Swansea Family
History
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GARFORTH, George |
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Born at |
Bolton |
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Resident at |
Bolton |
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Enlisted at |
Bolton |
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Rank |
Corporal |
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Service Number |
19916 |
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Cause of Death |
Died of Wounds |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
4th August 1917 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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Reference |
III.A.5 |
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Additional Information |
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GARSIDE, John Samuel |
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Born at |
Ashton-under-Lyne |
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Resident at |
Ashton-under-Lyne |
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Enlisted at |
Ashton-under-Lyne |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
47657 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
4th November 1918 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
Panel 7 |
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Additional Information |
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GAY, Frederick |
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Born at |
Holloway, Middlesex |
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Resident at |
Holloway, Middlesex |
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Enlisted at |
Llandovery |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
201017 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
31st July 1917 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Cement House Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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Reference |
V.A.19 |
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Additional Information |
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GEORGE, John |
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Born at |
Llandyssilo, Pembrokeshire |
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Resident at |
Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire |
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Enlisted at |
Narbeth, Pembrokeshire |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
48945 |
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Cause of Death |
Died |
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Theatre of War |
Home (UK) |
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Date of Death |
6th October 1918 |
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Age |
24 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Rhydwilym Baptist Burial Ground, Rhydwilym, Carmarthenshire |
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Reference |
— |
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Additional Information |
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GEORGE, Thomas Aubrey |
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Born at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Resident at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Corporal |
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Service Number |
17472 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
10th July 1916 |
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Age |
20 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
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Reference |
Pier and Face 7A and 10A |
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Additional Information |
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GIBSON, William |
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Born at |
Birmingham |
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Resident at |
Cwmtillery, Monmouthshire |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
29257 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
11th May 1916 |
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Age |
38 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Loos, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
III.H.34 |
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Additional Information |
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GILCHRIST, Levi |
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Born at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Resident at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Morriston, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
17753 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
27th January 1916 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
II.N.9 |
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Additional Information |
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GILLARD, Samuel Joseph |
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Born at |
Plymouth, Devon |
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Resident at |
— |
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Enlisted at |
Cardiff, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
25250 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
10th September 1917 |
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Age |
25 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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Reference |
Panel 93 to 94 |
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Additional Information |
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GITTINGS, William John |
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Born at |
Blaina, Monmouthshire |
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Resident at |
— |
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Enlisted at |
Abergavenny |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
53792 |
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Cause of Death |
Died |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
27th September 1918 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France |
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Reference |
R.II.N.10 |
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Additional Information |
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GODFREY, Leonard Powell |
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Born at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Resident at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Captain |
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Service Number |
22461 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
23rd August 1917 |
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Age |
27 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
“B” Company, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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Reference |
V.B.12 |
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Additional Information |
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GODWIN, George |
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Born at |
Cheltenham |
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Resident at |
Pontypridd, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Porth, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
22461 |
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Cause of Death |
Died |
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Theatre of War |
Home (UK) |
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Date of Death |
26th March 1918 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Cheltenham Cemetery, Presbury, Gloucestershire |
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Reference |
F.1118 |
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Additional Information |
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GOSLING, Frederick James |
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Born at |
Devonport, Devon |
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Resident at |
Exeter, Devon |
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Enlisted at |
Devonport, Devon |
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Rank |
Serjeant |
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Service Number |
22461 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
9th October 1918 |
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Age |
31 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
I.A.32 |
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Additional Information |
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GOUGH, Arthur Henry |
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Born at |
Leominster, Hertfordshire |
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Resident at |
Earlsfield, Middlesex |
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Enlisted at |
Wandsworth, Middlesex |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
55211formerly 30268 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
5th August 1917 |
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Age |
39 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment formerly East Surrey Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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Reference |
Panel 37 |
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Additional Information |
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GREEN, Stanley Arthur |
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Born at |
Eynsham, Oxfordshire |
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Resident at |
— |
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Enlisted at |
Oxford |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
60428 |
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Cause of Death |
Died of Wounds |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
22nd April 1918 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Contay British Cemetery, Contay, Somme, France |
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Reference |
VII.E.15 |
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Additional Information |
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GRIFFITHS, David Ivor |
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Born at |
Trebanos, Glamorgan |
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Resident at |
— |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
29233 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
14th April 1916 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
II.E.19 |
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Additional Information |
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GRIFFITHS, Evan John |
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Born at |
Tonyrefail, Glamorgan |
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Resident at |
Tonyrefail, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Cardiff, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
75346 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
8th October 1918 |
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Age |
20 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy, Aisne, France |
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Reference |
IV.E.20 |
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Additional Information |
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GRIFFITHS, Robert William |
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Born at |
Glan-y-Wern, Carmarthenshire |
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Resident at |
Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire |
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Enlisted at |
Ashton-in-Marketfield, Lancashire |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
60723 |
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Cause of Death |
Died of Wounds |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (Belgium) |
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Date of Death |
5th September 1917 |
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Age |
19 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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Reference |
IV.F.6 |
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Additional Information |
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GRIFFITHS, John Alfred |
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Born at |
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire |
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Resident at |
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Serjeant |
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Service Number |
17945 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
13th March 1916 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
III.M.12 |
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Additional Information |
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GRIFFITHS, William Edward |
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Born at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Resident at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
29105 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
12th July 1916 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
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Reference |
Pier and Face 7A and 10A |
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Additional Information |
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GUNTRIP, Walter |
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Born at |
Brill, Buckinghamshire |
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Resident at |
— |
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Enlisted at |
Swansea, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
29084 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
29th May 1916 |
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Age |
— |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
II.H.11 |
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Additional Information |
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GWILLIAM, Albert |
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Born at |
Hay, Breconshire |
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Resident at |
Cilfynydd, Glamorgan |
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Enlisted at |
Porth, Glamorgan |
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Rank |
Private |
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Service Number |
28442 |
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Cause of Death |
Killed in Action |
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Theatre of War |
Western European Theatre (France) |
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Date of Death |
8th October 1918 |
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Age |
21 |
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Regiment |
Welsh Regiment |
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Squadron/Battalion |
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea) |
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Cemetery/Memorial |
Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
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Reference |
Panel 7 |
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Additional Information |
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