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Extracts from documents at Gorseinon Library

relating to Gorseinon/Loughor Residents who died

as a result of action in World War 1

 

Name and Rank

Place of birth/residence

Place and date of death

Regiment

Cpl Daniel Bevan

r. Gorseinon

27-30/5/18 France/Flanders

Durham Light Infantry formerly Welch Regiment

Sapper Robert Vivian Bennet

r. Gorseinon

26/11/16

Egypt

1st Welsh Field Coy. R.E.

Pte Edward Bevan

b.Penllergaer

r. Gorseinon

12/10/15

France/Flanders

2Bttn Welsh Regiment

 

L/Cpl Richard Bevan

b. Gowerton

r. Gorseinon

24/10/17

France/Flanders

1/6th Bttn Welsh Regiment

Rifleman Nicholas Brown

b. Loughor

 

27/6/16

France/Flanders

Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 16th Bttn.

Pte James Byrne

r. Gorseinon

28/7/17

France/Flanders

15th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Harold Victor Coxon

b. Alton, Hants.

r. Loughor

4/11/18

France/Flanders

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

16th Bttn.

 

Pte. James Ernest Davies

b. Gorseinon

r. Penygres, Caernarvon

10/7/16

France/Flanders

2/7th Bttn Royal Warwickshire Regt. Formerly 4124 Welsh Regiment

Pte. Leonard Raymond Davies

b. Worcester

r. Loughor

26/7/16

France /Flanders

1/6th Bttn Welsh Regiment

Pte. Llewellyn Oswald Davies

b. Gorseinon

 

26/4/17

Salonika, Greece

Devonshire Regiment

10th Service Bttn.

Pte. Daniel John Edwards

b. Loughor

r. Loughor

21/6/17

France/Flanders

Machine Gun Corps

Formerly 28815 South Wales Borderers

Pte. Martin Thomas Evans

b. Coleford, Glos.

r. Gorseinon

1/11/14

France/Flanders

2nd Batt. Welsh Regiment

 

Pte. William Fletcher

b. Gorseinon

r. Gorseinon

19/1/16

France/Flanders

Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry)

Sapper George Henry Footman

b. Pembroke

r. Loughor

19/1/16

France/Flanders

Corps of Royal Engineers formerly 13921 10th Devon Regt (253rd Tunnel Coy. R.E.)

Pte. Thomas Francis

b. Loughor

r. Loughor

6/11/18

Egypt

4/5th Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. David Griffiths

b. Loughor

 

31/10/17

Egypt

24th Battn. Welsh Regiment

 

Sgt. Gwilym Harris

b. Llwynhendy, Llanelly

r. Loughor

28/5/17

France/Flanders

9th Battn. Welsh Regiment

L/Cpl Charles William Hart

b. Hampstead

r. Gorseinon

11/4/18

France/Flanders

5th Battn. South Wales Borderers

Pte. George Hooper

b. Gorseinon

r. Gorseinon

29/7/16

France/Flanders

1/16th Battn. Welsh Regiment

L/Cpl. Daniel Hopkins

b. Gorseinon

19/8/15

Mediterranean

8th Bttn. Northumberland Fusiliers

Pte. Ivor Hughes

b. Loughor

24/9/15

France/Flanders

9th Bttn Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte. Amos Humphreys

b. Gowerton

r. Gorseinon

19/1/16

Salonika, Greece

7th Bttn Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Pte. Thomas Lewis Humphreys

b. Devonport

r. Loughor

11/10/18

France/Flanders

13th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. John Emlyn James

b. Gorseinon

r. Gorseinon

4/5/17

Egypt

1/5th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Gunner David Jenkins

b. Loughor

r. Gorseinon

26/6/16

France/Flanders

Royal Horse Artillery & Royal Field Artillery

Pte. Gwynfor Jenkins

b. Gorseinon

r. Gorseinon

16/4/18

France/Flanders

9th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Edward Daniel John

b. Swansea

r. Loughor

31/5/17

Salonika, Greece

1st Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Mansel John

b. Loughor

r. Swansea

23/11/17

France/Flanders

18th Bttn. Welsh Regiment formerly 2339 Glamorgan Yeomanry

Sgt. Edward Jones

b. Merthyr

r. Gorseinon

1/5/16

France/Flanders

1/16th Bttn Welsh Regiment

Sgt. Ernest Jones

b. Gorseinon

r. Gorseinon

10/12/16

France/Flanders

1/16th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Gomer Jones

b. Loughor

r. Gorseinon

15/7/16

France/Flanders

10th Bttn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt)

Pte. James Thomas Jones

b. Loughor

r. Loughor

25/5/15

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Joseph Jones

r. Loughor

28/2/18

France/Flanders

1/1th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. William John Jones

b. Llangyfelach

r. Gorseinon

31/7/17

France/Flanders

14th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Harry Lewis

b. Gorseinon

14/11/18

France/Flanders

17th Bttn. Worcestershire Regt. Formerly 1635 The Welch Regiment

Rifleman Trevor Lloyd

b. Loughor

r. Gowerton

16/12/15

France/Flanders

Kings Royal Rifle Corps.

Pte. Thomas Measey

b. Oakley, Bucks.

r. Gorseinon

20/1/17

France/ Flanders

Infantry Machine Gun Corps formerly 21326 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Infantry

Pte. Garnel Lemuel Morgan

b. Gorseinon

14/6/18

France/Flanders

9th Bttn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte. Thomas John Morgan

b. Gorseinon

2/10/15

France/Flanders

1/16th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Ernest Murphy

b. Loughor

r. Loughor

16/8/16

France/Flanders

15th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

 

Pte. Thomas Richard Nuttall

b. Glasbury

r. Gorseinon

27/5/18

France/Flanders

Royal Army Service Corps.

Pte. George Payne

b. Llanelly

r. Gorseinon

26/9/15

France/Flanders

8th Bttn. Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Pte. William Peploe

b. Pontypool

r. Penyrheol

30/10/14

France/Flanders

1st Bttn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte. William Pitts

r. Loughor

20/1/17

France/Flanders

14th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. John Rees

b. Taylorstown

r. Penyrheol

31/10/14

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. Welsh Regiment

L/Sgt. John Emlyn Rees

b. Loughor

r. Loughor

21/2/16

France/Flanders

1/16th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Lewis Thomas Rees

b. Loughor

2/7/16

France/Flanders

9th Bttn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte. David Richards

b. Loughor

r. Loughor

3/2/15

France/Flanders

1st Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. David John Roberts

r. Gorseinon

25/9/16

France/Flanders

1/16th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Uriel Roberts

b. Gorseinon

r. Brynamman

9/5/15

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Thomas Rogers

b. Mold

r. Loughor

17/2/16

France/Flanders

10th Bttn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte. Donald Leslie Slade

b. Beckenhan, Kent

r. Gorseinon

16/9/15

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. Welsh Regiment

L/Cpl. Fred Slater

b. Newport

r. Gorseinon

4/10/17

France/Flanders

5th Bttn. Dorsetshire Regiment formerly 12494 Somerset Light Infantry

Pte. Ernest Strode

b. Caldicott

r. Loughor

29/4/17

France/Flanders

10th Bttn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Pte. Thomas Gwynfor Thomas

b. Penyrheol

r. Gorseinon

27/8/18

France/ Flanders

15th Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Joseph Arthur Vaughan

b. Llanelly

r. Loughor

12/12/15

France/Flanders

1/16th Bttn. Welsh Regiment

Pte.Benjamin Williams

b. Llanstephan

r. Gorseinon

30/1/15

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. Welsh Regiment

Pte. Brynmor Williams

b. Loughor

11/4/18

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. South Wales Borderers

Pte. Wyndham Williams

b. Gorseinon

8/9/16

France/Flanders

2nd Battn. Welsh Regiment