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Dvr. Haines, Albert Cyril

Driver

Date of Birth: 30/6/1893, Cardiff
Enlisted - Date: 5/1915
Enlisted - Loc: Swansea
Service O/S: France
Other service: 450 & 745203, 53rd DAC
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Known as Cyril

Born 30/6/1893, Cardiff. Parents - John & Mary

Bapt 30/7/1893, St Andrews Cardiff. DOB 30/6/1893. Add-26 ???roy St. Dads occ-Miller

1901 - 2 Milton Ter, Swansea. 7yo. W parents, 2 older bros (Bertie & Stanley) and younger sis (Gwennie). Dad - Builder

1911 - 15 Edgware Rd, Swansea. 17yo. Occ-Fisherman, Trawling Co. W parents and 2 sibs

1916 - Married Edith A Spridgeon, Q4, Swansea.

SKETTY SOLDIER'S WEDDING. A pretty wedding was solmnised at Sketty Church on Tuesday by the Vicar, the Rev JM Stewart, between Miss Edith Sprigen, eldest daughter of Mr A Sprigen, L and NW (guard) and Trooper A Cyril Haines, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Haines, Tycoch-road, Sjetty. The bridesmaids were Miss N Sprigen, sister of the bride, and Miss Gwenny Haines, sister of the bridegroom. The duties of best man were carried out by Corporal Bertie Haines, brother of the bridegroom, who journeyed from London for the occasion. The Bridegroom leave for France on Friday, where he has spent the last 18 months.

South Wales Daily Post – 20/12/65

Edith Annie from Little Bowden, Northampton.

1921 - 19 Langland Place, Swansea. 27y11m. Occ-Grain Packer - Weaver & Co. W wife Edith Annie from Little Bowden Northampton & Evelyn Irene (1920)

1939 - 46 Merlin Crescent, Swansea. DOB 30/6/1893. Occ-Provender Worker HW. W wife Edith, redacted & Evelyn (18/8/20)

1972 - Died Q3, 1972, Swansea. DOB 30/6/1893

Address:
Sketty
Swansea

Military Service

No SR

Enl May 1915, Swansea. Serv number bet 1320-1375. Dvr

Pte Cyril Haines, who joined the 3rd/1st Welsh RFA last May at Swansea, and is now at Leyton, about to leave with the first line.

South Wales Evening Post – 19/11/15

7/7/1915 - Transferred to 53rd DAC as No 450

France 23/25 Nov 1915

Married Dec 1916, returned to France 22nd Dec.

Renumbered 745202 - still with DAC, so likely transferred to 29th DAC and stayed in France.

Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 25/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France

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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