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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]

Windsor Hopkins

Born 1894

British Army 3/10904 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10904 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10904 South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Idris Lloyd

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9205

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Arthur Gordon Samuel

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy M8648

Royal Navy M/8648(Dev) Engine Room Artificer 4th Class H.M.S. "Benbow."

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Edward Walter Lloyd

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241314

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Frederick Llewellyn Coombes

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260203

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Reginald Caswell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268284

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David John Owens

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 290037 Serjeant Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 204801 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry

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Albert Alfred Jones

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317383

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Ernest Blanchard

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136531

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Richard Jones

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 181522

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Joe Mills

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199726

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Meredith Probert

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 13622 Private ALIAS

British Army 13622 Private South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

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Curwen Williams

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107931

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Frederick Morris

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176261

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Ivor Leonard Jones

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179056

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Walter Lewis

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191083

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Henry Leslie O'connor

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199868

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George Jones

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS113749

Royal Navy S.S.113749. (DEV) Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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Percy Edgar Carter

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207421

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Arthur Harold Lewis

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224372

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