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Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [69]

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales [7]

Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [2]

Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [2]

Ebbw Vale Monmouthshire Wales [1]

Ebbw Vale, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Near Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Corporal [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Gunner [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [17]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [5]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

HMS LION [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

ALIAS [1]

H.M.S. "Benbow." [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Labour Corps Agricultural Company [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

South Wales Borderers Depot [1]

Welsh Horse [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [30]

British Army [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [16]

M [9]

C [8]

H [6]

L [6]

W [6]

B [4]

D [4]

O [4]

P [4]

R [3]

S [3]

T [3]

E [2]

A [1]

F [1]

K [1]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Belgium [1]

China [1]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [83] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [69] Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, Wales [7] Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [2] Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [2] Ebbw Vale Monmouthshire Wales [1] Ebbw Vale, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Near Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [21] Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Corporal [3] Able Seaman [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Gunner [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [17] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [5] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] HMS LION [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] ALIAS [1] H.M.S. "Benbow." [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Labour Corps Agricultural Company [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] South Wales Borderers Depot [1] Welsh Horse [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [30] British Army [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [16] M [9] C [8] H [6] L [6] W [6] B [4] D [4] O [4] P [4] R [3] S [3] T [3] E [2] A [1] F [1] K [1] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Belgium [1] China [1] France [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1]

James Oats

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265678

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William John Mellish

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285296

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Thomas J Davies

Born 1873

British Army 3481 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 201233 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 3481 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Henry Crowcombe

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army P11224 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 1652 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1/4th

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Richard Jones

Australian Imperial Force 1868

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David John Jones

Born 1892

Royal Navy SS113737

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William Thomas Cox

Born 1896

Royal Navy J58066

Royal Navy DA 13143 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Ivor Hawkins

Born 1898

Royal Navy J66496

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William Honeyfield

Born 1897

Royal Navy J74439

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Frederick Jasper Case

Born 1899

Royal Navy J84163

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Frederick George Hockey

Born 1892

Royal Navy K8906

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Henry Bowen Blandford

Born 1893

Royal Navy M11292

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John Charles Marchant

Born 1893

Royal Navy M14445

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Silas Davies

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS8139

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Thomas John Jones

Born 1901

Royal Navy SS10489

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Alfred Oliver

Born 1886

Royal Navy SS101274

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John Joseph Brickley

Born 1876

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Jonathan Price

Born 1895

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Archibald Powell

Born 1887

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Douglas Alexander Henry Jordan

Born 1887

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