Roger Thompson Posted 20 November , 2013 Share Posted 20 November , 2013 There is no sign of a birth for him. What would be the anglized version of the name be please. Cheers Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Thompson Posted 20 November , 2013 Share Posted 20 November , 2013 Hello there chaps I found this link to DCM's in the Boer War, but our lad is not there. http://www.angloboerwar.com/boer-war-period/241-dcm. Cheers Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 20 November , 2013 Share Posted 20 November , 2013 Nice one Roger unfortunately hes not on it so were back to WW1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 21 November , 2013 Share Posted 21 November , 2013 Perhaps the DCM is incorrect and the name changed. There is a P Lewis, Mentioned in Dispatches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 21 November , 2013 Share Posted 21 November , 2013 Could be looking for an 'alias'? Maybe his surname is of foreign origin (other than welsh ) and he changed it during the war. Like that other family died - erm - oh yes - the Windsor's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis1918 Posted 22 November , 2013 Share Posted 22 November , 2013 No records of anyone with surname " Leageian" born ,married , or died between 1837 and 1937 according to Free BMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Thompson Posted 23 November , 2013 Share Posted 23 November , 2013 I have also checked incoming passengers up to 1919, no such name or anything near that. Therefore I am coming to the conclusion he as used an alias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 24 November , 2013 Share Posted 24 November , 2013 morning all Had a couple of goes at this I am of the opinion that this inscription may possibly have been miss transcribed Here is an enlargement of the inscription therefore any search's carried out looking for Leageian may have been futile As can be seen from the enlargement the lead letter transcribed as a L could have been a D The tail of the lead letter which has been transcribed as a L seems to have been pushed up in the air " as photo" the lead letter which could be a D perished with the passage of time the letters H is also suspected as possibly miss transcribed D C M' I cannot see it ,Only lead lettering that could be DCM they could be anything I suggest a return visit to the memorial is required and a high resolution close up photo of the inscription is taken before any further time is wasted on trying to identify this soldier regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 24 November , 2013 Share Posted 24 November , 2013 Afraid Ray an earlier post gave us this photo below. The only question one can ask is where they got their info from, in other words is that memorial 1920 or thereabouts. Or is it a modern memorial made from a transcription of the earlier one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 24 November , 2013 Share Posted 24 November , 2013 Interesting Corisande It could be that the old memorial has been refurbished at some point in time the lettering renewed looks to sharp to be an old photo maybe the op could enlighten us regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 24 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 24 November , 2013 Hi Welshdoc Just thought I would mention that I'm the person researching this soldier on behalf of the Gelligaer Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted 26 November , 2013 Share Posted 26 November , 2013 I agree with Ray. I've had a close look at this with Photoshop and the lettering does look unusually black. A close up of just the name would be interesting to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 26 November , 2013 Share Posted 26 November , 2013 The second letter "A" in the name looks odd to me. Looked on Ancestry for folk who lived in Troedrhiwfuch only one family cropped up, not him. Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmslewis Posted 11 December , 2013 Share Posted 11 December , 2013 Hello all, I've had no luck in finding this man anywhere, tried all sorts of wildcards with nothing. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRC Kevin Posted 11 December , 2013 Share Posted 11 December , 2013 How's about 91630 Phillip Jones Leyshon 20/DLI? died of wounds 12/9/18. Was formerly 62439 in Welsh Regiment. Can't find evidence of DCM and residence given as Taibach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 11 December , 2013 Share Posted 11 December , 2013 Hi Welshdoc Just thought I would mention that I'm the person researching this soldier on behalf of the Gelligaer Society well thats going around in circles wasnt it! Gareth Still have not been able to find out anything . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRC Kevin Posted 13 December , 2013 Share Posted 13 December , 2013 Just to add that Phillip Layshon's service record is on Ancestry and wonder if the spelling 'Leageian' is what you'd get if a Welsh speaker wrote the name down that he'd only got verbally? Although there seems to be no connection with Troedrhiwfuch in the record, could it be possible that he was there briefly between late 1914 - early 1918, working in one of the mines before returning to Taibach before his conscription? My local town commemorates a number of men whose only connection with the town is they moved in briefly during the War to work in the pits as the regular colliers had enlisted. His transfer to the DLI was made not long before his fatal wounding and I had to look twice at one page of his records,as the handwriting of the word 'DLI',looked awfully like 'DCM' on first reading- could a simple error like this have occurred when the list was sent to Troedrhiwfuch, possibly with his connection to the Welsh Regiment appended to his last unit, the DLI? I'm also presuming that the monument was made after 1921 due to the spelling'Welch'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted 14 December , 2013 Share Posted 14 December , 2013 Layshon looks to be the anglised version of the Welsh "Lleision". Throw in a gaelic "gh" giving a "ch" sound, and by way of a mix up. you could have your man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 12 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2020 On the Troedrhiwfuwch (Rhymney valley, Glamorgan) there is a casualty named with the following details (Pte) P. Leageian D.C.M. Welch. I have searched service records and local newspapers to no avail and I wondered if there is a list of D.C.M. recipients where I might find details on him. Appreciate any information or advise where I can locate any information on this soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 (edited) He does not appear on the Anc list of DCM awards or Soldiers Effects or any search of that name. CWGC has no record of the name Edited 12 June , 2020 by EDWARD1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 At a glance it looks as though the name is a mis-spelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 There is a P Ledington,8795 of the Welch on the DCM list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 Hi It appears it has been discussed previously Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 12 June , 2020 Admin Share Posted 12 June , 2020 Threads have been merged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted 12 June , 2020 Share Posted 12 June , 2020 Been through the 1911 census, the only L's I can see are Lewis, Langford and Llewellyn. The Monument was erected in 1933. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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