Personal Profile

Rees, Sidney (Sid)

Date of Birth: c1889, Morriston (CENS)
Occupation: Steel Worker, Baller (1911)
Enlisted - Date: Form
Service O/S: Gallipoli (R Ir R)
Other service: 951, Pte, Royal Irish Regiment
Demobilised: 29/3/1919
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC. (R Ir R)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born c1889, Morriston. Parents - John & Emily

1891 - 67 Martin St, Morriston. 2yo. W parents, 5 sibs and AJ Buckland

1901 - 67 Martin St, Morriston. 12yo. W parents, 5 sibs and AJ Buckland (also band member)

1911 - 67 Martin St, Morriston. 22yo. Occ-Steel Worker, Baller, Steel Works. W 4 sibs & AJ Buckland, also band member (no parents)

19 - Married

1921 -

1939 - DOB

19 - Died aged

Address:
67 Martin Street
Morriston (NEWS)

Military Service

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1st Welsh Howitzers

No SR

Formation recruit and bandsman

Likely enlisted Apr '08, Morriston. Poss left when band broke up in Apr 1914

Royal Irish Regiment

Enlisted at start of War, Pte, 951, 5/7th Royal Irish Regiment

Writing to his parents at Martin-street, Morriston, Mr Sid Rees, who is at present serving with the Royal Irish Regiment, stationed at Fermoy, Ireland, states that he has recently bee appointed lead drummer of the band. Previous to his enlisting with the Regular Forces at the outbreak of the war, he was a member of the band of the 1st Welsh Howitzer Brigade, RFA, who whom he served for 14 years.

South Wales Evening Post, 5/10/14 (Newspapers.com)

2b Balkans - 22/7/1915. Therefore Gallipoli, likely with 5th (Pioneer) Battalion Royal Irish Regt, 10th Division

10th Div later Salonika & Egypt

Pte Sid Rees, Royal Irish Regiment, of 67 Martin Street, Morriston, is suffering from malaria fever, and is now in hospital in London.

Herald of Wales, 18/5/1918 (Newspapers.com)

Disch 19/3/1919

Awarded 1914/14 Star, BWM & Vic

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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