First Day of the Somme, 1st July 1916

 The names of those from Swansea who were killed on the First Day

Thomas Clarke Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 21 years.  Thiepval Memorial

John Harold Davies Private, Dorsetshire Regiment, 1st Battalion, 19 years. Thiepval Memorial

George Davies Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion.  Thiepval Memorial

Herbert Eustace Davies Lance Corporal, Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion. 18 years. Devonshire Cemetery

Sidney L. Francis Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion, 26 years.  Theipval Memorial

William Green Private, Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion. Devonshire Cemetery

David Daniel Griffiths Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 21 years.  Thiepval Memorial

James John Hegarty Private, Somerset Light Infantry, 8th Battalion. Thiepval Memorial

William H. Howard Lance Corporal, Devonshire Regiment, 9th Battalion, 22 years. Serre Road Cemetery No.2

John Mansfield Sapper, Royal Engineers, 42nd Army Troops Company, 33 years. Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord

David John Palmer Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 18 years.  Thiepval Memorial

John Edgar Rees Lance Corporal, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd Battalion, 41 years. Arras Memorial

George James Thomas Private, Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 32 years.  Thiepval Memorial

Thomas Johns Tucker Serjeant, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), 1st/6th Battalion, 30 years. Theipval Memorial


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