In Remembrance of
the men of this church
who gave their lives
in the Great War
* 1914 – 1918 *

H Batten
F Bullock
W Coates
A Fradd
B Faulkes
G Gunner
L W Hadley
T J Hayes
G Herbert

IVOR THOMAS HICKS

Driver, 431st Company, Army Service Corps (Service Number: T4/109250)

Ivor Thomas Hicks was born in Cardiff on 8 Dec 1896 to Thomas Hamlyn Hicks, a fitter at Bird & Son tar distiller and oil merchants, and Sarah Hicks née Hosington, both originally from Cardiff.  In 1901 the Hicks family were living at 65 Glenroy Street and in 1911 at 5 Violet Row.  He attended Albany Road School and left school in Nov 1910 to go to work as an office boy at the Band of Hope offices.  In WWI he served as a driver in the 431st Company, Army Service Corps and was attached to 1st/2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance. Ivor died at Serapeum, Egypt on 25 Nov 1916 as a result of accidental injuries.  He had sustained a broken leg in a football match and then died from a blood clot to the brain.  He was aged just 20.  He is buried at the Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery (plot A32).    He is remembered on the war memorial at Cathays Methodist Church and an individual plaque at the same church erected by his comrades in the 1/2nd E.A.F. Ambulance and ASC.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.

T Hughes

WILLIAM HENRY HOLLYMAN

Private, 1st/28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) (Service Number: 764067)

William Henry Hollyman was born on 8 Jan 1885 in Cardiff to Robert James Hollyman, a baker and confectioner, originally from Abbots Leigh, Somerset and Mary Elizabeth Hollyman née Mewton, a confectioner, originally from Liskeard, Cornwall.  At the time of the 1891 and 1901 census the Hollyman family were living at 32 Crwys Road (on the corner of Woodville Road) where they ran a bakery and cake shop.  William attended Crwys Road Board School before going on to Howard Gardens School. After leaving school he became a commercial clerk in a coal export company in Cardiff Docks.  He attended Cathays Methodist Church on Crwys Road and was a member of the Loyal Commercial No. 2720 Masonic Lodge.  At the time of the 1911 census he was living at 41 Wellfield Road with his mother.  In Jul 1916 he married Della Irene Veale, originally from Plymouth, in Liskeard, Cornwall.  He signed up in Dec 1915 in Cardiff, aged 30, joining the 28th Battalion, London Regiment and went to France in Mar 1917.  He was killed in action on 30 Dec 1917 in France aged 32.  He has no known burial place. The painting ‘Over the Top’ by John Nash depicts his regiment in action on 30 Dec 1917. The 1st Artists Rifles counter-attacked at Welsh Ridge, south-west of Cambrai.  Nash called the action ‘pure murder’ as most of the company were killed.  John Nash, a sergeant, counted himself lucky to escape the carnage.  William is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France, the Cathays Methodist Church memorial, Cardiff Coal Exchange War Memorial plaque, and the war memorial plaque at the Cardiff Masonic Hall .  Commonwealth War Graves Commission record. Two of his brothers emigrated to Canada and became bakers.  Another brother went to Argentina.  His wife Della died in Cornwall in 1961.

Hollyman Bakery and Confectionery shop in Crwys Road to the right of the Crwys Hotel.

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E C Lundregan
V Milson
A E Rumbelow
C Rumbelow
T Rumbelow
G Shellam
B White
P Williams
G Thomas

The church also contains a separate memorial to Ivor Hicks:-