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
Address:
13 Hibbert Road
Neath (SR-F)
Military Service
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