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Sgt. Yeo, Albert James Bevan

Sergeant

Date of Birth: 24/6/1868, Swansea
Occupation: Carpenter/Joiner (CENS)
Previous Serv: 143, Sgt, 1st Glamorganshire RGA Volunteers
Enlisted - Date: Form
Awards: VLSM (Jul '04)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born. Parents - William & Ann

- Bapt 22 July 1868, St Marys, Swansea. Dads occ - Baker

1881 - 12 Calvert St, Swansea. 11yo. Scholar. W father (baker) & 7 bros & 1 sis

1889 - Joined General Union of Carpenters

1891 - 12 Calvert St, Swansea. 21yo. Occ-Carpenter. W parents & 4 bros

1894 - Married Mary Jane Hoare, 29/11/1894, St James, Swansea. Add-Calvert St. Occ-Joiner

1901 -

1911 - 43 Henrietta St, Swansea. 42yo. Occ-House Carpenter. W Mary J & Maud Edith (1896)

1921 - 44 St Helen's Avenue, Swansea. 52y11m. Occ- Carpenter, Messrs Baldwins Tin Plate Manufacturer, Kings Docks, Swansea. W Mary Jane

1939 - 44 St Helen's Avenue, Swansea. DOB 24/6/1868. Occ-Retired Carpenter & Joiner. W wife Mary J

1956 - Died aged 88, 29/6/1956 at The Hospital, Mount Pleasant, Swansea. Add-5 Bethany-lane, West Cross, Swansea. effects to Maud Edith Barlow (prob daughter)

Address:
Swansea

Military Service

Prev Service - 1st Glamorganshire RGA Volunteers

Sgt Yeo of the 1st GVA, is going through a course of military cookery at Newport Barracks

South Wales Evening Post, 30/8/1901

1904 - Awarded Volunteer Long Service Medal (Jul 04), Sgt, no 143

Welcoming a Brigade NCO. The NCOs of the 1st GRG Artillery Volunteers held a dinner at the Drill Hall..... The following contributed to the harmony of the gathering... Sergt AJB Yeo

Herald of Wales, 17/9/1904

First GAV. Company's Annual Dinner at the royal.... others present included .... Sergt-Master-Cook Yeo. A long service medal was also presented to Sert Yeo...

Herald of Wales, 3/12/1904

ARTILLERYMEN’S DANCE, 1st Glam RGA non-Com’s at the Shaftesbury Hall… Sergt AJ Yeo

Cambria Daily Leader, 26/1/1905

1st Welsh Howitzers

The food at Portskewett Camp was good but plain – very plain, and with his Aldershot five range (a rarity in camps) Sergt Yeo, the master cook, made the best of his materials.

South Wales Daily Post, 15/8/1910

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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