Personal Profile

Anstey, Charles

Date of Birth: 9/8/1890, Morriston (CENS)
Enlisted - Date: Form/PW
Other service: 1878, Pte, RAMC & 357289, Pte, 3/10 Liverpool Regt

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 9/8/1890, Morriston. Parents - John & Rebecca

1891 - Chemical Rd, Morriston. 7m. W parents 7 7 older sibs

1901 - 41 Chemical Road, Morriston. 10yo. W parents (dad-Chemical Worker) & 5 sibs

1911 - 41 Chemical Rd, Morriston. 20yo. Occ-General Labourer, Chemical Works. W parents (father-Invalid), 3 sins & bro-in-law (Thos Gilchrist)

1911 - Married Gwenlllian Jones, 3 Jun 1911, Llangyfelach. Occ-Labourer. Add-41 Chemical Rd, Morriston. Father - John, Labourer

1918 - Elec Reg - 41 Chemical Rd, Absent voter

1921 - 6 High St, Grovesend. 30y10m. Occ-Miner (Coal) Hewer, Thoas Williams & Sons Colliery Proprietor, Grovesend. W Gwendoline

1939 - 63 Bucks Hill, Nuneaton. DOB 9/8/1890. Occ-Colliery Hewer. W Gwendoline & Barbara (1924)

1964 - Died aged 73, Q2 Nuneaton

Address:
41 Chemical Road
Morriston (CENS)

Military Service

No Brigade SR

Served 4 years pre-War

Re-enlisted 20/10/1914, 1878, Pte, 2/3rd Welsh Field Ambulance, RAMC

15/1/16 - Transferred 357289, Pte, 3/10 Liverpool Reg (Liv Scottish)

France 10/4/16 - 17/10/17

19/10/17 - Adm Edinburgh War Hosp, Bangour, West Lothian

Dec 17 - Injured (NEWS)

Dec 1918 - 3rd Bn, KLR, Theatre served - Irish

19/2/19 - Transferred back to Welsh Fd Amb as 1878, Pte

Disch 31/3/20, BWM & Vic

- Mil pens - Internal derangement of Lt Knee Joint

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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