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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]

David Taffinder

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 23117 Lance Serjeant Welsh Regiment

British Army 23117 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 23117 Serjeant Welsh Regiment

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Howard Lock Harries

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Trooper Glamorgan Yeomanry "D" Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Robert George Bisatt

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51072 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Karl Ferdinand Franck William Arnold

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

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Windsor James Burgess

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 31552 Private Welsh Regiment 19th Battalion

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John Casey

Died 1915

British Army 11785 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Herbert Granville Bebell

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 38014 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 5th Battalion

British Army 38014 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 5th Battalion

British Army 38014 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John William Haydn Johnson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army S/4/157307 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 28974 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Joseph Akerman

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 12265 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Albert Victor Warren

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 42526 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Stanley Earl Richards

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 4680 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Monmouthshire Regiment 1st Battalion (Territorial)

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Morgan Hughes Buckley Morgan

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Captain South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Major South Lancashire Regiment

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George Ivor Meyrick

Born 1896

Died 1976

British Army 13984 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army WR277156 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 309826 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Edwin Osborne

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 6286 Private London Regiment

British Army 7658 Private London Regiment

British Army 633845 Private London Regiment 20th Battalion

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Albert James Grainger

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 9267 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 9267 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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John Percival Parry

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 77172 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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James Flynn

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army 65109 Private Welsh Regiment

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Arthur Davies

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1408 Private Welsh Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles Edward Hale

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 50344 Private Welsh Regiment 20th Battalion

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Daniel John Bateman

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 362904 Private Labour Corps

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