War Outbreak 2

South Wales Borderers enlistments upon the outbreak of war. Many of these men had prior military experience, and had reenlisted at the outbreak of war. Some brief details of the units of those men with prior military experience can be seen in the child subset by clicking here

Featured man – 13228 Corporal James Gilmore

James Gilmore joined the Welsh Regiment in 1891 for 7years service with the colours, and 5 with the reserve. He was mobilised for the Boer War, where he was mentioned in Dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He returned to civilian life in 1903. When war broke out, he re-enlisted, this time he joined the South Wales Borderers. He was taken prisoner in 1914, and spent the rest of the war as a POW. His name is on the Princess Mary Gift Fund list, of men who were POWs as at Christmas 1914.

He is documented on the following page
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/1351721

 

Regimental Number First Name Last Name Rank 1914 Star is with Clasp? entry from Place of birth Date Of Birth Date Of Death Prior Military Service Service record survives Silver War Badge Enlist date POW
13205 Charles Rogers Private N 20-Sep-1914 – 1878 not known – N Y 26-Aug-2014 N
13209 Frederick Hughes Private N 13-Sep-1914 – not known not known – N Y ? N
13211 Matthew Pugh Corporal N 08-Oct-1914 Welshpool, Forden, Montgomeryshire Jan-1871 not known Y N Y 25-Aug-2014 N
13212 George Evan Jones Private Y 13-Sep-1914 – not known not known – N Y 25-Aug-2014 N
13214 Frederick Temple Private N 13-Sep-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13218 Alfred Hale Private N 02-Nov-1914 Sevenhampton, Northleach, Gloucestershire 1883 08-Dec-1916 – N N – N
13220 Thomas Stanton Private N 02-Nov-1914 Abergavenny , Monmouthshire 1878 26-Aug-1916 Y N N – N
13221 Robert Bisp Private N 13-Sep-1914 Blaenavon, Abergavenny, Montgomeryshire 1872 31-Oct-1914 – N N – N
13224 Arthur John Cuell Private N 02-Nov-1914 Hambledon, Droxford, Hampshire 02-Sep-1874 not known Y Y Y 26-Aug-2014 N
13226 Richard Francis Private Y 20-Sep-1914 Nantyglo, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Apr-1876 30-Dec-1915 Y N N – Y
13228 James Gilmore Corporal Y 08-Oct-1914 Monmouth Apr-1874 not known Y Y N 26-Aug-2014 Y
13229 Frederick Lewis Private N 09-Nov-1914 Kingstone, Hereford, Herefordshire Dec-1880 21-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
13231 William Moxey Private N 20-Sep-1914 Paddington, London Jul-1874 not known – N N – N
13232 Henry Morgan Private N 20-Sep-1914 Rhymney, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Aug-1868 21-Oct-1914 Y N N – N
13234 George Ride Private N 13-Sep-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13237 Frederick Jones Private N 20-Sep-1914 Leominster, Herefordshire Apr-1877 not known Y Y N 26-Aug-2014 N
13248 Trevor Smith Private N 13-Nov-1914 Blaenavon, Abergavenny, Montgomeryshire 1884 23-Nov-1917 – N N – N
13250 Hugh Rodden Corporal N 02-Nov-1914 Glasgow, Lanarkshire 1875 1957 – N Y 27-Aug-2014 N
13255 James Miskell Private N 13-Nov-1914 Pontlottyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire Jan-1882 25-Jan-1915 Y N N – N
13257 Henry Harris Private N 09-Nov-1914 Bishops Frome, Bromyard, Worcestershire not known 07-Mar-1915 – N N – N
13260 Ernest Bidmead Private N 02-Nov-1914 Bristol, Gloucestershire Jun-1886 not known Y N Y 28-Aug-2014 N
13264 Thomas John Lavender Private N 02-Nov-1914 Abercarn, Newport, Monmouthshire Dec-1879 not known Y Y Y 26-Aug-2014 N
13278 Henry Austin Private N 13-Nov-1914 Greenwich, London Jun-1878 25-Jan-1915 Y N N – N
13279 William Henry Gullidge Private N 13-Nov-1914 Cardiff, Glamorganshire Nov-1880 not known Y Y N 28-Aug-2014 N
13281 James Douglas Private N 13-Nov-1914 Nantyglo, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Aug-1875 not known Y Y Y 27-Aug-2014 N
13284 Thomas Smith Corporal (Acting Sergeant) N 08-Oct-1914 Thirsk, Yorkshire Aug-1877 31-Oct-1914 Y N N – N
13287 Edwin James McCue Private (Acting Sergeant) N 02-Nov-1914 Hopkinstown, Pontypridd, Glamorgan 1869 29-May-1915 – N N – N
13300 William Davies Private N 13-Nov-1914 St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire May-1873 19-Aug-1916 Y Y N 29-Aug-2014 N
13306 Patrick Geary Private N 13-Nov-1914 Cork, Ireland Mar-1874 not known Y Y Y 29-Aug-2014 N
13311 Tom Jones Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 29-Aug-2014 N
13313 George Theophilus Davies Private Y 13-Nov-1914 St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire Sep-1870 not known Y Y N 29-Aug-2014 N
13315 Nicholas Crowley Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13319 Thomas Upton Private N 09-Nov-1914 St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire 1871 04-Mar-1916 – N N – N
13327 Joseph William Treadaway Private N 20-Sep-1914 Hayes, Uxbridge, Middlesex Jul-1876 not known Y N Y 25-Aug-2014 N
13329 Samuel Booth Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13334 William Watkins Private N 09-Nov-1914 Pontnewydd , Newport, Monmouthshire not known 21-Dec-1914 – N N – N
13335 David Robbings Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 31-Aug-2014 N
13337 James Horman Private N 13-Nov-1914 Patchway, Thornbury, Gloucestershire Aug-1875 1940 – Y N 31-Aug-2014 N
13340 Walter Goddard Private N 09-Nov-1914 Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire Jul-1877 03-Jul-1915 Y N N – N
13342 Thomas Henry Quiney Private N 09-Nov-1914 Kings Norton, Worcestershire 13-Jan-1870 not known Y Y N 29-Aug-2014 N
13344 Frank Lloyd Quincey Private Y 09-Nov-1914 Wandsworth, London Aug-1875 23-Jan-1946 Y Y N 29-Aug-2014 N
13345 Joseph Gorman Private N 02-Nov-1914 Islington, London Apr-1876 21-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
13346 Henry Tomkinson Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13349 David Carter Hill Private N 13-Nov-1914 Manchester, Lancashire Jul-1874 16-May-1940 Y Y N 31-Aug-2014 N
13379 William Miles Private N 13-Nov-1914 Pillgwenlly, Newport, Monmouthshire Apr-1889 10-Nov-1917 Y N N – N
13393 Fred McDonald Corporal N 13-Nov-1914 Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, Gloucestershire 30-Aug-1880 not known Y Y Y 29-Aug-2014 N
13446 John Sullivan Lance Corporal N 13-Nov-1914 St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire Jun-1881 14-May-1916 Y N N – N
13465 Thomas John Lewis Private N 02-Nov-1914 Tredegar, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire May-1887 not known Y Y Y 29-Aug-2014 N
13472 Edward Davies Private N 13-Nov-1914 Landore, Swansea, Glamorganshire Jul-1873 not known Y Y Y 12-Aug-2014 N
13508 William George Hiskett Private N 02-Nov-1914 Treherbert, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire 1881 1953 – N N – N
13513 William Neail Private Y 09-Nov-1914 Rampisham, Beaminster, Dorset Oct-1863 not known Y N N – N
13524 Edward Evans Private N 02-Nov-1914 Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire Dec-1881 08-Jan-1918 Y Y Y 29-Aug-2014 N
13555 William George Bishop Private N 13-Nov-1914 Tir-Phil, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire Jul-1888 not known Y N N – N
13612 Patrick Murphy Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13626 Thomas Simmons Lance Corporal N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13658 Daniel Bromley Sergeant N 12-Nov-1914 Kilburn, Willesden, London not known 29-Sep-1915 – N N – N
13669 Charles Bailey Private N 02-Nov-1914 Newport, Monmouthshire 1890 31-Mar-1916 – N N – N
13692 Enoch Jenkins Private N 09-Nov-1914 Ynysybwl , Pontypridd, Glamorganshire 31-Aug-1892 not known Y Y N 31-Aug-2014 N
13696 John Jones Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
13703 George Herbert Williams Private N 13-Nov-1914 Kington, Herefordshire 1893 25-Jan-1915 – N N – N
13780 Lewis Davies Private N 12-Nov-1914 Blackwood, Newport, Monmouthshire Jan-1878 not known Y Y Y 31-Aug-2014 N
13797 John Finn Private N 13-Nov-1914 Worcester Jun-1880 23-Dec-1918 Y Y Y 31-Aug-2014 N
13809 Arthur Stephens Private N 09-Nov-1914 Presteigne, Knighton, Radnorshire Dec-1878 not known Y Y N 31-Aug-2014 N
13849 William John Lloyd Private N 13-Nov-1914 Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire Feb-1879 10-May-1915 Y N N – N
13854 Michael Looney Private N 09-Nov-1914 – 1872 not known – N Y 28-Aug-2014 N
13870 Charles Litson Private N 13-Nov-1914 Newport, Monmouthshire May-1881 not known Y Y Y 01-Sep-2014 N
13890 Albert Ferriman Lance Corporal N 02-Nov-1914 Honeybourne, Evesham, Gloucestershire Aug-1877 not known Y Y Y 31-Aug-2014 N
13892 Robert Curry Stobbart Private N 09-Nov-1914 Hartlepool, County Durham 06-Sep-1871 not known Y Y N – N
13916 William Snow Private N 13-Nov-1914 Droitwich, Worcestershire Mar-1883 24-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
13921 Reuben Price Private N 09-Nov-1914 Tredegar, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire May-1879 24-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
13950 Thomas Henry Young Private N 02-Nov-1914 St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire Feb-1881 27-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
13998 John Jones Private N 13-Sep-1914 – not known not known – N Y 06-Aug-2014 N
14000 Charles Harrison Private N 09-Nov-1914 Hereford 05-May-1885 not known Y Y Y 09-Sep-2014 N
14015 John Callaghan Private N 13-Nov-1914 Tredegar, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Mar-1871 08-May-1918 Y Y Y 03-Sep-2014 N
14081 Lewis Jones Private N 13-Nov-1914 Vaynor, Merthyr Tydfil, Brecknockshire Apr-1875 22-Aug-1915 Y N N – N
14110 John Haggerty Private N 13-Nov-1914 Newport, Monmouthshire Jun-1870 not known Y Y N 02-Sep-2014 N
14140 Alfred Drew Private N 13-Nov-1914 – 1883 not known – N Y 04-Sep-2014 N
14149 Daniel Horrigan Private N 09-Nov-1914 Tredegar, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Feb-1875 27-Jan-1915 Y Y N – N
14169 William Albert Vaughan Private N 13-Nov-1914 Llanvetherine, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire Oct-1871 not known Y Y N 03-Sep-2014 N
14184 James Brown Private N 02-Nov-1914 Tredegar, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Feb-1880 not known Y Y Y 02-Sep-2014 N
14186 Tom Callaghan Private Y 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 03-Sep-2014 N
14188 Robert Yates Private N 13-Nov-1914 Worcester Apr-1873 09-May-1915 Y N N – N
14192 Daniel O’Shea Private N 02-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14199 Arthur Caldicott Private Y 02-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 11-Sep-2014 N
14200 Thomas Morgan Private N 13-Nov-1914 Cwmavon, Neath, Glamorganshire 06-Nov-1878 not known Y Y N 02-Sep-2014 N
14203 Arthur John William Parrott Private N 02-Nov-1914 Chelsea, London Aug-1878 25-Jan-1915 Y N N – N
14204 David Lewis Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14205 Job Andrews Private N 02-Nov-1914 New Mills, Newtown, Montgomeryshire Nov-1874 25-Jul-1916 Y N N – N
14209 Daniel Thomas Private N 13-Nov-1914 Swansea, Glamorganshire Mar-1877 not known Y Y Y 29-Aug-2014 N
14210 Thomas Lewis Private N 13-Nov-1914 Hereford Feb-1872 not known Y Y Y 02-Sep-2014 N
14211 Richard Edwards Private N 02-Nov-1914 Merthyr, Glamorganshire May-1878 06-Aug-1918 Y N N – N
14213 Henry Dufty Private N 13-Nov-1914 Pershore, Worcestershire 1871 21-Dec-1914 – N N – N
14222 Thomas Davies Private N 11-Nov-1914 St Woollos, Newport, Monmouthshire Aug-1870 not known Y Y N 03-Sep-2014 N
14227 Frederick Evans Private N 09-Nov-1914 Llanfrechfa, Pontypool, Monmouthshire 1875 not known Y Y Y 02-Sep-2014 N
14233 Daniel Griffiths Private N 02-Nov-1914 Merthyr, Glamorganshire Apr-1876 09-May-1915 Y N N – N
14263 Ernest John Williams Lance Corporal N 09-Nov-1914 Canton, Cardiff, Glamorganshire Aug-1872 not known Y Y N 15-Sep-2014 N
14268 John Jones Private N 02-Nov-1914 Caernarvon Sep-1871 not known Y Y N 14-Sep-2014 N
14271 Michael Nugent Corporal N 02-Nov-1914 Poplar, London Feb-1876 21-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
14288 Henry Harding Private N 02-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14290 William Henry Bissex Private N 13-Nov-1914 Newport, Monmouthshire 1867 1944 Y Y N 12-Sep-2014 N
14333 William James Dick Private N 09-Nov-1914 Newport, Monmouthshire 1870 26-Sep-1915 – N N – N
14552 William Isaac Edmunds Private N 13-Nov-1914 Swindon, Wiltshire 1870 1938 Y Y N 08-Sep-2014 N
14565 David Holland Private N 13-Nov-1914 – 1875 not known – N Y 07-Sep-2014 N
14573 Arthur Armyn Phillips Private N 09-Nov-1914 Monmouth 07-Dec-1874 1940 – Y N 07-Sep-2014 N
14589 David Lewis Private Y 09-Nov-1914 – 1876 not known – N Y 19-Sep-2014 N
14595 Edward James Waters Private N 09-Nov-1914 Kilburn, Willesden, London Apr-1879 28-Sep-1915 Y N N – N
14615 Charles Davies Private N 02-Nov-1914 Swansea, Glamorganshire Feb-1873 not known Y Y Y 14-Sep-2014 N
14620 James Edwin White Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14636 Edward Chittleburgh Private N 09-Nov-1914 Montreal, Canada 1893 not known – N N – N
14639 Daniel Donovan Private Y 02-Nov-1914 Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire Jun-1877 not known Y N N – N
14640 James Gilbert Private N 09-Nov-1914 Ystradyfodwg, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire Feb-1882 not known Y N Y 11-Sep-2014 N
14642 Albert Henry Vowles Private N 02-Nov-1914 Birkenhead, Cheshire Nov-1872 not known Y N N – N
14646 Joseph James Thomas Private N 13-Nov-1914 Abingdon, Berkshire 1890 not known Y RAF N – N
14654 Joseph Evans Private N 02-Nov-1914 Cardiff, Glamorganshire Feb-1883 09-May-1915 Y N N – N
14659 James Hitchings Private Y 02-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14671 William Thomas West Private N 09-Nov-1914 Mountain Ash, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire 21-Apr-1887 not known Y Y Y 22-Sep-2014 N
14686 Robert Smith Private N 02-Nov-1914 Fordoun, Kincardineshire Dec-1878 26-Sep-1915 Y N N – N
14694 William John Holden Private N 13-Nov-1914 Guildford, Surrey Jan-1885 not known Y Y Y 23-Sep-2014 N
14695 Arthur Banwell Private N 02-Nov-1914 Weston Super Mare, Axbridge, Somerset Oct-1870 not known Y Y N 23-Sep-2014 N
14699 William Jones Private N 13-Nov-1914 Ebbw Vale, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Dec-1874 not known Y Y Y 25-Sep-2014 N
14700 John Lloyd Private N 13-Nov-1914 Aberkenfig, Bridgend, Glamorgan 1884 25-Jul-1916 – N N – N
14705 James Bryan Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14706 William James Hodges Private N 02-Nov-1914 Brynmawr, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire 25-Feb-1885 20-Jul-1918 Y N N – N
14707 John Driscoll Private N 13-Nov-1914 Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland Aug-1884 22-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
14711 Frederick Gwyther Private N 13-Nov-1914 Weston Super Mare, Axbridge, Somerset Dec-1871 not known Y N N – N
14714 John Henry Abraham Private N 02-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14727 James Dare Private N 09-Nov-1914 Garndiffaith, Pontypool, Monmouthshire 1891 not known – N N – N
14746 Walter Morgan Private N 13-Nov-1914 Llantwit, Neath, Glamorganshire Nov-1873 27-Jul-1917 Y N N – N
14747 Thomas Jordan Jenkins Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14756 John Davies Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14777 George William Allen Private N 02-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14780 Martin Creed Private Y 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 29-Sep-2014 N
14795 Henry Thomas Private N 02-Nov-1914 – 1882 not known – N Y 29-Sep-2014 N
14798 Lewis Morgan Private Y 13-Nov-1914 – 1885 not known – N Y 29-Sep-2014 N
14801 Arthur Plaster Private N 13-Nov-1914 Blaina, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Aug-1894 20-Jul-1916 Y Y N 29-Sep-2014 N
14851 Thomas Hugh Hughes Private N 13-Nov-1914 Holy Trinity, Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire 1871 07-Jun-1915 Y N N – N
14852 Christopher John Hopkins Private Y 02-Nov-1914 Peckham, Camberwell, London Aug-1884 not known Y Y N – N
14857 Thomas Joseph Sherwood Private N 13-Nov-1914 Birmingham May-1878 19-Dec-1919 Y Y N 09-Sep-2014 N
14865 Bertie Hill Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14876 Frederick Lewis Private Y 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14878 Daniel Morgan Evans Private N 09-Nov-1914 Llandovery, Carmarthenshire Jan-1881 21-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
14897 Austin Martin Private N 13-Nov-1914 Talgarth, Hay, Brecknockshire Jan-1874 16-Jun-1915 Y N N – N
14900 David John Edwards Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14905 John Evans Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14914 Arthur Jones Private Y 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 08-Oct-2014 N
14917 Joseph McCarthy Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14936 William Isaac Johnsey Private N 13-Nov-1914 Newport, Monmouthshire 1880 1941 – N N – N
14952 David Mason MacAulay Private N 13-Nov-1914 Paisley, Renfrewshire 1885 18-Oct-1918 – N N – N
14954 William Henry George Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
14976 William Blaydon Private N 12-Nov-1914 Hereford Dec-1880 1917 Y Y Y 31-Aug-2014 N
14997 Phillip Thomas Private N 09-Nov-1914 Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire Apr-1875 not known Y Y N 14-Oct-2014 N
14999 John Vincent Hill Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15021 Patrick Quirke Private Y 13-Nov-1914 Tipperary, Ireland 22-Mar-1877 not known Y Y N 03-Sep-2014 N
15039 Maurice Cadman Private N 13-Nov-1914 Dawley, Madeley, Shropshire Feb-1892 not known Y Y N 02-Sep-2014 N
15058 Hubert Roberts Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15123 Charles Hannan Private N 13-Nov-1914 Liverpool, Lancashire 1875 03-Jan-1915 – N N – N
15135 Sidney John Broadstock Private N 13-Nov-1914 Cinderford, Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire 31-Oct-1887 1966 Y Y N 31-Aug-2014 N
15149 Fred Jenkins Private N 09-Nov-1914 Blaenavon, Abergavenny, Montgomeryshire May-1875 21-Dec-1914 Y N N – N
15161 William Lloyd Private N 09-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 03-Sep-2014 N
15270 John Jones Private N 13-Nov-1914 Nelson, Pontypridd, Glamorganshire 1883 21-Dec-1914 – N N – N
15334 Patrick Cleary Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15381 William Bennellick Private N 13-Nov-1914 Exeter, Devon Jan-1872 25-Jan-1915 Y NULL N – N
15384 William Baines Private N 13-Nov-1914 Tredegar, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire Jan-1880 not known Y Y Y 02-Sep-2014 N
15404 Alfred Warner Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15434 John Morgan Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15471 Robert William Daker Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15642 Michael Ryan Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N N – N
15690 Ernest Gronow Private N 13-Nov-1914 Solva, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Mar-1887 not known Y Y Y 05-Sep-2014 N
15709 Thomas Rutter Private N 13-Nov-1914 Welshpool, Forden, Montgomeryshire Jun-1892 not known Y N Y 04-Sep-2014 N
15715 John Barry Private N 08-Nov-1914 Limerick, Ireland 1872 11-Apr-1918 Y N N – N
17870 Lewis Jones Private N 13-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 21-Sep-2014 N
18977 Henry Williams Private N 11-Nov-1914 – not known not known – N Y 08-Sep-2014 N