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Porthcawl [4]

Porthcawl, Glamorgan [3]

Cowbridge, Glamorgan [2]

Nottage, Porthcawl [2]

Ainderby Steeple, Yorkshire [1]

Beach House, Williams Place, Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackhills, Thirsk Road, Northallerton,Yorkshire. [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Cooksville, Ontario [1]

Dursley, Gloucestershire [1]

Dykehead, Lanarkshire [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hamilton,Ontario [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Hasfield, Gloucestershire [1]

Hawkesbury Upton [1]

Latrobe Tasmania [1]

London, England [1]

Maesteg, Glamorgan [1]

Maesteg, Glamorgan Wales. [1]

Mevagissey, Cornwall [1]

Nantymoel [1]

Neath [1]

Nelson, Glamorgan [1]

Newcastle, Bridgend [1]

Penarth, Glamorgan [1]

Penygroes, Near Llanelli [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Polperro, Cornwall [1]

Pontycymer [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Porth [1]

Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Porthcawl, Wales [1]

Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Somerset [1]

Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1]

Tiverton, Devon [1]

Trealaw,Glamorgan [1]

Treharris, Glamorgan [1]

Treherbert, Glamorgan [1]

Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [22]

Lieutenant [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Able Seaman [3]

Captain [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

Stoker [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Seaman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able. Seaman [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy [1]

C.S.M. [1]

CPL [1]

CPO [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sargent Major. [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sargeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjt [1]

Leading Cooks Mate [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Mate [1]

OS [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [3]

H.M.S. Challenger [3]

HMS Goliath [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Welsh Guards [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

103rd Calgary Rifles Militia [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

5th Cameron Highlanders [1]

87 Battalion C.E.F. [1]

American Army [1]

Army Service Corps. [1]

Australian Infrantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

C E F [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry, Sakatchewan Regiment. [1]

Canadian Infantry. [1]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H M S Exmouth [1]

H.M.S. "Challenger." [1]

H.M.S.Challenger [1]

HMS Bittern [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

London Regiment [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]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1]

R.M.L.I. Ply H.M.S. Challenger [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [39]

Royal Navy [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [15]

L [6]

P [6]

B [5]

C [5]

D [5]

T [4]

R [3]

S [3]

W [3]

G [2]

J [2]

M [2]

A [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [3]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Porthcawl [4] Porthcawl, Glamorgan [3] Cowbridge, Glamorgan [2] Nottage, Porthcawl [2] Ainderby Steeple, Yorkshire [1] Beach House, Williams Place, Porthcawl, Glamorgan [1] Birmingham [1] Blackhills, Thirsk Road, Northallerton,Yorkshire. [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Cooksville, Ontario [1] Dursley, Gloucestershire [1] Dykehead, Lanarkshire [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hamilton,Ontario [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hasfield, Gloucestershire [1] Hawkesbury Upton [1] Latrobe Tasmania [1] London, England [1] Maesteg, Glamorgan [1] Maesteg, Glamorgan Wales. [1] Mevagissey, Cornwall [1] Nantymoel [1] Neath [1] Nelson, Glamorgan [1] Newcastle, Bridgend [1] Penarth, Glamorgan [1] Penygroes, Near Llanelli [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Polperro, Cornwall [1] Pontycymer [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Porth [1] Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Porthcawl, Wales [1] Prescot, Lancashire [1] Somerset [1] Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1] Tiverton, Devon [1] Trealaw,Glamorgan [1] Treharris, Glamorgan [1] Treherbert, Glamorgan [1] Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [22] Lieutenant [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Able Seaman [3] Captain [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] Stoker [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Seaman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able. Seaman [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy [1] C.S.M. [1] CPL [1] CPO [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Sargent Major. [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sargeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Serjt [1] Leading Cooks Mate [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Mate [1] OS [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [3] H.M.S. Challenger [3] HMS Goliath [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Merchant Navy [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Welsh Guards [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 103rd Calgary Rifles Militia [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] 5th Cameron Highlanders [1] 87 Battalion C.E.F. [1] American Army [1] Army Service Corps. [1] Australian Infrantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] C E F [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry, Sakatchewan Regiment. [1] Canadian Infantry. [1] Glamorgan Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H M S Exmouth [1] H.M.S. "Challenger." [1] H.M.S.Challenger [1] HMS Bittern [1] HMS Impregnable [1] London Regiment [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] Mercantile Marine [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [1] R.M.L.I. Ply H.M.S. Challenger [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [39] Royal Navy [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [15] L [6] P [6] B [5] C [5] D [5] T [4] R [3] S [3] W [3] G [2] J [2] M [2] A [1] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [3] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Robert Donnelly

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 16065 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 53149 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 53149 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) 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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Charles Alan Smith Morris

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Major Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Acting Major Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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David Godfrey Samuel

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Percy Trevor Gould

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41338 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Private

British Army Private

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Alan Scrivener Lloyd

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery C Battery, 78th Brigade, 17th Division

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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David Robert Ockwell

Born 1875

Died 1915

Royal Navy Stoker

Royal Navy 287111 Stoker 1st Class HMS Goliath

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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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Clifford Prosser Lewis

Born 1894

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Corporal American Army 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division

Other Empire Force Corporal American Army 85 Inf.4 Div

Other Empire Force US Army 4th Division

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Albert E Helling

British Army WT/126436 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army 60159 Driver Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Keith Thomas Colrick Herne

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Pearce

Born 1880

Died 1915

Royal Navy Stoker

Royal Navy 287188 Leading Stoker HMS Goliath

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Walter Scott Mertz

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 931 Corporal Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Edward Brockett Grover

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army K/690 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 22nd Battalion

British Army Private

British Army 690 Private Royal Fusiliers 22nd Battalion

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Rupert Price Hallowes

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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William Lee

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 67442 Sapper Royal Engineers 151st Field Company

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Vivian Lionel Maurice Barder

Born 1894

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 1642 Private 5th Battalion

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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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Horace Scott Dowdeswell

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 5th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 1 st/5 th Battalion

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William Hodgson

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy 347770

Royal Navy 347770 Leading Cooks Mate HMS Goliath

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