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110th anniversary of the Somme - Swansea Men

  Next Wednesday will mark the 110th anniversary of the First Day of the Battle of the Somme. 20,000 soldiers were to be killed on the first day. List below are the names of those men from Swansea. Click on the link for more details George Caton – King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6th Battalion George Caton – King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6th Battalion   Thomas Clarke – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Thomas Clarke – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Robert Henry Dark – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion Robert Henry Dark – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion   Brinley Davies – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Brinley Davies – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion   George Davies – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion George Davies – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion Herbert Eustace Davies – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion Herbert Eustace Davies – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion   John Harold Davies – Dorsetshire Regiment, 1st Battalion John Harold ...

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