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Hanney, Cyril Charles

Date of Birth: 15/3/1894, Swansea
Employer: British Mannesman Tube Company Limited, Landore (ROH)
Enlisted - Date: 1914
Other service: 18821, Cpl, APC
Demobilised: 11/3/1919

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 15/3/1894, Swansea. Parents - William H (Musician) & Elizabeth

1901 - 8 Wernpil? Rd. 7yo/ W parents & 4 younger sibs

1910 - Joined GWR, 12 Dec as cleaner DOB 15/3/1894. Left 19/7/12

1911 - 9 Wern Rd, Landore. 17yo. Occ-Engine Cleaner. W parents & 5 younger sibs

1914 - Married Emma Jane Brown Q2, Swansea

1921 - 1 Ewart Place, Brynhyfryd. 27y3m. Occ-Tube Worker (Tagger), British Mannesman, Landore. W wife Emma Jane, Ronald C (1914), Ivor (1916) & Vera (1920)

1939 - 38 Faraday Rd, Clydach, Swansea DOB 15/3/1894. Occ-Gas Product ??. W wife Emma Jane, Reginald C (1925), Gilbert (1928) & redacted

1952 - Died aged 58, Q2, West Glamorgan

Address:
1 Ewart Place Brynhyfryd
Swansea (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 1914.

CDL ROH 14/9/14: British Mannesman Tube Company Limited, Landore: Cyril Charles Hanney, 1st Glamorgan Howitzers (T)

South Wales Daily Post, 2/3/1942: Mr Hanney himself is an ex-soldier, having served in the Royal Field Artillery from 1914 to 1917, when he was transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps until 1919.

Disch 11/3/1919. Mil pens, flat feet

Disabilities (Pens): Flat Feet
Sources: (PENS)

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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