10th Service Battalion Welsh Regiment

[mandy]

On 24/04/2020 at 01:56, clk said:

Hi Mandy,

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

Fold3 (link) has a pension card which shows his cause of death:

 

Image sourced from Fold3

 

His CWGC records (link) show that Thomas was originally buried at map reference 36a.X.7.a.2.6, the location of which is shown below.

 

Image sourced from tMapper.com

 

If you would like a digital image of his grave stone, it looks like British War Graves (link) will be able to send you one on a free of charge basis.

 

The medal roll records (link) for Thomas indicate that his overseas service was entirely with the 10th Battalion Welsh Regiment, disembarking on 2.12.1915. His Soldiers Died record (link) shows that Thomas enlisted at Tonypandy. Looking at some surviving service papers for other men who served with the 10th Bn, and had near service numbers, it looks like he joined up in November 1914.

 

21921 Vaughan - attested 10.11.1914

21925 Morgan - attested 10.11.1914

21926 Church - attested 10.11.1914

21927 Jefferies - attested 10.11.1914

21939 Sage - attested 11.11.1914

21946

21952 Phillips - attested 12.11.1914

21953 Hughes - attested 12.11.1914

21956 Isaac - attested 13.11.1914

21958 Howell - attested 13.11.1914

 

In addition to the Battalion war diary that Ken posted a link to, it might be worth considering getting the Brigade HQ diary (link); the Division HQ General Staff diary (link); and the Division A&Q diary (link).

 

Good luck with your research.

 

Regards

Chris

Hi Chris

Thank you so very much for all of that really helpful info 

It has laid to rest a big question mark I had regarding his cause of death

Regards Mandy 

 

[high wood]

I have managed to find another photograph of the 10th Btn, Welsh Regiment. This one is captioned 15th Platoon, D Coy. If anyone knows who the officer is, or can identify any of the men  I would be pleased if you would let me know.

[EastUpperGooner]

On 30/08/2022 at 15:33, high wood said:

I have managed to find another photograph of the 10th Btn, Welsh Regiment. This one is captioned 15th Platoon, D Coy. If anyone knows who the officer is, or can identify any of the men  I would be pleased if you would let me know.

 

Such a fascinating photograph. High Wood. Sorry I'm not of much use identifying these men but I'm hoping my great granduncle was one of them!