1989 Pte William M Roberts, 1/6th Bn, Welsh Regt

1989 Private William Mates Roberts of the 1/6th Battalion, Welsh Regiment died of wounds on the 29th August 1915. He was born at Aberavon, was living at Penygraig when he enlisted, and joined up at Swansea. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that he was 38 years old and the cousin of Rachel Harwood of High Street, Swansea.

William's number dates to the second week of August 1914 and so he was an early volunteer. His medal index card notes that he arrived overseas in France on the 29th August 1914 and thus, had he survived, he would have been entitled to wear the 1914 Star and the clasp that designated him as an Old Contemptible. His MIC also notes the appointment of Lance-Corporal and it is this which is impressed upon his 1914 Star, whilst the rank of Private appears on his British war and Victory medals. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

13792 L/Cpl Charles Penhorwood, 2nd Bn, Welsh Regt

13792 Lance-Corporal Charles Penhorwood of the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, was killed in action on the 8th November 1917 in the bitter fighting around Passchendaele. He was the son of Mrs Ellen Penhorwood of 13 Quarry Street, Swansea. He has no known grave and is one of nearly 35,000 men commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

37483 Pte Joseph Ousbey, 8th Bn, Welsh Regt

37483 Private Joseph Ousbey of the 8th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, died of wounds at Gallipoli on the 28th October 1915. He was born in Manchester and living in Clayton, Lancashire when he enlisted. He joined the 8th Battalion at Manchester in May 1915 and arrived in the Balkans on the 2nd October 1915.

Joseph was just seventeen years old at the time of his death. He was the son of Edwin and Martha Ousbey of 682 Ashton New Road, Clayton, Manchester. He is buried in Hill 10 Cemetery on Gallipoli.


At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

39940 Pte Montague T Cawsey, 2nd Bn, Welsh Regt

39940 Private Montague Thomas Cawsey of the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, was killed in action on the Somme on the 22nd September 1916. He was born in Bideford, was living in Blackwood (Devon) and enlisted at Bargoed. He has no known grave and is commemorated on thee Thiepval Memorial.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

73204 Pte Thomas McCracken, 15th Bn, Welsh Regt

73204 Private Thomas McCracken of the 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, was killed in action on the 26th August 1918. Thomas was born in Liverpool and enlisted there. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

17995 Pte Leyshon Davies, 14th Bn, Welsh Regt

17995 Private Leyshon Davies of the 14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, was killed in action on the 10th July 1916. He was born in Aberavon and enlisted there, aged 29, on the 30th November 1914. Leyshon was a labourer by trade and stood five feet seven and a half inches tall. He had married Elizabeth Price in April 1911 and the couple had one son - Thomas Henry Davies - born on the 28th January 1915. A second son - Leyshon - would be born on Christmas Day the same year.

Private Leyshon Davies has no known grave and is commemorated on the imposing and sombre Thiepval Memorial on the Somme. He was reported missing on the 10th July 1916 and later presumed to have died on that day.

In July 1919, Leyshon's widow and two infant sons were living at 35 Arthur Street, Aberavon.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

10910 Pte William Harry Baggaley, 2nd Bn, Welsh Regt

10910 Private William Harry Baggaley of the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, was killed in action on the 9th June 1915. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was the son of Mrs Sarah Jane Baggaley of 27 Windmill Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. He was 25 years old at the time of his death and had been a regular soldier with the Welsh Regiment since early February 1913.

William was an early arrival in France, disembarking there on the 22nd August 1914. His medal index card notes that he was regarded as dead on the 9th June 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial in France. Soldiers Died in The Great War records his name as BAGGELEY.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

240354 Pte Herbert Pearman, 1/5th Bn, Welsh Regt

240354 Private Herbert Pearman of the 1/5th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, died of wounds on the 4th April 1917. He was 19 years old, the son of Alfred and Bessie Pearman of 36 Park Street, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan. Soldiers Died in the Great War notes that Herbert was born at Llanwonno, was living at Penrhiwceiber, and enlisted at Mountain Ash. His original number with the 5th Welsh Regiment was 1566 which dates to around April 1912 (and means that unless the CWGC have recorded his age incorrectly, he was a very young 15-year-old when he joined up).

Herbert arrived overseas in the Balkans on the 9th August 1915. He is buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

9742 Cpl Frederick George Cronan, Welsh Regiment

9742 Corporal Frederick George Cronan of the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment died of wounds on the 25th October 1915. He was presumably wounded overseas, was shipped back to England on a hospital ship and died in England. Born in London, the son of William Henry Cronan, Frederick is buried in Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery and was 24 years old when he died.

Soldiers Died in The Great War records that he was serving with the 2nd Battalion, whilst the Commonwealth War Graves Commission gives E Company, 1st Battalion. His service record no longer survives at the National Archives.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC, WO363)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission