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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Llanhennock
• Land Monmouthshire, England
• Last residence 3 Oaklands Terrace, Crumlin
• Family Son of John Harry and Maria George; three brothers: Rees, Edwin and Eli; six sisters: Sarah, Mary, Julia, Elizabeth Jane, Emily and Kate; Husband of Lear (Lily) Watkins, of 16, Whitethorne St., Crumlin, Newport; three children: Irene Marjorie (1903), John Francis (1906) and Lillian Audrey (1908), all born at Pontypool Wales.
• Profession Hauler
• Extra info Robert Jones, RWF 10th Bn, wounded same day and died 6 January, also buried at LMC.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 30 December 1914, Newport
• Service number 24424
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 10th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers C Coy
• Attached or transferred from Royal Field Artillery
• Other data related to military career Active Service began 28 Sept 1915; transferred to Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3 Bn, 31 May 1915; posted to 10 Bn, September 1915;

Death

• Wounded Wounded in Front Line NE of St Eloi (Canal Ypres-Comines) on 4 January.
• Type of wounds Died of shell wounds back and abdomen, in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 33
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery IV - B - 37

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