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24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, Welch Regiment
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Pte. David Huw Williams 24th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.1st Nov 1917) David Williams was my great uncle. He died of wounds in Egypt and is buried in Kantara cemetery.
He was single and aged approximately 23.
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Pte. Frederick Park 24th Btn. Welch Regiment (d.22nd Oct 1918) Frederick Park served with the 24th Welsh Regiment.
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Pte. James Goss 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Btn. Welch Regiment (d.1st December 1917) James Goss was a Royal Navy Seaman, who left the Royal Navy after marring his sweetheart, Jessie Gillard on 4th November 1911. They lived at the Malt House in Pen Y Fai and had two boys. He worked as a collier at Coytrahen Colliery, Tondu, prior to joining the Glamorgan Yeomanry.
In 1916, the Pembroke Yeomanry and the Glamorgan Yeomanry embarked for foreign service for the first time in their history. They spent the next 12 months in Egypt, taking part in the historic offensive into Palestine, leading to the liberation of the Holy City of Jerusalem.
James Goss was killed, along with 14 other men from his Regiment, on 1st December 1917, just 8 days before the Ottoman surrendered and Jerusalem was liberated. The are all buried at Jerusalem War Cemetery.
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Cpl. Authur Maurice Gidden 24th Btn. Welsh Regiment My Grandfather Cpl Arthur Gidden saw service in Egypt between 1916 - 1918 as part of the Glamorgan Yeomany and then as part of the 24th Welsh Regiment. I have read that they were then sent to France during 1918 I cannot find out if he did go to France or was sent back to the UK
I would be interested to hear what if any battles he took part in.
After the war he when back to his old job as an Electric Tram Driver with Cardiff Tram Company. He died in 1938
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2nd Lt. James Morris Glamorgan Yeomanry (d.27th Dec 1917) Jim Morris was educated at Neath County School. He played rugby for Neath, Glynneath and scored on his Neath debut v Glynneath. He was seconded to the 24th Battalion, Welsh Regiment and died in the Middle East.
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Cpl. Augustus Davey Glamorgan Yeomanry I know very little of my father, Augustus Davey's service career. He did talk about camels a lot for which animal he had very little regard! From this I concluded that he served in Egypt.
One day when I was doing my history homework on WW1 he looked over my shoulder and said 'Oh I was there'. At the time I was studying the battle of the Somme. I could not understand how he got from Egypt to France because he never told me anything else about his wartime experience.
In recent times I have researched the issue and of course discovered that he was sent to Egypt and came back to France for the second Battle of the Somme as part of the 24th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment. I have no idea exactly where he went in Egypt or in the Somme or what his experiences may have been.
I have a photograph in my home somewhere (irritatingly, I cannot find it) of my father on horseback with a sword in his hand.
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