WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name Joseph Thelwell
Regiment 9th Tank Corps (Formerly RASC)
Service Rank and Number Corporal (?) Gunner 78584 (Formerly 224796)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Pozieres Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 94
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded The Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action 25th March 1918
Biographical Details Known Joseph was born in 1891.The census of that year places him in the family home of Ty Gwyn, Flint. It was a full house with 11 people living in it and little Joseph was aged 0. Father Thomas was 29 and mother Martha was 39. The eldest children were William 19, John Jones 16 Susannah 14 and David 14. It is unlikely that Thomas was father to these four as he was only 29. The census does not say they were step children but it is likely they were. The other children listed were Richard 6, Thomas 4 and Mary 2 . There was also a boarder named Sam Platt
Ten years later, the 1901 census finds Joseph living with his family in Red Houses, Flint Mountain The children were David 23, Thomas 14, Mary 12, Joseph 10, James 6 and George 4. The father Thomas was listed as a colliery labourer who had been born in Charmley Lancs and mother Martha was now 49- she had been born in Durham.
There is a link to another family who lost a son in the war. Joseph's little brother James eventually married Florence (Bell) Smith ( from Northop). Florence's brother Tegid was killed and is listed on the Memorial.
Many thanks to Jan Clark (Tegid's niece) who pointed this detail out to us.
Joseph is also remembered on the Mold Memorial.
Regiment 9th Tank Corps (Formerly RASC)
Service Rank and Number Corporal (?) Gunner 78584 (Formerly 224796)
Military Cemetery/Memorial Pozieres Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 94
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded The Victory Medal and the British War Medal
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action 25th March 1918
Biographical Details Known Joseph was born in 1891.The census of that year places him in the family home of Ty Gwyn, Flint. It was a full house with 11 people living in it and little Joseph was aged 0. Father Thomas was 29 and mother Martha was 39. The eldest children were William 19, John Jones 16 Susannah 14 and David 14. It is unlikely that Thomas was father to these four as he was only 29. The census does not say they were step children but it is likely they were. The other children listed were Richard 6, Thomas 4 and Mary 2 . There was also a boarder named Sam Platt
Ten years later, the 1901 census finds Joseph living with his family in Red Houses, Flint Mountain The children were David 23, Thomas 14, Mary 12, Joseph 10, James 6 and George 4. The father Thomas was listed as a colliery labourer who had been born in Charmley Lancs and mother Martha was now 49- she had been born in Durham.
There is a link to another family who lost a son in the war. Joseph's little brother James eventually married Florence (Bell) Smith ( from Northop). Florence's brother Tegid was killed and is listed on the Memorial.
Many thanks to Jan Clark (Tegid's niece) who pointed this detail out to us.
Joseph is also remembered on the Mold Memorial.
Visit to Pozieres Memorial on 15th September 2008
This memorial and cemetery are located alongside the main road D929 between the village of Pozieres and Albert. The area around it is flat and exposed to the elements and was cold on the late afternoon that we visited. The cemetery and memorial were designed by W H Cowlishaw. 2,755 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War - mostly from battles in the Somme are buried or commemorated here. The whole site is enclosed by four walls which bear 99 panels with names inscribed on them.
The panels are organised by regiment and Joseph Thelwell as a member of the Tank Corps was named on panel 94
Joseph Thelwell, a Northop lad who never came home.