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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]

Clifford Thomas Quance

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 15623 Serjeant Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 6th Battalion

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John Henry Robins

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy 223659 Able Seaman HMS Tiger

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William George Pitt

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy 17825 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/17825 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy PLY/17825 Private R.M.L.I. HMS Berwick

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Marcus Sinclair Gunn

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Special Reserve/Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Leslie John Pedlar

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 16086 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy 16086 Private HMS Plymouth

Royal Navy 16086 Private HMS Magnificent

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Reginald Vaughan Cleves

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/374 Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

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George Cuthbert Kenefick

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 74696 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Joseph Patten

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 29005 Driver Royal Field Artillery 85th Small Arms Ammunition Col

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Charles Vickery

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 6040 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Richard Henebery

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army 177 Guardsman Welsh Guards 4th Battalion

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Arthur Douglas Best

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army DM2/166045 Private Army Service Corps

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Charles William Clarke Evans

Died 1916

British Army 24107 Private Welsh Regiment 16th Battalion

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George Frederick Faulkner

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 3390 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3390 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Thomas Bowen

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202240 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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James Minifie

Born 1889

Died 1922

Royal Navy SS107548

Royal Navy SS107548

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Ralph Henry Ridge

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy M2020 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMS Queen Mary

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William Shermer Llewellyn

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 10752 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Walter Augustine Kenefick

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army S/30792 Rifleman Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

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James Morgan

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2032 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Alan Vyvyan Insole

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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