Merthyr Church Carmarthen

Carmarthen Foodbank Manager Cath Cork (left) and volunteer Ruth Evans received donations including £95 in cash from our service of Harvest Thanksgiving on Sunday 12th October, delivered by Church Committee member Ron Lewis. Cath thanked everyone for their generous contributions, which she said would be put to immiedate use helping local families in crisis.

Congratulations to Daniel, son of Rachel Rees and grandson of Chris and Ann Rees on gaining his Law Degree at Cardiff University. Daniel is pictured here with a surprise guest at his graduation in July 2024.

Cerys , daughter of Andy and Gemma Washbourne, was baptised at a joyous occasion in Merthyr on Sunday August 6th 2023. Revd Adam Bruce officiated.

An unsung hero of the First World War has been remembered in Merthyr on the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict. A display containing the war medals and a photograph of Acting Sergeant David John Evans of Bancbach was presented to St Martin’s Church by three of his great-nieces.

David, who died on the same day as the poet Hedd Wyn, is also commemorated on the war memorial inside the church, which Meinir remembers being installed in 1955

David died in Flanders on July 31st 1917 while serving with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, but little is known about where or how he was killed or where he might be buried. The display case was handed over on Remembrance Sunday, November 9th 2014, by Meinir Hall of Ty Croes, Ammanford and Glenda and Glenys Evans of Morriston. David is also survived by his great-nephew, Merthyr People’s Warden Huw Evans, Huw’s brother Wyn and their sister, organist Ann Rees.

Pictured: Cousins Huw, Glenda and Glenys Evans and Meinir Hall (from left to right) with the display commemorating their great uncle, Acting Sergeant David John Evans at St Martin’s, Merthyr.

Acting Sergeant David John Evans of Bancbach with an unknown relative.

Carmarthen Foodbank Manager Cath Cork (left) and volunteer Ruth Evans received donations including £95 in cash delivered by Merthyr Church Committee member Ron Lewis following our service of Harvest Thanksgiving on Sunday 12th October 2025. Cath thanked the Church very much and said the contributions would be put to iummediate use helping families in crisis.