1206031 Pte. William Taylor Welson British Army Montgomeryshire Yeomanry from:Llanyfelin, Gladestry, Powys. (d.5th Aug 1917) I have been researching the names of the 7 young men remembered on Gladestry War Memorial, it was the first War Memorial Dedicated in Radnorshire. William Taylor Welson is remembered there.
William Taylor Welson and his brother Hugh Powell Welson were the sons of William Welson of Llanyfelin Farm, Gladestry. William Taylor originally joined the Montgomery Yeomanry, No.2779, he was later transferred to 17th. Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He had enlisted at Gladestry. William Taylor Welson was killed in action in France/ Flanders on the 5th. August 1917. Gladestry parish magazine regularly gave news of the young men of the Parish who had enlisted but did not mention William Taylor Welson.
His brother Hugh later enlisted, but his regiment is unknown. Gladestry Parish Magazine recorded, March 1917, that Hugh Welson was in hospital. In January 1918 it recorded that Hugh was in Highbury Hospital and now able to speak a little, and in April 1918 he was invalided out of the army. Additional Information: | Hugh Powell Welson was married to Lillian Sheen in 1920. Their son Hugh William Taylor Welson (Bill) was born in 1920. Bill attended Lady Hawkins Grammar school and fought in the Second Word War in the Artillary Reg. He served in Egypt crossing the desert 3 times. He fought in Italy. At the Battle of Monte Cassino he was injured and contracted T B. He was invalided out of the army and became an invalid until his death. I met him several times as a child and found him charming. He was my Mothers second cousinMary Ford
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