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Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales [74]

Brecon, Breconshire [65]

Breconshire [65]

Llanelly, Breconshire [23]

Brecon, Breconshire, Wales [22]

Crickhowell, Breconshire [17]

Hay, Breconshire [14]

Talgarth, Breconshire [11]

Builth Wells, Breconshire [10]

Brynmawr, Breconshire [8]

Builth, Breconshire [7]

Llangattock, Breconshire [7]

Beaufort, Breconshire [6]

Vaynor, Breconshire [5]

Ystradgynlais, Breconshire [5]

Brecknock, Breconshire [4]

Breconshire Wales [4]

Beaufort, Breconshire, Wales [3]

Breconshire, Wales [3]

Builth Wells, Breconshire, Wales [3]

Clydach, Breconshire [3]

Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales [3]

Devynock, Breconshire [3]

Erwood, Breconshire [3]

Bryn Mawr, Breconshire [2]

Cathedine, Breconshire [2]

Crickhowell, Brecon, Breconshire [2]

Gwenddwr, Breconshire [2]

Llangynidr, Breconshire [2]

Trecastle, Breconshire [2]

Bailea, near Senny Bridge, Breconshire, Wales [1]

Beaulah, Breconshire [1]

Bedwelly Brynmawr, Breconshire [1]

Brecknock,Breconshire. [1]

Breconshire England [1]

Breconshire South Wales New South Wales [1]

Brynmawn, Breconshire, South Wales [1]

Builth Wells, Brecon, Breconshire [1]

Builthwell, Breconshire [1]

Cefn, Breconshire [1]

Cwmdee, Breconshire [1]

Cwmtaff, Breconshire [1]

Devynock, Breconshire, Wales [1]

Elan Village, Breconshire [1]

Ferry Bridge, Breconshire [1]

Garth, Breconshire [1]

Glasbury, Breconshire [1]

Glazebury, Breconshire [1]

Groesffordd, Breconshire [1]

Hay on Wye, Breconshire [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [7]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

AC2 Rigger Aero [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

CSM [1]

Cadet [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pensioner [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Stoker 1st class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 8 [1]

Warrant Master at Arms [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers TF [3]

South Wales Borderers Territorial Force [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

15th Hussars [1]

1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

89th Punjabis [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS Lion [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

HMS Warrior - 14 days cells [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1]

Munt Company Royal Engineers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Hospital Chelsea [1]

Royal Military College, Sandhurst [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [165]

Royal Navy [103]

British Army [59]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

J [54]

W [54]

P [46]

D [42]

H [33]

M [31]

B [30]

T [23]

G [21]

E [19]

L [19]

R [18]

S [15]

C [14]

A [8]

N [4]

O [4]

F [3]

Y [3]

I [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [320]

Merchant Navy [109]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Canada [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales [74] Brecon, Breconshire [65] Breconshire [65] Llanelly, Breconshire [23] Brecon, Breconshire, Wales [22] Crickhowell, Breconshire [17] Hay, Breconshire [14] Talgarth, Breconshire [11] Builth Wells, Breconshire [10] Brynmawr, Breconshire [8] Builth, Breconshire [7] Llangattock, Breconshire [7] Beaufort, Breconshire [6] Vaynor, Breconshire [5] Ystradgynlais, Breconshire [5] Brecknock, Breconshire [4] Breconshire Wales [4] Beaufort, Breconshire, Wales [3] Breconshire, Wales [3] Builth Wells, Breconshire, Wales [3] Clydach, Breconshire [3] Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales [3] Devynock, Breconshire [3] Erwood, Breconshire [3] Bryn Mawr, Breconshire [2] Cathedine, Breconshire [2] Crickhowell, Brecon, Breconshire [2] Gwenddwr, Breconshire [2] Llangynidr, Breconshire [2] Trecastle, Breconshire [2] Bailea, near Senny Bridge, Breconshire, Wales [1] Beaulah, Breconshire [1] Bedwelly Brynmawr, Breconshire [1] Brecknock,Breconshire. [1] Breconshire England [1] Breconshire South Wales New South Wales [1] Brynmawn, Breconshire, South Wales [1] Builth Wells, Brecon, Breconshire [1] Builthwell, Breconshire [1] Cefn, Breconshire [1] Cwmdee, Breconshire [1] Cwmtaff, Breconshire [1] Devynock, Breconshire, Wales [1] Elan Village, Breconshire [1] Ferry Bridge, Breconshire [1] Garth, Breconshire [1] Glasbury, Breconshire [1] Glazebury, Breconshire [1] Groesffordd, Breconshire [1] Hay on Wye, Breconshire [1]

Rank

Private [38] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [7] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [4] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Major [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] AC2 Rigger Aero [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] CSM [1] Cadet [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Deck Hand [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pensioner [1] Petty Officer [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 8 [1] Warrant Master at Arms [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] South Wales Borderers TF [3] South Wales Borderers Territorial Force [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 15th Hussars [1] 1st Division, 2nd Brigade [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 89th Punjabis [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS Lion [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Warrior [1] HMS Warrior - 14 days cells [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [1] Munt Company Royal Engineers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Hospital Chelsea [1] Royal Military College, Sandhurst [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [165] Royal Navy [103] British Army [59] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

J [54] W [54] P [46] D [42] H [33] M [31] B [30] T [23] G [21] E [19] L [19] R [18] S [15] C [14] A [8] N [4] O [4] F [3] Y [3] I [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [320] Merchant Navy [109] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Canada [1] Yemen [1]

William Osborne Aston

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 17833 Lance Corporal Munt Company Royal Engineers

British Army 17833 Transport Warrant Officer Class 8 Munt Company Royal Engineers

British Army 1852269 Serjeant Munt Company Royal Engineers

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Henry Norman Grant

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Cadet Royal Military College, Sandhurst

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Arthur Ivor Davies

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3113 Private Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 355426 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25th Battalion

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Kenneth Cortlandt Macgregor

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Price

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 510474 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd/2nd (London) Field Ambulance

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Thomas Mozart Jones

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 120563 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 262 Siege Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Eynon John Williams

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11625

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James Williams

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296082

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Frederick Pearce

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268617

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Edward Mathias

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116306

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Thomas Walters

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277531

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William George Price

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24105

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George Gittins

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280975

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Alfred Henry Gregg

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409199

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William Lewis

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267930

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David John Walters

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276450

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Albert John Lennard

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5311

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Sydney John Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279978

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Thomas George Thomas

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281156

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William Thomas Hargest

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281441

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