The Eight Men from Llandudno
Gunner Ronald John Ashley of Church Walks, son of Thomas and Ada Ashley, was 25 years old. He was employed at Llandudno railway station by London Midland Scottish Railways and had been married for two years.
He is buried at Wormhout Communal Cemetery.
Liverpudlian Gunner Vincent Kevin Barrie of Mowbray Road was 19 years old and a labourer. He was the son of Thomas and Catherine Barrie. Four of his brothers also served in the military during the Second World War.
He is remembered on the Dunkirk Memorial as the whereabouts of his grave is unknown.
Lance Serjeant Eric Stanley Beeton lived on Park Drive in Craig-y-Don. The 31-year-old was the son of Frank Stanley Beeton and Elizabeth Annie Beeton, of Llandudno and the husband of Josephine Mary Beeton.
He is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.
Gunner Harold Bowen of Adelphi Street was a cabinet maker by trade and was 37 years old. He was the son of William and Helen Bowen; and husband of Rose Bowen.
He is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.
Lance Bombardier John Coleman was the son of Llandudno surgeon, Dr Amos Coleman of Clement Avenue. He was 19 years old and was due to start medical school in September 1939 but declined in order to stay with his ‘mates’ in the Royal Artillery.
He is buried at Wormhout Communal Cemetery.
27-year-old Gunner Robert Edwards of James Street formerly attended Central School on Trinity Avenue. Both his brother and sister served in the military during the war.
He, too, is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.
Gunner George Morris, the son of George and Annie Morris, of Knowles Road was 19 years old and had only joined the Army a few months earlier. He, too, was a former pupil of Central School and was employed by a Craig-y-Don grocer before the war.
He is commemorated on the Dunkirk Memorial.
Bombardier Frank George Lally Thompson was 19 years of age. His father, Frank, was the licensee of the Snowdon Hotel on Tudno Street. He was a member of Llandudno Cricket Club and apprenticed to a Llandudno accountant.
He is buried at Wormhout Communal Cemetery.