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Swansea, Glamorgan [4]

Cardiff [3]

Swansea [3]

Coity, Glamorgan [2]

Tiverton, Devon [2]

Aberavon, Glamorgan [1]

Aberdare, Wales [1]

Abergwynfi, Neath, Glamorgan [1]

Arreton, Isle of Wight [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bridgend, Glamorgan [1]

Caerleon, Monmouthshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Carlisle [1]

Chereton, Glamorgan [1]

Chester [1]

Gower [1]

Halesworth [1]

Hasfield, Gloucestershire [1]

Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [1]

Hazelmere, Surrey [1]

Kidwelly, Carmarthen [1]

LLANEDEYRN, GLAM [1]

Lichfield, Staffs [1]

Llandaff, Glamorgan [1]

Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llangynwyd, Glamorganshire [1]

Llantwit, Glamorgan [1]

Maesteg, Glamorgan [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Morriston [1]

Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1]

Nantymoel, Glamorganshire [1]

Newcastle on Tyne [1]

Newport [1]

Oxwich, Gower, Glamorganshire [1]

Penrice, Glamorgan [1]

Pyle, Glamorgan [1]

Rhydybriw, Brecon [1]

Sirhowy, Monmouthshire [1]

St Nicholas, Glamorgan [1]

St. Brides Major, Glamorgan [1]

Sully, Cardiff [1]

Ystradyfodwg, Glam [1]

Rank

Private [671]

Serjeant [87]

Second Lieutenant [73]

Corporal [63]

Lieutenant [51]

Captain [33]

Sapper [26]

Acting Corporal [21]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Lance Corporal [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [13]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Gunner [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Trooper [5]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lieutenant Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Private (Acting Corporal) [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Unit

Glamorgan Yeomanry [970]

Welsh Regiment [480]

Royal Engineers [71]

South Wales Borderers [63]

Labour Corps [49]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36]

Corps of Hussars [33]

Army Service Corps [31]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Imperial Camel Corps [15]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Lovat's Scouts [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

2/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry [4]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force [4]

Labour Corps ex Glamorgan Yeomanry [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers Transport [4]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Pembroke Yeomanry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery Glamorgan Yeomanry [3]

1/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Glamorgan Yeomanry attached Welsh Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Corps of Signals [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

1st Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

1st King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

1st Lovat's Scouts [1]

1st Royal Irish Regiment [1]

2/6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

2nd Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [1007]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [99]

H [81]

D [79]

W [75]

M [73]

B [69]

T [68]

L [64]

P [60]

R [57]

S [57]

E [53]

G [48]

C [40]

A [18]

N [18]

K [15]

F [13]

O [11]

V [4]

Q [3]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [996]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

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Place of birth

Swansea, Glamorgan [4] Cardiff [3] Swansea [3] Coity, Glamorgan [2] Tiverton, Devon [2] Aberavon, Glamorgan [1] Aberdare, Wales [1] Abergwynfi, Neath, Glamorgan [1] Arreton, Isle of Wight [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bridgend, Glamorgan [1] Caerleon, Monmouthshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Carlisle [1] Chereton, Glamorgan [1] Chester [1] Gower [1] Halesworth [1] Hasfield, Gloucestershire [1] Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [1] Hazelmere, Surrey [1] Kidwelly, Carmarthen [1] LLANEDEYRN, GLAM [1] Lichfield, Staffs [1] Llandaff, Glamorgan [1] Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire [1] Llangynwyd, Glamorganshire [1] Llantwit, Glamorgan [1] Maesteg, Glamorgan [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Morriston [1] Mountain Ash, Glamorgan [1] Nantymoel, Glamorganshire [1] Newcastle on Tyne [1] Newport [1] Oxwich, Gower, Glamorganshire [1] Penrice, Glamorgan [1] Pyle, Glamorgan [1] Rhydybriw, Brecon [1] Sirhowy, Monmouthshire [1] St Nicholas, Glamorgan [1] St. Brides Major, Glamorgan [1] Sully, Cardiff [1] Ystradyfodwg, Glam [1]

Rank

Private [671] Serjeant [87] Second Lieutenant [73] Corporal [63] Lieutenant [51] Captain [33] Sapper [26] Acting Corporal [21] Acting Serjeant [15] Lance Corporal [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [13] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Gunner [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Trooper [5] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 3rd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Driver [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Officer [1] Interpreter [1] Lieutenant Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Private (Acting Corporal) [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private/ Private [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Unit

Glamorgan Yeomanry [970] Welsh Regiment [480] Royal Engineers [71] South Wales Borderers [63] Labour Corps [49] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36] Corps of Hussars [33] Army Service Corps [31] Machine Gun Corps [28] Royal Field Artillery [16] Imperial Camel Corps [15] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Lovat's Scouts [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] 2/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry [4] Corps of Dragoons [4] Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force [4] Labour Corps ex Glamorgan Yeomanry [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers Transport [4] Liverpool Regiment [3] Pembroke Yeomanry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3] Royal Garrison Artillery Glamorgan Yeomanry [3] 1/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Glamorgan Yeomanry attached Welsh Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Corps of Signals [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 1st Glamorgan Yeomanry [1] 1st King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1st Lovat's Scouts [1] 1st Royal Irish Regiment [1] 2/6th Gurkha Rifles [1] 2nd Glamorgan Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [1007] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

J [99] H [81] D [79] W [75] M [73] B [69] T [68] L [64] P [60] R [57] S [57] E [53] G [48] C [40] A [18] N [18] K [15] F [13] O [11] V [4] Q [3] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [996]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

William Beynon

Died 1918

British Army 1306 Acting Corporal Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320616 Acting Corporal Welsh Regiment 24th Battalion

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Percy James

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army 2466 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 57080 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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Howard Lock Harries

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Trooper Glamorgan Yeomanry "D" Squadron

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Leslie Oswald Korth

Born 1887

Died 1980

British Army 70491 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 206794 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 1903 Corporal Glamorgan Yeomanry

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William Edgar Moy James

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 2424 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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William Weatherby

Died 1917

British Army 90589 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry 2nd/1st Battalion

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David John Thomas

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 2208 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Jenkin Stanford

Born 1891

British Army 912 Lance Corporal Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Arthur Stanley Dayson

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 2229 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320871 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment 24th Battalion

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Frederick James Jones

Died 1917

British Army 1284 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320609 Private Welsh Regiment

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Walter Rowland Thomas

Died 1917

British Army 1997 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 320820 Private Welsh Regiment 24th Battalion

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John Palmer Watts

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2579 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 57119 Private Welsh Regiment 14th Battalion

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John C Jones

British Army 2119 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90119 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Patrick Kelly

British Army 1843 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90073 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Alfred Stephen Barrett

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorgan Yeomanry

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J E H Graham Clarke

British Army Second Lieutenant Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorgan Yeomanry

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William Hughes

British Army 2364 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90492 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Walter W Jones

British Army 1756 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90054 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Eric A Richardson

British Army 2051 Private Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 2051 Corporal Glamorgan Yeomanry

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George Hitchings

British Army 452 Warrant Officer Class 2 Glamorgan Yeomanry

British Army 90702 Warrant Officer Class 2 Glamorgan Yeomanry

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