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Name Joseph Rowlands
Regiment 1st Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Private 6461
Military Cemetery/Memorial Le Touret Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 13 to 14
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of Death 16th May 1915
Biographical Details Known He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Rowlands of Mold. In 1901 the census tells us that Joseph, the father was a 56 year old bricklayer. The only child at home was 15 year old Robert. We have not traced Joseph the younger. By 1911 we have found him married aged 29 and living in Milford Street, Mold with his wife Emma and son of 6 - another Joseph and a daughter of 3, Edith. We can see from the news cutting below that before the war he was employed at the local auction mart.
Regiment 1st Bn., Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Private 6461
Military Cemetery/Memorial Le Touret Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 13 to 14
Country of Cemetery/Memorial France
Medals Awarded Victory, British War and 1915 Star medals
Date and Circumstances of Death 16th May 1915
Biographical Details Known He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Rowlands of Mold. In 1901 the census tells us that Joseph, the father was a 56 year old bricklayer. The only child at home was 15 year old Robert. We have not traced Joseph the younger. By 1911 we have found him married aged 29 and living in Milford Street, Mold with his wife Emma and son of 6 - another Joseph and a daughter of 3, Edith. We can see from the news cutting below that before the war he was employed at the local auction mart.
County Herald 18th June 1915