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1602. Gnr. Chew, Norman Gilbert

Gunner

Date of Birth: c1887 (SR)
Occupation: Bank Clerk (SR)
Employer: Lloyds Bank Ltd
Enlisted - Date: 24/11/1915
1908 Serv. No: 1602
1917 Serv. No: 725781
Service O/S: France: 27/2/17 - 6/10/17.
Demobilised: 21/11/1917
Date Died: 25/1/1918
How Died: Died
Awards: BWM. VIC. SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born April 1887, Parents - Albert Chew (Ironmonger) & Frances.

1891 - Bath St, Stroud. 3yo. With Parents 6 older sibs

1901 - 84 Bath Rd, Stroud. 13yo. W 5 siblings, no parents

1911 - Belle Vue House, Stroud. 22yo. Occ- Clerk (Bank). W sister Annie and her family

1915 - 13 Hibbert Rd, Neath, working as Bank Clerk at Lloyds Bank, Neath

1918 - Died 25/1/18 at Cashes Green, Stroud, aged 30. Buried Stroud Old Cemetery. Effects to Gerald Frank Chew, corn merchants clerk.

Address:
13 Hibbert Road
Neath (SR-F)

Military Service

Enl 24/11/15, Mobilized 22/5/16. Gnr, No 1602

25/5/16 - Posted 2nd Line, then B/340

6/10/16 - Posted 3/4 Welch Bde from 343 Bde

17/2/17 - Posted 2/53 DAC

27/2/17 - BEF Base France

7/10/17 - Clearing Office then to 1st General Hosp, London with Pulmonary TB

31/10/17 - Declared permanently unfit by Medical Board. TB originated Feb/17 in France

21/11/17 - Disch unit (TB)

Died 25/1/18. Commemorated on Brookwood Memorial

1st Welsh Unit: 2/1 Welsh (How) Bde
Discharged - Reason: Physically unfit (Pulmonary TB). Para 392 (XVI) KR. Sickness 2(a)(i).
Addnl info: Died in hospital. Buried/Commemorated: Stroud Old Cemetary
Final Unit: Base Details, France (TF). (SWB) Clearing Office (CWGC)
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SWB)(SR-F)(CWGC)

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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