Wrexham War Memorial FWW (K-P)

The following men from the area died in service in the First World War.

  • C T Keating, Driver SARE
  • George Keating, Second Lieutenant. Died 17/02/1915. Cheshire Regiment. Buried Spoilbank Cemetery. Son of John and Anne Keating, of Wrexham; husband of Frances Mary Keating, of 8, Southwood Court, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Golders Green, London.
  • J Keating, Lieutenant. Died 17/02/1915. Cheshire Regiment. Buried Spoilbank Cemetery.
  • C Kesper, Corporal 8372. Died 25/10/1914. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery.
  • G Killham, Corporal 20540. Died 27/12/1915 age 34. Border Regiment. Buried Lancashire Landing Cemetery. Husband of Killham, of 7, Alexander Rd, Wrexham.
  • William Miles Kington, Captain. Died 20/10/1914 age 38. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Awarded DSO. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Lt. Col. W. M. Kington (late 4th Hussars); husband of Edith Soames, of Bryn Estyn, Wrexham.
  • Hampden Algernon Kynaston, Private 139618. Died 09/08/1918 age 26. Canadian Infantry. Vimy Memorial. Son of Mr TF and Mrs MA Kynaston, 46, Rhosddu Rd, Wrexham.
  • Cecil Washington Lancelotte, Private 267775. Died 21/09/1917 age 21. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Estaires Communal Cemetery. Son of Benjamin Washington Lancelotte and Harriet Ann Lancelotte, of "Mount View", 64, Rhosddu Rd, Wrexham.
  • William Large, Private 43874. Died 21/06/1917.  Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Bard Cottage Cemetery.
  • Norman Latchford, Serjeant 15771. Died 22/04/1918 age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Pozieres Memorial. Son of Henry and Eda Latchford, of "Oran", School Rd, Rhosddu, Wrexham. Enlisted Sept., 1914.
  • Joseph Henry Lee, Lance Corporal 8685. Died 03/10/1915 age 28. Cheshire Regiment. Loos Memorial.
  • Edward Lightfoot, Lance Corporal 8302. Died 08/05/1915. Cheshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
  • Robert William Lloyd, Lance Bombardier 112188. Died 21/03/1918. Royal Field Artillery. Arras Memorial.
  • W Lloyd, Private 3887. Died 14/02/1917. Royal Army Medical Corps. Buried Wrexham Cemetery.
  • W Lloyd, Private 49845. Died 02/11/1917 age 22. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Baghdad War Cemetery. Son of Thomas Lloyd, of 6, Salop Terrace, Greenfield, Rhosddu, Wrexham.
  • William Lloyd, Private 12925. Died 25/09/1915 age 28. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Loos Memorial. Son of William and Ellen Lloyd, of 3, Holt Rd, Wrexham.
  • Robert John Loftus, Serjeant 3167. Died 19/01/1916 age 27. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Louisa Loftus, of 7, Princes Square, Pentrifetin, Wrexham; husband of Emily Cartwright (formerly Loftus), of 6, Alford St, Wrexham.
  • William Lowe, Lance Corporal 11135. Died 07/11/1914 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Mr J. G Lowe, of 72, Norman Rd, Wrexham.
  • A Loftus, Private 10476. Died 28/05/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Citadel New Military Cemetery.
  • W L Loftus, Lance Corporal 43784. Died 19/09/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery.
  • N Lythgoe, Corporal 15864. Died 20/01/1916 age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Chocques Military Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Alice Lythgoe, of Wrexham.
  • J H MacKintosh, Second Lieutenant. Royal Irish Rifles.
  • W E Manfield, Bombardier. Royal Horse Artillery.
  • T Manion, Private 623036. Died 22/12/1916. Canadian Infantry. Buried La Clytte Military Cemetery.
  • E T Manton, Serjeant. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • William Arthur Martin, Lance Corporal 54572. Died 20/04/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Arras Memorial.
  • Edward Parker Matthews, Private 29363. Died 16/10/1916 age 19. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.Buried Philosophe British Cemetery. Son of Mrs B. Matthews, of 33, Gibson St, Wrexham. 
  • J McDonald, Private 266931. Died 25/11/1918. Welsh Regiment. Buried St Sever Cemetery.
  • J Milington, Private 7552. Died 09/05/1915. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Le Touret Memorial. Enlisted and lived in Wrexham.
  • A Mills, Serjeant 5596. Died 31/07/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Dragoon Camp Cemetery.
  • William Thomas Mills, Private 3494. Died 12/10/1916. Lancashire Fusiliers. Thiepval Memorial.
  • H A Minshall, Serjeant L/9704. Died 01/11/1916. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Delville Wood Cemetery.
  • Ernest Mitchell, Stoker 1st Class K/13018. Died 31/05/1916 age 23. Royal Navy. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Son of Thomas and Caroline Mitchell, of 19, Leah Rd, Wrexham.
  • Joseph Mitchell, Lance Corporal 6958. Died 03/10/1915. Cheshire Regiment. Loos Memorial.
  • G W Mole, Serjeant. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • Russell Moore, Serjeant 16727. Died 12/10/1916 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Thomas and Margaret Moore, of 31, Belle Vue Rd, Wrexham.
  • Edward Morgan, Private 6050. Died 25/01/1915 age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Le Touret Memorial.
  • Son of Edward and Sarah Morgan, of Trevor St, Wrexham; husband of Hettie Esther Bailey (formerly Morgan), of 9, Springfield Terrace, Wrexham.
  • G P Morgan, Second Lieutenant. Died 14/07/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Thiepval Memorial.
  • Arthur Cuhelyn Morris, Lieutenant. Died 17/02/1918 aged 23. Royal Flying Corps (formerly Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Aire Communal Cemetery. Son of the Rev and Mrs RE Morris.
  • H Morris, Driver 50819. Died 14/08/1918. Royal Field Artillery. Awarded DCM. Buried Amara War Cemetery.
  • Matthew Morris, Private 55475. Died 23/08/1918 age 24. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Vis-en-Artois Memorial. Son of Thomas Marple Morris and Elizabeth Morris, of Cyfronydd Villa, Llanfair Caereinion, Welshpool; husband of Alice Jones (formerly Morris), of 2 Plas Isa, Trevor, Wrexham.
  • Thomas Morris, Private 8383. Died 13/11/1914. Welsh Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Resided in Wrexham.
  • E F Moss, Second Lieutenant. Died 17/09/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery.
  • Thomas Moulstone, Private 15672. Died 13/05/1917 age 25. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Buried Duisans British Cemetery. Son of William and Harriet Elizabeth Moulstone, of 17, Albert St, Hightown, Wrexham. Native of Newport, Salop.
  • Walter Eady Mudd, Corporal 37000. Died 14/11/1916 aged 23. South Lancashire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial. Enlisted Wrexham. Nephew of Mr and Mrs Mudd, of Regent Street, Wrexham. Was a keen footballer, and captained Grosvenor Villa FC.
  • H J Murphy, Serjeant M2/032763. Died 07/10/1918. Army Service Corps. Buried Bellicourt British Cemetery.
  • J Murray, Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • J Murray, Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • B Nadin, Lance Corporal 7480. Died 07/06/1915. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Guards Cemetery.
  • John Oliver, Lance Corporal 202018. Died 21/03/1918 age 20. Manchester Regiment. Pozieres Memorial. Son of George Oliver (ArMr S.M., R.A.O.C.) and Margaret Oliver, of 9, Smithfield Rd, Wrexham.
  • T H Onions, Stoker 1st Class DevSS/105887. Died 30/05/1915. Royal Navy. Buried Skew Bridge Cemetery.
  • H S Owen, Private 5812. Died 20/12/1916. The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Buried Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery.
  • Charles Owens, Private 101791. Died 02/11/1918 age 36. Durham Light Infantry. Buried Dottignies Communal Cemetery. Son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Owens, of 32, Foster Rd, Rhosddu, Wrexham; husband of Mary Owens, of 35, Lorne St, Rhosddu, Wrexham, N. Wales.
  • Robert B Owens, Private 14310. Died 21/09/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Born in Wrexham.
  • Albert Bertie Palmer, Corporal 301835. Died 21/03/1918. Manchester Regiment. Pozieres Memorial. Born in Wrexham.
  • John Ernest Palmer, Private 266656. Died 15/04/1917 age 26. Seaforth Highlanders. Buried Etaples Military Cemetery. Son of Robert and Emily Robert Palmer, of 6, Barracks Lane, Hightown, Wrexham.
  • J B Parker, Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • William Parker, Private 200421. Died 05/04/1918 aged 22. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. France (1914-1918) Memorial. Born in Wrexham.
  • Albert Parry, Serjeant 31700. Died 07/06/1917. South Lancashire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
  • Edgar Caradoc Parry, Serjeant 65286. Died 17/04/1918 age 24. Welsh Regiment. Tyne Cot Memorial.
  • Son of John Newton Parry and Fanny Parly, of 47, Rhos-ddu Rd, Wrexham.
  • George Parry, Private 25929. Died 11/04/1917. 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars. Arras Memorial.
  • Joseph Parry, Serjeant 56997. Died 01/05/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Arras Memorial.
  • Joseph Parry, Private 5655. Died 04/12/1915. Royal Welsh. Le Touret Military Cemetery. Born in Wrexham.
  • George Albert Pearce, Private 23059. Died 06/08/1915. Worcestershire Regiment. Helles Memorial.
  • J Pemberton, Private 6846. Died 09/01/1916 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery. Son of Edward and F. M. Pemberton, of Felinpuleston, Wrexham.
  • Charles B Penlington, Private 37978. Died 02/11/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Thiepval Memorial.
  • Thomas Penlington, Private 200698. Died 03/12/1918 age 26. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Terlincthun British Cemetery. Husband of Ellen Penlington, of High Town, Wrexham.
  • William Henricque Percival, Private 55687. Died 04/08/1917 age 29. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of George and Bertha Percival, of 15, Poyser St, Wrexham; husband of Dorothy Williams (formerly Percival), of 20, Cormiston Avenue, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
  • James William Perks, Private 8687. Died 05/10/1916 age 31. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Thiepval Memorial.
  • Ernest Arthur Peters, Serjeant 10316. Died 16/05/1915 age 23. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Le Touret Memorial. Son of Ernest Peters, of 14, Oakhill Rd, Sutton, Surrey; husband of S. E. V. Peters, of 98, Bedford St, Gewe.
  • Alexander Trevor Phillips, Corporal 457. Died 12/03/1915 age 21. Gordon Highlanders. Buried Estaires Communal Cemetery. Son of Charles and Elizabeth Phillips. of 13, Princess St, Wrexham.
  • Herbert Phoenix, Serjeant 400. Died of disease contracted while on service 05/07/1917 age 28. Denbighshire Yeomanry. Buried Wrexham Cemetery. Son of Alf and Mary Ann Phoenix, of Bleak House, Rhosnesni, Wrexham; husband of Gladys Phoenix (nee Dean), of 33, Foster Rd, Rhosddu, Wrexham, and father of their child. Educated at Victoria Schools, County School for Boys, Grove Park, and University College, Aberystwyth. Taught in Whitchurch before the war.
  • James Phoenix, Lance Corporal 345103. Died 21/08/1918 age 24. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Le Grand Hasard Military Ceremony. Son of George and Mary Phoenix, of 38, Talbot Rd, Wrexham.
  • E Pickering, Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
  • Thomas Platt, Corporal 23111. Died 30/09/1918 age 23. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Loos Memorial. Son of James and Annie Platt.
  • Thomas Platt, Stoker 1st Class SS/115347. Died 31/05/1916 age 21. Royal Navy. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Son of John Platt and Mrs SL Platt, of 27, Park St, Rhosddu, Wrexham.
  • Charles Pleavin, Lance Corporal 203108. Died 02/03/1919 age 33. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Wrexham Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Pleavin (nee Bershaw), of 25 King's Mills Rd, Wrexham; husband of Alice Pleavin (nee Bradshaw), of 15, Westminster Rd, Hoole, Chester.
  • W Pleavin, Gunner 108909. Died  06/08/1916 age 22. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Dartmoor Cemetery. Son of Thomas William and Sarah Jane Pleavin, of 25 King's Mills Rd, Wrexham. Brother of Charles, above.
  • Percy Plevin, Serjeant 43978. Died 26/09/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Tyne Cot Memorial. Of 40 Manley Road. Previously worked at Wrexham meat market with George Hughes. Left a widow and child.
  • Dafydd Emrys Powell, Lieutenant. Died 28/03/1918 age 22. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Acheux British Cemetery. Enlisted in the Inns of Court OTC 28th March 1915. Son of John Evan and Martha Powell, of Irvon, Wrexham. Worked at the Cambrian Iron Works before the war.
  • John Powell, Lance Serjeant 6462. Died 15/06/1917 age 35. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Wrexham Cemetery. Husband of Harriet Emma Roberts (formerly Powell), of 31, Block, Mount Abu, Rajputana, Sind, India.
  • William Poynton, Private 53727. Died 15/05/1917. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Arras Mmemorial.
  • George Harold Preece, Serjeant 6359. Died 01/09/1916 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Heilly Station Cemetery. Son of Pte George Preece (Royal Welch Fusiliers) and SA Preece, of 40, Nelson St, Hightown, Wrexham, and
  • Albert Price, Private 8123. Died 01/09/1916. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Flatiron Copse Cemetery. Enlisted in Wrexham.
  • Hugh Price, Corporal 200348. Died 06/04/1918 age 37. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Pozieres Memorial.
  • Son of Mrs Martha Price, of 44, Trafalgar Rd, Wrexham, Denbighshire.
  • James A Price, Lance Corporal 200217. Died 03/09/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Born in Wrexham.
  • John Phillip Price, Serjeant 6429. Died 16/05/1915 age 23. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Le Touret Memorial. Son of Phillip and Elizabeth Price, of 2, Maesgwyn Rd, Wrexham.
  • Richard James Price, Private 5935. Died 11/08/1917 age 44. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Wrexham Cemetery. Husband of Catherine Price, of 83, Windsor Terrace, Wrexham.
  • E Prince, Driver 108871. Died 28/08/1918. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery.
  • Thomas Herbert Prince, Private 267856. Died 26/09/1918 age 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Mikra British Cemetery. Son of James and Clara Emily Prince, of 13, Walnut Cottages, Rhosddu, Wrexham.
  • Charles Arthur Prichard, Driver 137211. Died 31/12/1917 age 23. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery. Son of Thomas B. and Mary E. Prichard, of 28, Norman Rd, Wrexham.
  • Thomas Henry Pritchard, Lance Corporal 14174. Died 16/06/1915. Lincolnshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
  • John Pruett, Private 33321. Died of wounds 25/03/1918, age 30. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery. Son of Mr and Mrs Pruett, of 18 Florence Street, Rhosddu. Left a widow and three young children. Worked as a collier before enlisting.
  • Samuel Prytherch, Lance Corporal 5237. Died 29/11/1917 age 33. 16th (The Queen's) Lancers. Cambrai Memorial. Order of St. George 4th Class (Russia). Son of Peter and Olive Prytherch.
  • T Prytherch, Private. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. POSSIBLY Thomas Charles Prydderch 5633. Died 26/02/1917 aged 29. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Varennes Military Cemetery. Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Prydderch of 4, Railway View, New Rhosidbin, Wrexham. Native of Coldpoeth.
  • Alfred Pugh, Private 49163. Died 16/10/1916 age 29. Cheshire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial. Son of Henry Pugh, of 30, Farndon St, Wrexham; husband of Louisa Forrester (formerly Pugh), of 14, Pentrefelin, Wrexham.
  • W Pugh, Private 54512. Died 19/12/1916 age 25. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Mendinghem Military Cemetery. Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Pugh, of 15, Princess St, Wrexham.
  • H Pulford, Private. Welsh Regiment.