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Swansea, Glamorgan [1048]

Near Swansea, Glamorgan [12]

Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan [8]

Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales [8]

Swansea Glamorgan [5]

Cockett, Swansea, Glamorgan [4]

West Swansea, Glamorgan [3]

Plasmarl, Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Saint Mary's Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales [2]

Ystalyfera, Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Clydach near Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Cwmburla Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Cwmbursla Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Dunvant near Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Hafod, Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Killay Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Killay near Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Kilvey, Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Llangafelach,Swansea,Glamorgan. [1]

Manselton Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Oystermouth Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Plasmarl Landore Swansea Glamorgan Wales [1]

Pontardulais near Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Saint Helens Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Saint Matthews Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Scurledge Castle Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Skewen, Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

St Gabriels, Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

St Mary's, Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

St. Joseph, Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan, WALES [1]

Waunarlwydd near Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Wormston,West Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Ystaly Fera in Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [108]

Stoker 1st Class [21]

Able Seaman [13]

Serjeant [13]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Corporal [9]

Guardsman [8]

Lieutenant [8]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Captain [6]

Driver [5]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [5]

Stoker [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal (acting Serjeant) [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Ldg. Trimmer [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Trimmer [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Marine [1]

Nurse [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [48]

South Wales Borderers [26]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Royal Engineers [14]

Welsh Guards [14]

Labour Corps [9]

HMS TIGER [8]

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Devonshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

HMS Active [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

Dolphin [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Falkland Islands Volunteer Force [1]

French Red Cross [1]

General List [1]

Service

Royal Navy [954]

British Army [164]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [91]

M [91]

W [88]

D [87]

B [79]

R [76]

H [71]

L [70]

T [70]

E [67]

G [66]

S [63]

P [52]

C [50]

F [30]

A [29]

N [13]

K [10]

O [8]

I [3]

Q [3]

Y [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1096]

Country

United Kingdom [96]

France [3]

India [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Swansea, Glamorgan [1048] Near Swansea, Glamorgan [12] Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan [8] Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales [8] Swansea Glamorgan [5] Cockett, Swansea, Glamorgan [4] West Swansea, Glamorgan [3] Plasmarl, Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Saint Mary's Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales [2] Ystalyfera, Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Clydach near Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Cwmburla Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Cwmbursla Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Dunvant near Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Hafod, Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Killay Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Killay near Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Kilvey, Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Llangafelach,Swansea,Glamorgan. [1] Manselton Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Oystermouth Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Plasmarl Landore Swansea Glamorgan Wales [1] Pontardulais near Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Saint Helens Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Saint Matthews Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Scurledge Castle Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Skewen, Swansea, Glamorgan [1] St Gabriels, Swansea, Glamorgan [1] St Mary's, Swansea, Glamorgan [1] St. Joseph, Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Swansea, Glamorgan, WALES [1] Waunarlwydd near Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Wormston,West Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Ystaly Fera in Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Rank

Private [108] Stoker 1st Class [21] Able Seaman [13] Serjeant [13] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Ordinary Seaman [10] Corporal [9] Guardsman [8] Lieutenant [8] Boy 1st Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [6] Captain [6] Driver [5] Gunner [5] Sapper [5] Stoker [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Deck Hand [4] Pioneer [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal (acting Serjeant) [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Ldg. Trimmer [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Trimmer [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Marine [1] Nurse [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [48] South Wales Borderers [26] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Royal Engineers [14] Welsh Guards [14] Labour Corps [9] HMS TIGER [8] Royal Naval Reserve [8] Devonshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [6] Army Service Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS THUNDERER [4] HMS Vivid I [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Glamorgan Yeomanry [3] HMS Ajax [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] HMS Active [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] Dolphin [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Falkland Islands Volunteer Force [1] French Red Cross [1] General List [1]

Service

Royal Navy [954] British Army [164] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

J [91] M [91] W [88] D [87] B [79] R [76] H [71] L [70] T [70] E [67] G [66] S [63] P [52] C [50] F [30] A [29] N [13] K [10] O [8] I [3] Q [3] Y [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1096]

Country

United Kingdom [96] France [3] India [1] Yemen [1]

Adolphus Henry Date

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army 170468 Private Labour Corps ex Welsh Regiment

British Army Private Welsh Regiment 18th Battalion

British Army Private Welsh Regiment 22 Battalion

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John Fisher

Born 1882

British Army 7764 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 7764 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion in South Africa

British Army 7764 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Sidney Freedman

Born 1882

British Army 42476 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Garrison Battalion

British Army 66273 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 194420 Private Labour Corps

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Edgar Jewell

Born 1894

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22349

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Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

Indian Army Lieutenant 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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Sidney Ackland

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 75295 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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William John Morgan

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 17523 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion (Swansea Pals)

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John Francis Bridger

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army S/383044 Private Army Service Corps

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John Benjamin Tustin

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 228236 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 285301 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Thomas Price

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army S1838 Acting Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army S/1838 Lance Serjeant Rifle Brigade 11th Battalion (The Prince Consort's Own)

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David Oliver Footman

Born 1899

Died 1984

Royal Navy J89097 Dolphin

Royal Navy J89097 Vivid I

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William Clarence Bottcher

Born 1895

Died 1958

British Army 280 Guardsman Welsh Guards

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Abraham Thomas

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 8036 Stoker Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 8036S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable

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John Louis Hyacinthe Jacquet

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army 297421 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Charles Roberts Davies

Born 1873

British Army 14615 Acting Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 14615 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Holmes

Born 1875

Died 1915

Royal Navy CH/10637 Private HMS Clan McNaughton

Royal Navy CH/10637 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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John Charles Kinglake

Born 1894

British Army 015097 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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David Arthur Mort

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 29562 Pioneer Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 155373 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Thomas Arthur Pillifant

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 17964 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion (Swansea Pals)

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Benjamin Francis

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 2685 Private Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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