226884 A/L/Sgt. Thomas Oswell Parry British Army 2/2nd (Welsh) Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps from:Aberdare Thomas Parry enlisted in the army at Cardiff on the 18 February 1915. He underwent a medical examination that day at the Cardiff RAMC(T) Depot. He was a shop assistant aged 29 years and eleven months. He was 5'4 1/2" tall. His weight was not recorded. His chest, fully expanded, was 36" with a range of expansion of 3". His physical development and eyesight were good. He joined the 2/2 Welsh Field Ambulance Corps. His regimental number was 2236 but this was crossed out (at a later date?) and amended to 366250.
On the 15th of March 1915 - He was at Aberystwyth with the 2nd Welsh Field Ambulance RAMC. Thomas
arrived in France on the 20th of November 1915. He was subsequently awarded the 1915 star. (NB His unit was in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine so France may well be an error).
In about 1916 He saw service with the RAMC in Egypt and Gallipoli and from the 11th of June 1917 to 22nd of February 1919 he was admitted to hospital at various times suffering from dysentery.
On the 11th of April 1919 he was invalided to England and on the 20th was admitted to the Kitchener Military Hospital in Brighton suffering from dysentery
On the 28 May 1919 - He was classed as Biii at dispersal and was discharged on the 27th of June 1919 as an Acting Staff Sergeant in the RMC, Reg. No. 366250.
By the 14th of November 1919 he had been sent the British Silver War Badge (awarded to those who survived the war but were discharged from the ranks due to injury or illness).
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