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900. Dvr. Oliver, Archibald George

Driver

Date of Birth: 29/11/1897, Swansea (CENS)
Occupation: Clerk
Employer: Messrs T P Rose Richards Ltd (ROH)
1908 Serv. No: 900
Service O/S: France
Other service: 745670, A/Cpl, RFA & 87933, Sq-Ldr, RFAVR (WW2)
Commission: 10/4/1919

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 29/11/1897, Swansea . Parents - George Springell (shop assistant, died 12/1909) & Annie.

Bapt Swansea, St Jude, 26/12/1897. Add-16 Rhondda St. George - Drapers Assistant.

1901 - 1 Havelock Cottages, St Saviours, Jersey. 3yo. W parents.

Swansea Municipal Sec School (20/9/09-25/7/12). Prev sch Jersey Modern Sch, Channel Islands. Left and became junior clerk in shipbrokers office

1911 -

Christ Church ROH, Aug 15 as Archie

1918 Elec Reg. 33 Brunswick St, Swansea. Absent voter

1921 - 33 Brunswick St, Swansea. 23y8m. Occ-Shipping & Colliery Agents Clerk - Messrs FH Ducker & Co Ltd, Exchange Buildings, Swansea. W sister, Phyllis.

1923, Married - Irene Thomas Q3, Merthyr Tydfil

1932 - Elected Chairman of Swansea Chamber of Commerce

1939 - 21 Langland Rd. DOB 29/11/1897. Occ - Coal Exporter & Factor Shipbroker. ARP Part Time. W wife, Irene, Kathleen (1924)

1973 - Died 26/11/1972. 21 Langland Rd, Mumbles, Swansea

Address:
33 Brunswick St
Swansea (1918)

Military Service

Great War

No SR

Enl 8/8/14

In Oct 1914 Pic 'Swansea Gunners all ready" as Trumpeter. 18yo, so under age

Christ Church ROH, Aug 15.

Transferred to 68th DAC 2/9/15

Went to FR 28/11/17 - unit not known

10/4/1919 - Commissioned RFA

World War 2

9/11/1940 - Commissioned 87933, Pilot Officer, RFAVR, Administrative and Special Duties Branch

Mr AG Oliver, chairman of Mumbles United War Comforts Fund, and senior air-raid warden in the Langland District, who is leaving to take up an appointment under the Air Ministry...

South Wales Evening Post, 7/11/1940 (Newspapers.com)

1/5/1944 - Promoted Ft Lt,

Though absent in New York, Squadron Leader AG Oliver has not forgotten the Swansea Chamber of Commerce of which he is an exceedingly popular member......

Squadron-Leader Oliver, who is a Director of Baker Kernick, coal exporters, of Swansea docks, is with the British Air Commission in New York.

South Wales Evening Post, 12/1/1945 (Newspapers.com)

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 28/11/1917
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(NEWS)

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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