PARSELL, Edwin - Private 53841
9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.
Formerly 2147, 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Sirhowy, enlisted at Abergavenny, lived in Ebbw Vale.
Killed in action on 20th September 1917 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Parsell, 33 Emlyn Ave, Ebbw Vale.
Brother to Gladys, Gerty, Eva, Edith and Phyllis Parsell.
Lived at 308, 24th Row, Sirhowy in 1911.

PARRY, Edwin - Private 14931
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Sirhowy, enlisted at Newport.
Killed in action on 6th April 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Mesnil Ridge Cemetery, Mesnil Martinsart, France.

PAVEY, William - Private 23702
16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Bath, enlisted at Cardiff, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 7th July 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, France.

Husband of Annie Pavey.
Lived at 22 Park Street, Penrhiwceiber in 1911

PAYNE, Albert E - Private 3000
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Blaina, enlisted at Abergavenny.
Killed in action on 29th December 1915 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Ferme Olivier Cemetery, Belgium.

Son of Joseph and Emma Payne, 10 Cross Street, Blaina.

Albert was one of a number of soldiers from the 3rd Monmouthshires who on 29th December were parading at Elverdinghe Chateau, Belgium, just before going on some home leave, when a few stray German artillery shells, fired from Houthulst Forest, landed in their midst and killed many outright and also wounded several of the men.
They are buried in communal graves in Ferme Olivier Cemetery. There are a number of Tredegar men appearing in these web pages who were with Albert, and who are also buried with him.

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PAYNE, Emmanuel - Private 25579
1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Tredegar in 1882, enlisted at Newport.
Killed in action on 25th July 1916 - France & Flanders.

Son of John and Margaret Payne.
Brother to Mary, Maggie, Morgan and John Payne.
By 1901, Emmanuel’s mother had remarried to Frederick Littlewood.

PAYNE, John L - Lance Corporal 1024
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Ebbw Vale, enlisted at Abercarn, lived in Caldicot.
Killed in action on 25th May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

PEACEY, William John - Bombardier W/1048
Royal Field Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery.

Born in Tredegar in 1890, enlisted in Caerphilly.
Died of wounds on 30th April 1918 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Esquelbecq Military Cemetery, France.

Son of George and Mary Jane Peacey.
Brother of Mary Jane Collins, 69 The Crescent, Bedwas and Bertie Peacey.
William was a boarder at 24 Bedwellty Road, Aberbargoed in 1911 and in 1891, lived at 10 Market Lane Tredegar.

PEARCE, Daniel - not yet traced.

PEARCE, George William Frederick - Lance Corporal 1456
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Cwmbach, Aberdare, enlisted at Tredegar.
Killed in action on 2nd May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

Son of George William Frederick and Mary Ann Pearce, 14 Alexandra Road, Hengoed.

PEARCE, Thomas - Private 874
2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Beaufort, enlisted at Newport.
Killed in action on 31st October 1914 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Belgium.

Boarded with Moorfield family at 94, 4th Row, Sirhowy.

PEARCE, Wyndham H - Private 1630
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

Died of wounds on 18th April 1915 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Sainte Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France.

Possibly - husband of Barbara Jane Pearce, 23 Lower James Street, Tredegar.

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PEPLER, Arthur - Private 1181
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Nantyglo, enlisted at Sirhowy, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 2nd May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

Brother of Joseph Pepler, Tranch, Pontypool.

PERRY, Charles - Private 2901
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Enlisted at Abergavenny, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 22nd September 1915 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, Boesinghe, Belgium.

Son of Richard and Mary Perry, 40, Troedyrhiwgwair.
Brother to Mary Ann (Woods), Benjamin, Thomas, Eliza Jane, Phoebe Hanna, Arthur George and Alice Perry.

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PERRY, James Henry - Private 99764
Machine Gun Corps
Formerly 47842, Liverpool Regiment.

Enlisted and lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 22nd March 1918 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Ham British cemetery, Muille-Villette, France.

Son of George and Margaret Ann Perry, 9, West Hill, Tredegar.
Brother to Lilian Rosina, Gertrude Priscilla, Benjamin George and Charlotte Louise Perry.

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PHILLIPS, James Harold - Private 267759
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Bedwellty, enlisted at Tredegar.
Died of wounds on 14th December 1917 aged 20yrs - France & Flanders.
Buried at St Sever Communal Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France.

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PHILLIPS, J. W. - yet to trace, but possibly could be James William Phillips, Captain, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, or
John Phillips, Captain, Royal Engineers, or,
Thomas Walter Phillips, The Kieffe, Park Place, Private 3876, 5th, Nor Coy, N.C.C., or,
John Phillips, W.Z-4252, Wireless Operator, H.M.S. Barrage, of 32, Charles Street

PORCH, Walter Charles - Private 2153
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Tredegar and enlisted in Abergavenny.
Killed in action on 26th April 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

Son of Walter Charles and Sarah Porch, 129 Vale Terrace, Tredegar.
Brother to Margaret Elizabeth and Daniel Porch.

POWELL, David - Private 267687
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Tredegar in 1891, enlisted in Abergavenny.
Died of wounds on 5th July 1917 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Bard Cottage Cemetery, Belgium.

Son of William and Mary Jane Powell, Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar.
Brother to Mary Ann, Walter (Private 3543 below) and George (Private 267682 below).
Husband to Elizabeth Powell (nee Evans),
Father to Mary Jane and Brinley Powell.
In 1915 the family lived at 27, Back of Queen Street, Tredegar.

I am informed by Brinley Powell’s son, Richard, that Mary Jane was one of two daughters born to David and Elizabeth. Both were named Mary Jane, but the first died in infancy.

I have discovered enlistment papers that show that David tried to enlist into the 10th Service Battalion, South Wales Borderers (1st Gwent) early in 1915. His service number was 21453. While undergoing the initial enlistment procedures he was discharged on 20th February 1915. Richard Powell further tells me that later in 1915, David, his brother Walter (below) and a second brother George (now added) enlisted in the Monmouthshire Regiment at Newport.

POWELL, Edward - Private T/266214
6th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Formerly 2608, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Enlisted at Abergavenny, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 25th August 1918 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Vis en Artois Memorial, France.

POWELL, George - Private 267682
2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment

Killed in action on 30th November 1917 - France and Flanders
Commemorated on Panel 11, Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.

Son of William and Mary Jane Powell, Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar.
Brother to Mary Ann, Walter (Private 3543 below) and David (Private 267687 above).

George had gone to France on 27th October 1915.
His medal index card shows he was also recorded as being Private 3546 and Private 15790, both of the Monmouthshire Regiment.

POWELL, Gilbert Gwillim - Bombardier 1272S
Royal Marine Artillery.

Born in Tredegar.
Died on 22nd February 1919 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, France.

Son of Ambrose and Mary Powell, Coach and Horses, Abergavenny.
Husband of Gertrude Powell (formerly Evans), 84 Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar. Married in 1908.
Brother to Mary Jane Powell.

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POWELL, Walter - Private 3543
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Lived in Tredegar
Died on 17th July 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Warloy-Baillon Military Cemetery, France.

Son of the late William and Mary Jane Powell of Tredegar.
Brother to Mary Ann, George (Private 267682 above) and David (Private 267687 above).

POWER, John - Private 21945
11th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Tredegar, enlisted at Blackwood
Killed in action on 23rd May 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Rue Du Bacquerot Mil Cem, Laventie.

John of Michael and Mary Power, 3 Temple Street, Tredegar.
Brother to Johanna, Thomas, Catherine, James, Ellen, Agnes and Anne Power.
In 1901 they lived at 8 Iron St, Tredegar.

POWER, J.L. - yet to trace.

POWER, John Michael - Private M/385221
619th Mechanical Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps.

Born, enlisted and lived in Tredegar.
Died on 3rd October 1917 - Balkans
Buried at Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece.

Son of John and Mary Ann Power, 'Penydre', Church Street, Tredegar.

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POWIS, John - Private 11104
1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Tredegar and enlisted at Brynmawr.
Died of wounds on 28th September 1914 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Braine Communal Cemetery, Marne, France.

Son of Jesse & Mary Jane Powis, 5 Yellow Row, Dukestown, Tredegar.
Brother to Florence May, Alice Jane and Emily Powis.
In 1901 he lived at 1 Red Lion Square. Tredegar.

POWLES, Albert - Corporal 35
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Canon Pyon, Herefordshire, enlisted at Sirhowy, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 2nd May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

Son of John and Emma Powles.
Brother to Henry, George, Charles and Martha Powles.
Husband of Alice Powles, 7 Edward Terrace, Georgetown, Tredegar.
Father to Emily Bertha, Edward, Arthur and May Powles (Oldest child was 11 when Albert was killed, youngest was 5).

POYNER, William George - Gunner 126859
Royal Field Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery.

Born in Worcester, enlisted at Tredegar, lived in Cwm, Ebbw Vale.
Killed in action on 1st July 1916 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Bronfay Farm, Bray sur Somme, France.

Son of Charlton and Annie Poyner of Worcester.
Eldest brother brother to Annie, Nelly, Harry and Sidney Poyner.
Husband to Beatrice Maud Poyner, 18 Cendl Terr, Cwm.
Father to Brinley Bernard Poyner.

Prior to enlisting, William Poyner was PC 7, Monmouthshire Constabulary and was stationed at Tredegar Police Station

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PRICE, A.J. - Could be Edward John Price, Private 36275, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment, of James Street, Tredegar, or
Absalom Price, Private 88771, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, of 286, 21st Row, Sirhowy

PRICE, Charles Bernard - Private 10093
1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Newport in 1891, enlisted at Merthyr Tydfil, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 20th February 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

Son of William and Margaret Price, 55 Tyncroyon Road, Newbridge.
Brother to Charles and Margaret Price, stepbrother to Kate Ryan.
In 1911 Charles was a Private in Pembroke Barracks.

PRICE, Herbert - Sapper 7629
‘B’ Depot Company, Corps of Royal Engineers.

Born in Kington, Herefordshire in 1899, enlisted at Monmouth, lived in Tredegar.
Died on 22nd October 1915 - at home.
Buried in Monmouth Church Cemetery, Wales.

In 1911, Herbert was lodging with Francis and Beatrice Tyler at 35 Brompton Place, Tredegar.
He was a locomotive stoker.

PRICE, John Edward - Private 285043
11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Formerly 1688, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Bedwellty, enlisted at Tredegar.
Killed in action on 20th April 1918 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.

Husband of Mary Bosley (was Price), 48 West Hill, Tredegar.

PRICE, Joseph - Private 13957
4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Llangynidr, enlisted at Brecon, lived in Sirhowy.
Killed in action on 7th August 1915 - Gallipoli.
Buried at New Zealand No2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli.

PRICE, Reuben - Private 13921
1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Tredegar in 1877, enlisted at Newport.
Killed in action on 24th December 1914 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at Le Touret Memorial, France.

Son of late Reuben and Margaret Price.
Brother to Joseph, Thomas, John and Edward Price.
In 1911, Reuben was a lodger with Thomas and Jannie Hughes at 5 Ash Vale Cottages, Tredegar.
In 1881 he lived at 7 Collets Place, Tredegar.

PRICE, Robert - Stoker K/32380
HMS Begonia, Royal Navy.

Lived in Tredegar.Killed in action on 6th October 1917 - at sea.
Commemorated at Portsmouth Naval Memorial, England.

Son of Mr A and Mrs E Price.
Husband of Alice Price, 1 Cwm Rhos View, Tredegar.

PRICE, Rees - Private 73655
15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.

Born in Beaufort, enlisted at Cardiff and lived in Cwm, Ebbw Vale,
Died of wounds on 20th October 1918 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Awoingt British Cemetery, France.

Son of Rees and Annie Price, 2 Duffryn Villas, Cwm.
Brother to Thomas, Edith, David and Arthur Price.
1911 census shows Rees lived at 44 Whitworth Terrace, Tredegar.

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PRICE, Thomas - Private 1892
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Abergavenny, enlisted in Abergavenny, lived in Herefordshire.
Killed in action on 6th May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

PRICE, William Arthur - Private 7924
1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Llangynidr, enlisted in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 18th September 1914 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at La Ferte Sous Jouarre Memorial, France.

PRICE, William John - Private 1747
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Bristol, enlisted at Tredegar.
Killed in action on 2nd May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

In 1911 William was lodging at 11 George Street, Tredegar with Robert and Elizabeth Richards, their three children and two other lodgers.

PROBERT, William - Private 3457
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Nelson, enlisted at Abergavenny, lived in Tredegar.
Killed in action on 29th December 1915 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Ferme Olivier Cemetery, Belgium.

William’s full details are in the Nelson War Memorial listing.

PROSSER, Frederick James - Private 2406
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Abergavenny in 1888, enlisted in Abergavenny and lived in Hollybush.
Killed in action on 20th May 1915 - France & Flanders.
Commemorated at the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

Son of James and Susan Prosser, 4 Sunny View, Argoed.
Brother to Nellie and Albert Prosser.
Before war broke out, Frederick was a railway worker.

PUGH, John Tudor - Private 39745
5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
Formerly 3725, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in St Asaph, Clwyd, enlisted at Tredegar.
Died of wounds on 26th November 1918 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Cambrai East Military Cemetery, France.

Son of Hugh Vaughan and Hannah Pugh.
Brother to Hugh Lloyd, Llew Vaughan, Thomas Griffith, David C and Aneurin Gwynedd Pugh.
Hannah was made a widow in 1890 before her sixth son was one year old.

PUGH, Roger - Private 1987
3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.

Born in Crickhowell, enlisted at Abergavenny, lived in Scwrfa, Tredegar.
Killed in action on 29th December 1915 - France & Flanders.
Buried at Ferme Olivier Cemetery, Belgium.

Son of William and Eliza Pugh, Crickhowell.

Roger was one of a number of soldiers from the 3rd Monmouthshires who on 29th December were parading at Elverdinghe Chateau, Belgium, just before going on some home leave, when a few stray German artillery shells, fired from Houthulst Forest, landed in their midst and killed many outright and also wounded several of the men.
They are buried in communal graves in Ferme Olivier Cemetery. There are a number of Tredegar men appearing in these web pages who were with Roger, and who are also buried with him.

PURNELL, John - Private 8796
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers.

Born in Gelligaer, enlisted at Tredegar.
Died of wounds on 10th October 1915 - at home.
Buried at Bedwellty (St Sannan) Churchyard, Aberbargoed.

Adopted son of Charles Jones, living with Charles’ sister Mary and their mother Elizabeth, herself a widow.
1891 census shows John living at 2 High Street, Troedyrhiwfuwch.

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