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Bridgend, Glamorgan [112]

Bridgend, Glamorganshire [50]

Bridgend [7]

Bridgend Wales [6]

Near Bridgend, Glamorgan [5]

Bridgend England [4]

Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales [4]

Bridgend, Gloucestershire [2]

Bridgend, South Wales [2]

Newcastle Higher, Bridgend, Glamorgan [2]

Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [2]

Aberkenfig, Bridgend [1]

Aberkenfig, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Blaengarw near Bridgend [1]

Blaengarw, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Bridgend District, Glamorganshire [1]

Bridgend Saint Winnow, Cornwall [1]

Bridgend South Wales New South Wales [1]

Bridgend, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan,Wales [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan. [1]

Bridgend, Islay [1]

Bridgend, Staffordshire [1]

Brynmenyn, Bridgend [1]

Cefn Cribbwr, Bridgend [1]

Coity Higher, Bridgend [1]

Cowbridge, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Higher Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Laleston, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Llanblethian, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Llangan, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Maesteg, Bridgend [1]

Maesteg, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Nantymoel, Bridgend [1]

Nash Manor, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Near Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Newcastle, Bridgend [1]

Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, South Wales [1]

Oldcastle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Pen y Fai, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Pencoed, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

Penllyn,Cowbridge,Bridgend,Glamorgan. [1]

Price Town, Nant-y-moel, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1]

St. Mary's Church, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Tondu, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

West Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Guardsman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Engineer Lieutenant Commander (Temporary Service) [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

CPL [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Wesleyan Chaplain [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [20]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Royal Engineers [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Household Battalion [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Wales Borderers TF [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Ecclesiastical Department [1]

General List [1]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

Glamorganshire Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HMS Bellerophon [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS Nelson [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Sully [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS Temeraire [1]

HMS Titania [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

Intelligence Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [98]

British Army [74]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [27]

R [20]

H [19]

J [19]

G [17]

T [14]

E [13]

L [13]

P [13]

M [12]

W [12]

B [11]

C [11]

F [9]

S [8]

N [7]

V [4]

A [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [219]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

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Place of birth

Bridgend, Glamorgan [112] Bridgend, Glamorganshire [50] Bridgend [7] Bridgend Wales [6] Near Bridgend, Glamorgan [5] Bridgend England [4] Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales [4] Bridgend, Gloucestershire [2] Bridgend, South Wales [2] Newcastle Higher, Bridgend, Glamorgan [2] Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [2] Aberkenfig, Bridgend [1] Aberkenfig, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Blaengarw near Bridgend [1] Blaengarw, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Bridgend District, Glamorganshire [1] Bridgend Saint Winnow, Cornwall [1] Bridgend South Wales New South Wales [1] Bridgend, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan,Wales [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan. [1] Bridgend, Islay [1] Bridgend, Staffordshire [1] Brynmenyn, Bridgend [1] Cefn Cribbwr, Bridgend [1] Coity Higher, Bridgend [1] Cowbridge, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Higher Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Laleston, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Llanblethian, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Llangan, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Maesteg, Bridgend [1] Maesteg, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Nantymoel, Bridgend [1] Nash Manor, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Near Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Newcastle, Bridgend [1] Newcastle, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Ogmore Vale, Bridgend, South Wales [1] Oldcastle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Pen y Fai, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Pencoed, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] Penllyn,Cowbridge,Bridgend,Glamorgan. [1] Price Town, Nant-y-moel, Bridgend, Glamorganshire [1] St. Mary's Church, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Tondu, Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] West Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [41] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [6] Lieutenant [6] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Major [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Guardsman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Engineer Lieutenant Commander (Temporary Service) [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Boy 1st Class [1] CPL [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Driver [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Gunner RMA [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Wesleyan Chaplain [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [20] South Wales Borderers [11] Royal Engineers [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Welsh Guards [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS Vivid [2] Household Battalion [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Wales Borderers TF [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Ecclesiastical Department [1] General List [1] Glamorgan Yeomanry [1] Glamorganshire Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HMS Bellerophon [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS Nelson [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Sully [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS Temeraire [1] HMS Titania [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS Warrior [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] Intelligence Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [98] British Army [74] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [43] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [27] R [20] H [19] J [19] G [17] T [14] E [13] L [13] P [13] M [12] W [12] B [11] C [11] F [9] S [8] N [7] V [4] A [1] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [219] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

John Lewis Lambert

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Major Army Service Corps 4th Army Aux.

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Charles Alan Smith Morris

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Major Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Acting Major Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Peter Jones

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 74011 Private Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 16485 Private Welsh Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Edward Dunster

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army CPL

British Army 1339 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 1339 Private Welsh Regiment

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Osmond Whitlock Nicholl-Carne

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 9487 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Edwin S. Ford

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6713 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Alfred Denley

Born 1896

Died 1947

British Army 41990 Private Welsh Regiment

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Stanley Richard Gronow

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 290054 Lance Serjeant Welsh Regiment 7th Battalion

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Morris Meredith Williams

Born 1881

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Morgan Davidson

Died 1917

British Army 39396 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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Bertie Wallace James

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 44313 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur James Hamens

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army 17946 Warrant Officer Class 2 Welsh Regiment

British Army 17946 Serjeant Welsh Regiment Swansea Pals 14th

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Daniel Oscar Rees

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 9150 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235072 Private Yorkshire Regiment Alexandra

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Sidney Chas P Connolly

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 7383 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 13251 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 24967 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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George Lyddon

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 14548 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion

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David Morse Cule

Born 1893

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2203 Private South Wales Borderers TF Brecknock Battalion

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William Newell

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 9th Battalion

British Army 11620 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th (Service) Battalion

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Arthur John Phillips

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy M6904 Armourer's Crew HMS Sully

Royal Navy M6904 Armourer's Crew HMS Vivid

Royal Navy M6904 Armourer's Crew HMS Indefatigable

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Thomas Llewellyn Rees

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 315631 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Hannah Dunlop Mark

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service

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