10 July 1916

 Below are the names of the Swansea men who were killed on Western Front during Battle of the Somme.

It is the first day that 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea), saw action on the Somme

Surname

Christian Name

Rank

Service Number

Regiment/Battalion

Cemetery/Memorial

Beard

David John

Corporal

17018

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Brewer

Walter George

Private

18889

Royal Army Medical Corps, 1st Field Ambulance

Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen

Carr

Alexander

Private

29098

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Collins

William Henry

Private

17255

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Danielson

Olaf John

Private

17044

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Davies

David

Private

29029

Welsh Regiment, 10th (Service) Battalion (1st Rhondda)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Davies

Edmund

Private

17021

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Davies

William Henry

Private

17991

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Delaney

James

Private

17050

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Dudden

Robert

Private

40200

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Durk

William Owen

Private

29110

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Edmonds

Bertram Richard

Lance Corporal

17212

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Evans

Stephen John

Private

17431

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Finch

Clarence Burgoyne

Lance Corporal

17584

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Flemming

William

Private

17838

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Gammon

Ernest John

Rifleman

B/3245

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 13th (Service) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Gammon

Samuel Thomas

Private

29149

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

George

Thomas Aubrey

Corporal

17472

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Harris

John

Private

29179

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Herbert

Alfred William

Private

17456

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

James

Frank Osmond

Private

17038

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Jensen

Christopher Nicholine

Private

1910

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Jerram

William Charles

Private

17518

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Flatiron Corpse Cemetery, Mametz, Somme

Johnson

Charles Henry

Private

17930

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Jones

Samuel

Private

17914

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

King

George

Private

18026

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lambrick

Charles Wesley

Private

14277

South Lancashire Regiment, 8th (Service) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lawrey

Thomas Henry

Private

17924

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lewis

John

Private

17350

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lewis

Joseph Oswald

Private

17561

Welsh Regiment, “C” Company, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lewis

Thomas

Private

17142

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lloyd

James

Sergeant

17241

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Morgan

Jenkin

Lance Corporal

31306

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10th (Service) Battalion

Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme

Morgan

William John

Private

17535

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Morgan

William John

Private

282107

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme

Phelps

William Henry

Corporal

17219

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Pridmore

Lawrence

Corporal

21093

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Pritchard

David John

Private

17987

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Richards

John H.

Private

291789

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Rosser

Arthur

Second Lieutenant

 

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Rowe

Richard Henry

Corporal

17098

Welsh Regiment, “B” Company, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Short

Edward Samuel

Lance Serjeant

29170

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Simpson

Charles

Corporal

17156

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Stephens

William Arthur

Private

29018

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Sullivan

Daniel Edward

Private

17424

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Tasker

Ivor

Private

14289

South Lancashire Regiment, 8th (Service) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Thomas

David

Private

17891

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Thomas

John Charles

Private

17352

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Thomas

Thomas George

Private

18052

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Tooze

Ernest

Private

17566

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Town

William Arthur

Private

17161

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Tyler

Harold John

Private

16592

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Walters

George Herbert Franklyn

Private

17387

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Watkins

Alfred Frederick

Private

29249

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Watkins

James John

Private

18061

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Wheale

John

Private

17466

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

William

David

Private

17164

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea)

Thiepval Memorial, Somme

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