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 Davies – Dorsetshire Regiment, 1st Battalion

Sydney Llewellyn Francis – London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion

Sydney Llewellyn Francis – London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion

William Green – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion

William Green – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion

David Daniel Griffiths – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

David Daniel Griffiths – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Joseph Grimstead – Somerset Light Infantry, 8th Battalion

Joseph Grimstead – Somerset Light Infantry, 8th Battalion

Arthur Harding – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Arthur Harding – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

William Henry Howard – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion

William Henry Howard – Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion

David John Jones – Welsh Regiment, 9th Battalion

David John Jones – Welsh Regiment, 9th Battalion

Robert David Jones – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Robert David Jones – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

John Mansfield – Royal Engineers, 42nd Army Troops Company

John Mansfield – Royal Engineers, 42nd Army Troops Company

David Matthews – Devonshire Regiment, “A” Company, 2nd Battalion

David Matthews – Devonshire Regiment, “A” Company, 2nd Battalion

David Arthur Mort – Royal Engineers, 1st Battalion, Special Brigade (Gas Corps)

David Arthur Mort – Royal Engineers, 1st Battalion, Special Brigade (Gas Corps)

David John Palmer – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

David John Palmer – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

John Edgar Rees – King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion

John Edgar Rees – King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion

Phillip Roberts – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Phillip Roberts – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

George James Thomas – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

George James Thomas – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion 

Thomas Johns Tucker – London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Battalion

Thomas Johns Tucker – London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles), 1st/16th Battalion

Richard Lloyd Wade – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Richard Lloyd Wade – Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion