Swansea Family History
Swansea Family History 

DALTON, John

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Neath

Rank

Private

Service Number

7299

Cause of Death

Died

Theatre of War

Home (UK)

Date of Death

7th December 1914

Age

32

Regiment

Somerset Light Infantry

Squadron/Battalion

1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

St. James Churchyard, Silsoe, Bedfordshire

Reference

5

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIE, Donald

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Inverness

Rank

Private

Service Number

S/12007

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

25th September 1915

Age

Regiment

The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

Squadron/Battalion

5th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Panel 119 to 124

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Benjamin

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Llanelly

Rank

Rifleman

Service Number

R/2776

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

12th February 1916

Age

23

Regiment

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Squadron/Battalion

12th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Menin Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

Panel 51 and 53

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Christopher

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Cardiff

Rank

Serjeant

Service Number

7294

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

31st October 1914

Age

29

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Menin Gate Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

Panel 37

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Clement Hugh

Born at

Llandilo

Enlisted at

Hounslow, London

Rank

Private

Service Number

G/86328

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

11th December 1917

Age

19

Regiment

Middlesex Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

17th (Service) Battalion (1st Football)

Cemetery/Memorial

Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

I.E.1

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Daniel Edward

Born at

Morriston, Swansea

Enlisted at

Newtown, Montgomeryshire

Rank

Private

Service Number

355773

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Egyptian Theatre

Date of Death

30th November 1917

Age

36

Regiment

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Squadron/Battalion

25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine

Reference

Panel 19 to 22

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Frederick James

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Cardiff

Rank

Private

Service Number

41414

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

27th April 1918

Age

Regiment

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

9th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

La Laiterie Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

II.D.11

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Granville

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Cardiff

Rank

Private

Service Number

56860

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

29th July 1917

Age

25

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

“A” Company, 13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda)

Cemetery/Memorial

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

Special Memorial behind Plots V and VI

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Idris

Born at

Pontypridd

Enlisted at

Manchester

Rank

Rifleman

Service Number

7096

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

14th September 1914

Age

27

Regiment

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Squadron/Battalion

1st Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

Reference

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, John Powell

Born at

Rhondda Cyon Taff

Enlisted at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

767054

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

31st August 1918

Age

19

Regiment

London Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist Rifles)

Cemetery/Memorial

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France

Reference

VI.D.24

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Thomas John

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Cardiff

Rank

Private

Service Number

80226

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

5th November 1918

Age

19

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

9th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Jenlain Communal Cemetery, Nord, France

Reference

2

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, Thomas Picton

Born at

St. Martin, Pembrokeshire

Enlisted at

Pembroke

Rank

Private

Service Number

30919

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

3rd July 1916

Age

38

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

9th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Reference

Pier and Face 7A and 10A

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIES, William

Born at

Enlisted at

Preston

Rank

Driver

Service Number

43367

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

29th October 1918

Age

Regiment

Royal Field Artillery

Squadron/Battalion

“A” Battery, 86th Army Brigade

Cemetery/Memorial

Permont British Cemetery, Aisne, France

Reference

1.C.17

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIS, Arthur

Born at

Whitepond, Wiltshire

Enlisted at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

10551

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

17th February 1916

Age

Regiment

Royal Berkshire Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

5th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Panel 93 to 95

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAVIS, Ernest Hills

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Cardiff

Rank

Private

Service Number

60075

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

7th November 1918

Age

26

Regiment

King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

Squadron/Battalion

4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France

Reference

I.D.13

Additional Information

 

 

 

DAWSON, David John

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Carmarthen

Rank

Private

Service Number

320494

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

21st September 1918

Age

29

Regiment

Welsh Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Panel 7

Additional Information

 

 

 

DENT, Edward James

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Carmarthen

Rank

Private

Service Number

245053

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

26th October 1917

Age

20

Regiment

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

2/5th Battalion, Territorial Force

Cemetery/Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

Panel 102 and 104

Additional Information

 

 

 

DOWDLE, Reginald

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Cardiff

Rank

Private

Service Number

27391

Cause of Death

Died

Theatre of War

Home (UK)

Date of Death

10th October 1917

Age

Regiment

Scottish Horse

Squadron/Battalion

2/1st

Cemetery/Memorial

Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton

Reference

Additional Information

 

 

 

DUCKETT, Ernest Arthur

Born at

Long Itchlington, Warwickshire

Enlisted at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

19657

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Gallipoli Theatre

Date of Death

10th October 1915

Age

25

Regiment

Worcestershire Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

9th (Service) Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Turkey

Reference

Special Memorial A.61

Additional Information

 

 

 

DYER, Albert

Born at

Chepstow

Enlisted at

Birmingham

Rank

Private

Service Number

21950

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

26th April 1916

Age

24

Regiment

Worcestershire Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

3rd Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

I.H.5

Additional Information

 

 

 

DYER, George

Born at

Swansea

Enlisted at

Neath

Rank

Private

Service Number

10168

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

11th April 1917

Age

Regiment

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

Squadron/Battalion

46th Company

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

Bay 10

Additional Information

 

 

 

DYER, Robert Charles

Born at

Chepstow

Enlisted at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

19478

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

Date of Death

12th July 1917

Age

Regiment

Worcestershire Regiment

Squadron/Battalion

4th Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reference

III.B.28

Additional Information

 

 

 

DYSON, George Henry

Born at

Chepstow

Enlisted at

Swansea

Rank

Private

Service Number

9331

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Theatre of War

Western European Theatre (France)

Date of Death

21st November 1916

Age

30

Regiment

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Squadron/Battalion

2nd Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Reference

XX.A.15A

Additional Information

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dalton

John

Private

7299

Died

Home (UK)

7th December 

1914

32

Somerset Light Infantry

1st Battalion

Born At

St. Joseph, Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Neath, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

St. James Churchyard, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

5

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davie

Donald

Private

S/12007

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

25th September 

1915

 

The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

5th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Inverness, Inverness shire

Cemetery/Memorial

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 119 to 124

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Benjamin

Rifleman

R/2776

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

12th February 

1916

23

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

12th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 51 and 53

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Christopher

Serjeant

7294

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

31st October 

1914

29

Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Cardiff, Glamorgan

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

Davies

Clement Hugh

Private

G/86328

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

11th December 

1917

19

Middlesex Regiment

17th (Service) Battalion

(1st Football)

Born At

Llandilo, Carmarthenshire

Enlisted At

Hounslow, London

Cemetery/Memorial

Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension,

Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.E.1

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Daniel Edward

Private

355773

Killed in Action

Egyptian Theatre

30th November 

1917

36

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Morriston, Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Newtown, Montgomeryshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Jerusalem Memorial, Israel and Palestine

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 19 to 22

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Frederick James

Private

41414

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

27th April

1918

 

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Cardiff, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

La Laiterie Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

II.D.11

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Granville

Private

56860

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

29th July  

1917

25

Welsh Regiment

“A” Company,

13th (Service) Battalion

(2nd Rhondda)

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Llanelli, Carmarthenshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Special Memorial behind Plots V and VI

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Idris

Rifleman

7096

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

14th September 

1914

27

King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1st Battalion

Born At

Pontypridd, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Manchester

Cemetery/Memorial

La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, Seine-et-Marne, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

John Powell

Private

767054

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

31st August 

1918

19

London Regiment

1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist Rifles)

Born At

Lentre Rhondda, Rhondda Cyon Taff

Enlisted At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

VI.D.24

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Thomas John

Private

80226

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

5th November 

1918

19

Welsh Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Cardiff, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Jenlain Communal Cemetery, Nord, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

2

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davies

Thomas Picton

Private

30919

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

3rd July  

1916

38

Welsh Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

St. Martin, Pembrokeshire

Enlisted At

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

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

Davies

William

Driver

43367

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

29th October 

1918

 

Royal Field Artillery

“A” Battery,

86th Army Brigade

Born At

 

Enlisted At

Preston, Lancashire

Cemetery/Memorial

Permont British Cemetery, Aisne, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

1.C.17

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davis

Arthur

Private

10551

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

17th February 

1916

 

Royal Berkshire Regiment

5th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Whitepond, Wiltshire

Enlisted At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Pane 93 to 95

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Davis

Ernest Hills

Private

60075

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

7th November 

1918

26

King’s (Liverpool Regiment)

4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Cardiff, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Dourlers Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.D.13

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dawson

David John

Private

320494

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

21st September 

1918

29

Welsh Regiment

24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion,

Territorial Force

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 7

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dent

Edward James

Private

245053

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

26th October 

1917

20

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

2/5th Battalion, Territorial Force

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Cardiff, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Panel 102 to 104

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dowdle

Reginald

Private

27391

Died

Home (UK)

10th October 

1917

 

Scottish Horse

2/1st

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Cardiff, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, United Kingdom

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

 

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Duckett

Ernest Arthur

Private

19657

Killed in Action

Gallipoli Theatre

10th August 

1915

25

Worcestershire Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion

Born At

Long Itchlington, Warwickshire

Enlisted At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Turkey

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Special Memorial A.61

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dyer

Albert

Private

21950

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

26th April

1916

24

Worcestershire Regiment

3rd Battalion

Born At

Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Enlisted At

Birmingham, Staffordshire

Cemetery/Memorial

Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St. Eloi, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

I.H.5

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dyer

George

Private

10168

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

11th April

1917

 

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

46th Company

Born At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Enlisted At

Neath, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

Bay 10

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dyer

Robert Charles

Private

19478

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (Belgium)

12th July  

1917

 

Worcestershire Regiment

4th Battalion

Born At

Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Enlisted At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

III.B.28

 

 

Surname

Christian

Names

Rank

Service Number

Cause of Death

Theatre of War

Date of Death

Age

Regiment

Battalion

Dyson

George Henry

Private

9331

Killed in Action

Western European Theatre (France)

21st November 

1916

30

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

2nd Battalion

Born At

Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Enlisted At

Swansea, Glamorgan

Cemetery/Memorial

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery/Memorial Reference

XX.A.15A

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