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653. Dvr. Green, William Jesse Charles

Driver

Date of Birth: 28/8/1893 (RMSR), Upper Stratton, nr Swindon, Wilts (SR)
Occupation: Tin Worker
Employer: The Villiers Tinplate Co Ltd
Enlisted - Date: 10/7/1912
Enlisted - Loc: Briton Ferry
1908 Serv. No: 653
Service O/S: Home: 10/7/12 - 5/4/16
Other service: 19307, Marine, Royal Marines
Demobilised: 5/4/1916
Awards: BWM. VIC. (RM)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 28/8/1893, Upper Stratton, nr Swindon, Wilts . Parents - James & Amelia

1901 - 180 Beatrice St, Swindon. 5yo. W parents (dad-railway carriage fitter) & 3 sibs

1911 -

1912 - Living at 10 Eva St, Neath, 5ft 3in

1921 - 20 Helens Rd, Neath. 26y10m. Occ-Tin Worker, Villiers Tinplate Company. W parents & 3 younger sibs

1923 - Married Annie Pearson then Gale (widowed), Q4, Neath

1939 - Shappens Yard off Regent St West. DOB 28/8/1893. Occ-Wheeler Tinplates. W wife Elizabeth and 2 redacted.

1986 - Died aged 90, Q1, Neath

Personal Info: Father - James Joseph Green, 16 Eva St, Neath. Military Character - Very Good. During the period he has been under my command he has borne a very good charactter
Address:
10 Eva Street
Neath (SR)

Military Service

2xSR

Enl 10/7/1912, Briton Ferry, 2nd Glam Bty

Embodied 5/8/14, posted to AC 26/9

posted 2/1st AC 14/6/15, 47th Prov Bn, Norwich 3/7/15

Disch 5/4/16 - no reason given

Re-enl Royal Marines 12/4/1916, London. No 19307. 5ft 5, Blue eyes, Brown Hair

Served to 23/1/1920. Character V Good

Photo - With thanks to Jonathan Skidmore. From Neath and Briton Ferry in the First World War

1st Welsh Unit: 2nd Glam Bty & 2/1st Welsh Ammunition Column
Discharged - Reason: Military Service Act
Sources: (SR)

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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