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South Wales Borderers Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Territorial Force: 1/1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 2/1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 3/1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion, South Wales Borderers Kitchener's New Army: 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 7th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 9th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 11th (2nd Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 12th (3rd Gwent) Battalion, South Wales Borderers 13th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 14th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 15th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 51st Graduated Battalion, South Wales Borderers 52nd Graduated Battalion, South Wales Borderers 53rd Young Soldier Battalion, South Wales Borderers Want to know more about the South Wales Borderers? There are:6874 items tagged South Wales Borderers available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with South Wales Borderers during the Great War 1914-1918. Akerman MM. John Raymond. L/Cpl. Armitage Emanuel Anthony. Pte. 1st Btn. Armstrong William. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.1st May 1917) Atkin Joseph. Pte. 3rd Batallion Baker Bertie. Pte. 5th Btn. Baker MC. Cecil Avery. Lt. 1st Battalion Baker Harry . Pte. (d.9th Oct 1918) Banks Charles. Pte. 12th Btn., A Coy. (d.6th May 1917) Barber Alfred. Cpl. 4th Btn. Beashel Nicholas. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1916) Beckitt Harry. Pte 1st Battalion (d.5th October 1918) Bennett Albert James. Pte. 6th btn. (d.30th Apr 1918) Bennett Frederick R.. Sgt. 4th Battalion (d.9th Aug 1915) Bennett Frederick Christian Richard. Sgt. 4th Btn. (d.9th Aug 1915) Bray Thomas Garland. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. Chapman DCM. William Henry. Cpl. 1st Btn. (d.5th Oct 1918) Chatter John Howard. Pte. 140th Bde (d.1st May 1916) Clifford William Thomas. L/Sgt. 1st Btn. (d.18th Sep 1914) Cocking Thomas. Pte. B Coy. 5th Btn. (d.10th Nov 1916) Coggins John Bernard. Pte. 6th Service Battalion (Pioneers) Collins H. Private Cook Edmund David. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.6th Apr 1916) Cook Joseph Herbert. Pte. 2nd Btn. Cooper William. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.16th April 1918) Cox Joseph. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.25th January 1915) Curwen Thomas. Pte 7th Service Battalion D'alton Edward. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.1st July 1916) Daniel David James. Dvr. 5th Btn. Davies Arthur Vernon. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.21st Aug 1915) Davies Cadwaladre. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.27th August 1918) Davies Charles Albert. 2nd Lt. 7th Btn. (d.22nd Sep 1918) Davies Edward. Pte 7th Battalion (d.16 Sep 1915) Davies George Price. 2nd Lt. 2nd Btn. (d.29th Sep 1918) Davies John. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st November 1918) Davies Thomas . Pte. 1st Btn. (d.25th Jan 1915) Davies William. Capt. 2nd Battalion (d.11th April 1918) Davies William Morgan. Pte. Tunneling Coy. Delves William Henry. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.3rd Aug 1917) Donovan Timothy Ernest. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.24th Aug 1916) Dowding Frank Alfred. Pte 4th Btn. (d.3rd March 1917) Duckworth Benjamin. Pte. 4th Btn (d.12th February 1917) Earl Robert Henry. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.13 April 1917) Ebdell Thomas. Pte. 5th Battlion, B Coy. (d.8th Nov 1918) Eccleston Thomas Edward. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th Aug 1918) Eccleston Thomas Edward. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th August 1918) Ede Charles William. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.1st Jul 1916) Edwards Ellis. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.4th November 1918) Ellis George Robert. Pte. 2nd Battalion Evans Arthur John. Capt. 10th Btn. (d.2nd July 1916) Evans Military Medal Horatio Ellis. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.17th Sep 1918) Evans Percy James. Pte. 5th Btn. D Coy. (d.30th July 1916) Evans Theophilus James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.11th Apr 1918) Farmer William Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th Aug 1915) Featherstone George Richard. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.18th Aug 1917) Flute Walter Reginald Herbert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.11th Apr 1918) Flynn VC. James Henry. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.30th Mar 1917) Foley William. L/Sgt. 11th Btn. (d.10th Dec 1917) Fox John E.. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.12th August 1915) Fynn VC. James Henry. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.30th March 1917) Garner James. Pte (d.23rd Aug 1916) Gatenby Joseph. Pte. George David. 14th Btn. (d.4th Aug 1917) Gilbert James Albert. Pte 3rd Btn. Gorman Thomas Henry. Pte. 4th Btn (d.21st Aug 1915) Greenway William Prosser. Sgt. 7th Btn. Griffiths DCM David Idwal. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd October 1918) Guthrie MM, MID. Terence. Pte. 1st Btn. A Coy. (d.15th Sep 1918) Hales Albert Edward. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.13th August 1915) Hargreaves Frank. Pte 2nd Btt. (d.11th April 1918) Harper Thomas Cook. Harrington William James. Pte. 7th Btn. Hayes Horace Herbert. Lt. 1st Battalian Hibbert DCM. Phillips. Sgt. 5th Battalion (d.10th January 1918) Higham David. Pte. 8th (Service) Btn. Hill Albert. Pte. 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion (d.17th January 1919) Hodges William Henry. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.10th Nov 1917) Hollingsworth Frank. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.9th Aug 1917 ) Howell Frederick James. Pte. 3rd Btn. Howells John Oswald. Pte. 4th Battalion Hughes Thomas John. Pte. 1st Btn (d.15th Sep 1918) Hughes William. Pte. 6th Bn (d.12th April 1918) Ince Albert. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.22nd February 1916) Jacobson William. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.18th Sept 1918) Jenkins Robert Bartle . 5th Btn. C Coy. (d.18th Feb 1917) Johnson Herbert William. 2nd Batt. (d.23rd April 1917 ) Jones Alfred Richard. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.16th February 1917) Jones Arthur Reginald. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.8th October 1918) Jones David. Pte 10th Btn (d.10th Jul 1916) Jones J. D.. Pte. 3rd Battalion (d.18th October 1918) Jones Simon. L/Cpl. 5th Btn. (d.25th Mar 1918) Jones Thomas Glasfryn. Padre. att. 11th South Wales Borderers (d.12th April 1917) Joynson James. Pte. 11th (2nd Gwent) Btn. (d.31st Jul 1917) Kimber William . Pte. 10th Btn. (d.26th Sept 1917) King Harold Idris. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.19/02/17) Kitchener Will. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.30th Jan 1917) Langley Henry George. Pte. 6th Btn. Lewis Thomas William. Pte. 1/1st (Brecknockshire) Btn. (d.7th November 1918) Lewis William Patrick. L/Cpl 4th Btn. Llewellyn Thomas G.. Sgt. 11th Btn. C Coy. (d.7th Jul 1916) Lloyd Sidney James. Pte. 20th Battalion (d.17th Sep 1917) Lock Albert. Pte. 2nd Btn. Long Frederick. Cpl. 5th Btn. (d.14th November 1916) Lovatt MM. Thomas. Sgt. 5th Btn. Marchant George Thomas. CSM. 2nd Btn. (d.19th May 1917) Marshall James. Pte. 11th Battalion (d.16th July 1916) Martin Leslie Henry. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.14th Oct 1917) Mason Stanley James. 2nd Lt. 7th Btn Matthews MiD. Cornelius. CSM. 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion Matthews Sidney Herbert. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.9th May 1915) McGee Arthur. 3rd Battalion (d.1919) Mercer Samuel. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.11th Nov 1918) Morgan Idris Aneurin. Capt. 11th Btn. (d.17th April 1918) Morgan Sidney Charles. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.31st Oct 1914) Murphy James. Sgt. 1st Battalion (d.22nd December 1914) Noble Herbert Gibbon. Pte. 10 Battalion (d.18 September 1918) Nunn Frederick Walter. Sgt. 2nd Btn. (d.13th Aug 1915) O'Neil Anthony. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.30th Apr 1916) Osbourne Edwin. Cpl. 10th Btn. Owen Levi Stanley. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.11th Apr 1918) Owens John William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.10th Nov 1917) Parker Robert Thomas. Pte. 1st Battalion Paul William Henry. Pte. No 6 Platoon (d.31st Jul 1917) Phillips Edgar James. Pte. Phillips Evan Lewis. Pte. Phillips George Henry. Pte. Phillips Major. L/Cpl. 11th Battalion (d.31st July 1917) Phillps Wlliam Walter. Pte. 5th Battalion Poole J.. L/Cpl. 5th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Powell William John. Pte. 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion (d.29th August 1918) Preston Herbert. L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion Price James A.. Pte. 6th Btn. Reid George. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.5th Nov 1917) Richards Cyril. Pte. 53rd Btn., 9th Platoon, C Company Rigby Thomas H.B.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.22nd Nov 1917) Riley Herbert. L/Cpl. 12th Btn. Roberts Thomas W.. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.10th November 1917) Roberts William. 2nd Lt. 7th Btn. (d.18th Sept 1918) Rose William Richard. Pte 5th Battalion Rudge Anthony. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.9th August 1915) Rule Benjamin. Pte. 4th Btn. (d.25th Jul 1915) Rumsey William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th Sep 1916) Scholes William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.10th Aug 1918) Scott MM. Frederick. Sgt. 2nd Btn. Sear Albert Walter. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.26th Sep 1914) Shepherd John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.21st Nov 1917) Smith William Edwards. Pte. 10th Btn. Smithey DCM George. Cpl. 5th Battalion Spinks DCM Alfred Richard. L/Cpl. 2nd Batallion (d.13th July 1916) Stapleton Albert Leonard. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.9th May 1918) Sterndale MC J. B.. Capt. Tate Frederick. 1st Btn. (d.11th Nov 1917) Taylor MC. Edward Roy. Capt. 1st Battalion (d.23rd Oct 1918 ) Thomas W J. Pte 5th Btn. Trevan Thomas Henwood. Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.4th January 1918) Tucker William Huxtable. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.9 June 1916) Type Charles. Pte, 4th Btn. (d.15th Feb 1917) Virgin William Charles . Pte. 1st Battalion (d.10th Jun 1915) Walsh Thomas. Pte. Warr Amos. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.31st Jul 1917) Webb James. Wheeler Bertram. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.3rd March 1916) White VC. Albert. Sgt. 2nd Btn. (d.19th May 1917) Wildblood Joseph. Pte. 5th Btn. Williams Albert. Cpl. 6th Btn. Williams DCM, MM. Daniel . Pte. 2nd Btn Williams Fred. Pte. 5th Btn. Williams Robert William. Pte. 5th Btn. (d.24th March 1918) Williams Sidney. Pte. 4th Battalion (d.9th Aug 1915) Williams William John. Sgt. 1/1st (Brecknockshire) Battalion Williams William Thomas. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.30th May 1918) Wood John Norris. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.21st Aug 1916) Woodward Herbert. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.13th Feb 1917) Woodyatt Thomas Frederick. 5th Battalion (d.18th April 1918) Young Joseph. L/Cpl. 4th Btn. (d.15th April 1917) Young William James. 2nd Btn. (d.1st July 1916) All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please. Add a Name to this List More South Wales Borderers records. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? 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Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. 1206568 Pte. Joseph Gatenby South Wales Borderers I found my Grandfather's service records on line, and discovered he was notified of the death of his one-year old daughter at the end of his service in Salonika (Thessalonica). What a terrible shock for him and the family. 48246 Private Joseph Gatenby served with the South Wales Borderers during WW1. He also served as a Driver in the Army Service Corps (T/359186) On 21 May 1918, he had been alarmed by a machine gun opening up, ran for cover and in the darkness fell into a trench/drain where he sprained an ankle. He was demobilized in November, 1919 to return to house painting in Middlesbrough, with a 10% disability arising from malaria, and a very sore ankle. Ian Black Add to this record. 1206469 Pte. John Howard Chatter 140th Bde Machine Gun Corps (d.1st May 1916) My Great Uncle, John Howard Chatter, enlisted into the South Wales Borderer's in approximately August 1915 at the age of 17 years along with his brother and my Great uncle Charles E. Chatter aged 19 years. They both went on the end up in the Machine Gun Corps. On 1st of May 1916 John Howard was killed at the age of 18 years and his grave stands in Caberet-Rouge British Cemetery in Souchez. Great Uncle Charles survived WW1 and returned to his family and friends back in Shifnal, Shropshire where he finally passed away and is buried in St Andrews church yard. I know John Howard was in 140th Bde., Machine Gun Corps. If anyone might have a picture or knows of any pictures of my Great Uncles during WW1 please could you get in touch with me. Rob Chatter Add to this record. 1206392 Sgt. Albert White VC. 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.19th May 1917) Albert White was killed in action on the 19th of May 1917, aged 23. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial in the Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. White, of 58 Lamb St., Liverpool. An extract from The London Gazette, dated 27th June, 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. Realising during an attack that one of the enemy's machine guns, which had previously been located, would probably hold up the whole advance of his Company, Serjt. White, without the slightest hesitation and regardless of all personal danger, dashed ahead of his Company to capture the gun. When within a few yards of the gun he fell riddled with bullets, having thus willingly sacrificed his life in order that he might secure the success of the operations and the welfare of his comrades." s flynn Add to this record. 1206083 Pte. John Shepherd 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.21st Nov 1917) John Shepherd my Great Grandfather was a Coal Miner before enlisting. He was married with 7 children, 1 being my Grandmother. He was shot by a sniper 2 days after his 41st birthday, his body was not recovered. He is remembered on Panel 5 of the Cambrai Memorial Louverval. He served with the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers and was killed by a sniper on the 21st November 1917. Alison Stewart Add to this record. 264647 Robert Bartle Jenkins 5th Btn. C Coy. South Wales Borderers (d.18th Feb 1917) Robert Jenkins was my great uncle. I don’t really know much about him, but I know he died in the war and is buried in France. You will not be forgotten. Leanne Oldknow Add to this record. 264563 Pte. Samuel Mercer 6th Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.11th Nov 1918) Samuel Mercer was born in Widnes in Cheshire in 1901 to Samuel Mercer and Maria Cain. He served with the 6th South Wales Borderers He died in France on 11th of November 1918-11-11 and is buried in Pont De Nieppe Communal Cemetery, Nieppe, near Armentieres, France. I believe he may have been my grandfather's brother, I am searching for a definitive answer as Ancestry DNA evidence evidence is continuing. Kelvin Thomas Add to this record. 264474 L/Cpl. Simon Jones 5th Btn. South Wales Boderers (d.25th Mar 1918) Simon Jones was 26 years old when he died in action. His remains were never found. He is my Great Grandfather. My grandmother Elizabeth Mabel Suller was born in August 1918. Unfortunately Simon was never able to see his daughter. We treasure the service penny awarded to my grandmother and my children are enjoying learning about the life of their great great grandfather today as we prepare for VE Day celebrations 75 years on. Simon Jones' daughter (my grandmother) lived to 101 years of age. We lost her at the end of 2019. Vikki Field Add to this record. 264171 Sgt. Phillips Hibbert DCM. 5th Battalion South Wales Borderers (d.10th January 1918) Phillips Hibbert was awarded the DCM in 1916, when he was a Lance Corporal, for conspicuous courage and coolness under fire. He was one of a party that reoccupied a post that had been destroyed by enemy fire. Phillips was awarded an address by Prestwich District Council, in recognition of his DCM. In his acceptance speech, he said, "It doesn't take much courage to win the DCM, but it takes a lot of courage to face an audience." This was reported in the Manchester Evening News on 13th April 1916. Phillips went on to be promoted to Sergeant, which was the rank he held when he died of his injuries on 10th of January 1918 in France. He is commemorated in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Jannette Toomey Add to this record. 263856 2nd Lt. George Price Davies 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.29th Sep 1918) George Davies of Pembroke Dock was killed in the Fifth Battle of Ypres on 29th of September 1918 and is buried at Zandvoorte British Cemetery in Belgium. A Memorial is also located at Llanion Cemetery in Pembroke Dock. His parents were James and Louisa Davies of 95 Gwyther Street, Pembroke Dock. H. Morgan Add to this record. 263533 Pte. Alfred Richard Jones 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers (d.16th February 1917) My great grandfather, Alfred Jones, died from his wounds received in action on 16th of February 1917 during the campaign in Mesopotamia. He had been a coal miner in the south Wales valleys as stated on the 1911 census. Therefore, we must assume he volunteered to fight. He is buried in the Amara War Cemetery in modern day Iraq. Amara is a town on the left bank of the Tigris some 520 kilometres from the sea. The War Cemetery is a little east of the town between the left bank of the river and the Chahaila Canal. Amara was occupied by the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force on 3rs of June 1915 and it immediately became a hospital centre. Amara War Cemetery contains 4,621 burials of the First World War, more than 3,000 of which were brought into the cemetery after the Armistice. 925 of the graves are unidentified. In 1933, all of the headstones were removed from this cemetery when it was discovered that salts in the soil were causing them to deteriorate. Instead a screen wall was erected with the names of those buried in the cemetery engraved upon it. The cemetery is currently in a very bad state but the CWGC is unable to access it at this time. Louise Jones-Williams Add to this record. 262660 Cpl. Edwin Osbourne 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers Edwin Osbourne sailed to France with his battalion from Southampton on 3rd of December 1915, on board the Empress Queen. He landed at Le Havre in France and fought at Mametz Wood and the 3rd battle for Ypres. He fought through the war and was demobbed at Oswestry on 13th of January 1919 on reserve. He died in 1969. Davvid Taylor Add to this record. 262137 Pte. Theophilus James Evans 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers (d.11th Apr 1918) Theophilus Evans was born in 1900 to Mr. D.J. and Mrs. E.A. Evans He died during the German spring offensive of 1918. His name is remembered with honour among the missing on the Ploegsteert Memorial and is also listed in the Brecon Cathedral WW1 War memorial book. He was awarded two of the three WW1 medals. Add to this record. 261557 Lt. Horace Herbert Hayes 1st Battalian South Wales Borderers My grandfather, Horace Hayes, HHH, was listed as a Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borders in 1917. He survived the war, and died in 1957. Julian Hayes Add to this record. 259668 Pte. Albert Hill 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion South Wales Borderers (d.17th January 1919) Albert Hill is buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension on the Somme. According to the war graves commission his age when he died was 20, but his birth records show that he was still in his teens when he died, so he appears to have lied about his age to enlist, as so many did. Although he died after the end of the war he perished on active service and so never returned home after Armistice Day and rests in a military cemetery. James Harris Add to this record. 259056 Pte. Joseph Wildblood 5th Btn. South Wales Borderers Joseph Wildblood served 1 year 9 months in France, then 1 year 9 months in Mesopotamia, 2 months in Egypt, 2 in months Salonica. Whilst in France Joseph also received a gun shot wound to his left eye 29th of July 1916 and a gun shot wound to his left shin on 6th Mar 1917. He entered France with the 5th Battalion on 17 July 1915 and transferred to the 4th Battalion on 22nd July 1917 in Mesopotamia. He contracted malaria whilst in Salonica in Jan 1919. He was classed as 30% disabled by the pensions board. Joseph died aged 64 years old in 1964. Add to this record. 258778 David George 14th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers (d.4th Aug 1917) David George served with the South Wales Borderers and Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Neville Price Add to this record. 258777 Pte. William Morgan Davies Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, show that William Davies was 38 years old (born about 1880) when he enlisted in the South Wales Borderes, he transferred to the Royal Engineers. He served as a Tunnellers Mate, earning 2/2d per day. Neville Price Add to this record. 258297 CSM. Cornelius Matthews MiD. 10th (1st Gwent) Battalion South Wales Borderers Cornelius Matthews joined the 5th South Wales Borderers on 20th of August 1914. He was discharged three weeks later due to a toe injury incurred two years earlier in a mining accident. He joined 10th South Wales Borderers on the 12th of November 1914, was promoted to Corporal in February and went to France early in 1915. He was promoted to Lance Sergeant in April and Sergeant in July 1915, he was promoted to CSM in July 1917. He fought at Mametz Wood, was injured and returned to UK. Then he went to Mesopotamia with the 10th Battalion and contracted Malaria. He was Mentioned in Dispatches on the 21st of February 1919 and demobilised in March 1919. Daniel Matthews Add to this record. 258100 L/Cpl. John Raymond Akerman MM. Machine Gun Corps John Akerman was refused entry at Oxford & Bucks Regiment because he was too young. He went to Brecon and joined the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers at 17 years of age. He was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. John was awarded the Military Medal for his actions on 20th of November 1917. The Citation reads: 'Near Marcony on 20th of November 1917 when his Company was checked by various parties of the enemy with machine guns in ammunition pits. At once and on his own initiative rushed his Lewis gun forward through heavy, heavy fire, getting around to the flank from where he brought well aimed fire on to their pits greatly assisting in the capture of them. He showed conspicuous gallantry throughout the advance.' He was captured in February 1918 in France and spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner working in the coal mines in Germany. Add to this record. 257993 Pte. William Armstrong 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers (d.1st May 1917) Myself and two colleagues have been researching William Armstrong from Carlisle, Cumberland (now Cumbria). His name is on a WW1 memorial at Our Lady and St Joseph's Church, Warwick Road, Carlisle. We are publishing a book in the summer of 2019, Our Lady and St Joseph's Heroes Remembered. James M Robinson Add to this record.

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