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BORN: 1896 Magor, Monmouthshire, Wales. UNIT: 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. DIED: of wounds on 25 Sep 1916 Abbevile, France, aged 20. BURIED: at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Grave I. C. 12. LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Skeviot Farm, Magor and Mead Farm, Llandevenny. Raymond…

BORN: 1885 Probably Magor, Monmouthshire, Wales. (Conflicting records). UNIT: 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers. DIED: Killed in Action, 10 Jul 1916, near Albert, Somme, France. Aged 31. BURIED: No known grave. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. Pier and Face 4 A. LOCAL CONNECTIONS:…

Edgar MORGAN. Courtesy of Shaun McGuire. BORN: 03 Jan 1895, Magor, Monmouthshire, Wales.  UNIT: Pte 228260, Monmouthshire Regt, then  13th & 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.  DIED: Killed in Action, 20 Apr 1918 France, aged 23.  BURIED: No known…

BORN: 23 Dec 1897, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales. UNIT: Royal Gloucestershire Hussarys (Gloucestershire Yeomanry). DIED: from his wounds 27 Apr 1917, Gaza, Palestine. BURIED: Gaza War Cemetery. Location XX. D. 12. LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Penhow Castle Farm.  Trevor William JAMES (1897-1917) Early Life Trevor…

BORN: 1896, Bishton.  UNIT: D Battery, 24th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.  DIED: of Pneumonia on 01 Nov 1918, near Rouen, France, aged 22.  BURIED: St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.  LOCAL CONNECTIONS: Bishton. Magor.  George Thomas JAMES. Courtesy…

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:…