Personal Profile

Dvr. Rees, David Dickens

Driver

Date of Birth: Q1 1896, Swansea
Occupation: Assistant Assayer (1911)
Employer: Mr Sims, Assayer (NEWS)
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea (SDGW)
Other service: 168181, Dvr, RFA
Date Died: 3/6/1918
How Died: Killed in Action
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born Q1 1896, Swansea. Parents - David & Catherine

1901 - 18 Stanley Terr, Swansea, 5yo. W parents (Dad-Assayer) & 5 older sibs

1911 - 18 Stanley Terr, Swansea, 15yo. Occ-Assayer Assistant. W widowed mother & 4 older sibs

1915 - Working for Mr Sims, the Swansea assayer.

1918 - Killed in Action 3/6/1918. Buried Gwalia Cemetery, nr Ypres, Belgium

Personal Info: Mother: Catherine Rees of 18 Stanley Terr, Swansea
Address:
18 Stanely Terrace
Swansea (PENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brig Serv No

Enl likely 1915, Swansea (SDGW)

Likely 2nd Line

Transferred from 2nd Line to 4A Res Bde, Regular Army, Woolwich, 7 Sep 1916.

Killed in Action 3/6/1918. Buried Gwalia Cemetery, nr Ypres, Belgium

A colleague, writing home, states that Driver Rees was killed almost instantaneously. CDL 12/6/18

Addnl info: Buried Gwalia Cemetery, nr Ypres, Belgium
Final Unit: D Battery, 187 Brigade
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(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
Back to Nom Roll