| Ivor Rees | |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1893 |
| Death Date: | 11 March 1967 (aged 73) |
| Birth Place: | Felinfoel, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Death Place: | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Servicenumber: | 20002 |
| Rank: | Company Sergeant-Major |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Unit: | South Wales Borderers Home Guard |
| Battles: | First World War Second World War |
| Awards: | Victoria Cross |
Company Sergeant Major Ivor Rees VC (18 October 1893 – 11 March 1967) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth forces.
Rees was born at Felinfoel. He enlisted into the 11th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, part of the 115th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division. Rees survived the fighting at Mametz Wood, and moved with the Division to Ypres. At Ypres, the Battalion were tasked with the capture of the Pilckem Ridge – a heavily fortified German defensive line during the Battle of Passchendaele.
His citation read:
During the Second World War, he served as a Company Sergeant-Major in the Home Guard. Rees died on 12 March 1967 at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Rees is remembered on memorials in Havard Chapel, Brecon Cathedral and at Llanelli Town Hall, Carmarthenshire.[1]
His Victoria Cross is owned by the Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh, Brecon, Powys, Wales.