WALES

GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : WALES

CLWYD	DYFED	GWENT	GWYNEDD	POWYS
	MID GLAMORGAN	SOUTH GLAMORGAN	WEST GLAMORGAN

TABLE-1 : CLWYD / GWYNEDD

Name William Davidson,
BISSETT Henry,
WEALE Sir Hugh,
ROWLANDS William,
WILLIAMS

Rank Major Sergeant General Seaman

Force 1/6th Bn The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 14th Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers 41st Regiment,
( The Welch Regiment ) Royal Naval Reserve *

VC won Maing, France,
25 October 1918 Bazentin-le-Grand, France,
26 August 1918 Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854 Atlantic Ocean,
7 June 1917 **

London Gaz 6 January 1919 15 November 1918 24 February 1857 20 July 1917

Born St Martin's, Perthshire,
7 August 1893 Shotton, Flintshire,
2 October 1897 Llanrug, Caernarvonshire,
6 May 1828 Amlwch, Anglesey,
5 October 1890

Died 12 May 1971,
Wrexham, Clwyd 13 January 1959,
Rhyl, Clwyd 1 August 1909,
Llanrug, Gwynedd 22 October 1965,
Holyhead, Anglesey, Gwynedd

Grave Pentrebychan Crematorium, Wrexham Rhyl Cemetery, Clwyd St Michael's Churchyard, Llanrug, Gwynedd Amlwch Cemetery, Anglesey, Gwynedd

Location
of VC Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarvon Welch Regiment Museum, Cardiff National Museum of Wales, Cardiff

Remarks None None KCB DSM & Bar
* HMS Pargust ('Q' Ship)
** Elected by ballot

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TABLE-2 : DYFED / POWYS

Name Lewis Pugh,
EVANS Sir James,
HILLS-JOHNES Hubert William,
LEWIS Charles,
LUMLEY

Rank Brigadier-General Lieutenant-General Private Major

Force The Black Watch,
comd 1st Bn Lincolshire Regiment Bengal Artillery 11th Bn The Welch Regiment 97th Regiment,
( Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment )

VC won Zonnebeke, Belgium,
4 October 1917 Seige of Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
9 July 1857 Macakova, Salonika Front,
22-23 October 1916 Sebastopol, Crimea,
8 September 1855

London Gaz 26 November 1917 24 April 1858 15 December 1916 24 February 1857

Born Abermadd, Dyfed,
3 January 1881 Neechindipur, Bengal, India,
20 August 1833 Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire,
1 May 1896 Forres, Morayshire,
1824

Died 30 November 1962,
Paddington Railway Station 3 January 1919,
Dolaucothy, Dyfed 22 February 1977,
Milford Haven, Dyfed 17 October 1858,
Brecknock, Powys

Grave Llanbadarn Churchyard, Dyfed Vault at Caio Churchyard, Dyfed St Kathrine's Cemetery, Milford Haven, Dyfed Brecon Cathedral Churchyard, Powys

Location
of VC Not publicly held Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich Not publicly held Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum, Maidstone

Remarks CB CMG DSO & Bar GCB None None

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TABLE-3 : GWENT

Name William Wilson,
ALLAN John,
BYRNE Edward Thomas,
CHAPMAN John,
WILLIAMS ( FIELDING )

Rank Sergeant Corporal Company Sergeant Major Sergeant

Force 24th Regiment,
( South Wales Borderers ) 68th Regiment,
( Durham Light Infantry ) 3rd Bn Monmouthshire Regiment 24th Regiment,
( South Wales Borderers )

VC won Rorke's Drift, Natal,
22-23 January 1879 Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854 Teutoburger Wald, Germany,
2 April 1945 Rorke's Drift, Natal,
22-23 January 1879

London Gaz 2 May 1879 24 February 1857 13 July 1945 2 May 1879

Born Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
1843 Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, Ireland,
September 1832 Pen-y-graig, Glamorgan,
13 January 1920 Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
24 May 1857

Died 12 March 1890,
Monmouth, Gwent 10 July 1879,
Mandee, Gwent 3 February 2002,
New Inn, Gwent 25 November 1932,
Ty Coch, Cwmbran, Gwent

Grave Monmouth Cemetery, Gwent St Woolo's Cemetery, Newport, Gwent,
( Headstone erected 1985 ) Pentag Cemetery, New Inn, Gwent St Michael's Churchyard, Llantarnam, Gwent

Location
of VC South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon Not publicly held Not publicly held South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon

Remarks None DCM BEM None

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TABLE-4 : GWENT

Name John Henry,
WILLIAMS

Rank Warrant Officer Class II

Force 10th Bn The South Wales Borderers

VC won Villers Outreaux, France,
7-8 October 1918

London Gaz 14 December 1918

Born Nantyglo, Monmouthshire,
29 September 1886

Died 7 March 1953,
Newport, Gwent

Grave Ebbw Vale Cemetery, Gwent

Location
of VC South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon

Remarks DCM MM & Bar

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TABLE-5 : MID GLAMORGAN / SOUTH GLAMORGAN

Name John,
COLLINS Samuel,
MEEKOSHA Samuel,
VICKERY Charles Burley,
WARD

Rank Sergeant Major Corporal Company Sergeant-Major

Force 25th Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1/6th Bn The West Yorkshire Regiment The Dorsetshire Regiment The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

VC won Beersheba, Palestine,
31 October 1917 Yser Canal, France,
19 November 1915 Tirah Campaign, India,
20 October & 16 November 1897 Lindly, 2nd Boer War,
26 June 1900

London Gaz 18 December 1917 22 January 1916 20 May 1898 28 September 1900

Born West Hatch, Somerset,
10 September 1880 Leeds, Yorkshire,
16 September 1893 Wambrook, Somerset,
6 February 1873 Leeds, Yorkshire,
10 July 1877

Died 3 September 1951,
Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan 8 December 1950,
Blackwood, Gwent 20 June 1952,
Cardiff 30 December 1921,
Bridgend, Glamorgan

Grave Pant Cemetery, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan Glyntaff Crematorium, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan St Mary's Churchyard, Cardiff, South Glamorgan

Location
of VC Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarvon Not publicly held Dorset Regiment Museum, Dorchester Not publicly held

Remarks DCM MM Changed name to INGHAM in 1941 None None

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TABLE-6 : WEST GLAMORGAN

Name William Charles,
FULLER Ivor,
REES

Rank Sergeant Company Sergeant-Major

Force The Welch Regiment 11th Bn the South Wales Borderers

VC won Chivy-sur-Aisne, France,
14 September 1914 Pilckem, Belgium,
31 July 1917

London Gaz 23 November 1914 14 September 1917

Born Newbridge, Carmarthenshire,
13 March 1884 Felinfoel, Carmarthenshire,
18 October 1893

Died 29 December 1974,
Swansea 11 March 1967,
Llanelly

Grave Oystermouth Cemetery, West Glamorgan,
( marked by unnamed black square vase ) Morriston Crematorium, Swansea, West Glamorgan

Location
of VC Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks None None

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