WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)

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The Northop Men who served in World War 1 and survived. This is transcribed from the Flintshire Roll of Honour which is held at the County Archive Office in Hawarden. Please note that to see the whole page you will need to scroll right.
Surname Address Regiment/Unit Reg No. Where he Served Service Comments







Astbury Aynslie N Grosvenor Cottage 1/5th R.W.F. Captain Gallipoli
Wounded in leg Suvla Bay
Astbury Warbrick Grosvenor Cottage R.W.F. Lieutenant France
Joined Civil Service Rifles as a Private Aug 15th 1914
Astbury Walter Brook Street 1st Tank Corps Gunner 110295 France 3yrs 2 Mnths
Bankes Robert W Soughton Hall 1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cptn Egypt Palestine 5yrs
Bateman Algernon Monachlog 1st Batt Kings Shrop Light Infantry L Cpl 202392 France

Bateman Hubert Monachlog R.A.M.C. Sgt 92225 France

Bateman Malcom Monachlog Machine Gun Corps Pte 61273 Mesopotamia

Bateman George Monachlog
L Cpl 204071 France
Wounded
Bateman James A Highfield Cottages 17th R.W.F. Pte 26198 France 3yrs 9 Mnths 1915 Star
Bateman Thomas R Highfield Cottages Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner 203200 Mesopotamia 2yrs 9 Mnths
Bateman John E High Street Royal Engineers Sapper 398456 Mesopotamia 3yrs 2 Mnths
Birse Walter S Ashville 18th Corps Troops M.T. Coy Sgt France 4yrs 6 Mnths Mentioned Despatches General Haig
Brockley Thomas B Caernarfon terrace 6th Gar. R.W.F Pte 548103 Mesopotamia, India and Egypt 4yrs Leg fractured in Mesopotania
Brockley Edwin High Street Army Vetinary Corps Pte 17148 France 3yrs 9 Mnths
Brockley Herbert Red Houses 1/5th R.W.F. Territorial Sgt 240425 Gallipoli Suvla Bay,Egypt,Palestine, 5yrs




Gaza,Roumania,Jerusalem and Nablys

Davies Robert C Star Vaults 9th Batt R.W.F Sgt 241121 France 4yrs P.O.W. Germany May 1918 toJan. 1919
Davies Robert C Star Vaults 3rd Batt R.W.F. Pte 75418 France 2yrs 6 Mnths
Davies Reginald Swndwr Farm 23 Batt R.W.F. Pte 316887 Home Service 4yrs
Davies Robert L High Street Royal Engineers Lab Batt Pte 227692 France 10 Mnths Road making batt. France. Gassed discharged medically unfit
Evans Oliver E The Green 53 H.B. Royal Garrison Artillery Drummer 67212 German Frontier and Ireland Demob Jan. 1920
Freeman Thomas J Highfield Cottages 5th Batt R.W.F. Pte 211587 Suvla Bay Gallipoli Egypt 4yrs 6 Mnths Invalided for Malaria
Freeman Fredrick Highfield Cottages 2nd London Reg. (98) Pte RAMC 540070 France 4yrs Saw much active service France
Freeman Sidney Highfield Cottages 5th Batt R.W.F. Pte 240241 Gallipoli,France 4yrs Joined 1914 territorial.Invalided Sept 1915.Promoted L Corp 1916
Griffiths James L The Celyn 4th Rifle Brigade Rifleman 11875 France,Salonika 4yrs 6 Mnths 3yrs in Salonika
Griffiths Alex D The Celyn 1st Cheshire Yeomanry Pte 1492 Egypt ,Salonika 4yrs
Hooley Thomas H The Green 1/5th R.W.F. Cpl 613 and 240081 Gallipoli,Egypt Palestine
Territorial called up Aug 5th 1914
Hughes John High Street 4th Reserve RWF Pte 208843 Home Service 1yr 8Mnths
Hughes Alfred Clawdd Offa 10th Batt RWF Pte 15395 France 4yrs Joined Kitcheners Army Sept 1914
Hughes John D Clawdd Offa Royal Engineers Sapper 166863 France
Joined May 1st 1916 Wounded in action discharged
Hughes Stanley Clawdd Offa

Home Service

Hulley William Broad Oak Cottage 1/7 RWR Pte 2026 France 3yrs 6Mnths Wounded
Hughes John A Garden Cottages Royal Engineers Cpl 241561 France 2yrs 9 Mnths
Jones Percy R The Gables Royal Army Service Corps Pte 552190 Home Service 2yrs 7 Mnths
Jones John Sealand House 2/5th Batt RWF Pte 2959 Mesopotamia 3yrs 2 Mnths
Jackson Thomas Soughton House Royal Army Service Corps Sgt 54/146417 Egypt ,Salonika 3yrs 6Mnths
Jones Godfery Church Cottages 4th Batt R.W.F. Sgt 11917 Gallipoi France 4yrs 6 Mnths Shell shock and Gassed
Jones Elam The Green 5/6th Batt R.W.F. Pte 241366 Egypt,Palestine 3yrs 9 Mnths Killed Summers Ironworks 8th Oct 1919
Jones Phillip The Green 13th Batt Duke of Wellington Reg Pte 435504 France 2yrs 1 Mnth Two wound stripes wounded in Right Arm
Jones Evan T Rose Cottage 2nd Batt South Lancashire Reg Pte 50399 France 2yrs Wounded in Right Hip
Jones Stanley Stanley House Kings Shropshire Light Inf Cptn France 4yrs Joined 1915 17th R.W.F. Promoted Sgt. Gazetted 2nd Leut 1917 Gazetted Cptn acting Adjutant
Jones Archie Stanley House 6/5th Coy MT Royal Army Service Corps Pte 405211 Ireland 1yr
Jones Thomas R Pendre Cottage 15BattSouth Lancs Reg Pte 60660 Home Service 3yrs Joined 1916
Jones Edward Oak Lea 1/5 Batt RWF Pte 897
1yr Discharged medically unfit
Jones John Four Lane Ends Smithy 5th Batt R.W.F. Farrier Sgt France 3yrs 9Mths Joined 8 May 1915 as Shoeing Smith Lord Derby's County Palestine Field Artillery Trans to RWF
Jones Fred Fron Fach HMS Victory Royal Navy M27477
1yr 2 Mnths
Lloyd Peter H Hen Odyn 6th Batt RWF Pte241611 France 3yrs 8 Mnths Joined March 1915
Lloyd John T Hen Odyn 4th Batt Kings Shropshire Light inf. Trumpeter 31629 Egypt,France 5yrs 6 Mnths Joined TA Lancs Reg Age 17 Discharged 1916 Rejoined
Lloyd Edward Soughton Hall Land Force RWF Lcpl 643334 Home Service 3yrs 4 Mnths
Lloyd Percy 3 Brook Street 6th Batt RWF Pte 54042 France 1yr 5 Mnths Trained in Ireland
Lloyd Robert The Green 5th Batt R.W.F. Pte 852 England 1yr 6 Mnths Discharged medically unfit
Lovelock Albert CaernarfonTerrace 3rd Batt R.W.F. Pte 92016 France 2yrs
Lovelock Henry CaernarfonTerrace 3rd Batt R.W.F. Pte 72091 France 3yrs Re enlisted for 4 yrs
Lovelock Baden P CaernarfonTerrace 5 Batt Welsh Reg Pte 77762 Home Service 1yr 6 Mnths Wounded in training
Marsh Charles Yacht Terrace Kings Shropshire Light Inf Lieutenant France 3yrs 6Mnths Joined Nov 1914 Pte. Severely wounded Delville Wood Gazzetted 2nd Lieut 1918
Marsh Thomas W Yacht Terrace 2/8 Batt Manchester Reg Pte 42963 France Belgium 3yrs
Marsh Fred Yacht Terrace HMS Queen Elizabeth R.N. ABJ77685 North Sea Patrol 2yrs 6 Mnths
Mitchel John T Park Gate Cottage 5th Batt R.W.F. Pte 58940 France 2yrs 6 Mnths
Morris Richard W The Vicarage Cottage 8th Batt RWF Pte 30405 Mesopotamia 5yrs Sailed for Mesopotamia Oct 1916 served there till 1919
Nolan James Quarry Farm South Lancs Reg Sgt 5970 France India Belgium 15yrs 5 Mnths Regular Army wounded in France Ypres Nov 13th 1915 Blinded by wounds
Oldcorn Henry The Green 2nd vatt RWF Comp.Sgt Major 28366 France Ireland 4yrs Promoted for gallantry.Wounded shot in neck
Owen Gomer Brook Cottage Royal Army Service Corps Pte 282393 Egypt Palestine 3yrs 6Mnths Invalided for Pneumonia and Malaria
Pearce Harry Soughton House 10th Batt KingsShropshire Light Inf Pte 33537 Egypt Palestine France 2 yrs
Pearce Edward A Soughton House Royal Army Vetinary Corp Cptn India Mesopotamia Aden 2yrs Joined 1917.Aden, Acting Snr Vetinary Surgeon
Pearce Robert W Soughton House 116 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Gunner 69985 France 3yrs POW 29th May 1918 Whilst prisoner almost starved to death.Lost left thumb Comment by father R.W.Pearce
Porter Horace Highfield Cottages Royal Army Service Corps Pte 188387 Home Service 2yrs 10 Mnths
Price John W High Street 1/5 batt Leicester Reg Drum Major 5488 France Belgium 4yrs 6 Mnths A reservist called up August 5th 1914
Price Frank The Green 1/5 RWF Sapper 11391 Gallipoi France 4yrs 5 Mnths Joined Territorials June1913. Wounded at Suvla Bay Aug 1915 rejoined Dec 29 1915 transferred to R.E.
Price Walter The Green Royal Naval Air Service CPO 2325 France 4yrs 2 Mnths N01 Air Squad Croixdegueire
Richardson George A The School House Royal Air Force Lieutenant Egypt Salonika
Joined Nov 1914 as Air Mechanic. Served Egypt Feb-Aug 1916. Served Salonika Aug 1916-Dec 1917






Egypt July 1918 Commisioned as pilot March1918 gazzeted 2nd Lieut transferred England July 1918.






Instructor in flying at Lincoln Mentioned in dispatches
Roberts Lance CaernarfonTerrace 1/5 Batt RWF Pte 240448 Dardanelles Egypt Palestine 5yrs Joined 1914
Roberts Harry CaernarfonTerrace 53 Machine Gun Corps Pte 50113 Egypt Palestine 3yrs 10 Mnths
Roberts Robert Jnr CaernarfonTerrace 61/29 Machine gun Corps Pte 36285 France Belgium 3yrs 10 Mnths Trench Fever at Ypres Wounded at Merville
Roberts Robert CaernarfonTerrace A.S.C. Base maint Depot Pte 144524 France

Roberts Richard Sealand House 17th R.W.F. Pte 59700 France 2yrs 8 mnths
Shallcross Charles Pendre House 158 Co Machine Gun Corps Pte 120405 EgyptPalestine 4yrs
Smith James CaernarfonTerrace 53 Machine Gun Corps L.Sgt 50097 EgyptPalestine 4yrs 6 Mnths In Action Suvla Bay Dardanelles with 1/5 R.W.F
Summers Geoffery Highfield Hall Royal Engineers Cptn Home Service 5yrs Employed soley on Technical engineering work for which reason together with low






medical category was prevented serving overseas
Thelwell George Yacht Terrace 10th Batt RWF Pte 5830 France 4yrs 7 Mnths Wounded twice
Thelwell James R Yacht Terrace 16th Batt R.W.F Pte 241334 France 3yrs 6 Mnths Gassed
Warburton Edward/E High Street Royal Army Service Corps Pte 226252 France 2yrs 5 Mnths
Watkinson Herbert Brook Park Royal Defence Corps Lieutenant Isle of Man 3yrs
White Fred The Green Royal Navy O Seaman J 61417 Dunkirk North Sea Patrol 2yrs 7 Mnths
White Sidney The Green Cyclist Brigade R.W.F. Pte 2764 Dardanelles 3yrs 10 Mnths Joined Kitchener's Army Sept 1914 Shell Shock
White Sam The Green 2nd Batt Royal Iniskillin Fusiliers L.Cpl 49414 France Belgium 3yrs 1 mnth Wounded Twice Paschendal and Kemmel
Whitworth James Gwen y Mall Cottages 1st R.W.F Pte 5709
1yr 6 Mnths
Wilson Arthur The Green 7th Div Signl Co. Royal Engineers Cpl 44956 Egypt Palestine France 4 yrs Joined Montgomaryshire Yeomanry
Williams Thomas P Westminster Buildings London Rifle Brigade Pte 59632 India 3 yrs 8 Mnths Joined 21st R.W.F. March 21st 1916 Checker at Military Account Dept Poonah
Williams Walter CaernarfonTerrace 2/5 Batt R.W.F. Pte 241082
3 yrs 10 Mnths Joined territorial unfit for service abroad
Williams Edward Dee View Cottage 4th Batt Welsh Regiment. Pte 82633 Home Service 8 Mnths
Williams Edward Rhos y Chellis 8th Batt RWF Pte 11599 Dardanelles 8 Mnths Wounded and invalided Jan 1916
Williams William A Rhos y Chellis Montgomery Yeomanry Pte and AB R3355 Egypt Palestine 4 yrs 6 Mnths Wounded transferred to R.N.D. Served France Wrote on own card Was wounded not disabled
Williams Gabriel CaernarfonTerrace 17th R.W.F. Pte 25426 France