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497. Gnr. Nash, Leonard

Gunner

Date of Birth: 20/4/1892, St Thomas, Swansea (SR & CENS)
Occupation: Shoemaker
Enlisted - Date: 25/5/1910
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
1908 Serv. No: 497
Service O/S: BEF France: 21/11/15 - 4/3/16. Mediterranean EF: 5/3/16-29/4/14.
Demobilised: 24/5/1916
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Registered Everard Leonard Nash

Born 20/4/1892, St Thomas, Swansea. Parents - Charles Henry and Elizabeth

1901 -

1911 - 139 Port Tennant Rd, St Thomas, Swansea (as Evered L), 18yo Occ-Boot Repairer. W parents & 6 sibs

Mil records (1916) list M Nash, 53 Norwich St Cambridge as wife

1921 - 43 Norwich Street, Cambridge. 30y2m. Occ-Manager (Boot Dept), Lausie & McConnal Ltd Universal Stores, Fitzroy St, Cambridge. W wife, Maud, Grace Williams (Daughter? aged 20y5m) and Sidney Nash (son? aged 17y2m) - step-kids?

1939 - 43 Norwich Street, Cambridge. DOB Occ-Labourer Railway Maintenace Engineering. W Maud Nash

Died aged 73, 13 March 1965, Add-43 Norwich St, Cambridge. Effects to Grace Martha Williams

Married - NF

Address:
139 Port Tennant Road
Swansea (SR)

Military Service

SR

Enl 25 May 1910, Swansea as Gunner, 1st Glam Bty

Embodied 5/8/14

Imp Ser 4 Sep 1914, Northampton

France 21/22 Nov 1915 to 4 March 1916

Emb Marseilles 5/2/16, Alexandria 10/2/1916

Egypt 5/3/16 - 29/4/16. Transferred to England for disch on HMT Northland 28/4/16

Disch 24 May 1916, Swansea. Term of Pd of Engagement - Occ-Shoemaker andf planned to live at 53 Norwich St, Cambridge. Mil character good. Being by trade a shoemaker this man should be useful for his trade and his conduct during his service shows him to be a reliable man.

1st Welsh Unit: 1st Glamorgan Battery
Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Termination of Period of Engagement - Para 392 (XVI) KR
Final Unit: 1/1st Glamorgan Battery
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(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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