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

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The Sychdyn 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







Ames John Mount Pleasant 10th Batt R.W.F. Sgt 15402 Belgium,France and Italy 4 yrs 8 mnths. Joined Kitcheners Army 1914, promoted Srgt. Gained M.M. For bringing back wounded officer from No Mans Land,wounded 4 times
Brookes Thomas Keepers Cottage 4th Grenadier Guards Pte. 22552 France
Gassed in London during Zeplin raid. Wounded Nov. 20th 1916 Ancre Battle, wounded several times.
Brookes William Keepers Cottage 1st Loyal North Lancs. Pte. 35994 France

Blackwell George Pen y Bryn 6th Dragoon Guards Cavalry 14th M.G.C. Pte. 47377 France 3 yrs
Blackwell John Pen y Bryn 6th Dragoon Guards Cavalry Pte. 134137
10 mnths.
Blackwell William Vownog 51st S.W.B. And 3rd Border Regiment Pte. 66913

Joined 1918
Bateman John S Top y Mynydd 17th R.W.F. Sgt 25647 France 4 yrs Joined Mar 10th 1915. Gained M.M.
Buchanan William Llwyn Offa Lodge S.S. Turkoman Royal Navy 3rd Engineer

Joined Aug. 1914
Chambers John Bryn Seion Royal Engineers Cpl. 305414 France Belgium 4 yrs 19 days Joined as old reservist
Cotterill Samuel Ypres House R.A.S.C. Sgt M08991 France 4 yrs 6 mnths
Cummings J William Llwyn Offa Lodge MT R.A.S.C. Cpl 165942 France 3 yrs 6 mnths
Craven Alberta T Vownog HMS Victoria 11 Royal Navy CPO M28517 France North sea Gibralta 2 yrs Joined Dec 1914
Dodd Charles Quarry Cottages 14th R.W.F. Pte 25927 France 3 yrs 7mnths Wounded twice
Ellis Edward Plantation View R.F.A. Gunner 159675 Egypt 3 yrs 35 days
Ellis John Plantation View




Evans George Henry Chapel House 16 Batt R.W.F. Pt 88490 France 8 mnths Wounded twice
Gabriel Douglas Ael y Bryn R.M.A Gunner 3133 Belgium 11 mnths
Gabriel John Tudor Ael y Bryn 52nd Welsh Reg Pte 78097
9 mnths
Gabriel Richard H Ael y Bryn R.A.S.C. 217229 France German frontier
Joined Sept 1916
Hodgkinson John Brynffynon M.G.C. 2nd Lt France 3 yrs 6 mnths Joined Mar 8th 1915 promoted Sgt gazetted for Commision
Hutchinson Richard Quarry Cottages 16 Batt R.W.F. Pt 19407 Home service 8 mnths Discharged Medically unfit
Hawkins George Smithy Cottage HMS Jane Ross Royal Navy C.P.O. 3150 English Channel 4 yrs Joined ordinary seaman promoted C.P.O
Hughes Thomas Littlewood Cottages HMS Challenger Royal Navy Stoker K44804 German South African coast 1 yr 9 mnths
Hughes William S Hillside 72nd Canadian Infantry Comp Sgt Major 129767 France
Joined 1916 served in France killed in action aug 10 1918
Hooper George Top y Mynydd 16th South Lancs Pt 62003 Home service 2 yrs 2 mnths Joined Aug 1916
Jones Harold G The Mount 5/6th Batt R.W.F. Lt. Egypt Palestine 4 yrs 7 mnths Came from South Africa to join up won Military Cross
Jackson Thomas Soughton House MT R.A.S.C. Sgt 54/146417 Egypt Palestine 3 yrs 6 mnths
Jones Arthur A Ty Newydd 16th Batt R.W.F. Signaller 77510 France 2 yrs
Jones Edward R Duke Street 3rd Batt R.W.F. Pt 19404 France 4 yrs 4 mnths Twice Wounded
Jones Cecil London Road




Kinsey Thomas Pen y Bryn 62nd Div Mt R.A.S.C. L Cpl m2/187024 France 3 yrs 3 mnths Joined 1915
Kinsey John Pen y Bryn 4th Batt Welsh Reg Pt 77515
1 yr
Morris Edwin Waen Cottage 2nd Batt Border Reg Pt 36425 German Frontier 2 yrs Re-enlisted 4 yrs
Morris Robert Waen Cottage 2nd Batt R.W.F. Pt 89995 Ireland 1 yr 6 mnths Discharged Nov 1919
Pate Thomas Penucha Mynydd MT R.A.S.C. Pt 428707 Home service

Roberts Richard Duke Street 24th Batt Cheshire Reg Pt 316403 Home service 3 yrs 7mnths Joined March 1915
Samuel Fredrick A Mostyn Villa 1/5th Batt R.W.F. Major DSO France Belgium 5 yrs Joined as Pt Sept. 1914. rise to commision,shell shock Battle of the Somme 1916. Mentioned in dispatches twice.
Thomas Gwynne L Springfield R.A.S.C. Cpt France Belgium German Front.
Commissoned Lieut Promoted Captain
Tyson John London Road 10th Batt R.W.F. L Cpl 15409 France Belgium 4 yrs 5 mnths Joined Sep 5th 1914 wounded 4 times
Williams Thomas E Quarry Cottages Royal Defence Corps Pt 35982 Home service 2 yrs 7 mnths