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16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers was raised at Llandudno in November 1914 by the Welsh National Executive Committee from recruits surplus to 13th Battalion. Later in the month they joined 128th Brigade, 43rd Division at Llandudno, which was renamed 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division on the 28th of April 1915. They moved to Winchester for final training in August 1915 and proceeded to France in December 1915. In July 1916 they were in action at Mametz Wood on The Somme, suffering severe casualties. The Division did not return to major action for more than a 12 months. In 1917 they were in action in the Third Battles of Ypres, in 1918 they were in action on The Somme, in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy Demobilisation began in December 1918 and was complete by June 1919.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
3rd Jan 1916 Good Billets and a Quiet Time
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
8th Jun 1916 Instruction
11th Jun 1916 Into the Trenches 
10th Jul 1916 Attack Steadied
4th Nov 1918 16th Welsh Fusiliers under fire The 16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers came under fire between 5.30am and 6.15am at Englefontain.rwf.vol 111.1914-1918 france/flanders.by duley ward.
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Those known to have served with16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Beech John Henry. Cpl. (d.23rd May 1918)
- Black Samuel. Pte. (d.15th Mar 1918)
- Brown Edwin. Pte. (d.22nd Apr 1918)
- Carter George Sidney. Sgt. (d.2nd Dec 1916)
- Ceshion James. Pte.
- Coates Joseph. Pte. (d.2nd Aug 1917)
- Cooke Thomas. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1918)
- Davies David Morris. L/Cpl. (d.7th August 1917)
- Davies John. Pte. (d.15th March 1918)
- Davies Robert Edward. (d.31st Jul 1917)
- Donne Edgar George. Pte.
- Edwards Hugh Owen. Pte. (d.8th October 1918)
- Evans David. Sgt. (d.24th Apr 1918)
- George Thomas. 2nd Lt.
- Gilbert Edgar James. Cpl. (d.7th July 1916)
- Groves Robert Henry. Pte (d.2nd August 1917)
- Hammonds Albert Edward. Pte. (d.2nd September 1918)
- Heatly Charles Frederick. 2nd Lt. (d.17th April 1918)
- Hopkins Herbert Rueben. Sgt (d.18th September 1918 )
- Hughes Edward. Pte. (d.11th April 1916)
- James Thomas. Pte. (d.23rd July 1916)
- Jenkins William Henry. Pte. (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Jones David William. Pte. (d.22nd April 1918)
- Jones DCM. Frederick Vickers. Pte.
- Jones Griffith Owen. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1918)
- Jones John. Pte. (d.10th July 1916)
- King Albert. Pte. (d.31st May 1917)
- Lloyd Robert Griffth.
- Mayger Albert Edward. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1917)
- Owen John. Pte. (d.21st Feb 1916)
- Pritchard Henry. 2nd Lt. (d.7th Apr 1917)
- Richards Jack. 2nd Lt. (d.15th March 1918)
- Richards John. 2nd Lt. (d.15th March 1918)
- Roberts Arthur. Lt.
- Thomas Charles. L/Cpl. (d.1st Sept 1917)
- Thomas John Wendell Rees. Pte.
- Tovey Benjamin George. (d.11th July 1916)
- Vane David Francis Ellison. Pte.
- Warren MC MM Francis Robson. 2nd Lt.
- Whitfield Charles William. Pte.
- Wilkins George. Cpl. (d.5th July 1916)
- Williams George William. L/Cpl. (d.23rd April 1918)
- Williams Richard. Pte. (d.6th Oct 1918)
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Pte. John Jones 16th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.10th July 1916) John Jones served with the 16th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers.
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Sgt. David Evans 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.24th Apr 1918) David Evans served with the 16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers and lost his life aged 24. He is buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt. I am searching for all the men that served during the WW1 from my village in Wales
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Pte. Albert Edward Hammonds 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.2nd September 1918) Albert Hammonds enlisted in the 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in October 1914. He was killed in action on the Somme in 1918.
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Pte. Edwin Brown 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.22nd Apr 1918) Formerly serving with the Shropshire Light Infantry.
Edwin Brown is buried at Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery Albert in France. I have just visited and placed a wreath.
I am interested to know what took place on 22nd April as over 50 of his regiment seem to have been killed on the same day.
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Pte. Thomas Cooke Coy. A, 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.8th Oct 1918) I recently found out that my husband’s great-uncle, Thomas Cooke was in WW1. My husband recalls a large coin-like plaque in his grandmother’s house when he was a child that was inscribed: Thomas Cooke, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Killed in Action 8th Oct 1918.
With the help of WW1 Research Liverpool, we have found that his name is commemorated at the Vis-en-Artois Memorial.
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Pte. John Owen 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.21st Feb 1916) John Owen served with the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
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L/Cpl. Charles Thomas 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.1st Sept 1917) Charles Thomas fought in France and Flanders, he was killed in action.
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Pte. John Wendell Rees Thomas 16th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers John Thomas enlisted in December 1915 and served with the 16th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers in WW1. He was discharged in June 1917 because of sickness.
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Robert Griffth Lloyd 16th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Robert Lloyd enlisted at Litherland on the 29th of January 1917 and was posted to the 15th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers on the 14th of June 1917 then transferred to 16th Battalion on the 30th of July 1917.
He was reported missing on the 18th of September 1918 and later confirmed as POW in Germany. On release he was admitted to to 64 CCS on the 26th of December 1918 suffering from a gunshot wound to his right thigh. He was repatriated to England on the 31st of December 1918 and admitted to Military Hospital Lewisham and later Grangethorpe Military Hospital Manchester.
He was discharged from the military on the 24th of February 1920 as no longer fit for military service.
His pension record survives.
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Cpl. John Henry Beech 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.23rd May 1918) John Beech is buried in Warloy-Baillon Cemetery. He died aged 22.
My grandfather used to talk about his lost uncle and I have the official death notification amongst family papers I inherited.
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Pte. David William Jones 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.22nd April 1918) David Jones was the son of Sem and Mary Jones. His body was never found and he is listed on the Pozieres Memorial
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Pte. Hugh Owen Edwards 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.8th October 1918) Hugh Edwards, son of William and Mary Jane Edwards of Holly House, Glascoed Road, Bwlchgwyn, North Wales, died in France on 8th of October 1918, aged 23. He is buried in Bois-Des-Angles British Cemetery at Crevecoeur-Sur-L'Escaut in France. His name appears on the War Memorial in Bwlchgwyn.
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Pte Robert Henry Groves 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.2nd August 1917) Robert Groves is my Great Uncle.
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Pte. Charles William Whitfield 16th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Charles Whitfield served with the 16th Royal Welch Fusiliers and was wounded on the 8th of November 1918.
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Pte. Frederick Vickers Jones DCM. 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers My grandfather Fred Jones had won the DCM in First World War. I would love to find out where he was when he won this,it was on 5th December 1918.
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Pte. Albert King 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.31st May 1917) Albert King was born in Rhymney, Wales on 23rd December 1893 to Rees Benjamin King and Elizabeth (Davies) King. Attended Pengam school, St David's College school Lampeter (1911-1912) then St David's College Lampeter (1913-1914).
He enlisted in the Army on the 31st of December 1914 joining the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was commissioned into Monmouthshire Regiment (TF) in August 1915 as 2nd Lieutenant.
He died in Monchy Le Preux, on patrol by shell in 31st May 1917. He earned the Star medal, Victory medal and the British War medal.
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2nd Lt. Jack Richards 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.15th March 1918) Jack Richards is my great uncle. He joined in 1915 and was killed 1918. Jack is buried at Erquinghem-Lys. My grandmother, his sister, has passed photos, medals etc to me.
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Sgt. George Sidney Carter 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.2nd Dec 1916)  On 21st of April 1915, in Islington, two best friends, George Sidney Carter and William Albion Bernard Hart signed up to fight for their country. They were each given their service numbers 27414 and 27415 in the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. It is likely they arrived in France with the Battalion on 4th December 1915. The 16th spent the winter and spring of 1916 in and out of the front line trenches before training for the great offensive on the Somme. The 38th Division, including the 16th Bn RWF took part in the attack on Mametz Wood which became a byword for its horror. William Hart, in later life, could not stand the twilight as it reminded him of crawling over dead bodies in Mametz Wood ("Metz" as it was known to them).
Like so many they saw and experienced some horrific sights, George rose to the rank of sergeant and certainly William, was gassed and later on in life suffered from this exposure.
The Battalion later went back to Flanders and the Ypres area and again took its turns in and out of the front line and here, in the early hours of 2nd December 1916 (12.15am), a hostile party entered the trench. The enemy retired after a stay of only a few minutes but George Sidney Carter was blown-up and killed right next to his best friend. George was 26. His friend managed to retrieve his French-English Dictionary and this has been cherished and passed down through our family with great pride. Not only will the little brown dictionary be treasured but the memory of the fallen and, in particular, George Sidney Carter will not be forgotten.
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Cpl. Edgar James Gilbert 16th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers (d.7th July 1916) Edgar Gilbert was my great uncle, my maternal grandmother's brother. His body was never found after the first day of fighting at Mametz Wood. His name is on the memorial at Thiepval.
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Pte. John Davies 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.15th March 1918) As far as we know John Davies was killed while on stretcher bearer duty before going on leave.
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