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Copyright © Robert Hellier 2006 |
Erected
by the inhabitants in grateful memory of the men of this
district who laid down their lives in the Great War 1914-1918
Their Name Ever Liveth
| 1914-1918 |
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| BARTER |
Sydney |
Private 37058 9th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Formerly 3/17816 T.R.Battn) Died of Wounds 17/01/1918 Age 19 Born: Dartford, Kent; Enlisted Brecon Son of James and Annie Barter, of Lion Cottage, Bwlch, Breconshire. Native of Prinsted, Sussex. II. A. 11. ETRETAT CHURCHYARD EXTENSION |
| BOOTH |
William Henry |
Private 33587 13th Bn East Lancashire Regiment (Formerly 1534 K.R.R.C.) Killed in Action 22/08/1918 Age 22 Born: Newport Mon; Enlisted St Pancras Middlesex; Resident of Bwlch Son of Elizabeth Booth, of Buckland Laundry, Bwlch, Brecon, and the late William Henry Booth. Panel 5 and 6. Memorial PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL |
| EVANS |
Wilfred Easthope |
Private 235394 4th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Formerly 2622 South Wales Borderers Killed in Action 02/09/1917 Age 17 Enlisted: Brecon Son of Arthur J. and Emma Barrett Evans, of 31, Free Street, Brecon, South Wales. Panel 63 to 65. Memorial TYNE COT MEMORIAL |
| EVANS |
Percy John |
Private 8522 2nd Bn Border Regiment Killed in Action 26/10/1914 Born: Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire Enlisted Manchester Resident of Cathedine Bwlch, Breconshire Panel 35. Memorial YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL |
| FITTON |
Edmund |
Private 77338, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Died of illness in hospital 29/07/1916. Born 22/03/1892 in Bwlch. Mother still resident in Bwlch. Unmarried. Bank clerk by profession. Passed fit 6th November 1914, enlisted 9th November 1914, at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Height 5 feet 4¾ inches, girth 36 inches, complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair light brown, religion Presbyterian. Buried in PENUEL PRESBYTERIAN CHAPELYARD, Montgomeryshire. National Archives of Canada Acession Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 3115 - 44 |
| HADLEY |
Thomas Charles |
Serjeant 12232 2nd Bn South Wales Borderers Killed in Action 04/09/1915 Age 25 Born: Cwmdu, Brecon; Enlisted Brecon Son of Mrs. M. J. Day, of Pentwynbach, Bwlch, Breconshire II. A. 17. AZMAK CEMETERY, SUVLA |
| JONES |
John William |
Driver 21885 13th Bn Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Killed in Action 30/12/1915 Age 35 Born Brecon Enlisted Newport, Mon Son of Mrs. Agnes Jones, of Yew Tree Cottage, Bwlch, Breconshire; husband of Elizabeth A. J. Jones, of 35, Glyn Terrace, Tredegar. Panel 21 and 22. Memorial HELLES MEMORIAL |
| LEWIS |
David Thomas |
Private 2175 1/6th Bn Welsh Regiment Killed in Action 01/04/1916 Born: Llandetty, Brecon Enlisted Swansea III. J. 30. ST. PATRICK'S CEMETERY, LOOS |
| LEWIS |
William Owen |
Private 34536 9th Bn The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (Formerly 177823 Royal Engineers) Died 14/10/1918 Age 37 Born: Llanidloes Enlisted Brecon; Resident of Bwlch Son of John and Elizabeth Lewis, of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire; husband of Annie Lewis, of 61, Street, Brecon. VIII. B. 9. NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY |
| MEAGER |
Albert |
Private Died 22/03/1918 No further information currently |
| MORRIS |
William Frank |
Bn 122nd Bde. Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery Died 27/07/1917 Age 19 Enlisted: Neath, Glamorgan; Resident of Brecon Son of W. and M. A. Morris, of "Farmers' Arms, Bwlch, Breconshire II. F. 61. MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY |
| O’DELL |
Ernest |
Rifleman 5095 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles (Formerly 7482 Lancers) Killed in Action 17/05/1916 Age 27 Born: Stanmore Middlesex Enlisted Marylebone, Middlesex Son of John W. and Eliza Odell, of 116, Welldon Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex Bay 9. Memorial ARRAS MEMORIAL |
| OLDCORN |
Roy James |
Corporal 8997 8th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles Killed in Action 23/11/1917 Age 27 Born: Northop, Flintshire; Enlisted Putney, Middlesex; Resident of Northop, Flintshire Son of Arthur and Alice Oldcorn, of The Green, Northop, Flints. Panel 10. Memorial CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL |
| POWELL |
Cyril John |
Private 535008 1st/15th Bn London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) Killed in Action 30/11/1917 Born Cwmdu, Brecon; Enlisted Brecon; Resident of Bwlch. Panel 12. Memorial CAMBRAI MEMORIAL, LOUVERVAL |
| TALBOT |
Arthur Aston |
Lieutenant Brecknockshire Bn (Territorial) South Wales Borderers Died 29/10/1918 III. D. 6. NAIROBI SOUTH CEMETERY |
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| DAVIES |
Frederick James |
Lance Corporal 3914405 South Wales Borderers Died 28/02/1943 Age 32 Son of Charles Rees Davies and Sarah Ann Davies, of Cathedine; husband of Rosemary Davies of Talybont-on-Usk. North of church. CATHEDINE (ST. MICHAEL) CHURCHYARD |
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