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The Denbighshire Hussars The Denbighshire Hussars were raised in 1794 Battalions during the Great War. 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion Those known to have served with The Denbighshire Hussars during The Great War Select a story link or scroll down to browse those stories hosted on this site. Capt. William Henry Bloor (d.3rd Jan 1918) Read his Story. Pte. John Ellis 1st Battalion (d.12th Oct 1916) Read his Story. Capt. William Victor Trevor Rooper (d.9th Oct 1917) Read his Story. Pte. John Ellis 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry (d.12th Oct 1916) My great uncle enlisted in Bangor, North Wales into the 284 Denbigh Yeomanry. He had been working with horses on a farm in Anglesey, where his mother thought he was. It was not until she received the telegram to say that he had been killed did she know that he had enlisted. He died aged 22. As her first language was Welsh she had to take the telegram down to the village Post Office so that it could be read to her. Apparently her hair turned white overnight. Her other son was serving with the Navy. Whilst on deck one night during an attack he heard a voice telling him that he would survive the War but his brother would not. He had no idea that his brother had enlisted. After the war he became a lay preacher. At some time John changed his unit to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st Batt. He was killed on 12 October 1916 during the Battle of Transloy attacking Zenith Trench. All this information came to light when I visited the Thiepval memorial. My sister and I were the first in the family to read his name on the Memorial. It is good to keep these names alive and to remember that these were real people. Capt. William Henry Bloor Royal Field Artillery (d.3rd Jan 1918) I am in the process of writing a history of the Denbighshire Hussars Yeomanry, pricipally during the First World War. William Henry Bloor was a Sergenat in the Denbighshire Yeomanry, before being commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery. As a Captain he was killed-in-action on 3 January, 1918. His father Reginald Henry Bloor or Rex Bloor also served in the DY. I am looking for any photos of Officers, NCOs and Men who served in the Denbighshire Yeomanry from 1900 to 1921. I gained my BA in History in 2003 and my thesis was on the DY. Any photos or stories which could be copied/photocopied would be of great help to me.

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