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994. Sig A/Bdr. Wooles, Harold Wm

Acting Bombadier/Signaller

Date of Birth: 23/7/1895, Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 994
1917 Serv. No: 725350
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 23/7/1895, Swansea. Parents - Arthur Henry & Annie Maria. Bapt 28/8/1895, Norfolk St. Father - Baker

1899 - Adm Brynmill Inf School,

1901 - 8 Victoria Ave, Swansea. 5yo. W mum & 6 sibs

1911 - 108 St Helens Rd, Swansea. 15yo. Occ-Printers Apprentice. W parents & 5 sibs

1914 - Swansea Otters (CDL ROH 23/10/1914)

1919 - Elec Reg, 108 St Helens Rd, Swansea. Abs Voter

1921 - 108 St Helens Rd, Swansea. 25y11m. Occ-Printers compositor, Ernest Davies & Co Ltd, Fisher St, Swansea. W parents & 4 sibs

1931 - Married Dorothy Margaret Thomas, St Thomas, Swansea 23/11/1931

1939 - Hillside, Cockett Rd, Swansea. DOB 23/7/1895. Occ-Printers Compositor. W wife Dorothy M and Patricia Jean (1933)

1976 - Died 11/3/1976, aged 80. Add-166 Cockett Rd, Swansea. Singleton Hospital, buried Swansea St Luke 1/4/1976,

Address:
108 St Helens Rd
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 14/9/1914. In football pic and pic of 1914 recruits

Swansea Otters and Bedford Water Polo

CDL 28/6/1919 - Among the swimmers at Fridays practice were H Wooles ..., demobilised from the Forces

Brother won DCM (devons)

No clues as to where served

Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

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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