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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]

Clifford Graham Adams

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 49271 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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David John Dawson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 5287 Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320494 Private Welsh Regiment 24th Battalion

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William George Williams

Died 1918

British Army 17690 Private Welsh Regiment 18th Battalion

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Thomas Robey

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 6435 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 54552 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

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Joseph Gronow Griffiths

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 19974 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 14732 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Stanley Fender

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 13385 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 107 Guardsman Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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John Torrington Morris

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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William Ernest Bartlett

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army T2/10131 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 246662 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Timothy Sheehan

Born 1882

British Army 6868 Serjeant South Wales Borderers

British Army 6868 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 6868 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas John Davies

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 14643 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14643 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 14643 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Joseph Hughes

Born 1889

British Army 9558 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 9558 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Arthur Gamage

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 2053 Private Welsh Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 54106 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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Richard Mainwaring

Born 1894

British Army 3/11600 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11600 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Joel Jacobs

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Welsh Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Bullin

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army T4/212562 Driver Army Service Corps

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William Andrew Griffiths

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army T3/028169 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 48264 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Patrick Keating

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 45180 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Morse

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy 7701S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable

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David Edmond Evans

Born 1884

British Army 17232 Corporal Welsh Regiment Swansea Pals (14th Welsh Regt)

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Daniel Begley

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 18859 Private Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion

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