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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]

George Ernest Williamson

Born 1883

Died 1948

British Army 17032 Serjeant Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion Swansea Pals

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Thomas John Davies

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 235366 Acting Colour Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 235366 Private

British Army 501 Private Welsh Regiment 7th Battalion

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Francis Courtney

Born 1873

Died 1920

British Army 3586 Regimental Sergeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 3586 Company Sergeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Chinese Labour Corps

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Henry Thomas Roe

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 725717 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Daniel Thomas

Born 1877

British Army Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 14209 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 14209 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Frederick Joseph Gordon

Born 1892

Died 1933

Royal Navy J6928

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Edward Aubrey Jenkins

Born 1894

Died 1975

Royal Navy Z/284 Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

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William Bromfield

Born 1874

Died 1914

British Army Sergeant Welsh Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Edwin James Beck

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11657 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 11657 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Thomas

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 56343 Sapper Royal Engineers 13th Signal Coy

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Leslie Oswald Korth

Born 1887

Died 1980

British Army 70491 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 206794 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 1903 Corporal Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Thomas Welch Welsh

Born 1878

British Army 517831 Private Labour Corps

British Army 6164 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Trevor Mabbett

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10470 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 10470 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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David Daniel Griffiths

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3/8194 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Henry Dyson

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 9331 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Sydney Gordon

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 18016 Private Welsh Regiment

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Robert Read

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 355546 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 78 Private Welsh Horse

British Army 355546 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Henry Hagley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 1616 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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William Charles Jerram

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17518 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion (Swansea Pals)

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Edward James Marsden

Born 1889

British Army 246621 Private Labour Corps

British Army 9788 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9788 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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