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Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [508]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [471]

Morriston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [8]

St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire [6]

Landore, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5]

Llangyfelach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5]

Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Gowerton, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Oystermouth, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Cockett, Swansea, Glamorganshire [3]

Clase, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Clydach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Sketty, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Swansea Glamorganshire WALES [2]

Bishopston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Brynhyfryd, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Glais, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Hafod, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Near Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Neath, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Newton, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Pentre, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Port Tennant, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Sandfields, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. [1]

Swansea, Glamorganshire. [1]

Three Crosses, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Uplands, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Rank

Private [72]

Stoker [18]

Corporal [9]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Gunner [7]

Sapper [6]

Able Seaman [4]

Engineman [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Trimmer [3]

Captain [2]

Engineer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Fireman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Private Rifleman [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Third Officer [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [33]

Royal Naval Reserve [18]

Royal Engineers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS LION [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Victory [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Bellona [1]

HMS Moorsom [1]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1]

London Regiment (London Scottish) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [1]

Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Lady Blanche." [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

RFR [1]

RNR HM Trawler Peggy Nutten [1]

RNR HMS Tiger [1]

RNVR - HMS Victory [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [345]

British Army [108]

Royal Navy [89]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [86]

H [86]

W [83]

J [78]

M [78]

B [77]

L [69]

S [63]

R [62]

P [60]

T [58]

C [55]

E [43]

G [43]

A [30]

F [27]

O [17]

K [12]

N [7]

V [5]

I [3]

Y [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [505]

Military Service [488]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

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Place of birth

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [508] Swansea, Glamorganshire [471] Morriston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [8] St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire [6] Landore, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5] Llangyfelach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5] Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Gowerton, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Oystermouth, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Cockett, Swansea, Glamorganshire [3] Clase, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Clydach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Sketty, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Swansea Glamorganshire WALES [2] Bishopston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Brynhyfryd, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Glais, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Hafod, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Near Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Neath, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Newton, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Pentre, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Port Tennant, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Sandfields, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales. [1] Swansea, Glamorganshire. [1] Three Crosses, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Uplands, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Rank

Private [72] Stoker [18] Corporal [9] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [8] Gunner [7] Sapper [6] Able Seaman [4] Engineman [4] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [3] Trimmer [3] Captain [2] Engineer [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Fireman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Private 1st Class [1] Private Rifleman [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Third Officer [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [33] Royal Naval Reserve [18] Royal Engineers [11] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Army Service Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS LION [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [2] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Victory [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Welsh Guards [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Bellona [1] HMS Moorsom [1] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [1] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [1] London Regiment (London Scottish) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve [1] Mercantile Marine Reserve - H.M. Yacht "Lady Blanche." [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] RFR [1] RNR HM Trawler Peggy Nutten [1] RNR HMS Tiger [1] RNVR - HMS Victory [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [345] British Army [108] Royal Navy [89] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [86] H [86] W [83] J [78] M [78] B [77] L [69] S [63] R [62] P [60] T [58] C [55] E [43] G [43] A [30] F [27] O [17] K [12] N [7] V [5] I [3] Y [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [505] Military Service [488] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

Stephen Willis Williams

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192834

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Ebenezer Watkins

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40254

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Francis William George

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217083

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Thomas Harris

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261532

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George Rees Thomas

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222382

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William G Koepke

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army 27554 Private Welsh Regiment

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Charles Herbert Spring

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293885

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Edward Haydn Harries

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army T/362594 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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David John Begley

Born 1876

Died 1939

British Army SR/6657 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 281657 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Gordon Temple Richards

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176599

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Ivor Johnson-Knill

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309541

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Alfred Burgess

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136534

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Frank Ernest Felix

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261444

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Thomas Davies

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193278

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William Bertie Dryden

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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David Lennard

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285352

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Walter Michael Tate

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276640

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William George Norris

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283642

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William David Seacombe

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168594

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William Stuart Rees Hopkins

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army M2/113919 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/113919 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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