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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Pembrokeshire => Topic started by: Tomdanpete on Friday 03 August 12 10:33 BST (UK)
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Hi I,m trying to trace the WW1 service record of James John Reg No 314 who was in the Pembroke Yeomanry as a Sergeant.
Any guide please.
Peter.
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Hi
From WW1 medal roll
John James
1/1st Pembroke Yeomanry, sgt, reg no 314
Royal army service corps,sgt, reg no T/232862
Royal air force, 2nd lieutenant, reg no T/232862
Kevin
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Thanks for reply,I do have that info looking for a more detailed service record.
Regards.
Peter.
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Hello Peter
If my memory serves me right a lot of WW1 records were destroyed ???
I looked for the records of Thomas Edgar John (born Pembrokeshire),they were`nt on Ancestry.
Kind regards
omega
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If you can not find his records on Ancestry under Soldiers Records WO-363 or Soldiers Pensions WO-364, then his service records did not survive the bombing of Exeter during W.W.2, the surviving records of which became known as “The Burnt List”. I have been able to find a number of Pembrokeshire men who survived the Great War and for whom I have found their service records, adding much info to my Military Headstone database.
I note there is a “History of the Pembroke Yeomanry” 1794 to 1959. There is a War Diary of the 24th Battalion The Welch Regt which was the battalion formed from the dismounted Pembroke Yeomanry
Alas no Vaughan records of my own ancestors survive, which is a great pity as it was the last and only lead I had in trying to locate the P.O.W. camp that my Grandfather was in after he was captured at 3rd Ypres.
The Pembroke Record Office issue a leaflet/guide on its holdings of the P.I.Y. and I have multiple entries in my database of military headstones of Pembrokeshire of various gentleman who served at some point in the Yeomanry during the 19th and 20th century.
Apologies for any duplication of known info.
Rgds
Orielbenfro
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I know this is not what you are looking for and I expect you know of this site already but just in case.
http://www.pembrokeyeomanry.org.uk/
I am local to the area and someone I know is very, very, very knowledgable about military history especially in this area. When I see him again I will ask him.
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Thank you for all the answers received,it's a great shame so many records were lost makes it so hard to trace these soldiers.
Regards.
Peter.
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I know is very, very, very knowledgable about military history especially in this area. When I see him again I will ask him.
Could you please ask your very very very knowledgeable person on Military History to assist me with the following ;
1. Who was the 1st Pembroke Dock serviceman KIA in W.W. 1 ?
2. What was the relationship of Major Glue to Llanion Military Barracks and where is his headstone.
3. Where and why was Sqd Ldr Reggie Thomas of Gwyther Street held in Jail during W.W. 2.
I realize such questions will be very simple for such a person to answer, however it would greatly assist my own humble & amateurish research into Pembrokeshire Military History between the years of 1711 and 2010.
Tks in advance
Rgds
Orielbenfro
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I know is very, very, very knowledgable about military history especially in this area. When I see him again I will ask him.
Could you please ask your very very very knowledgeable person on Military History to assist me with the following ;
1. Who was the 1st Pembroke Dock serviceman KIA in W.W. 1 ?
2. What was the relationship of Major Glue to Llanion Military Barracks and where is his headstone.
3. Where and why was Sqd Ldr Reggie Thomas of Gwyther Street held in Jail during W.W. 2.
I realize such questions will be very simple for such a person to answer, however it would greatly assist my own humble & amateurish research into Pembrokeshire Military History between the years of 1711 and 2010.
Tks in advance
Rgds
Orielbenfro
See my PM
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Hi - I am a new member here - and have been researching my family history. Maj. RH Glue was my mothers Father.
He and his wife Evelyn Daisey Glue - lived near Defensible Barracks whilst he was (I believe) O.C. Royal Engineers with his offices in Llanion Barracks. He Died after an air raid in 1943 and is buried in St Mary's Cemetery Tenby (Row J, Grave 80 - Picture attached) where Evelyn joinmed him after her death in 1955 - living in Tenby during the interim period - carred for mainly by her daughter (pansy Grace Glue) - my mother who married my father William Orwin - in 1952 then at Manorbier Camp.
He is also on the Tenby War Memorial - pic attached.
If you can assist me in finding any additional details of him or his activities in Pembroke Dock - I should be most grateful.
Many thanks
Tony
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Thnakyou for your query on Richard Glue, by my records I photographed his grave back in 2005. His death I’m afraid had nothing to do with the air raids on Pembroke Dock of 1940 and the most important that of May 11th-12th of 1941. To date I have a database of some 112 people with a Pembrokeshire connection who died in air raids in the U.K. and Middle East, Richard does not feature in that database.
Richard died peacefully in his sleep on the 10th May 1943 aged 58 yrs, at Tenby since as I understand it Major & Mrs Evelyn Glue had resided at “Astoria” Serpentine Rd Tenby since 1942.
CWGC show Major (Quarter Master) Glue of the Royal Engineers service nbr 39029 son of Richard and Frances Glue
My research notes show ; Born at Dover in 1885 and mrd in Kent in 1907 to Evelyn Daisy nee’ Johns. This is a pvte headstone, placed under the options offered to next of kin by W.O. for war burials in the U.K. He was the officer responsible for the Military Cemetery at P.D. 15 Aug 1940 Major Glue R.E. was congratulated on the splendid condition of the military cemetery at Pembroke Dock. He was a Captain in 1937 when he sent flowers to the funeral of Benjamin Joseph Collier who was buried at Llanion in plot nbr T. 382. CWGC say that he was the son of Richard & Francis Glue, I believe this may be in error and that in fact he was the son of Richard and Alice Glue nee’ Francies who married in Dover in 1883.
On my project on worldwide related Pembrokeshire Military Headstones currently covering the years of 1711 to 2010, I do not touch or go near Town/Village War Memorials, due to the amount of errors and omissions these and the CWGC database contain, which is then perpetuated by those who use such information without doing their own full personal research.
I trust the above is of assistance to your research.
Rgds
Orielbenfro
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Thank you for your help and also for the work that you undertake on the larger project - all appreciated.
I was not infering that the air raid had killed Maj. Glue - but rather that he had died following it.
Kindest regards
Tony