Basic Details
Surname
Gwydir
Forenames
R B
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative surname
Very Reverend
Served or died
Died
Notes
The school website (see References) provides the extra service, name and death details and provides this brief biographical detail: 'Robert Gwydir was born to a Welsh family in Longford, Ireland in 1867 and was at Douai (France) 1878-1884. He was ordained in 1891, taking the name Father Basil. He taught at Douai
School before being transferred to the mission at St David’s, Wales, where he was admitted to the circle
of Welsh Bards, sat on the Board of Swansea Hospital and played a prominent part in local education. He went down with the hospital ship HMHS Rohilla which sank off Whitby. Having been on deck, he went below to care for a patient called Nicholson, a Royal Marine. He became the first chaplain to die in the War.
Cemetery: Belmont Abbey'.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Navy
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Nav Chapl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of burial
England
Town of burial
Hereford
Cemetery
Belmont Abbey
Year of death
1914
Month of death
November
Day of death
30
Age at death
47
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action