WORKING NOTES

Born 3/2/1889, Llanvihangel, Monmouth . Parents - Joseph Cadman (Butcher) & Mary August. Add-Mary Ann Terr, Llanvihangel

1901 - 1 Mary Ann Terr, Llanvihangel. 2yo. W parents & 5 siblings. Father-Butcher

1911 - 1 Mary Ann Terr, Llanvihangel. 12yo. W parents & 3 siblings.

1916 - Married Gertude Jane David 10/4/1916 Parish Church Aberavon, Neath. Occ-Soldier. Add-Avington Park Camp, Winchester

1921 - 38 Water St, Aberavon. 32y 5m. Bn Panteg?, Monmouthshire. Occ-Master Butcher, Employer, 38 Water St. W wife, Gertrude ad Elizabath (1920)

1939 - 57 Dinash, Port Talbot. DOB 3/2/1889. Occ-Butcher Shopkeeper. W wife and 2 redacted

1956 - Died Aged 69, Neath, 4th quarter

NOTES - not finalised

- Wm Cadman Eley enlisted 3 September 1914 as a Gunner in the 1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade service number of 944 (in the first wave of patriotic wartime volunteers)

- He appeared in a roll of honour in the Cambrian on 11/9/14. At the time he joined up, he was working for Eastmans Ltd and living in Ystradgynlais.

- He would have trained at the depot in Swansea and joined the Brigade later, most likely in Cambridge in late 1914/early 1915.

- There is a pic of the recruits again in the Cambrian on 9 Dec 1914. He is standing at the back on the left and listed as a Gunner

- He also appears to be in the pic of the gunners in training in Swansea on the homepage

- The Brigade moved to Bedford in May 1915

- They finally went to France on 22 Nov 1915 and he was one of the 401 men who travelled

- The Brigade did front line training in the Somme area opposite Mametz Wood - which was a quiet area at the time

- Before xmas 1915, they came out of the front line and received orders to go to Egypt to rejoin the 53rd Welsh Division (who had had a v hard time in Gallipoli).

- I've found no proof WC Cadman went to Egypt, but then again, I've yet to find a man who went to France in Nov 1915 who did not

- However, married in Winchester in April 1916. 2nd Line??