Mumbles Methodist Church Rolls of Honour
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on Gower Methodists websiteToday, in this renovated, refurbished and thriving building,a modern version of the tablet is set on the wall in the peaceful and atmospheric surroundings of the Church situated on the first floor of the building, which had opened in 1877.
This new plaque commemorates
the Church members lost
from both World Wars
The Unveiling of the Roll of Honour Tablet >
in the Methodist Church on 21 October 1920
Great War
1914-1918
Roll of Honour
1939 -1945 Roll of Honour is below
Shipwright 1st Class 132399,
Royal Navy, H.M.S. Hawke
Killed in Action aged 53
on 15th September 1914, NORTH SEA
Remembered on the
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL.
Wife, Vera and two daughters, 56 Woodville Rd.
He received a call immediately war was declared and left at a few hours notice. He was one of 497 men and 26 officers and her captain, who were lost when the ‘HAWKE’ was sunk by a torpedo from the submarine U9.
The Mumbles Press
‘Mr. Hughes first came to Mumbles as a Coastguard and since finishing his time with that service about six years ago, had carried on the trade of a joiner and carpenter.’
One daughter was a local teacher and the logbook records her being given time off after the above events.
DANIEL Arthur Rhys
(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
DOB - 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.'
DAVIE Donald Hamilton
Private S/12007, 5th Cameron Highlanders
Killed in Action aged 24 on 25th September 1915
Commemorated on LOOS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING,
(link to CWGC) panel 119 to 124
Father: George Davie, address, 'Normanhurst,' Langland Road, Mumbles, Swansea.
Brother of Quartermaster Sergeant Davie and Private William Davie, both with the Canadians
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.
# LEACH Joseph Charles Edward Extra details
Medals: Victory, British, 1915 Star. Entered France 2 December 1915
17458, Company Sergeant Major, 14th Bat., Welsh Regiment
Died of Wounds 20 June 1917, 34 years of age
Buried with Honour WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY, Lambeth, London (SE 27)
Grave Row 46. 34327
Born: Battersea. Enlisted: Swansea. Employment: Great Western Railway at Swansea.
Corporal 215236, 2/1 Denbighshire Hussar Yeomanry
Died of Pneumonia aged 28 on 20th July 1918
at NORFOLK WAR HOSPITAL, NORWICH.
Buried at OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY
Son of T.S. and M.A. 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.
Soissons Memorial
STRAWFORD Horace Ralph
Private 34718, 4th Bn., Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own). Formerly 3/21725, 68Th T.R. Battn.
(Previously served in the Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment no 205800).
Killed in Action 27 May 1918
Lived at Tyr, Nant, West Cross
Enlisted: Swansea. Born: Bristol
Census 1911 records:
Son of Thomas, 51, (Commercial Traveller) & Elizabeth Carter Strawford ,53. Siblings -Arthur Howard, 20: Hilda Bessies, 19: Harold Frank, 17: Leslie Thomas, 8: & Sister-in-law Charlotte Jane, 54.
Herald of Wales & Monmouth Recorder, 13th July 1918
Official information has been recieved by Mr. & Mrs. Strawford, Claremont Villas, Mumbles, that their son, Pte. Ralph Strawford, Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons has been missing, since May 27th.
Commemorated on SOISSONS MEMORIAL
It is possible that his brother, Arthur Howard Strawford lived at 4, The Dunns, Mumbles Road, in 1926
ROGERS Herbert John
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
Son of Thomas 'Tommy' & Alice of 2, Hill Street, Southend
Tommy was Coxswain of the Lifeboat, Friend of Harry Libby
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Able Seaman, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division
Died of Shrapnel Wounds aged 18 on 17th November 1916
at the BATTLE OF ANCRE.
Buried at CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY
Son of James and Mrs. J, 4 Rock Terrace
JONES D R Wyndham
Corporal S/2326, 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
Killed in Action aged 24
on 28th December 1916
Buried at PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, France
Between Bethune and Lens
Grave: 11.B.9
The only son of Lewis and Sarah Ann Jones, of 1, Beaufort Terrace, Blackpill, Swansea, the Blackpill Postman.
SWDP 12 January 1917
Wyndham worked at the tin sheds on Swansea Docks and joined the colours shortly after the outbreak of war. Some months ago he was invalided home with a bullet would in the leg returning to the front in November [1916]. He was very well known and liked in the district and at one time played for the Mumbles association Football Team.
A letter later received from an officer stated that he had been killed by a German Trench Mortar Shell while leaving the trenches.
# MORRIS William Frederick John
Private 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
Bombardier 13426,
D Battery, 177th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died of Wounds caused by a Shellburst aged 22 on 20th June 1917 ON MESSINES RIDGE
Buried at KLEINE VIERSTRAAT CEMETERY, Kemmel, Belgium
Parents, Thomas and Elizabeth of Village Lane.
In Loving Memory
Funeral Card
Short was thy life,
my dearest son,
Be peaceful be thy rest.
Your parents miss you most of all,
Because we love you best.
Mumbles Methodist Church
Second World War
1939-1945
Roll of Honour
Philip MANNING
We would welcome any information
Leading Seaman Gunner,
d/jx138336, Royal Navy.
Died 10 April 1940, aged 23
Lost at sea from H.M.S.Hardy at Narvick.
Remembered on Panel 37, Column 1 at PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, The Hoe, Devon.
Son of Thomas and Gladys Hunt of Mumbles.
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