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473. Whlr S/Sgt. Rosen, William Joseph

Wheeler Staff Sergeant

Date of Birth: 6/1/1888, Pembroke Dock (BAPT)
Occupation: Crane Banksman (1911)
Employer: TW Ward Ltd, Briton Ferry (ROH)
1908 Serv. No: 473
1917 Serv. No: 725042
Date Died: 17/8/1919
How Died: Died
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. TFEM (May '19)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Appears to have gone by name of Joseph

Born 6/1/1888, Pembroke Dock. Parents - Arthur & Edith E

Bapt 1/2/1888. St John Pembroke Dock. Add-Slaughter House Bufferland?. Dads occ-Butcher

1891 - Public Slaughter House, Pembroke Dock. 3yo. W parents (da-caretaker) & 2 sis

1901 - Charlton Inn, Pembroke Dock. 13yo. W parents (Dad-licensed victualler) & 5 sibs

1911 - 34 Wern Terrace, Porttennant, Swansea. 23yo. Occ-Banksman For Crane, Shipbreaking. Boarder.

1914 - Working for TW Ward Ltd, Briton Ferry (ROH CDL 1/10/14)

1919 - Died 17/8/1919 on demob Furlough, Briton Ferry. Buried Ynysmaerdy Cemetery, Briton Ferry. Effects to his mother

Personal Info: Son of Arthur and Edith Rosen, of 15, Mansel St., Briton Ferry. Born at Pembroke Dock. (CWGC). Dependent Mother, 15 Mansel St, Briton Ferry. (Pens)
Address:
15 Mansel St
Briton Ferry (Probate)

Military Service

"BRITON FERRY CEREMONY. The military funeral took place at the Ynysymaerdy Cometary, Britonferry, of Staff Sergt William Joseph Rosen of 15 Mansel-street, Britonferry. Deceased had just arrived home on 28 days furlough, after having served four years in Egypt and the Balkan frontier. The ceremony was an impressive one. Forty of his comrades of the 266th Brigade RFA were present paying their last respects to their gallant comrade. Over 300 ex-Service men were present.

Herald of Wales, 6/9.1919 (Newspapers.com)

No SR

Enl bet Jun 1909 and May 1910. From Briton Ferry, so likely 2nd Battery

France 21/22 Nov 1915. In Nov 1915 photo of NCO as Whlr/Sgt

South Wales Evening Post, 21/12/1915 (Newspapers.com)

Egypt & Balkans?

TFEM (May 19) as Whlr/S/Sgt

Final unit C/266, so likely 2nd Battery throughout (but why Balkans?)

Died of Malaria 17/8/1919 on demob Furlough, Briton Ferry. Buried Ynysmaerdy Cemetery, Briton Ferry.

Photos in uniform in Neath & Briton Ferry in the First World War

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 21/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Addnl info: Died in Briton Ferry on demob furlo, Malaria. Buried/Commemorated: Neath (Ynysymaerdy) Cemetary
Final Unit: "C" Bty. 266th Bde. (CWGC)
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(CWGC)

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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