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1020*. BQMS. Squire, Aubrey James Hearn

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant

Date of Birth: 24/9/1890, Swansea (CENS)
Occupation: Shipping Clerk (1911)
Employer: Atlantic Transport Co Ltd (ROH)
1908 Serv. No: 1020*
1917 Serv. No: 725369
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 24/9/1890, Swansea. Parents - William & Sophia

1891 - 53 Gorse Lane. 6m. W parents & 6 sibs

1901 - 53 Gorse Lane. 10yo. W mum (father away) & 5 sibs

1911 - 53 King Edwards Rd, Swansea 20yo. Occ-Shipping Clerk. W parents (father Carpenter joiner) & 2 sibs

1915 - Married Catherine Selina (Cissie) Bagalow, 7/8/1915, Castleton Chapel, Mumbles

1921 -

1939 - 66 Woodville, Rd, Oystermouth, Swansea. DOB 9/9/1890. OCc-Departmental Manager Shipping Office Freight Department. W wife, Katherine S, redacted, Colin C (1930)

1970 - Died aged 80, 25/9/1970, 66 Woodville Rd, Mumbles. DOB 24/9/1889

Address:
53 King Edwards Rd
Swansea

Military Service

No SR

Enl 15 Sep 1914. Likely no 1020

Played in Tramways v Howitzers football. In photo of 1914 recruits as Gnr

Aug 1915 - Sergt Aubrey J Squire 2/1st Welsh (How) Bgde

Did not go to FR w Brigade in Nov 1915

2nd line - June 1916 as BQMS

South Wales Daily News, 17/6/1916 (FindMyPast)

Served overseas, BWM & Vic. Medals as BQMS

Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

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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