Neath War Memorial (A-G)

Neath War Memorial Surnames A-G

  • Abbott, F, Private 19828. Died 21/06/1918 aged 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Varennes Military Cemetery. Son of John and Elizabeth Abbott, of 21, Water Street.
  • Alford, J. Probably: James Alford, Private 9344. Died 10/11/1917.South Wales Borderers. Tyne Cot Memorial.
  • Anthony, David Samuel, Private 14265. Died 24/04/1917 aged 34. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Buried Doiran Military Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Anthony of 18, Rope Walk.
  • Arnold, Hedley Graham, Second Lieutenant. Died 11/04/1918 aged 20. South Wales Borderers. Buried Trois Arbres Cemetery. Son of Sam and Annie Arnold of 150 Windsor Road.
  • Atherton, G W, Private 77586. Died 02/03/1919. Welsh Regiment. Buried Cathays (Cardiff) Cemetery.
  • Baker, R, Private 90450. Died 21/03/1918. Machine Gun Corps. Buried Houchin British Cemetery. Son of Mrs. S. Baker, of Rockfield House, Cadoxton Terrace, Cadoxton, Neath. Not named on memorial at St Thomas’ Church.
  • Baker, Thomas George, Sapper 75423. Died 04/12/1917 aged 26. Royal Engineers. Buried Neath (Llantwit) Cemetery. Son of John and Jane Baker of 89, Leonard Street, Neath. Not named on memorial at St Thomas’ Church.
  • Baker, W.
  • Baker, W H.
  • Ball, E J, Private 54605. Died 26/08/1918 aged 24. Welsh Regiment. Buried Caterpillar Valley Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ball, of 121, Neath Road.
  • Banbury, W, Private 45251. Died 28/11/1916. Welsh Regiment. Buried Dernancourt Communal Cemetery.
  • Bater, W G C, Private 23625.Died 09/03/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery.
  • Bending, Griffith, Corporal 82351.Died 18/02/1918 aged 26. Royal Engineers. Buried Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery. Son of Mr. W. H. Bending of 33, Alfred Street.
  • Benjamin, David Charles, Private 14541. Died 29/08/1916 aged 31.South Lancashire Regiment.Thiepval Memorial. Son of David and Jane Benjamin, of St. Dyfreg School Road, Melincrythan.
  • Benjamin, Thomas Henry, Private 15028. Died 27/04/1917 aged 29. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Arras Memorial. Son of David Benjamin, of St. Dyprig School Road, Melincrythan.
  • Baker, Thomas George, Sapper 75423. Died 04/12/1917 aged 26. Royal Engineers. Buried Neath (Llantwit) Cemetery. Son of John and Jane Baker, of 89, Leonard Street.
  • Bevan, William Joseph, Private 643915. Died 23/09/1918.Labour Corps. Buried Doingt Communal Cemetery.Husband of E. B. Bevan, of 23, Union Road.
  • Bevan, William Charles, Private 44508. Died 28/10/1916 aged 28. Royal Army Medical Corps. Buried Ste. Marie Cemetery.Husband of Mary Jane Knight of 13, Coronation Road, Melyn, Neath. Not named on memorial at St Thomas’ Church.
  • Beynon, Lancelot, Private 12632. Died 11/03/1915 aged 39.Devonshire Regiment. Buried Merville Communal Cemetery. Son of William and Mary Beynon, of 42, Wern Road, Skewen.
  • Beynon, William Mathias, Sapper 42176. Died 18/11/1916 aged 36. Royal Engineers.Thiepval Memorial. Son of William and Mary Beynon, of "Preswylfa", Wern Road, Skewen.
  • Billings, William George, Private 55564. Died 26/09/1917 aged 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of Mr. W. H. and Mrs. M. A. Billings of 41, Greenway Road.
  • Bills, Frank Henry, Private 18251.Died 11/07/1916 aged 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.Thiepval Memorial. Son of James and Annie Bills, of 10, Exchange Road, Melincrythan.
  • Bowater, J T, Private 21233. Died 17/07/1918 aged 21.Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Buried Esquelbecq Military Cemetery. Son of Alfred Edward Bowater of 32, Hillside.
  • Broom, B. Possibly: Bertie Broome, Private 12779. Died 08/08/1915. Welsh Regiment 8th Bn. Helles Memorial.
  • Brown, John Shaw, Private 38591. Died 28/03/1918 aged 19. Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Matilda Brown of 17, St. Anne's Terrace, Tonna.
  • Browning, Reginald Gordon Snell, Captain. Died 02/10/1915. Welsh Regiment. Loos Mmeorial.
  • Bryant, David Albert, Gunner 284. Died 31/01/1919 aged 25. Australian Heavy Artillery. Buried Seven Sisters (Soar) Welsh Congregational Chapelyard. Son of Albert Ernest and Ellen Bryant; husband of Annie Maria Bryant of 14, Bryndulais Row, Seven Sisters.Born at Arncliffe, New South Wales.
  • Bryne, T. Probably Thomas Byrne, Private 3/7146. Died 26/09/1916, aged 40. East Yorkshire Regiment 6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial. Husband of N. M. Byrne, of 18, Crythan Park, Neath, Glam.
  • Callighan, W. Corporal 200766.Died 18/07/1917 aged 24. Welsh Regiment. Buried Haifa War Cemetery. Son of Mrs. Mary Callaghan of 1, Cuthberson Court, Water Street.
  • Canfield, W C, Serjeant Major 725033. Died 09/02/1920 aged 33. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Neath (Llantwit) Cemetery.Husband of Mary Hannah Canfield, of 42, Wallace Road.
  • Carter, J.
  • Carter, Percy Charles, Gunner 68328. Died 23/08/1914 aged 19. Royal Field Artillery. La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial. Son of Mr. C. and Mrs. E. Carter of 34, Martin's Avenue, Seven Sisters, Neath. Not named on memorial at St Thomas’ Church.
  • Chapman, A W, Private 16164.Died 17/05/1915. Welsh Regiment. Buried Boulogne Eastern Cemetery.
  • Charles, D.
  • Charles, R. Possibly:  R Charles, Company Serjeant Major 32501. Died 13/08/1917 aged 25. Welsh Regiment 16th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension. Son of Frank and Elizabeth Charles, of Newport; husband of EM Charles, of 14 Adare St., Ogmore Vale.
  • Cleary, J.
  • Cleaver, David, Private 76375. Died 22/09/1917 aged 39. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment).Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cleaver of 12, Woodland Road; husband of Keturah Cleaver of 33, Alexander Street.
  • Clifford, J.
  • Clyant, David John, Private 22678. Died 06/05/1915. Welsh Regiment. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
  • Cole, E.
  • Collins, Herbert Charles, Boy 1st Class J/25469. Died 15/10/1914. Royal Navy, HMS Hawke. Plymouth Naval Memorial. His ship was sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine, with the loss of more than 500 lives.
  • Collins, L.
  • Copp, B, Private 19030. Died 07/02/1916 aged 22. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Rue-Des-Berceaux Military Cemetery. Son of Robert and Ann Copp of 32, Mount Pleasant.
  • Copp, Bertie.
  • Cortledge, J E
  • Croke, W, Private 266123. Died 09/11/1917. Welsh Regiment. Buried Passchendaele New British Cemetery.
  • Croke, W J. Possibly: W Croke, Private 266123. Died 09/11/1917. Welsh Regiment 1st/6th Bn. Passchendaele New British Cemetery.
  • Dally, D.
  • David, Brynmor, Private 55568. Died 27/05/1917 aged 19. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.Arras Memorial. Son of J. David of 17, Llewellyn Street.
  • Davies, David E, Corporal 8254. Died 09/05/1915 aged 41.South Wales Borderers.Le Touret Memorial. Son of Evan and Ann Davies of 16, Winifred Road, Skewen; husband of Mary Hannah Davies of 3, Railway Terrace, Skewen.
  • Davies, Ebenezer, Corporal S/3068.Died 07/10/1916 aged 23.Rifle Brigade.Thiepval Memorial. Son of John and Mary Davies of Belle Vue, Bryncoch. Not named on memorial at St Thomas’ Church.
  • Davies, Evan Lee, Lance Serjeant 20842. Died 18/02/1917 aged 20. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Mr. Roberts of Bryncyrchau, Pontneath Vaughan.
  • Davies, Gwilym, Private 13407. Died 22/04/1918 aged 27. King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Loos Memorial. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davies of Pentramolwad Cwmbwrach.
  • Davies, G, Private 18777. Died 25/09/1915 aged 27. Welsh Regiment. Buried Guard’s Cemetery. Son of Evan and Ann Davies of 16, Winifred Road, Skewen.
  • Davies, Gwilyrn Charles, Signalman Wales/Z/4616.Died 08/05/1918 aged 20. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, SS Ingleside. Plymouth Naval Memorial. Son of James and Matilda Davies of 2, Bron Deg.
  • Davies, H.
  • Davies, H.
  • Davies, John, Corporal 156543. Died 12/11/1917 aged 51. Royal Engineers. Buried Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.Father of Edgar John Davies of 8, Roman Rd., Banwen, Onllwyn.
  • Davies, Joseph, Serjeant S/3087. Died 12/02/1916 aged 24.Rifle Brigade.Awarded Croix de Guerre.Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Son of Thomas and Margaret Davies of 50, Union Road.
  • Davies, L H, 2nd Corporal 99949. Died 23/03/1918 aged 36. Royal Engineers. Buried Neath(Ynysmaerdy) Cemetery. Son of William and Martha Davies of 2, Vernon Street, Briton Ferry; husband of Janie Davies of 2, Burnside, Mount Pleasant.
  • Davies, O.
  • Davies, T H, Private S/6073.Died 03/11/1915 aged 37.Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Buried Leicester (Welford Road) Cemetery. Son of Joseph and Margaret Davies of Neath. Not named on memorial at St Thomas’ Church.
  • Davies, William, Private 10970. Died 25/09/1915 aged 19. Devonshire Regiment. Buried Philosophe British Cemetery. Son of Thomas and Jane Davies of Melincourt.
  • Davies, William, Private 12533. Died 12/08/1915 aged 21. Welsh Regiment. Helles Memorial. Son of William and Emma Davies of 61, Union Road.
  • Davies, William Trehearne, Private 19254. Died 13/11/1916 aged 26. Royal Welsh Fusiliers.Thiepval Memorial. Son of John D. Davies of Llwyn Llanc Isaf, Crynant.
  • Dorey, G.
  • Douse, Frederick, Private 28031. Died 24/11/1917. Welsh Regiment. Cambrai Memorial.
  • Downey, S R, Private 93768. Died 05/11/1918.The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Buried Sassegnies Communal Cemetery.
  • Drake, T. L.
  • Draper, W.
  • Dwyer, W.
  • Edwards, J R, Gunner 78081. Died 07/08/1916 aged 29. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Peronne Road Cemetery. Son of Edward and Sarah Edwards; husband of Rose Edwards of 72, Eastland Road.
  • Edwards, William, Private 53630. Died 09/11/1917 aged 35. Welsh Regiment. Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of Stephen and Lucy Edwards,of 10, Old Furnace, Melin Crythan.
  • Elias, G, Serjeant 58249. Died 26/08/1918. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Caterpillar Valley Cemetery.
  • Emanuel, Victor, Private 39610. Died 16/08/1917 aged 20.South Wales Borderers.Tyne Cot Memorial. Son of Daniel and Louisa Emanuel of 8, Regent Street, East, Brixton Ferry.
  • Evans, A E, Private 20859. Died 08/07/1916 aged 18. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Morlancourt British Cemetery. Son of Edward Evans and of Margaret Oaten of 4, TheLatt.
  • Evans, Danial Edgar, Private 49191.Died 26/06/1918 aged 20. Welsh Regiment. Buried St Sever Cemetery. Only son of Martha Evans of 48, Windsor Road.
  • Evans, D R, Driver 29954. Died 22/09/1917 aged 30. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Dozinghem Military Cemetery. Son of John and Margaret Evans of 37, London Road.
  • Evans, D T
  • Evans, Ivor Owen, Private 593011. Died 03/11/1918 aged 19.Labour Corps. Buried Neath (Llantwit) Cemetery. Son of Ben and Esther Evans of 17 Rugby Avenue.
  • Evans, A
  • Evans, Thomas, Stoker 1st Class 158120. Died 12/01/1917 aged 46. Royal Navy, HMS Vivid. Buried Plymouth Cemetery. Husband of Lucy Ann Evans of 28, King Street.
  • Evans, T
  • Evans, W A
  • Floyd, S, Gunner 83554. Died 03/10/1915. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Le Touret Military Cemetery.
  • Ford, J.
  • Francis, Benjamin, Corporal 15717. Died 23/03/1918 aged 23. King's Shropshire Light Infantry.Pozieres Memorial. Husband of Elizabeth Mary Lloyd of 12, Back Row, Onllwyn.
  • Frazer, K. Possibly: Kenneth Frazer, Private 452. Died 12/10/1917. Australian Infantry. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
  • Fry, William Henry, Private 12708. Died 25/09/1915 aged 36. Welsh Regiment. Buried Brown’s Road Military Cemetery. Son of Henry Fry of Ton Pentre; husband of M. E. Brennan of 7, Hopkins Place, Zoar.
  • Gardner, George RydingSanky, Major. Died 26/06/1916 aged 33. Royal Field Artillery. Buried Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery. Son of Col. A. F. S. Gardner; husband of Violet L. Gardner, of Rookwood.
  • Gardner, Arthur Steward, Private M2/229118.Died 07/11/1918. Army Service Corps. Buried Skopje Military Cemetery.
  • Gleaves, J.
  • Graham, A.
  • Grandfield, William Henry, Private 17594. Died 03/10/1916 aged 18. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Tyne Cot Cemetery. Son of Henry John and Agnes Grandfield of 38, Gnoll Avenue.
  • Griffiths, Charles Bernard, Private 57576. Died 01/05/1918 aged 19. Lincolnshire Regiment. Buried Esquelbecq Military Cemetery. Son of William and Rose Griffiths of 6, Brookdale Street.
  • Griffiths, Daniel, Private13325. Died 27/02/1917 aged 23. Royal Berkshire Regiment. Buried Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery. Son of John and Margaret Griffiths of 15, Rhyddings Cottages.
  • Griffiths, David, Private 50312. Died 31/10/1917 aged 36. Welsh Regiment. Buried Beersheba War Cemetery. Son of David and Sarah Griffiths of 7, Rosser's Terrace, Cilfrew.
  • Griffiths, E T
  • Griffiths, Ivor John, Able Seaman WZ/2468.Died 09/02/1917 aged 22. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Buried Varennes Military Cemetery. Son of Jenkin and Ann Griffiths.
  • Griffiths, John Enos, Second Lieutenant. Died 23/04/1918 aged 25. Gloucestershire Regiment. Buried St. Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery. Son of John and Jane Charity Griffiths, of "Bryn Teifi," Cadoxton Road.
  • Griffiths, John, Private 29775. Died 20/09/1918 aged 21. King's Shropshire Light Infantry.Vis-En-Artois Memorial. Son of Griffith John and Alice Griffiths of Maesydyffryn, Onllwyn.
  • Griffiths, James, Private 30630. Died 08/09/1917. Welsh Regiment. Buried Basra War Cemetery. Son of John and Anna Griffiths of Briton Ferry; husband of Mary Griffiths of 14, Lake Court.
  •  Griffiths, William George, Second Lieutenant. Died 09/03/1918 aged 21. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Buried Jerusalem War Cemetery. Son of John and Jane Charity Griffiths of Bryn Teifi, Cimla Road.
  • Griffiths, William Harold, Private 514894. Died 28/03/1918 aged 19. London Regiment (London Scottish). Buried Orchard Dump Cemetery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Griffiths of 39, Eastland Road.
  • Gunter, E, Pioneer 241004. Died 29/01/1919. Royal Engineers. Buried Neath (Llantwit) Cemetery.