Personal Profile

783. Dvr. Casley, Thomas Henry

Driver

Date of Birth: 11/2/1895, Neath (Pens)
Occupation: Collier (1911 & RAA)
1908 Serv. No: 783
1917 Serv. No: 725182
Demobilised: 6/2/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.
Post-war Serv: 721748 Bdr, RFA (2/6/20 - 12/4/21)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Neath . Parents - Henry & Catherine

1901 - Court back of Railway Tavern, Neath. 6yo. W parents and younger sis. Father - General Labourer

1911 - 19 Jolly Court, Neath. 16yo. Occ=Colliery Hewer. W parents & 6 younger sibs

1918 - Elec Reg. 19 Jolly Court, Neath. Abs Voter

1921 - D/82 Bde, RFA, Barracks, Cardiff. Army, Royal Field Artillery 26y4m

1911 - Married Elizabeth Davies, Q2

1939 - DOB 11/2/1895. Occ-Miner (cutting coal) underground Heavy Worker. W wife, Elizabeth, ?? & Oliver (1921)

1956 - Died 3/9/1956 at the Park Hospital, Bridgend. Add - 15 The Highlands, Skewen. Survived by wife Elizabeth Ann

Personal Info: Parents - William Henry & Catherine Casley - 19 Jolly Court, Neath
Address:
19 Jolly Court
Neath (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl March 1914, pre-war territorial, 2nd Battery

France Nov 1915

Driver in A Sub, 2nd Glam Battery - from RJ Williams Album

Went to Egypt (there in Aug 16). Mentioned in evidence at court of enquiry into 938, GS Bates death - see his profile

Served 6y 13d (RAA) - disch c Mar 1920

Re-enlisted 2/6/20 in TF, then transferred to 82 Welsh Bde (DF), 12/4/1921.

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 21/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Disabilities (Pens): Dysentry
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(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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