Personal Profile

1520. Gnr. Milward, Robert Hulin

Gunner

Date of Birth: 17/5/1894, Bridgend (CENS)
Occupation: Miner
Enlisted - Date: 27/9/1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 1520
Service O/S: Salonika: 11/11/16 - 10/11/18 (Signaller)
Other service: 726060, 168265
Demobilised: 18/2/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC. SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 17/5/1894, Bridgend. Parents - Robert and Sophia Emilia.

- Bapt 26/6/1895 St Marys Nolton, Glam. Add-Tennis Court, Bridgend. Dads occ- Publican

1901 - Caewall, Llandaff. W brothers & uncle

1911 - Laburnham, Dunvant, Swansea. 15yo. Occ-Pump Boy. W parents (Dad Coal Miner) & 2 sibs

1923 - Married Florence Mahala Tillett 1923, Paddington, London. Son Rickie (1932)

1921 -

1939 - 167 Ashmore Rd, Paddington. DOB 17/5/1894. Occ-Salesman Milk. Widower

Member of Auxilary Fire Service (existed 1938-1941)

1964 - Died aged 68, 10 Apr 1964, 21 Greencoat Mansions, Greencoat Row, London. Effects to widow, Winifred

Address:
15 Laburnum Terrace Dunvant
nr Swansea (SR-F)

Military Service

WORKING NOTES

- Enlisted 27 Sep 1915, Swansea - trade Miner. 5 foot 6 and a half

- Initially trained with the 3/1 Welsh Howitzers (the depot), then transferred to the 2nd Line (2/2 Glamorgan Battery) on 5/2/1916 (in the UK)

- Transferred along with the rest of the 2nd line to 4A Res Bde on 7/9/16

- Posted to the Salonika Expeditionary Force 11/11/16 and when he arrived to D Battery 1 Brigade where he served for the rest of the war

- Suffered from Malaria (first attack May 1917, last Oct 1918) - not uncommon in Salonika and received a military pension

- Discharged 18/2/19

- Awarded the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Silver War Badge (to recognise his long term illness)

Discharged - Reason: Disembodied on Demobilzation. Sick 392 (xvia)
Disabilities (Pens): Malaria
Final Unit: 34 Res Bty
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SR-F)(PENS)

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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