station’ and many of the local church spires are noted in terms of both bearing and range. The battery is believed to have remained in support throughout the Somme battles of 1916 and Jack was definitely in the area for that time as he bought several presents for his mother and sisters in the village of Maillet Mallet. Ypres The battery is believed to have moved to the Ypres area in early 1917 and Jack was by now a Bombardier and a signaller. His notebooks also reveal two longstanding friends, gunner Hill, who came from Lancashire and gunner Potter who came from Cornwall. Little is known about their exact movements during the Passchendaele battles until all three were killed together in the early hours of September 11 1917. The bodies were recovered and they lie buried together in Bard Cottage Cemetery which is situated on the other side of the road and a little further along in the direction of Boesinghe from Essex Farm. Grave Details Bmdr Morris J J, 371094, son of Benjamin and Martha Morris, 8 Wallis St, Fishguard, Pembs. Grave IV.G.15 Gnr Potter T, 66146, son of late William Ely Potter and Jane Potter of Preston, Lancs, Grave IV.G.16 Gnr Hill Frederick Walter, 321843, son of Mr F W and Mrs E Hill, 4 John St, Truro, Cornwall, Grave IV.G.17 Details kindly supplied by John Evans
PRICE	J.	No further information available at present
RICHARDS	W.M.	No further information available at present
ROBERTS	E.L.L.	No further information available at present
ROBERTS	W.R.	No further information available at present
ROBERTS	T.R.	No further information available at present
SAMUEL	B.	No further information available at present
SLOCOMBE	W.J.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	J.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	M.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	J.H.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	A.W.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	A.S.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	J.M.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	E.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	M.L.	No further information available at present
TOZER	R.E.C	No further information available at present
TOZER	D.	No further information available at present
WALKER	A.E.	No further information available at present
WAUGH	J.	No further information available at present
WILLIAMS	T.J.	No further information available at present
WOOD	S.G.	No further information available at present
WOOD	H.E.	No further information available at present
WRAY	A.C.	No further information available at present
1939 - 1945
BEVAN	Emlyn Owen	Able Seaman D/SSX 17405. H.M.S. Ardent. Royal Navy. Died on 9th June 1940. Aged 22. Son of Richard Edward and Margaret Bevan, of Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Commemorated: Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon. Panel 37, Column 2.
BROWN	T.E.	No further information available at present
DAVIES	H.	No further information available at present
EDWARDS	G.J.	No further information available at present
DAVIES	W.S.	No further information available at present
GILLARD	A.E.	No further information available at present
GILLARD	J.H.	No further information available at present
GRIFFITHS	C.J.O.	No further information available at present
HARVARD	J.	No further information available at present
HODGES	O.P.	No further information available at present
HOWELLS	J.E.	No further information available at present
JAMES	W.	No further information available at present
JENKINS	A.	No further information available at present
JENKINS	D.G.G.	No further information available at present
JONES	D.M.R.	No further information available at present
LEWIS	L.W	No further information available at present
LEWIS	W.J.	No further information available at present
LLEWELLYN	T.E.	No further information available at present
MILES	P.	No further information available at present
MORRIS, D.S.C.	D.J.	No further information available at present
OWENS	B.W.	No further information available at present
PHILLIPS	S.P.	No further information available at present
ROACH	S.G.	No further information available at present
SEDGEMAN	W.S.	No further information available at present
STRETCH	E.G.	No further information available at present
STURGESS	H.G.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	B.C.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	E.	No further information available at present
THOMAS	J.	No further information available at present
WALTERS	C.J.	No further information available at present
WILLIAMS	J.P.	No further information available at present

"EU HABERTH NID A HEIBIO"

7 June 2005

War Memorials Trust