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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