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Welch Regiment
Regular Battalions: - 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, Welch Regiment
Territorial Force: - 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 5th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 2/4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 2/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 2/6th (2nd Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 3/4th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 3/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 3/6th (3rd Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 3/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, Welch Regiment
Kitchener's New Army: - 8th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 9th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 10th (1st Rhondda) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 11th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 12th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 13th (2nd Rhondda) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 14th (Swansea) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 15th (Carmarthenshire) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 17th (1st Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 18th (2nd Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 19th (Glamorgan Pioneers) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 22nd Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 23rd (Welsh Pioneers) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 25th Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 51st Graduated Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 52nd Graduated Battalion, Welch Regiment
- 53rd Young Soldier Battalion, Welch Regiment
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Those known to have served withWelch Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Allen Albert George. Pte. 3rd Battalion (d.14th January 1919)
- Allen Albert George. Pte 13th (2nd Rhondda) Battalion (d.14th January 1919)
- Antell Arthur. L/Cpl. 15th (Pioneer) Btn. (d.24th Feb 1917)
- Arnold Joseph. Pte. 15th Batt. B Coy
- Arthur William Thomas. Pte 15th Btn (d.1st Sep 1918)
- Ashcroft Edgar George. Pte 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion
- Atwill Leslie Hyde. Pte. 13th (2nd Rhondda) Btn. (d.30th January 1917)
- Badham William H.. Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.24th March 1918)
- Baldwin Albert Ernest. L/Cpl. 18th (2nd Glamorgan) Btn.
- Ball Francis Edward. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.27th July 1917)
- Beddoe Arthur. Lt.Col 4th Btn.
- Benjamin Peter Sirrug John. Pte. 5th Btn.
- Bennett John Arthur. Pte. 6th Btn
- Bews William Samuel. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.23rd November 1914)
- Beynon Ernest William. Pte. 17th Battalion (d.24th April 1917)
- Biterlich Ernest John. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.28th Feb 1918)
- Bitterlich Ernest John. Pte. 23rd Btn. (Welsh Pioneers) (d.28th Feb 1918 )
- Black MM, DCM. George Harold . Sgt. 2nd Btn.
- Bone Clement John.
- Bottomley Herbert. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.18th Sep 1918)
- Bowen Daniel Rufus. Pte 14th Battalion (d.24th October 1918)
- Brayne Charles. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.23rd Sep 1917)
- Brown Sydney Selwyn. Sgt. 16th Btn.
- Carr J. G.. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.7th Feb 1916)
- Carter George Leonard. Pte. 14th (Swansea) Battalion (d.12th July 1916)
- Cartwright Richard. Pte. 9th (Service) Battalion (d.20th September 1917)
- Castree William Edgar. Pte 9th Battalion
- Chant William. Cpl. 18th Btn.
- Cheetham Alban. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.14th July 1917)
- Clarke William Benjamin. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.30th May 1918)
- Cole George Harry. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.14th Sep 1914)
- Confrey George. Pte. 9th Battalion
- Courtney Joseph. Pte. 2nd Battallion (d.24th Sept 1918)
- Crook William Thomas . Pte. 4th Battalion
- Crossley Jesse. Pte. 15th Btn (d.26th Aug 1918)
- Davey Augustus. Cpl.
- Davies Christopher Edgar. Sgt. C Coy., 2nd Btn. (d.31st Oct 1914)
- Davies Daniel. L/Cpl. 74th Coy. (d.21st Sep 1918)
- Davies Edwin. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.11th Nov 1915)
- Davies George James. Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.14th Apr 1918)
- Davies Goronwy. Pte. 19th Btn. (d.25th November 1917)
- Davies Joseph. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th May 1915)
- Davies Samuel. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.23rd Oct 1914)
- Davies Thomas Diamond. Pte. 18th Battalion (d.29th Apr 1917)
- Davies MID Thomas Maurice. Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.23rd April 1916)
- Davies Thomas Maurice . Sgt. 8th Battalion (d.23rd April 1916)
- Davies Walter Pryce. 23rd (Welsh Pioneers) Battalion
- Davies William. Pte 14th (Swansea) Btn. (d.27th Jul 1918)
- Davies William Ralph. Pte. 6th Battalion (d.6th October 1915)
- Dawes Ronald Guy. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.23rd Aug 1918)
- Dethridge George Fredrick. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Doherty Charles Leonard. 5th Battalion, C Company
- Donegan Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.20th March 1918)
- Eade Cecil Claude Stewart. L/Cpl. 11th Btn. (d.4th Mar 1916)
- Edwards MM. William Henry. Pte. 9th Battalion
- Edwards MM. William Henry. Pte. 10th Btn.
- Egan Patrick. Sgt. 9th Battalion (d.17th May 1917)
- Ellis Arthur George. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.24th Oct 1918)
- Erriottis George. Pte 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Evans Alfred. Pte 2nd Rhondda Battalion (d.10th July 1916)
- Evans David John. Pte 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Evans David William. Pte. 15th (Carmarthenshire) Battalion (d.30th April 1917)
- Evans David. Pte 2nd Btn (d.9th May 1915)
- Evans MC. Richard Bertram. A/Capt.
- Evans Thomas Joseph. Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.26th March 1918)
- Evans William Harold. L/Sgt. 23rd Btn.
- Feeley Roger. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.28th Aug 1918)
- Ferguson John. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.31st July 1917)
- Fuller VC William Charles. Sgt
- Gain Arthur Henry. Pte. 51st Btn.
- Gallagher Edmund. Pte. 18th Btn.
- Garside John Samuel. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.4th November 1918)
- Gibson George Edward. Pte 11th Battalion (d.18th September 1918)
- Gidden Authur Maurice. Cpl. 24th Btn.
- Gill William James. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.4th Apr 1918)
- Gladman MM. Percy G. A. G.. L/Sjt. 14th Btn.
- Goss James. Pte. 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Btn. (d.1st December 1917)
- Gould William Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.28th February 1917)
- Gowman William. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.2nd Oct 1915)
- Gray John Stanley. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.30th May 1918)
- Greenwood MSM. Thomas. A/W01 1st Btn.
- Gregg John William. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.27th February 1918)
- Gregory Robert. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.5th November 1918)
- Griffiths William Edward. Pte. Swansea Battalion (d.10 July 1916)
- Gwilt Benjamin. 2nd Btn.
- Hancock Alfred Phelps. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Harmer DCM. Oscar. Sgt. 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion
- Harmer Oscar. Sgt. 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion
- Harries Gwilym. Sgt. 9th Btn. (d.28th May 1917)
- Harris Thomas. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.14th Jul 1917)
- Hibbins Albert. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.17th Apr 1918)
- Hodder Sidney. Pte. 4th Battalion
- Holland Frederick E.W.. Pte. 17th (1st Glamorgan) Battalion (d.24th April 1917)
- Hooper Richard Gilbert . L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.31st Oct 1914)
- House Percy James. Pte. 23rd Btn.
- Howard Alfred Heywood. Capt. 4th Battalion (d.10th Aug 1915)
- Howells Idris. Pte. 17th Battalion "B" Coy
- Hughes MM. James Davies. Sgt. 17th (Bantams) Btn.
- Hughes James. Pte. 18th Bn (d.13th Apr 1918)
- Jackson Walter. Pte. 18th Btn.
- Jacob Anthony. Pte. 13th Btn (d.24th April 1918)
- James Emrys Penaur. Pte.
- Jefferys Charles E. Sgt. 9th Btn.
- Jenkins Fred. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.4th November 1918)
- Jenkins William Owen. Pte. 13th Btn.
- John Edward Howel. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.7th Nov 1918)
- John Richard Francis. Lt.
- Johns MM. Leonard. Sgt. 8th Btn. (d.16th Feb 1920)
- Jones David Frederick. Pte (d.23rd April 1918)
- Jones Harry. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.4th Oct 1915)
- Jones James. Pte. 18th Btn.
- Jones James. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.26th May 1916)
- Jones Millard Fillmore. Pte. 16th Btn. (d.17th Dec 1916)
- Jones Robert. Pte 9th Battalion
- Jones Thomas Lloyd. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.30.10.1972)
- Jones Thomas. Pte. 18th (2nd Glamorgan) Btn. (d.23rd Nov 1917)
- Jones William. Sgt 2nd Btn
- Jones William Hazzelby. Pte. 23rd Btn., C Coy. (d.1st Dec 1916)
- Jones William Arthur. Pte. 17th Btn. (d.18th April 1916)
- Jordan William Brinley. Pte. 9th Btn (d.2nd Aug 1917)
- Kelley M H. Pte.
- Kirkpatrick Samuel. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.26th September 1914)
- Kirton James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.8th November 1917)
- Kirwan John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.29th Dec 1914)
- Lee Thomas James. Sgt. 10th (1st Rhondda )Btn. (d.16th March 1916)
- Leverington Walter Clare. L/Cpl. 2nd Battalion
- Lewis George Charles. Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Lewis John. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.8th Jun 1917)
- Lewis Lewis. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.11th Jul 1916)
- Lewis Titus. Pte 9th Btn
- Llewellyn John Arthur. L/Cpl. 18/15 Btn.
- Loveridge Henry. Pte. 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion (d.7th July 1916)
- Mabbett Robert John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th November 1916)
- Markin MM Frank Augustus. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.28th July 1916)
- Marlow Thomas. Pte. 9th Battalion (d.15th April 1918)
- Marlow Thomas. Pte 9th Btn. (d.15th Apr 1918)
- McTaggart William Robert. Sgt. 53rd Div.
- Melandri Leonard. Cpl. 11 Battalion, B Coy, 5 Pl.
- Melandri Vincent. Pte. 11th Battalion, B Coy, 5 Pl.
- Meredith Stephen. Pte. 14th (Swansea) Btn. (d.5th Aug 1917)
- Meredith Stephen. Pte. 14th (1st Swansea) Btn. (d.5th Aug 1917)
- Merrett Ernest Nelson. Pte. 17th Battalion (d.27th July 1917)
- Millington John Arthur . Cpl. 9th Btn
- Montgomery Robert. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.1st Dec 1915)
- Morgan A. P.. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.4th January 1916)
- Morgan Edward. Pte. 1/4th Battalion (d.25th January 1915)
- Morgan Leonard. Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Morgan Leonard. Pte. 2nd Battalion
- Morgan R.. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.15th Feb 1915)
- Morris David. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.27th May 1916)
- Morris James. 2nd Lt. (d.27th Dec 1917)
- Murphy Thomas. L/Cpl. 1/6th Btn. (d.1st October 1915)
- Neal J.. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Nicholas Frederick Hugh. Pte 9th Battalion (d.21st Dec 1915)
- Nicholas Kenneth. L/Sgt. 13th Btn. (d.18th Sep 1918)
- O'Brien Hezekiah Gordon. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.23rd March 1918)
- O'Hara George Thomas. Pte.
- Oliver Albert Thomas. Pte. 16th Btn. (d.7th July 1916)
- Oliver Ernest. Pte. 16th Btn. (d.10 July 1916)
- Osmond Richard. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.22nd March 1917)
- Ousbey Joseph. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.28th October 1915)
- Owen David Rees. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.4th Nov 1918)
- Owen William. Pte. 5th Btn.
- Park Frederick. Pte. 24th Btn. (d.22nd Oct 1918)
- Parry Thomas R.. Pte.
- Parsell Edwin. Pte 9th Btn (d.20th Sep 1917)
- Parsonage Frederick Montague. Pte.
- Pearce MM. John. Pte. 11th Btn.
- Perks William Morris. Pte. 1/4th Battalion (d.3rd November 1917)
- Phillips Daniel. L/Sgt. 13th Battalion (d.10th July 1916)
- Phillips Richard Thomas. L/Cpl. 17th Btn. (d.24th Apr 1917)
- Platt Sydney. Pte. 18th Btn. (d.24th Mar 1918)
- Powell Walter. Pte. 10th (1st Rhondda) Battalion (d.31st July 1917)
- Price W.. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn (d.15th Feb 1915)
- Pugh-Hughes John. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.1st Aug 1917)
- Read Thomas Walter . Cpl 15th (Carmarthenshire) Btn (d.28th Sep 1918)
- Rees Edgar Glynn. Pte. 2nd Btn (d.8th Sept 1916)
- Rees CMG, DSO. Hubert Conway. Brig.Gen. 2nd Btn.
- Rees William Nelson. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.15th Nov 1916)
- Reeves Leonard. Sgt. 1/5th Battalion
- Roach George. Pte. 15th (Carmarthenshire) Btn. (d.11th Mar 1918)
- Roberts Daniel. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.18th November 1916)
- Roberts MM. Edward. CSM. 10th Btn (d.30th July 1916)
- Roberts Spencer Harry. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.24th September 1918)
- Roberts William John. Pte 10th Battalion (d.2nd Aug 1917)
- Roots D.C.M. Lewis Arnold Philip. A/Sgt. 2nd Btn.
- Roper Trevor Miles. 1/6th (Glamorgan) Btn.
- Rostron Harold. Pte. 11th Btn.
- Royall Richard Harold. Pte. 1/6th Btn.
- Royles Robert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.17th April 1918)
- Rudiger Harry. Pte. 2nd Btn.
- Russell VC MC John Fox. (d.6 November 1917)
- Sadler Evan Robert. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.28th Oct 1914)
- Saunders George. Pte. 18th Btn. (d.24th Nov 1917)
- Saunders George. Pte. 18th Btn. (d.24th Nov 1917)
- Scone J.. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.10th May 1918)
- Seccombe Richard. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915)
- Sillem MC. Thomas George. Capt. 16th Btn. (d.14th Apr 1918)
- Sinclair William Frederick. Pte.
- Smith Albert Edward. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Smith Henry. Pte. 8th (Pioneer) Btn. (d.31st Mar 1918)
- Smith Sidney Ancterbury. 11th Btn.
- Spillett Ernest George. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.25th Jan 1915)
- Stradling David. Pte. A Coy. 2nd Btn. (d.9th Feb 1915)
- Strawford Harold Frank. CQMS 14th Battalion
- Taylor Noah James. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.8th September 1916)
- Thomas Arthur J.. Pte. 7th (Cyclist) Battalion
- Thomas MM. Edmund. 17th (1st Glamorgan) Battalion
- Thomas Henry Gay. Pte. 13th (2nd Rhondda) Battalion
- Thomas J.. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.20th May 1916)
- Thomas James. Pte. 11th Btn.
- Thomas Joseph. Pte. 10th (1st Rhondda) Battalion (d.31st January 1917)
- Thomas Ralph. Pte. 14th Battalion (d.27th July 1917)
- Thomas Ralph. Pte. 14th Battalion (d.27th July 1917)
- Thomas Richard. Pte. 14th (Swansea) Battalion (d.16th Sept 1918)
- Thomas Thomas Owen. L/Sgt. 5th Btn. (d.26th March 1917)
- Thomas William. Pte. 10th (1st Rhondda) Btn. (d.6th Nov 1917)
- Thompson Arthur. Pte. 17th Btn. (d.07/05/1917)
- Threlfall John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.9th Nov 1917)
- Town William Arthur. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.10th July 1917)
- Treby Samuel Robert. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.19th Jul 1917)
- Treharne Thomas Trevor. Pte. 9th Btn (d.24th Apr 1918)
- Turner George. Cpl. 8th Btn.
- Turvey Leonard Lewis. Pte 9th
- Tyrer Ernest Hugh. Cpl. 16th (Cardiff City) Btn.
- Uren MM. Wilfred. Pte. 11th Btn. (d.18 September 1918)
- Vodden John. Pte 1st Battalion (d.18th August 1915)
- Waggett James Charles. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Wagstaff Andrew. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.25th May 1915)
- Wake James. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.12th Jan 1917)
- Ward Arthur James. Pte. 8th (Pioneers) Btn. (d.18th Oct 1918)
- Watkins G.. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.15th May 1917)
- Wavell MC. Arthur John Byng. Maj. (d.9th Jan 1916)
- Webb Albert Charles. Pte. 5th Btn.
- Webber Joseph. Pte. 9th Btn.
- Willaims William. Pte. 13th (2nd Rhondda) Btn. (d.13th Jul 1916)
- Williams MSM Aaron. Sgt. 14th Btn. (d.18th September 1918)
- Williams David Huw. Pte. 24th Btn. (d.1st Nov 1917)
- Williams G.. Capt. 8th Btn. (d.15th November 1918)
- Williams G.. Capt. 8th Btn. (d.15th November 1918)
- Williams Isaac. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.21st August 1916)
- Williams Ivor. L/Cpl. 11th Btn.
- Williams John. Pte. 6th Battalion
- Williams William Henry. Pte. 10th (1st Rhondda) Battalion (d.26th April 1916)
- Winters George. Cpl. 16th (Cardiff City) Btn. (d.19th Aug 1917)
- Wood Edgar. Pte. 15th Btn. (d.8th Oct 1918)
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1206642 Cpl. William Chant 18th Btn. Welsh Regiment A WW1 postcard that I found in an old empty house in the 1970s. It's addressed to a Corporal W Chant of the 18th Welsh Regiment and it was sent to a V.A.D. Hospital in Torrington Devon. The postcard is from Tylorstown in the Rhondda and sent by an 'Auntie Anna' from 9 Station Terrace Pontygwaith. I've taken a picture of the front and back of the postcard. I know nothing of the people involved. It was posted on the 31st December 1917 and formerly addressed to a location in Exeter.
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1206485 Pte. Millard Fillmore Jones 16th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.17th Dec 1916)  I have had for years a postcard sent to my Nana. I have never quite understood the message on the back. It is from her brother William serving in France. He's wishing her good wishes for Xmas and New Year as he feels he has to but knows she will probably not enjoy the festive season because he's just had a wire that his brother Millard Fillmore has died of his wounds on 16th December. He is trying to get home. I have often wondered who Phil was but now can see that it was a nickname short for Fillmore!
I assume, but do not have confirmation, that he was injured in or prior to July possibly Mametz Wood? as his battalion took no further part that year. It seems he was taken to hospital in North Wales where his regiment was based. He was buried in Cardiff on the 24th Jan 1917 with his mother and father.
19014 Private Millard Fillmore Jones served with the 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment during WW1 and died age 24, in Cardiff on the 17th December 1916. He is buried at Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery, Grave Ref. 1 CE 471. The family entry above states the 16th Battalion but the Commomwealth War Graves indicates the 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. However the 3rd Battalion was a depot unit based in the UK and he was probably transferred to that units strength on evacuation to the UK because of his wounds.
Phil was one of the sons of William and Maria Jones, of 74, Adeline St., Splott, Cardiff.
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1205968 Pte. Roger Feeley 14th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.28th Aug 1918) Roger Feely was killed in action on the 28th of August 1918, aged 19 and is buried in the Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery in France.
Son of Mr and Mrs Feeley, 10 Thursfield Road, Burnley, Roger enlisted on March 5th, 1917, prior to this he was employed at the Burnley Corporation Gas works as a labourer.
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1205943 Pte. Harry Jones 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.4th Oct 1915) Harry Jones was killed in action on the 4th of October 1915 and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France. He was born in Liverpool, and was a resident of Caerphilly, Glam.
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264947 Pte Robert Jones 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers I have recently purchased one of Robert Jones' war medals. He was also with the Welsh Regiment. His record shows him as being ill with severe diarrhea with notes written at No 56 Casualty Clearing Station on 20th of October 1918. He was at No 46 Stationary Hospital on 11th of November 1918. Also mentioned as being transferred from sick convoy No 33 Ambulance Train.
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264693 Pte. James Thomas 11th Btn. Welch Regiment  At 17 years of age James Thomas went to fight in the 1914-18 war.
He was sent to Verona in Italy and thought it was so beautiful that he named his 2nd daughter Beryl Verona. He was also in Salonika, Greece and Bulgaria (I have a Bulgarian Leva note from that time which he brought back amongst his papers) during his service.
His Medical Army card states that he was returned home due to deafness probably due to bomb blasts.
I have a letter dated 11th of August 1918 from his father Phillip Thomas, sent to James while he was on active duty asking if he was all right and telling him all the news from Wales. James had wavy auburn hair. According to my mother he had two different coloured eyes.
When my mother gave birth to me, she travelled to see her father to show her first baby to him. He was very ill at the time and died two days later.
His date of death in 1954 is recorded in our family Bible
He is buried in Cymmer Cemetery along with his wife Gwyneth.
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263495 Pte. Sydney Platt 18th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.24th Mar 1918)  Sydney was born on 26th October 1898 to Margaret Platt (nee Doncaster) and Herbert Platt (a coal miner). The couple were married in 21 May 1891 at St George's, Tyldesley. He had a sister, Lois, 7, and a brother, William, 3 – the latter was my granddad. The family were living at 5 Sale Lane, Tyldesley which was owned by the mine.
By 1917 the family were living at 38 Johnson Street, Tyldesley. Herbert was a milkman and William had begun training as a blacksmith. Sydney was working for the Tyldesley Co-operative Society as an apprentice butcher. He joined the army in February 1917 (his brother being rejected due to a suspected varicose vein) and trained at Prees Heath, Shropshire as a soldier in the 18th Welsh Regiment. In early November 1917, he was sent to join the regiment in France to take part in the capture of Bourlon Wood, 23rd to 28th of November 1917.
He fell while on patrol from the British camp to the south of Henin-sur-Cojeul, France, according to his corporal, who was with him and saw him fall, when German sentries came out and gave fire. The patrol retreated, leaving Sydney, and returned to camp, but the regiment had received orders to move quickly to Mory to strengthen the line due to the build-up of German forces prior to their Spring Offensive, known as Operation Michael. Hence, his body was not recovered.
There are 35 unknown allied soldiers buried in Cojeul British Cemetery. I am still trying to ascertain from where each of these came, as I believe Sydney is one of these men. Sydney is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France and on the Tyldesley Memorial in his hometown.
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263164 Pte. Jesse Crossley 15th Btn Welsh Regiment (d.26th Aug 1918) Jesse Crossley served with the 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Information gleaned from the internet and CWG site. Would be grateful for any more.
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263147 Pte. George Roach 15th (Carmarthenshire) Btn. Welch Regiment (d.11th Mar 1918) George Roach was killed in action along with six of his fellow soldiers during a German raid on post 6 at Houplines on the 11th of March 1918.
Another 20 were injured and 3 missing.
I am continuing to search deeper into his service.
He is listed at the Llangloffan Mmemorial. George is buried with others from the same Regiment at the Cite Bonjean Cemetery.
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263017 Pte. Thomas Trevor Treharne 9th Btn Welsh Regiment (d.24th Apr 1918) We have discov ered that ThomasTreharne is interred in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery and plan to visit the cemetery this year.
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262944 Cpl. George Turner 8th Btn. Welch Regiment George Turnerwas a painter and a member of the territorial Kent Garrison Artillery. A sparsity of work led him to join the Welch Regiment in Cardiff in March 1912. He served with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions.
He was wounded at Zillebeke, France on 25th of May 1915.
He later joined 8th (Pioneers) Battalion, Sussex Regiment on 16th of October 1915 until demobilization in 1919.
George served in India and France.
After assignment to the 8th Btn served in Gallipoli with the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force and Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
In 1921 he joined the 90-Day Emergency Service with 4th Buffs. Later in life George ran a green grocers shop in Sheerness, Kent.
He was one of my Grandfathers' older brothers.
My father remembers him in his later years.
All his military records and a family photos survived and are the basis for this information.
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262569 Pte. Lewis Lewis 8th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.11th Jul 1916) Always remembered.
R.I.P Lewis Lewis
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261967 Pte. William Willaims 13th (2nd Rhondda) Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.13th Jul 1916) I know almost nothing about William Williams really. I know that he was my great-grandfather. I found a picture with the details on the back.
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261398 Pte. Joseph Ousbey 8th Battalion Welch Regiment (d.28th October 1915) Joseph Ousbey was 17 years old when he disembarked on Sulva Beach on 2nd of October 1915. He died of wounds on 28th of October 1915. I am
searching for any related photos please of 8th Welch Regiment or other people or his company section.
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261372 Pte David Evans 2nd Btn Welsh Regiment (d.9th May 1915) David Evans of the 2nd Btn., Welsh Regiment is my Great Grandfather, husband of Beatrice Alice Weal (formerly Evans) of 29 Hengoed Crescent, Hengoed, Cardiff.
He was Killed in action on 9th of May 1915, age 38.
and is remembered with honour Le Touret Memorial.
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261062 Pte. Arthur James Ward 8th (Pioneers) Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.18th Oct 1918) Arthur Ward died from pneumonia and bronchitis and is buried in Basra War Cemetery.
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260882 Sgt. Christopher Edgar Davies C Coy., 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.31st Oct 1914)  Christopher Davies died in action in Flanders on or about 31st of October 1914. Born in 1883, he was known by his middle name, Edgar, and he was son to Thomas and Mary Davies, who lived at the time at 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, Wales.
Edgar Davies was assigned to C Company in the 2nd Battalion of the Welsh Regiment. He was in the army for many years, and was a member of the original Expeditionary force, taking part in the Great Retreat, and the forward movement which followed. He was apparently an extremely popular non-commissioned officer.
His younger brothers were also at war: Ivor Davies was a first-class stoker on HMS Panther, a destroyer, in the North Sea. Clifford Davies, a baker by trade, enlisted in the Royal Irish Regiment at the outbreak of the war. Both of these younger brothers took an active part in the religious work at Mount Zion Baptist Chapel, Swansea, acting as Sunday school teachers and leaders of the Band of Hope.
The following story in the 16th of November 1914 edition of the Cambria Daily Leader tells of one of Edgar's letters home from the Western Front:
"Writing home to his parents, who live at 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, Cpl. Edgar Davies, 2nd Welsh Regiment, gives an interesting account of his recent experiences at the front. He says: "I am still alive and kicking, but how, I don't know. We have been defending a village which has been stripped to the ground. The church in the centre of the village was about the first to go, and the first shell on it stopped the clock, and after that the tower came down bit by bit until at last the whole of the church was on fire, and now nothing but the bare walls are left. I don't think there is a house in the whole place that hasn't been either shelled or burnt to the ground. It was pitiful to hear the animals crying during the firing. There must have been hundreds of cows, pigs and sheet burnt alive there. When we were coming away one of the goats of the village fell in the ranks with us and marched along until it was too tired to go any further at the pace we were going. I think it followed on behind. Our own goat is sticking the marches well, and has been in every action so far, and hasn't had a scratch. The cakes arrived and they were a proper treat. I thoroughly enjoyed them in the trenches. There were three of us there when I got it, and one had cigarettes and the other tobacco, so we had a proper share out -- first a nice canteen of tees and cakes, then a good smoke, with plenty of firing in between".
After writing that letter, Edgar Davies went missing on or about 30th of October 1914, presumably during the Battle of Gheluvelt.
In the 30th of January 1915 edition of the Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder, the following was announced, although it turns out that this was an erroneous report: "Captured Welshman In Germany – Sergeant Edgar Davies, 2nd Welsh Regt., son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Davies, 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, who was reported missing on October 30th, is now officially declared to be a prisoner of war in Germany. The 2nd Welsh resisted, and defeated, a vigorous attack by superior numbers of Germans, and in the melee Sgt. Davies and a number of his comrades were cut off and taken prisoner".
In the mistaken belief that Edgar, their loved one, was a prisoner of war, the family’s lives went on in Edgar’s home town of Swansea.
The following wedding announcement appeared in the 20th of November 1915 edition of the Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder, and in the 15th of November 1915 edition of the Cambria Leader, regarding the marriage of Edgar’s sister, Gladys Davies: "War Wedding At Swansea – On Monday, a war wedding which attached a large audience was celebrated at the Memorial Baptist Chapel, Swansea, when Gunner G. Thomas, R.F.A. of Morriston, was married to Miss Gladys Davies, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davies, of Westbury Street, Swansea. The Rev. W.E. White officiated. Three of the bride's brothers are on active service, one with the 2nd Welsh in France, he has been missing for many months; another in the Dardanelles with the Royal Irish Regiment, and the third in the Royal Navy. The many presents received indicated the wide popularity of the bride and bridegroom".
Ever hopeful, Edgar’s family in Swansea was to learn by 1916 that the War Office had concluded that Edgar was actually killed in action two years prior, having never been a prisoner of war after all.
The following announcement appeared in the 23rd of March 1916 edition of the Cambria Daily Leader: "Reported missing on 31st of October 1914, after having been fighting heroically against overwhelming odds, Sgt. Edgar Davies, 2nd Welsh, has been officially given up as dead. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Davies, 12 Westbury Street, Swansea, have received a War Office notification to this effect. He was at one time believed to be a prisoner of war. Sgt. Davies was a typical British non-commissioned officer of his type, brave, resourceful, and very popular with his men. He was an old pupil of St. Helen’s School. Two of his brothers are serving their country, one Stoker Ivor Davies being engaged in patrol work in the North Sea. The other, Pte. Clifford Davies, of the Royal Irish Regiment, is now in Egypt recovering from a severe illness brought on by exposure and hardships in the Suvla Bay landing, where he had many narrow escapes, a bullet hitting his cap off. Both these lads were prominent temperance workers. One of the last letters written home by Sgt. Davies, describing the remarkable march of the celebrated goat of the 2nd Welsh during the retreat from Mons, was published in the Cambria Daily Leader".
Edgar Davies is memorialized among so many other fallen soldiers at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, in Ypres, Belgium. Although referenced by his first name (Christopher) there, rather than by the common name by which he was known. He is also memorialized in the Roll of Honour at the boy's school which he had attended in his youth, St. Helen's in Swansea.
Edgar was aged 29 when he died, and like those of so many others, his body was never found.
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260830 Pte. Charles Brayne 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.23rd Sep 1917) Charlie Brayne was my great-uncle. He was the youngest of six brothers who went to fight in the Great War, and the only one of the brothers who did not survive. Two days after being injured on 21st of September 1917 during the battle of Menin Road Ridge, he died in a field hospital from those injuries.
He is buried at the church in West Outer, just a few miles from Ypres.
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260391 Pte. William Nelson Rees 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.15th Nov 1916)  William Rees was attested on 5th of August 1914 at Abergavenny Depot, then was recalled to headquarters of the Monmouthshire Regiment at Abergavenny. On 6th August, he went to Pembroke Dock for training as part of the Welsh Border Brigade, and then on 10th August he was sent to training camp at Oswestry. On the 31st, he went for training and equipping to the Northampton race course with the 53rd (Welsh) Division, where they billeted with and were well liked by the local people. In October 1914, he and the 3rd Monmouthshires were sent to Bury St. Edmunds in East Anglia to train on digging trenches and setting up defensive works. On 1st December, they went to Cambridge in January 1915 for rifle training, and on 11th February 1915, they were inspected by King George V. On 13 February 1915, the 3rd Monmouthshires proceeded by train to Southampton and sailed for France on the S.S. Chyebassa. The next morning, they arrived at Le Havre and proceeded by train to Cassel, where the GHQ of the French Northern Army was located.
On 28th February 1915, they left Steenvorde on a fleet of double-decker London buses and went into action in the front lines. During the next seven months, 3rd Battalion participated in the following battles: Messines-Wytschaete Ridge; Wulverghem; Polygon Wood (in which they were attached to the Northumberland Field Company and the 171st Tunnelling Company R.E); Hill 60; Frezenberg Ridge; Hooge Chateau; Vlamertinghe; Poperinghe; Hellfire Corner; Reninghelst; Yser Canal; Caesar’s Nose; Lindenoek; Locre; Kemmel; and Elverdinghe Chateau.
In September 1915, the 3rd Battalion was detached to the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division as a pioneer battalion and engaged in repairing roads and digging trenches and dugouts. In December, the 3rd Battalion rejoined the rest of the Monmouthshire Regiment, which was encamped at Elverdinghe Chateau. On the 29th December, while on parade there, a large German shell fired from a nearby forest exploded, wounding 30 of the Battalion and killing 39, all of whom are buried at Ferme-Olivier cemetery in Belgium.
During the first six months of 1916, 3rd Monmouthshires participated in the following actions: Albert; Brucamps; Candas; Neuville; St. Vaast; Agnieres; Pommier; and Foncquevillers. On the 1st July, the Battalion took part in the Battle of the Somme in support of the 36th Ulster Division’s attack on a German strong-point.
In August 1916, the 3rd Battalion fought at Acheux, Hedin, and Capelle. There were failed attacks on enemy trenches and many casualties, and the Battalion was ordered to retire. At the end of the month, 3rd Battalion heard the unwelcome news that, owing to
the difficulty in finding replacements, the unit would be broken up and distributed among other Welsh regiments. On 24th August, Private Rees learned that he was one of 200 men to be assigned to the new 9th Entrenching Battalion, which had been formed from the remnants of the 3rd Monmouthshires. Then on 20th September, he was transferred to the 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
On 15th November 1916, Private Rees was with a bomb and bayonet detachment near Le Sars in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, when a hidden German machine gun opened up on the detachment. One officer was wounded. Thirty other soldiers were wounded or missing. One of these was Willie, as he was known. His body was never identified. His name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
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260320 Pte. Stephen Meredith 14th (1st Swansea) Btn. Welch Regiment (d.5th Aug 1917) My great-grandfather, Stephen Meredith served with the 14th (1st Swansea) Battalion, Welch Regiment. He fathered 2 children with Florence Edith Williams and they never married (Florence was still married to her previous husband). He enlisted in Swansea and was killed during 3rd Ypres, otherwise known as Passchendaele. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Menin Gate as well as the War Memorial in Woolescote.
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