Swansea Family History
Swansea Family History 

FALVEY, Dennis

Born at

Ebbw Vale

Resident at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

40806

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

1st October 1917

Age

33

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

16th (Service) Battalion (Cardiff City)

Cemetery/Memorial

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

XXVII.D.6A

Additional Information

 

 

 

FARLEY, Harry

Born at

Swansea

Resident at

Swansea

Rank

Lance Corporal

Service Number

58401

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

23rd May 1918

Age

23

Regiment

Royal Army Medical Corps

Squadron/Battalion

10th Stationary Hospital

Cemetery/Memorial

St. Omer Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

V.B.32

Additional Information

 

 

 

FERNOTT, Richard

Born at

Hull

Resident at

Bristol

Rank

Private

Service Number

1970

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

8th October 1915

Age

39

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Reference

A.12.13

Additional Information

 

 

 

FEWINGS (MM), William Edward

Born at

Swansea

Resident at

Swansea

Rank

Corporal

Service Number

40690

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

24th March 1918

Age

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glamorgan)

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Bay 6

Additional Information

 

 

 

FINCH, Clarence Burgoyne

Born at

Worcester

Resident at

Rank

Lance Corporal

Service Number

17584

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

10th July 1916

Age

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A

Additional Information

 

 

 

FINCH, John

Born at

Windsor

Resident at

Windsor

Rank

Lance Corporal

Service Number

2118

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

14th March 1916

Age

25

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Bay 6

Additional Information

 

 

 

FISHER, William

Born at

Resident at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

2710

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

30th March 1915

Age

27

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Plot A. Row 1. Grave 3

Additional Information

 

 

 

FLETCHER, Samuel

Born at

Pontypridd

Resident at

Ystradgylais

Rank

Private

Service Number

62781

Cause of Death

Died

Theatre of War

Home (UK)

Date of Death

21st December 1915

Age

47

Regiment

Royal Army Medical Corps

Squadron/Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Lydbrook Baptist Churchyard, Lydbrook

Reference

3.4

Additional Information

 

 

 

FLETCHER, William

Born at

Gorseinon

Resident at

Gorseinon

Rank

Private

Service Number

16540

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

19th January 1917

Age

31

Regiment

Somerset Light Infantry

Squadron/Battalion

6th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

II.A.6

Additional Information

 

 

 

FOLEY, James

Born at

Killkenny, Ireland

Resident at

Rotterham

Rank

Driver

Service Number

T/34147

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

2nd May 1917

Age

31

Regiment

Army Service Corps

Squadron/Battalion

Horse Transport Depot (Orleans)

Cemetery/Memorial

Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Harve, Seine-Maritime, France

Reference

Division 19.C.2

Additional Information

 

 

 

FOLEY, William

Born at

Bridgend

Resident at

Pontardawe

Rank

Lance Serjeant

Service Number

31800

Cause of Death

Died

Theatre of War

Home (UK)

Date of Death

10th December 1917

Age

34

Regiment

South Wales Borderers

Squadron/Battalion

11th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Clydach-on-Tawe

Reference

184

Additional Information

 

 

 

FOOTMAN, Charles John

Born at

Pembroke Dock

Resident at

Gorseinon

Rank

Private

Service Number

2359

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

3rd August 1915

Age

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

6th (Glamorgan Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

Lindenhoek Chalet Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

I.F.10

Additional Information

 

 

 

FOSTER, Donald Llewellyn

Born at

Carmarthen

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

2547

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

11th October 1917

Age

23

Regiment

Welsh Guards

Squadron/Battalion

1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

Panel 11

Additional Information

 

 

 

FOSTER, Frank

Born at

Walthamstow

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

2335

Cause of Death

Died

Theatre of War

Home (UK)

Date of Death

17th January 1917

Age

23

Regiment

Welsh Guards formerly Welsh Guards

Squadron/Battalion

2nd (Reserve) Battalion formerly 1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Danygraig Cemetery, St. Thomas, Swansea

Reference

T.877

Additional Information

 

 

 

FOWLER, Benjamin

Born at

Swansea

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

40019

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

16th July 1916

Age

23

Regiment

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Squadron/Battalion

1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France

Reference

I.C.48

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRANCIS, Arthur

Born at

Bristol

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

42074

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Salonika Theatre

Date of Death

9th May 1917

Age

30

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

23rd (Service) Battalion (Welsh Pioneers)

Cemetery/Memorial

Doiran Memorial, Greece

Reference

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRANCIS, David Thomas

Born at

Pontardawe

Resident at

Rank

Gunner

Service Number

113069

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

27th September 1917

Age

24

Regiment

Royal Field Artillery

Squadron/Battalion

41st Divisional Ammunition Column

Cemetery/Memorial

The Huts Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

VII.C.18

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRANCIS, Ebenezer

Born at

Llandebie

Resident at

Ammanford

Rank

Private

Service Number

54117

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

24th March 1918

Age

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

9th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Bay 6

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRANCIS, Ernest Edward

Born at

Swansea

Resident at

Rank

Gunner

Service Number

4505

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Egyptian Theatre

Date of Death

4th December 1917

Age

Regiment

Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Garrison Artillery

Squadron/Battalion

— attached 9th Brigade Mortar Battery

Cemetery/Memorial

Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine

Reference

Panel 7

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRANCIS, Gordon

Born at

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

34741

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

7th August 1918

Age

Regiment

East Surrey Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

8th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Somme, France

Reference

V.I.9

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRANKLIN, Edward

Born at

Bradford-on-Avon

Resident at

Rank

Lance Corporal

Service Number

10696

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

20th October 1915

Age

20

Regiment

South Wales Borderers

Squadron/Battalion

1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

VI.D.7

Additional Information

 

 

 

FURNESS, Harry Bickerdike

Born at

Leeds

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

1775

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

10th July 1916

Age

28

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A

Additional Information

 

 

 

FRYSON, Archie

Born at

Cambridge

Resident at

Rank

Private

Service Number

85697

Cause of Death

Died

Theatre of War

At Sea

Date of Death

4th May 1917

Age

Regiment

Royal Army Medical Corps

Squadron/Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Savona Memorial, Italy

Reference

Additional Information

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Falvey

Dennis

Private

40806

Western European Theatre (France)

1st October

1917

33

Welsh Regiment

16th (Service) Battalion (Cardiff City)

Born At

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire

Resident At

Treboeth, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Etaples Military Cemetery Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

XXVII.D.6A

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Farley

Harry

Lance Corporal

58401

Western European Theatre (France)

23rd May

1918

23

Royal Army Medical Corps

10th Stationary Hospital

Born At

Port Tennant, Swansea, Glamorgan

Resident At

St. Thomas, Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

St. Omer Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

V.B.32

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fernott

Richard

Private

1970

Western European Theatre (France)

8th October

1915

39

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Hull, Yorkshire

Resident At

Bristol, Gloucestershire

Cemetery/Memorial

St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

A.12.13

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fewings (MM)

William Edward

Corporal

40690 

Western European Theatre (France)

24th March

1918

 

Welsh Regiment

18th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glamorgan)

Born At

Landore, Swansea, Glamorgan

Resident At

Landore, Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Bay 6

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Finch

Clarence Burgoyne

Lance Corporal

17584

Western European Theatre (France)

10th July

1916

 

Welsh Regiment

14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Born At

Worcester, Worcestershire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Finch

John

Lance Corporal

2118

Western European Theatre (France)

14th March

1916

25

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Windsor, Berkshire

Resident At

Windsor, Berkshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Bay 6

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fisher

William

Private

2710

Western European Theatre (France)

30th March

1915

27

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

 

Resident At

Cockett, Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Plot A. Row 1. Grave 3  

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fletcher

Samuel

Private

62781

Home (UK)

21st December

1915

47

Royal Army Medical Corps

 

Born At

Pontypridd, Glamorgan

Resident At

Ystradgylais, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Lydbrook Baptist Churchyard, Gloucestershire

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

3.4

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fletcher

William

Private

16540

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

19th  January

1917

47

Somerset Light Infantry

6th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Gorseinon, Glamorgan

Resident At

Gorseinon, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

II.A.6

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Foley

James

Driver

T/34147

Western European Theatre (France)

2nd May

1915

31

Army Service Corps

Horse Transport Depot (Orleans)

Born At

Killkenny, Ireland

Resident At

Rotherham, Yorkshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Harve, Seine-Maritime, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Division 19.C.2

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Foley

William

Lance Serjeant

31800

Home (UK)

10th December

1917

34

South Wales Borderers

11th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Maesteg, Bridgend, Glamorgan

Resident At

Pontardawe, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Clydach-on-Tawe, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

184

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Footman

Charles John

Private

2359

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

3rd August

1915

 

Welsh Regiment

6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire

Resident At

Gorseinon, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Lindenhoek Chalet Military, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.F.10

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Foster

Donald Llewellyn

Private

2547

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

11th October

1917

23

Welsh Guards

1st Battalion

Born At

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 11

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Foster

Frank

Private

2335

Home (UK)

17th  January

1917

23

Welsh Guards

2nd (Reserve) Battalion

Formerly

Formerly

Welsh Guards

1st Battalion

Born At

Walthamstow, Essex

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Danygraig Cemetery, Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

T.877

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fowler

Benjamin

Private

40019

Western European Theatre (France)

16th July

1916

23

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st Battalion

Born At

Bonymaen, Swansea, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.C.48

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Francis

Arthur

Private

42074

Salonika Theatre

9th May

1917

30

Welsh Regiment

23rd (Service) Battalion (Welsh Pioneers)

Born At

Bristol, Gloucestershire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Doiran Memorial, Greece

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

 

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Francis

David Thomas

Gunner

113069

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

27th September

1917

24

Royal Field Artillery

41st Divisional Ammunition Column

Born At

Pontardawe, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

The Huts Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

VII.C.18

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Francis

Ebenezer

Private

54117

Western European Theatre (France)

24th March

1918

 

Welsh Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Llandebie, Glamorgan

Resident At

Ammanford, Carmarthenshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Bay 6

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Francis

Ernest Edward

Gunner

4505

Egyptian Theatre

4th December

1917

 

Royal Field Artillery

 

Attached

Attached

Royal Garrison Artillery

9th Brigade Mortar Battery

Born At

St. Mary’s, Swansea, Glamorgan

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 7

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Francis

Gordon

Private

34741

Western European Theatre (France)

7th August

1918

 

East Surrey Regiment

8th (Service) Battalion

Born At

 

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

V.I.9

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Franklin

Edward

Lance Corporal

10696

Western European Theatre (France)

20th October

1915

20

South Wales Borderers

1st Battalion

Born At

Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

VI.D.17

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Furness

Harry Bickerdike

Private

1775

Western European Theatre (France)

10th July

1916

28

Welsh Regiment

14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Born At

Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A

 

 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Service Number

Theatre of War

Date

Year

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Of Death

Fyson

Archie

Private

85697

At Sea

4th May

1917

 

Royal Army Medical Corps

 

Born At

Littleport, Cambridge, Cambridgshire

Resident At

 

Cemetery/Memorial

Savona Memorial, Italy

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

 

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