DANIEL Arthur Rhys
DANIEL Arthur Rhys
(Named Daniels on the memorial)
Lance Corporal 287, 1st Welsh Guards
Killed in Action aged 25
on 17th October 1915,
Buried at VERMELLES CEMETERY,
Near Bethune, France
Born - 7 September 1892
Eldest son of Jabez & Jane Daniel,
'Ty-Gwent', Kings Road,
who ran a grocers shop at Castleton Terrace.
He joined the Grenadier Guards on September 17th 1914 and was formerly 19285.
Was one of the first recruits when he enlisted in the Welsh Guards on its’ formation in 1915
On the unveiling of the memorial inside Mumbles Methodist Church, Rev. D.C. Griffiths, the resident Minister paid tribute to Arthur Daniel, 'He was a young man and faithful servant of the Church and remembered him as 'rather reserved and always inclined to look on the more serious side of things.'
Arthur Rhys DANIEL
