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Ftr/Gnr. Mills, Joseph Henry

Fitter/Gunner

Date of Birth: 22/5/1897, Landore
Occupation: Fitter
Employer: Baldwins Ltd, Port Talbot
Enlisted - Date: 27/5/1914
Other service: 745545, 68th DAC
Demobilised: 30/10/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC. TWM.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 22/5/1897, Landore. Parents - Thomas & Harriet

1901 - 109 Siloh Rd, Landore. 3yo. W parents & 3 older sibs

1903 - Adm . DOB 22/7/1897. Add- 42 Robert St. Left Sept 1909 to Mun Sec Sch as scholar

1909 - Adm Swansea Municipal Secondary School, 20/9/1909. 22/5/1897. Add-42 Robert St. Left summer 1913 to become Apprentice in Fitting Shop (Baldwins Ltd)

1911 - 42 Robert St, Manselton, 14yo. School. W parents & 3 bros

1921 - 42 Robert St, Manselton. 24y4m. Occ-Fitter, Baldwins Ltd, Port Talbot. W parents (Dad Steel Mill Superintendent at Baldwins) and younger bro

1925 - Married Emma Evelyn Roberts, 2 Jul 1925. Add-42 Roberts St. Occ-Engineer

1939 - 72 Cecil St, Swansea. DOB 22/5/1897. Occ-Foreman Mechanic Tinplate Works & Aux Fire Brigade. W wife Emma

1973 - Died aged 75, Q1, Swansea. DOB May 1897.

Address:
42 Robert St Manselton
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 27/5/1914 (from partial med rcd). Serv No 831, 832 or 833

Transferred to 68th DAC, 2 September 1916

Sept1917 - Facial Paralysis

Discharged 30/10/19 as Fitter

Discharged - Reason: Facial Paralysis
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SWB)(PENS)(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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