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CARTER, William - Lance Corporal 19104
10th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Gelligaer, enlisted at Bargoed and lived at Tredegar.
Killed in action on 12th July 1916 - France and Flanders.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France.

Son of Mrs Leah Carter, 34, Harp Terrace, Gelligaer

 

CAVLEY, Rees - Private 3/8401
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Forerly 13454, Somerset Light Infantry.

Born in Tredegar, enlisted at Mountain Ash, lived in Matthewstown, Mountain Ash.
Killed in action on 8th May 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Authuille Military Cemetery, France.

Husband of Mary Jane Petherick (formerly Cavley), 50, Tower Street, Wood Road, Pontypridd

 

CHARD, Joseph - Private 33016
11th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Ebbw Vale, enlisted at Abertillery, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 11th July 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, France.

Son of Mrs MJ Chard, 154, Mount Pleasant, Tredegar

 

CHILDS, John - Private 25115
38th Machine Gun Corps.
Formerly 20962, South Wales Borderers.

Born and enlisted in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 26th August 1918 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France.

Husband of Elizabeth Childs, 22 Earl Street, Tredegar, father to Mary Ann Childs.

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CLARKE, Frederick - not yet traced.

 

CLEAL, Worthy - Private 30199
Tank Corps.
Formerly 3800 Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Tredegar, enlisted at Abergavenny. Was a ‘greengrocer’s son’.
Killed in action on 3rd October 1918 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France

Son of Worthy and EJ Cleal, 26, Castle Street, Tredegar, brother to Gertrude Mary, George Redvers and Reginald Cleal.

 

COLE, Thomas Richard - Private 16161
7th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somerset Light Infantry).

Born in Tredegar, enlisted at Bristol and lived at Shirehampton. Was a coal miner.
Killed in action on 7th October 1916 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, France

Son of Richard Anthony and Mary Ann Cole, 7 West Hill, Tredegar,
brother to David William, Mary Hannah, Blodwen and Cyril Cole
.

 

COLES, William James - Private 85368
1/6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
Formerly 69482, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Enlisted at Tredegar
Killed in action on 27th May 1918 - France & Flanders.
Buried at La Ville aux Bois Cemetery, Aisne, France

 

CONSTANCE, Henry Ivor - Private 266846
1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Formerly 2806, Monmouthshire Regiment

Enlisted at Abergavenny, lived in Tredegar
Killed in action 8th November 1917 - France & Flanders
Buried at Whitehouse Cemetery, St Jan, Ypres, Belgium.

Son of Israel and Alice Ann Constance, 51, Victoria Square, Tredegar,
brother to Bertie, Elizabeth Ann, William Haydn and Lena May Constance.

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CONSTANCE, J H - Could be Herbert Henry Constant, 2nd Corporal 541956, Royal Engineers

 

COOK, Herbert - Sapper 155232
175th Tunnelling Company, Corps of Royal Engineers.

Born in Norton, Durhan, enlisted at Tredegar.
Died of wounds on 20th September 1917 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Godewaerdsvelde British Cemetery, France.

Son of Albert Cook, 29, Wrighton Street, Norton on Tees, Durham.

 

COOK, David Stanley - Lance Corporal 13755
4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Tredegar, enlisted at Newport, lived at New Tredegar. Was a rope examiner underground.
Died on 1st January 1917 - Mesopotamia.
Buried at Amara War Cemetery, Gaza.

Son of David Charles and Kate Cook, 22, Alexandra Place, Georgetown, Tredegar,
Brother to Thomas John, Margaret, Rachel, Charles James and Albert William Cook.

 

COOK, William - Bombardier 146
Royal Field Artillery.

Born in Dukestown, enlisted at Bargoed.
Killed in action on 3rd May 1918 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Brandhoek New Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Son of Elizabeth Cook, 26, Gwerthonor Place, Gilfach, Bargoed.

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CORMACK, Arthur - not yet traced

 

COSTIN, Richard - Private 13095
1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born at Bedwellty, enlisted in Newport.
Killed in action on 21st December 1914 - France & Flanders.
commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, France.

Son of John and Ann Elizabeth Costin, 9 Church Square, Tredegar,
brother to Christopher Costin

 

COX, Alfred - Private 26444
17th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Ledbury, Gloucestershire, enlisted at Merthyr Tydfil, lived in Tredegar. Was a coal hewer.
Killed in action on 8th July 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Loos British Cemetery, France

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Cox, 5, Tanybank, Tredegar.
Brother to Thomas, Florence, George, Henry, Ernest William, Kathleen, Gladys, Edith May and Albert Cox.

 

COX, William Maurice Henry - Lance Corporal 18994
7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.

Born in Tredegar, enlisted in Gloucester.
Killed in action on 8th August 1915 - Gallipoli.
Commemorated at Helles Memorial, Turkey.

 

CUNNINGHAM, John - Private 13161
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born -1871 in Dublin, Ireland, enlisted in Newport, resided in Tredegar
Killed in action on 18th June 1915 - Gallipoli
Buried at Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Gallipoli.

Husband of Rachel Cunningham, 7, Iron Street, Tredegar.
Son-in-law to Robert and Sarah Ward
.

 

CURTIS, Cecil Waldron Quick - Private 9410
23rd Battalion, Royal Army Medical Corps.

Born at Ilfracombe, Devon in 1894, enlisted in Newport
Killed in action on 5th September 1916 - France & Flanders
Buried at Dartmoor Cemetery, France.

Son of Frederick and Harriet Curtis of Ilfracombe, Devon.
Husband of Alice May Curtis, 32 Birchgrove, Nantybwch - they were married in 1916.
In 1911 he was a railway porter, lodging at 16 Butleigh Terrace, Dukestown.

 

CUTLER, Christopher - Private 11649
8th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Wimborne, Dorset, enlisted at Cardiff and lived in Tredegar.
Died of wounds - at sea - on13th August 1915.
Commemorated at Helles Memorial, Gallipoli.

Husband of Beatrice May Cutler, Tramroadside, Tredegar.

 

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