Cwmcarn And Pontywaun

Taken from the internet First World War 1914 to 1918 • Birt, J. Private. South Wales Borderers. • Brinkworth, William John, Corporal 23259. Died 28/04/1918 aged 35. South Wales Borderers. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. Son of George and Annette Brinkworth of 123, Oakfield Road, Cwmbran. • Broad, Ernest, Private 12520. Died 12/08/1915 aged 24. South Wales Borderers. Helles Memorial. Son of James Broad of 30, Nantcarn Road. • Brown, James, Driver 19843. Died 20/09/1915 aged 20. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Bethune Town Cemetery. Son of John and Catherine Brown of 40, Jamesville. • Burge, Henry, Driver 19711. Died 20/09/1915. Royal Field Artillery. Bethune Town Cemetery. • Burns, Samuel Valentine, Private 1981. Died 07/05/1915 aged 17. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery. Son of William James and Elizabeth Ann Burns. Brother of William, below. • Burns, William Reece, Pioneer 249448. Died 30/06/1918 aged 22. Royal Engineers. Awarded Military Medal. Buried Bagneux British Cemetery. Son of William James and Elizabeth Ann Burns of Manchester. • Callaghan, Thomas, Sergeant 42. Died 10/09/1916. Welsh Guards. Thiepval Memorial. • Coles, Frank Lewis John, Stoker 1st Class SS/106733. Died 31/05/1916 aged 27. Royal Navy - HMS Broke. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Son of Walter and Margaret Cole; husband of Sarah Cole of 212, Inverness Place, Roath Park, Cardiff. Native of Cwmcarn. • Crabb, Walter, Corporal 265369. Died 12/04/1918 aged 25. Monmouthshire Regiment. Ploegsteert Memorial. Son of John Crabb of 6, Wood Street. • Cunnick, William Henry, Corporal 15549. Died 24/08/1916. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Thiepval Memorial. • Davies, Arthur George, Private 1724. Died 06/12/1914 aged 18. Monmouthshire Regiment. Ploegsteert Memorial. Son of Mr and Mrs Henry Davies. • Davies, Brinley, Private 15976. Died 24/07/1918 aged 29. Scots Guards. Buried Berles New Military Cemetery. Son of Joseph and Hannah Davies of 8, Newport Road. • Davies, E A, Driver. Royal Field Artillery. • Davies, Ellerton Osborne, Second Lieutenant. Died 02/04/1915 aged 22. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery. Son of George and Rose Davies of Moat House, St. James' Square, Monmouth. • Duffield, Henry, Private 12530. Died 09/04/1916. South Wales Borderers. Buried Amara War Cemetery. • Duffield, W, Lance Corporal. South Wales Borderers. • Edwards, Leonard James, Sergeant 11537. Died 27/08/1916 aged 21. South Wales Borderers. Buried London Cemetery. Son of Mr and Mrs Albert Edwards of 1, Holly Bush Cottage. • Evans, J W, Private. Monmouthshire Regiment. • Evans, W J, Private. Gloucestershire Regiment. • Foley, James J, Private 385. Died 08/07/1916 aged 30. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Englebelmer Communal Cemetery. Foster-son of Rhoda Stone of 28, Feeders Row. • Franklin, Richard, Private 13076. Died 18/08/1915 aged 31. South Wales Borderers. Buried East Mudros Military Cemetery. Husband of Mrs M Franklin (later Whiting) of 83, Broadway, Frome, Somerset. • Gooding, Thomas John, Lance Corporal 12502. Died 21/08/1915. South Wales Borderers. Helles Memorial. • Greenslade, John, Private 226418. Died 27/08/1918. Monmouthshire Regiment attached to South Wales Borderers. Buried Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. • Griffiths, Alfred, Corporal 26476. Died 25/11/1917 aged 27. Welsh Regiment. Cambrai Memorial. Husband of Letitia Griffiths of 35, Wood Street. • Griffiths, Percy, Corporal 20718. Died 10/07/1916. South Wales Borderers. Thiepval Memorial. • Hands, Thomas William, Private 33769. Died 22/09/1918. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Buried Peronne Communal Cemetery. • Harper, D, Sergeant. South Wales Borderers. • Harper, William, Private 201630. Died 25/04/1917 aged 50. Worcestershire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial. Son of Joseph and Hannah Harper; husband of Sarah Edith Harper of 11, New Houses, Llanfach, Abercarn. • Harrison, O, Private. Monmouthshire Regiment. • Hern, George, Rifleman 8265. Died 15/09/1916. Royal Irish Rifles. • Holtham, Thomas George, Gunner 19795. Died 18/04/1917 aged 20. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Sucrerie Cemetery. Son of Edward and Naomi Holtham of 35, Garden Suburbs, Pontywaun. • Hopkins, Alfred, Private 58303. Died 08/10/1918. South Wales Borderers. Buried Guizancourt Farm Cemetery. Husband of Mrs W Hopkins of 2, Coronation Place, Pontywaun. • James, T, Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. • Jenkins, A, Private. Monmouthshire Regiment. • Kenna, O, Private. Royal Engineers. • King, Herbert Parry, Private, 58333. Died 18/09/1918. Welsh Regiment 13th Bn. (South Wales Borderers on Cwmcarn war memorial). Vis-en-Artois Memorial. • Lander, William Edwin, Sergeant 17176. Died 15/04/1918 aged 25. South Wales Borderers. Awarded Military Medal. Ploegsteert Memorial. Son of Albert and Annie Lander of 8, Meredith Terrace, Newbridge; husband of Mrs K Lander of 2, Coles Building, West Street, Warminster, Wiltshire. • Lott, William Rees, Private M/348530. Died 14/10/1918 aged 20. Army Service Corps. Buried Risca Old Cemetery. Son of Joseph J and Annie Lott of 23, Mount Pleasant Terrace, Pontywaun. • Lovell, Albert R, Private 93629. Died 03/09/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Vis-en-Artois Memorial. • Maisey, William Henry, Gunner 92569. Died 23/07/1916. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Amara War Cemetery. • Mantle, D T, Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. • Matthews, T J, Private. South Wales Borderers. • Morgan, William Henry, Private 2494. Died 13/07/1915. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Netley Military Cemetery. • Moseley, M, Private 4/13109. Died 05/04/1916 aged 21. South Wales Borderers. Buried Amara War Cemetery. Son of Mr W H and Mrs M A Moseley of 30, Bernard Street. • Nicholas, Trevor, Private 9962. Died 30/06/1916. Royal Army Medical Corps. Buried Risca Old Cemetery (Church Ground). • Peterson, Charles, Private 20037. Died 23/08/1917. South Wales Borderers. Tyne Cot Memorial. • Pike, Thomas, Private 19812. Died 27/09/1915. Grenadier Guards. Loos Memorial. • Price, P, Private. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. • Pye, W, Private. South Wales Borderers. • Roberts, Albert Rowland, Stoker 2nd Class K/48682. Died 27/10/1918 aged 24. Royal Navy - HM Trawler Neptunian. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of Joseph and Matilda Roberts of 6, George Street. • Roberts, T, Private. Monmouthshire Regiment. • Roberts, Thomas Herbert, Lance Corporal 265065. Died 01/07/1916 aged 26. Monmouthshire Regiment. Thiepval Memorial. Husband of E Roberts of 37, Wood Street. • Rogers, Sidney Thomas, Private 265463. Died 12/04/1918 aged 20. Monmouthshire Regiment. Ploegsteert Memorial. Son of William and Phoebe Rogers of 29, Caradog Street. • Rowlands, David Francis, Gunner 740919. Died 16/10/1917 aged 20. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Locre Hospice Cemetery. Son of John and Rose Rowlands of 28, Newport Road. • Rowlands, J, Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. • Sage, William James, Private 245269. Died 30/11/1917 aged 23. Monmouthshire Regiment. Cambrai Memorial. Son of Isaac and Elizabeth Sage of 52, Twyncarn Road, Pontywaun. • Short, Alexander, Lance Corporal 1285. Died 08/05/1915 aged 22. Monmouthshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of John and Martha Short of 2, John Street. • Sheppard, J. Probably: John Sheppard, Rifleman 7958. Died 09/05/1915 aged 39. Rifle Brigade. Buried Sailly-sur-la-Lys Canadian Cemetery. Son of George and Sarah Sheppard of 21, Regent's Place, Llanhilleth. Born in Fishponds, Bristol. • Simmonds, William Edward, Rifleman 2404. Died 08/05/1915 aged 19. Monmouthshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of William Simmonds of 10, Millbrook Terrace. • Smith, G H, Sergeant. South Wales Borderers. Possibly: George H Smith, Private 129653. Died 04/08/1919. Royal Fusiliers 45th Bn. Abercarn Cemetery. • Smith, William Henry, Private 48190. Died 01/05/1918. Royal Army Medical Corps. Risca Old Cemetery. • Stone, William John, Private 1632. Died 21/02/1915 aged 20. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery. Son of Henry John and Rhoda Stone of 28, Feeder Row. • Stroud, W J, Sergeant Major. Royal Army Medical Corps. • Stroud, William John, Drummer 1312. Died 19/12/1916 aged 24. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried St Sever Cemetery. Son of RSM William and Keren H Stroud of 14, Feeder Row. • Taylor, John William, Lieutenant. Lieutenant. Died 12/03/1915 aged 37. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery. Husband of Ethel Hester Taylor (later Stephen) of Risca House, Cross Keys. • Thomas, D, Private. Monmouthshire Regiment. • Thomas, Daniel Henry, Lance Corporal 1876. Died 16/05/1915 aged 32. Monmouthshire Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of William Rees Thomas of 16, Wood Street. • Thomas, P, Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. • Thompson, P C, Seaman. Royal Naval Division. • Titt, James, Private 4/13311. Died 30/08/1916 aged 43. South Wales Borderers. Buried Amara War Cemetery. Son of William and Sarah Titt of 27, West Street, Warminster, Wiltshire. • Tudor, R Douglas, Rifleman 3343. Died 15/10/1915 aged 23. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery. Son of Lloyd and Eleanor Tudor of 36, Garden Suburb, Pontywaun. • Walters, T H, Private 17189. Died 01/09/1916 aged 33. South Wales Borderers. Buried Blighty Valley Cemetery. Husband of Edith H Walters of 13, George Street. • Welsh, Gilbert, Private 54240. Died 13/10/1917. Durham Light Infantry. Buried Godewaersvelde British Cemetery. Husband of BE Welsh (later Lawson) of 94, Somers Road, Southsea, Portsmouth. • West, William James, Lance Corporal 48217. Died 07/07/1916 aged 31. Royal Army Medical Corps. Thiepval Memorial. Son of David West of 1, Twyn Carn Terrace; husband of Melinda West of 20, George Street. • Westcotte, Frederick, Private 19604. Died 01/07/1916. South Wales Borderers. Thiepval Memorial. • Whatley, George, Lance Corporal 1722. Died 11/03/1915. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery. • Whatley, Thomas John, Acting Bombardier W/4378. Died 19/11/1917. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Solferino Farm Cemetery. • Williams, W, Probably William Williams, Lance Corporal 17229. Died 24/08/1918. Grenadier Guards. Buried Croisilles British Cemetery. • Willits, B, Gunner. Royal Field Artillery. Second World War 1939 to 1945 • Barnes, C. Gunner. Royal Artillery. Was taken prisoner of war. • Bowdler, Garnett, Gunner 852823. Died 11/06/1940 aged 19. Royal Artillery. Buried Abercarn Cemetery. Son of Lewis and Minnie Bowdler. • Caddy, Percival James, Boatswain. Died 08/06/1940 aged 31. Royal Navy - HMS Glorious. Plymouth Naval Memorial. • Fell, Kenneth W, Boy 1st Class D/JX 155511. Died 08/06/1940 aged 18. Royal Navy - HMS Glorious. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of Ernest and Ellen Fell. • Gibson, E F, Private. Royal Engineers. • Gougerty, James Daniel, Private 4078243. Died 06/08/1944 aged 24. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery. Son of James and Hannah Gougerty, of Cwmcarn. Brother of Thomas, below. • Gougerty, Thomas Edward, Private 4078244. Died 26/07/1944 aged 23. South Lancashire Regiment. Buried Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery. Son of James and Hannah Gougerty. • Hinwood, Philip Arthur, Fusilier 11051278. Died 26/03/1945 aged 24. Royal Scots Fusiliers. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. • Hyde, George, Gunner 958558. Died 25/07/1943 aged 23. Royal Artillery. Buried Bari War Cemetery. Son of George and Elizabeth Hyde. • James, Cyril, Fusilier 14808843. Died 05/03/1945 aged 18. Royal Welch Fusiliers. Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Son of Lewis and Lilian May James. • Jones, M, Gunner. Royal Artillery. • Lewis, George, Ordinary Seaman. Died 25/02/1940 aged 21. Merchant Navy - SS Castlemoor (London). Tower Hill Memorial. Son of Henry Job and Eliza Ann Lewis. • Meredith, Graham, Guardsman 2737494. Died 09/04/1943 aged 31. Welsh Guards. Buried Enfidaville War Cemetery. Son of Mr and Mrs C. Brinley Meredith. • Peterson, Edward, Trooper 7953509. Died 17/10/1944 aged 35. Royal Armoured Corps - 23rd Hussars. Buried Overloon War Cemetery. Son of Charles John and Bridget Clara Peterson. • Pike, F J. Aircraftman. Royal Air Force. • Ransome, George, Sergeant 5181491. Died 19/04/1942 aged 31. Gloucestershire Regiment. Rangoon Memorial. Son of John and Mary Ransome; husband of Millicent Ransome of Cheltenham. • Rees, Gwyn, Private 7371294. Died 14/11/1942 aged 24. Royal Army Medical Corps. Alamein Memorial. Son of Llewellyn and Florence Elvina Rees. • Roberts, Fred, Corporal 6025698. Died 27/08/1944 aged 30. Essex Regiment. Buried St. Desir War Cemetery. Son of George Alfred and Winifred May Roberts; husband of Sybil Doreen Roberts of Pontywaun. • Rodwell, John James, Sergeant 4075906. Died 03/07/1944 aged 30. Monmouthshire Regiment. Buried Bayeux War Cemetery. Husband of Dorothy Rodwell. • Taylor, Cyril Mervyn, Flight Sergeant 1103542. Died 21/09/1944 aged 29. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Buried Bari War Cemetery. Son of Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Taylor. • Taylor, Ernest Lyndon, Able Seaman P/JX 168205. Died 23/10/1941 aged 22. Royal Navy - HMS Cossack. Portsmouth Naval Memorial. Son of Ernest and Mary Elizabeth Taylor. • West, William Elvet, Stoker 1st Class D/KX 138569. Died 12/11/1942 aged 28. Royal Navy - HMS Hecla. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of William James West and Melinda West. • West, William James, Ordinary Seaman D/JX 254920. Died 06/07/1942 aged 24. Royal Navy - HMS Niger. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of Elizabeth West. Northern Ireland • Fryer, Paul Arthur, Guardsman 24464284. Killed, aged 18, by a bomb on 13/11/1979 in South Armagh, Northern Ireland. Welsh Guards. Buried Dan y Graig Cemetery, Risca.