Richard
Davies Garnons
Garnons-Williams
formerly Williams
Born in Llowes, Radnorshire, Wales
Ancestors 
Brother of
Arthur Garnons (Williams) Garnons-Williams, Aylmer Herbert Garnons (Williams) Garnons-Williams RN, Gerald Garnons (Williams) Garnons-Williams, Katherine Frances Helena Garnons (Williams) Garnons-Williams, Annabella Mary Garnons (Williams) Worlledge, Hugh Penry Boleyn Garnons (Williams) Garnons-Williams, Mark Penry Fenton Garnons-Williams, Mary Elizabeth (GARNONS-Williams) Garnons-Williams and Penry Williams
Husband of
Alice Jessie (Bircham) Garnons Williams
— married
8 Jan 1885 in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Father of
Frances Mary Barbara Garnons-Williams, Roger Fenton Garnons-Williams and Alice Katherine Garnons-Williams
Died
at age 59
in Llos En Gohelle, Nord De Callias, France
Profile last modified
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World War I, KIA, United Kingdom
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Biography
Richard Davies Garnons Williams was born in 1856.
He was a British Army officer
He was also a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales, Brecon and Newport. He played in the first Wales international rugby union match in 1881.
Serving as a Lt-Colonel in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, he was killed in the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Battle of Loos Memorial
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Marc Gregory Whitaker
Marc Gregory Whitaker
It seems the family name of this person is Garnons Williams: "In 1864 the Rev Prebendary Garnons Williams (christened Garnons as there was a fear that the family name was dying out) inherited Abercamlais and the estate from a young bachelor cousin at about the same time that his grandfather, the Archdeacon of Brecon died. Garnons Williams and his wife Catherine Hort had 10 children and the sons collectively decided that they would take Garnons as part of their surname (for this reason it is not hyphenated)" - see: Family History at Abercamlais [1]
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