These men enlisted pre-war in the South Wales Borderers under Special Reserve terms of service.
Regimental Number | First Name | Last Name | Rank | Unit | Medal | Theatre of War | Entry Date | Birth Place | Date Of Birth | Date Of Death | Service record survives | SWB recipient | Enlist date |
3/11208 | Thomas Edward | Stephens | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Llangammarch, Builth Wells, Brecknockshire | 1892 | 25-Jan-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11214 | Michael | Murray | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – |
3/11221 | George | Griffiths | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | – | 1894 | not known | N | Y | 02-Jan-1913 |
3/11264 | Thomas | Hughes | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 15-Feb-1913 |
3/11277 | Thomas | O’Keefe | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 17-Mar-1915 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | not known | 03-Jul-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11280 | George | Butler | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | – | 1895 | not known | N | Y | 12-Mar-1913 |
3/11287 | Morgan William | Matthews | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Penydarren, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1895 | 25-Apr-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11293 | Thomas | Thomas | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 27-Jan-1915 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – |
3/11314 | Harvey | Edwards | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – |
3/11316 | John Jones | Evans | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 15-Jun-1915 | – | 1896 | not known | N | Y | 14-Apr-1913 |
3/11330 | Edward | Bradley | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Glasgow, Lanarkshire | 1895 | not known | Y | Y | 16-May-1913 |
3/11338 | Evan John | Williams | Acting Corporal | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | New Tredegar, Gelligaer, Glamorganshire | 1898 | not known | Y | N | 21-May-1913 |
3/11342 | Arthur Horace | Gray | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 21-Apr-1896 | not known | N | N | – |
3/11344 | Henry | Peters | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 10-Dec-1914 | Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1894 | 09-Sep-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11346 | William | Vickery | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 1894 | 09-Apr-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11369 | Wilfred Eli | Payne | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Bristol, Gloucestershire | 21-May-1896 | 1984 | Y | Y | 06-Aug-1913 |
3/11373 | Haydn John | Thomas | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 15-Jun-1915 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 1895 | 18-Jun-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11375 | Walter | Gardiner | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Pontypridd, Glamorganshire | 1897 | not known | Y | N | 20-Aug-1913 |
3/11378 | Evan | Evans | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1893 | 21-Aug-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11384 | Albert | Lewis | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Beaufort, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1891 | 10-Nov-1917 | N | N | – |
3/11385 | Joseph Aaron | Williams | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Brynmawr, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire | 1894 | 25-Sep-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11392 | Thomas | Dowding | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 21-Jul-1915 | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 1893 | 01-Jul-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11402 | Frederick | Rees | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 1896 | not known | Y | Y | 17-Sep-1913 |
3/11413 | Thomas Rees | Warrington | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Trinity, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire | 27-Nov-1895 | 22-Feb-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11414 | James | Allcock | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Newbridge, Newport, Monmouthshire | 1895 | not known | N | Y | 07-Oct-1913 |
3/11417 | Charles | Gardner | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Malpas, Newport, Monmouthshire | 1896 | not known | Y | N | 16-Oct-1913 |
3/11419 | Christopher | Deans | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | – | 1896 | 25-Jan-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11421 | Bartholomew | Colbert | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Ebbw Vale, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1897 | 02-Nov-1918 | N | N | – |
3/11422 | Wilfred | Bigwood | Lance Corporal | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Abertillery, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1893 | 21-Dec-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11425 | Denis | Coffey | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 04-Apr-1895 | not known | RAF | N | 30-Oct-1913 |
3/11427 | George | Hynes | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Brynmawr, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire | 1897 | not known | Y | Y | 05-Nov-1913 |
3/11438 | Frederick Walter | Barrett | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Waterloo, Lambeth, London | 1896 | 09-May-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11440 | William David | Jones | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – |
3/11447 | Cornelius | McCarthy | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1894 | not known | N | Y | 03-Jan-1914 |
3/11448 | John Thomas | Bell | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 11-Jan-1915 | North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | 1895 | 25-Mar-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11449 | William John | Jones | Private | 1st Battalion | BWM, VM | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1897 | not known | Y | N | 05-Jan-1914 |
3/11453 | Abiathan | Batten | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 18-Jul-1896 | not known | RAF | Y | 13-Jan-1914 |
3/11463 | Rhys | Griffiths | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Ystalyfera, Neath, Glamorganshire | 1895 | 11-Apr-1918 | N | N | – |
3/11465 | David Richard | Evans | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 25-Apr-1915 | Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire | 1896 | not known | Y | N | 26-Jan-1914 |
3/11475 | James | Morgan | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Brynmawr, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire | 1896 | 09-May-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11484 | Tom Ronald | Redman | Acting Corporal | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 01-May-1897 | 1950 | Y | Y | 09-Feb-1914 |
3/11485 | John Alfred | Davies | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | St Deiniol and St Mary, Bangor, Caernarvonshire | 1897 | not known | Y | Y | 09-Feb-1914 |
3/11489 | Jeremiah | Allman | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 11-Jan-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1897 | 09-May-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11490 | Harry | Rigby | Private | 8th Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Sep-1915 | Nabb, Shropshire | 1897 | 22-Nov-1917 | N | N | – |
3/11492 | Daniel | Sheehan | Lance Corporal | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | St. John’s, Birmingham, Warwickshire | 1892 | 21-Dec-1914 | N | N | – |
3/11499 | John | Welsh | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | – | 27-Oct-1891 | not known | N | Y | 10-Mar-1914 |
3/11503 | William Charles | Godley | Private | 1st Battalion | BWM, VM | – | – | St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire | 14-Jul-1893 | 12-May-1977 | N | N | – |
3/11506 | Arthur | Wiffen | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | 1892 | not known | N | Y | 17-Mar-1914 |
3/11523 | Joseph | Webb | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 11-Jan-1915 | Llanelly, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire | 1896 | 19-Apr-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11526 | Alfred | Durbin | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Bedminster, Bristol, Gloucestershire | 1890 | 10-Nov-1917 | N | N | – |
3/11527 | Ivor | Musker | Corporal | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 1895 | not known | Y | Y | 15-Apr-1914 |
3/11541 | Arthur John | Williams | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Llangwm, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire | 1896 | 06-Oct-1917 | N | N | – |
3/11544 | Thomas | Edwards | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Pontlottyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1897 | 15-Sep-1918 | N | N | – |
3/11545 | William | Clements | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | 1892 | not known | N | Y | 22-Apr-1914 |
3/11547 | Alfred William | Moore | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | 08-Dec-1894 | 1951 | N | N | – |
3/11548 | Evan John | Williams | Lance Sergeant | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 15-Jun-1915 | Treharris, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1891 | 04-Jul-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11557 | Albert | Lewis | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | 1895 | not known | N | Y | 28-Apr-1914 |
3/11558 | William | Davies | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | – | not known | not known | N | Y | 04-May-1914 |
3/11560 | John | Terrett | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 31-May-1915 | Abercanaid, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 16-Jul-1897 | 12-Jul-1961 | N | Y | 04-May-1914 |
3/11564 | Ernest James | Rappel | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | Panteg, Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 1895 | 15-Nov-1917 | N | N | – |
3/11565 | George | Harrison | Lance Corporal | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – |
3/11566 | James | Carter | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 11-Jan-1915 | Llansantfraid, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire | 1890 | not known | Y | N | 05-May-1914 |
3/11572 | Elwyn | Sully | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 09-Feb-1915 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 01-Apr-1897 | 1965 | N | N | – |
3/11576 | William | Rees | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1896 | 20-Aug-1918 | N | N | – |
3/11577 | Matthew | Ryan | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1896 | 19-Oct-1918 | N | N | – |
3/11578 | John William | Guy | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 25-May-1915 | Ilminster, Somerset | 1896 | not known | Y | N | 20-May-1914 |
3/11586 | Charles | Phillips | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1895 | 06-Jun-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11587 | Arthur | Gosney | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 09-Feb-1915 | Heytesbury, Warminster, Wiltshire | 25-Apr-1894 | not known | Y | Y | 10-Jun-1914 |
3/11588 | Walter | Gosney | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 09-Feb-1915 | Chitterne, Warminster, Wiltshire | 31-Mar-1896 | 19-Jun-1974 | Y | Y | 10-Jun-1914 |
3/11589 | Frederick | Edwards | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Newport, Monmouthshire | 29-Jun-1894 | 09-May-1953 | Y | Y | 11-Jun-1914 |
3/11590 | Charles Henry | Broom | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Northampton, Northamptonshire | 1896 | not known | Y | Y | 11-Jun-1914 |
3/11592 | James William | Roberts | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 09-Feb-1915 | Rhymney, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1894 | 09-Sep-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11598 | Frank | Hall | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 23-Nov-1914 | Bath, Somerset | 1890 | not known | Y | Y | 24-Jun-1914 |
3/11602 | Harold | Stevens | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Swansea, Glamorganshire | 1895 | not known | Y | N | 03-Jul-1914 |
3/11603 | Llewellyn | Bolch | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 25-May-1915 | Swansea, Glamorganshire | 1894 | not known | Y | N | 03-Jul-1914 |
3/11604 | Richard | Rosser | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Swansea, Glamorganshire | 05-Nov-1894 | not known | Army & RNR | N | 03-Jul-1914 |
3/11605 | William | Fitzgerald | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire | 1893 | not known | Y | Y | 03-Jul-1914 |
3/11607 | William | Tremlett | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 22-Apr-1915 | Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 1897 | 14-Oct-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11608 | Frank | Williams | Private | 2nd Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 2B | 21-Jul-1915 | Pontypridd, Glamorganshire | 1898 | 16-Aug-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11612 | Thomas | Bevan | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 1895 | not known | Y | N | 15-Jul-1914 |
3/11614 | Bertie | Scott | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 10-Dec-1914 | – | not known | not known | N | N | – |
3/11615 | Albert Charles | Phillips | Acting Sergeant | BWM, VM | 1A | 15-Mar-1916 | Enmore Green, Shaftesbury, Dorset | 1878 | not known | Y | Y | 15-Jul-1914 | |
3/11616 | Lewis | Rees | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Abertillery, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 1892 | 24-Nov-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11617 | Reginald | Faulkner | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | Yelton, Leominster, Herefordshire | 1897 | 19-Jul-1916 | N | N | – |
3/11619 | Tom | Morgan | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 04-Jan-1915 | Trevethin, Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 1897 | not known | Y | Y | 19-Jul-1914 |
3/11622 | Albert Ellis | Gallent | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | Blackwood, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire | 29-Jul-1896 | 1967 | N | N | – |
3/11623 | William Leonard | Jones | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 29-Nov-1914 | Llantrissent, Pontypool, Monmouthshire | 21-May-1896 | not known | Y | Y | 22-Jul-1914 |
3/11624 | William George H | Dibble | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Cardiff, Glamorganshire | 1898 | 1961 | N | N | – |
3/11625 | Armel Joseph | Kelly | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Merthyr, Glamorganshire | 02-Sep-1896 | 1960 | Y | Y | 21-Jul-1914 |
3/11626 | Ernest Edward | Fitchett | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Langford, Faringdon, Berkshire | 06-Feb-1898 | 01-Dec-1915 | N | N | – |
3/11627 | David John | Lewis | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 09-Feb-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1897 | not known | N | Y | 04-Aug-1914 |
3/11628 | Josiah | Evans | Private | 1st Battalion | 1914-15 Star | 1A | 26-Jan-1915 | Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire | 1896 | 09-May-1915 | Y | N | 04-Aug-1914 |