Glynne Roberts

This story and photo is shared by the Trust with kind permission from Adrian Hughes, Home Front Museum, Llandudno

Trooper Glynne Roberts of Sychnant Pass Road, Conwy. Before joining the Royal Tank Regiment, Glynne was a fireman at Conwy. He was killed on 26th of June 1944 and is buried at Bayeux war cemetery.

News of his death, with a photo of him, was reported in the North Wales Weekly News of Thursday, 03 August 1944

Killed in Normandy
"Your son was always one of my most trustworthy and reliable men." wrote the commanding officer of the squadron in which Trooper Glynne Roberts served, in a letter to his parents, Mr and Mrs Dan Roberts, Penrallt, Sychnant Pass Road, Conway. In his letter, the commanding officer relates how Pte. Roberts met his death while on active service in Normandy. He was at the time visiting the front line with a doctor, when an enemy high explosive landed close to him and killed him instantly.
The letter reveals the popularity in which Pte. Roberts was held by his colleagues, some of whom are taking care of the grave in which he lies buried some distance from the front.
Twenty years of age, Trooper Roberts was serving in the ambulance unit attached to the armoured division and before enlisting was attached to the N.F.S staff at Conwy.