Raised as part of the Welsh Army Corps, the Carmarthenshire Battalion had a glorious career during the war. The Battalion was first raised in Swansea during October and November 1914, by the Carmarthenshire County Committee, attached to 129 Brigade, 43rd Division, and was composed at first of men recruited from Lancashire. Recruiting in Lancashire was stopped at the end of 1914, and all subsequent recruiting was carried out in Carmarthenshire and South Wales. The preliminary training of the battalion was carried out at Rhyl.
From 28 April 1915 the Battalion became attached to 114 Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division, part of K4. In the summer of 1915 the Battalion moved with the remainder of the Welsh Division to Morn Hill Camp, Winchester, where it completed its training and equipping, and embarked for France from Folkestone on 5 December 1915, disembarking at Boulogne the same day.
During the winter and spring of 1916 the Battalion held nearly every section of the British line from Givenchy on the La Bassee Canal to Laventie, about six miles South of Armentieres. At the end of May, 1916, the Battalion moved South with the remainder of the 38th (Welsh) Division to the Somme area, in readiness for the First Battle of The Somme, which commenced on 1 July 1916. After the attack on Mametz Wood on 11 and 12 July the Battalion moved north to Hebuterne, where it remained for about a month.
In August 1916 the Battalion moved North again to the Ypres Salient, where it remained for twelve months, during which period it held different sections in the northern-most part of the Salient, from Ypres to Boesinghe. It took part in the attack on Pilckem Ridge on 31 July 1917, with the remainder of the 38th Division. On 16 August 1917 the Battalion was temporarily attached to the 20th (Light) Division for the attack on Langemarck. For its work on the latter occasion it received a special letter of thanks from the G.O.C., 20th Division.
In September 1917, the Battalion moved South again to the Armentieres district, where it was employed in holding the line until the end of March 1918, when it was moved south again to the Albert Sector in support of the hard-pressed troops, who had been driven back by the German Offensive of 21 March. From April 1918 to August 1918, the Battalion was in the line from Albert to Aveluy Wood and Mesnil. On 24 August 1918, A and B Companies of the Battalion, under the Command of Captain G. W. Lancaster, MC., who afterwards died of wounds, crossed the Ancre at St. Pierre Divion, worked down the opposite bank, driving out the Germans as they advanced, and then opened up the remaining crossings over the river for the remainder of the Division, who crossed on the following day.
From 25 August 1918 until the signing of the Armistice on 11 November 1918, the Battalion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Helme, D.S.O., took part in every engagement in which the 38th (Welsh) Division was involved, the most important of these being the capture of the Ancre, the capture of Morval, crossing of the Canal Du Nord, Gouzeaucourt, Villers Outreaux, Selle River crossing, and Mormal Forest. During this period its casualties amounted to 40 Officers and 900 Other Ranks killed and wounded. The casualties of the Battalion since landing in France were approximately as follows:
Killed Wounded Missing
Officers 26 48 –
Other Ranks 393 1073 43
The Carmarthenshire Battalion won a full share of military distinctions, among which were: Lieutenant Colonel E. Helme won the D.S.O. and Bar; Lieutenant Colonel T. W. Parkinson the D.S.O.; Acting Major J. A. Daniel the D.S.O. and M.C.; Captains J. Williams, T. Landman and F. H. Jordan, the M.C. and Bar; and the following officers won the M.C.: Captains J. C. MacDonald, J. D. Sampson, G. W. Lancaster (died of wounds), P. R. Ayres (Adjutant), F. C. Palmer, C. Bevington, W. N. Soden R.A.M.C., D. R. Thomas, J. R. G. Morgan (Quartermaster), Lieutenants G. E. Berry, G. H. Minshall (killed), M. G. Bostock, B. G. Fox, R. A. Griffiths, G. E. Lowe (killed), F. Roberts, J. Glyn Williams, L. J. Thomas, J. Evans, W. P. B. Ashton, Lieutenants J. P. Morgan, E. J. Patterson, A. G. Demay (C.S. M.O.R.C.P. attached).
Twenty-two men were awarded the D.C.M., three the M.M. and Bar, sixty four the M.M., one M.S.M., four foreign decorations and sixteen were mentioned in despatches.
The Cadre of the Battalion, consisting of three Officers and twelve other ranks, disembarked at Southampton on 23 May 1919, after three years and six months of service in France. Of those who went out with the Battalion in 1915, the following returned with the Cadre: Lieutenant Colonel T. W. Parkinson, D.S.O., Captain and Quartermaster J. R. G. Morgan, M.C., R.Q.M.S. S. T. Evans, M.S.S., C.Q.M.S. Roberts, Sergeant Millichap, Corporal Paget, Corporal T. C. Johns, Lance Corporal J. O’Leary.
Battle Honours earned by the Battalion during the Great War were:
The Battle of Albert,
The Battle of the Pilckem
The Battle of Langemarck
The Battle of Albert
The Battle of Bapaume
The Battle of Havrincourt
The Battle of Epehy
The Battle of Beaurevoir
The Battle of Cambrai, 1918
The Battle of the Selle
The Battle of the Sambre
Casualties of the 15th Welsh
After some years of research into the 15th Welsh, I have compiled what I believe to be the definitive list of men who were either serving with the battalion, or had served with the battalion and transferred to other units who died during the war. A large number of these men are commemorated on war memorials in west Wales and can be found scattered throughout this website. The number of these men amounts to 682 casualties, much higher than official figures, and includes forty nine officers. Work is still underway to produce a nominal roll of all who served with the battalion, but once this is complete it will be added to the website as well. It will be noted that Captain Anthony Charles Frank Appleton, below, died during World War Two!
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Rank |
Name |
Number |
Date Died |
| Major | Anthony, Percy | 10/07/1916 | |
| Major | Phillips, Christian Gibson | 10/07/1916 | |
| Captain | Appleton, Anthony Charles Frank | 18/09/1941 | |
| Captain | Chamberlain, John MC. | 14/05/1917 | |
| Captain | David, Thomas William | 27/07/1917 | |
| Captain | Davies, Percy Hier | 16/08/1917 | |
| Captain | Humphreys, Percy Lloyd | 31/07/1917 | |
| Captain | Lancaster, Gerald William, MC. | 14/09/1918 | |
| Captain | Lloyd, Thomas Glyn | 10/05/1918 | |
| Captain | Lord, Arthur | 12/02/1917 | |
| Lieutenant | Bainbrigge, Philip Gillespie | 18/09/1918 | |
| Lieutenant | Burgess, Reginald | 07/07/1916 | |
| Lieutenant | Firbank, Godfrey Benjamin Joseph | 11/09/1916 | |
| Lieutenant | Griffiths, Gwyn Arthur | 02/06/1917 | |
| Lieutenant | Newman, Leslie Cambridge | 27/12/1917 | |
| Lieutenant | Protheroe, William Bertram | 12/06/1917 | |
| Lieutenant | Reese, William | 02/02/1917 | |
| Lieutenant | Richards, William John | 12/10/1918 | |
| Lieutenant | Roberts, Arthur Horbury Starkey | 04/11/1918 | |
| Lieutenant | Sampson, Richard Harry | 29/10/1918 | |
| Lieutenant | Hughes, David John | 08/03/1921 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Bladon, Henry James | 01/09/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Bowen, William | 30/08/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | David, Frederick John Louis | 18/09/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Evans, Frederick William | 28/10/1916 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Evans, Robert Charles | 24/08/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | George, Elmor Wright | 10/05/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Hall, John Reginald | 10/07/1916 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Hughes, Thomas | 08/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | James, Charles Llewellyn | 10/05/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | James, Evan | 27/07/1917 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Jones, Cecil Norman | 09/11/1917 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Jones, Henry Myrddin, MID. | 13/11/1916 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Jones, John Humphrey | 08/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Jones, John Owen | 06/06/1917 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Jones, Tom Watson | 08/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Kelk, Arthur Frederick Hastings, MC | 09/03/1917 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Lowe, George Ernest, MC. | 28/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Lucas, Clifton Mallet | 10/07/1916 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Minshull, George Henry, MC. | 20/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Morgan, George Elton | 19/08/1917 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Owen, William David | 11/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Pilling, William, M.C. | 22/10/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Postlethwaite, William | 14/03/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Radmilovic, John | 03/11/1918 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Rees, Ivor Guest | 05/08/1916 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Reeves, Harry Charles | 24/08/1916 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Roberts, Victor George | 27/07/1917 | |
| Second Lieutenant | Watts, Albert Edward | 22/04/1918 | |
| Private | Absalom, Herbert | 59245 | 20/08/1917 |
| Private | Acock, Frank | 202111 | 11/03/1918 |
| Private | Aldridge, George | 21011 | 07/07/1916 |
| Private | Allen, Arthur Laugharne | 291399 | 23/03/1918 |
| Private | Allen, Harry Montague | 20965 | 11/07/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Allen, Wilfred | 12538 | 21/09/1918 |
| Private | Allen, William Henry | 20100 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Anderson, Richard John | 20534 | 09/03/1916 |
| Private | Andrews, Edward James | 54810 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Andrews, John Edward | 285360 | 07/09/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Antell, Arthur | 47485 | 24/02/1917 |
| Private | Appleyard, Ernest | 72805 | 01/09/1918 |
| Private | Arthur, William Thomas | 54130 | 01/09/1918 |
| Private | Arthurs, Albert | 20001 | |
| Private | Ashman, George | 33276 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Ashton, George William | 47659 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Axford, Stanley | 72983 | 27/08/1918 |
| Private | Badnell, Arthur John | 285395 | 11/03/1918 |
| Serjeant | Bagnall, Joseph John | 67421 | 04/09/1919 |
| Private | Baker, James | 291733 | 19/09/1918 |
| Private | Balderson, Robert | 20292 | 19/03/1916 |
| Private | Ball, Edward | 54605 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Ball, James Ellis | 20074 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Banwell, Francis George | 20815 | 05/11/1919 |
| Private | Barnett, George Leonard | 20346 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Barnett, William John | 35104 | 24/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Barrow, Arthur | 23852 | 09/10/1918 |
| Private | Barrow, George | 37384 | 11/03/1918 |
| Private | Bartlett, Robert James | 59780 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Bassett, Robert William | 20796 | 27/03/1918 |
| Private | Beal, Cecil Charles Branston | 44209 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Beasant, Walter Henry | 64527 | 08/10/1918 |
| Sergeant | Bennett, Harry | 23914 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Bennett, William Edward | 203580 | 24/08/1918 |
| Private | Betton, Alfred John | 41434 | 10/11/1917 |
| Private | Bickerstaff, Thomas Charles | 19861 | 14/07/1916 |
| Sergeant | Bickerstaffe, William | 20201 | 08/06/1918 |
| Private | Billington, Arthur George | 37983 | 18/06/1917 |
| Private | Bird, Harry | 35087 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Bird, William James | 40956 | 28/04/1917 |
| Sergeant | Bithell, Herbert Lewis | 21028 | 18/03/1918 |
| Private | Boardman, William | 20345 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Bond, Eric Henry | 72820 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Booth, Leonard | 20289 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Bowen, Ernest | 200043 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Bowen, George Winfred | 201578 | 20/08/1917 |
| Private | Bowen, Thomas John | 35120 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Bowen, William John | 73978 | 19/09/1918 |
| Private | Bradbury, Thomas John | 285447 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Brain, George Heal | 20503 | 17/03/1916 |
| Private | Breach, William Herbert | 72817 | 27/08/1918 |
| Corporal | Brightwell, Thomas | 26521 | 18/09/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Brindle, James | 20381 | 18/06/1918 |
| Sergeant | Bromfield, Alfred Joseph | 3592 | 16/05/1917 |
| Private | Brown, James John | 20552 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Brown, Pryce | 19900 | 20/07/1916 |
| Private | Brown, Samuel Edward Victor | 72821 | 01/09/1918 |
| C.Q.M.S. | Burke, Frederick Hugh Hillier | 20608 | 22/05/1920 |
| Corporal | Burley, William Henry | 32696 | 29/08/1918 |
| Private | Burton, William | 37313 | 08/10/1918 |
| Sergeant | Bush, Ernest Frederick | 19993 | 25/01/1916 |
| Private | Byrne, James | 53948 | 28/07/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Cadle, Herbert | 20828 | 27/04/1918 |
| Private | Capper, Leonard | 290691 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Carey, Patrick Michael | 54604 | 07/05/1917 |
| Private | Cavanagh, Michael | 5717 | 09/06/1917 |
| Private | Cay, William | 59374 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Chadwick, Albert | 21067 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Chadwick, James | 20807 | 20/10/1916 |
| Private | Chadwick, Thomas Benjamin | 20832 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Chapman, James Ernest | 20054 | 11/07/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Chapman, William Arthur | 285401 | 23/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Church, Edward Charles | 477530 | 20/08/1917 |
| Private | Clarke, Ernest | 55744 | 12/05/1918 |
| Private | Clarke, Walter | 72830 | 28/08/1918 |
| Private | Clee, Thomas | 285363 | 16/08/1917 |
| Private | Clewes, William | 38835 | 16/08/1916 |
| Private | Close, William John | 20500 | 01/08/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Coffey, James | 72827 | 18/02/1919 |
| Private | Cokley, Daniel | 21086 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Cole, James | 73016 | 04/11/1918 |
| Private | Coleman, James | 20890 | 17/08/1917 |
| Private | Coleman, Joseph | 21058 | 11/07/1916 |
| Sergeant | Coleman, William, MM. | 4947 | 13/07/1916 |
| Private | Collins, John Bryant | 35213 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Combs, Phillip Alfred | 54988 | 10/08/1918 |
| Serjeant | Congdon, James | 20496 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Connoly, John | 24827 | 28/08/1918 |
| Private | Coulton, Arthur | 73007 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Cresswell, George | 315425 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Cridland, William | 202999 | 12/03/1918 |
| Private | Crook, William | 73002 | 13/01/1919 |
| Private | Crossley, Jesse | 73009 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Cunningham, Joseph | 20692 | 28/02/1916 |
| Private | Dash, Horace | 20480 | 05/04/1917 |
| Private | Davies, Albert | 44630 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Arthur Raymond | 53954 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Davies, Caradog Godfrey | 56676 | 02/05/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Daniel | 15212 | 25/08/1916 |
| Private | Davies, David John | 29730 | 05/07/1916 |
| Private | Davies, David Thomas | 21064 | 24/08/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Ebenezer | 45200 | 20/02/1917 |
| Private | Davies, Edward | 29725 | 06/02/1917 |
| Private | Davies, Evan John | 20739 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Evan Thomas | 54551 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Francis Joe | 285450 | 08/09/1917 |
| Private | Davies, Frank Victor | 47247 | 19/09/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Frederick | 53950 | 02/08/1917 |
| Private | Davies, John | 20630 | 01/05/1917 |
| Private | Davies, John Glanford | 73738 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Joseph Henry | 285402 | 03/05/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Llewellyn | 30422 | 08/10/1918 |
| C.Q.M.S. | Davies, Mansel | 20091 | 10/02/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Martin | 28541 | 01/10/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Nathaniel | 20927 | 09/03/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Reginald | 25193 | 17/03/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Richard | 22714 | 07/07/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Robert Henry | 62306 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Samuel John | 20061 | 21/07/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Thomas | 65552 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Davies, Thomas Haydn, MM. | 20732 | 30/01/1917 |
| Corporal | Davies, Thomas John | 21074 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Davies, Tommy | 266456 | 10/09/1917 |
| Private | Davies, Trevor | 266065 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Davies, William | 14490 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Davies, William Henry Thomas | 54489 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Davies, William John | 20575 | 06/08/1917 |
| Private | Dawes, Ronald Guy | 290694 | 23/08/1918 |
| Private | Day, William | 65543 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Dayton, Stanley | 25831 | 19/09/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Demaine, John | 20626 | 15/02/1917 |
| Private | Denton, Frank Charles | 54969 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Derrick, Herbert | 21786 | 19/05/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Deyes, William Percival | 290309 | 03/09/1918 |
| Private | Dodd, John Henry | 19909 | 09/03/1916 |
| Private | Driver, Wilfred | 54047 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Dryland, John | 53953 | 30/06/1917 |
| Private | Duncan, Robert | 59370 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Dunford, George | 54782 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Dunn, James | 20509 | 15/02/1917 |
| Private | Dunsford, Henry John | 55782 | 11/10/1918 |
| Private | Dutfield, William Henry | 75504 | 31/10/1918 |
| Corporal | Dutton, Herbert Henry | 201910 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Eade, John William | 53919 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Earles, William Henry | 54990 | 22/04/1918 |
| Private | Eastwood, Harry | 19911 | 16/07/1916 |
| Private | Edmunds, Samuel | 22403 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Edwards, Christopher | 53894 | 04/11/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Edwards, David John | 20213 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Edwards, Evan | 43033 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Edwards, William | 266612 | 14/05/1918 |
| Sergeant | Elias, Glaslyn | 58249 | 26/08/1918 |
| Sergeant | Evans, Benjamin | 20115 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Evans, David | 17551 | 11/03/1918 |
| Private | Evans, David Charles | 54294 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Evans, David Ellis | 23312 | 19/06/1918 |
| Private | Evans, David John | 75286 | 23/10/1918 |
| Private | Evans, Evan | 58520 | 06/11/1917 |
| Private | Evans, George | 20125 | 18/03/1916 |
| Lance Sergeant | Evans, Griffith Albert | 26738 | 08/06/1917 |
| Private | Evans, Herbert | 44198 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Evans, John Emlyn | 26736 | 11/01/1916 |
| Private | Evans, Morgan Rees | 53914 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Evans, Phillip Charles | 53957 | 30/07/1917 |
| Private | Evans, Richard Henry Evan | 20043 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Evans, Samuel Henry | 25083 | 21/07/1918 |
| Private | Evans, William Bailey | 39705 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Evans, William Edward James | 23786 | 21/04/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Evens, Tola | 242141 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Eynon, Thomas | 19992 | 13/03/1916 |
| Private | Farnworth, Richard | 20752 | 24/09/1918 |
| Private | Farrow, George | 20665 | 08/02/1917 |
| Private | Farrow, Herbert | 20858 | 08/02/1917 |
| Private | Farrow, Joseph Albert (See Hanlon) | 20348 | 28/07/1917 |
| Sergeant | Fielding, James | 19891 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Fielding, Jonathan | 16937 | 13/09/1915 |
| Private | Fielding, Joshua, M.M. | 72851 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Finnerty, James | 20679 | 28/11/1915 |
| Private | Fisher, John | 18810 | 05/08/1917 |
| Private | Fletcher, Hugh | 73025 | 28/08/1918 |
| Private | Fogg, Alfred | 43348 | 10/04/1918 |
| Private | Foley, Patrick | 59376 | 08/10/1918 |
| Lance Sergeant | Foley, William | 31800 | 10/12/1917 |
| Private | Foley, William Hambling | 34994 | 20/03/1916 |
| Private | Foots, James Todd | 59375 | 31/07/1917 |
| C.S.M. | Ford, Richard | 21021 | 31/10/1918 |
| Private | Foreman, Joseph | 14362 | 09/05/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Forrest, Henry | 21030 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Foster, Sidney Gordon | 54826 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Fox, Anthony | 19914 | 23/12/1917 |
| Private | Francis, Albert | 20211 | 14/06/1915 |
| Corporal | Francis, Gwilym | 20449 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Froy, Jesse | 47782 | 11/04/1917 |
| Private | Fry, William Henry | 25378 | 05/09/1918 |
| Private | Fryer, John | 20281 | 03/08/1917 |
| Corporal | Garforth, George | 19916 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Garley, Arthur | 47745 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Garside, John | 50522 | 22/04/1918 |
| Private | Garside, William John | 65186 | 13/04/1918 |
| Sergeant | German, Archie Ernest | 53962 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Gerrard, William | 20993 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Gibbon, Charles | 65572 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Gibbs, Harry | 53961 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Gibbs, William | 38467 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Gibson, William | 21669 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Gidman, Hugh | 20634 | 18/02/1916 |
| Private | Gilbert, Frederick | 60038 | 30/08/1918 |
| Lance Sergeant | Gilchrist, Lindsay | 59488 | 27/07/1917 |
| Sergeant-Instructor | Goble, Alfred | 16487 | 31/05/1917 |
| Private | Grant, John | 31193 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Grassick, William Duthie | 59380 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Gray, Uriah | 32640 | 09/10/1918 |
| Private | Green, Ernest May | 48169 | 23/03/1918 |
| Private | Greenland, Thomas Henry | 73162 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Grey, William Ivor | 32837 | 12/04/1918 |
| Private | Griffiths, David | 20584 | 22/06/1915 |
| Private | Griffiths, David Daniel | 19886 | 05/12/1917 |
| Private | Griffiths, Edwin | 59498 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Griffiths, Ivor Samuel | 20499 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Griffiths, Robert | 73685 | 20/10/1918 |
| Private | Griffiths, Robert William | 60723 | 05/09/1917 |
| Private | Griffiths, Thomas | 22729 | 04/11/1918 |
| Private | Griffiths, Thomas John | 20454 | 04/02/1917 |
| Private | Griffiths, William Alexander | 202750 | 04/10/1918 |
| Private | Griffiths, William Henry | 54577 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Griffiths, Willie | 53625 | 11/03/1918 |
| Private | Hall, Joseph Gilbert | 53966 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Hall, Joshua | 20431 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Hallett, James Edwin | 54957 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Hamer, Jack | 72856 | 01/09/1918 |
| Private | Hancock, John | 207951 | 20/09/1918 |
| Private | Hanlon, Joseph Albert (Alias Farrow) | 20348 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Harcombe, Bethuel | 21769 | 10/07/1916 |
| Sergeant | Harding, Charles William | 26713 | 08/06/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Hardwidge, Henry | 20649 | 11/07/1916 |
| Corporal | Hardwidge, Thomas | 26634 | 11/07/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Harries, William Esaiah | 44228 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Harris, Alfred | 18213 | 12/12/1917 |
| Private | Harris, Alfred Henry | 47784 | 01/05/1920 |
| Lance Sergeant | Harris, John Hopkin | 18506 | 11/07/1916 |
| Sergeant | Harris, Thomas | 18500 | 01/06/1916 |
| Private | Harrop, Robert | 285413 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Hartnett, John Henry | 25239 | 04/11/1918 |
| Private | Haslam, Adam | 20314 | 09/09/1916 |
| Private | Haslam, Alfred | 21044 | 23/08/1917 |
| Private | Hatherell, Herbert | 59440 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Hawkins, Henry Thomas | 35044 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Hay, Percy | 54497 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Head, Charles Manning | 47756 | 27/07/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Hearn, Arthur | 20418 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Hebbs, Albert | 59387 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Heseltine, Henry | 54224 | 23/08/1918 |
| Private | Hewett, William Frederick | 59385 | 28/07/1917 |
| Corporal | Hey, Ernest | 20044 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Heywood, Harry | 20821 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Higgins, Albert Edward | 56983 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Hill, David John | 62338 | 23/08/1918 |
| Private | Hill, Herbert | 291799 | 28/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Hill, John Thomas | 20801 | 03/12/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Hillier, George | 26714 | 17/03/1916 |
| Private | Hilton, Edward | 61205 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Hirst, John | 20791 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Hiscocks, Henry John | 45519 | 12/09/1918 |
| Private | Hitchen, Robert | 73044 | 21/09/1918 |
| Private | Holder, Frederick John | 16945 | 07/08/1918 |
| Private | Holland, Albert | 53801 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Holmes, Herbert | 59382 | 27/12/1918 |
| Private | Holmes, James | 73033 | 22/08/1918 |
| Private | Holwill, Edgar John | 76109 | 07/08/1917 |
| Private | Hooper, Ernest | 18491 | 04/05/1917 |
| Private | Hopkins, Daniel | 21629 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Hopkins, David William | 75181 | 08/10/1918 |
| Corporal | Hopkins, William Owen | 54286 | 09/11/1918 |
| Private | Horne, Alfred | 201621 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Horseman, Ernest | 26636 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Horsey, Alfred John | 56807 | 18/09/1918 |
| Corporal | Howarth, Thomas | 19920 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Howells, David | 20188 | 09/03/1916 |
| Corporal | Howells, Evan | 22362 | 11/10/1918 |
| C.S.M. | Howells, Harry | 54246 | 05/06/1917 |
| Private | Howells, William | 20096 | 21/03/1916 |
| Private | Howells, William | 20526 | 28/09/1918 |
| Private | Huddleston, John Marchbank | 60499 | 11/05/1918 |
| Private | Hughes, David Thomas | 20609 | 07/07/1916 |
| Private | Hughes, Elias | 20130 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Hughes, John Henry Lees | 65700 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Hughes, Richard | 20111 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Hughes, Thomas Ellis | 73034 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Hughes, William | 20750 | 07/09/1917 |
| Private | Hughes, William | 25008 | 28/04/1918 |
| Private | Hughes, William | 54595 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Hughes, William Selby | 29189 | 16/08/1917 |
| Private | Hughes, William Trevor | 53967 | 04/05/1918 |
| Private | Hull, George | 51550 | 08/09/1917 |
| Private | Hulm, John | 72866 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Humphreys, Richard Rowland | 35141 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Hunt, Edward Albert | 290900 | 15/03/1918 |
| Private | Hunt, James Henry Porter | 21049 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Huntingdon, Henry | 285455 | 09/11/1918 |
| Sergeant | Hurst, Albert | 19923 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Hutchinson, Frederick Stanley | 73183 | 27/07/1918 |
| Private | Hyde, James | 75445 | 05/11/1918 |
| Private | Iddenden, Frederick | 59240 | 26/04/1918 |
| Private | Ingham, Thomas | 73187 | 23/08/1918 |
| Private | Isaac, Sidney | 19871 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Isherwood, Herbert | 20857 | 06/05/1918 |
| Private | Jacob, Charles Henry | 73339 | 29/09/1918 |
| Private | James, Bert | 75294 | 31/10/1918 |
| Private | James, Daniel | 152662 | 23/10/1918 |
| Private | James, David | 35048 | 05/09/1918 |
| Private | James, Edmund | 20963 | 24/03/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | James, James | 22127 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | James, John Hopkin | 54289 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | James, Thomas | 26816 | 26/09/1918 |
| Private | James, Thomas John | 73578 | 05/11/1918 |
| Private | James, William | 20755 | 11/01/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | James, William John | 20466 | 07/07/1916 |
| Private | Jenkins, Arthur Gower | 20770 | 23/11/1917 |
| Private | Jenkins, Bertie | 35328 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Jenkins, Ivor | 76648 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Jenkins, Ivor | 77431 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | John, John James | 60742 | 31/08/1917 |
| Private | John, Stephen James | 54267 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | John, Thomas Henry | 38127 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | John, William David | 20006 | 14/03/1917 |
| Sergeant | John, William Thomas, DCM. | 20155 | 02/11/1918 |
| Private | Johnson, John | 20901 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Jones, Bernus | 44923 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Jones, David | 20536 | 11/07/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Jones, David John | 25650 | 22/08/1918 |
| Sergeant | Jones, David Lewis | 20124 | 14/03/1917 |
| Private | Jones, Edgar | 26909 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Jones, Ernest Wynn Leonard | 201840 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Jones, Harold Vivian | 54300 | 01/09/1918 |
| Private | Jones, Harry | 19927 | 09/02/1916 |
| Private | Jones, Henry James | 73050 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Jones, Hopkin | 24864 | 19/08/1917 |
| Private | Jones, Howell | 75237 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Jones, Humphrey | 32798 | 11/04/1918 |
| Private | Jones, James | 20026 | 10/07/1916 |
| Corporal | Jones, John | 20027 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Jones, John | 20819 | 09/03/1916 |
| Private | Jones, John | 44060 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Jones, John Evan | 40670 | 29/08/1918 |
| Sergeant | Jones, John Henry | 20092 | 04/09/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Jones, Milwyn | 54041 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Jones, Rees | 75289 | 16/11/1918 |
| Private | Jones, Thomas | 20784 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Jones, Thomas | 33495 | 14/07/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Jones, Thomas Cosslett | 35168 | 28/07/1916 |
| Private | Jones, Thomas Lewis | 75123 | 20/10/1918 |
| Corporal | Jones, Thomas Owen | 20970 | 20/09/1917 |
| Private | Jones, William | 63092 | 01/09/1918 |
| Sapper | Jones, William | 108050 | 09/07/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Jones, William Enson | 20108 | 21/07/1916 |
| Private | Kelsall, Harry | 53979 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Kenny, William Joseph | 73056 | 26/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Killeen, David | 20772 | 15/02/1917 |
| Private | Killelay, Harry | 73059 | 27/08/1918 |
| Private | King, Edmund Charles | 23648 | 27/10/1918 |
| Private | Kirby, John | 72878 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Kite, Charles Frank | 59410 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Knight, James William | 54964 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Langford, Benjamin | 76659 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Langford, William | 285356 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Leahy, James | 40069 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Ledwards, Charles | 21026 | 07/07/1919 |
| Private | Leman, Montague William | 201914 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Leonard, William Thomas | 59444 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Leseelleur, Godfrey | 54891 | 19/09/1918 |
| Private | Lewis, Arnold Cecil Ewart | 35027 | 09/03/1916 |
| Private | Lewis, Arthur Leonard | 16787 | 12/03/1918 |
| Private | Lewis, Benjamin Thomas | 20145 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Lewis, David | 54277 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Lewis, David Rees | 53981 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Lewis, Henry | 76673 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Lewis, Ivor Idris | 20853 | 01/08/1917 |
| Sergeant | Lewis, Richard Ernest | 18145 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Lewis, William | 34127 | 29/08/1916 |
| Private | Little, William James | 46337 | 24/08/1918 |
| Private | Llewellyn, George David | 38605 | 04/03/1917 |
| Private | Lock, Ernest Reginald | 62774 | 21/09/1918 |
| Private | Lydeard, Maurice William | 46053 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Mackenzie, Walter Edward | 50524 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Magnall, Richard | 291939 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Male, David John | 73749 | 18/10/1918 |
| Private | Manhan, Clement (Albert James Williams) | 203429 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Maple, Cecil Owen | 20660 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Marshall, David John | 74177 | 01/11/1918 |
| Private | Martin, George | 25941 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Martin, William, MM. | 20462 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Mather, William | 20699 | 11/07/1916 |
| Driver | Mathias, Charles | T4/069665 | 15/06/1915 |
| Sapper | Mathias, James | 151206 | 31/05/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Mathias, William Henry George Day | 18115 | 17/05/1917 |
| Private | Matthews, John | 35126 | 11/07/1916 |
| Corporal | Matthews, Robert | 25026 | 15/09/1918 |
| Private | Maylam, Frederick Ernest | 54984 | 16/05/1918 |
| Private | McCracken, Thomas | 73204 | 26/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | McDonald, Donald | 47785 | 14/05/1918 |
| Private | McDonald, Frederick | 285466 | 26/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | McFarlane, John | 21107 | 02/10/1917 |
| Private | McHugh, Martin | 291223 | 19/09/1918 |
| Private | McWilliams, William | 73203 | 05/09/1918 |
| Private | Mercer, Jacob | 72891 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Meyler, Levi | 20144 | 27/05/1918 |
| Private | Milsom, Fred | 3685 | 09/11/1916 |
| Private | Morgan, David | 54295 | 17/03/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Morgan, David John | 20793 | 27/07/1916 |
| Private | Morgan, David Reginald | 20581 | 09/05/1916 |
| Private | Morgan, Gilbert Bowen | 20621 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Morgan, Thomas John | 20975 | 14/07/1916 |
| Private | Morris, David | 21008 | 23/04/1917 |
| Corporal | Morris, William | 20749 | 27/02/1917 |
| Corporal | Mort, Richard | 20258 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Moses, Lewis John | 20918 | 04/08/1916 |
| Private | Moses, William John | 35084 | 25/05/1918 |
| Private | Mugglestone, Walter | 20374 | 09/03/1916 |
| Private | Mulville, William | 60768 | 20/10/1918 |
| Sergeant | Mumford, Eli | 22487 | 20/03/1916 |
| Private | Murphy, Ernest George | 43220 | 16/08/1916 |
| Private | Naylor, Frank | 291347 | 26/08/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Newell, James | 20714 | 29/05/1919 |
| Private | Nicholas, Samuel | 39913 | 31/05/1918 |
| Private | Norris, Charles | 54961 | 08/09/1917 |
| Private | Noyes, John Robert | 35079 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | O’ Connor, Thomas | 32520 | 07/07/1916 |
| Private | O’ Connor, Thomas | 241768 | 06/09/1918 |
| Private | O’ Shea, Daniel | 285475 | 11/03/1918 |
| Private | Ormond, James John | 18490 | 07/07/1916 |
| Private | Osborne, George | 20511 | 08/01/1916 |
| Private | Outtridge, Edward Henry | 51054 | 27/07/1917 |
| Private | Owen, Albert Ernest | 53918 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Owen, David | 05/04/1920 | |
| Private | Owen, Griffith | 20086 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Owen, Herbert Samuel James | 19883 | 07/06/1917 |
| Private | Owen, Robert Richard | 285370 | 29/10/1917 |
| Private | Owen, Thomas George | 44035 | 05/08/1917 |
| Private | Parker, James Arthur | 32825 | 29/04/1918 |
| Private | Parker, Wiliam | 285580 | 21/11/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Parry, John Frederick | 32518 | 10/05/1918 |
| Sergeant | Parry, Reginald Ernest | 35055 | 28/08/1918 |
| Private | Parsons, Charles | 54972 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Parsons, Robert William John | 266556 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Paul, Richard | 48193 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Payne, Albert John | 54812 | 08/09/1917 |
| Private | Pearce, George Frederick | 285428 | 26/06/1918 |
| Private | Pearce, Joseph | 21791 | 12/01/1916 |
| Private | Pearce, Samuel Edward | 51297 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Pearce, William | 18175 | 20/04/1918 |
| Private | Pearson, William Ellis | 34123 | 06/10/1918 |
| Private | Pegram, Arthur | 54956 | 26/05/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Pendry, Samuel | 26646 | 08/10/1918 |
| Corporal | Pennington, Arthur, MM. | 20358 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Perry, Alfred Brice | 73213 | 30/08/1918 |
| Private | Peters, Albert | 32589 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Phillips, Frederick Lloyd | 45045 | 05/09/1918 |
| Corporal | Pidgeon, Arthur | 47482 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Pike, William Edward | 24432 | 11/03/1918 |
| Corporal | Place, Robert | 285393 | 14/06/1918 |
| Private | Pollard, Edward | 20301 | 17/04/1918 |
| Corporal | Potts, Archie | 18734 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Powell, David | 76653 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Prance, Albert William | 54587 | 07/09/1918 |
| Corporal | Pratt, William George | 290620 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Price, David | 76650 | 13/10/1918 |
| Private | Price, David John | 60779 | 27/10/1918 |
| Private | Price, James Thomas | 34123 | 01/10/1916 |
| Corporal | Price, John | 16456 | 01/09/1918 |
| Private | Price, John | 21042 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Price, Rees | 73655 | 20/10/1918 |
| Corporal | Pridmore, Lawrence | 21093 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Pritchard, Frederick | 291652 | 11/09/1918 |
| Private | Pritchard, Henry | 75136 | 20/10/1918 |
| Private | Pritchard, Philip (Alias Richards) | 19976 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Procter, James | 56318 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Proctor, Ernest | 202306 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Prytherch, James | 54383 | 09/09/1918 |
| Private | Puddephat, Leonard John | 47739 | 01/09/1918 |
| Corporal | Punter, Hubert Miles | 18872 | 22/10/1918 |
| Sergeant | Pye, John | 27657 | 25/11/1917 |
| Private | Ramsden, Joseph | 20686 | 03/05/1916 |
| Private | Rawcliffe, Thomas | 59462 | 08/10/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Read, Frederick Charles | 47734 | 30/04/1917 |
| Corporal | Reed, Thomas Walter | 38239 | 26/08/1918 |
| Serjeant | Rees, George | 56701 | 27/08/1918 |
| Private | Rees, Idris Tudor | 75290 | 09/10/1918 |
| Private | Regan, Edward | 266902 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Rement, Martin | 24367 | 28/10/1918 |
| Private | Rex, Charles | 56386 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Reynolds, Harry | 49347 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Reynolds, John Edward | G/19196 | 04/11/1918 |
| Private | Reynolds, Robert | 20088 | 12/09/1916 |
| Corporal | Richards, Ernest Harry, MM. | 54983 | 01/08/1917 |
| Corporal | Richards, George Henry | 58493 | 29/10/1918 |
| Private | Richards, Henry Morgan | 31742 | 30/01/1917 |
| Private | Richards, Zephaniah | 21398 | 22/10/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Richardson, Alexander Spawforth | 53927 | 15/10/1918 |
| Private | Roach, George | 25084 | 11/03/1918 |
| Sergeant | Roberts, Griffith John | 38251 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Roberts, Griffith Richard | 56706 | 31/10/1916 |
| Private | Roberts, Robert Ellis | 202754 | 21/04/1918 |
| Private | Roberts, Sam | 21053 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Roberts, William | 202701 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Robinson, James | 65253 | 19/09/1918 |
| Corporal | Roblings, George | 26790 | 15/02/1917 |
| Private | Rogers, Thomas | 20640 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Ross, Joseph | 59461 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Rossiter, Robert | 23628 | 08/09/1917 |
| Private | Rowlands, Henry John | 301963 | 25/04/1918 |
| Private | Salisbury, Percy | 285433 | 22/08/1917 |
| Sergeant | Sandiford, Samuel | 19942 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Saunders, Francis John | 47763 | 01/04/1917 |
| Sergeant | Sawyer, Richard John, MM | 22747 | 13/03/1918 |
| Private | Scott, John | 20102 | 03/09/1915 |
| Private | Seamons, William | 54212 | 13/03/1918 |
| Private | Seed, Alexander | 20293 | 30/10/1918 |
| Private | Seed, James | 20443 | 01/03/1918 |
| Private | Sellings, Horace Jasper | 43285 | 16/08/1916 |
| Lance Corporal | Senior, George | 15468 | 17/03/1918 |
| Private | Sexton, William Dennis | 202758 | 27/10/1918 |
| Private | Simkins, Charles Robert | 290354 | 16/05/1918 |
| Private | Sinclair, John | 20719 | 07/09/1917 |
| Private | Sladen, Harry | 33943 | 24/07/1916 |
| Private | Smith, George Davidson | 47736 | 28/05/1917 |
| Private | Smith, James | 14297 | 04/08/1917 |
| Private | Smith, John | 53327 | 14/05/1918 |
| Corporal | Smith, Peter Crosdale | 20261 | 01/04/1918 |
| Private | Smith, Stanley | 20491 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Smith, William Henry | 23605 | 05/11/1918 |
| Sergeant | Spencer, Edward Thomas | 27682 | 22/08/1918 |
| Private | Stagg, John Henry | 35186 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Stansfield, John | 60542 | 31/10/1918 |
| Private | Stephenson, Charles Frederick | 20429 | 04/11/1915 |
| Private | Stevens, Albert | 23651 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Stevens, Arthur | 20276 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Stockley, Thomas | 20683 | 09/04/1918 |
| Private | Sullivan, Daniel | 19987 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Thatcher, Harold Sidney Holman | 44179 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Thickins, Charles | 21906 | 06/05/1916 |
| Private | Thomas, David (Johnny) | 44204 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Thomas, David George | 60794 | 06/09/1917 |
| Private | Thomas, Dyfed Watcyn | 53897 | 01/05/1917 |
| Corporal | Thomas, Eleazer | 25027 | 31/07/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Thomas, Gordon Richard Cynlais | 57799 | 15/03/1919 |
| Sergeant | Thomas, Howard | 26779 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Thomas, James Joseph Abraham | 22775 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Thomas, John | 21637 | |
| Private | Thomas, John | 40003 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Thomas, Joseph Lewis | 20659 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Thomas, Ralph | 266332 | 27/07/1917 |
| Lance Corporal | Thomas, Thomas | 21568 | 01/06/1916 |
| Private | Thomas, Thomas Gwynfor | 54597 | 21/08/1918 |
| Private | Thomas, Thomas Henry | 22073 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Thomas, Walter | 46898 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Thomas, William | 32800 | 24/03/1918 |
| Private | Thomas, William Hugh | 54986 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Thomas, William Rhys | 267172 | 23/04/1918 |
| Private | Thorne, Alfred | 35369 | 28/07/1917 |
| Private | Thorne, William | 34995 | 06/08/1917 |
| Private | Thorne, William Frederick | 75170 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Thornley, James | 20507 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Tierney, John | 20294 | 14/07/1916 |
| Corporal | Tiffin, William Stordy | 61096 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Timothy, John Graham | 60796 | 21/03/1921 |
| Private | Toft, Albert | 285435 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Tomkins, George | 54284 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Travers, Robert | 20423 | 27/08/1919 |
| Private | Trimby, Charles | 31177 | 05/03/1918 |
| Private | Tucker, George | 35176 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Turner, Stanley Rudolph | 285437 | 22/08/1917 |
| Private | Vaissiere, George Charles Herbert | 60403 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Voyle, William John | 19065 | 13/05/1918 |
| Private | Waite, Walter | 28991 | 19/09/1918 |
| Private | Waite, William John | 26803 | 14/12/1915 |
| Private | Walker, Joseph | 18791 | 08/10/1917 |
| Sergeant | Wall, Frederick | 52612 | 14/10/1918 |
| Private | Waller, Alfred | 32004 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Walmsley, Herbert | 20834 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Walsh, James | 20960 | 11/07/1916 |
| Corporal | Wannell, Walter William | 34901 | 16/06/1918 |
| Private | Warburton, Richard | 24077 | 14/03/1916 |
| Private | Ward, Andrew | 20872 | 25/05/1916 |
| Private | Ward, Frederick | 16995 | 14/12/1915 |
| Private | Ward, Joseph | 285166 | 11/03/1918 |
| Private | Waters, James | 50950 | 27/10/1918 |
| Private | Watkins, Lloyd | 73714 | 04/11/1918 |
| Private | Watson, Alfred Valiant | 47766 | 30/04/1917 |
| Private | Watson, Peter Henry | 20886 | 03/01/1916 |
| Private | Watson, Samuel | 39200 | 23/08/1918 |
| Private | Watts, Edward James | 29769 | 20/06/1916 |
| Private | Webster, Charles | 73236 | 20/05/1918 |
| Private | West, Donald | 87630 | 01/08/1917 |
| Private | Whalley, Alfred | 20368 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | White, Gwilym | 74010 | 19/09/1918 |
| Private | White, Jack Clayton | 20764 | 01/09/1917 |
| Private | White, Thomas Christmas | 37746 | 05/12/1917 |
| Private | Whitlock, Horace | 13925 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Whittaker, Nimrod | 40179 | 24/11/1917 |
| Private | Whittle, Thomas | 20961 | 17/08/1917 |
| Private | Wilde, Herbert | 20331 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Wilkinson, Harry | 20938 | 16/02/1916 |
| Private | Wilkinson, William | 59369 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Williams, Albert | 285750 | 01/09/1918 |
| Private | Williams, Albert James | 203429 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Williams, Benjamin | 200492 | 26/07/1917 |
| Private | Williams, Charles Edward Howard | 43257 | 05/09/1918 |
| Private | Williams, David | 45771 | 18/09/1918 |
| Private | Williams, David Henry | 28643 | 31/08/1918 |
| Private | Williams, Edward Llewellyn | 20729 | 11/07/1916 |
| Private | Williams, Harry | 20321 | 10/07/1916 |
| Private | Williams, Ivor Carlyle | 66193 | 29/04/1918 |
| Sergeant | Williams, Job | 38020 | 05/11/1918 |
| Private | Williams, John | 75209 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Williams, John | 75265 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Williams, John Charles | 201121 | 04/09/1918 |
| Private | Williams, John Henry | 34690 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Williams, Rees Meredith | 43792 | 26/07/1917 |
| Private | Williams, Thomas Sidney | 203543 | 10/05/1918 |
| Signaller | Williams, William | 54589 | 20/10/1918 |
| Private | Williams, William David | 72952 | 04/11/1918 |
| Private | Williams, William John | 21072 | 09/02/1916 |
| Private | Wills, Albert George | 21066 | 20/07/1917 |
| Sergeant | Winstone, William Henry | 20248 | 31/07/1917 |
| Private | Withers, William Arthur | 44163 | 20/09/1918 |
| Private | Wood, Edgar | 62682 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Wood, George Wesley | 53368 | 10/04/1918 |
| Lance Corporal | Woodcock, Charles | 44935 | 10/05/1918 |
| Private | Wooton, Thomas | 77561 | 08/10/1918 |
| Private | Wright, William | 285372 | 27/10/1918 |
| Private | Wrigley, Edward | 20072 | 24/11/1917 |
| Private | Wyatt, Thomas William | 40140 | 26/08/1918 |
| Private | Young, Thomas | 23165 | 15/03/1918 |
To read a more in depth history of the battalion, please purchase a copy of my book: ‘Carmarthen Pals’ by clicking on this link: CARMARTHEN PALS
I was lucky enough to have found a publisher for my book on the History of the 15th Welsh during the Great War, Pen and Sword Books, who published it as part of their excellent ‘Pals’ series.
As ever, further information is always being searched for, and any photographs, notes, extracts of diaries, in fact anything related to the 15th Welsh, is always welcome, so I can continue my research into the Battalion. Please read the book reviews below which ‘Carmarthen Pals’ has received:
Reviews of ‘Carmarthen Pals’
History of War Website
Carmarthen Pals: A History of the 15th (Service) Battalion The Welsh Regiment, 1914-1919, Steven John.
The 15th (Service Battalion), the Welsh Regiment, or the Carmarthen Pals, was one of the New Army battalions raised in Britain once it became clear that the First World War was going to last for longer and require a much bigger army than almost anyone had expected in the summer of 1914. This book looks at the history of that battalion from its original formation late in 1914, through some of the most famous battles of the war (including the Somme, Passchendaele and the hundred days offensive 1918) and ending when the battalion was dissolved in 1919.
Perhaps this books defining feature is that the author has taken the time to research the stories of a large number of the dead, so rather instead of the anonymous totals presented in many books here we often have a potted biography of at least some of each day’s dead.
This book makes one realise just how costly the final victorious campaigns of 1918 were. A single action on 8 October 1918 cost the battalion 53 dead, nearly 10% of the 570 dead suffered by the 15th Welsh during the entire war, and twice as many men died during 1918 as during 1916, when the battalion was involved in the battle of the Somme!
The appendices nicely round off the book, including complete lists of the battalion’s dead, medal winners (with citations where possible), and officers (with brief biographies).
This is an impressive sobering read, which stands as a memorial to the men of the 15th Welsh and the sacrifices they made during the Great War.
Chapters; Raising the Battalion, Western Front: The Nursery Sector, Somme: Mametz Wood, Withdrawal from Mametz Wood and the move North, First Large Scale Trench Raid, Passchendaele: The Build up, Passchendaele: The Pilckem Ridge, Passchendaele: Langemarck, Return to French Flanders, Return to the Somme, The Great Advance: The Battle of Albert, The Great Advance: The Battle of Bapaume, Advance to Victory, Appendices, Casualties of the 15th Welsh, Roll of Honour, Awards to the Battalion, Nominal Roll of Officers, Battle Honours, Order of Battle, 38th (Welsh) Division, Summary.
1914-1918.net – The Long, Long Trail
Steven John’s book joins the long line of fine works examining the war of those locally-raised units of Kitchener’s Army known as “pals”, that helped build the volunteer army of 1914 and its esprit de corps. We have here another dedicated if not fanatic researcher-author, who has tracked down the fine details of the raising, training, fighting and fate of a pals infantry battalion, in this case the 15th Welsh. The “Carmarthen Pals” certainly came in part from the town, but also from across the smaller towns, villages and farms of that rural county in West Wales. Strangely, as the author explains, it also went on a recruiting jaunt to industrial Bolton in Lancashire.
We have grown used to the high standard of research behind these books, and “Carmarthen Pals” is no exception. The book mentions many individuals by name and is full of photographs, having pulled on official and regimental sources as well as the local press and the memoirs of individuals. A selection of maps helps the reader understand the battalion’s role and location when it went into action, and the book concludes with a useful roll of honour, short bibliographies of battalion officers, and list of awards and decorations. The only black mark is the absence of an index.
A good read and valuable work of reference, that might be seen as a companion volume to Bernard Lewis’ earlier “Swansea Pals” as the two units were under command of the same infantry brigade.
The Great War Journal, March 2010
A History of the 15th (service) Battalion The Welsh Regiment 1914-1919 Steven John
ISBN: 9781848840775 -£25.00 (hb) Pen & Sword-272 pages
Pen & Sword are to be applauded once again for adding to their ever growing collection of ‘Pals’ histories. This fine book details the war of the Carmarthen Pals from their formation in 1914. The then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lloyd George, had a vision of a Welsh Army Group and huge efforts were made to recruit and form Welsh fighting units. After its training the Battalion crossed to serve in France in 1915 and from early 1916 fought with distinction. After its initiation at Givenchy, the Battalion moved to the Somme in May 1916, attacking Mametz Wood in the early days of the infamous July offensive. It then moved to the Ypres Salient and in July 1917 attacked Pilckem Ridge. In the closing months of the war the Battalion suffered over 900 fatalities as they pushed the enemy back. This is a first-class history and has over 200 photos, maps and diagrams, as well as a host of personal accounts and letters.
A first-class history. 10/10. MM
Book Reviews (Matthew Bennett)
Carmarthen Pals: a history of the 15th Service Battalion, The Welsh Regiment 1914-19 by Steven John (Pen & Sword) 272pp, hardback £25.00
No one with an interest in World War One can be unaware of the tragedy of the Pals battalions. Theirs was a road to Hell paved with good intentions. Largely recruited from the close-knit communities of the industrial towns and so imbued with a self-belief and unity of purpose, they seemed tailor-made for military use. Sadly, their deployment from 1916 onwards frequently led to their destruction, delivering a hammer blow of grief and loss to their families living side- by-side in city streets.
The Carmarthen Pals were unusual in that they were recruited from a much wider area, due to the rural background of many of their soldiers, although they were also drawn from local towns such as Llanelli and even farther afield from Bolton, with its community of Welsh weavers. Steven John’s book provides a clear account of the 15th Battalion’s experience throughout the war. It is a lavishly illustrated volume filled with pertinent illustrations, photographs and cartoons, maps of operations and scenes from the battlefields today to help those wish to tour the sites of blood and bravery of almost a century ago. One does not need to be Welsh to appreciate the achievements of these soldiers. In a sense, all history is local history, and specific experiences add much to creating a wider understanding. The appendices form a roll of honour to the men of Carmarthen but speak for a whole nation’s sacrifice.
Shropshire Star, Saturday October 24, 2009
War tale interwoven with family intrigue. Steven John’s book tells the story of Welsh comrades-in-arms.
Having a bit of time to spare after his move up to Shropshire, Steven John started to delve into his family tree, and quickly made surprising discoveries, including a hefty skeleton in the cupboard.
As he uncovered more fascinating family material from around the time of World War One, his researches broadened and deepened, and spurred him to write a book.
That book by Mr John, who hails from Laugharne in West Wales, has now been published and tells the story of the Carmarthen Pals — the 15th Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, comprising Welsh comrades- in-arms who fought and died in the battlefields of the Western Front.
Mr John, who is an engineer at Muller at Market Drayton, said: ‘I got offered a job just over six years ago and moved the family up here, to Shrewsbury. It’s a nice town and we spent quite a few holidays up here.
“I started to research my family tree after I moved up here. I work shifts, so I get plenty of time off, and it’s a question of finding something to occupy my spare days. I started to look into the family tree and discovered a couple of members of my family nobody knew about who were killed in the war.
‘It’s turned into a bit of an obsession, to be honest. My grandfather’s father was killed in France. He was brought up by another man. We always thought this other man was his father, but I discovered his father was actually killed when he was three, and his mother was remarried, and they never told him about his real father. That started it off. Once I discovered that, I started digging into other bits and pieces of the family.’
‘I found out that my mother’s uncle was killed with the 15th Welsh, which is why I wrote the book. He died at the Battle of Mametz Wood, on the Somme. There was a Welsh division formed in the First World War and their first major battle was at Mametz Wood, so it’s like a place of pilgrimage for a lot of Welsh people who are interested in the First World War.’
‘When I found out that my great uncle was killed there I went out there for a holiday and had a good walk around the place. You tend to get caught up in the atmosphere, and that kick-started going in depth with the research.’
‘When I got a lot of material together I thought that I might as well use it and put it into a book. I have written a couple of books on local war memorials at home.’ With his Carmarthen Pals book, Mr John has linked up with Pen & Sword Books, a well-known publisher of titles with military interest.
A lot of it is based on the war diaries of the 15th Welsh, which are from the public records office in London. And then I was lucky enough to find the memoirs of one of the men who served in the battalion. He was William Shanahan from Llanelli. When he was in hospital in the last months of his life he dictated a lot of notes to his grandson, who wrote them into a little booklet of his memoirs, and placed them into the Imperial War Museum.
Mr John’s interest sees him visit the battlefields three or four times a year. “All the family come. My wife has started to rebel against it a bit though- She would like a nice normal family holiday instead of traipsing around a battlefield.”
“Carmarthen Pals” has been published by Pen & Sword. It is hardback and costs £25.