Gwenfron Moss

Gwenfron Moss (27 July 1898 – 10 August 1991) was a British, Welsh speaking pharmacist who became a missionary in China, India and Zambia.

Life Moss was born in Coedpoeth. She was educated at Grove Park School for Girls in Wrexham before she went on to train as a pharmacist at the School for Pharmacy in London. She had been a regular church goer and in London she attended the Welsh Congregational Church in King's Cross where Howell Elvet Lewis conducted services in Welsh. Her family adopted a girl named Hettie Edwards when she was nine. They became sisters and remain lifelong friends.

In 1921 she applied to be a missionary but the London Missionary Society chose Gwynne Beynon to be sent as a pharmacist to Shanghai. Moss became convinced of her calling at the Swanwick Missionary Conference in 1925 and she applied to the London Missionary Society. They arranged for her to train for two years at Carey Hall. She returned to China twice again, the first return was interrupted by the second world war. After the war she returned again until the new regime decided that all missionaries were persona non grata.