Jackiecj I am sure that you are aware of this but I have copied it just in case.
5) Harry Lloyd Roberts, killed in
action on 23rd April 1918, aged 28.
The CWGC register shows him as
a private in the Royal Marine Light
Infantry attached to HMS ‘Vindictive’.
The inscription on his grave reads ‘Honoured
Memory of Harry Lloyd Roberts,
Royal Marines, died of wounds received
on the Mole at the Battle of Zeebrugge,
April 23rd 1918, aged 28.’
The first report of his death appeared
in the Llandudno Advertiser on 27th
April 1918. It reads, ‘The brilliant naval
exploits at Ostend, Zeebrugge claimed
the life of a Llandudno man, Harry
Lloyd Roberts. His mother was away
from home and two uncles went to
Chatham to arrange the return of the
body to Llandudno.’ In the Llandudno
Advertiser on the 4th May 1918 there is
a comprehensive report of the funeral.
In that report it shows that the body
was returned on a Saturday evening
and the funeral took place the following
afternoon, a Sunday!
There a glowing testimony to Harry
in this report describing him as ‘one
of those intrepid volunteers who have
gained immortal fame for their courageous
work on the “Vindictive” the war
vessel which, battered beyond recognition
in her upper works, came back
from the inferno at Zeebrugge, carrying
with her the dead and wounded in as
gallant an action as any inscribed on the
records of the Navy.’
Harry was the eldest son of Mr Harry
Roberts and Mrs Roberts, Roby House,
Church Walks and grandson of Mr.
Thomas Roberts, founder of the firm
Messrs T Roberts, Roby House. He
had been in the Llandudno Boy Scouts,
a member of the Llandudno Amateur
Dramatic Society and a sidesman of the
Church of St. Tudno.
He is buried in the family grave in Section
‘G’ at the beginning of the path
leading to the town cemetery.
He also was buried with full military and
naval honours and I’ve selected parts of
the report on the funeral to show what
such a funeral entailed: ‘The funeral was
announced for half past two, but long
before that hour people began to assemble
in the vicinity of Roby Mount,
There is a lot more written about him but I have just copied this part. It seems that Harry Roberts was a very well respected person
