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639. Gnr. Bellew, Ernest

Gunner

Date of Birth: c1891 (SR)
Occupation: Labourer (SR)
Employer: Tom Richards
Enlisted - Date: 10/6/1912
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 639
Other service: 29295, Pte, 14th Welsh Regiment
Demobilised: 1/12/1914
Date Died: 31/7/1917
How Died: Killed in Action
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Known as Ernie (NEWS)

Born Q3 1891, Swansea . Parents - Arthur & Harriet

1901 - 50 Rodney St, Swansea. 13yo. W parents & 6 sibs

1911 - 57 Rodney St, Swansea. 19yo. Labourer, Builder. W parents (Dad labourer w corporation) & younger sis

1912 - 57 Rodney St (SR)

1917 - Killed in Action, 31 Jul 1917, Poelcapelle, Belgium

2x Swansea children born 1917 & 1918 named Ernest Bellew - Ernest C (bn & died Q4, 1917) and Ernest John (bn 1918)

Address:
57 Rodney St
Swansea (SR)

Military Service

SR

Enl 10 Jun 1912, Swansea. #639, Gunner

5/8/14 - Embodied

4/9/14 - Signed Imperial Service, Northampton

1/12/14 - Discharged in consequence of Disobedience of Orders, Dated 26/12/14, Cambridge (One of 8 men)

Re-enlisted Swansea - 14th Battn, Welsh Regmt - Swansea Pal. Private, 29095

France 3 Dec 1915

Reported Missing 31 Jul 1917, later declared dead. Buried Poelcapelle British Cemetary (Originally listed on Menin Gate, but appears body later found)

- 31 Jul 1917 was the first day of the Third Battle of Ypres. The 14th Welsh Regt were involved in an attack on Pilckem Ridge - See B Lewis 'Swansea Pals' inc picture of Ernie Bellew (in artillery uniform) p140

1st Welsh Unit: 1st Glamorgan Battery
Discharged - Reason: Disobedience of Orders (Cambridge).
Addnl info: Buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetary
Final Unit: 14th Battalion, The Welsh Regiment
Sources: (MIC)(ROLL)(SR)(NEWS)

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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