List of Barry War Dead Lest We Forget - Is a partial list of the soldiers from the Barry area who were lost during the Great War. The list is broken down into casualties per month.It can either be accessed via the table below or on the menu above, by hovering over the Lest We Forget button and selecting the appropriate month. A copy of the list is also available from the button at the top right of the page. If anyone has any additional data relating to Barry's WW1 casualties, please feel free to contact us via our general contact email. February 1917 Corporal David Towers M. M., 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action on 2nd February, 1917 by shell fire and is buried in Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Belgium. In December 1916 Corporal David Towers was awarded the Military Medal for: “gallant conduct during a raid on the enemy trenches on the night of 17/18th November, when attached to the 115th Trench Mortar Battery during the Battle of the Somme.” Private Dennis Dwyer of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry was killed in action on the 2nd February, 1917. He had been wounded on two previous occasions before receiving his fatal injury. He was buried in Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, France. He had lived at 27, Faxten Street, Cadoxton and had joined the RMLI in 1912. Private David E. Lewis, Base M.T. Depot Army Service Corps, died in hospital in France on 3rd February, 1917 of bronchitis and heart disease. He was buried in Boulogne Cemetery, France. He was an engine driver at Tari Coed Colliery and left a widow and five children at 46, Vale Street, Barry. Second Lieutenant Hugh Neil O’Donnell, 17th Battalion, Welsh Regiment died of his wounds at 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen on 4th February, 1917, and is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen. Aged 22, he was the son of Dr. Peter Joseph and Mary O’Donnell of the Towers, Holton Road, Barry. Ordinary Seaman T Tobin of the SS Azul, Merchant Navy died 6th February, 1917. The British Steamship Azul was torpedoed and sunk by U-64 180 miles north west of Fastnet on passage from Buenos Aires for Cherbourg with a cargo of wheat. Eleven of her crew were lost. Aged 17 born in Barry the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jane Tobin of 11, Corelli Street, Newport. Air Mechanic Second Class William Elwyn Evans, Training Recruits Centre, Royal Flying Corps died of meningitis in Aylesbury Hospital on 9th February, 1917. He is buried in Manor Court Cemetery, Essex, and had formerly lived at 32, High Street, Barry. Rifleman Evan Henry Rees, ‘C’ Company, 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade died of wounds on the 10th February, 1917. He was one of the original members of the battalion and according to his Commanding Officer was made of the ‘best stuff’. He was buried in the Guards Cemetery. Private Edward James Atkins, Second Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers died of wounds on 12th February, 1917 and is buried in Bray Military Cemetery, France. He had been in the army for 12 months. He was 20 years old and had lived at 3, Roberts Street, Barry Dock. Lance Corporal Thomas Stone, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers killed in action 15th February, 1917, he has no known grave and is remembered on the Basra Memorial. He had formerly lived at 203 Court Road, Cadoxton, was 20 years of age and had been an assistant foreman in the Traffic Depot of the Barry Railway Company. Ernest Spurrell Phillips, Second Engineer SS Okement, Merchant Navy died 17th February, 1917. He drowned as a result of attack by enemy submarine. On 17th February, 1917, Okement with a cargo of coal and general cargo was sunk by U64 140 miles south south east of Malta. Eleven persons were lost. He was aged 24, the son of Henry and Mary Ann Phillips of 125, Porthkerry Road, Barry. Gunner John Thomas, 29th Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery, formerly of 17 Milward Road, Cadoxton was killed in action on the 18th February, 1917. He is buried in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France. He had been employed by the Barry Railway Company and had served in France more than a year aged 21. Private Sidney M. Booker of the 19th Pioneer Battalion, Welsh Regiment, son of Mr and Mrs Booker of 11, Evelyn Street, Barry Dock was reported killed in action 20th February 1917, and is buried in Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium. Previous to his enlistment on 14th August, 1915, Sydney was employed by Messrs. C. H. Bailey as an apprentice joiner. Private H. F. Close, 2/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment killed in action 26th February, 1917, buried Rue-Petillon, Fleurbaix Military Cemetery, France. Lieutenant Bramwell G. Adams, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry was killed in action on 25th February, 1917, shot by a sniper. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Viller-Bretonneux Memorial.He was the son of A. G. Adams, the Barry undertaker, and was married with one son. The family lived at 51, Maesycwm Street, Barry Dock. Before the war, he had taken up teaching positions in Australia where he met his wife, also from Barry. March 1917 Sapper William B. Reece, 12th Field Company, 4th Canadian Division Engineers, was killed in action on 1st March, 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial. From the Canadian records of the circumstances of the casualty: “He took part in a raid with the 72nd and 73rd Battalions on 1st March, 1917, South East of Souchez. The party to which he was detailed failed to reach its objective and Sapper Reece together with several men of another unit took shelter in shell holes in front of the German frontline and carried on the fight with rifles from this position. Just prior to the withdrawal order being given, Sapper Reece was hit in the head by a rifle bullet and killed. His comrades were unable to get him out, owing to the intensity of fire prevailing at the time he was hit.” Born on 16th October, 1894, the son of George and Kate Reece formerly of 174, Holton Road, Barry, he had immigrated to Canada with his parents prior to the war and worked as a plumber. (22 years old.) Driver Mark Pulsford, M.T. L/B Horse Transport, Army Service Corps, died 3rd March, 1917 and is buried in Mont Huon Cemetery, Le Treport, France. He was 35, the son of John and Elizabeth Pulsford of Dinas Powys. Bombardier Tom Simpkins of “D” Battery, 58th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, died of wounds on 5th March, 1917 and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France. He was the brother of W. J. Simpkins, of 4, Kendrick Rd, Barry. Reginald Henry Mattravers, Merchant Navy, drowned on 6th March, 1917 when he was swept overboard from his ship SS Decasin.Aged 18 he lived at 1, Cardiff Road, Barry. Eustace Green, Fireman, Mercantile Marine. He died on the 8th March, 1917 when his ship, the SS Dunbarmoor, on a voyage from Rosario to Manchester with a cargo of wheat, was sunk by the German submarine U-44 (Paul Wagenführ), 180 miles west north west of Fastnet. Twelve persons were lost. Aged 36, he was the son of the late Mrs. Martha Ann Green; and husband of Philippa Green (nee Kennedy), of 23, Beverley St., Cadoxton, Barry, Glamorgan. Born at Barbados, March 8th, 1917. Johan Karlson, Marine Engineer, SS Folia Merchant Navy, aged 27, the son of Karl and Kristine Karlson, husband of Florence Karlson of 13, Brickyard Terrace, Cadoxton. On Sunday, 11th March, 1917, the SS Folia, commanded by Captain F. Inch, was torpedoed and sunk off the Irish coast, while on a voyage from New York to Bristol. The SS Folia was torpedoed by the German submarine U-53 which surfaced and sunk the vessel by gunfire. Seven of the crew were lost, 68 survived. Second Lieutenant Arthur William Martin of the 61st Reserve Battalion, Welsh Regiment died at Kinmel Park Camp Hospital, North Wales, on 14th March, 1917 from the effects of a bomb-throwing mishap. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Martin of 95, Main Street, Cadoxton. He had immigrated to Canada and had joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the outbreak of the war and after serving in France for 12 months had been commissioned in the Welsh Regiment. Nicholas Patinios, Fireman, SS Frimaire, Merchant Navy drowned when his ship was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay on the 15th March, 1917. Aged 24, he was the husband of Bridget Patinios of 48, Graving Dock Street (now St. Marys Avenue), Barry. On 15th March on a voyage from St. Nazaire to Bayonne his ship was sunk by German submarine UC21, 21 miles south-south east of Belle Ille. Twelve persons were lost. Gunner Luke William Howard of “D” Battery, 83rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Born in Barry and aged 28 he was killed in action on 16th March, 1917. He is buried in Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, France. Gunner Charles Edward Victor Wheeler of the 121st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action on 16th March, 1917, and is buried in Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, Belgium. Aged 20, he was the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wheeler of Cadoxton. Gunner Charles J. Koller of “B” Battery, 70th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery died of wounds on 22nd March, 1917 and is buried in Harbarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Private William Victor David of the 5th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action in the First Battle for Gaza on 26th March, 1917.