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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]

Edward Ivor Lewis

Born 1892

Royal Navy K11705

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Victor Bryan

Born 1896

Royal Navy K25745

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Evan Johns

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS6700

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Sydney George Coghlan

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS115563

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William George Hutton

Born 1882

Royal Navy 207382

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Katie Emma Bangham

Born 1881

British Army Nurse French Red Cross

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Cyril Powell

Born 1897

Royal Navy J51075

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Philip Hill

Born 1886

Royal Navy J61253

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Sidney John

Born 1891

Royal Navy J64623

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Thomas John Slift

Born 1897

Royal Navy J64882

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John Herbert Stanley Davies

Born 1899

Royal Navy J68520

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John Hopkins

Born 1892

Royal Navy K12428

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Walter Ettle

Born 1895

Royal Navy K30286

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Emlyn Price Francis

Born 1902

Royal Navy L13017

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Edgar Watkins

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS114354

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William Charles Miller

Born 1883

Royal Navy 207214

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Sidney Mann

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS109078 Stoker 1st Class HMS TIGER

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David Edward Thomas

Born 1895

Royal Navy J41120 Ordinary Seaman HMS Ajax

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William Thomas Bennett

Born 1895

Royal Navy K30771 Stoker 2nd Class HMS TIGER

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David James Lewis

Born 1899

Royal Navy K42738

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