The following memorial is believed to at one stage been at Crwys Hall, now Highfields church, Monthermer Road, Cathays Cardiff. A photograph of it appears in “War memorials in the City of Cardiff” compiled by David V Hughes (1995). Its current location is not known. The memorial probably originally came from Clifton Street Calvinistic Chapel which was the heart of the Forward Movement in Cardiff. Crwys Hall was a Forward Movement Hall which is probably why the memorial ended up there after Clifton Street church closed and subsequently became an arts centre.
In the memory of the men of this church who gave
their lives in the Great War
1914 -1919
Charles P Brian A J CLifford John J Edwards
William Brown Ivor Ll Dadds Ivor V E Hathaway
F Austin Callard Chris S Eastment (Can’t make out last name on 3rd row)
Eric M Rees Gilbert Scrivens Stanley Silby Glyn Williams
L V J Williams
CHARLES PHILLIP BRIAN
Private, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment (Service Number: 3/8616)
Charles Phillip Brian was born in Cardiff in 1898 to Charles Brian, a stationary engine driver at a flour mill, originally from Runcorn, Cheshire and Elvira Brian nee Williams, originally from Llantwit Fardre, Glamorgan. In 1901 the Brian family were living at 26 Gwendoline Street, Splott and by 1911 they have moved to 9 Broadway, Roath. Little is known about his war service other than he served as a Private in the 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment and was discharged on 7 May 1919 suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis. He died on 16 Oct 1919 in Cardiff and is buried at Cathays Cemetery (plot EB 90). He is remembered on a memorial plaque thought to have been in Clifton Street Calvinistic Methodist chapel. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
ALBERT JAMES CLIFFORD
Corporal, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Service Number: 11700)
Albert James Clifford was born in 1897 in Cardiff to Arthur Clifford, originally form Marshfield, Gloucestershire and a ticket collector on Great Western Railways, and Julia Clifford nee Potter, originally from Imber, Wiltshire. In 1901 the Clifford family were living at 77 Sanquahar Street, Splott, but by 1911 they had moved to 86 Clifton Street, Roath. In 1911 Albert is 14 and working as an errand boy at University College. He enlisted in Cardiff and served with the 9th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment in France and was promoted to Corporal. He was killed in action on 30 Sep 1915 aged 18 at the Battle of Loos. He has no known grave. He is remembered on the Loos memorial (panel 31-35). He was also remembered on a Roll of Honour at a place not yet identified. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
JOHN JAMES EDWARDS
Private, 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards (Service Number: 3438)
John ‘Jack’ James Edwards was born in Adamsdown in 1889 to Evan Edwards, a copper smelter and Annie Louisa Edwards nee James, both originally from Cardiff. The Edwards family lived at 3 Moon Street (now demolished, where Adamsdown Primary School now stands). He enlisted in Cardiff and served as a Private in the 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards. He died on 14 Feb 1917 of pneumonia at in Caterham Military Hospital, Surrey aged 27. His body was returned to Cardiff and he is buried in Cathays Cemetery (plot EF 9770) in the same plot as his parents. He was remembered on a Roll of Honour, currently of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
WILLIAM BROWN
It hasn’t yet been possible to identify William Brown. There were at least five men called William Brown from the Roath/Adamsdown/Splott areas who lost their lives in WWI.
IVOR LLEWELLYN DADDS
Second Lieutenant, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers
Ivor Llewellyn Dadds was born on 19 Feb 1887 in Cardiff to Samuel Llewellyn Dadds, a solicitor’s clerk and estate agent originally from Merthyr Tydfil and Elizabeth Dadds nee Davies originally from Canton, Cardiff. In 1891 the Dadds family were living at Oxford House, near Ely Rise, Canton. Ivor attended Radnor Road school before going onto Howard Gardens school in 1900. After leaving school in 1903he went on to become an engineer. In 1901 the Dadds family had moved to 304 Cowbridge Road and a few years later to Barry where Ivor trained as a marine and civil engineer. Ivor does not appear in the 1911 census, maybe away working somewhere. In 1915 he is aboard the steamship Frisia on route to Brazil recording his profession as engineer. He returns home and enlists with the Royal Engineers, Inland Water Transport division. The Dadds family were at this time living at 37 Park Place, Cardiff. He was made a temporary 2nd Lieut in Dec 1916. He served in Mesopotamia and died on 17 Jul 1917 aged 30. The newspaper reports that he died of heat exhaustion. He is buried at Basra War Cemetery (grave IV. D. 6.) in modern-day Iraq. He was remembered on a couple of war memorials in Cardiff; the Howardian War Memorial and a church memorial plaque currently of unknown origin but believed to be the Adamsdown/Splott area. Similarly his name appears on a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Why his name appears on the church plaque is a bit of a mystery given he didn’t appear to live in the area. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
IVOR VICTOR ERNEST HATHAWAY
Gunner, 4th Battery. 2nd Welsh Brigade., Royal Field Artillery (Service Number 948)
Ivor Hathaway was baptised at St John’s church Cardiff on 22nd Aug 1895. He was son of Albert Amos Hathaway, a dock labourer, and Emily Hathway née Billingham, both originally from Westbury, Gloucestershire. In 1901 the family were living in 89 Sanquhar Street, Splott. In the 1911 census the family had moved to 20 Diamond Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff. Before the war Ivor was a porter at Peacock & Sons in Clifton Street. In WWI he was a Gunner in Royal Field Artillery and died aged 19. He died in the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge of appendicitis on 2nd Feb 1915. He is buried in Cathays cemetery, Cardiff (plot EF. NC. 9332.). He was remembered on a memorial in Cardiff (location currently unknown).
PERCIVAL AUSTIN CALLARD
Private, 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 23649)
Percival Austin Callard was born in Neath in 1896 to James Callard, a railway guard, originally from Neath, and Emily Callard nee Hanford originally from Skewen. By the time Austin was four years old the family had moved to Roath and were living at 79 Clifton Street and they were still living there in 1911. Austin enlisted in Cardiff and served as a Private with the 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion Welsh Regiment on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 1 Aug 1917 aged 20. He has no known grave. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial (panel 37) at Ypres, Belgium. He was remembered on a war memorial plaque (now believed lost) and a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
CHRISTOPHER SKETT EASTMENT
Private, C Company, 3rd Battalion. Welsh Regiment (Service Number 43706)
Christopher Skett Eastment was born in 1897 to Nathaniel Eastment, a Railway Ganger, originally from Hardington Mandeville, Somerset and Annie Margaret Eastment nee Skett from Cardiff. He was christened at St John’s Church in central Cardiff on 9 Apr. The family at the time were living at 12 Mills Terrace. The Eastment family later lived at 16 Ruby Street, Roath and Christopher was employed by the Co-operative Wholesale Society. He enlisted in Apr 1916 in the Welsh Regiment and fought in Salonika. He was invalided home after 21 months service and died in the Military Hospital in Redcar, Yorkshire on 4 Oct 1918 aged 21 of double pneumonia. He is buried at Cathays Cemetery (grave B. 1735). His younger brother Albert fought in the Royal Fusiliers and was severely injured but survived the war. Christopher was remembered on a war memorial plaque that was at one time believed to been stored Highfields church but since lost. The plaque may well originally have come from Diamond Street Methodist church. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
ERIC MONTAGUE REES
Second Lieutenant, 6th Battalion attached to 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Eric Montague Rees was born in Penarth on 9 Mar 1897 to Edward William Rees, originally from Aberdare and a commercial traveller for a vinegar, pickles and jams company and Mary Elizabeth Rees, originally from Newtown, Montgomeryshire. By 1901 the Rees family were living at 24 Connaught Road, Roath. Eric attended Marlborough Road school before going on to Cardiff High School in 1908. In 1911 the Rees family had moved to nearby 11 Connaught Road. In 1913, he began studying at the South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines at Treforest. Eric went out to the Western Front with the 21st Battalion (4th Public Schools) Royal Fusiliers on 14 Nov 1915 when he was only 18. He was commissioned in the Royal Fusiliers on 25 Jun 1918. Attached to the 13th Battalion, Second Lieutenant Eric Rees was killed in action, aged 21, in the Second Battle of Le Cateau during the Battles of the Hindenburg Line on 9 Oct 1918. He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial to the Missing, France. Although his death announcement in the local press refers to Eric having a Military Cross, no reference to this has been found in the records and Eric is not shown as having the Military Cross in the Commonwealth War Graves Register. His parents were living at Ty Gwent, 24 Lon-y-dail, Rhiwbina by 1918. He is remembered on a number of war memorial plaques: Cardiff High School, Cardiff University, School of Mines war memorial located at the University of South Wales at Treforest and the Clifton Street Welsh Wesleyan Methodist church. He is also remembered on the grave of his grandparents at Wimborne Road cemetery, Bornemouth, Dorset. Commonweath War Graves Commission record.
GILBERT GEORGE SCRIVENS
Lance Corporal, No 4 Company, Household Battalion (Service Number: 1194)
Gilbert George Scrivens was born on 25 Dec 1897 in Badgeworth, Gloucestershire to Charles John George Scrivens, a fruiterer, originally from Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, and Caroline Annie Scrivens nee Dimery originally from Cinderford, Gloucestershire. In 1901 the Scrivens family were living in Gloucestershire but moved to Cardiff shortly afterwards. In 1905, when they were living at 39 Salisbury Road, Gilbert was admitted to Albany Road school. His record shows that he had already attended Court Road School in Grangetown previously. In 1911 the Scrivens family were living at 119 Clifton Street. By 1916 when Gilbert enlisted in the 1st Life Guards the Scrivens family had moved to High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, where he had been working as a fruiterer, presumably in his father’s business. He later transferred to the Household Battalion of the Household Cavalry and attained the rank of Lance Corporal. He was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 12 Apr 1917 aged 19. He is buried at Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France (grave I.H.25). He is also remembered on the headstone of his mother Caroline and brother Sidney Scrivens at Holy Trinity church, Badgeworth, Gloucestershire. In Cardiff he was remembered on a war memorial plaque from a church of unknown location and a Roll of Honour. Commonwealth War Grave Commission record.
THOMAS STANLEY SILBY
Lieutenant, 10th Battalion, South Wales Borderers
Thomas Stanley Silby was born in Cardiff on 11 Jan 1895 to John William Silby, a coal trimmer originally from Trowbridge, Wiltshire and Elizabeth Ann Silby nee Jenkins originally from St Mellons, Monmouthshire. In 1901 the Silby family were living at 8 Hinton Street, Splott. He attended Moorland Road Elementary School before going on to Howard Gardens School in 1905. He left in 1908 and began work as a clerk in the City Treasurer’s Department. In 1911 Thomas and the Silby family had moved to 19 Cressy Road. In WWI he initially enlisted in the Welsh Regiment in Sep 1915 as Private and was then Corporal in the Cheshire Regiment before becoming a Lieutenant with the Welsh Borderers. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for his actions on 19 Sep 1917 at L’Epinette: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a hostile raid on an advanced post. Hearing that the commander of his post had been killed, he went forward from the support line under a heavy barrage and took command. He rallied the men at a critical moment and drove off the enemy. He showed great courage, coolness and initiative.’ He married Ethelinda ‘Linda’ Harriet Hudson, who lived at 138 Richmond Road, in St James the Great church, Cardiff on 14 Aug 1918. He then returned to the Western Front and was sadly killed in action less than a month later on 12 Sep 1918 aged 23. He is buried at the Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in France (grave II. B. 13). He was remembered on the memorial plaque believed to have been at Clifton Street Welsh Methodist church. He was also remembered on the plaque at St James the Great Church (now in St John’s church) and the memorial plaque at Howard Gardens school (now at Howardian Primary). Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
GLYN WILLIAMS
Private, 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 46452)
Glyn Williams was born in Llanelli in 1896 to David Richard Williams, a monumental sculptor originally from Llanestephan, Carmarthenshire and Catherine ‘Kate’ Williams nee John originally from Swansea. Glyn attended Llanelli Intermediate School before going onto Llandovery College from 1910 to 1912 where he played rugby for the first XV. The Williams family moved from Llanelli to Cardiff and were living at 46 Shirley Road at the time of the 1911 census. After leaving Llandovery, Glyn was articled to Messrs. Jones and Robatham, Chartered Accountants, Dumfries Place. He was a member of Clifton Street Chapel. In August 1916, Glyn Williams enlisted at Cardiff into the 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, which was attached to 58 Brigade, 19th (Western) Division, and joined the Battalion on the Somme later that year. The Division then moved North to Ypres, taking part in the Battle of Messines. They then fought during the Battle of the Menin Road. During the opening of an attack east of the Ypres-Comines Canal on 20 Sep 1917, the 9th Welsh was in Reserve at Hessian Wood. They were called up to repel a German counter-attack, and it was during the ensuing action that Glyn was killed along with 12 of his comrades, during heavy enemy shelling and machine-gun fire. He was 20 years old, and is buried at Woods Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium (grave II. CC. 1.). He is remembered on a number of memorials including at Llanelli Grammar School, Llandovery College and on one believed to have been at Clifton Street Chapel as well as a Roll of Honour probably associated with the Forward Movement based at Clifton Street Chapel. He is also remembered on his parents tomb in Llanelli Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
LAWRENCE VICTOR JAMES WILLIAMS
Serjeant, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Service Number: 11336)
Lawrence Victor James Williams was born on 28 Jan 1897 to Sidney Williams, a foreman on the railways, and originally from Undy, Monmouthshire, and Fanny Williams nee Lawrence, originally from Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire. He was baptised on 27 Feb 1897 at St German’s church at which time the family were living 27 Prince Leopold Street, Adamsdown. By 1901 the Williams family had moved to 68 Clifton Street and were still there in 1911. Lawrence attended Splott Road elementary school before moving onto Howard Gardens school. After leaving school in 1911 he went onto become a clerk. He enlisted in Cardiff and served as a Serjeant in France with the 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 1 Jul 1916 in the first Battle of the Somme aged 19. He was one of 160 men from the Devonshire Regiment to die that day in the face of heavy German machine gun fire. He is buried in the Devonshire Cemetery at Mametz (grave A7). His headstone reads ‘Proud a9nd Loving Memories of One of England’s Best. Sleep on Dear Son’. He is remembered on the Howard Gardens War Memorial plaque and also on a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
A Roll of Honour from an unknown location has come to light in 2021. Many of the names of those that died match those on the memorial plaque detailed above though there are some differences. It may well be that the Roll of Honour covered not just those that attended Clifton Street church but also others in the area that were part of the Forward Movement such as East Moors Hall on Carlisle Street and Moorland Road Hall.
ALBERT JAMES CLIFFORD – see above Memorial Plaque
CARYL STEWART WITCHELL
Corporal, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Service Number: 11337)
Caryl Stewart Witchell was born in Cardiff on 21 Nov 1897 to Joseph Witchell, a haulier, originally from Bristol and Jane Witchell nee Wales, originally from Kenfig Hill, Glamorgan. The Witchell family were living at 42 Elm Street at the time of the 1901 and 1911 census. Caryl attended Croft Street National School before moving on Albany Road School in 1905. In 1911, at the age of 13, he is both attending school and a pert-time butcher’s assistant. He enlisted in Cardiff and went to France where he served s a Corporal with the 9th Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. He was killed on 30 Sep 1915 at the Battle of Loos aged 17. He has no known grave. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial (Panel 35 to 37). He is also remembered on the St Ann’s war memorial plaques which were originally on the pulpit at St Ann’s and are now at St Edward’s. He is also named on a Roll of Honour the origin of which is not yet known. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
LAWRENCE VICTOR JAMES WILLIAMS
Serjeant, 9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (Service Number: 11336)
Lawrence Victor James Williams was born on 28 Jan 1897 to Sidney Williams, a foreman on the railways, and originally from Undy, Monmouthshire, and Fanny Williams nee Lawrence, originally from Llanhilleth, Monmouthshire. He was baptised on 27 Feb 1897 at St German’s church at which time the family were living 27 Prince Leopold Street, Adamsdown. By 1901 the Williams family had moved to 68 Clifton Street and were still there in 1911. Lawrence attended Splott Road elementary school before moving onto Howard Gardens school. After leaving school in 1911 he went onto become a clerk. He enlisted in Cardiff and served as a Serjeant in France with the 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 1 Jul 1916 in the first Battle of the Somme aged 19. He was one of 160 men from the Devonshire Regiment to die that day in the face of heavy German machine gun fire. He is buried in the Devonshire Cemetery at Mametz (grave A7). His headstone reads ‘Proud and Loving Memories of One of England’s Best. Sleep on Dear Son’. He is remembered on the Howard Gardens War Memorial plaque and also on a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
IVOR VICTOR ERNEST HATHAWAY
Gunner, 4th Battery. 2nd Welsh Brigade., Royal Field Artillery (Service Number 948)
Ivor Victor Ernest Hathaway was born in Cardiff in 1895 baptised at St John’s church Cardiff on 22 Aug 1895. He was son of Albert Amos Hathaway, a dock labourer, and Emily Hathway née Billingham, both originally from Westbury, Gloucestershire. In 1901 the family were living in 89 Sanquhar Street, Splott. In the 1911 census the family had moved to 20 Diamond Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff. Before the war Ivor was a porter at Peacock & Sons in Clifton Street. In WWI he was a Gunner in Royal Field Artillery and died aged 19. He died in the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge of appendicitis on 2nd Feb 1915. He is buried in Cathays cemetery, Cardiff (plot EF. NC. 9332.). He was remembered on a memorial in Cardiff (location currently unknown). Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
JAMES HENRY McKERGO
Corporal, D Company, 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Service Number: S/5881)
James Henry McKergo was born in Splott on 24 Aug 1896 to David McKergo, a hydraulic man on the railways, originally from Cardiff and Ellen McKergo nee Whitehouse, originally from Wolverhampton. In 1901 the family were living at 24 Clare Road and in 1904 James attended Grangetown Elementary school when they were living at 21 Bromfield Street. By 1909 the family had moved to 81 Sanquahar Street, Splott. James then attended Howard Gardens school having previously also attended Adamsdown elementary School. He left school in 1911 and went on to become a tailor. He enlisted in Cardiff and went on to serve as a Corporal with the Seaforth Highlanders in France. He was killed in action on 16 Jul 1916 aged 19. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 15 C). He is remembered on the Howard Gardens school war memorial plaque and on a Roll of Honour, currently of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
PERCIVAL AUSTIN CALLARD
Private, 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 23649)
Percival Austin Callard was born in Neath in 1896 to James Callard, a railway guard, originally from Neath, and Emily Callard nee Hanford originally from Skewen. By the time Austin was four years old the family had moved to Roath and were living at 79 Clifton Street and they were still living there in 1911. Austin enlisted in Cardiff and served as a Private with the 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion Welsh Regiment on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 1 Aug 1917 aged 20. He has no known grave. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial (panel 37) at Ypres, Belgium. He was remembered on a war memorial plaque (now believed lost) and a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
JOHN JAMES EDWARDS (see above Memorial Plaque)
CHRISTOPHER SKETT EASTMENT
Private, C Company, 3rd Battalion. Welsh Regiment (Service Number 43706)
Christopher Skett Eastment was born in 1897 to Nathaniel Eastment, a Railway Ganger, originally from Hardington Mandeville, Somerset and Annie Margaret Eastment nee Skett from Cardiff. He was christened at St John’s Church in central Cardiff on 9 Apr. The family at the time were living at 12 Mills Terrace. The Eastment family later lived at 16 Ruby Street, Roath and Christopher was employed by the Co-operative Wholesale Society. He enlisted in Apr 1916 in the Welsh Regiment and fought in Salonika. He was invalided home after 21 months service and died in the Military Hospital in Redcar, Yorkshire on 4 Oct 1918 aged 21 of double pneumonia. He is buried at Cathays Cemetery (grave B. 1735). His younger brother Albert fought in the Royal Fusiliers and was severely injured but survived the war. Christopher was remembered on a war memorial plaque that was at one time believed to have been stored Highfields church but since lost. The plaque may well originally have come from Diamond Street Methodist church. He is also remembered on a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
It hasn’t been possible to identify with certainty who the David Thomas on the Roll of Honour is but it may well be:
DAVID JOHN THOMAS
Private, 13th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment). (Service Number 20656)
David John Thomas was born on 11 May 1875 in Upper George Street, Cathays (later renamed Wyeverne Road). His parents were Frederick George Thomas, a shoemaker, originally from Taunton, Somerset, and Emily Thomas nee Gainey, from Cardiff. He was baptised in St John’s church on 16 Jun 1875. He married Jane Barnes, originally from Llanelli, on 17 May 1896 at St Paul’s church, Grangetown. They went on to have eight children. David worked at the Bute Spring Works. The family lived initially in Janet Street and later at 29 Ordell Street. He enlisted in Cardiff on 22 Sep 1914 aged 34 and after training embarked for France on 26 Sep 1915. He served in The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) and was killed in action at the Battle of Somme, Bazentin Ridge, France on 14 Jul 1916 aged 36. The sergeant of his platoon wrote to Jane Thomas saying ‘your husband was a good worker and whenever there was anything to be done he was always the first to be there…He used to look after the boys of his platoon just like a father looks after his children’. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial at Somme, France (Pier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C). He is also remembered on the Splott War Memorial at St Saviour’s church. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
GILBERT GEORGE SCRIVENS
Lance Corporal, No 4 Company, Household Battalion (Service Number: 1194)
Gilbert George Scrivens was born on 25 Dec 1897 in Badgeworth, Gloucestershire to Charles John George Scrivens, a fruiterer, originally from Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, and Caroline Annie Scrivens nee Dimery originally from Cinderford, Gloucestershire. In 1901 the Scrivens family were living in Gloucestershire but moved to Cardiff shortly afterwards. In 1905, when they were living at 39 Salisbury Road, Gilbert was admitted to Albany Road school. His record shows that he had already attended Court Road School in Grangetown previously. In 1911 the Scrivens family were living at 119 Clifton Street. By 1916 when Gilbert enlisted in the 1st Life Guards the Scrivens family had moved to High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, where he had been working as a fruiterer, presumably in his father’s business. He later transferred to the Household Battalion of the Household Cavalry and attained the rank of Lance Corporal. He was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on 12 Apr 1917 aged 19. He is buried at Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Roeux, France (grave I.H.25). He is also remembered on the headstone of his mother Caroline and brother Sidney Scrivens at Holy Trinity church, Badgeworth, Gloucestershire. In Cardiff he was remembered on a war memorial plaque from a church of unknown location and a Roll of Honour. Commonwealth War Grave Commission record.
IVOR LLEWELLYN DADDS
Second Lieutenant, Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers
Ivor Llewellyn Dadds was born on 19 Feb 1887 in Cardiff to Samuel Llewellyn Dadds, a solicitor’s clerk and estate agent originally from Merthyr Tydfil and Elizabeth Dadds nee Davies originally from Canton, Cardiff. In 1891 the Dadds family were living at Oxford House, near Ely Rise, Canton. Ivor attended Radnor Road school before going onto Howard Gardens school in 1900. After leaving school in 1903he went on to become an engineer. In 1901 the Dadds family had moved to 304 Cowbridge Road and a few years later to Barry where Ivor trained as a marine and civil engineer. Ivor does not appear in the 1911 census, maybe away working somewhere. In 1915 he is aboard the steamship Frisia on route to Brazil recording his profession as engineer. He returns home and enlists with the Royal Engineers, Inland Water Transport division. The Dadds family were at this time living at 37 Park Place, Cardiff. He was made a temporary 2nd Lieut in Dec 1916. He served in Mesopotamia and died on 17 Jul 1917 aged 30. The newspaper reports that he died of heat exhaustion. He is buried at Basra War Cemetery (grave IV. D. 6.) in modern-day Iraq. He was remembered on a couple of war memorials in Cardiff; the Howardian War Memorial and a church memorial plaque currently of unknown origin but believed to be the Adamsdown/Splott area. Similarly his name appears on a Roll of Honour of unknown origin. Why his name appears on the church plaque is a bit of a mystery given he didn’t appear to live in the area. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
GLYN WILLIAMS
Private, 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 46452)
Glyn Williams was born in Llanelli in 1896 to David Richard Williams, a monumental sculptor originally from Llanestephan, Carmarthenshire and Catherine ‘Kate’ Williams nee John originally from Swansea. Glyn attended Llanelli Intermediate School before going onto Llandovery College from 1910 to 1912 where he played rugby for the first XV. The Williams family moved from Llanelli to Cardiff and were living at 46 Shirley Road at the time of the 1911 census. After leaving Llandovery, Glyn was articled to Messrs. Jones and Robatham, Chartered Accountants, Dumfries Place. He was a member of Clifton Street Chapel. In August 1916, Glyn Williams enlisted at Cardiff into the 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, which was attached to 58 Brigade, 19th (Western) Division, and joined the Battalion on the Somme later that year. The Division then moved North to Ypres, taking part in the Battle of Messines. They then fought during the Battle of the Menin Road. During the opening of an attack east of the Ypres-Comines Canal on 20 Sep 1917, the 9th Welsh was in Reserve at Hessian Wood. They were called up to repel a German counter-attack, and it was during the ensuing action that Glyn was killed along with 12 of his comrades, during heavy enemy shelling and machine-gun fire. He was 20 years old, and is buried at Woods Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium (grave II. CC. 1.). He is remembered on a number of memorials including at Llanelli Grammar School, Llandovery College and on one believed to have been at Clifton Street Chapel as well as a Roll of Honour probably associated with the Forward Movement based at Clifton Street Chapel. He is also remembered on his parents tomb in Llanelli Cemetery. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.
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