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Pontypridd, Glamorgan [208]

Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [68]

Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales [40]

Pontypridd [30]

Pontypridd Wales [14]

Pontypridd, Wales [4]

Ystrad, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [4]

Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [3]

Near Pontypridd, Glamorgan [3]

Pontypridd, South Wales [3]

Ynysybwl, Pontypridd [3]

Abercynon, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [2]

Near Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [2]

Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2]

Pontypridd, Glam [2]

West Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2]

Ystradyfodwg, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [2]

Eglwysilan, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Ferndale, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Glyntaff, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Llantrisant, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Llantwit Fardref, Pontypridd [1]

Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Maesycoed, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Pentre,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1]

Pontypridd England [1]

Pontypridd Glamorganshire [1]

Pontypridd New South Wales [1]

Pontypridd, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Pontypridd, Cornwall [1]

Pontypridd, Gamorganshire, Wales [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Pontypridd, Monmouth [1]

Pontypridd, Monmouthshire [1]

Pontypridd, Penygraig, Glamorganshire [1]

Pontypridd, South Glamorgan [1]

Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1]

Ton Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

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

Tonypandy, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Tonyrefail, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Trealaw, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Trealaw, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Treforest, Pontypridd [1]

Treforest, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Trehebert, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Rank

Private [89]

Corporal [11]

Gunner [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Serjeant [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Sapper [4]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Driver [2]

Signalman [2]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Matron [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private/Acting Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [28]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA [1]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

339th US Infantry Regiment [1]

58 Machine Gun Company [1]

American Expeditionary Force - V Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment Depot [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Natal." [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS DEFENCE [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [176]

British Army [134]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [55]

J [54]

D [40]

M [31]

G [30]

H [30]

L [25]

P [25]

B [22]

T [21]

E [19]

C [18]

R [17]

S [14]

F [9]

A [7]

K [6]

O [3]

N [2]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [373]

Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

China [2]

France [2]

Turkey [2]

Canada [1]

Pakistan [1]

United States [1]

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People [431] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [208] Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [68] Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales [40] Pontypridd [30] Pontypridd Wales [14] Pontypridd, Wales [4] Ystrad, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [4] Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [3] Near Pontypridd, Glamorgan [3] Pontypridd, South Wales [3] Ynysybwl, Pontypridd [3] Abercynon, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [2] Near Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [2] Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2] Pontypridd, Glam [2] West Pontypridd, Glamorgan [2] Ystradyfodwg, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [2] Eglwysilan, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Ferndale, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Glyntaff, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Llantrisant, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Llantwit Fardref, Pontypridd [1] Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Llanwonno, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Maesycoed, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Pentre,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1] Pontypridd England [1] Pontypridd Glamorganshire [1] Pontypridd New South Wales [1] Pontypridd, Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Pontypridd, Cornwall [1] Pontypridd, Gamorganshire, Wales [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Pontypridd, Monmouth [1] Pontypridd, Monmouthshire [1] Pontypridd, Penygraig, Glamorganshire [1] Pontypridd, South Glamorgan [1] Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1] Ton Pentre, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Ton y Pandy,Llwynypia,Pontypridd,Glamorgan. [1] Tonypandy, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Tonyrefail, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Trealaw, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Trealaw, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Treforest, Pontypridd [1] Treforest, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1] Trehebert, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire [1]

Rank

Private [89] Corporal [11] Gunner [10] Lance Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Able Seaman [7] Serjeant [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Lieutenant [4] Sapper [4] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Driver [2] Signalman [2] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Matron [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Private/Acting Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

South Wales Borderers [28] Welsh Regiment [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Engineers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [5] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Welsh Guards [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA [1] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 339th US Infantry Regiment [1] 58 Machine Gun Company [1] American Expeditionary Force - V Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Australian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment Depot [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Natal." [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS DEFENCE [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS LION [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS VALIANT [1] Hampshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [176] British Army [134] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [68] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [55] J [54] D [40] M [31] G [30] H [30] L [25] P [25] B [22] T [21] E [19] C [18] R [17] S [14] F [9] A [7] K [6] O [3] N [2] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [373] Merchant Navy [38]

Country

United Kingdom [59] China [2] France [2] Turkey [2] Canada [1] Pakistan [1] United States [1]

Thomas John Clarke

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3624

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William Thomas West

Born 1887

British Army 14671 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 5061 Sapper Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)

British Army 14671 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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David Augustus Davies

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175874

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Arthur Shephard Window

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316374

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Ivor Davies Edwards

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298910

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Jestyn Joseph

Born 1891

British Army 6092 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 15745 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 267136 Private Welsh Regiment

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Samuel Barlow Davies

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 197 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers Depot Bn.

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James Evans

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 67569 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 67569 Driver Royal Engineers Transport Depot Aldershot

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Frederick James Harrigan

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 658820 Private Labour Corps

British Army 19036 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Byrnes Davies

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 70005 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Oliver J Loosemore

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 35457 Private Welsh Regiment

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Evan Evans

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 38345 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

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Percy Gimblette

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 57710 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 79077 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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David Arthur Mills

Died 1916

British Army 157949 Sapper Royal Engineers 180 Tunnelling Company

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Vivian Frank Seaton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38747 Private South Wales Borderers 6th Battalion

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Thomas John Pritchard

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 25973 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 25973 Private Welsh Regiment 18th Rn

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John Morgan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25825

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Evan Idris Howell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Mabel Mary Tunley, Rrc And Bar

Born 1870

Died 1932

British Army Matron Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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David Daniel Williams

Born 1893

British Army 3/10594 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10594 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10594 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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