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Porthcawl [3]

Cardiff [2]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [2]

Highworth, Wiltshire [2]

Newton, Porthcawl [2]

Aberkenfig, Glamorgan [1]

Barry [1]

Blaina [1]

Bridgend [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1]

Cefn Mawr, Denbigh [1]

Coity Higher, Bridgend [1]

Crickhowell [1]

Crickhowell, Brecon [1]

Cwmrheidol, Aberystwyth [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hasfield, Gloucestershire [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Inverness [1]

Lampeter, Cardiganshire [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwichshire [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Maesteg [1]

Maesteg, Glamorgan [1]

Minehead, Somerset [1]

Mumbles, Glamorgan [1]

Nantymoel [1]

Neath [1]

Nelson, Glamorgan [1]

Newport [1]

Newton, Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1]

Norwood, Surrey [1]

Nottage, Porthcawl [1]

Penarth, Glamorganshire,South Wales [1]

Pontycymer [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Pontyrpidd [1]

Porth [1]

Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1]

Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Somerset [1]

Staines, Middlesex [1]

Swansea [1]

Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1]

Tiverton, Devon [1]

Tonypandy, Glamorgan [1]

Tottenham [1]

Treherbert [1]

Trelleck, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Captain [5]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Acting Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Sargeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjt [1]

Leading Cooks Mate [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Welsh Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Royal Engineers [5]

South Wales Borderers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [2]

HMS Goliath [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Welsh [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

10th.Hussars [1]

2nd Herefordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Columbia Regiment [1]

Denbighshire Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Bittern [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

London Regiment, London Rifle Brigade [1]

London Rifle Brigade [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Pilot [1]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [70]

Royal Navy [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [9]

J [8]

B [7]

C [7]

G [7]

W [6]

E [4]

H [4]

R [4]

M [3]

O [3]

P [3]

D [2]

K [2]

N [2]

S [2]

A [1]

L [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Country

United Kingdom [60]

Egypt [1]

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People [76] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Porthcawl [3] Cardiff [2] Cardiff, Glamorgan [2] Highworth, Wiltshire [2] Newton, Porthcawl [2] Aberkenfig, Glamorgan [1] Barry [1] Blaina [1] Bridgend [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Bushey Heath Hertfordshire [1] Cefn Mawr, Denbigh [1] Coity Higher, Bridgend [1] Crickhowell [1] Crickhowell, Brecon [1] Cwmrheidol, Aberystwyth [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hasfield, Gloucestershire [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Inverness [1] Lampeter, Cardiganshire [1] Leamington Spa, Warwichshire [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Maesteg [1] Maesteg, Glamorgan [1] Minehead, Somerset [1] Mumbles, Glamorgan [1] Nantymoel [1] Neath [1] Nelson, Glamorgan [1] Newport [1] Newton, Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1] Norwood, Surrey [1] Nottage, Porthcawl [1] Penarth, Glamorganshire,South Wales [1] Pontycymer [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Pontyrpidd [1] Porth [1] Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1] Portsea Island, Hampshire [1] Somerset [1] Staines, Middlesex [1] Swansea [1] Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1] Tiverton, Devon [1] Tonypandy, Glamorgan [1] Tottenham [1] Treherbert [1] Trelleck, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [33] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Captain [5] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Acting Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Sargeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjt [1] Leading Cooks Mate [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Welsh Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Royal Engineers [5] South Wales Borderers [4] London Regiment [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Glamorgan Yeomanry [2] HMS Goliath [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Welsh [2] Welsh Guards [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 10th.Hussars [1] 2nd Herefordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Columbia Regiment [1] Denbighshire Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Bittern [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] London Regiment, London Rifle Brigade [1] London Rifle Brigade [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Pilot [1] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [70] Royal Navy [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [9] J [8] B [7] C [7] G [7] W [6] E [4] H [4] R [4] M [3] O [3] P [3] D [2] K [2] N [2] S [2] A [1] L [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Country

United Kingdom [60] Egypt [1]

Percy Charles Newman

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 6/10887 Company Serjeant Major Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6/10887 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 10887 Company Sergeant Major Royal Irish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Richard Wallace Burnell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 47009 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 41773 Lance Corporal Royal Welch 23rd Service Battalion

British Army 47009 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Charles Neil Chambers

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 9483 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9483 Private Dorsetshire Regiment 5th Division

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Gordon Stanley Perry

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 202124 Private Welsh Regiment

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Arthur Sidney Banbury

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 62902 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Henry 'harry' Marsh Clements

Born 1896

Died 1919

Royal Navy Z/373 Petty Officer Royal Naval Division Hawke Battalion

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Albert Edward Goodliffe

Born 1884

Died 1933

British Army 13247 Lance Serjeant Welsh Regiment 9th Service Battalion

British Army 13247 Sergeant Welsh Regiment BEF

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James Thomas

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army W/438 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Ernest James

Died 1914

British Army 7866 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Thomas Churchill

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Royal Welsh 16th Battalion

British Army 23053 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

British Army 23053 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 16th Battalion

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Percy Henry Brooke

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 38832 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 38832 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/7th Battalion

British Army 38832 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Frank Scott Willis

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6352 Private Coldstream Guards

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Reginald Vaughan Cleves

Born 1896

Died 1917

Royal Navy Z/374 Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division

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Frank Trott

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1245 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 1245 Lance Serjt Welsh Guards

British Army 1245 Lance Sargeant Welsh Guards 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Cook

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 20980 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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James Tudor Edwards

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Lemuel Jones

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 3259 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Sidney William Goodliffe

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 8535 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment

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Emrys Cadivor Richards

Born 1899

Died 1920

British Army 132699 Private Machine Gun Corps

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James Thomas Cloke

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J47147

Royal Navy J/47147 Able Seaman HMS Bittern

Royal Navy Able Seaman

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