Swansea Family History
Swansea Family History 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bailey

Robert Alfred

Private

45344

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

24th August 

1916

 

Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

London

Resident At

Leyton, Essex

Cemetery/Memorial

London Cemetery and Extension, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

6.A.3 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bale

William

Private

13302

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

18th February 

1915

 

Welsh Regiment

1st Battalion

Born At

Cwmavon, Port Talbot, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 37 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Ballard

William

Private

1865 

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

20th July

1916

 

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Exeter, Devon

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

VI.F.9 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Banks

James

Lance Corporal

18845

Died

Home (UK)

27th July 

1915

38

Wiltshire Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire

Resident At

Pontardawe, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Screen Wall O1.276 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Barlow

Herbert

Private

24109

Killed in Action

Egyptian Theatre

24th December 

1918

 

Manchester Regiment

1st Battalion

Born At

Stockport, Cheshire

Resident At

Stockport, Cheshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Q.104 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Beattie

Patrick

Private

7938

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

27th August 

1914

 

Royal Munster Fusiliers

2nd Battalion

Born At

St. Mary’s, Dumbarton, Scotland

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Etreux British Cemetery, Aisne, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.30 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Beer

William

Private

1892

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

19th April 

1915

 

Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

Barnstaple, Devon

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panels 23 and 24 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Benjamin

Thomas Henry

Private

15028

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

27th April 

1917

29

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

10th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Llantwit Lower, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Bay 6 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bennett

Aubrey

Guardsman

15471

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

29th October 

1914

 

Grenadier Guards

1st Battalion

Born At

Christchurch, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 9 and 11 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bennett

Benjamin

Private

22790

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

6th July 

1916

 

Welsh Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Penclawdd, Glamorgan

Resident At

Penclawdd, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bevan

Brinley Richard

Private

290206

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

11th June 

1916

23

Welsh Regiment

18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glamorgan)

Born At

Aberbank, Glamorgan

Resident At

Britton Ferry, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Wavrin German Cemetery Memorial 23 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bevan

Daniel

Corporal

245985

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

27th May 

1918

 

Durham Light Infantry

1/6th Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Gorseinon, Glamorgan

Resident At

Gorseinon, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Sossions Memorial, Aisne, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bevan

Richard James

Lance Corporal

265883

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

24th October 

1917

27

Durham Light Infantry

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Gowerton, Glamorgan

Resident At

Gowerton, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

II.S.14 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bevan

Samuel

Private

15390

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

10th June 

1916

42

South Wales Borderers

1st Battalion

Born At

Neath, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

V.E.13 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bevan

William Edward

Corporal

9591

Died

Home (UK)

1st June 

1915

21

Welsh Regiment

3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Born At

Newport, Monmouthshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

EB.10 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Beynon

Edgar

Private

60298 

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

18th June 

1917

26

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

10th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Park Mill, Gower, Swansea, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

III.L.13 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bishop

Ernest James

Rifleman

S/1407

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

25th September 

1915

 

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)

12th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Much Wenlock, Shropshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Ploegsteert Memorial, Hainaut, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 10  

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Blackwood

John

Lance Corporal

39262

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

7th December 

1917

 

Highland Light Infantry

2nd Battalion

Born At

Glasgow, Scotland

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

IX.C.20 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Blair

John James

Corporal

13754

Killed in Action

Salonika Theatre

5th April 

1916

21

East Lancashire Regiment

6th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Oldham, Lancashire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Basra Memorial, Iraq

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 19 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Booty

Ernest Frederick

Private

399987

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

20th September 

1918

21

Royal Garrison Artillery

No.2 Depot

Attached

Attached

Labour Corps 

795th Area Employment Company

Born At

Sizewell, Leiston, Suffolk

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Terlincthune British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

V.A.11 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bowden

Albert Henry

Lance Corporal

796

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

10th September 

1916

25

Welsh Guards

1st Battalion

Born At

Woodcroft, Newport, Monmouthshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

XIII.L.5 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bowen

Daniel

Private

1922

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

7th September 

1916

27

Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

Bradley, Staffordshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bowen

James

Lance Corporal

34157

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

7th July 

1916

36

Welsh Regiment

“B” Company

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Llandrindod Wells

Resident At

Dunvant, Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bowen

John

Private

2698

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

5th October 

1915

 

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

 

Resident At

Clun, Shropshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.E.32 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bowering

William

Driver

113066 

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

6th April 

1918

28

Royal Field Artillery

65th Brigade

Born At

Upper Parkstown, Poole, Dorset

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

VI.D.20 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bradley

John Francis

Lance Corporal

S/4911

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

29th August 

1916

26

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Mountmellick, Co. Laois, Ireland

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

X.A.13A 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Brain

John Ivor

Sapper

151355

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

27th April 

1916

23

Royal Engineers

253rd Tunnelling Company

Born At

Llandeilo, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

II.G.33 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Britton

Arthur James

Private

45340

Killed in Action

Asiatic Theatre

13th August 

1918

39

Welsh Regiment

8th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)

Born At

 

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Kirkee New Cemetery, India

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Plot F. Row H. Grave 2 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Britton

John Henry

Gunner

114254

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

29th July 

1917

32

Royal Garrison Artillery

111th Siege Battery

Born At

Pentrechwyth, Swansea, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

XXII.M.5A 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Brown

Clifford Vernon

Bombardier

14550

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

17th August 

1917

23

Royal Field Artillery

“A” Battery

92nd Brigade

Born At

Bristol, Gloucestershire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

III.I.8 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Brown

James

Private

12034

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

9th May 

1915

 

Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

Tredegar, Gwent

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panels 23 and 24 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Brown

Joseph Sidney

Private

266231

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

9th November 

1917

 

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Croydon, Surrey

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Passchendaele New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

XII.A.25 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Brown

Nicholas

Rifleman

C/908

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

27th June 

1916

20

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade)

Born At

Loughor, Glamorgan

Resident At

Gowerton, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Cambrin Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

G.13 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Browning

Godfrey Arthur

Corporal

17314

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

17th November 

1916

 

Welsh Regiment

14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Born At

Newporth, Monmouthshire

Resident At

Gowerton, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

III.K.8 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bryson

John

Private

1968

Died

Home (UK)

11th February 

1915

21

Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland

Resident At

Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland

Cemetery/Memorial

Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Q.347 (Screen Wall) 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bullock

Alfred Ernest

Private

50898

Died

Home (UK)

14th March 

1918

35

North Staffordshire Regiment

Depot Battalion

Born At

Bath, Somerset

Resident At

Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Old Road Cemetery, Llanelli, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

III.B.3 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bunney

James N.

Lance Corporal

S/4924

Killed in Action

Salonika Theatre

19th September 

1918

 

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

12th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Edinburgh, Scotland

Resident At

Edinburgh, Scotland

Cemetery/Memorial

Doiran Memorial, Greece

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Burrell

Phillip

Private

2150

Died

Home (UK)

10th October 

1914

 

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Brecon

Resident At

Aberdare, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Holy Cross Churchyard, Port Talbot, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

14.19 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Burridge

Ernest William

Private

265775

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

27th October 

1917

29

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Crediton, Devon

Resident At

Pontardulais, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

XII.C.4 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Butterworth

George Edward

Private

93300

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

25th October 

1918

19

Durham Light Infantry

20th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Sheffield, Yorkshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Heestert Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

H.5 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Byng

Frank

Private

3/5768

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

19th December 

1914

 

Somerset Light Infantry

1st Battalion

Born At

Cathays, Cardiff, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

II.B.1 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Bywaters

William

Private

37108

Killed in Action

Salonika Theatre

29th April 

1918

 

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

8th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Headland, Hereford, Herefordshire

Resident At

Headland, Hereford, Herefordshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Basra Memorial, Iraq

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 15

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