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1409*. Sgt. Millard, Bertie Charles Shadwick

Sergeant

Date of Birth: 19/9/1888, Swansea (Cens)
Occupation: Drapers clerk (1911)
Employer: Ben Evans & Co, Drapers. Temple St, Swansea (1921)
1908 Serv. No: 1409*
1917 Serv. No: 725638
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 19/9/1888, Swansea. Parents William Reeves & Margaret Maria

- Bapt 13/3/1895, Holy Trinity, Swansea. Add- 90 Lower Oxford St (1895). Dads occ-Pastry Cook

1891 - 73 New Oxford St. 2 yo. W parents & 1 younger bro

1901 - 161 St Helens Ave, Swansea. 12yo. W parents & 2 younger bros

1911 - 161 St Helens Ave, Swansea. 22yo. Occ-Drapers Clerk. W parents (Wm - pastrycook) and 2 younger bros

1920 - Married Annie Gertrude Carpenter, Q2 Swansea,

1921 - 21 Bryn-y-mor Rd, Swansea. 32y9m. Occ-Bookkeeper, Ben Evans & Co Ltd, General Drapers. W Annie Gertrude

1939 - 70 Cromwell St, Swansea. DOB 19/9/1888. Occ-Drapers Cashier. W Annie & his mother

Died aged 89, 3/9/1979. Add- 104 Rhondda St, Mount Pleasant

Address:
161 St Helens Ave
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR. Brother of 1453, Phillip Thomas

Enl 7 Jun 1915, likely Swansea, likely no 1409

- Same day as Albert Reed, also from Ben Evans & Co

BWM & Vic. Rank-Sjt

Nothing else

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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