List of Welsh People - Military Men and Women

Military Men and Women

  • Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare KBE, served in World War II, later active politician and Privy Councillor
  • Dafydd ap Llewelyn ap Hywel, better known as Dafydd Gam (c. 1380–1415), prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr
  • Malcolm Douglas-Pennant, 6th Baron Penrhyn (1908–2003) honoured as an MBE after the invasion of Sicily in World War II
  • Hugh Evan-Thomas (1862–1928), Royal Navy Vice-Admiral
  • Ellis Humphrey Evans ("Hedd Wyn"), celebrated poet, died in the Third Battle of Ypres during World War I
  • William Charles Fuller VC (1884–1974), first Welshman to be awarded the Victoria Cross during World War I
  • T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) (1888–1935), soldier
  • Hubert William Lewis VC (1896–1977)
  • John Wallace Linton VC, Royal Navy Commander
  • Owain Lawgoch or Yvain de Galles (c. 1300–1378), mercenary and titular Prince of Wales
  • Sir Thomas Picton, (1758–1815), Lieutenant-General
  • Simon Weston (born 1961), soldier and broadcaster
  • John Williams VC (1857–1932), born John Fielding
  • Roger Williams (c. 1537–1595), soldier
  • Tasker Watkins VC GBE (Major) (1918 – 2007), first Welshman to be awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II, former President of the Welsh Rugby Union and former Lord Justice of Appeal and deputy Lord Chief Justice

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