South Wales Borderers, men who enlisted from August 1911 to February 1913
Featured man – Private Frederick Ernest Mayston
Frederick Ernest Mayston was born in Battersea in 1896. He enlisted in August 1912, and gave an alias as a surname, only revealing his true surname in June 1918. His service record’s medical card states ‘Examined [at Rushmoor Camp] for service in Singapore and found fit 24 July 1914’, but events would overtake this exotic posting becoming a reality. He was injured several times, and saw most of the war in France, but was also sent to Gallipoli in 1915. He was medically discharged on 17 January 1919. Whilst in Liverpool with the 3rd Battalion, he got married and spent the rest of his life in Liverpool.
He is documented on the following page
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2992111
Regimental Number | First Name | Last Name | Rank | 1914 Star is with Clasp? | entry from | Birth Place | Date Of Birth | Date Of Death | Service record survives | SWB recipient | Enlist date | POW |
10663 | Gilbert | Mackay | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 12-Aug-1911 | N |
10664 | George Alfred | Field | Drummer | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Shorncliffe Camp , Elham, Kent | 1898 | 20-Feb-1916 | N | N | – | N |
10673 | Richard | Evans | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10676 | Thomas Charles | Jordan | Drummer | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10679 | Frank | Sutton | Lance Corporal | Y | 22-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10681 | William Henry | Williams | Private | Y | 13-Nov-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | Y | |
10685 | Frederick | Wiltshire | Lance Sergeant | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10692 | William | Symons | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | Dec-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 30-Oct-1911 | N |
10696 | Edward | Franklin | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10697 | Alfred Samuel | Ashton | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 11-Nov-1911 | N |
10699 | John Thomas | Gage | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Faversham, Kent | 1895 | 23-Sep-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10706 | Arthur | Jones | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | not known | 09-Sep-1916 | N | N | – | N |
10707 | Thomas | Walker | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | Swansea, Glamorganshire | 1893 | 31-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10709 | Arthur | Roberts | Private | N | 20-Sep-1914 | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 1890 | 26-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10713 | Frederick | Gane | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 1895 | 15-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10719 | Francis Edward | Lewis | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Newport, Monmouthshire | Aug-1894 | 1929 | Y | Y | 22-Dec-1911 | N |
10723 | George | Moore | Private | Y | 20-Sep-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10725 | Thomas A | Clayton | Private | Y | 08-Oct-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10729 | Arthur William | Foster | Drummer | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Aldershot, Farnham, Hampshire | 1896 | 06-Nov-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10732 | Arthur Coates | Doran | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Southwark, London | 25-Jan-1890 | not known | N | N | – | N |
10734 | William James | Smith | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10736 | William | Griffiths | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10744 | Michael George | Evans | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | Swansea, Glamorganshire | 1893 | not known | N | N | – | Y |
10745 | Arthur | Hodges | Corporal | Y | 13-Nov-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10746 | Clifford | Lewis | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | 1896 | not known | N | N | – | Y |
10747 | Albert George | Dewey | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10754 | Joseph William | Lightwood | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Worcester | 1893 | 28-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10755 | Richard | Smith | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | Nantyglo, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1893 | 29-Jun-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10759 | William | Key | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Ludlow, Shropshire | Nov-1892 | not known | Y | Y | 06-Apr-1912 | N |
10760 | John Herbert | Speke | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Burnley, Lancashire | 1895 | 26-Mar-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10762 | Cornelius | Spillane | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Bath, Somerset | 08-Nov-1891 | 1964 | N | N | – | N |
10763 | George William | Wren | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | St George in the East, London | Dec-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 04-Apr-1912 | N |
10765 | Peter Benjamin | Smith | Lance Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10767 | Sidney | Lee | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Wandsworth, London | 1893 | 19-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10769 | Thomas | Holland | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Newport, Monmouthshire | Jan-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 10-Apr-1912 | N |
10771 | Daniel | Mahoney | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 17-Apr-1912 | N |
10773 | Frank | Marsh | Private | N | 13-Sep-1914 | Brentwood, Billericay, Essex | 1894 | 21-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10775 | Frederick Chas | Williams | Lance Corporal (Acting Corporal) | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Bacton, Stowmarket, Suffolk | 03-Sep-1900 | 05-Dec-1971 | N | N | – | N |
10778 | David John | Thomas | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Camarthen | Mar-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 22-Apr-1912 | N |
10782 | Harry | Staite | Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10785 | James William | Beaver | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | 27-Dec-1894 | not known | N | N | – | N |
10790 | Alfred | Jorgensen | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 01-May-1912 | N |
10792 | John James | Lawrence | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Bristol, Gloucestershire | Mar-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 01-May-1912 | N |
10794 | Henry Arthur | Ireland | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Marylebone, London | 1893 | 07-Jun-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10798 | Charles Arthur | Thompson | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Islington, London | Oct-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 08-May-1912 | N |
10799 | James | Callaghan | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10801 | Thomas William | Shine | Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Holborn, London | Jul-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 08-May-1912 | N |
10804 | Reginald | Richardson | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Lytham, Fylde, Lancashire | Jan-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 04-May-1912 | N |
10809 | Herbert | Hollywell | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Edmonton, Middlesex | 26-Feb-1894 | not known | N | N | – | Y |
10810 | Thomas | Jones | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10811 | John | Ridley | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Darlington, County Durham | 1894 | 17-Nov-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10813 | Harry | Potter | Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Bermondsey, Southwark, London | Jan-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 24-May-1912 | N |
10815 | Frederick | Roberts | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | not known | 09-May-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10817 | Edward | Hughes | Private | N | 12-Nov-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10824 | Albert Samuel | Wood | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Bristol, Gloucestershire | 1895 | 28-Dec-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10825 | Edmund Charles | Willard | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Lambeth, London | Oct-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 16-Jun-1912 | N |
10827 | Edgar Lewis | Delan | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | New York, USA | 12-Sep-1895 | 21-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10829 | Henry William Frank | Cowdery | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Bratton, Westbury, Wiltshire | 1895 | 1966 | N | N | – | Y |
10830 | Frederick John | Dart | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Exeter, Devon | 1893 | not known | N | Y | 24-Jun-1912 | N |
10832 | Samuel | Hilton | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Wolverhampton, Staffordshire | 1894 | 28-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10834 | Alfred | Hullah | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | 19-Sep-1894 | 16-Sep-1979 | N | N | – | N |
10835 | Albert Henry | Rivron | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Holborn, London | 1896 | not known | N | Y | 02-Jul-1912 | N |
10836 | Godfrey Arthur | Sanders | Lance Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Maidstone, Kent | 07-May-1894 | 1977 | N | N | – | N |
10837 | George Henry | Oliver | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Maidstone, Kent | 1893 | 27-Sep-1915 | N | N | – | Y |
10840 | Albert | Lovegrove | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Hounslow, Brentford, Middlesex | 1890 | 02-Nov-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10841 | John | Broderick | Private | Y | 02-Nov-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10842 | Alexander Henry | Harris | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Wandsworth, London | 1895 | 21-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10846 | Edward | Rogers | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10847 | Robert | Carey | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10849 | Thomas | Palmer | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10854 | Clifford Jeffrey | Davies | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 1894 | 26-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10855 | William | Chalk | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | St Pancras, London | Dec-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 25-Jul-1912 | N |
10858 | William Charles | Stevens | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Bethnal Green, London | 1890 | 06-Nov-1917 | N | N | – | N |
10859 | Walter | King | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Childray, Wantage, Berkshire | 1895 | 02-May-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10860 | Joseph Edward | Coote | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10861 | Frederick Albert | Lodge | Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 27-Jul-1912 | N |
10863 | George Frederick | Waterhouse | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Willesden, Hendon, London | 1895 | 26-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10864 | David | Smith | Lance Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Old Ford, Poplar, London | Aug-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 31-Jul-1912 | N |
10867 | Frederick | Duncum | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10868 | William Henry | Lawrence | Private | N | 02-Nov-1914 | Abergavenny , Monmouthshire | 1894 | 31-Dec-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10869 | William | Hoskins | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 1894 | 22-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10871 | William Percival | Crown | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10879 | Edward | Byrne | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Clerkenwell, Holborn, London | Jan-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 12-Aug-1912 | N |
10882 | Albert Edward | Eagle | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Peckham, Camberwell, London | 1895 | 31-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10885 | Harry | Randall | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10886 | Frederick Ernest | Mayston | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Battersea, Wandsworth, London | Mar-1896 | not known | Y | Y | 10-Aug-1912 | N |
10887 | Ernest | Slade | Lance Corporal | N | 08-Oct-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | Y |
10894 | George Edward | Smith | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Limehouse, Stepney, London | 1896 | 31-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10898 | Sidney Victor | Dawson | Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Manor Park, West Ham, Essex | Mar-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 20-Aug-1912 | N |
10899 | Francis | Chipp | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Hackney, London | 02-Jul-1895 | 1969 | N | Y | 21-Aug-1912 | Y |
10900 | William Charles | Hill | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10903 | Benjamin John | Daniels | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10904 | Alfred Albert | Herbert | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Hackney, London | Feb-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 27-Aug-1912 | Y |
10905 | Alfred | Elmore | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Stoke Newington, Hackney, London | 1893 | 26-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10907 | Edward | Pocknell | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10910 | William Charles | Rayner | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10911 | William | Mills | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Bristol, Gloucestershire | 1894 | 27-Dec-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10912 | Joseph Patrick | Burns | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Walsall, Staffordshire | not known | 31-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10914 | Isaac | Colclough | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire | 1895 | 27-Dec-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10915 | Frank George | Bannocks | Private | N | 02-Nov-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10917 | Frederick David | Phillips | Lance Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Wandsworth, London | Aug-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 09-Sep-1912 | Y |
10921 | Harry | Hughes | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | Y |
10924 | Sydney Bertram | Morris | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Alton, Hampshire | 1895 | 28-Sep-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10925 | Thomas | Gray | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Altrincham, Cheshire | Jul-1894 | 15-Dec-1918 | Y | Y | 01-Oct-1912 | N |
10926 | Frank | Peskett | Drummer | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Leiston, Blything, Suffolk | 1883 | 04-Nov-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10927 | Richard | Cotter | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | Nov-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 08-Oct-1912 | N |
10928 | William | Davies | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10929 | John James | Robbins | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Ross, Herefordshire | 1894 | 15-Jan-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10930 | James Henry | Thomas | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10931 | John James | Egan | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | St Pancras, London | 1894 | 21-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10933 | Patrick | Thompson | Private | N | 20-Sep-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10939 | Gwilym | Jones | Private (Acting Corporal.) | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Llanddulas , St Asaph, Denbighshire | not known | 14-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10940 | David William | Cushen | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 1891 | 09-May-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10941 | Stephen | Cunningham | Private | N | 20-Sep-1914 | – | 1896 | not known | N | Y | 29-Oct-1912 | N |
10942 | Thomas John | Lewis | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10944 | John | Ward | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | Feb-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 01-Nov-1912 | N |
10947 | William John | Prosser | Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10951 | Ernest Walter | Mills | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Wimbledon, Kingston, Surrey | Aug-1893 | not known | Y | Y | 06-Nov-1912 | N |
10954 | Walter James | Smith | Drummer | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Sturry, Blean, Kent | 1886 | 31-Oct-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10956 | George | Paris | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | New Cross, Greenwich, London | Mar-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 23-Nov-1912 | N |
10957 | Patrick | Keiller | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 1894 | 06-Sep-1916 | N | N | – | N |
10958 | William | Lloyd | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10967 | John | Hurley | Private | N | 02-Nov-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 1895 | 13-Aug-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10971 | Thomas | Mackey | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Treorchy, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire | 1894 | not known | Y | Y | 03-Jan-1913 | N |
10973 | Edwin William | Edwards | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Treorchy, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire | 1895 | 20-Feb-1916 | N | N | – | N |
10974 | William George | Jones | Private | Y | 20-Sep-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10975 | Harry Leonard | Cole | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | Mar-1895 | not known | Y | N | 16-Jan-1913 | N |
10976 | Henry Arthur | Wilkins | Private | N | 20-Sep-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10977 | George | Archer | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | Newsells, Royston, Hertfordshire | Dec-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 18-Jan-1913 | N |
10978 | John William | Walker | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire | 1894 | 09-May-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10980 | David | Ahearne | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 20-Jan-1913 | N |
10981 | James Ellis | Peate | Lance Corporal | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10983 | Walter Henry | Darcy | Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | 27-Jan-1895 | 1957 | N | N | – | N |
10986 | Joseph Albert | Layland | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Malvern, Upton On Severn, Worcestershire | 1896 | 30-Jan-1915 | N | N | – | Y |
10987 | Samuel | Wells | Lance Corporal | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10988 | Norman | McLeod | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 04-Feb-1913 | N |
10989 | William John | Prosser | Private | Y | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – | N |
10991 | Charles Sidney | Yeo | Private | Y | 13-Nov-1914 | Chatham, Kent | Nov-1894 | not known | Y | N | 30-Jan-1913 | N |
10995 | Robert Joseph | Fish | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | Plumstead, Woolwich, London | 1894 | 26-Sep-1914 | N | N | – | N |
10997 | Patrick | Sullivan | Private | N | 08-Oct-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | not known | 17-May-1915 | N | N | – | N |
10998 | Eugene | O’Neill | Private | N | 13-Aug-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 13-Feb-1913 | N |