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186. A/Bdr. Hanney, Oswald

Acting Bombadier

Date of Birth: 6/10/1891, Morriston (CENS)
Occupation: Gas tester (1911)
Employer: Nickel Works (1911)
Enlisted - Date: 26/5/1908
1908 Serv. No: 186
1917 Serv. No: 725017
Demobilised: 25/3/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. SWB. TFEM (May '19)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Oliver John Hanney, 6/10/1891, Morriston. Parents - Fred (musician & member of the Brigade Band) & Mary Ann

1901 -

Attended Swansea Mun Sec Sch - left 1908

1911 - Brooklands, Vicarage Rd, Morriston. 19yo. Occ-Gas Tester, Nickel Works. W parents & 5 younger sibs

1920 - Married Mabel Jane Derrick, 3 May 1920, Llansamlet. Occ-Process foreman. Add-Brookland, Vicarage Rd, Morriston

1921 - 50 Faraday Rd, Clydach-on-Tawe. 29y8m. Occ-Gas Fitter, Mond Nickel Co Ltd. W wife, Mabel Jane & Joyce Mary (1920)

1939 - 1 Kelvin Rd, Pontardawe. DOB 6/10/1891. Occ - Shift superintendant, Mond Nickel Company. W Mabel & redacted

1950 - Described as clarinetist & bassonist

1963 - Died aged 71, 19 Jan 1963 at Manor Park Hosp, Bristol. Add-279 Ilchester Cresc, Bedminster, Bristol. Effects to daughter, Joyce Mary Pitts

Address:
Brooklands Vicarage Rd
Morriston Swansea (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 26/5/1908, likely Morriston, likely Amm Col. Bandsman like his father, Fred

Played with Band at Paris in 1912 - interviewed 1949

In ROH of Mun Sec Sch & Morriston

France 21/22 Nov 1915 as A/bdr

Egypt likely Feb 1916

Malaria, final unit C/265

Disch 20/3/19 as Bdr

1st Welsh Unit: C/265 Bde
Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: 392(XVIa) Sick.
Disabilities (Pens): Malaria
Final Unit: C/265 Bde. (SWB)
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SWB)(PENS)(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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