Grange War Memorial By Date

This is the list of men - and one woman - who died on active service in the Great War from Grangetown, Cardiff, in date order from 1914 to 1920. Those whose names are on the memorial in Grange Gardens have a number in brackets, indicating their surname as they appear in alphabetical order on our online version of the memorial. The other names are not on the memorial but have been confirmed by local obituaries or on memorials recorded by the Commonwealth Graves Commission. More names will be added as dates of death are confirmed.

1914:
AUGUST
6: Stkr William Welton

SEPTEMBER
6: L/Sgnl Walter Baker

OCTOBER
14: Rfl George Rees (239)
21: Pte John Breeze
23: Pte Dennis McCarthy (190)
26: Pte Alexander Pates (218)
29: Pte Jack Lloyd (173)
30: Sgt Thomas Brackley (19); L/Cpl John Gillis (98)
31: Pte Fred Brockway (24); Pte Leonard Robinson (254)

NOVEMBER
1: Boatswain William Barrett; Stkr Alfred Torrington (294)
6: Pte Alfred Cottrell
7: Pte E O'Brien
12: Cpl Reginald Barnett (8)

DECEMBER

1915: JANUARY
FEBRUARY 8: Pte Clifford Harris (118) 13: Pte Peter Tarr (282)
MARCH 8: Pte Harold Jamieson
APRIL 4: Pte James Connolly 18: L/Cpl Henry Jennings (146) 26: Pte William Fry (93) 27: Pte Thomas Rich 28: Pte Peter Christensen (40)
MAY 5: Pte William W Hooper (131); Pte George Porteous (226) 8: Pte Tom Christenson (39); Pte Joseph Ennis (77); Pte Rees Lewis (165) 9: Pte William Owens (212) 16: Pte Fred Brown (26), Pte Gilbert Jones, Pte Richard Lee 19: Pte Harry Pimm (224) 25: Pte Levi Lockyer (174) 29: Pte John Sheehan (262) 31: Pte John Henders (121)
JUNE 4: Pte Robert Drury (70) 22: Pte Frank Newman 28: Pte Frederick Bradford (21), Cook William Perks
JULY 2: Pte Windsor Phillips (223)
AUGUST 6: Pte William Bates 7: Pte John Keating 8: Cpl Joseph Main (181) 9: Pte James Kennedy; Pte James Regan (243) 13: Pte William Thomas (291) Gallipoli 15: Pte Alfred Chappell (35) 19: Pte William Barry (10) 27: Pte George Harben (114); Cpl Henry Manfield
SEPTEMBER 5: Pte George Coase 13: Pte John Dungey (74) 15: Sgt Clifford Quance (234) 16: Pte George Drake-Power 20: Dvr William Fry (91) 21: L/Cpl Alf Johnson (149) 25: Pte Leonard Holder; Pte Harry Hutchinson; Pte Thomas Larsen (160); Pte John Leworthy (170); Pte Edward O'Shea (261), Pte George Storr - Battle of Loos 30: Pte Frederick Marshall (183)
OCTOBER 2: Lt Col Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart MP (53) 3 Pte Henry Osmond (211) 7: Pte Percy Wiggins (315) 26: L/Cpl William Allsopp (4)
NOVEMBER 9: Master Hugh Phillips
DECEMBER 26: Pnr James J Whelan

1916: JANUARY 2: Pte Daniel Murphy (199)
FEBRUARY 4: Pte Albert Harris (116) 9: Pnr Henry Dessington 12: Rflm Joseph Taylor 19: Pte Charley Palfrey 21: L/Cpl William Churcher 22: James De Vine (63)
MARCH 3: Jack Thomas (289) 8: Pte Alf Martin (185) 14: Sgt Charles Howe (135) 24: First Mate Martin Espeland, Steward J H Sharp
APRIL 5: Pte Charles Evans (78) 7: AS George Carey (31) 9: Pte Cornelius Smith (272) 17: Pte James G Williams (318) 23: Pte Edward Driscoll (69) 24: Pte H M Dangerfield
MAY 16: Pte William Skelly 21: Rfl Francis Jones; Rfl Ivor Jones (150); Pte James Lightfoot (171) 31: Griffith Evans (80); AS Thomas Hooley (127); AS John Lonn (177); AS Charles Morgan (196); Nicholas Reed (236); Ralph H Ridge; WO Thomas H Roberts; Sgnl Henry Rowe; Sgnl Evan Simmons (264); Eng Henry Dacey; Jermiah Dacey; Stkr Daniel Doyle; Stkr William Woodyatt - Battle of Jutland
JUNE 6: Bmdr James Sullivan 18: Gnr Frederick Holdham (128)
JULY 1: Pte Albert Davis (58); Pte Frank Gillespie (97); Pte Percival Henderson (122) 3: Pte Henry Riddick (249) 5: Pte Charles F Richards (248) 7: Pte Maurice Harris (119); Sgt James Murray (200); Pte William Salter; Pte Thomas Shaw (260), L/Cpl Arthur Thomas (286)- Battle of Mametz Wood, Somme 9: Pte James Farr 10: Sgt William Martin (186) 11: Pte Alf Rich (245); Pte Charles Yorath (329); Bmbdr Stephen Temblett 12: Pte Alfred Fehrenbach (82); Pte Albert James (140) 14: Pte Edgar Watkins (306); Pte George W Hill 16: Pte Evan James (141) 18: L/Cpl Christopher Nelson (201); Robert Payne (220) 19: Pte Frederick Turner (295) 22: L/Cpl Gus Lewis (169); Cpl Thomas Mahoney 23: Pte Reginald Lewis (166) 25: Pte William Warren (304)
AUGUST 2: Pte Frederick Breeze 5: Lt Frederick Turner (296) 14: Stkr Michael Henzell 16: Pte William Branch 23: Pte Arthur Jenkins (143)
SEPTEMBER 3: Rfl Jesse Williams (320) 5: Pte Roderick Connors (49) 9: Pte Henry Casper (32) 10: Rfl Harold W Hurley 13: AS William Botwood (18) 14: Cpl Peter Reid (251); Pte George Thomas (288) 16: Pte Bert Summerhayes (279) 22: Dvr Owen Thomas (290); 23: Pte Alfred Guppy (106) 29: Pte Robert Deans (61)
OCTOBER 1: Gnr Herbert Howes 15: Pte George F Wainwright 18: L/Cpl Charles Steele 23: Bosun George Chamis 24: L/Cpl Eric Wingstedt (325)
NOVEMBER 1: Pte Frederick Collins (47); Frederick Davies (59) 4: Bmdr Frederick Chiplen (37) 14: Rfl Harold Miller 24: Pte Charles Denham (62)
DECEMBER 10: Pte William 'Razor' Evans 13: Pte Samuel Tilley 16: Gnr Evan Addicott 20: Pte Albert J Fry

1917: JANUARY 9: William Drury (71) 28: Pte James Pearson (221) 29: Pte Andrew Lawrence (162) 30: Cpl William Bell (12)
FEBRUARY 20: Harry Sparkes (274) 22: Pte Arthur Palmer 28: 1st Eng Alan Child; Bsn Alec Gordon
MARCH 7: Pte Ernest Fehrenbach (83) 10: Pte Windsor Burgess (29) 12: Pte Thomas Jones; Pte Michael O'Brien 13: John Flaherty (85) 24: Pte Charles Huxtable (137) 26: Pte Ernest Arkell (7); Pte Benjamin Sims (265)
APRIL 4: Pte John Calman 11: John McGuiness (182) 13: Cpl Ernest Bartlett 18: First Mate Wilfred Howell Williams 23: Pte Alfred Lander (159) 24: Pte William H Richards (247) 27: Fireman Henry WJ Jones
MAY 2: David Rees (238); Dvr Charles Thomas (287) 4: Pte Henry James (139) Cpl Charles Fullerton 5: Pte James Simpson 14: Sgt William Dean (60) 18: Richard Power (228) 23: Sgt Major Ned Goodwin (102); Pte John Harris (117). 29: Cpl Edwin Macey (179)
JUNE: 1: Pte J D Griffiths; Gnr Ernest J Thomas 4: Pte Daniel Regan (242) 6: Pte Fred Duggan (73) 17: AS John Flynn (87); Dvr Thomas Wilcox (316) 19: Pte Alfred Woods (327) 28: 2nd Eng Thomas Reed
JULY 7: Pte Reginald Waites (298) 9: AS William Long (176) 14: Pte William J Phillips 16: Fireman William A Thomas 21: Archie Beer (11); Spr William Bragg 22: Pte Roderick Smith 29: Rflmn Idris Mathias 31: Pte Reginald White (313)
AUGUST 1: Pte Abraham Heins (120); Gnr Ivor Ivanissevich; Pte Thomas Sullivan (Passachendaele) 2: Spr George Symonds (281) 6: Spr Charles Dickinson (64) 7: Sgt Alfred Harris 8: Pte David Fish (84) 12: Gnr Thomas Wheeler (311); Pte Frank Harding 14: Sidney Bryant (22) 16: Fireman Charles Whittington 18: Chf Bosun Sidney B James 19: Sgt Albert Blake (16) 20: Sailor Charlie Rich 25: Mstr Jens Jensen (147); 1st Eng John Roberts 27: Sgt George Goodwin (103) 28: Pte Dai Wastercott (305) 31: Pte Charlie Walker (300)
SEPTEMBER 3: 2nd Mate Henry Robins 18: Norman McCallum (191) 26: Pte Samuel Gatscias (94); 2nd Lt Clifford White (312); Sgt Francis Alfred
OCTOBER 1: Pte William Jones (154) 4: Cpl Albert Cooksley (50) 5: Thomas R Alimoor (3) 9: Pte Horatio Hancock 10: Pte Albert Bethell (12), Margaret Dillon 11: Pte James Pring 12: Pte Bert Forgan (88); Dvr Ted Fry (92) 13: Pte William Laugharne (161); Mstr Nathaniel Wicklen (314) 15: Bmbdr George Packer (213) 19: L/Cpl George Renwick (244) 20: Gnr Harry Fouracre 21: Pte William Taylor (284) 22: Pte Frederick Clargo (41); Pte Robert Edwards 26: Pte Henry Cottier (52); Pte Arthur Hollyman (129); AS Christopher Maggs (180)
NOVEMBER 3: Pte Edward Biancardi (14) 9: Dvr Patrick O'Callagan (207) 10: Pte John Caveill (34) 13: Pte Arthur Atkins 20: Dvr Francis Smith (271) 23: Pte Frank Clarke; Gnr George Hannam (113) 25: Pte Bertie Bucknell (28); L/Cpl Harold Higgins (125); Cpl Herbert Hopkins (133); Pte William Parsons (215) 30: Pte Frederick Shorney (263); Pte Albert Bagg; Cpl David George; Pte Thomas J Williams
DECEMBER 1: Sgt Thomas Newby (202) 3: Joseph Stevens (277), Rflm John E Williams 5: Pte James Coleman (45) 10: Charles Thompson (292) 15: Pte Thomas Callinan (30) 22: Pte James Cosgrove 28: Sgt John Withers (326)

1918: JANUARY 9: Bmbdr Albert Thomas (285) 10: Herbert Dowse (66) 16: Charles Preston (229) 20: Ord Sglmn Thomas RC Thomas 21: L/Cpl Edward Holman (130) 26: 2nd Mate Edward Lefeuvre 29: Pte Fred Pardington
FEBRUARY 1: Air Mechanic George C Willicott 2: 2nd Mate Jack Harris 4: Arthur L Brown, William Topp 10: Ch Stwd Frank Chapman 14: John Stewart (278) 19: LS Samuel Long (175) 25: Spr Thomas Wellings (309) 26: 2nd Lt John Cavanagh (33)
MARCH 10: Pte Arthur Kinson (157) 14: Shozaburo Hida (124) 21: Gnr Ted Goodfellow (100); Rfl Hubert Griffiths (104); Pte Walter Jenkins (144); Pte Albert Price (231); Pte Charles Carpenter 23: Pte Robert Webb (307); Pte Harry Welchman (310) 25: Pte Harry Appleby (6); Pte George McFarlane (192); Pte Harry Maidment 27: Pte Thomas Patridge (216) 30: Sgt William W Hughes
APRIL 7: Alexander Dryland (72); Mstr Samuel Lewis (167) 8: Gnr William Bird (15) 9: Pte Henry Brown (27); Pte Cornelius Driscoll (68) 11: Pte David Evans (81); Cpl W Saunders 12: Pte Thomas Johns (148) 13: Pte William Hale (108); Pte John Lewis (168) 14: Gnr Alfred Dunscombe (75); Spr Charles Percy 15: Pte Jack Noyes (205); Pte William Rosewarne (256) 16: Pte Alfred Pook; Gnr David Cummings 18: L/Cpl Albert Francis (90); Pte Charles Hore; Pte Nicholas Miller (195) 19: Sgt Maj Cornelius Collins (46) 21: Richard Chere (36); Pte Leslie Rees (239) 23: Pte Alfred Hancock (111) 24: John Cleal (42) 25: Gnr Charles H Pillar 26: Pte George Parker (214) 27: Cpl Peter Munck (198), Pte Josiah Whitworth 28: Pte Douglas Rich (246) 29: Pte Joseph Dillon (65)
MAY 4: Andrew Sanderson (5); Pte Ivor Darby (54) 5: Pte Tom E Smith 6: Gnr Percy Plain (225) 9: Spr James Dacey 10: Spr William Haviland 11: Pte Sidney Cleves (43) 17: Ch Stw Arthur Moloney 26: L/Cpl Francis Male 27: Pte George Tarr (283) 29: Pte William Reid (252)
JUNE 9: William Thompson (293) 17: 2nd Lt William Pasley (217)
JULY 1: Elsie Gibbs 6: Gnr Thomas Purnell (233) 7: William Oliver (209) 16: Spr Tom Wines (324) 18: L/Cpl Horace Maynard (188) 21: SbLt David McLaren (193) 22: Pte Charles Walker (301)
AUGUST 5: J Jarvis (142) 10: SO Harold Woodward (328); Gnr Horace Ford. 15: Pte Arthur Kitch (158) 17: Dvr Joseph Giles (95) 21: Pte Fred Letton (164); John Stauber (276) 22: Pte Stephen Condon (48); Pte Ernie Smithyman (273) 23: Pte Jim Hall (109) 25: Cpl Ivor Drake (67) 27: Cpl Charles Luscombe (178) 30: Cpl George Hill (126); Pte James Mather (187)
SEPTEMBER 1: Pte William J Morris 2: Pte William Glynn (99); Pte Philip Jones (155) 3: Pte Hubert Goodland (101) 4: Pte Bertie Ryan (258) 5: L/Cpl Joseph Perry (222) 6: Pte Thomas Webber (308) 7: 2nd Eng George Baskett 9: Pte John Bohlin (17) 10: Bmbdr Charles Tugwell 11: Gnr Joseph Cocks (44) 13: Frederick J Adams (1); Pte Thomas Walsh (303); Gnr Walter Gardiner 18: L/Sgt David Briley (23); Pte Alfred Horsey (134); L/Cpl William Reed (235); Pte John Roberts (253) 19: L/Sgt Edward Edwards (76); Gnr Betram Smart (268) 21: Pte Jesse Price (230); Pte Bert Edwards 29: Charles E Williams (322)
OCTOBER 1: Pte Ivor Keenan (156); LS George Rees (241) 4: Pte Edwin Herring (123) Dvr Christmas Williams (321) 5: Pte Henry F Hayes 6: Cpl Harry Jones (152) 8: Rfl Charlie Lee (163) 9: L/Cpl Arthur Barrow (9); Sgt Bob Sweet (280) 10: Pte William Porter (227), Margaret Dillon 11: Dvr John Noyes (206) 12: Pnr Owen Bradley (21); Spr Lewis Giles (96) 15: Sgt Mortimer Jones (151) 18: Cpl William J Hooper (132) 19: Pte Elmer Darrock (55) 21: Pte Lewis Alexander (2); Gnr Gideon Rumney (257) 23: Pte Nicholas Wilson (323) 25: L/Sgt Frederick Francis (89); Pte Frederick Lingham (172); Pte George Rodd 31: Pte William Mayne (189)
NOVEMBER 1: Pte Charles Haberfield (107) 4: Lt Reginald Hardy (115); Pte Charles Skinner (266); Pte Frank Wilkins (317) 5: Pte Marshall Hall (110); Pte William Smith (269) 9: L/Cpl Tom Witts 11 Armistice 15: Sgt John Wall (302) 19: Pte Albert Harry Roberts 21: Dvr Charles Barnes 22: Pte John H Kingdon 24: Gnr Walter Seymour 28: Drv William Flaherty (86); Pnr John Isaac
DECEMBER 5: Gnr William Coombes

1919: JANUARY 8: S J Marshall, check (184) 20: LS Robert Parker Evans
FEBRUARY 8: AS Fred Hale 21: Pte William G Williams (319) 22: Pte John Melean (194) 26: Major Fred Jenkins (145) 27: L/Sign Augustus Noad (203)
MARCH 3: Pte George Stafford (275) 12: Henry Uzzell (297)
APRIL 5: Spr Robert Chislett (38) 16: Pte Alfred Pook 22: Gnr Cliff Hancock (112) 26: Lt Herbert Davies (57) 27: Dvr William H Robinson (255)
OCTOBER 24: Cpl David Davies (56)
1920: 5 February - Pte Sydney Reed (237) 1 March: Pte Jack Corbey (51) 30 March: 2nd Eng John W Mould (197) 18 May: Eng Nav William Leary (209) 29 July - Kate Miller (Queen Mary's Army Aux Corp) 26 Sept Pte William S Llewellyn 17 Nov Drv William Williams 1921: 8 Jan Gnr Charles E Thomas 23 April - Pioneer William Francis

We are marking the centenary of the deaths all 436 men and women from Grangetown who died on active service, day by day until 1921.

We will be including biographical details here and also Tweeting the names via @GrangetownWWI.

If you know of an ancestor whose anniversary is coming up and you have additional details or photos, please email us on grangetownwar@yahoo.co.uk. There is a full list of those who served and died here.

1914: AUGUST 6: Stkr William Welton
SEPTEMBER 6: L/Sgnl Walter Baker
OCTOBER 14: Rfl George Rees (239) 21: Pte John Breeze 23: Pte Dennis McCarthy (190) 26: Pte Alexander Pates (218) 29: Pte Jack Lloyd (173) 30: Sgt Thomas Brackley (19); L/Cpl John Gillis (98) 31: Pte Fred Brockway (24); Pte Leonard Robinson (254)
NOVEMBER 1: Boatswain William Barrett; Stkr Alfred Torrington (294) 6: Pte Alfred Cottrell 7: Pte E O'Brien 12: Cpl Reginald Barnett (8)
DECEMBER