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1485. Gnr/Sig. Yelland, Aubrey Lewis

Gunner/Signaller

Date of Birth: 16/9/1896, Bristol
Occupation: Teacher
1908 Serv. No: 1485
1917 Serv. No: 725683
Service O/S: Salonica, Egypt & Palestine
Other service: 301 Bde, RFA
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 16/9/1896, Bristol. Parents - Lewis & Matilda

1901 - 84 Arabella St, Roath, Cardiff. 4yo. W parents & younger Sis (Dad-Bootmaker)

1908 - Adm Swansea Municipal Sec Sch 8/9/1908, left 29/7/1915. Prev Sch Pentrepoeth. Occ on leaving RFA

1911 - 81 Woodfield St, Morriston, Swansea. 14yo. W parents (Dad - Manager Butchers Shop) & younger sis

1918 - Elec Reg. Add-81 Woodfield St, Swansea. Abs Voter

1921 -

1926 - Married Martha A Williams, Q3 Swansea

South Wales Evening Post, 28/11/1931 (Newspapers.com)

MARTIN SHIELD WINNERS. Presentation at Llansamlet Senior School.. At the Llansamlet Senior School, Councillor WJ Davies, JP, chairman of the Swansea Education Committee presented the Martin Shield to the Llansamlet Senior Boys AFC. In making the presentation, Councillor Davies congratulated the school team, Mr Henry headmaster, and Mr A Yelland, sports master, upon heading the schools league table.

South Wales Evening Post, 1/7/1932 (Newspapers.com)

South Wales Evening Post, 13/5/1939 (Newspapers.com)

1939 - Tanybryn, Mynydd Bach, Swansea. DOB 16/9/1896. Elementary Schoolmaster. W wife, Martha A, Brian (1928) & redacted

1944 - Died aged 47, 17 Mar 1944. Add-Tanybryn, Mynyddbach, Swansea. Effects to Martha Ann, widow.

SCHOOL MOURNERS AT MORRISTON. The headmaster, two previous headmasters, and the senior boys of Llansamlet School attended, and members of the warden's post at Mynyddbach were bearers, at the Morriston Cemetery of Mr Aubrey Yelland, of Tant-y-bryn, Mynyddbach for many years an assistant teacher at the school..

South Wales Evening Post, 25/3/1944 (Newspapers.com)

Personal Info: Father - Lewis Yelland (Manager of Eng & Colonial CO) - 81 Woodfield St, Morriston
Address:
81 Woodfield St
Morriston (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl bet 24 Jul & 11 Aug 1915

1918 - Adm 19th Gen Hosp, Alexandria. 23/3/18. RFA 301 Bde, 1485, Gnr Yelland, AL, 23yo, 2y7m service, 8m w Fd Force, Rt Ing Hernia. Disch 6/5/18 (45d) to Con Dep Mustapha

Dec 19 - Carmarthen Teacher Training College Magazine (ww1.wales) Yelland A L, enlisted in the 3/1st Welsh (How) Bde, RFA in August 1915, served in Salonica, Egypt and Palestine from June 1917 to January 1919.

1st Welsh Unit: 3/1st Welsh RFA
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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