Library Staff BC/C/48/2/Lib Page

Bullock, Charles Frederick 3 Cowdrey, Wilfred 4 Elliott, Henry William 5 Haywood, William Henry 6 King, Herbert V 7 Lewis, Ivor 8 Morgan, W 9 Norman, R J 10 Padfield, Wilfred Oswell 11 Rees, E J 12 Sexton, Charles 13 Williams, Reginald George 14

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Charles Frederick BULLOCK BC/C/48/2/Lib/1 No Photo

Born: JFM 1885 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Librarian Married: AMJ 1913 Cardiff – Ethel M Venning Regiment: Pte 553279 London Regt Joined: Awards: MM Died: KIA 1 Apr 1918 France Parents:

1891 Census @ 15 Denton Road, Canton, Cardiff Chas. W Ballock (34) b Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - Clerk Maria J (28) b Cardiff Maria G M (8) b Cardiff Chas. F (6) b Cardiff Mabel E (4) b Cardiff Sarah C (2) b Cardiff W, H (2mths) b Cardiff

1901 Census @ 102 Mackintosh Place, Roath, Cardiff Charles Ward Bullock (44) b Bury St Edmunds – Postal Telegraph Clerk, GPO Marie Jane (38) b Cardiff Maria E M (18) b Cardiff – Tobacconist’s Assistant Charles F (16) b Cardiff – Free Library Assistant Mabel E E (14) b Cardiff Sarah C (12) b Cardiff William H (10) b Cardiff Walter A (7) b Cardiff John L (5) b Cardiff Alfred V (3) b Cardiff Winifred D (1) b Cardiff

1911 Census @ 73 Keppoch Street, Cardiff Charles Frederick Bullock (27) b in law b Cardiff – Librarian, Municipal

Soldier Died in the Great War Charles Frederick Bullock Pte 553279 15 th London Regt b: Cardiff Enlisted: Cardiff KIA: 1 Apr 1918 France & Flanders Western European Theatre

Buried : Martinsart British Cemetery, Mesril-Martinsart, Somme

Soldier’s Effects Charles Frederick Bullock Pte 553279 15 th London Regt £4 8s 2d & £9 to widow Ethel M

Medal Roll Index Cards Charles F Bullock Pte 6507, 533279 15 th London Regt British War & Victory Medals

Service Medal & Award Roll Charles Frederick Bullock Pte 533279 15 th (City of London) Batt. PWO Civil Service British War & Victory Medals 19b Tavistock Sq., WC1 16 Oct 1921 Rifles, London Regt France: 28 Aug 1916 KIA: 1 Apr 1918

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Wilfred COWDREY BC/C/48/2/Lib/2 No Photo

Born: OND 1889 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Library Assistant Married: OND 1915 Cardiff – Naomi M E Jervis Regiment: Sgt 61991 Royal Army Medical Corps Joined: Parents:

1891 Census @ 52 George Cowdrey (33) b Hesterbury, Wilts – Builder Joiner Louisa (33) b Horton, Glous. Kate (8) b Oldbury, Glous. - Scholar Wilfred (1) b Cardiff Hannah Cowdrey (74) g mother widow b Wilts Francis Cowdrey (20) brother b Wilts – Builder Joiner

1901 Census @ 12 Violet Row, Roath, Cardiff Louisa Cowdrey (43) widow b Horton - Caretaker Kate (18) b Oldbury - Tailoress Wilfred (11) b Cardiff George (9) b Cardiff

1911 Census @ 12 Violet Row, Cardiff Louisa Cowdry (53) widow b Horton Wilfred (21) b Cardiff – Library Assistant George (19) b Cardiff – Bootmaker & Repairer [m = 30 years 11 children / 3 alive / 8 died]

Died: Jun 1968 (78) Cardiff

Medal Roll Index Cards Wilfred Cowdrey A/Cpl 61991 Royal Army Medical Corps British War & Victory Medals

Service Medal & Award Rolls Wilfred Cowdrey A/Cpl 61991 Royal Army Medical Corps British War & Victory Medals Woking 1 Dec 1919 Class Z: 25 Aug 1919

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Henry William ELLIOTT BC/C/48/2/Lib/3 No Photo

Born: JAS 1899 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Single Regiment: Pte 45304 South Lancashire Regt Joined: Parents:

1901 Census @ 11 Marsh Street, Riverside, Cardiff Eley Bethell (48) widow b Narbeth, Pembrokeshire – Office Caretaker Phoebe Elliott (24) dau b Saundersfoot, Pembs. Henry W Elliott (18mths) g son b Cardiff

Medal Roll Index Cards Henry W Elliott Pte 45304 South Lancashire Regt British War & Victory Medals

Service Medal & Award Rolls Henry W Elliott Pte 45304 1/4 th Prince of Wales’ Volunteers (South Lancashire) Regt British War & Victory Medals Fulwood Barracks, Preston 18 Feb 1921

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William Henry HAYWOOD BC/C/48/2/Lib/4 No Photo

Born: 16 Feb 1898 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Single Regiment: Sig WZ3329 Royal Navy Joined: Parents:

1901 Census @ 13 Swansea Street, Roath, Cardiff Emmanuel Haywood (48) b Northlew, Devon - Mason Katie (39) b Elmington, Devon Alfred T (19) b Elimington, Devon Bessie (18) b Elimington, Devon John (16) b Cardiff Bertram (14) b Cardiff Charles (11) b Cardiff Edith (8) b Cardiff Elsie (5) b Cardiff William H (3) b Cardiff

1911 Census @ 13 Swansea Street, East Moors, Cardiff Emmanuel Haywood (58) b Northlew, Devon - Mason Katie (49) b Elmington, Devon Bessie (28) b Elimington, Devon John (26) b Cardiff – Postman Bertram (24) b Cardiff – Mason Charles (21) b Cardiff – Clerk Edith (18) b Cardiff – Tailoress Elsie (15) b Cardiff – Typist William H (13) b Cardiff – School [m = 30 years 8 children]

Married: Sept 1924 Cardiff – Violet M Penney

Died: Jun 1977 (79) South Glamorgan

Probate: Haywood, William Henry of 28 Fairwater Grove East Llandaff died 24 Apr 1977. Llandaff: 24 May £1234

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Records Index William Henry Haywood b: 15 Feb 1898 1915 – 1916 Z/3329 £3.45 – National Archives

UK, Naval Medal & Award Rolls Wm H Haywood Sig. W Z/3329 Europe 1914-1920 British War & Victory Medals

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Herbert Vincent KING BC/C/48/2/Lib/5 No Photo

Born: JFM 1895 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Library Assistant Single Regiment: 2nd Lieut. Machine Gun Corps Joined: Parents:

[Herbert Vivian King b 1883 – 1911 Cardiff]

1901 Census @ 27 High Street, Cardiff Charles King (39) b Warwickshire – Bank Messenger Lillian A (34) b Warwickshire Herbert V W (6) b Cardiff Mary S (2) b Cardiff

1911 Census @ 27 High Street, Cardiff Charles King (49) b Warwickshire – Bank Messenger, Lloyds Bank Ltd, Cardiff Lillian Annie (44) b Warwickshire Herbert Vincent Wallace (16) b Cardiff – Library Assistant Mary Summers (12) b Cardiff - School Lillian Annie (8) b Cardiff – School Winifred Alice (3mths) b Cardiff [m =

Married: AMJ 1918 Cardiff – Annie E Anderson

Died:

Medal Roll Index Cards Herbert V King 2nd Lieut. Machine Gun Corps / L/Cpl 1600 Royal Army Medical Corps / ’15 Star (3): 19 July 1915 Pte 119336 MGC Com: 2 Mar 1918

Service Medal & Award Rolls Herbert V King L/Cpl 1600 Royal Army Medical Corps / Pte 119336 MGC 1914-15 Star (3): 19 July 1915 91 York Street, SW1 1 Jan 1920 Commission: 2 Mar 1918 MGC

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Ivor LEWIS BC/C/48/2/Lib/6 No Photo

Born: Cardiff: Educated: Lived: Occupation: Single Regiment: L/Cpl 14144 Welsh Regt Joined: Parents: Present Info:

1911 Census @ Garth Hill, Pentyrch Ivor Lewis (40) b Cardiff (1871) – Clerk in Rates Dept., Cardiff C C Edith May (m = 10 yrs.)

Medical Rolls Index Corps Ivor Lewis Pte / L/Cpl 14144 Welsh Regt ’15 Star France: 5 Sep 1915 British Was & Victory Medals Cl Z: 1 Mar 1919

Service Medal & Award Rolls Ivor Lewis Pte 14144 11 th Welsh Regt British War & Victory Medals Shrewsbury 26 Nov 1920

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W MORGAN BC/C/48/2/Lib/7 No Photo

Born: Cardiff: Educated: Lived: Occupation: Single Regiment: Sgt 38364 Welsh Regt Joined: Parents: Present Info:

No Morgan – 38364 No 38364 Welsh Regt

MRIC W Morgan Sgt 34458 20 th Welsh Regt 9 Nov 1914 – 10 July 1916 (KR Para 392 (xvi)

Neither of above found in SM&AR

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R J NORMAN BC/C/48/2/Lib/8 No Photo

Born: Cardiff: Educated: Lived: Occupation: Single Regiment: Pte 122561 Sherwood Foresters Joined: Parents: Present Info:

No NORMAN or REGT with no. 122561

Notts. & Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regt

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Wilfred Oswell PADFIELD BC/C/48/2/Lib/9 No Photo

Born: JAS 1887 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Librarian Assistant Single Regiment: Cpl 13309 Army Pay Corps Joined: Parents:

1891 Census @ 33 Cyfarthfa Street, Roath, Cardiff James Padfield (48) b Bath, Somerset – General Fitter Martha (29) b Cardiff Florence (19) b Cardiff – Dressmaker Leonard A (13) b Cardiff – Assistant Clerk, CC Maranda G (11) b Cardiff – Scholar Edgar (9) b Cardiff Samuel J (5) b Cardiff Wilfred O (3) b Cardiff

1901 Census @ School Board Office, Adamsdown, Cardiff James Padfield (55) b Holcombe, Somerset - Caretaker Martha (40) b Cardiff Leonard A (22) b Cardiff – Clerk in Merchants Office Maranda G (21) b Cardiff Edgar A (19) b Cardiff – Carpenters Apprentice Samuel J (15) b Cardiff – Mason’s Apprentice Wilfred O (13) b Cardiff – Assistant in Public Library

1911 Census @ Pupil Teachers School. Cardiff James Padfield (65) b Holcombe, Somerset – School Caretaker Martha (50) b Cardiff Edgar Adolphus (29) b Cardiff – Carpenter & Joiner Wilfred Oswell (23) b Cardiff – Librarians Assistant [m = 23 years none]

Died: Dec 1939 (52) Cardiff

Probate: Padfield, Wilfred Oswell of 21 Dorcester Avenue Cardiff died 30 November 1929. Llandaff: 14 February to Mathilda Brown Padfield widow. Effects: £1323 15s 8d.

WW1 Pension Records – 1915 Wilfred Oswell Padfield (28) 25 Deri Road, Cardiff Assistant Librarian m: 28 Nov 1914 Cardiff – Mathilda Brown Colquhoun John Graham b: 11 Dec 1917 Manchester Pte 46160 3rd Welsh Regt Transferred: Army Pay Corps – Pte 13309 Attested / Army Res.: 27 Nov 1915 Mobilised: 6 July 1916 Welsh D Posted Pte 9 July 1916 Welsh 3rd Posted Pte 11 July 1916 APC Transferred 14 May 1917 No overseas service APC Appointed A. L/Cpl 14 Sept 1917 APC Promoted Cpl 14 May 1918 Class Z Army Reserves 20 Oct 1919

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Edmund James REES BC/C/48/2/Lib/10 No Photo

Born: JAS 1884 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Library Assistant Single Regiment: S Sgt 366430 Royal Army Medical Corps Joined: Parents: Present Info:

1891 Census @ 26 Coburn Street, Cathays, Cardiff William Rees (46) b Merthyr Sophia (44) b Somerset George W (9) b Cardiff Edmund J (6) b Cardiff

1901 Census @ 15 The Parade, St John’s, Cardiff William Rees (54) b Merthyr – Office Caretaker Sophia (52) b Stoke Lane, Somerset George (19) b Cardiff – Locomotive Fitter’s Apprentice Edmund (16) b Cardiff – Librarian’s Assistant

1911 Census @ 15 The Parade, Cardiff William Rees (62) widower b Cardiff – Office Caretaker, Railway George (29) b Cardiff – Engine Fitter, General Edmund (27) b Cardiff – Library Assistant, Cardiff Corporation

Marriage: Sept 1935 Cardiff – Violet M Powell

Regimental number 366430 only exists for John Arnott, no Rees with this number.

Only Edmund Rees found in RAMC was Pte 1673 – BW&V medals

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Charles SEXTON BC/C/48/2/Lib/11 No Photo

Born: abt 1887 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Clerk, Municipal Library Married: Mar 1917 Cardiff – Kathleen Barnett Regiment: Lieut. Duke of Wellington’s Own Joined: Parents:

1901 Census @ 45 Dorset Street, Cardiff Living with William J Mullins & Margaret (Sexton), also Patrick Sexton (41) b in law b Cardiff – Bricklayers Labourer Charles Sexton (12) nephew b Cardiff [1889]

1911 Census @ 45 Dorset Street, Cardiff Living with William J Mullins & Margaret (Sexton), also Patrick Sexton (41) b in law b Cardiff Dennis Sexton (44) b in law b Cardiff Charles Sexton (22) nephew b Cardiff – Clerk, Municipal Library

Died: Dec 1961 (74) Cardiff – b: 1887

Probate: Sexton, Charles of 32 Heol Gabriel Whitchurch Cardiff died 5 Nov 1961 at St David’s Hospital Cardiff. Llandaff: 7 March to Kathleen Mary Sexton widow. Effects: £440 9s 11d

Medal Roll Index Cards Charles Sexton Pte 34084 7th South Lancs. Regt / 2 nd Lieut. West Riding Regt British War & Victory Medals France: July 1916

Service Medal & Award Rolls Charles Sexton Pte 34084 7th South Lancashire Regt British War & Victory Medals Commission: 28 Aug 1917 - 6th West Riding Regt

Charles Sexton 2nd Lieut. Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regt British War & Victory Medals 6 Nov 1924

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Reginald George WILLIAMS BC/C/48/2/Lib/12

Born: JFM 1876 Cardiff Educated: Lived: Occupation: Librarian Single Regiment: Pte 71604 Royal Defence Corps Joined: Parents: Philip T Williams & Mary Ann Mead

From Ancestry

1881 Census @ 27 Topaz Street, Cardiff Mary A Williams (35) b Appledore, Devon Frederick J (16) b Cardiff – Lithographer Philip (9) b Cardiff – Scholar William (7) b Cardiff – Scholar Gordon (6) b Cardiff – Scholar Reginald (5) b Cardiff – Scholar Sarah (2) b Cardiff

1891 Census @ 77 Splott Road Courts, Roath Philip T Williams (51) b Swansea – Carpenter Mary A (45) b Appledore, Devon Frederick J (26) b Cardiff – Carpenter Philip H (19) b Cardiff – Carpenter Willian H (17) b Cardiff – Hairdresser Gordon (16) b Cardiff – Grooms Apprentice Reginald G (15) b Cardiff - Scholar Sarah H (12) b Cardiff – Scholar Jessie A (8) b Cardiff – Scholar Eliza Mead (75) m in law widow b Appledore, Devon – Living on own means

1901 Census @ 79 Splott Road, Roath Philip T Williams (61) b Swansea – Ships Carpenter Mary A (55) b Appledore, Devon Reginald G (25) b Cardiff – Library Assistant Sarah H (22) b Cardiff Jesse A (18) b Cardiff – Grocer’s Assistant Philip H (7) g son b Cardiff

Married: JAS 1903 Cardiff – Catherine Silvester

1911 Census @ 17 Penywain Road, Routh Park, Cardiff Reginald George Williams (35) b Cardiff – Deputy Liberian Catherine Silvester (33) Evelyn Gertrude (4) b Cardiff Kenneth Silvester (2) b Cardiff

Died: 23 Dec 1957 Cardiff

WW1 Service Records – 1915 Reginald George Williams (39) 17 Penywain Road, Cardiff Deputy Librarian m: 22 July 1903 Cardiff Catherine Silvester Evelyn Gertrude b: 12 Feb 1907 Kenneth Silvester b: 30 Mar 1909 Pte 44152 Army Service Corps Attested: 11 Dec 1915 Mobilized: 27 Jun 1916 Transferred to Corps of Hussars: 6 Nov 1917 [2/1 st Cheshire Yeomanry] Pte 11604 Royal Defence Corps Compulsory trans to 200 th (Res.) Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps: 19 Dec 1917 Transferred to 150 Company Reserve, att. Infantry Record Office, London: 30 Apr 1918 Army Reserve: 19 Feb 1919 London

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