Alfred George Webb

Four months after the outbreak of the Second World War, the first of that conflict burials happened at Bethel Welsh Congregational Chapelyard.

Alfred George Webb
Bethel Welsh Congregational Chapelyard
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Private Alfred George Webb, who served with the Welsh Regiment, 17^th (H.D.) Battalion died on 13^th January 1940, at the age of 42

Alfred, born in Honeyborough, Pembrokeshire 1899, was the son of Alfred Augustus and Elizabeth Webb.

The 1901 Census records the Webb family residing at Honeyborough Green, Neyland, Pembrokeshire.

1901 Census

Alfred, 37, was employed as a Chargeman Loco Dept G. W. Railway. Elizabeth, 30 they were parents to William J., 7; Charles A., 4; Alfred G. 2 and Glayds. J., 1.

Elizabeth died in 1909.

Did work bring the Webb family to Swansea?

The 1911 Census records that widowed Alfred, 47, was employed as a Night Forman Dept Locomotive. Charles Augustus, 14, was employed as a Labourer.  Both Alfred George, 12, and Gladys Isabella, 11, attended school.  The family was living at 159 Aberdyberthi Street, Hafod, however, the elder brother William, has moved on. 

1911 Census

By the time of the 1921 Census, records that the family is still living at the same address, 159 Aberdyberthi Street.  Alfred, 57, is employed as a Foreman Locomotive Dept. Great Western Rly. Charles Augustus, 24, is employed as a Locomotive Boiler Washer. Alfred George, 22, is unemployed as Assistant Rollerman, his place of work had been at Morfa Copper Works. Gladys Isabella, 21.  Thomas, 18, is employed as an Apprentice Fitter.

1921 Census

The Herald of Wales

Alfred G. died at Neath Road, resulting from an accident on 13^th January 1940, and was buried at Bethel Welsh Congregational Chapelyard.  The Herald of Wales, reports the accident. 

William John Webb
Dido Valley Cemetery
Simon’s Town, South Africa
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H.M.S. Afrikander

Brother William, who served as a Chief Engine Room Artificer, on board H.M.S. Afrikander.  H.M.S. Afrikander didn’t see any action during the Second 

World War, having been decommissioned she was scuttled and sunk by gunfire from H.M.S. Daffodil, at Simon’s Town, South Africa, in 1937.  William became a Pensioner. William died on 12^th September 1945, aged 52, at the Royal Navy Hospital, Simon’s Town.  William is buried at Dido Valley Cemetery, Simon’s Town, South Africa.