BORN: 1891, Sudbrook, Monmouthshire, Wales. UNIT: 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers DIED: 12 Sep 1918, Richebourg, France, aged 27. BURIED: St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg, France. Grave V.E. 2. LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Salisbury Mill, Magor. Portskewett. Carrow Hill.…
BORN: 1895, Magor, Monmouthshire, Wales. UNIT: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. DIED: 15-18 May 1915, killed in action at Festubert, France. BURIED: No known grave. Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, Richebourg, France. Panel 2. LOCAL CONNECTIONS: West End, Magor.…
BORN: 1895/6, Christchurch, Monmouthshire, Wales. UNIT: 10th Battalion (1st Gwent) South Wales Borderers. DIED: 31 July 1917, killed in action at Pilckem, Passchendaele (3rd Battle of Ypres), aged 32.BURIED: Artillery Wood Cemetery, Boesinghe, Belgium. Grave III. B. 5. LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Llandevaud.…
BORN: 1885, Redwick, Monmouthshire, Wales. UNIT: Mercantile Marine (later called Merchant Navy). DIED: 29 Apr 1917, aged 31. Drowned after an attack by an enemy submarine. BURIED: Commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial, London. LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Bryn Farm,…
BORN: 27 Jan 1880, Skilgate, Somerset, England. UNIT: 1/5th Bn. Devonshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) Territorials. DIED: 12 Mar 1918, Palestine, killed in an enemy air raid. BURIED: Commemorated in Ramleh War Cemetery, Ramla, Israel. S.28. LOCAL CONNECTIONS:…
BORN: Probably 25 Apr 1896, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. [See note] UNIT: 16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers. DIED: 08 Oct 1918, killed in action at the battle for Mortho Wood, aged 22. BURIED: Bois-des-Angles British Cemetery, Crevecoeur-sur-L’Escaut, Nord, France. Grave…
BORN: 03 Mar 1892, Woolhope, Herefordshire, England.UNIT: 7th Battalion Tank Regiment. DIED: 20 Nov 1918 in St. Pol Military Hospital, of pneumonia.BURIED: St. Pol & Hesdin British Cemeteries, St Pol-Sur-Ternoise, Pas de Calais, France. Grave no. II.D.9.LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Summerleaze…
BORN: 03 Feb 1887, Cross Keys, Monmouthshire, Wales.UNIT: 51st Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. DIED: 07 Jul 1916. Killed in Action at the Battle of Albert, Somme, aged 28.BURIED: Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France. Grave no.…
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