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Cardiff, Glamorgan [1445]

Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [31]

Near Cardiff, Glamorgan [9]

Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan [7]

Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan [5]

Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Cardiff Glamorgan [3]

Roath Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Splott, Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Ely, Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

West Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

22 Maud Street, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Barry Dock, Near Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Barry, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Caerphilly Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales [1]

Cardiff,Glamorgan. [1]

Cathays Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

George Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Glamorgan Cardiff [1]

Glamorgan, Cardiff [1]

Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Llandaff West Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Llanisham near Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

North Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Penarth, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Penarth,West Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Rooth Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Saint John's Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Saint Johns Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

St Marys, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

St Mellon, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Whitchurch, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Whitchurch, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [152]

Stoker 1st Class [45]

Able Seaman [27]

Ordinary Seaman [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Guardsman [13]

Boy 1st Class [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Leading Stoker [10]

Serjeant [10]

Captain [9]

Corporal [9]

Stoker 2nd Class [9]

Sapper [8]

Leading Seaman [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Driver [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Petty Officer Stoker [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Carpenter's Crew [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Electrician 4th Class [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy Sailor I [1]

Boy Sailor II [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [64]

Welsh Guards [39]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24]

HMS LION [14]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

HMS Ajax [8]

HMS Monmouth [7]

HMS TIGER [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

HMS BELLEROPHON [6]

HMS Erin [6]

HMS Indefatigable [6]

HMS Vivid [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

HMS THUNDERER [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

HMS BENBOW [4]

HMS Defence [4]

HMS VALIANT [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

HMS DEFENCE [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Impregnable [3]

HMS Vivid II [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Boscawen III [2]

HMS DUBLIN [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS NESSUS [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS Tiger [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1298]

British Army [235]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [142]

B [132]

W [132]

M [121]

C [117]

S [101]

P [97]

D [86]

R [84]

G [80]

J [78]

L [73]

T [64]

F [51]

E [48]

A [36]

K [28]

O [24]

N [20]

V [7]

I [6]

Y [6]

U [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1510]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [145]

Cyprus [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Iraq [1]

Ireland [1]

Singapore [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1445] Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [31] Near Cardiff, Glamorgan [9] Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan [7] Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan [5] Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Cardiff Glamorgan [3] Roath Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Splott, Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Ely, Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] West Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] 22 Maud Street, Roath, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Barry Dock, Near Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Barry, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Caerphilly Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan, South Wales [1] Cardiff,Glamorgan. [1] Cathays Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] George Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Glamorgan Cardiff [1] Glamorgan, Cardiff [1] Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Llandaff West Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Llanisham near Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] North Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Penarth, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Penarth,West Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Rooth Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Saint John's Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Saint Johns Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] St Marys, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] St Mellon, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Whitchurch, Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Whitchurch, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [152] Stoker 1st Class [45] Able Seaman [27] Ordinary Seaman [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Guardsman [13] Boy 1st Class [10] Lance Corporal [10] Leading Stoker [10] Serjeant [10] Captain [9] Corporal [9] Stoker 2nd Class [9] Sapper [8] Leading Seaman [7] Lieutenant [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Deck Hand [6] Driver [6] Gunner [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Petty Officer Stoker [4] Acting Corporal [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Carpenter's Crew [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Electrician 4th Class [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy Sailor I [1] Boy Sailor II [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [64] Welsh Guards [39] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [24] HMS LION [14] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Field Artillery [10] Army Service Corps [9] HMS Ajax [8] HMS Monmouth [7] HMS TIGER [7] Labour Corps [7] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Reserve [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] HMS BELLEROPHON [6] HMS Erin [6] HMS Indefatigable [6] HMS Vivid [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Grenadier Guards [5] HMS THUNDERER [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] HMS BENBOW [4] HMS Defence [4] HMS VALIANT [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] HMS DEFENCE [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Impregnable [3] HMS Vivid II [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Glamorgan Yeomanry [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Boscawen III [2] HMS DUBLIN [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS NESSUS [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS Tiger [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1298] British Army [235] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [142] B [132] W [132] M [121] C [117] S [101] P [97] D [86] R [84] G [80] J [78] L [73] T [64] F [51] E [48] A [36] K [28] O [24] N [20] V [7] I [6] Y [6] U [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1510] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [145] Cyprus [1] Germany [1] India [1] Iraq [1] Ireland [1] Singapore [1] Yemen [1]

Frank Hill Gaskell

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment 16th Battalion (Cardiff City)

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Cuthbert Henry Kerswill

Born 1888

Died 1916

Royal Navy 235202 Boy 2nd Class HMS Boscawen III

Royal Navy 235202 Boy 1st Class HMSs Boscawen III, Sutlej, Vivid I, Nile, Diana

Royal Navy 235202 Ordinary Seaman HMS Diana

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Ivor Francis Card

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army M/285366 Private Royal Army Service Corps 905 Motor Transport Company

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William Roberts

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 2259 Lance Serjeant Welsh Regiment

British Army 2259 Serjeant Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Sidney Thomas

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3982 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 11th Battalion

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Richard Arnold Mitchell

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 536702 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion

British Army 536702 Private London Regiment

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Isabelle Eugenie Marie Barbier, O.b.e., R.r.c.

Born 1885

Died 1982

British Army Acting Sister Civil Hospital Reserve No.2 General Hospital [Le Havre, France]

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William Fotheringham

Born 1893

Died 1914

Royal Navy K12824 Stoker 2nd Class

Royal Navy K12824 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K12824 Stoker 1st Class HMS Monmouth

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Edwin Benjamin P Theaker

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 14653 Private Welsh Regiment 11th Battalion

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Edward George Harry Stephens

Born 1893

Died 1955

British Army 450498 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 550 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

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Walter Thomas Hooper

Born 1878

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 12th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division 78th Battalion (Winnipeg Grenadiers),

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Rees Edwards

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 28599 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Hambling Foley

Died 1916

British Army 34994 Private Welsh Regiment 15th Battalion

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Edwin Hale

Died 1917

British Army 44438 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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John William Lonn

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J24423

Royal Navy J24423 Boy Sailor II Impregnable

Royal Navy J24423 Boy Sailor I HMS Gibraltar, Vivid, Sutlej

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George Percival Harrison

Born 1877

Died 1915

Royal Navy 286357

Royal Navy 286357 Stoker 1st Class HMS Actaeon (H.M.T.B.12)

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William Ernest Cann

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy 498 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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Victor Henry Folley

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army 15237 Serjeant Welsh Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Frank Shearme Harries

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 4th (Public Schools) Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army Acting Captain Welsh Regiment 4/5th Battalion

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Ernest Lewis Reeves

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1279 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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