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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

Secretary of Swansea Swim Club

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

1941 - Appointed Co Secretary of Ben Evans: Mr Millard has been with the firm for 32 years, and at the present is chief cashier, while he is well known in athletic circles as the secretary of the Swansea Swimming Club South Wales Eve Post, 19/9/1941

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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