Personal Profile

Bdr. Morton, Gordon Llewellyn

Bombadier

Date of Birth: 18/11/1891, Swansea
Occupation: Coachbuilder (1911)
Enlisted - Date: 1914

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 18/11/1891, Swansea. Parents - Henry Champion & Ellen Virtue

- Bapt 6/1/1892, St Thomas, Swansea. Add-39 Sebastopol St. Dads occ-Joiner

1901 - 5 Miers St, Swansea. 9yo. W parents & 6 sibs

1911 - 5 Miers St, Swansea. 19yo. Occ-Coachbuilder, Carriage builder. W parents & 3 sis

1917 - Married Marjorie Newman, 24 Jun 1917, Christ Church, Swansea. Occ-Bombadier. Add-Langley Park.

1921 - 5 Miers St, St Thomas, Swansea. 29y9m. Occ- Motor Body Builder, Jacket Bros, Swansea. W wife, Marjorie, Hilda (1919) & Gordon Jas (1920)

1939 - 7 Llywn Derw, Swansea. DOB -18/11/1891. Occ-Master Motor Body Builder. W Marjorie, Hilda, Gordon, redacted & Jean (1930)

1967 - Died aged 75, 5 Nov 1967. Add-7 Llywn Derw, Fforestfach, Swansea. Effects to Children.

Address:
5 Miers St
Swansea (Cens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl 1914, in 1914 photo of recruits. Number between 986 & 1066

As coachbuilder - likely a Fitter

1917 - Marriage - Bdr, Langley Park (where 2nd Line was based - in Norfolk)

Nothing else

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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