St. Davids is situated in a beautiful position on the Pembrokeshire coast, and has the honour of being the smallest City in Britain. Originally known as Mynyw, the City was founded by St. David around AD550, and became a popular Pilgrim destination during the medieval period, after Pope Calixtus II decreed that two Pilgrimages to St. David’s would equal one to Rome itself. Today the City is a popular tourist destination, and is home to the ancient Cathedral dedicated to St. David, as well as the famous Bishop’s Palace. This beautiful cathedral contains a number of war memorials. As well as memorials to the inhabitants and parishioners of St. Davids who fell during both world wars, the cathedral contains a framed parchment memorial to all of the parishioners who served and survived the Great War, a parchment book containing the names of all of the men and women of Pembrokeshire who fell during World War Two, which is encased beside a grand carved memorial, a brass plaque commemorating the members of the Welsh Hospital who fell during the Boer War, as well as several individual memorials and regimental colours. This page commemorates the men of the 4th (Carmarthenshire) Battalion, Welsh Regiment who fell during the Great War and are commemorated by a fine stained glass window, affixed in the west wall, which was unveiled by Lieutenant Colonel A. F. Beddoe, VD, on Saturday 22 September 1923.

The Memorial Window in St. David’s Cathedral

The Plaque Beneath the Window

A scan of the Memorial Service Booklet

As well as this fine leaded memorial window, members of the 4th Welsh from Llanelli erected their own memorial to commemorate those men of the town who had fallen while serving with the battalion

A Brief History of the 4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, 1914-1919

The 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Welsh Regiment was formed from the old 1st Volunteer (Pembrokeshire) Battalion, Welsh Regiment on 1 April 1908 as a result of the creation of the Territorial Force (known as the Haldane Reforms), with its Headquarters at Llanelli. The battalion was attached to the South Wales Infantry Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division. As with all army battalions, eight Company’s were formed;

A Company at Haverfordwest (detachment at Milford Haven)

B Company at Pembroke (detachment at Narberth)

C Company at Cardigan

D Company at Llandilo (detachment at Llandovery)

E Company at Carmarthen

F Company at Llanelly (detachment at Tumble)

G Company at Llanelly

H Company at Ammanford

The members of the battalion attested for home service, and were required to attend an annual training camp to sharpen their military skills. The battalion was in camp at Portmadoc on 4 August 1914 when war was declared, and the following day the Territorial Force was mobilised for war.

Local railway stations throughout West Wales seeing huge crowds of well-wishers assembling to bid farewell to their soldier sons and husbands, as the men entrained to join the battalion which was being mobilised at Pembroke Dock. The 4th and 5th Welsh then moved to Tunbridge Wells, and later to the east coast of Scotland to man the Forth defences, before rejoining the Division in April 1915.

On 19 April 1915 the Welsh Division was reorganised, and the 4th Welsh became part of 159 Infantry Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division and on 3 July 1915 the division received orders to prepare to embark for overseas service. In the meantime the men, who had originally attested for home service, had to sign new papers to show their willingness to serve overseas. Thos who did joined the front-line battalion of the 4th Welsh, the 1/4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, while those who didn’t were sent back to Pembroke Dock to join the 2/4th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, which would be used to train up new recruits.

By 19 July 1915 the 1/4th Welsh had completed boarding the transport ship SS Huntsend, and the ship set steam as part of a fleet of eight transport ships, for the Mediterranean. Their destination would be the shores of Gallipoli, as part of a force which it was hoped would be able to break the deadlock of the campaign, which had stalled since the landings of 25 April 1915.

The fleet passed Gibraltar on 22 July, and sailed past Malta, Alexandria and Imbros. On 6 August the main offensive was launched on Gallipoli, and the Welsh Division began landing at Suvla Bay on the evening of 8 August 1915. By the time the Division had finished assembling the following morning, the units were sent off in all directions, chaos reigning the day. Little is known of what really happened, but the 1/4th Welsh was one of the last battalions sent to the front line, and was sent into the attack late in the day, sustaining terrible casualties over the coming days, in five days the casualty toll amounted to 14 Officers and 272 Other Ranks, killed, wounded or missing.

By 11 August the Division had taken over its own section of the front. It remained on Gallipoli until being evacuated on 11 December 1915, after having suffered a terrible winter, when men were frozen to death or drowned in the trenches after torrential rain. The majority of these later casualties were due to the terrible conditions, which decimated the battalion, and on 8 October 1915 the 1/4th and 1/5th Welsh were temporarily merged to form the 4/5th Welsh Composite Battalion.

The Division was among the first to evacuate Gallipoli on 11 December 1915, and moved to Egypt, where it spent the next fifteen months rebuilding manpower and on 10 February 1916 the 1/4th Welsh regained its identity. The Division was put to work guarding the Suez Canal and the sweet water canal, and fighting against bands of Arabs, who were loyal to the Turks.

On 26 March 1917 the 1/4th Welsh took part in the First battle of Gaza, and suffered a heavy number of casualties. The attack was judged by the British as a success, and by the Turks as a failure. The Welsh Division had suffered the bulk of the casualties. The 1/4th Welsh alone had lost 2 officers and 42 other ranks killed, 11 officers and 167 other ranks wounded.

On 17 April 1917 the 1/4th Welsh then took part in the Second Battle of Gaza, playing a less important role than it did in the first, due to the weakness in numbers of the Welsh Division, but nonetheless securing most of their allotted objectives. The battle enabled the Allies to secure a good position which would enable them to launch another offensive. The 1/4th Welsh lost three officers and 11 men killed, two officers and 30 men wounded.

The Third Battle of Gaza was launched on the night of 1 November 1917, and the 1/4th Welsh suffered another four officers and 65 other ranks killed or wounded during this final set piece battle.

After the capture of Jerusalem on 9 December 1917 the war in Palestine had reached its zenith, with the final year of the campaign being the pursuit of the broken Turkish army, although the conditions for the British soldier were terrible. The 1/4th Welsh took part in the final major phase of the Operations in the Jordan Valley.

In the middle of August 1918 the 1/4th and 1/5th Welsh were merged again to form the 4/5th Welsh, due to heavy losses and the difficulty of getting reinforcements due to the coming offensive in France, and came under the Command of Lieutenant-Colonel A.P. Hohler. It remained in this form for the final offensive in the Jordan, and the Battle of Megiddo. After the armistice the 4/5th Welsh was moved to Egypt, before the battalion was finally sent home in 1919.

Casualties of the 4th Welsh

During the period that the 4th Welsh was on active service, around 350 officers and men died. Some of the men, especially the officers, transferred from the 4th Welsh to other units and were killed with them; some died with the 2nd/4th Welsh; the majority died with the 1st/4th Welsh on active service; while a few died during the periods the battalion became merged with the 5th Welsh to form the 4th/5th Welsh.

The majority of the fallen, whatever their unit, were from west Wales and can be found on the various memorials throughout this website, especially on the larger memorials such as Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Carmarthen, Cardigan and Llanelli.

Rank

Name

Number Date Died
Major Evans, Richard W P, MID 13/09/1918
Captain Broom, Lewis John, MBE. 12/04/1918
Captain David, Thomas William 27/07/1917
Captain Foot, James Stanley 30/07/1916
Captain Green, Hugh Mortimer 10/08/1915
Captain Howard, Alfred Hayward 10/08/1915
Captain Matthyssens, Francis A 23/06/1916
Captain Thomas, Frederick Spriggs 21/04/1917
Lieutenant Blake, George Cyril 05/11/1917
Lieutenant Foster, Ethelbert Harold 08/10/1918
Lieutenant Roderick, Allan Whitlock N 10/08/1915
Lieutenant Walford, Hamilton Stewart 27/05/1918
Second Lieutenant Bladon, Henry James 01/09/1918
Second Lieutenant Bryant, Frederick Charles M 26/03/1917
Second Lieutenant Curtis, John Handel 24/11/1917
Second Lieutenant Galloway, William Ernest 06/11/1917
Second Lieutenant Graham, John Stanley 30/08/1918
Second Lieutenant Griffiths, William Dilwyn 18/09/1918
Second Lieutenant Hughes, Thomas 08/10/1918
Second Lieutenant Lewis, William Owen 27/05/1917
Second Lieutenant Lister, Herbert Dixon 04/09/1918
Second Lieutenant Peadon, Harold Thomas 27/03/1917
Second Lieutenant Roberts, Victor George 27/07/1917
Second Lieutenant Smith, Charles Henry 19/03/1916
Second Lieutenant Williams, Arthur Jones 03/11/1917
Second Lieutenant Williams, Howell Morgan 24/06/1917
Second Lieutenant Williams, Owen Edgar 19/04/1917
Private Adams, Frederick Gwynne 202156 04/11/1917
Private Adams, Robert 761 27/04/1921
Private Ansell, Thomas 14340 25/01/1917
Private Arrowsmith, Alfred 808 10/08/1915
Private Arthur, Percy 200998 18/08/1917
Private Ashmore, Bertie Thomas 899 10/08/1915
Private Bailey, William Thomas 4231 11/08/1915
Private Baillieux, George Alfred 389 29/09/1915
Private Ball, Arthur 201464 27/03/1917
Private Barnes, Percy Frank 201692 08/07/1917
Lance Corporal Baverstock, Samuel John 241809 18/08/1917
Private Beer, Frederick Ernest 202357 04/11/1917
Private Bevans, John 200585 09/03/1918
Private Birchell, Herbert 200461 26/03/1917
Private Bourne, William 5344 28/08/1915
Sergeant Bowen, Stanley T. 11 10/08/1915
Corporal Bowen, Thomas John 200942 09/05/1917
Private Bowen, William Henry 200943 12/04/1917
Private Bradford, John 60644 03/11/1917
Private Breeze, Frederick 23032 02/08/1916
Private Brewer, William George 5022 10/08/1915
Private Bridges, Tom 201357 31/10/1917
Private Buckingham, Thomas 3813 11/10/1914
Private Bushell, Joseph Thomas 201469 26/03/1917
Private Bussby, William 399 10/08/1915
Acting Corporal Callaghan, William 200766 18/07/1917
Private Casson, William 200179 26/03/1917
Private Charles, Albert Thomas 2197 21/08/1915
Private Charles, Howell 4325 10/08/1915
Private Child, Frank 201472 27/03/1917
Private Clarke, Frederick 200868 25/11/1918
Private Close, Evan James 201168 09/03/1915
Private Collier, Frank 955 10/08/1915
Private Connor, Thomas Neil 59050 04/11/1917
Private Cornock, Thomas F H 201478 26/03/1917
Private Cotton, George 240717 19/04/1917
Private Cousins, John Richard 62467 16/03/1918
Private Cowgill, Milton 202352 03/11/1917
Private Cummings, John 8854 18/08/1916
Private Curtis, Harry 201323 21/12/1917
Private Daley, William John 49497 24/10/1918
Private Daniel, Norman Nicholas 2217 18/10/1914
Private Daniels, David 3867 10/12/1915
Private Daniels, David Henry 74312 02/06/1918
Corporal Davies, Arthur 5101 10/08/1915
Private Davies, Benjamin John 201808 26/03/1917
Private Davies, Cyril 82840 24/12/1918
Private Davies, David 200279 29/03/1917
C.Q.M.S. Davies, David Francis 200028 26/03/1917
Private Davies, David William 200821 26/03/1917
Private Davies, Ernest Edward 201480 26/03/1917
Private Davies, Evan John 4162 16/08/1915
Lance Corporal Davies, George 4215 15/08/1915
Acting Corporal Davies, Graham 200838 26/03/1917
Private Davies, Ivor 3783 17/08/1915
Private Davies, John 201439 26/03/1917
Private Davies, John Elwyn 4299 13/08/1915
Private Davies, Joshua 402 28/10/1915
Private Davies, Sidney 5777 08/12/1916
C.S.M. Davies, Thomas 3002 10/08/1915
Sergeant Davies, Thomas Dixon 3336 06/10/1915
Private Davies, Thomas Evan 200636 11/08/1919
Private Davies, Thomas John 912 20/09/1915
Private Davies, William 220 28/09/1915
Private Dennis, Herbert John 4000 11/08/1915
Lance Corporal Dewsberry, Hubert Gilmore 200356 28/04/1917
Private Dones, Daniel 201749 19/04/1917
Private Duchien, Thomas 202174 16/09/1917
Private Duggan, Henry 201688 26/03/1917
Private Edwards, Edgar 5352 10/08/1915
Lance Corporal Elias, Frederick 201346 09/03/1916
Private Evans, Arthur Andrew 1084 22/11/1915
Private Evans, Ernest Fred 5420 14/09/1915
Private Evans, Frederick O. 350 17/02/1915
Private Evans, George Henry 200281 04/12/1917
Private Evans, Isaiah 200228 26/03/1917
Private Evans, John 200343 21/04/1917
Sergeant Evans, R A 200825 06/08/1919
Private Evans, Thomas 782 27/09/1915
Private Evans, Thomas 201075 03/11/1917
Acting Corporal Evans, William 3692 01/12/1915
Private Evans, William Henry 3968 16/09/1915
Private Evans, William Ivor 3941 10/08/1915
Private Farrow, John Lloyd 408 26/11/1915
Private Farrow, John Lloyd 468 26/11/1915
Private Fletcher, Arthur 74531 04/12/1918
Private Francis, Thomas 265309 06/11/1918
Private George, William Evan 200653 26/03/1917
Lance Corporal Gibbons, David Thomas 2132 11/08/1915
Sergeant Gibson, Frederick John 200030 27/03/1917
Private Gower, William David 201377 17/03/1918
Private Gower, William David 201677 17/03/1918
Private Griffiths, Benjamin 200501 07/08/1920
Sergeant Griffiths, David 200715 26/03/1917
Private Griffiths, Evan Roland 200662 26/03/1917
Private Griffiths, Ivor 445 04/09/1915
Private Griffiths, Ivor Monroe 2252 28/10/1915
Private Griffiths, Philip 200115 26/03/1917
Private Griffiths, Tom 2174 10/08/1915
Lance Corporal Griffiths, Walter James 302 10/08/1915
Private Griffiths, William John 4054 09/02/1915
Private Guarneri, William Henry 200064 29/03/1917
Private Hailes, Walter 200295 26/03/1917
Private Hall, Charles John 82702 08/03/1919
Private Hansom, Oswin 77556 19/09/1918
Private Harris, David 200460 15/01/1917
Private Harris, David 201687 25/04/1917
Private Harris, Thomas Daniel 201213 26/03/1917
Private Harris, William George 4081 16/11/1915
Private Harris, William Venning 705 10/08/1915
Acting Corporal Hart, Henry Charles 200261 26/03/1917
Private Hawkes, Walter Edward 32028 07/11/1917
Private Heaven, Percy 4300 10/08/1915
Private Hemmings, Edward 201493 01/05/1917
C.Q.M.S. Henry, Charles Edwin 3319 10/08/1915
Private Henshaw, Ivor Thomas 200910 21/04/1917
Acting Sergeant Higgs, William 200898 26/03/1917
Private Hiscock, John E J 201431 30/10/1919
Private Holloway, James 266417 11/03/1917
Private Holmes, William Abraham 202317 19/04/1917
Private Howells, Charles Morris 3991 01/10/1915
Private Howells, William 2536 10/08/1915
Private Hughes, David Joseph 201404 12/05/1917
Private Hughes, Thomas 200789 26/03/1917
Private Hughes, Thomas Wentworth 4485 10/08/1915
Private Hughes, Walter Grismond 4212 11/08/1915
Private Hughes, William David 2231 07/08/1916
Private Huxtable, William John 203323 15/08/1917
Private Isaac, David Luther 878 22/09/1915
Private James, Charles Henry 201562 10/01/1919
Private James, Daniel 200168 21/04/1917
Private James, David 77260 30/06/1918
Private James, James 3876 30/06/1916
Private James, Joshua Clement 202507 23/02/1917
Private James, Thomas George 200212 27/03/1917
Private James, William Alfred 969 10/12/1915
Sergeant Jayne, Frederick George 4438 11/08/1915
Private Jefferies, Arthur Henry 82708 29/10/1918
Private Jenkins, Charles 4173 10/08/1915
Private Jenkins, Daniel Morleigh 851 16/08/1915
Private Jenkins, David James 200919 27/03/1917
Private Jenkins, Ivor George 4311 26/11/1915
Private Jenkins, Richard 201048 20/04/1917
Private John, Sidney 483 14/11/1915
Private John, William 202593 26/03/1917
Private Johns, Llewellyn 5276 30/06/1916
Private Johnson, Richard 3728 09/09/1915
Private Jones, David L 201801 11/04/1919
Corporal Jones, David George 3693 10/08/1915
Private Jones, David Morgan 2520 10/08/1915
Sergeant Jones, David Samuel 200436 09/11/1917
Private Jones, David Wynne 5161 10/08/1915
Private Jones, Harold 62384 08/05/1918
Private Jones, James Dawson 4406 16/08/1915
Private Jones, John 4335 11/08/1915
Private Jones, John 201530 26/03/1917
Lance Corporal Jones, John Edwin Bernard 22051 10/07/1916
Private Jones, Lewis Robert 201820 26/03/1917
Corporal Jones, Maurice 3397 10/08/1915
Private Jones, Thomas David Rees 4039 10/08/1915
Acting Sergeant Jones, Thomas Evan 200005 26/03/1917
Private Jones, Thomas Griffith 2015 11/08/1915
Private Jones, Thomas Griffith 2150 11/08/1915
Private Jones, Thomas Henry 242013 26/03/1917
Lance Corporal Jones, Thomas John 4232 26/04/1916
Private Jones, William 2346 29/07/1916
Private Jones, William Howell 5244 10/08/1915
Private Jones, William Morris 5562 10/08/1915
Private Joshua, Thomas John 200403 26/01/1917
Private Killa, William 4301 10/08/1915
Private King, Arthur 242310 16/11/1918
Private Ladd, Tom 2187 13/01/1919
Private Ladd, Walter Llewellyn 2141 21/08/1916
Private Laverick, Robert Edward 59148 03/11/1917
Private Lewis, Brighty Thomas 201128 22/02/1919
Private Lewis, David James 5139 23/08/1915
Private Lewis, John James 200798 26/03/1917
Private Lewis, Lance 201747 26/03/1917
Private Lewis, Thomas James 509 12/08/1915
Private Lewis, William 201247 06/03/1917
Private Lewis, William John 200629 29/03/1917
Private Lissamore, John Joseph 4434 30/08/1914
Private Lloyd, Thomas 125 18/09/1915
Private Lovell, Walter 4337 18/10/1916
Private Lumley, Joseph Arthur 201758 26/03/1917
Acting Sergeant Mack, Thomas 3242 11/08/1915
Private Martin, David Henry 5088 31/10/1915
Private Mason, David James 201348 03/11/1917
C.S.M. Mathias, Morgan 2 10/08/1915
Private May, Sydney 200996 27/03/1917
Private Meredith, Albert Price 201754 26/03/1917
Private Merriman, John Harold 200089 10/08/1915
Private Morgan, Frederick 390 05/11/1915
Private Morgan, Idris Price 201819 01/11/1917
Private Morgan, James 201447 26/03/1917
Private Morgan, John 200499 03/11/1917
Private Morris, Philip John 201802 26/03/1917
Private Morris, Thomas James 203116 03/11/1918
Private Morris, Walter John 482 18/06/1915
Corporal Nicholas, David Archibald 242219 19/09/1918
Private Norman, Reginald 200616 03/01/1918
Private Oliver, James 200189 10/03/1918
Private Onslow, William Anderson 200983 27/10/1918
Sergeant Orman, James A, DCM. 200780 09/03/1918
Private Ottley, Frederick Alma 60646 24/05/1917
Private Owen, Frank Esmond 416 11/08/1915
Private Owen, Levi George 464 22/08/1915
Private Owen, Thomas 201699 26/03/1917
Corporal Palmer, Henry William 201132 10/03/1918
Private Parker, William 201531 22/04/1917
Private Parry, Thomas Peter 4197 11/08/1915
Private Parsons, Alfred 200923 26/03/1917
Private Pearce, William Frank 201291 04/03/1918
Private Peel, Arthur 202331 19/04/1917
Private Penny, Richard 5496 18/09/1915
Private Perks, William Morris 200924 03/11/1917
Coy Serjeant Major Peter, Daniel Arthur 200681 25/04/1919
Private Peters, Josiah 73778 08/10/1918
Private Phillips, Ivor Lewis 728 12/05/1915
Private Phillips, William Charles 4163 10/08/1915
Private Phillips, William James 201432 10/10/1917
Sergeant Picton, William Arthur 200110 26/03/1917
Private Pike, W J 49916 24/06/1919
Private Powell, Ivor 4214 10/08/1915
Private Poyntz, William Henry 3649 31/08/1915
Private Preston, Sydney Stephenson 3889 12/10/1915
Private Price, Richard 5089 23/08/1915
Private Pullin, Thomas William 265252 22/10/1917
Sergeant Randle, George William 201047 26/03/1917
Private Rees, Benjamin Simon 201535 04/11/1917
Private Rees, Thomas 200691 21/11/1918
Private Rees, William 810 18/07/1916
C.S.M. Rees, William Henry 200742 26/03/1917
Private Rees, William Reginald 5353 27/02/1916
Corporal Reynolds, David 118 13/08/1915
Private Reynolds, Emanuel 201765 26/03/1917
Private Richards, David 200912 09/04/1917
Private Richards, Ernest Charles 200937 10/08/1915
Private Richards, George I M P 200484 26/03/1917
Private Richards, James 466 26/11/1915
Private Roberts, Arthur 201032 13/07/1918
Private Roberts, Thomas Garfield 74296 14/12/1918
Private Roberts, William Henry 201652 26/03/1917
Private Robinson, A 59215 12/11/1918
Private Robinson, James 7000 10/01/1915
Lance Corporal Roper, Benjamin 240800 26/03/1917
Sergeant Rowland, William Malcolm 3161 10/08/1915
Private Saies, Thomas Henry 335 01/09/1915
Private Sallis, Arthur Joseph 201514 28/12/1917
Private Samuel, Sydney 200298 24/05/1919
Private Samuels, Sydney 200928 24/05/1919
Private Scott, George 3016 14/08/1915
Sergeant Scott, John 3055 11/08/1915
Private Scott, John 20102 03/09/1915
Private Shaw, Benjamin Beattie 201069 26/03/1917
Private Sims, Benjamin 201824 26/03/1917
Private Southby, John Gale 2521 01/02/1916
Lance Corporal Stallard, Noel Gordon 3886 10/08/1915
Private Stephens, Thomas Granville 4271 11/08/1915
Private Stroud, William John 4164 19/08/1915
Private Supple, William Henry 266551 25/05/1917
Private Taylor, Harold 202558 25/09/1918
Private Thomas, Alfred 4226 10/08/1915
Private Thomas, Arthur 48346 23/01/1918
Private Thomas, David 922 10/08/1915
Sergeant Thomas, David 3807 10/08/1915
Private Thomas, Gwilym 201704 26/03/1917
Private Thomas, Gwilym 201794 26/03/1917
Private Thomas, H L 266560 09/12/1918
Private Thomas, Ivor James 4019 10/08/1915
Corporal Thomas, James 201101 31/08/1918
Private Thomas, John 202821 28/12/1917
Private Thomas, John Calandydd 201358 13/12/1917
Corporal Thomas, Lewis 201202 26/03/1917
Private Thomas, Robert 201073 13/07/1918
Private Thomas, William 4476 10/08/1915
Private Tobin, Maurice 202584 26/03/1917
Private Tompkins, William Richard 265540 04/11/1917
Private Turner, James William 6247 30/11/1916
Private Turton, Walter 82564 01/11/1918
Private Turton, Walter 202373 24/05/1917
Private Vaughan, John 201756 26/03/1917
Private Walker, Albert Victor 2193 10/08/1915
Private Waller, Fred 2522 10/08/1915
Private Walley, Samuel 37900 09/07/1916
Private Walters, Edward Bertram 4275 10/08/1915
Private Walters, Gwilym 201393 26/03/1917
Private Walters, John 201326 26/03/1917
Private Walton, G. H. 200940 05/11/1918
Private Ward, Daniel Charles 49454 03/11/1917
Acting Corporal Washer, Rupert 201158 26/03/1917
Private Waters, Thomas William 2164 01/01/1915
Private Watkins, Gwilym 321 10/08/1915
Private Watkins, Richard 266177 31/08/1917
Lance Sergeant Watkins, Thomas 24486 05/11/1917
Private Watts, William 1051 13/08/1915
Private Webb, Charles William 201520 09/02/1918
Private Whieldon, Herbert 202313 04/11/1917
Private White, Ernest 201232 13/07/1918
Private Williams, David John 200277 27/01/1917
C.Q.M.S. Williams, Edgar 200675 04/05/1917
Private Williams, Howell 5256 10/08/1915
Private Williams, John Henry 3135 10/08/1915
Private Williams, Moses 201647 09/03/1918
Lance Corporal Williams, Nigel Kenneth 200037 19/04/1917
Private Williams, Owen John 2135 30/08/1915
Private Williams, Peter 201130 26/03/1917
Private Williams, Robert H. 4470 10/08/1915
Private Williams, Thomas 4123 07/12/1915
Private Williams, Walter 4435 10/08/1915
Private Willis, Alfred John 266549 03/11/1917
Private Wilson, Walter 5497 10/08/1915
Private Wood, John 202323 27/12/1917
Sergeant Woodward, Harry 2131 10/08/1915
Private Woolcock, Charles Rupert 200131 04/11/1917
Private Wright, Evan George 5136 10/08/1915
Acting Sergeant Wright, John 201460 26/03/1917
Private Wyatt, Albert George 2136 27/10/1918

The Battalion returned to its Territorial role between the wars, the regiment reverting to the old spelling of Welch, and in World War Two saw active service in Northern Ireland and England, before landing in Normandy with the 53rd (Welsh) Division at the end of June 1944 and fighting in North-West Europe.

After returning again to its peacetime role in 1946, the 4th Welch resumed its Territorial role, but on 11 June 1969 the Welch Regiment was disbanded, following the merger of the Welch Regiment and South Wales Borderers to form the Royal Regiment of Wales.