War Graves, St Deiniol’s Churchyard, Hawarden
Posted in Trips, War Graves at 12:00 on 19 September 2020
Moving further away from St Deiniol’s itself, slightly downhill, we found scattered among other graves the distinctive shape of Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstones. Usually Commonwealth War Graves Commission graves are well kept – even those in “normal” cemeteries. The ones here were a bit overgrown though.
Sub-Lieutenant J N W Parish, Royal Navy, HMS Herron, 17/5/1941, Aged 20:-
The lower portion of the above stone commemorates Sub-Lieutenant Parish’s brother, David, Pilot Officer, RAF, lost on operations from Malta, February, 1942:-
L Serjeant G E Roberts, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 7/12/1940, aged 22:-
M C Hughes, Able Seaman, RN, “HMS Osprey,” 9/10/1942 aged 21:-
Sapper, W H Clover, Royal Engineers, 17/8/1940, Aged 26:-
Corporal J H Williams, Pioneer Corps, 14/11/1944, aged 34:-
Signalman J Dutton, Royal Signals, 14/12/1916, aged 29:-
Private A Atkiss, Pioneer Corps, 27/7/1943, aged 32:-
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