Personal Profile

Dvr. Conybear, Edward Arthur

Driver

Date of Birth: 10/8/1892, Swansea
Enlisted - Date: 1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea (SDGW)
Other service: 168323, Dvr, RFA
Date Died: 9/11/1917
How Died: Killed in Action
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 10/8/1892, Swansea. Parents - William George & Martha

- Bapt 16 Oct 1892, St Gabiel, Swansea. Add-12 Burman St. Dads occ-Fruiterer

1901 - 12 Burman St, Swansea. 8yo. W parents (Dad-shoemaker) & 5 older sibs

1911 - 24 Woodlands Terrace, Swansea. 18yo. Occ-Clerk (accountant). W parents (Dad-Bookmaker & repairer) & 3 older sibs

1917 - Died 9 Nov 1917. Killed on Arras St Julien Rd. Buried St Julien Dressing Station

Personal Info: Parents: William George and Martha Conybear, of 52, Gwydr Crescent, Swansea. (CWGC)
Address:
6 Consitution Hill
Swansea (PENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brigade Serv No

Likely Enl 1915, Swansea

In transfers from 2nd Line to 4A Res Bde 7/9/16 - 168323

Killed in Action, 9/11/17, 71st Bty, 36th Bde, Killed on Arras - St Julien Rd - Dynevor ROH - nr Ypres.

- Buried St Julien Dressing Station - Another member of unit who died same day buried next to him (Dvr FC Fidler) - same incident on the road?

His brother, Frank's, son appears to have been named after him (bn 1919). WW2 Wellington pilot, died over Germany in 1942

Final Unit: 71st/36th Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SDGW)(CWGC)

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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