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1197. Gnr. Jones, Benjamin

Gunner

Date of Birth: 19/1/1894 (CENS)
Occupation: Coal Miner (1921)
1908 Serv. No: 1197
1917 Serv. No: 725502
Demobilised: 10/1/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Address on mil pension matches 1921 add

Born 19/1/1894. Parents - Griffith & Mary [with thanks to Marie Cooper]

1894 - Bapt 11 Ar 1894, Ystradgynlais. Add-Cwm Cottages, Dads occ-Collier

1901 - Cwm, Ystradgynlais. 7yo. W parents & 4 sibs

1911 - Glynderwen Brecon Rd, Ystradgynlais. 17yo. Occ-Assistant Collier. W parents (dad-underground foreman) & 5 sibs

1919 - Married Mary F Morris, Q4 Pontardawe.

1921 - 2 Roderick Cottages, Brecon Rd, Ystradgynlais. 27y5m. Occ-Coal Miner (Haulier), Ystradgynlais Colliery Company. W wife Mary Francis, step-son William and Dilys (1921)

1939 - 2 Roderick Villas, Brecon Rd, Ystradgynlais. DOB 19/1/1894. Occ-Colliery Hewer (below ground). Widower, w redacted Fred C (1915) and Dilys (1921)

1973 - Died aged 79, Q2 Ystradgynlais

Address:
Roderick Villas Penrhos
Ystradgynlais (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl betw 13 & 22 Feb 1915. Poss paper chase, CDL 25/3/1915

France 21/22 Nov 1915

Likely Egypt Feb 1916

Disch 10/1/1919. Pension, Malaria & Muscular Rheumatism. Add-Roderick Villas

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Disabilities (Pens): Malaria, Muscular Rheumatism
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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