Personal Profile

Bdr. Fearn, Arthur William

Bombadier

Date of Birth: 25/3/1894, Shepherds Bush, London (CENS)
Occupation: Coal Miner Hewer (1911)
Enlisted - Date: 6/8/1914
Other service: 539 & 745259, 53rd DAC, 293448 & 1000108, Bdr
Demobilised: 11/8/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 25/3/1894, Shepherds Bush, London. Parents - Arthur & Elizabeth

1901 - Rose Cottage, Keynsham, Soms. 7yo. W parents & 7 sibs

1911 - 68 St John St, Resolven. 17yo. Occ-Coal Miner Hewer. Boarding w brother Albert

1921 -

1922 - 9 Cross St, Resolven (RAA)

1926 - Married Elizabeth Maud Davies, Q3, Bridgend.

1939 - 3 Clifton Terrace, Port Talbot. DOB 25/3/1894. Occ-Club Steward. W Elizabeth M & Beryl CD (1921)

1948 - Died aged 54, 25 May 1948. Add-Somerset House Hotel, Green St, Neath. Effects to widow, Elizabeth Maud.

He died May 1948 in Neath at the Somerset House Hotel that he ran with my gt grandmother, aged only 54. She died in 1978 and they are buried together.

Address:
9 Cross St Resolven
Neath (PENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brigade Service No

Enl date 6/8/1914 from RAA so number likely 860, 880, 882

Transferred to 53rd DAC 9/11/15, No 539 & 745259

France 23-25 Nov 1915 as Gnr

Likely transferred to 29 DAC, Mar 1916

WO Daily List No 5585, 6 Jun 1918. Wounded, 745259, L/Bdr, NOK add Chiswick, W

Promoted Bdr, transferred to regs as 293448

Transferred/re-enl post war 12 Aug 1919, Hounslow as 1000108. Add-Shepherd Bush, London.

Disch 31 Jan 1922

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 25/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Discharged - Reason: Transferred to Regulars as 1000108
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

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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