The town of Llangennech sits on the outer reaches of Llanelli. The men of the town are remembered on this page.

The Great War 1914-1918

Name Rank Regiment
Bevan, Harding Thomas Private Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry)
Bush, Ernest Frederick Sergeant Welsh Regiment-15th Battalion
Close, Evan James Private Welsh Regiment-1/4th Battalion
Close, William John Private Welsh Regiment-15th Battalion
Davies, I.  Private South Wales Borderers 
Davies, Iestyn Samuel Private Royal Army Medical Corps
Davies, William Morgan Private South Wales Borderers-2nd Battalion
Edwards, John Howell Private Welsh Regiment-9th Battalion
Elsmere, Llewellyn Benjamin Private Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment-1st Battalion
Evans, Sydney Morleigh Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-11th Battalion
Jenkins, Brinley Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-8th Battalion
Jenkins, Owen Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps-15th Company
John, George Benjamin Private Royal West Kent Regiment-1st Battalion
John, Hugh Graham Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers-1st Battalion
Jones, William Morris Private Welsh Regiment-1/4th Battalion
Lewis, Hugh Cecil Private  Royal Welsh Fusiliers-9th Battalion
Lewis, William John Acting Corporal Welsh Regiment-1st Battalion
Moore, Bertie Private  York & Lancaster Regiment-10th Battalion
Morgan, David John Private Welsh Regiment-18th Battalion
Morris, William Corporal  Welsh Regiment-15th Battalion
Rafferty, Thomas Private Cheshire Regiment-20th Battalion
Richards, David John Private Monmouthshire Regiment-2nd Battalion
Thomas, Lewis John Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-9th Battalion

Above is the grave of Private Hugh Cecil Lewis of Llangennech, who was wounded whilst serving with the 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He died at the Casualty Clearing Station at Outtersteene on the 8th October 1917, from wounds suffered at Ypres, and he is buried in Outtersteene Communal Cemetery, near Bailleul in Northern France.