These men in the table below are understood to have served in the militia, and to have transferred across when the Special Reserve superseded it.
Featured man – 3/9340 Private Henry Madden
Henry Madden became a member of the Special Reserve upon its inception on 5th July 1908. This we know from his Silver War Badge. It is my guess that he enlisted in the Militia in October 1907 (this is the case for 9349 Clemens), and transferred across. The one important source document for this man is the British War Medal and Victory Medal roll (WO 329/1089) and is in the specific part with a page header of “Special Reserve”. A relative has found that there is a newspaper article online which refers to him being wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, on 29 October 1914. He was eventually given a medical discharge, dated 10 October 1915 and was issued a Silver War Badge. The SWB roll tells us he was discharged from the regimental depot, usually an indicator that the person is not well. He lived until 1971.
He is documented on the following page
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2874950
Regimental Number | First Name | Last Name | Rank | entry from | entry to | 1914 Star is with Clasp? | Birth Place | Date Of Birth | Date Of Death | Service record survives | SWB recipient | Enlist date | Comments |
3/4609 | Thomas Humphrey | Powell | Corporal | 02-Nov-1914 | 26-Dec-1914 | Y | Kenchester, Hereford, Herefordshire | 04/1875 | not known | Y | Y | In Boer War | |
3/7871 | Patrick | Garvin | Private | 02-Nov-1914 | – | N | Cork, County Cork, Ireland | 1885 | not known | N | N | ||
3/8073 | James | Vertine | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | – | N | – | 1881 | 1933 | N | Y | 17-Jun-1903 | |
3/8441 | Taliesin | Thomas | Sergeant | 20-Sep-1914 | – | Y | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | |
3/8446 | James | Looney | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | 10-Aug-1915 | N | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | Time Expired. Served as Williams |
3/8721 | Aaron | Williams | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | – | Y | – | not known | not known | N | Y | ||
3/8727 | Jeremiah | Donovan | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | 27-Apr-1916 | N | Blaenavon, Abergavenny , Montgomeryshire | 1881 | 27/04/1916 | N | N | Died at Gibraltar | |
3/8924 | John | Marshall | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | 21-Aug-1915 | N | Kinsale, County Cork | 1878 | 21/08/1915 | N | N | Died at Gallipoli | |
3/8943 | John Morgan | Thomas | Private | 09-Nov-1914 | – | N | – | not known | not known | N | N | ||
3/9003 | William | Geoghagan | Lance Corporal | 31-Aug-1914 | 26-Sep-1914 | N | Merthyr , Glamorganshire | 1886 | 26/09/1914 | N | N | ||
3/9006 | George William | Evans | Private | 13-Aug-1914 | 15-Nov-1914 | N | St Pancras, London | 1887 | 15/11/1914 | N | N | ||
3/9045 | Walter Rees | Samuels | Sergeant | 31-Aug-1914 | 31-Oct-1914 | N | – | not known | not known | N | Y | POW | |
3/9160 | William John | Hammond | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | 26-Sep-1914 | Y | New Tredegar , Gelligaer, Glamorganshire | not known | 26/09/1914 | N | N | ||
3/9212 | Wilfred | Gurden | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | – | N | – | not known | not known | N | Y | ||
3/9237 | John | Laffy | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | – | Y | – | not known | not known | N | N | ||
3/9293 | William Victor | Lloyd | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | 05-Nov-1914 | N | Llangynidr , Crickhowell , Brecknockshire | 1887 | 05/11/1914 | N | N | ||
3/9299 | Thomas | Reynolds | Private | 02-Nov-1914 | 22-Aug-1915 | N | Dilwyn, Weobley, Herefordshire | 08/1880 | not known | Y | Y | ||
3/9322 | John | O’Sullivan | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | – | Y | – | not known | not known | N | N | ||
3/9340 | Henry | Madden | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | 29-Oct-1914 | Y | Abergavenny , Monmouthshire | 15/05/1889 | 21/10/1972 | N | Y | ||
3/9349 | Frederick | Clemens | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | 06-Jan-1915 | Y | Merthyr, Glamorgan | 10/1879 | not known | Y | N | Served in the DCLI during the 1890s | |
3/9362 | Samuel | Burchell | Private | 20-Sep-1914 | – | N | – | 1887 | not known | N | Y | ||
3/9392 | George | Rogers | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | 06-Oct-1914 | Y | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | – | Y | Y | 06-Jan-1908 | At Gallipoli too | |
3/9412 | George | Morgan | Sergeant | 31-Aug-1914 | 01-Nov-1914 | N | Llangattock , Crickhowell , Brecknockshire | 1880 | not known | Y | N | ||
3/9414 | Ivor Guest | Davies | Private | 02-Nov-1914 | 29-May-1916 | N | Newport, Monmouthshire | 1891 | 29/05/1916 | N | N | ||
3/10001 | George Adam | Llewellyn | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | – | N | – | not known | not known | N | N | ||
3/10004 | Owen | Owens | Private | 13-Sep-1914 | 18-Nov-1914 | N | Dolgelly, Merionethshire | not known | 18/11/1914 | N | N | ||
3/10041 | James | Hines | Private | 20-Sep-1914 | – | N | – | not known | not known | N | N | ||
3/10049 | Thomas | Akers | Sergeant | 20-Sep-1914 | 21-Oct-1914 | N | Kings Norton, Worcestershire | 1880 | 21/10/1914 | N | N | ||
3/10052 | John | Myatt | Private | 13-Nov-1914 | – | N | – | not known | not known | N | Y | ||
3/10112 | Harry | Salter | Private | 13-Nov-1914 | – | N | Llansantfraid , Llanfyllin , Montgomeryshire | 1880 | 13/08/1915 | N | N | Died at Gallipoli | |
3/10113 | William | Armstrong | Private | 20-Sep-1914 | 01-Nov-1914 | N | Notting Hill, Kensington, London | 01/1883 | not known | Y | N | 06-Apr-1908 | |
3/10127 | Job | Haines | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | 31-Oct-1914 | Y | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | not known | 31/10/1914 | N | N | ||
3/10163 | John | Welsh | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | – | N | – | 1876 | not known | N | Y | 14-May-1908 | |
3/10195 | John | Sullivan | Private | 31-Aug-1914 | 31-Oct-1914 | N | Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire | not known | 31/10/1914 | N | N |