Personal Profile

Gnr. Trengrove, Herbert Michael

Gunner

Date of Birth: 1886, LLansamlet (CENS)
Occupation: Tinworker at Tinplate Works (1911)
1917 Serv. No: 725011
Demobilised: 24/3/1919

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q3 1886, LLansamlet. Parents - George Henry (Cornwall) & Mary Elizabeth (Somerset)

1891 - 10 Dillwyn St, Morriston. 4yo. W parents (Dad Assurance Agent) & 2 younger sibs)

1901 - 12 John St, Morriston. 14yo. Occ-Coldrolling, Tinplateworks. W mum & 6 younger sibs

1906 - Married Mary Ann Williams Oct-Dec 1906

1911 - 1 Dela Beche Terr, Morriston. 24yo. Occ-Tinworker - Tinplate Works. W wife Mary Ann & son, Edgar Phillip Geo (1909)

1921 - 1 Dela Beche Terr, Morriston. 25yo. Occ-Tinplate Roller, Upper Forrect & Worcester Tinplate Works (out of work). W wife, Edgar (1909), Gladys (1910) and Nancy (1914)

1939 - Died aged 52, 18/1/1939. Buried Morriston Cemetary. Add-12 Lan Street, Morriston. Survived by his wife

Address:
1 Dela Beche Terrace
Morriston (PENS)

Military Service

No SR

Formation recruit - enlisted April 1908

Member of the Band

No ev of serving overseas - possibly 2nd Line throughout

Disch 19 March 1919. W Pulm TB

- note couple of incorrectly allocated records on anc under 724011

Disabilities (Pens): Pulm Tuberculosis
Sources: (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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