Gelligaer 1914-18 War Memorial
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| Names on Memorial | Additional Information |
| Evan Barnett | |
| Henry Bennett | |
| Sydney Bishop | |
| Henry Burrell | Henry Burrell Lance Corporal 23200 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion. Died (aged 40) October 4 1915. Commemorated Panel 97 and 98 Loos Memorial. Son of Archibald and Kate Burrell. Husband of Mary Ann (later Jewell) (6 Berthllanwyd Street, Cascade). |
| William Carter | Lance Corporal 19104 Welsh Regiment 10th Battalion. Killed in action July 12 1916. Commemorated Pier and Face 7A and 10A Thiepval Memorial. Son of Henry and Leah Carter (in post-war period his widowed mother was at 34 Harp Terrace, Gelligaer) |
| James Crates | James William Crates. Private 16588 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 8th Battalion. Died of wounds (aged 34) September 18 1915. Buried Helles Memorial Part XIII, Turkey. Son of Frederick and Alice Crats. Husband of Edith Maud. |
| Joseph Crump | |
| F.W. Edwards | Frederick William Edwards. Private 15290 Royal Dublin Fusiliers 10th Battalion. (Formerly 663 Wiltshire Regiment) Died of wounds February 5 1917. Grave I. H. 40 Varennes Military Cemetery. Son of Charles and Jane Edwards (Gelligaer). |
| David Evans | Private 19593 Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion. Killed in action (aged 38) May 9 1915. Commemorated Panels 23 and 24 Le Touret Memorial, France. Husband of Beatrice Alice (later Weal) (29 Hengoed Crescent, Hengoed). |
| Harry Frayling | |
| W. Gummer | see Brithdir Memorial |
| T.J. Harding | |
| William Hill | |
| Harold John | Harold Thomas John Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment 9th Regiment Killed in action January 11 1917. |
| James Johns | |
| Mathew Jones | |
| Albert Kitt | Rifleman R/38583 King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion. Died of wounds (aged 19) September 23 1917. Grave II. A. 3. Westouter Churchyard and Extension, Belgium. Son of Albert and Margaret Kitt (54 Hengoed Road, Penpedairheol) |
| F.J. Lane | Frederick Joseph Lane. Private 37636 Welsh regiment 14th Battalion. Killed in action (aged 32) December 5 1917. Grave I. B. 2. Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres. Son of Thomas and Emma Lane (The Norrest, Malvern) and husband of May Lane (4 Cross Street, Gilfach, Bargoed). |
| Thomas Lewis | Thomas John Lewis. Corporal M2/119426 Army Service Corps. attached "H" Siege Park, VIII Corps Heavy Artillery. Killed in action (aged 32) May 11 1918. Grave XXVII. H. 12A. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. Son of James and Margaret Lewis (264 Newport Road, Cardiff) |
| Evan Lloyd | |
| M.P. Manfield | Moses Philip Manfield. Lance Corporal 26486 Welsh Regiment 2nd Battalion. Killed in action (aged 29) September 15 1918. Grave V. B. 17. Vadencourt British Cemetery Maissemy. Son of William and Janet Manfield. Awarded Military Medal for bravery in the Field (August 1918) |
| Thomas Olsen | |
| David Phillips | |
| E. Rawlings | Emrys Rawlings Gunner 50619 Royal Garrison Artillery 78th Siege Bty Died November 21 1916, age 19. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France VI.C.28. Son of Thomas Rollings (10 Commercial Street, Gelligaer). |
| Percy Scott | |
| Arthur Smith | Arthur John Smith. Private 26409 South Wales Borderers 5th Battalion. Death (aged 30) March 25 1918. Commemorated Bay 6 Arras memorial. Son of John Smith (51 Brynheulog Street, Penybryn, Gelligaer) |
| T.J. Swayne | Private 11829 South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion. Death (aged 24) August 9 1915. Grave B. 4. Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Sarah Jane (later Wetherell) (3 Glyngaer Road, Gelligaer. |
| Sidney Thomas | |
| Edgar Wallace | |
| Thomas Ward | |
| Albert L. Williams | Albert LLewellyn Williams. Private 15937 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry C Coy 8th Battalion Death (aged 23) April 25 1917. Commemorated Doiran Memorial. Son of William Williams. |
| David Williams | Private 16267 Somerset Light Infantry 7th Battalion. Death (aged 30) March 22 1918. Commemorated Panel 25 and 26 Pozieres Memorial. Son of David and Margaret Williams (7 Oxford Street, Gelligaer). |
| Edgar Williams | |
| J.D. Williams | John Davies Williams. Private 14622 Welsh Regiment 9th Battalion. Died of wounds August 26 1916. Grave III. F. 66. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe. Son of John and Margaret Williams (23 Glyngaer Road, Gelligaer). |
| Thomas Williams | Driver T3/028068 Army Service Corps 191st Coy. Died (influenza) (aged 35) October 28 1918 at 29 Stationary Hospital. Grave D. 3. Cremona Town Cemetery, Italy. Son of Thomas and Mary Williams. Husband of Ruth Williams (2 Church Houses, Gelligaer). |
| William Windsor | William Arthur Windsor. Private 67687 Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion Killed in action June 6 1918 Soissons Memorial, France Son of William Arthur and Annie Margaret Windsor (36 Hengoed Road, Penpedairheol) |
| George Woodhouse | Rifleman 573047 London Regiment 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Killed in action October 1 1916 Pier and Face 9D 9C 13C and 12C Thiepval Memorial Son of James and Emily Ann Woodhoue (of Herefordshire) |
| Robert Woods | Robert Edward Wood Private 11231 South Wales Borderers Died (aged 18) May 9 1915. Le Touret Memorial. Son of John and Frances Wood (37 Penybryn Terrace, Gelligaer). |
Monmouth Guardian December 3, 1915.
, Corporal M2/119426, Army Service Corps, attached “H” Siege Park, VIII Corps Heavy Artillery was killed in enemy aircraft raid on 11th May 1918, aged 32. Buried in Grave Ref: XXVII. H. 12A at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. During the First World War, the village of Lijssenthoek was situated on the main communication line between the Allied military bases in the rear and the Ypres battlefields. Close to the Front, but out of the extreme range of most German field artillery, it became a natural place to establish casualty clearing stations. Resident Cardiff, enlisted Cardiff. Son of Margaret Lewis, of 264, Newport Rd., Cardiff, and the late James Lewis. Born Pontlottyn.
Merthyr Express November 20, 1915
Aberdare Leader 29 May 1915.
