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978. Gnr. Watts, Robert

Gunner

Date of Birth: 1/4/1887, Morriston (PENS & CENS)
Occupation: Tin Plater (1911)
1908 Serv. No: 978
1917 Serv. No: 725335
Demobilised: 21/2/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Bn 1/4/1887, Morriston. Parents - David (General Haulier) & Harriet Watts

1901 - 43 Wychtree St, Morriston. 14yo. Occ - Cold Roller (tin works)

1911 - 43 Wychtree St, Morriston. 24yo. Occ - Tin Plater. With parents & 6 siblings.

1914 - Member of the Libanus Sunday School

1915 - Morriston ROH - Wychtrae St

1920 - Married Margaret Abbot (nee James), Q2 Swansea - Margaret 1 kid fr 1st marriage Mary Abbott

1921 - 94 Clyndu St, Morriston. 33y2m. Occ-Assistant acetylene Burner, Duffryn Steel Works Coy (out of work). W wife, Margaret, son David Wm (1920), Step-dau Mary Abbot and Fath-in-law, Wm James.

1939 - 6 Cecil Road, DOB 1/4/1887. Occ-Metal Cutter at Steel Works. W wife, Margaret and Margaret (1922) + other

1958 - Died aged 71, Q4 Swansea

Address:
43 Wychtree St
Morriston (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 9-14 Sep 1914. In pic of 1914 recruits & 1914 football team

FR Nov 1914

In RJW diary - Dvr in A Sub, 2nd Battery

Adm Mil Hosp Catterick [Army of Black Sea & East Africa - Salonika & East Africa] 8/12/1918. 5th Res Bde, RFA, 725335, Gnr Watts R, 31yo. 4y4m service. 8m w fd force. Malaria. Disc 25/1/1919 for Dispersal, 3rd Western Gen Hosp, Neath.

Disch 21/2/1919

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Disabilities (Pens): Appendicitis & Pneumonia
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)

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
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