These men disembarked at Laoshan Bay on 23rd September 1914, and participated in the siege. They are the only British infantry regiment to have this battle honour. They embarked at Sha-tzu-kou Bay on 18 November, headed to Hong Kong, and arrived in Britain in January 1915. Their next destination was the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 1915. There is a very interesting book on the siege by John Dixon, "A Clash of Empires, the South Wales Borderers at Tsingtao, 1914" with many photos from the regimental museum, and a nominal roll of the men who were at the siege of Tsingtao. // I have researched all of these men, a large number of whom have been located on the 1911 Census. This has been researched since 2010, and my data appears on both my website, and I have granted permission for it to also appear on LOTFWW, hence this community.
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Born 1893
British Army 10524 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
British Army 10524 Private South Wales Borderers
Born 1888
British Army 9331 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers
British Army 9331 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9331 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1890
Died 1915
British Army 10441 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 10441 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 10441 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2 Battalion
Born 1889
British Army 9280 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 38141 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers
British Army 6722071 Serjeant London Regiment Territorial Force
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 10689 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers
British Army 10689 Corporal South Wales Borderers
British Army 10689 Lance Serjeant South Wales Borderers
Born 1891
British Army 10144 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 10144 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 10144 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
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British Army 43206 Staff Serjeant Major Labour Corps
British Army 9742 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1888
Died 1915
British Army 9747 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9747 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9747 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1892
British Army 10327 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 10327 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 9719 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9719 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 10307 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 10307 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion
Born 1892
British Army 10395 Private South Wales Borderers
Born 1889
British Army 9727 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 212265 Acting Corporal Labour Corps
British Army 9727 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1889
Died 1918
British Army 10047 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 10047 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 10047 Private South Wales Borderers 10th Battalion
Born 1888
Died 1915
British Army 9609 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9609 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 10720 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 10720 Serjeant South Wales Borderers
Born 1891
British Army 10126 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 21284 Private Machine Gun Corps
Born 1891
British Army 10231 Private South Wales Borderers
British Army 10231 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers
British Army 10231 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1878
Died 1919
British Army 5417 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 5417 Company Quartermaster Serjeant South Wales Borderers Depot 3rd Battalion
British Army 5417 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
Born 1891
British Army 9923 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion
British Army 9923 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion