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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]

Lemuel Rowland Jones

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304290

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Trevor Hale

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165658

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Charles Ernest Jones

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165638

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Abraham Tibbs

Born 1889

Died 1926

British Army M2/155291 Private Army Service Corps

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Arthur Henry Thomas

Died 1914

British Army 8306 Private Hussars

British Army 19th Hussars

British Army 8306 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.

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William David Tanner

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 202151 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 260498 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion

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Thomas Benjamin Havard

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2586 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Llewellyn Rousell

Born 1888

British Army 9393 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9393 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Griffiths

Born 1882

British Army 7183 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7183 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Leonard Edwards

Born 1891

British Army 10408 Acting Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 3/10408 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Albert Carpenter

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304374

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Wilfred Roberts

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212315

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Percy Kemp Ruttley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army Captain Welsh Regiment

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Gordon Dare

Born 1893

British Army 2436 Private 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment

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Ernest Ralph Morgan Robathan

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy M11897

Royal Navy HMS Indefatigable

Royal Navy M11897 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Indefatigable

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Arthur William Croom

Born 1898

Died 1930

British Army 316240 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 565304 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas Jones

Born 1883

British Army 7217 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7217 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 7217 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Thomas John Robotham

Born 1868

Died 1936

British Army 7552 Private

British Army 11 Corporal Monmouthshire Regiment - Territorial Force 2nd Battalion

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Clifford Rowlands

Born 1876

Died 1926

British Army 464027 Private Agricultural Company

British Army 13105 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5958 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Arthur Cyril Richard Davies

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2728 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 5th northst Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 5th northst Battalion

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