Personal Profile

304. T/WO1. Canfield, Wm Charles

Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1

Date of Birth: Q1 1887, Dowlais (CENS)
Occupation: Furnace Man, Tin Works (1911)
Employer: Villiers Tinplate Works (BFB & ROH)
Enlisted - Date: 6/4/1908
1908 Serv. No: 304
1917 Serv. No: 725033
Service O/S: France & Egypt
Demobilised: 9/4/1919
Date Died: 9/2/1920
How Died: Died
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. TFEM (Aug '19).

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q1 1887, Dowlais. Parents - Lemuel C & Elizabeth

1891 = 36 Petty St, Cwmavon, Neath. 4yo. Scholar. W parents and younger bro

1901 - 16 Lowther St, Briton Ferry. 14yo. Occ-Coldrolls Tinworker. W parents (dad-Steelsmelter) and 6 younger sibs

1908 - Married Mary Hannah James, Q2 Neath

1911 - 7 Grove Lane, Llantwit Lower. 24yo. Occ-Furnace Man, Tin Works. W wife Mary and Lilian EA (1910)

1919 - 42 Wallace Rd, Mount Pleasant, Neath. Pensions record

1920 - Died 9 Feb 1920, Buried Neath (Llanwit) Cemetary

Personal Info: Husband of Mary Hannah Canfield, of 42, Wallace Rd., Neath. (CWGC)
Address:
42 Wallace Rd Mount Pleasant
Neath (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 6/4/1908 (FMP) - likely BF, likely 2nd Bty

Embodied 5/8/14

Home, 5/8/14-20/11/15.

France 21/11/15-4/2/16. WOIIA/WOI

MEF 5/2/16-12/3/19

Disem on demob 9/4/19. Rank RSM. Final unit 10th Bty, 67th Bde

Died 9/2/1920 Neath. Cause - Pneumonia, Heart Failure and Malarial Anaemia. Pension refused

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Disembodied on Demobilization
Disabilities (Pens): Malaria
Addnl info: Pneumonia, Heart Failure and Malarial Anaemia. Buried/Commemorated: Neath (Llanwit) Cemetary
Final Unit: 10th Bty. 67th Bde. (CWGC)
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(CWGC)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
Back to Nom Roll