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107. BSM. Voyzey, Alfred George

Battery Sergeant Major

Date of Birth: 1870, Chudleigh, Bideford, Devon (CENS)
Occupation: Locomotive Driver
Previous Serv: 1st Glamorgan RGA Vols
1908 Serv. No: 107
Awards: TFEM (Oct '13).

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q3 1870, Bideford, Devon. Parents - James & Mary

1871 - 16 Hart St, Bideford. 7mo. W parents and 5 older sibs (dad-Railway Labourer)

1881 - Plasmarl. 11yo. Scholar. W parents & 2 older sibs

1887 - Married Mary Elizabeth Willis, Q4, Swansea

1891 - 9 Rees's Row, Llangyfelach. 20yo. Occ-Points Shunter, Steel Wks. W wife Mary, Selina and Wm Geo

1901 - 6 Rosebery Ter, Llangyfelach. 32yo. Occ-Engine Driver. W Lizzie, Selina, Geo, Rachel & Emma

1911 - 6 Fawe St, Morriston. 40yo. Occ-Engine Driver, Tin Plate Works. W Mary, Wm Geo and Emma

1921 - 16 Rosebery Ter, Plasmarl. 50y10m. Occ-Locomotive Driver, Morriston Tinplate Co. Widower, w dau Selina and her family

1929 - Died aged 59, Q3, Swansea

Address:
Morriston

Military Service

"A very well known Swansea Volunteer has just died..., Mr George Voysey at the age of 59. For 30 years he was in the 1st Glam Volunteers and for a considerable period before he retired was battery sergeant-major of the ammunition column of the 1st Welsh (Swansea) Howitzer Brigade. In that capacity he was a capable and highly praised WO, and at the Aberystwyth camp in 1906 with Lieut (later Major) TR Harries in command, he had much to do with the winning by the column of the TF Gunnery Championship Cup for the United Kingdom and other highly praised shooting.

Herald of Wales - 24/8/1924

No SR

TFEM awarded to ex-BSM Voyzey by Col Henry (CDL 25 Feb 1914)

For 30 years he was in the 1st Glamorgan Volunteers and for a long time was Battery Sergeant Major of the Ammunition Column of the 1st Welsh Howitzer (Swansea) Brigade

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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