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56. Gnr. Mitchell, George Tandy

Gunner

Date of Birth: 30/7/1877, Swansea
Occupation: Checker (NEWS)
Employer: Weavers & Co (Flour Mills)
1908 Serv. No: 56
Other service: 17698, CQMS, 14th Bn, Welsh R
Awards: TFEM. (Apr '09), [1914/15, BWM, VIC (Welsh R)]

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 30/7/1877, Swansea. Parents - John & Elizabeth Jane

- Bapt 6/1/1884, Christ Church, Swansea. Dads occ- Gardener

1881 - Penygraig? Rd, Swansea. 3yo. W parents & older sis

1891 -

1901 - 4 King St, Holy Trinity, Swansea. 23yo. Occ-Flour Mill Labourer. Boarder

1901 - Married Eva Elizabeth Rogers, 24/9/1901 Swansea, St Mary. Occ-Clerk. Add-4 King St

1907 - Elec reg, 48 Norfolk St

1911 - 48 Norfolk St, Swansea. 33yo. Occ-Checker, Grain Merchants. W Eva, Irene (1906), Gladys (1908)

1921 - 48 Norfolk St, Swansea. 43y11m. Occ-Stevedore, Weaver & Co (Flour Mills). W Wva, Irene Gladys, Stanley & Victoria

1936 - Died aged 58, Q2, Swansea

- Buried Danygraig Cemetery, 12/5/1936  

Address:
48 Norfolk St
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers

Member of the Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers. Joined pre-1897

1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade

Formation recruit, likely Swansea, no56

TFEM - Apr 1909 as Gnr

14th Bn Welsh Regiment

Joined 14th Welsh at start of Great War, 17698

Promoted CQMS c Aug 1915 (fr Sgt)

Listed as CQMS in list of members of 14th Welsh in Bernard Lewis's book dated 2/12/1915

Herald of Wales, 28/11/1916 (Newspapers.com)

South Wales Evening Post, 24/10/1917 (Newspapers.com)

France - 2/12/1915

Class Z - 3/2/1919

Sources: (TFEM)

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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