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Pontypool, Monmouthshire [210]

Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales [21]

Pontypool [11]

Pontypool Wales [8]

Abersychan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [5]

Trevethin, Pontypool [5]

Pontypool, Glamorgan [4]

Pontypool England [3]

Pontypool, Wales [3]

Cwmbran, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Ivy Cottage, Trevethin, Pontypool [2]

Near Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Panteg, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

Pontypool, Mon [2]

Pontypool, Monmouth [2]

Pontypool, South Wales [2]

West Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2]

8 Great Western Terrace, Pontymoile, Pontypool [1]

Aberbeeg, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Cwmavon, Blaenavon, Pontypool [1]

Cwmffrwdoer, Pontypool district, Monmouthshire [1]

Gandiffaith, Pontypool [1]

Garndiffaith, Pontypool district, Monmouthshire [1]

Gotyre,Pontypool,Monmouth. [1]

Griffithstown, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Griffithtown, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Little Mill Mamhilad Par Pontypool Monmouthshire Wales [1]

Llanbadoc, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Llanfrechfa, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Llanhilleth, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Pontnewydd, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Pontrhydrun,Pontypool, Wales [1]

Pontymoile, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Pontypool - Pontymoile, Panteg [1]

Pontypool Newport England [1]

Pontypool district, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Pontypool, England [1]

Pontypool,Monmouthshire. [1]

Talywain, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Trevethin, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1]

Waun Wen, Pontypool [1]

West Pontypool, Glamorgan [1]

pontypool [1]

Rank

Private [75]

Lance Corporal [10]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Driver [2]

Guardsman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Assistant Waitress [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [48]

Monmouthshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [5]

Royal Engineers [4]

South Wales Borderers Depot [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS THUNDERER [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

RAMC [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Agricultural Company [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australlian Tunnelling Corps [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HM Submarine E4 [1]

HMS Benbow [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Gloucester [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS King Alfred [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Theseus [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment - Territorial Force [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [139]

British Army [102]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [37]

W [34]

C [23]

P [21]

R [21]

H [20]

M [20]

T [20]

B [19]

D [18]

G [17]

S [15]

L [13]

E [12]

F [7]

K [5]

A [3]

N [3]

Y [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [284]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

France [4]

Australia [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Pontypool, Monmouthshire [210] Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales [21] Pontypool [11] Pontypool Wales [8] Abersychan, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [5] Trevethin, Pontypool [5] Pontypool, Glamorgan [4] Pontypool England [3] Pontypool, Wales [3] Cwmbran, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Ivy Cottage, Trevethin, Pontypool [2] Near Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Panteg, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] Pontypool, Mon [2] Pontypool, Monmouth [2] Pontypool, South Wales [2] West Pontypool, Monmouthshire [2] 8 Great Western Terrace, Pontymoile, Pontypool [1] Aberbeeg, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Cwmavon, Blaenavon, Pontypool [1] Cwmffrwdoer, Pontypool district, Monmouthshire [1] Gandiffaith, Pontypool [1] Garndiffaith, Pontypool district, Monmouthshire [1] Gotyre,Pontypool,Monmouth. [1] Griffithstown, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Griffithtown, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Little Mill Mamhilad Par Pontypool Monmouthshire Wales [1] Llanbadoc, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Llanfrechfa, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Llanhilleth, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Pontnewydd, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Pontrhydrun,Pontypool, Wales [1] Pontymoile, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Pontypool - Pontymoile, Panteg [1] Pontypool Newport England [1] Pontypool district, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Pontypool, England [1] Pontypool,Monmouthshire. [1] Talywain, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Trevethin, Pontypool, Monmouthshire [1] Waun Wen, Pontypool [1] West Pontypool, Glamorgan [1] pontypool [1]

Rank

Private [75] Lance Corporal [10] Stoker 1st Class [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Driver [2] Guardsman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Assistant Waitress [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Stoker [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Sister [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [48] Monmouthshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [5] Royal Engineers [4] South Wales Borderers Depot [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS THUNDERER [2] Labour Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] RAMC [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Agricultural Company [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australlian Tunnelling Corps [1] French Red Cross [1] General List [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HM Submarine E4 [1] HMS Benbow [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Gloucester [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS King Alfred [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Theseus [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Hussars [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Monmouthshire Regiment - Territorial Force [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Service

Royal Navy [139] British Army [102] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

J [37] W [34] C [23] P [21] R [21] H [20] M [20] T [20] B [19] D [18] G [17] S [15] L [13] E [12] F [7] K [5] A [3] N [3] Y [2] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [284] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [41] France [4] Australia [1] Turkey [1]

Arthur Roberts

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 10709 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Alphonso Morgan

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 8560 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8650 Private South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion

British Army 8560 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Jones

Died 1915

British Army 8257 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Dowding

Died 1916

British Army 11392 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Herbert

Died 1914

British Army 16264 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

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William John Leyshon

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 1573 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

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William James Jeremiah

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 11099 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 11099 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Stanley Davies

Died 1914

British Army 11113 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Alexander Jayne

Died 1914

British Army 7247 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Stone

Died 1914

British Army 7933 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Glyndwr David Evans

Born 1884

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Australlian Tunnelling Corps

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John Henry Collins

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284089

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George Hopkins Stanley

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 4805 Quarter Master Serjeant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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William H Gough

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185173

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John Gage

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229804

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Lucy Jane Saint

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5558 Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army 5558 Assistant Waitress Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Harry Hill

Born 1899

British Army 4733 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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William Church

Born 1888

British Army 9265 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9265 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Jeremiah Hoffman

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 10235 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Walter Saunders Thomas

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army 1300 Quartermaster Serjeant Scots Guards

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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