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Dvr. Faull, John Wilfred Joseph

Driver

Date of Birth: 12/3/1898, Morriston (CENS)
1917 Serv. No: 725555
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

Born 12 March 1898, Baptised 17 April 1898, Rhossili. Parents John & Beatrice, Morriston. John was an ironmonger.

1901 - 53 Clydach Rd, Morriston. 3yo. W parents

1911 - Clydach Rd, Morriston - 13yo w both parents & 3 siblings, Father Iron Merchant (employer). Living next door to the Hanneys (WJ - Bandmaster, Edgar - 725043 and Vincent- 163/725013)

Went to Swansea Grammar - shown on their Roll of Honour

1915 - Morriston ROH Dvr, Wilfred Faull, Midland Terrace

1924 - Married Maria 24 Dec 1924 at Llangyfelach - Add-Fyncroft?, Morriston. Occupation Iron Merchant

Swansea forward & International referee - 3 tests, 1936 & 37. Referred to as Wilf

1939 - Falmouth House, Swansea. Occ Ironmonger's shop. W wife and 2 redacted.

South Wales Evenening Post, 19/8/1949 (Newspapers.com)

President of WRFU 1962/63

1982 - Died 8 Jun 1982. Add- Craig-y-Eos, 26 Langland Bay Rd, Langland, Swansea.

Address:
Midland Terrace
Morriston (ROH)

Military Service

No surviving service record.

Joined Brigade shortly after 17th bday. Based on 1917 service no between 25-29 March 1915. 08 service no would have been 1267, 1268 or 1269.

Appears in 2 Morriston Rolls of Honour (1914 - unattached, 1915 - 2/1st)

Possibly in WJ Hughes 1915 training photo

Remained in UK with Brigade until 19yo (hence 2/1st in ROH). East Anglia (St Neots and Norfolk)

Renumbered 725555 in 1917 (within 1st Welsh sequence) - possibly because still with 2/1st

Saw active service, location unknown - possibly Egypt, France, Salonika or Mespot

Awarded BWM & Vic

Major in Home Guard in WW2 Officer Commanding No 1 Company, 12th Battalion, Morriston.

MBE 1944

Major Faull raised No 1 Company of the 12th Bn Glam HG in May 1940. He has commanded it since its formation, since when approximately 1500 men have passed through the Company. The Company is raised from an industrial part of Swansea, and Major Faull has not had the same choice of officers as would be available to other neighborhoods. Notwithstanding this, he surmounted all difficulties by applying his own energies to his problems, with the result that his Coy is and always has been well trained, organised and equipped. Hs efforts are deserved of the highest praise.

- Col JV Edward-Jones (Swansea Group Comd), 3 Mar 44

South Wales Evenening Post, 28/2/1945 (Newspapers.com)

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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