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.

NEWS: As of 5 December 2009, the plaque has been removed from the Chapel, and restored, before being rededicated at St. Giles Church, Letterston.

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 Royal Garrison Artillery on 11 December 1915. He spent the next twelve months in England, before joining the BEF in France in December 1916, and was posted to the 121st Heavy Battery, RGA. William was wounded in action at Arras on 25 April 1917, and admitted to Hospital at Rouen, where he remained until 9 June 1917. He was then posted to the 2nd (London) Heavy Battery, RGA, which was at Ypres. William was Killed in Action at Ypres during the Battle of Passchendaele on 22 August 1917, aged 37, and was buried on the battlefield. His body was later exhumed, and reburied in Ypres Town Cemetery Extension. Due to the flattening of Ypres during the war, the exact location of William's grave within the cemetery is unknown, and so he is remembered on Special Memorial 6, inside the Cemetery. He left four children, Martha, David, Thomas and Daniel.

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 was an traction engine-driver before the war, and attested to serve with the Motor Transport arm of the Army Service Corps in December 1915, being called up in May 1917. Not much is known of Tom's service in the War, but it is doubtful if he made it to France, serving instead with 'V' Company, ASC at Cambridge. Sadly, Tom became ill with pneumonia towards the end of the war, and died at Colchester Military Hospital on 26 October 1918 aged 32. He is buried in Fishguard (Hermon) Baptist Burial Ground, Grave 21. 6. His service papers show that money was being stopped from his wages for an illegitimate child, the son of Martha Nicholas, of Jordanston, Pembroke, born on 23 July 1913. No more is known of Tom's son.

William Price, Private, 282278, Lancashire Fusiliers. William was born at Llanfair, Pembroke, probably the son of Thomas and Ann Price, and resided in Resided at Garndifo, Trecwn prior to the war. He enlisted at Carmarthen into the 2/7th Lancashire Fusiliers, 197th Brigade, 66th Division. The Division fought through the Battle of Passchendaele during the Autumn of 1917, before moving south to the St. Quentin area. Here, the Division was practically wiped out during the German Offensive of March 1918, and were forced to be disbanded. It was on the first day of this German Offensive, or 'Kaiserschlacht', on 21 March 1918, that William was Killed in Action when his battalion was almost wiped out. He was 30 years old, and is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial, on Panel 32 to 34.

Thomas Henry Williams, Private, 267123, Welsh Regiment. Thomas was born at Abercastle on 9 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 30 May 1916 into the 17th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, a Bantam Battalion which formed part of 119 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 27 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.