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Swansea, Glamorgan [1048]

Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [508]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [471]

Swansea [155]

Swansea Wales [95]

Swansea Tasmania [64]

Swansea England [28]

Swansea, Wales [19]

Swansea, South Wales [17]

Near Swansea, Glamorgan [12]

Swansea New South Wales [11]

Swansea South Wales New South Wales [9]

Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan [8]

Morriston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [8]

Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales [8]

St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire [6]

Landore, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5]

Llangyfelach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5]

Swansea Glamorgan [5]

Swansea, Carmarthenshire [5]

Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Cockett, Swansea, Glamorgan [4]

Gowerton, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Morriston, Swansea [4]

Oystermouth, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4]

Cockett, Swansea, Glamorganshire [3]

Swansea, Glam [3]

Clase, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Clydach, Swansea [2]

Clydach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

Gowerton, Swansea [2]

Landore, Swansea [2]

Mumbles, Swansea [2]

Plasmarl, Swansea [2]

Plasmarl, Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Saint Johns Swansea [2]

Saint Mary's Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Sketty, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

St. Thomas, Swansea [2]

Swansea Glamorganshire WALES [2]

Swansea Tas Tasmania [2]

Swansea, Dorset [2]

Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales [2]

Swansea, Monmouthshire [2]

West Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1]

Bishopston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1]

Bonymaen Swansea [1]

Brymmell, Swansea [1]

Rank

Private [298]

Lance Corporal [30]

Stoker [27]

Corporal [25]

Stoker 1st Class [25]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Able Seaman [21]

Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [18]

Driver [17]

Captain [15]

Gunner [14]

Ordinary Seaman [13]

Guardsman [10]

Rifleman [7]

Boy 1st Class [6]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Deck Hand [6]

Pioneer [6]

Stoker 2nd Class [6]

Sergeant [5]

Trimmer [5]

Engineman [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Engineer [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nurse [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Superintendent [1]

Bishop [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [131]

South Wales Borderers [58]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

Royal Engineers [35]

Royal Naval Reserve [31]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [23]

Welsh Guards [21]

Devonshire Regiment [19]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10]

HMS TIGER [9]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [9]

Grenadier Guards [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [5]

HMS Vivid I [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

HMS THUNDERER [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS Indefatigable [3]

HMS LION [3]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

HMS Active [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1130]

British Army [442]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [351]

Australian Imperial Force [213]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [210]

J [207]

M [199]

W [198]

B [192]

H [189]

L [173]

R [163]

T [160]

S [149]

P [143]

E [136]

C [134]

G [133]

A [70]

F [68]

O [32]

K [30]

N [25]

Q [11]

I [9]

V [6]

Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2044]

Merchant Navy [505]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [228]

France [5]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

Yemen [1]

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Swansea, Glamorgan [1048] Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales [508] Swansea, Glamorganshire [471] Swansea [155] Swansea Wales [95] Swansea Tasmania [64] Swansea England [28] Swansea, Wales [19] Swansea, South Wales [17] Near Swansea, Glamorgan [12] Swansea New South Wales [11] Swansea South Wales New South Wales [9] Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan [8] Morriston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [8] Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales [8] St Thomas, Swansea, Glamorganshire [6] Landore, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5] Llangyfelach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [5] Swansea Glamorgan [5] Swansea, Carmarthenshire [5] Brynmill, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Cockett, Swansea, Glamorgan [4] Gowerton, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Llansamlet, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Morriston, Swansea [4] Oystermouth, Swansea, Glamorganshire [4] Cockett, Swansea, Glamorganshire [3] Swansea, Glam [3] Clase, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Clydach, Swansea [2] Clydach, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] Gowerton, Swansea [2] Landore, Swansea [2] Mumbles, Swansea [2] Plasmarl, Swansea [2] Plasmarl, Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Saint Johns Swansea [2] Saint Mary's Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Sketty, Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] St. Thomas, Swansea [2] Swansea Glamorganshire WALES [2] Swansea Tas Tasmania [2] Swansea, Dorset [2] Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales [2] Swansea, Monmouthshire [2] West Swansea, Glamorgan [2] All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1] Bishopston, Swansea, Glamorganshire [1] Bonymaen Swansea [1] Brymmell, Swansea [1]

Rank

Private [298] Lance Corporal [30] Stoker [27] Corporal [25] Stoker 1st Class [25] Second Lieutenant [23] Able Seaman [21] Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [20] Sapper [18] Driver [17] Captain [15] Gunner [14] Ordinary Seaman [13] Guardsman [10] Rifleman [7] Boy 1st Class [6] Boy 2nd Class [6] Deck Hand [6] Pioneer [6] Stoker 2nd Class [6] Sergeant [5] Trimmer [5] Engineman [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Leading Seaman [3] Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Engineer [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nurse [2] Petty Officer [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Trooper [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Superintendent [1] Bishop [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [131] South Wales Borderers [58] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] Royal Engineers [35] Royal Naval Reserve [31] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [23] Welsh Guards [21] Devonshire Regiment [19] Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [15] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10] HMS TIGER [9] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [9] Grenadier Guards [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Glamorgan Yeomanry [5] HMS Vivid I [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] HMS THUNDERER [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] HMS Ajax [3] HMS Indefatigable [3] HMS LION [3] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Indefatigable [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] HMS Active [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Vivid [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1130] British Army [442] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [351] Australian Imperial Force [213] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [210] J [207] M [199] W [198] B [192] H [189] L [173] R [163] T [160] S [149] P [143] E [136] C [134] G [133] A [70] F [68] O [32] K [30] N [25] Q [11] I [9] V [6] Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [2044] Merchant Navy [505] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [228] France [5] India [1] South Africa [1] Yemen [1]

Sidney Thomas Jinks

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26897 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Victor John Russell

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 17640 Serjeant Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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Alexander Carr

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Welsh Regiment 14th (Swansea) Battalion.

British Army 29098 Private Welsh Regiment 14 (Swansea) Battalion

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William Morgan Williams

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 26542 Private Welsh Regiment 18th Battalion

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Ernest Walden L Grove

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 12622 Private Welsh Regiment Depot

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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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George Henry Davies

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 60713 Private Welsh Regiment 17th Battalion

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Joseph William Barrett

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 8169 Private Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Thompson

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 12204 Company Sergeant Major Welsh Regiment 11th Battalion

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Percy Everitt Mesquitta

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10299 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10299 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers

British Army 10299 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Owen Bird

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10003 Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10003 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 10003 Corporal South Wales Borderers

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William Henry Williams

Died 1917

British Army 17325 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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William Owen Flowers

Born 1889

Died 1957

British Army 17054 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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George Albert Davies

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 14303 Private South Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 14303 Private Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Yeates

Born 1890

Died 1918

Royal Navy 2147 Royal Marines Divisional Train:

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William Henry Jones

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 8946 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8946 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Walker

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 10707 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Morris Price

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3/10420 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10420 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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David John Beard

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 17018 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 17018 Corporal Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion (Swansea Pals)

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