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Neath, Glamorgan [207]

Neath, Glamorganshire [82]

Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales [28]

Neath [21]

Neath Wales [14]

Neath England [4]

Briton Ferry, Neath, Glamorganshire [3]

Near Neath, Glamorgan [3]

Neath New South Wales [3]

Neath, Gloucestershire [3]

Skewen, Neath, Glamorganshire [3]

Aberavon, Neath, Glamorgan [2]

Glyn Neath, Glam [2]

Neath Abbey, Glamorgan [2]

Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire [2]

Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Neath South Wales New South Wales [2]

Neath, Glamorgan, Wales [2]

Neath, Wales [2]

Skewen, Neath [2]

Abergwynfi, Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Baytown, Neath [1]

Blaenhonddan, Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Briton Ferry near Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Britton Ferry Neath [1]

Bryna, Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Brynoch, Neath [1]

Cadoxton Lodge, Vale of Neath [1]

Cadoxton, Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Coedfranc, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

County Neath [1]

Cradley Neath, Staffordshire [1]

Crynant, Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Drogheda, Neath [1]

Gln neath, Glamorgan [1]

Glyn Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Llantwit Lower, Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Llantwit, Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Margam, Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Melymerythan Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Melyncourt near Neath [1]

Melyncourt, Vale of Neath [1]

Neath Abbey, Neath, Glamorganshire [1]

Neath Abbey, Wales [1]

Neath Glamorganshire [1]

Neath West Glamorgan Wales [1]

Neath, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Neath, Carmarthenshire [1]

Rank

Private [70]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Captain [2]

Driver [2]

Petty Officer [2]

2nd. Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Major [1]

Petty Officer 2nd Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Pilot 3rd Class [1]

Private (Acting Corporal) [1]

Reverend [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [25]

South Wales Borderers [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal Engineers [5]

Welsh Guards [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Devonshire [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Euryalus [1]

HMS Ganges II [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Pelican [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI) [1]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1]

Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Service

Royal Navy [206]

British Army [91]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [50]

J [50]

R [36]

B [34]

H [33]

T [29]

W [28]

C [25]

M [24]

P [23]

E [21]

G [17]

S [16]

L [15]

F [10]

A [6]

N [5]

O [5]

K [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [383]

Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

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Place of birth

Neath, Glamorgan [207] Neath, Glamorganshire [82] Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales [28] Neath [21] Neath Wales [14] Neath England [4] Briton Ferry, Neath, Glamorganshire [3] Near Neath, Glamorgan [3] Neath New South Wales [3] Neath, Gloucestershire [3] Skewen, Neath, Glamorganshire [3] Aberavon, Neath, Glamorgan [2] Glyn Neath, Glam [2] Neath Abbey, Glamorgan [2] Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire [2] Neath Abbey, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Neath South Wales New South Wales [2] Neath, Glamorgan, Wales [2] Neath, Wales [2] Skewen, Neath [2] Abergwynfi, Neath, Glamorgan [1] Baytown, Neath [1] Blaenhonddan, Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Briton Ferry near Neath, Glamorgan [1] Britton Ferry Neath [1] Bryna, Neath, Glamorgan [1] Brynoch, Neath [1] Cadoxton Lodge, Vale of Neath [1] Cadoxton, Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Coedfranc, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales [1] County Neath [1] Cradley Neath, Staffordshire [1] Crynant, Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Drogheda, Neath [1] Gln neath, Glamorgan [1] Glyn Neath, Glamorgan [1] Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Glyn Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Llantwit Lower, Neath, Glamorgan [1] Llantwit, Neath, Glamorgan [1] Margam, Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Melymerythan Neath, Glamorgan [1] Melyncourt near Neath [1] Melyncourt, Vale of Neath [1] Neath Abbey, Neath, Glamorganshire [1] Neath Abbey, Wales [1] Neath Glamorganshire [1] Neath West Glamorgan Wales [1] Neath, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Neath, Carmarthenshire [1]

Rank

Private [70] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [5] Corporal [5] Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Captain [2] Driver [2] Petty Officer [2] 2nd. Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (Captain) [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Flight Cadet [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Major [1] Petty Officer 2nd Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Pilot 3rd Class [1] Private (Acting Corporal) [1] Reverend [1] Sister [1] Stoker [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [25] South Wales Borderers [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal Engineers [5] Welsh Guards [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Glamorgan Yeomanry [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Devonshire [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Euryalus [1] HMS Ganges II [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Pelican [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Vivid II [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lighthouse and Pilotage Authorities [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1] London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Maintenance Unit, R.N. Depot (Reserves), Crystal Palace (HMS Victory VI) [1] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [1] Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Service

Royal Navy [206] British Army [91] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] Australian Imperial Force [25] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [50] J [50] R [36] B [34] H [33] T [29] W [28] C [25] M [24] P [23] E [21] G [17] S [16] L [15] F [10] A [6] N [5] O [5] K [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [383] Merchant Navy [29]

Country

United Kingdom [47]

Sidney Clement Pugsley

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 23052 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 151242 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 23052 Private Royal Welch Fusiliers 16th North Wales Battalion

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William Thomas Churchill

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Royal Welsh 16th Battalion

British Army 23053 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

British Army 23053 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 16th Battalion

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Albert Green

Born 1863

Died 1920

British Army 20848 Private Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion

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Richard Price

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 20868 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 14th Battalion

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Samuel Ernest Jones

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 17590 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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John Eleazar Garnant Davies

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6961 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

British Army 6961 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion

British Army 6961 Lance Corporal Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion

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Thomas Charles Jenner

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 6083 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6083 Private (Acting Corporal) South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6083 Corporal South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

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Hector Fussell Billinger

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Robert David Rees

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 20943 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Anthony Crates Ware

Born 1890

British Army 15946 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Batt

British Army 15946 Private Welsh Regiment 12th Batt

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George Ryding Sankey Gardner

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Antonio Dennis

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 56646 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 56646 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 2021 Private Welsh Regiment 7th Cyclists Battalion

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David John Cossey

Born 1879

Died 1943

British Army 104747 Corporal Grenadier Guards

British Army 104747 Corporal Grenadier Guards

British Army Welsh Regiment

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Frederick Hugh Nicholas

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 13460 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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Sydney James Williams

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1645 Private Welsh Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Leslie Rosser

Born 1883

Died 1955

British Army 13493 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Arthur Morgan Davies

Born 1887

Died 1965

British Army 39217 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 519011 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Edgar Jones

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 26411 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 26411 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3 Battalion

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Harry Langton Foster

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3126 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 2nd. Lieutenant Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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Myles Lonsdall Formby

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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