Personal Profile

Gnr. George, Wilfred James

Gunner

Date of Birth: 19/9/1895, Swansea (BAPT)
Occupation: Gardener (CENS)
Other service: 931393, Gnr, RFA
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 19/9/1895, Swansea. Parents - John & Elizabeth

- Bapt 11/12/1895, St Marys (with sis Lillian). Add-Sketty. Dads occ-Mason.

1901 - Town Hill Rd, Swansea. 5yo. W parents & 4 sibs (Dad-Bricklayer)

1911 - 15 Margaret Terrace, Sketty. 15yo. Occ-Gardener (Domestic). W parents & 6 sibs

1918 - Elec Reg. 15 Margaret Ter. Abs voter

1921 - 16 Griffiths Ter, Swansea. 25y9m. Occ-All-round Gardener for Mr Trevor Bowen, Shipowner. W widowed mother & 6 sibs

1924 - Married Nora Huldah Haug, 12/7/1924, St Johns, Swansea. Occ-Gardener. Add-15 Margaret Terrace, Sketty

1939 - Hephill Lodge, Lugwardine, Hereford. DOB 19/9/1895. Occ-Chauffeur - Handyman. W wife, Nora H, redacted & Daphne (1928)

1974 - Died aged 79, Q4, Hereford. DOB 19/9/1895

Address:
15 Margaret Terrace Sketty
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR

Likely enlisted 1915/16

In transfers from 3rd Line to 291 Bde 18/7/16 – 931393

The 931xxx block relates to a group of men who transferred from the 3rd Line (No 7 Reserve Brigade) on 24 June 1916. They were initially transferred to D(H))/288 Battery, a new Howitzer battery raised at Winchester for the 57th Division but were quickly redirected to the D(H)/291 of the 58th Division on 18 July 1916.

The 58th (2nd/1st London) Division joined the BEF on the Western Front in January 1917 and fought there through the remainder of the War,

On 24 August 1916, some of the men were swapped with D(H)/336 Battery of the 67th Division and went on to serve in Mesopotamia from October 1917.

Wounded Sep 18. NOK Swansea

Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

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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