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Thomas, Harold Llewellyn

Date of Birth: 31/7/1891, Swansea
Occupation: Fitter (1911)
Enlisted - Date: Form/PW
Other service: Merchant Navy

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 31/7/1891, Swansea. Parents - William Morgan & Ann

1901 - 33 Gorse Lane, Swansea. 12yo. W parents & 4 sibs

1896 - Adm Brynmill School (infants). DOB 31/7/1891. Add-33 Gorse Lane

1911 - 33 King Edward Road, Swansea. 20yo. Occ-Fitter, Railway. W parents & 3 sibs (Dad - Book Dealer)

1918 - Elec Reg. 33 King Edward Rd, Absent

19 - Married

1918 - Merchant Navy, 2nd Engineer. RNR No 1580EA. DOB 31/7/1891

1921 - Merchant Navy, Engineer

1939 - Patient, Swansea General Hospital, St Helens Rd, Swansea. DOB 31/7/1891. Occ-Superintendent, Sailor Home

1939 - Died aged 48, 4/11/1939 at Swansea Hospital. Add-Sailors Home, Victoria Rd. Survived by his wife, Gwenlian Rose and a daughter

Address:
33 King Edward Road
Swansea (1911)

Military Service

South Wales Evening Press, 6/11/39: He completed five years in the old 1st Welsh Howitzer Brigade before going to sea.....

Therefore formation recruit or shortly after.

In the navy during the last war, he was a chief engineroom artificer, and in HMS Morris was at the Battle of Dogger Bank. Later he served in a torpedo boat flotilla based on Gibraltar, and while there was in the Royal Navy polo team.

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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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