1258*. Gnr. Webbern, William Harold
Gunner
Date of Birth: c1895 (CWGC), Swansea (SDGW)
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea (SDGW)
1908 Serv. No: 1258*
1917 Serv. No: 725547
Date Died: 12/9/1917
How Died: Killed In Action
Awards: BWM. VIC.
Personal Details
Known as Willie
Personal Info: Son of William and Catherine Webbern, of 61, King Edward Rd., Swansea. (CWGC)
Address:
61 King Edward Road
Swansea (NEWS)
Military Service
Addnl info: Buried/Commemorated: The Huts Cemetary
Final Unit: "B" Bty. 107th Bde. (CWGC)
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(CWGC)(SDGW)(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