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464. BQMS / Capt. Rowlands, Herbert Vincent

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant / Captain

Date of Birth: 1893, Cardiff (SR-NA)
Occupation: Architects Assistant
Employer: JP Jones & Rowlands
Enlisted - Date: 28/6/1909
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 464
1917 Serv. No: 725041
Service O/S: France: 21/11/15 - 4/3/16. Egypt: 5/3/16 -
Commission: Commissioned 23/4/17 (2/Lt, Lt, Capt)
Demobilised: 1/7/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.
Gallantry: MC (LG - 3/6/19)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 20/2/1890, Cardiff. Parents - John Penry & Lilly B

1891 - 31 Plasturton Gdns, Cardiff. 1yo. W parents & 2 older sibs

1901 - 46 Walter Rd, St Marys, Swansea. 11yo. W widower father & 6 sibs (dad Architect & Surveyor)

1911 - 1 Dillwyn Rd, Sketty. 21yo. Occ-Assistant Architect. W father, his 2nd wife & 10 sibs

1921 - 46 Priory Rd, Kew. 29y3m. Occ-Architecture, Lipton Ltd, City Rd EC1. Boarder

1922 - Married Doris Millicent Jenkins, 27/12/1922. Occ-Architect. Add- 1 Sketty Ave

SKETTY WEDDING

The wedding was solemnised at St Pauls Church, Sketty, by the Rev HJ Stewart, BA (vicar) on Wednesday morning of Captain Herbert V Rowlands, MC (late RFA), of Kew Gardens, London, son of Mr JP Rowlands, the well-known Swansea architect, and Miss Doris Jenkins, the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs WO Jenkins, of Bay View, Sketty-avenue. The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in a costume of beaver coloured velour, trimmed with fur, wore a marocain hat to match, and carried a bouquet of pink carnations. Captain Harry Edwards (late 6th Welsh Regt) was best man. The honeymoon is being spent in Bournemouth.

South Wales Evening Post, 28/12/1922 (Newspapers.com)

1939 - 44 West Heath Drive, Hendon. DOB 20/2/1890. occ- Architect, Surveyor & Estate Developer. Late Captain & Adj RFA 74th ADC 14-18 MC

1974 - Died aged 84, 29 Oct 1974, Add-Queenswood Hse, 33 Reading St, Broadstairs, Kent.

Personal Info: Father - John Penry Rowlands
Address:
7 Sketty Avenue Sketty
Swansea (SR-NA)

Military Service

SR NA

Enl 28/6/1909, Swansea. Aged 18

Imp Serv 4/9/14, Northampton. Rank-Cpl

CDL 12 Oct 1915: Brigade QMS Herbert V Rowlands (1/1st Welsh-Howitzer-Brigade RFA) who that "up to the present our club has been very successful, having won every match by a good margin."

France 21/22 Nov 1915. Confirmed in substantive rank (BQMS) 21/11/15. In Nov 1915 pic of NCOs as BQMS

Marseilles - Alex 5-10 Feb 1916

1916 - BQMS, 265 Bde & 2 stays in hospital

1917 Attached to training schools.

Comm 26/4/17 (LG 27 Aug 1917. The undermentioned NCOs ad Men to be temp 2nd Lts: Batt Qr-Mr-Sergt. Herbert Vincent Rowland, frm RFA, TF.)

74 DAC

LG MC 30/5/1919 T/Lt Herbert Vincent Rowlands, 74th DAC RFA

Demob 1/7/19

Final rank Captain

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Demobilized
Final Unit: 74 DAC
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(ST-NA)

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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