16 TH (C ARDIFF CITY ) BATTALION , WELSH REGIMENT ROLL OF HONOUR MAMETZ WOOD 7-12 JULY 1916 IN COMMEMORATION RESEARCHED & COMPILED BY ROSEMARY NICHOLSON , VOLUNTEER – FEB 2016 1 Contents Page Introduction 3 Part l - Enlistment within Glamorgan Archives Jurisdiction 5 Quick Reference Guide to Soldiers 7 Roll of Honour 11 Part ll – Officers of 16 th Battalion, Welsh Regiment 147 Quick Reference Guide to Officers 147 Roll of Honour 149 Part lll - Enlistment outside of Glamorgan Archives Jurisdiction 155 Quick Reference Guide to Soldiers 157 Roll of Honour 159 Appendices 181 War Diary of 16 th Welsh at Mametz Wood July 1916 183 The Thiepval Memorial 187 2 Introduction To complete the commemoration the 100 th Anniversary of the Battle of Mametz Wood in 2016, I was asked to research members of the 16 th (Cardiff City) Battalion of the Welsh Regiment, who lost their lives at Mametz Wood. Some of the names are recorded in the Cardiff City Corporation Roll of Honour and other names I found online at Ancestry.co.uk. There are a total of 156 names, 131 within the Glamorgan Archives area, with another 20 names outside of this area. I have also found 5 officers whose details I managed to locate. Some names had very little information other than name, rank, regiment and town of birth. The majority of my research has been online in order to find the information that follows. Some of the names have revealed an interesting hidden history of information, whereas other names did not reveal very much at all. This research isn’t by any means complete, and I hope there are members of the public who can contact the Glamorgan Archives to continue the ongoing process of updating this data. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ The 16th (Service) Battalion (Cardiff City), Welsh Regiment was formed in November 1914 by the Lord Mayor and Corporation in Cardiff. It then moved to Colwyn in December of the same year to join the 140 th Brigade of the 43 rd Division. On 29 th April 1915 it become part of the 115 th Brigade of the 38 th Division and in August moved to Winchester. The Battalion mobilised for war in December 1915 and landed at Havre. It was then engaged in various actions on the Western Front, including The Battle of Albert 1916 and the Battles of Pikem and Langemark in 1917. The Battalion was disbanded on 7 th February 1918 in France. I have included within the Appendices section, a transcript of the 16 th Battalion’s War Diary at the time of the Battle of Mametz Wood. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Mametz Wood was the objective of the 38th (Welsh) Division during the First Battle of the Somme. The attack occurred in a northerly direction over a ridge, focusing on the German positions in the wood, between 7 th July and 12 th July 1916. On the 7 th July, the men were halted by machine gun fire before they reached the wood. Further attacks by the 17th Division on 8 th July failed to improve the position. Another attack on the 10 th July was on a larger scale than had been attempted earlier. Despite heavy casualties the fringe of the wood was soon reached and some bayonet fighting took place before the wood was entered and a number of German machine guns silenced. Fighting in the wood was fierce with the Germans giving ground stubbornly. However, by 12 th July the wood was effectively cleared of the enemy. The Welsh Division had lost about 4,000 men, killed or wounded in this searing engagement. It would not be used in a massed attack again until 31 st July 1917. The wood still stands today, surrounded by farmland. Overgrown shell craters and trenches can still be made out. 3 4 Part l Enlistment areas within the Glamorgan Archives Jurisdiction 5 6 Enlisted: Cardiff Name Birthplace Regt No Date of Death Page ASHTON, Arthur Ernest Ilfracombe, Devon 23017 7 July 1916 11 BAILEY, Joseph Cardiff 24100 10 July 1916 12 BANNISTER, Joseph Leeds 23744 7 July 1916 13 BENNETT, Edward James Cardiff 23195 7 July 1916 14 BIRD, Ernest Wenvoe, Glam 23027 7 July 1916 15 BIRD, William Cardiff 24020 7 July 1916 16 BLACKMORE, Robert Charles Cheltenham 23493 7 July 1916 17 BOUCHER, Albert Edward Cardiff 23157 7 July 1916 18 BOWLER, George William Cardiff 23171 7 July 1916 19 BRAMHALL, Edger Cardiff 23029 7 July 1916 20 BRISEN, Herbert London 24111 7 July 1916 21 BROWN, Herbert Leslie Sutton, Surrey 24165 7 July 1916 22 BROWN, John Henry Unknown 23942 7 July 1916 23 BURGESS, Harold Evett Fulham, Middx 32775 7 July 1916 24 CHAPMAN, Thomas Cardiff 36632 7 July 1916 25 CHARLES, Hubert James Cardiff 24117 7 July 1916 26 CHURCH, Stanley Aberystwyth 23905 8 July 1916 27 CLARKE, Alfred H Bristol 23750 7 July 1916 28 CLARKE, William John Garway, Herefordshire 23548 8 July 1916 29 COLLIER, Charles Ernest Lidbrook, Gloucester 23907 7 July 1916 30 CONOLLY, John Patrick Cardiff 32607 7 July 1916 31 COOPER, Thomas Cardiff 23752 7 July 1916 32 DANDO, Thomas Cardiff 24023 7 July 1916 33 DAVID, Thomas Cardiff 23599 10 July 1916 34 DAVIS, Reginald Cardiff 24150 7 July 1916 35 DOBBS, Edward Pontypridd 23810 10 July 1916 36 DUNLAVY, James Cardiff 23973 11 July 1916 37 DURRAN, Donald Clarence Ebbw Vale 23181 7 July 1916 38 EDWARDS, Albert Edward Saltmead, Glam 24153 7 July 1916 40 EDWARDS, Thomas Cardiff 32609 7 July 1916 41 GEORGE, Charles Cardiff 32675 7 July 1916 42 GILBERT, Edgar James Barry 23083 7 July 1916 43 GILLET, Marshall Carlton Pontypridd 23974 10 July 1916 44 GODFREY, William George Ferndale, Glam 24062 7 July 1916 45 GOMM, Gilbert Cardiff 23995 7 July 1916 46 GRIFFIN, Alfred Cardiff 32770 7 July 1916 47 HERNIMAN, William Cardiff 40023 7 July 1916 48 HOLLY, Arthur Cardiff 23804 7 July 1916 49 HUGHES, James Cardiff 23420 11 July 1916 50 HURLEY, Richard Cardiff 23208 7 July 1916 51 HUTTON, Alfred Marlock, Somerset 23829 7 July 1916 52 IRWIN, Charles John Cardiff 32572 7 July 1916 53 JENKINS, John Cardiff 23024 7 July 1916 54 JENKINS, Samuel Caerphilly 24268 7 July 1916 55 JOHN, Thomas Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire 23554 7 July 1916 56 JOHNSON, Eric Windsor, Ontario 32653 10 July 1916 57 KENDAL, Herbert Wallace Gateshead, Durham 23308 7 July 1916 58 KNIGHT, Ellis Cardiff 23926 7 July 1916 59 LEE, George Samuel Herbert Cardiff 32628 7 July 1916 60 LEWIS, Daniel James Swansea 23229 7 July 1916 61 LEWIS, John Pennal, Merioneth 23808 7 July 1916 62 LEYSHON, William Cefn-hirgoed, Glam 24049 7 July 1916 63 LLOYD, Matthew Pontypridd 23023 7 July 1916 64 LOVERIDGE, Henry Cardiff 24124 7 July 1916 65 MARTIN, Daniel Cardiff 32676 7 July 1916 66 MAYNE, Frederick Robert Cardiff 23856 7 July 1916 67 7 Name Birthplace Regt No Date of Death Page McCONNELL, Samuel Cardiff 24145 7 July 1916 68 MIDDLETON, Percy Cardiff 23976 7 July 1916 69 MOORE, James Cardiff 32638 7 July 1916 70 MOORE, William John Risca, Mon 32790 7 July 1916 71 MORGAN, Charles Blaenavon, Mon 32790 7 July 1916 72 MORGAN, Henry John Penrhiwceiber, Glam 32793 7 July 1916 73 MURRAY, James Cardiff 23031 7 July 1916 74 OLIVER, Albert Thomas Pwllgwaun, Glam 24115 7 July 1916 75 OLIVER, Ernest Pontypridd 24116 10 July 1916 76 PALMER, Hubert John Cardiff 23178 10 July 1916 77 PAVEY, William Bath 23702 7 July 1916 78 PINKARD, Walter Cardiff 23120 7 July 1916 79 POOLE, Osman James Wolverhampton 23893 7 July 1916 81 PURCELL, William John Cardiff 23690 11 July 1916 82 QUINN, Frank Hamilton, Lanarkshire 32524 7 July 1916 83 RICHARDS, David Frank Cardiff 24269 7 July 1916 84 ROGERS, Lyndon Cardiff 24393 7 July 1916 85 SALTER, William Henry Cardiff 32694 7 July 1916 86 SARGENT, William Cardiff 24003 7 July 1916 87 SAUNDERS, William Exeter 23475 10 July 1916 88 SHAW, Thomas Walter Grangetown 23433 7 July 1916 89 SHEPPARD, Edward Hewish, Somerset 24454 11 July 1916 90 TARR, George Henry Cardiff 23718 7 July 1916 91 TAYLOR, William Porth, Glam 23025 7 July 1916 92 THOMAS, Arthur Grange, Glam 23326 7 July 1916 93 THOMAS, Benjamin Blackwood, Mon 24151 7 July 1916 94 THOMAS, Richard Ferndale, Glam 24093 7 July 1916 95 THOMAS, William Cardiff 23653 7 July 1916 96 TITT, Alfred Cardiff 23164 7 July 1916 97 TREBBLE, William Henry Wellington, Somerset 23104 7 July 1916 98 WATKINS, Walter David Swansea 24389 7 July 1916 99 WEBB, Thomas Ebbw Vale, Mon 32713 7 July 1916 100 WILLIAMS, David John Tongwynlais 24088 7 July 1916 101 WILLIAMS, Frank Cardiff 23634 10 July 1916 102 WILLIAMS, Hedley Maesteg 24022 7 July 1916 103 WILLIAMS, John Tonyrefail 24240 7 July 1916 104 WILLIAMS, Ralph Roath 23231 7 July 1916 105 WILTSHIRE, Albert Cardiff 23291 7 July 1916 106 Enlisted: Abertridwr, Caerphilly Name Birthplace Regt No Date of Death Page RICHARDS, John Monkton, Pembs 24214 7 July 1916 108 Enlisted: Bargoed Name Birthplace Regt No Date of Death Page BRAIN, George Frederick Merthyr 23219 7 July 1916 109 DAVIES, Edward John Llanrabon 23722 7 July 1916 110 DAVIES, Enoch Tavarnouback, Mon 23762 10 July 1916 111 DAVIES, William Blaenavon, Mon 24302 7 July 1916 112 HEALEY, James Stratford-on-Avon 34952 7 July 1916 113 JONES, Thomas Henry Cheadle, Staff 24324 7 July 1916 114 OTTEN, Gilbert Lewis Sidmouth, Devon 23924 7 July 1916 115 TEDSTONE, Thomas Kington, Herefordshire 32642 7 July 1916 116 TOMLIN, George Henry Snodland, Kent 24355 7 July 1916 117 8 Enlisted: Barry Name Birthplace Regt No Date of Page Death BRECKENRIDGE, Charles Pembroke Dock 24472 7 July 1916 118 Norton HAMBLETON, Sidney Charles Bristol 32769 7 July 1916 119 HOARE, Charles Ross, Herefordshire 23861 7 July 1916 120 THOMAS, David Whitland, Carmarthenshire 24219 7 July 1916 121 WRIGHT, George Henry St Andrews in the Vale, Glam 32627 10 July 1916 122 Enlisted: Bridgend Name Birthplace Regt No Date of Death Page HARRIS, Robert John Ynysybwl 23140