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Pontypridd, Glamorgan [208]

Ystrad, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [4]

Near Pontypridd, Glamorgan [3]

Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2]

West Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2]

Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Pentre,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Pontypridd, South Glamorgan [1]

Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1]

Ton y Pandy,Llwynypia,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1]

Trealaw, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [56]

Lance Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Corporal [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Gunner [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Signalman [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Pioneer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [21]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA [1]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Military Foot Police [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Pay Corps [1]

Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1]

Royal Engineers Transport Depot Aldershot [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1]

Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Division/RNVR Wales - HMS LION [1]

Service

Royal Navy [153]

British Army [75]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [33]

J [24]

D [20]

P [16]

B [15]

G [15]

H [15]

L [13]

M [13]

T [13]

E [11]

R [10]

C [7]

F [6]

S [5]

A [4]

K [4]

O [3]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [215]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

Canada [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Pakistan [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [229] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [208] Ystrad, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [4] Near Pontypridd, Glamorgan [3] Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2] West Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2] Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Pentre,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Pontypridd, South Glamorgan [1] Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1] Ton y Pandy,Llwynypia,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1] Trealaw, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Rank

Private [56] Lance Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [5] Corporal [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Gunner [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Signalman [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Driver [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Stoker [1] Pioneer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [21] Welsh Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Welsh Guards [3] Army Service Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA [1] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Military Foot Police [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derby Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Pay Corps [1] Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) [1] Royal Engineers Transport Depot Aldershot [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Marine Artillery - HMS VALIANT [1] Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Division/RNVR Wales - HMS LION [1]

Service

Royal Navy [153] British Army [75] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [33] J [24] D [20] P [16] B [15] G [15] H [15] L [13] M [13] T [13] E [11] R [10] C [7] F [6] S [5] A [4] K [4] O [3] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [215]

Country

United Kingdom [35] Canada [1] China [1] France [1] Pakistan [1] Turkey [1]

David John Lewis

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 204212 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Elfed Owain Williams

Born 1924

British Army 2044 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 39435 Acting Serjeant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 1830460 Sergeant 578 Sqn RAF

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Elias Jones

Born 1897

Royal Navy J38487

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William Alfred Willis

Born 1902

Royal Navy J92344

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William Henry Bevan

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS114178

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Charles Henry Prothero

Born 1893

Royal Navy K12423

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John Daniel Davies

Born 1897

Royal Navy M30184

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Ewart Sydney Breeze

Born 1895

Royal Navy SS117175

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William James True

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4259 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 201290 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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