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Eric Jones Clatworthy – Royal Air Force, 266 Squadron

Aircraftman 1st Class Eric Jones Clatworthy – Royal Air Force, 266 Squadron Thomas Goodwan Clatworthy and Maria Jones marriage certificate parish church of Llangyfelach, Swansea Eric Jones Clatworthy was born in 1920 , in Morriston , the son of Thomas Goodwan Clatworthy and Maria Jones , who had married in 1916 at the parish church of Llangyfelach, Swansea . 1921 Census – Bath Villa Cottage, Morriston 1921 Census By the 1921 Census , the Clatworthy family were living at Bath Villa Cottage, Morriston . Thomas Goodwan, aged 27 , was employed as an Electric Crane Driver in the steel works for the Duffryn Steel & Tinplate Company Ltd , though at the time of the census he was out of work , reflecting the difficult industrial conditions of the early post‑war years. His wife Maria , aged 26 , managed the home. Their only child was Eric Jones , then nine months old , the youngest member of a household shaped by the rhythms of Morriston’s steel industry. Military Service During the S...

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