The small Village of Trecwn lies about 2.5 miles due South of the busy Port of Fishguard. Trecwn is probably best known for it's 'secret' Royal Naval Armaments Depot, and it's miles of underground tunnels, which were used to store Royal Naval Shells and Missiles. Many thanks to Natasha de Chroustchoff for supplying the photograph of the War Memorial, which is set in the wall of Mamre Chapel. The Memorial commemorates 4 local men killed in WW1. The original name of this community was Llanfair Nant-y-gof. Trecwn was the name given to the RNAD establishment and by which the Village subsequently became known.

Trecwn War Memorial

The Great War, 1914-1918

William Howells, Gunner, 102610, Royal Garrison Artillery. William was born at Llanfairnnanty, Pembrokeshire, and was the husband of Charlotte Howells, of Llanfair Cottage, Trecwn, Letterston. William enlisted at Letterston into the 2nd (London) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. William was Killed in Action during the Battle of Passchendaele on the 22nd August, 1917, aged 37, and is buried in Ypres Town Cemetery Extension. The exact location of his grave is unknown, and so he is remembered on Special Memorial 6, inside the Cemetery.

 

Tom Morse, Sergeant, M/321457, Army Service Corps. Tom was born at Manorowen, Pembroke, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morse, later of Durbach Farm, Durbach. Tom enlisted at Fishguard into the Motor Transport arm of the Army Service Corps. Not much is known of tom’s service in the War, but he Died at home on the 26th October, 1916 aged 32. He is buried in Fishguard (Hermon) Baptist Burial Ground, Grave 21. 6.

 

William Price, Private, 282278, Lancashire Fusiliers. William was born at Llanfair, Pembroke, and resided in Resided at Garndifo, Trecwn. He enlisted at Carmarthen into the 2/7th Lancashire Fusiliers, 197th Brigade, 66th Division. The Division fought through Passchendaele, but were decimated during the German Offensive of March 1918, and were forced to be disbanded. It was on the first day of ‘Kaiserschlacht’ that William was Killed in Action. He is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, on Panel 32 to 34.

 

Thomas Henry Williams, Private, 267123, Welsh Regiment. Thomas was born at Abercastle on the 9th December, 1886, the son of John and Margaret Williams, of Skeddy, Fishguard, and the husband of Mary Anne Williams, of Park Cottage, Dwrbach. He enlisted at Fishguard on the 30th May, 1916 into the 17th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, a Bantam Battalion which formed part of the 119th Brigade, 40th Division. The Division landed in France during June, 1916, and fought on the Ancre, before moving toward the Hindenburg Line following the German withdrawal in early 1917. Thomas joined the Battalion on the 7th December, 1917, when the Division was in the thick of the Battle of Cambrai. This is where John was sadly killed in Action aged 30, on the 27th December, 1917. He is buried in St. Leger British Cemetery, Grave G. 20. Sadly, he left behind his widow Mary Ann, and eight children, one of whom, William John Williams, was sadly killed during World War Two.