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Gnr. Mathews, Edmund John

Gunner

Date of Birth: Q3 1894, Blackmill, Glam
Occupation: Apprentice Grocer (1911)
Enlisted - Date: 1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea (SDGW)
Other service: 168279, Gnr, RFA
Date Died: 31/1/1918
How Died: Died
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q3 1894, Blackmill, Glam. Parents - William & Margaret.

- Army records Matthews, Headstone MAthews

1901 - Ebenezer RD, Blackmill. 6yo. W grandmother, widowed father & sis.

1911 - 8 Ebenezer Terrace, Blackmill. 16yo. Occ-Apprentice Grocer. W grandmother, widowed father & sis.

Died 31 Jan 1918, Leith War Hospital (fr headstone). Buried Blackmill (Paran) Welsh Baptist Churchyard

Personal Info: Son of William and Margaret Matthews, of 8, Ebenezer Terrace, Blackmill, Bridgend. (CWGC)
Address:
8 Ebenezer Terrace
Blackmill (CENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brigate Service Number

Enl likely 1915, Swansea (SDGW) - so extremely likely to be 1st Welsh)

Transferred from 2nd Line to 4A Res Bde, Regular Army, Woolwich ,7 Sep1916 - 168279

Died at Leith War Hos 31 Jan 1917

Addnl info: Died at Leith War Hospital. Buried Blackmill (Paran) Welsh Baptist Churchyard
Final Unit: 462nd How Bty, 179 Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(SDGM)(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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