Mumbles Great War Memorial 1914-1918 From L to Y
The Great War Memorial was unveiled on 3rd July 1939 by Mrs Ann Hixson at Parade Gardens (as it was then known), mother of David John Stanley HIXSON.
Roll of Honour - List
Mumbles Memorial List 1914 - 1918 -no photos or records
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FIRST WORLD WAR
1914 - 1918
ROLL OF HONOUR
Mumbles, Southend, Swansea
from Leach to Young
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Medals, Victory, British, 1915 Star. Entered France 2 December 1915
17458, Company Sergeant Major, 14 th Bat., Welsh Regiment
Died of Wounds 20 June 1917
Buried with Honour WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY, Lambeth, London (SE 27)
Grave Row 46. 34327
Born: Battersea. Enlisted: Swansea. Employed: Great Western Railway, Swansea
Joseph married Edith Heath in 1911.
They had two children: Charles, born in 1912 and Albert in 1916, both in Wandsworth.
Private 59867, ‘Tanks’, 115th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps
Died aged 33 on 2nd September 1917
Buried at ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY, France.
Grave Reference: XXV. O. 14
Husband of Elizabeth Joanna Lloyd, nee MacPherson, of Swansea.
Father of William, known as Robert.
Son of John and Mary Lloyd, of Mumbles.
The photo, marked Lloyd on the reverse, was recovered from All Saints' Church and may have been used in a display.
LLOYD W H
Died 21 February 1916
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Private 27490,
1st Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Killed in Action aged 20, on 14th April 1918
Remembered on TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING,
Passchendaele, Belgium, Panel 112-113
Son of Charles William Malyn
and Sarah Teresa Gammon, nee Davies, formerly Malyn
Stepfather, David John Gammon, 5, Beaufort Buildings, Southend, Mumbles, Swansea
born Swansea. Resided in 1901 in 6, Pottery Street and
in 1911 in Mumbles, at 5, Beaufort Buildings, Southend
Formerly Private 61555 C Coy, 16th Bat. Welsh Regiment, BEF
Lieutenant, M.C. Royal Flying Corps
20th Squadron and General List
Killed In Action aged 22
7th June 1917
Remembered with Honour on
ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL, France
Son of Henry John and Helen Marshall, of ‘Lyndale’ Mumbles, Swansea.
Holder of Military Cross-gained when serving with 5th S.W.B. at Vimy Ridge.
In November 1916 he transferred to the R.F.C.
30 January 1918 South Wales Daily Post
His career was only a short one of five days. The last record in his log was on June 7th (early morning) the day of the big mine explosion at Messines. In that he stated ‘Infantry commencing to Advance.’ He went up again in the afternoon, but from this flight he never returned.
He was shot down by fire from a German anti-aircraft battery. . . . he remained beneath the machine, which sank in the river.
Lieutenant Marshall was educated at the Swansea Grammar School and Abingden College.
He was studying for the profession of a civil engineer, and had passed the Inter B.Sc. (Engineering), London, in June or July, 1914.
MEECH Charles
Private 154725, Machine-gun Corps, 1st Depot Company
Died of Pneumonia Aged 20, 30th October 1918, France
Buried with Honour at
Etaples Military CEMETERY, France
Son of Herbert and Charlotte Meech, native of Hertfordshire. Home, 2, Walters Crescent, Mumbles.
South Wales Daily Post
Private Meech joined at the outbreak of war. He was twice wounded and twice gassed. This was his third time to be sent to France and he is one of five brothers with the colours.
Private 2287, 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment,
(Served: Pte. 12984 Somerset Light Infantry)
Died of Enteric Fever, Aged 28, 9th April 1915,
COUNTY LONGFORD, Ireland
Buried with Honour at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Mumbles
Parents, Thomas and Anne of 3 Hill Street, Southend.
Born: 1887, enlisted 1915
Brother to: Oscar b. 1875, Harry T. b. 1884, Thonas J. b. 1889, Clifton b. 1891
The Michael family sent six of its sons to serve the colours and Arthur was one of two lost in the conflict.
He was a brother of Ernest Michael
6th African Infantry
Died aged 38 on 9th April 1919
at DURBAN HOSPITAL, South Africa
Buried at DURBAN CEMETERY
‘Forth from the conflict unashamed,
He passed victorious on his way’.
Verse on the Family Memorial, Oystermouth Cemetery.
The Michael family sent six of its sons to serve the colours and Ernest was the second of two lost in the conflict.
Memorial Stone at Oystermouth Cemetery
He was a brother of Arthur Michael
MORGAN David
Private 44408, 18th Welsh Regiment
Died on 30th December 1916 on THE SOMME, WESTERN FRONT, France
Buried at Priez Farm Memorial, 28. GUARDS CEMETERY, Combles, The Somme, France
# MORGAN David Lloyd Popkin M.C.
Page includes Extra detailsCaptain, 24th Welsh Regiment
Killed in Action aged 30 on 9th March 1918 in THE BATTLE FOR ‘TEL ASUR,’
A mountain north of Jerusalem, Palestine
Buried at JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel
Son of David Henry Morgan and Jane Synil Morgan, of 98, Bryn Road, Swansea
Formerly of Langland Road, Mumbles
David was educated at Llandovery from 1900 until 1903
South Wales Daily Post 13 March 1918
David LP Morgan belonged to the Pembrokeshire
Yeomanry and joined H.M. Forces, shortly after the outbreak of war. He gave up a lucrative post of metallurgist and assayer in Peru, in order to assist his country. David was a popular local sportsman. He was formerly keenly interested and took an active part in Mumbles yachting and in these circles he will be greatly missed.
MORGAN Edgar
Private 17596, 9th Welsh Regiment, 19th Div.
Died of Wounds on 3rd September 1918 on the WESTERN FRONT, France
Remembered on the LOOS MEMORIAL FOR THE MISSING
Son of David John Morgan, Coal Merchant of 6, Cornwall Place.
Enlisted in 1914, into the 14th Welsh Regiment.
Pictured 1917 convalescing at Birmingham, after being wounded in the left hand. He later returned to the front and was fatally wounded.
Edgar was engaged and his fiancée did not marry.
# MORGAN Lewis Laugharne M.C. #
Page includes Extra details2nd Lieutenant, M.C., Royal Flying Corps
Killed in Action aged 21 on 26nd April 1918 at BECKESBOURNE, U.K.
Buried in Plot B. 671. CANTERBURY CEMETERY, Kent
Son of William Laugharne Morgan and Alice Emily Morgan, of 10, Kingsbury St., Marlborough, Wilts. Was shot down in France, 1917, and lost right leg. Rejoined Royal Air Force with artificial limb, March, 1918. Born in Swansea. Cousin of D.L.P. Morgan (see above)
He had one leg amputated because of action on 24th May 1917 and he was referred to as ‘The Air Hog,’ because of his incessant participation in flying operations. He was killed in a SE5a, with No. 50 Squadron, after he had suffered engine problems on take-off and crashed into a railway embankment.
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) combined with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to create the Royal Air Force.
South Wales Daily Post
Councillor William Laugharne Morgan, received the sad news that his eldest son Lieutenant Laugharne Morgan, M.C., had been accidentally killed –at Beckesbourne, Kent, whilst engaged in his capacity as aerial flying instructor.
Despite the disability of a lost limb, he insisted on again taking up active duty, with the unhappy result stated.
MORGAN Walter Frederick
Corporal 9913 Bn. Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)
Transferred to 602812 Labour Corps
Died on 16 April 1921 aged 35
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Grave K.520
Husband of Georgina Jane (née Thomas) MORGAN, of 3, Castle Street, Mumbles
Son of Robert and Jane Morgan
Walter: Born at Spring Gardens, West Cross, Mumbles.
Brother to: Elizabeth Ann b. 1880, William Henry b. 1881, Robert John b. 1883
# MORRIS William Frederick John
Page includes Extra detailsPrivate 32811,
2nd South Lancashire Regiment
Wounded at Bapaume. Died of Wounds on 2nd June 1918
Born 1891
Buried at YUTZ EST, OLD CEMETERY, The Somme
Lived at 12 Westbourne Place, Mumbles,
son of John and Lucy of Gloster [sic] Place
Formerly, 3808 Welsh Regiment.
Worked previously as a butcher in his family’s business
MURPHY George William
Private 51568, 16th Devon Regiment
Killed in Action Aged 19 on 10th September 1918
Remembered on VIS-EN ARTOIS, MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING,
between Arras and Cambrai, France
Son of George and Alice Murphy, of Huckley, Birmingham.
Lieutenant, Royal Engineers
Killed in Action on 10th August 1915
Remembered on Panel 9, YPRES (MENIN GATE), MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Ieper, Belgium.
First served in France from 12 December 1914
Before joining the army, Ronald was a Mining Engineer, working for The British Metal Extraction Company, Llansamlet. In 1912, he and his family lived at ‘Gainsboro’, Mayals, Clyne Common
Husband of Mrs R. W. NARRACOTT, and father of two children, William Samuel, born 2 July 1906 , Hilda Chedomile, born 13 December 1910 . The 1891 Census records that he was the son of Samuel aged 33 (born in Devon, buyer in china & glass) & Katherine aged 35, living at Ealing, London. Ronald was aged seven and the eldest of three sons.
O’NEIL Charles H.
Sergeant, 256 of the Welsh Horse
(formerly Corp. Royal Welsh Fusiliers 235810)
Died of Wounds after Discharge 22nd December 1917
L/Cpl (A/Cpl) Medal Roll 15 Star J/2/3C P287
Theatre of War first served (2B) Balkans: entered 8/10/15
PALMER James
Private 4356, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Killed in Action on 16th January 1915 on THE WESTERN FRONT
Remembered on the PLOEGSTEERT (Plugstreet) MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Belgium.
Married Lilian Jane née DELVE (1887-1959) in Sep qtr 1913
His widow married Evan Denbeigh WILLIAMS (1889-1972) qtr Sep 1915 and had 2 children with him Charles & Doreen
PATON Henry
Private S/9526, 1st Gordon Highlanders
Killed in Action aged on 25th September 1915 at THE YPRES SALIENT, Belgium
Remembered on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING, Ieper, Belgium. Commemorated on the Oystermouth Council Schools Roll of Honour
Corporal 215236, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died of Pneumonia aged 28 on 20th July 1918
at NORFOLK WAR HOSPITAL, NORWICH.
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY
Born: 1890, Battersea.
Son of Thomas Spencer and Mary An PAYNE of Forgefield Terrace, Norton.
He was previously employed by Messrs. Baldwin, Grocers, Mumbles.Enlisted October 1916, into the 24th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
South Wales Daily Post
Corporal Payne was engaged as a shorthand writer & typist in the Quartermasters’ office stationed at Eccles [sic].
A few days after returning from leave he contracted influenza,
pneumonia supervening.
PEARCE William
Private 18175, Royal Defence Corps
Formerly 20125 Welsh Regiment.
Died 20th April 1918 in UNITED KINGDOM
Buried at ST. MARY CHURCH CEMETERY, TENBY
Son of Edwin PEARCE deceased Mar qtr 1907 and Frances Alice née PRESSDEE, married Mar qtr 1895. Brother of Violet & Frederick.
William was born: Ayrshire, Scotland, 1896. in 1911, worked as a telegraph messenger
William had a large extended family in the area, including two uncles who ran well known businesses.
Alfred Ernest PRESSDEE > (1870-1939) who ran a livery stables and early motorised taxi cab business.
Edgar Arthur PRESSDEE > (1878-1957) who ran a grocery and bakers shop in Queens Rd, Oystermouth.
Sergeant, 310255, ‘B’ Sqdn. 1st/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry
Died 2 November 1917 aged 26
Buried at GAZA WAR CEMETERY, Middle East, Grave XIX.C.8
Son of Fred G & Elizabeth Pearson, of Effingham, Mayals, Blackpill
Born at Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffs
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PETERS John (Jack) Rosser
Private S/6142, Black Watch, Royal Highlanders, 10th Battalion
Died aged 19 on 6th May 1917, Salonika, Greece
Buried at PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY, Malta
Born: 1898, Cardiff. Son of John & Mary PETERS, 6, Brooklyn Terrace, Mumbles.
Brother of: Frank b.1894, William b. 1896, Edna b. 1904, Muriel b. 1907
POTTER Albert Henry
A/Lance Corporal P/13536, Military Foot Police
Died on 28th October 1918 in United Kingdom
Buried with Honour at GELLIGAER, ST. CATTWG CEMETERY, 18. 5.
Son of Joseph, colliery stoker, from Monmouthshire, & Lily E from Yorkshire
In 1911 Albert is employed as a Blacksmith Striker living with his parents in Gelligaer, Merthyr Tydfil
Brother of Melvin E and Doris A
Born Risca, Monmouthshire, Dec qtr 1897. Enlisted Mumbles
RADCLIFFE Edgar John
2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps
Died on 20th February 1916, in UNITED KINGDOM
Buried at ST PANCRAS CEMETERY, London
Home address, Mumbles, enlisted Swansea.
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Private 19782
7th (Service) Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
Killed in Action on 28th March 1918.
First Battle of Arras.
Remembered on the
ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, France
Born Swansea, enlisted Mumbles, living West Cross.
The 7th (Service) Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
REES Rees John
Private 1578, 6th Welsh Regiment, Swansea Rifles
Killed in Action on 27th December 1916 at BAZENTIN RIDGE
Buried at BAZENTIN LE PETIT, CEMETERY, The Somme, France
Born Llangyfelach, enlisted Swansea.
Served with the 2nd Territorial Unit to arrive in France in October 1914
# REES John Edgar (Jack) # Page includes Extra details
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Photos of Family Memorial at Oystermouth Cemetery and Jack's Memorial Plaque are below, with larger photos on his page, along with extracts from the 2nd Battalion War records
Lance Corporal R/15812, 2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
Killed in Action aged 41 on Saturday 1st July 1916
Remembered on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, France
Son of Captain James and Eliza Annie
Born Lougher, enlisted Swansea.
Served in the South African Campaign and saw service in German South West Africa with the Rhodesian Regiment
A document in his Service Record, shown on his page, reveals that on 10 April 1916 he made an:
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO A TEMPORARY COMMISSION
IN THE REGULAR ARMY FOR THE PERIOD OF THE WAR
His minesweeper was torpedoed Off Farne Islands and was the last British vessel lost during the War, just one day before the armistice was signed
Leading Trimmer 2232ST ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, H.M.P.M.S. Ascot
Killed in Action aged 37 on 10th November 1918
Remembered on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Wife, Amy Mildred Richards, of 6, Port Eynon Terrace, Newton. Married Amy Mildred CROOM Dec 1910 in Gower and left four young children Hilda, Arthur, Mary and Frances.
Amy did not remarry and died Sep qtr 1967 in Swansea.
Father James (1851-1935) was a coachman and gardener from Devon, but his mother Mary nee GIBBS (1852-1901) came from a family with a very strong seafaring background in Porteynon.
Richard, born March 1882, worked, before the war on the Mumbles railway as a “brake examiner”
Private 1219, 1st Devon Regiment
Killed in Action aged 19 on 18th November 1915 on THE WESTERN FRONT
Buried in CERISY-GAILLY, MILITARY CEMETERY, The Somme
Herbert arrived in France on 17th February 1915
He was awarded:
The 14-15 Star Campaign Medal
The British War Medal
The Victory Medal
Herbert was one of six children
Previous to enlistment, he was in the employ of Mr. Harry Beynon, Langland.
Son of Thomas 'Tommy' & Alice of 2, Hill Street, Southend
'Tommy' was a Fisherman and Coxswain of the Lifeboat
Herbert was a friend of Harry Libby, a later Mayor of Swansea
RUSSELL Harry Butt
Gunner 2nd Class, RMA/1766, Howitzer Bde. Royal Marine Artillery
Died on 10 July 1918, aged 23, in West Flanders, Belgium
Buried at LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, near Poperinge Grave XXVIII.D.19A
Son of Harry & Ada Russell of Brooklyn Terrace, Mumbles
Born Swansea
Bailleul Communial Cemetery Extension, Nord,
SALT Thomas Frederick Cyril
Lieutenant, 11th Bn. South Wales Borderers
Died on 3rd April 1915 aged 21
Buried at BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY (NORD), fRANCE, Grave I.19
South-west of Leper (Ypres) on THE ROAD from St. Omer to Lille
Son of Mr & Mrs Thomas F Salt, of St Brelades, Mumbles
Native of Abertillery, Mon.
Trimmer, 3088ST, Royal Naval Reserve
Served aboard H.M. Trawler 'LONGSET'
Killed In Action 6th February 1917, age 18, born 1898
Remembered with Honour on the PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Son of Henry & Elizabeth Sanders, of Oak Cottage Norton.
Enlisted 24th March 1916.
Eight cousins were in the forces. A. Sanders returned profoundly deaf and taught at Church School Dunns.
Details of the action is on the linked # page and was updated 4th August 2016
'Able Seaman', Royal Navy,
Died in Neath in 1919 ,after being medically discharged on 5 Feb 1919, due to 'Tuberculosis'
Signed on for 12 years on 22 April 1915 (his birthday) as 'Boy II'
He joined his first ship on 2 Oct 1915, HMS Impregnable
Parents John & Harriet, married in America and moved to Blackpill from Llandrindod around 1902/03. John Williams was born on 22 April 1900 at Llandrindod, Radnor. In 1911 the family is in Blackpill at 4 Mill Lane, where father was now a Colliery Banker. John William, before joining up was 'Gardeners Assistant'
Brother to: Henry 18, Robert 17, Doris 16, Thomas 14, Marie 13
Corporal 12302, A Company, 6th Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Killed in Action, aged 27 on 18th August 1916
on THE SOMME, France
Buried at DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, Longueval, France
Wife, Flora Annie of Southend Post Office.
Born Battersea, enlisted London The Mumbles Press reported that immediately after the marriage, in October 1914 of Harold and Flora, the bridegroom left for Aldershot to rejoin his unit.
STANDISH Colin Charles
Awarded the M.M.
Lieutenant, 19th Canadian Infantry, Central Ontario Regiment Killed in Action on 9th May 1917
Buried at ECOIVRES, MILITARY CEMETERY, Mont-St.-Éloi, France
Son of Charles and Annie Standish, of Swansea, Wales.
A descendant of Standish de Standish.
A prominent member of Mumbles Football Club. Colin Standish left the district about eight years ago for America and gave up a splendid position to join the first Canadian contingent. He was wounded in the arm, thigh, calf and foot by a bomb. He was the only son of Charles who only lost his wife a few months ago.
South Wales Daily Post
Able Seaman 128000, Commissioned Boatman, Coast Guard,
Armed Merchant Cruiser, H.M.S. Laurentic,
which sunk OFF NORTH IRISH COAST
Killed in Action in Mine Explosion, Aged 49 on 25th January 1917
Remembered on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Wife, Brenda Elizabeth, of 18 Park Street, Mumbles
Parents Address, Torpoint Cornwall.
British Vessels Lost at Sea
The White Star liner Laurentic’ 14,891 tons, on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, ran into a minefield off Malin Head. The ship sank quickly. 354 of the 475 people on board died. The ship was carrying £5 million in gold.
# STATLER Raymond > click for more photos
Lance Sergeant 54145, 18th Welsh Regiment
Died of Wounds aged 33 on 13th July 1917 in FRANCE
Buried at FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY,
SOREL-LE-GRAND, The Somme.
Husband of Jessie and Father of four: John (Jack) Henry; Lily Eleanor; Rose Laverne and Jessie (junior).
Before he joined the army William was a cabinet maker and picture framer and had a shop in the High Street Arcade, Swansea.
His wife, Jessie moved to 4, Dumfries Place, Mumbles,
Son of J.H. & M. Statler, 1, Titchbourne Street, Mumbles.
‘He had been nine months at the front’.
STEEL Clifford
Private, 16/1057, 16th Bn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died on 27th July 1916, aged 25
Remembered on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Pier and face 9A 9B and 10B, The Somme, France
Son of Robert STEEL (working at the Royal Laboratory, foreman moulder manufacturer of projectiles) from Queenstown, Ireland) and Elizabeth (Harriet) from Duffield, Derbyshire, who had nine children
Clifford was born 1894, Plumstead, Woolwich, London and before enlisting worked as an apprentice house painter and decorator
Brother of Lottie Florence Steel, of Castle View, West Cross, who was employed as the infirmary nurse at the Swansea Union Workhouse.
STRICK Edward Talfourd
Captain, 2nd/6th Bn. Welsh Regiment
Died 19 June 1915, aged 32,
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Grave E.113
Edward died following an operation for a throat ailment and had a large funeral at Oystermouth
Husband of Violet Caroline Strick (née Bishop), of Penard, Tekels Avenue, Camberley, Surrey. Married in Bath Dec 1912
Father of Violet H T, born in Gower Dec qtr 1913. A second daughter Rosamond M T, was born after his death in Bath
Son of Thomas Noon Talfourd Strick and Mary Augusta Strick of Llanfair, Norton;
Born Oystermouth, baptised Sketty, birth registered in Gower March 1883, enlisted Mumbles, as 2nd Lt
Edward was a solicitor at fathers firm STRICK & BELLINGHAM, and initiated and encouraged “The Church Lads Brigade” in Mumbles
He was the grandson of Edward STRCK, who for many years had been the coroner of Swansea and Gower district.
SUPPLE William Henry
Private 266551, 4th Welsh Regiment
Died aged 20 on 25th May 1917 in United Kingdom
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY
Born: 1896, Cockett, Swansea.
Son of Robert and Mary Ellen of 3, John Street, Mumbles.
Brother of: Sidney H b. 1894, Frances E b. 1896, Robert G b. 1899, Edgar J b. 1902, Kathleen M b. 1911, Albert C b. 1908
His Brother Robert, also served in the conflict as a Private and was reported wounded on 2nd May 1918.
On 31st May 1918 he had written home stating he was a prisoner of war in Germany.
South Wales Daily Post
SUTTON Thomas Henry
Sergeant 14104, 9th Devon Regiment
Killed in Action on 2nd April 1917
Remembered on the ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, France
Home, 16 Cecil Road, Gorseinon.
Son of Lewis (from Newton) and Elisa SUTTON (from Llandilo) of Nottage Cottage, Newton, Mumbles.
Born: Sep qtr 1889, Newton, enlisted 1914, Aldershot
in 1911 Thomas was employed as a Tin worker at the Yarkinson Tin Plate works
SYMONS Edward
Gunner 194360, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died of Wounds on 25th September 1918 in France
Buried at ST SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, France
Son of Mr. & Mrs. Symons, of 3, Mayals Cottages, Blackpill.
Born Barnstaple, enlisted Swansea.
According to 1911 Census, Edward Symons was a farm labourer living at Mayals Green with wife Edith (nee Norman) and daughter Jessie b. 1909. Edward and Edith were from around Barnstaple, born 1887 & 1888 respectively, and were married in Barnstaple district in early 1909. Arriving in Blackpill shortly before 1911.
South Wales Daily Post, 24 September
Gunner Symons is dangerously ill from wounds and the effect of gas, and permission cannot be granted for the parents to visit him.
South Wales Daily Post 27 September
Gunner Symons, previously reported wounded, is now dead. He formerly worked as a gardener in the Mayals
Thomas John TAYLOR
# TAYLOR Thomas John click name for larger photos
Sapper 19732, 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers
Died of Wounds on 9th April 1915, on THE YPRES SALIENT, Belgium
Buried at YPRES TOWN CEMETERY, Ieper, Belgium
Parents, Thomas and Eleanor (nee Jenkins) of Coltshill House, Norton,
Tom was one of six children -three boys & three girls.
His brothers Philip and William survived the conflict.
His three sisters were Charlotte, Beatrice and Grace.
Commemorated on the Oystermouth Council Schools Roll of Honour
The end of the war would not be the end the deaths
News published in Mumbles Press in March 1919
Mr. Walter Terry of 41, Woodville Road, aged 30 died of flu.
He had only been demobbed a few weeks.
He had served with the 6th Welsh and was wounded and gassed.
He leaves a widow and 3 children, two of which are curly-headed twin boys.
He was Vice chairman of the local branch of the National federation of
Discharged and demobilised Sailors and Soldiers
Lance Corporal 266022, 6th Bn. Welsh Regiment.
(Served as Private 2615 in Welsh Regiment)
Died died of flu. 10th March 1919, aged 30
He had only been demobbed a few weeks.
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Grave K.43
Click name for details of his first marriage
Husband of Robina (Ruby) Margaret ROGERS in Dec qtr 1911, of 41, Woodville Rd., Mumbles,
Father of three sons, William R Jun qtr 1912 and twins Charles Dec qtr 1914 and George Dec qtr 1914
Son of George Poole TERRY, an iron turner, and his wife Mary, both from Leeds
THOMAS Arthur George
Private, T4/172161, Royal Army Service Corps
Served from 26 April 1916 to 21 Sept 1918
Died 25th February 1921, aged 32
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Grave I.89
Born in Oystermouth Sep qtr 1889
Arthur was the third of the eight children of William and Elizabeth (née DAVIES of Mumbles) Thomas, 1, Clements Row, Mumbles. William was a coal merchant's haulier and later a dock labourer, who in 1911 moved the family to Llanrhidian Lower
By 1911, Arthur was an engine driver on the Mumbles Railway
Brother of: William Burt b. 1887, Thomas John b. 1893, Albert Stanley b. 1895, Naomi Leenor b. 1898, Joseph Walter b. 1900, Mary Annett b. 1902
Arthur is the brother of Edwin James THOMAS
Photo: South Wales Daily Post
THOMAS Daniel Edgar
Private 48332, 15th Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(Served: Private 235994 Army Service Corps)
Died of Wounds on 29th September 1918, age 21
Buried at GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
Father Daniel (deceased) Mother: Annie THOMAS, Middle Boarspit Farm, West Cross, Swansea.
Daniel born 1897: Brother of: Idris b. 1902, William: b. 1905,
‘He was employed on Boarspit Farm with his mother who is a widow.’
South Wales Daily Post of 11th October 1918
THOMAS David John
Private 15068, Prince of Wales Own, 6th South Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action on 19th April 1916 in MESOPOTAMIA
Remembered on the BASRA, MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Iraq
He was born in Oystermouth June qtr 1885, the eldest child of a joiner, David John THOMAS, and his wife, Sarah Jane JENKINS, who Married mid 1884, lived in Thistleboon Rd and had at least 12 children
David John junior appears in the 1911 census married to Jenny, with three children David, Clifford and Albert.
Employed by the Oystermouth council as a general labourer
Enlisted Swansea.
THOMAS Edwin James
Driver, Royal Army Service Corps
Died from the effects of Influenza on 9th March 1919, aged 34
Buried at BOULOGNA, France
Born Oystermouth Dec qtr 1885
Home, Victoria Avenue, Mumbles
Edwin was the eldest of the eight children of William and Elizabeth (née DAVIES) Thomas, of 1, Clements Row, Mumbles
In 1901 Edwin was a general labourer, who in late 1908 married Susanna WOODLEY and was a colliery labourer in Bridgend
Edwin is the brother of Arthur George THOMAS
Private 302332, A Company, 2/8 Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action aged 39 on 10th October 1917, Belgium
Remembered on the TYNE COT, MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Passchendaele. Panel 120 to 124
George was born in early 1878, at Oystermouth and was the youngest of nine children, born to David & Harriet THOMAS, of 4, Victoria Avenue, Mumbles
Geoge married Mary Jane POWNELL on 22 May 1901 in Oldham and had two children Rose and George
George was initially employed by Mr. Bart Beer, the Builder, as a bricklayer and moved away for employment
THOMAS James Bowen
Private 69770, 4th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died of Wounds on 9th June 1918 on THE SOMME, France
Buried at PERNOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, Near Amiens, France
Son of a dock labourer John Henry THOMAS and his wife Mary Ann (née PHILLIPS) both from Swansea. Married in Swansea 8th May 1887 at St Johns
By 1901 they are living in Oystermouth. Soon after, James’ mother died and his father remarried Sarah Jane LEWIS in Sep qtr 1902 Brother of Henry, Lilian, Mary Ann, Beatrice and Rosa.
In 1911 the family has returned to Swansea living with 8 children. James is an errand boy, aged 15.
Born Dec qtr 1895, Mumbles. Enlisted Swansea.
THOMAS John (Jack) Charles
Private 17352, 14th Welsh Regiment, Swansea Battalion
Died of Wounds on 10th July 1916 at MAMETZ WOOD, Somme
Remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, France
Son of John & Francesca Thomas, Mill Lane, Blackpill.
The 1911 Census reveals: that Francesca was aged 40 and a Widow from Brecon and that John was a Collier as well as his brother Robert William (14), Siblings: Winniefred May (12), Percy James (4).
Born Blackpill, Enlisted 1914 in Swansea.
South Wales Daily Post 10 August 1916
. . . There is every reason for fearing that Pte J. O. Thomas, Mill Lane, Blackpill, also of the Welsh Regiment, is killed. His sergeant wrote a letter to Mrs Thomas, and said that Jack had been wounded badly in the legs by a bomb as he was entering the {Mametz] Wood, and he was then missed. . .
Three 'Mumbles Men' were killed on the same day at Mametz Wood
John THOMAS, Samuel GAMMON and George WALTERS
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Rifleman A/203607, 17th Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Died of Wounds on 13th May 1918, age 36. Born 9 May 1882
Buried at EASTERN CEMETERY BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France
Lived at 27, Gloucester Place, Mumbles.
Son of John & Mary Timothy
Worked previously as a carter.
Formerly, T/2/9913 Army Service Corps.
TUCKER Arthur Hedley
Private 44482 1st South Wales Borderers, Machine-gun Section
Died of grenade wounds on 12th July 1918, Billesdon, Leicestershire, UK
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Swansea
Eldest son of David J. & Martha TUCKER. Prior to enlisting he helped his father D. J. Tucker, Local Printer of Newton Road, Mumbles
Born 1894, enlisted January 1916
Brother of: Walter b. 1896, Sidney b1900, Frederick b. 1900
Arthur Tucker, Lewis Gun Section, is badly wounded at a base hospital.He had seen considerable fighting and was previously wounded at Passchendaele.
South Wales Daily Post, 3 May 1918Arthur Tucker was later brought home from France with severe chest wounds, as the hospital he was in there had been bombed by the Germans. His brother, Driver Sidney Tucker, was reported wounded in April.
South Wales Daily Post, 18 July 1918
(Named as DAVIES John Tyssil on this memorial)
Lieutenant, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Hindustan
Died aged 39, after an Operation on 21st January 1918
at CHATHAM ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL
Buried with Honour at
GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY
Husband of Sybil E. H. H. Tyssil-Davies,
of 8, St. Helena Rd., Westbury Park, Bristol
Son of the Rev. D. S. Davies, Vicar of Llanybri, Carmarthenshire
Left a Widow and 3 Children,
Commemorated in Llanstephan Church as John Tyssil Davies
Parents address, Church Park, Mumbles.
John was the brother of the Reverent Latimer Davies, curate of Oystermouth Parish Church
Lance Sergeant 44187,
The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
As Serjt. 129832,Transferred to Irish Command Labour Centre 11th Works Coy., Labour Corps.
Died on 29th May 1920, aged 61
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY, Grave G.298
Married Margaret (née Preston) VIVIAN, in 1902, of 3, White Stone Cottages, Newton, Mumbles, Swansea.
Children: Doris b. 1903, Fred b. 1904, Tom b. 1911
Father Abel was a Publican of the Halfway house Inn and his mother Ann came from Hayslebury Bryant, Dorset
Alfred: Born Blackpill, Sep qtr 1859, baptised 4 Sep 1859 in Sketty.
Sister: Alice Ann b. 1855
Lived in Abel Vivian's Elms Hotel & Livery Stables.
Frederick Charles VIVIAN: the nephew of Alfred is also a casualty
Private 17782 14th Bn, Welsh Regiment, Swansea Pals
Died of Wounds aged 22 on 14th March 1916 at PAS-DE-CALAIS
Buried at BÉTHUNE TOWN CEMETERY, France
He enlisted in 1914 and was one of the Swansea Battalion’s first casualties.
Son of Rosa & the late Harry Vivian.
Rosa had lived at the Elms Hotel & Livery Stables, which Harry had run with his brother Alfred.
By 1914 Rosa was living at 15, Westbourne Place.
His page records the Medal details supplied by Simon Lee
In Memorium, South Wales Daily Post, 14 March 1919
‘When duty called him, he was there
To do his best to take his share.
His heart was good, his spirit brave,
His resting place, a hero’s grave.
From his sorrowing Mother, Sisters and Brother.
VIVIAN Alfred Charles the Uncle of Frederick is also a casualty
WALTERS George Herbert Franklyn
Private 17387, 14th Welsh Regiment, Swansea Battalion
Killed in Action on 10th July 1916 at MAMETZ WOOD, The Somme, France
Remembered on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, The Somme, France
Enlisted in1914 at Swansea.
Three 'Mumbles Men' were killed on the same day at Mametz Wood
John THOMAS, Samuel GAMMON and George WALTERS
WEBBORN William Charles
Private 40855, 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Killed in Action aged 26 on 11th August 1917
Buried at ETAPLES, MILITARY CEMETERY
Formerly W/T/4/070080 A.S.C.
Born Sep qtr 1890, Mumbles: enlisted Aberavon.
His parents were Jessie (a labourer and gardener) and Mary Jane nee ELLIOTT who had married in Gower Jun qtr 1883
His parents had a large family of nine children and moved to Aberavon where they can be found in 1911
He came from a family with strong seafaring traditions: His grandfather David WEBBORN and three uncles John, Reuben and Thomas were all mariners and oyster dredgers.
Thomas WEBBORN (1850-1936) is featured in the article: The Old Cape Horners of Mumbles > on our 'sister' website, A History of Mumbles >
Research: Alun Bevan
WILLIAMS Ernest John
Private 56680, 10th Welsh Regiment
Killed in Action on 19th April 1918
Buried at SENLIS COMMUNIAL CEMETERY EXTENTION, Pas-de-Calais, France,
situated between Bologne-sur-Mer and Arras.
Born Mumbles, Enlisted Cardiff, Living in Porthcawl.
WILLIAMS Harry
Private 282479, 2/7 Lancashire Fusiliers
Killed in Action on 17th November 1917 on THE WESTERN FRONT
Buried at TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Passchendaele, Belgium - Panel 54 to 60 and 163A.
Enlisted Mumbles.
WILLIAMS Harry Radcliffe
Lancashire Fusiliers,
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Julia Bennetts-Owen and Jayne Crogan
# WILLIAMS Harry Radcliffe > more details
Service number: 282479
2nd/7th Bn., Lancashire Fusiliers
Died on 17 November 1917
Remembered with Honour
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Passchendaele, Belgium
Born in Oystermouth late September 1880
Enlisted Mumbles
Parents: Thomas (a mariner & oyster fisherman) and Mary, from Laugharne, Carmarthen and lived at 11, Victoria Avenue
Harry was the 4th child of their 8 children, who was working as a Mason by the age of 19
He was the great Uncle of Julia Bennetts-Owen
WILLIAMS John Henry
Trimmer 3012ST, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M. Trawler Renarro
Killed in Action, aged 44 on 10th November 1918
Remembered on PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
John was born at Mumbles, Dec qtr 1875, lived at 3, Fountain Avenue and worked as a Mason’s labourer
He was the son of Henry WILLIAMS, a mariner from Oystermouth and Ann née GRANT from Devon
He had 5 siblings, Dora, Susan Margaret, Emma Jane and Matilda
WILLIAMS Leonard Vincent
Captain 8th Battalion, South Wales Borderers
Killed In Action aged 24 on 26th May 1917 at SALONIKA
Buried at KARASOULI MILITARY CEMETERY, Greece, A. 128.
Son of Leonard WILLIAMS, a journalist and Margaret Elizabeth from Sketty.
Leonard was born in the Cape Colony, South Africa, in 1893 and had a brother Cyril, born 1894, Sketty
YOUNG William
Private 1231, 16th Australian Infantry Battalion, Allied Imperial Force
Killed in Action on 18th August 1915 at GALLIPOLI
Remembered on the LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Anzac, Turkey
Stands on the plateau at the top of Victoria Gully, and is located on the road from Gaba Tepe to Chunuk Bair.
Son of George and Mary Young, of 9, Tichbourne Terrace.
William had emigrated to Australia only a few years previously to assist his uncle on his farm in James Town, South Australia.
Commemorated on the Oystermouth Council Schools Roll of Honour
A visit was made to the memorial in 2007, by John White, researcher and the editor, after walking up from the Landing Beach and a Poppy was laid next to his name
Roll of Honour - List
These names inscribed on
THE MUMBLES WAR MEMORIAL, SOUTHEND GARDENS, MUMBLES
GREAT WAR ROLL OF HONOUR
are supplied from information on the
The Rood Screen Great War Memorial, at All Saints' Church, Oystermouth;
with contributions from
Bill Barrington;
Commonwealth War Graves Commission;
Oystermouth Historical Association;
and research undertaken by
Tony Cook, Peter Dover-Wade, John Powell, Andrew Vollans,
Godfrey Owen James and Simon Peter Lee
of the Western Front Association
LEST WE FORGET
The History of this memorial can be viewed at
Modifications to the Memorial down the years
'The Shrine', The first wooden memorial and then changing into a stone cenotaph
Southend Gardens was previously known as Parade Gardens
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please contact John Powell 01792 52054