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War Memorial - Capel Dewi, Ceredigion, Wales


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James Alexander Logan Stewart
James Alexander Logan Stewart
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Lieutenant

07 March 1893, Mumbai, India
13 May 1915
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1st Bn. Rifle Brigade
Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium
Son of James Logan Stewart and Evelin Mary Stewart, nee Dormer.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Stewart, James Alexander Logan, of Alltyrodyn, Lieutenant, 1st Battn. The Rifle Brigade, elder son of the late Lieutenant James Logan Stewart, 7th Hussars (died v. p. 29 June 1898), by his wife the Hon. Eveline Mary (Alltyrodyn, Llandyssul, co. Cardigan), sister of Roland John, 13th Baron Dormer, and daughter of the Hon. Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, K. C. B., and grandson of the late James Stewart, of Alltyrodyn, J. P., D. I.; born Bombay, India, 07 March, 1893; educated Winchester, and Trinity College, Cambridge; suc. his grandfather, 23 April, 1908; and gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the Reserve Battn. of the Rifle Brigade, 02 September 1913; and promoted Lieutenant, 1st Battn., 30 November 1914; went to France and joined his regiment at Ploegsteer Wood in December following, and was killed in action at Shell Trap Farm near Ypres, 13 May, 1915. On this occasion the position he was in command of was heavily shelled and temporarily captured by the Germans, and on the Rifle Brigade subsequently retaking the position, no trace could be found of his body or of those of his men; unm.
In 1911, he played for Winchester against Eton; was a good all-round sportsman, being a first-rate shot, fisherman and cricketer. His brother, 2nd Lieutnant Douglas Stewart, is now (1916) on active service with the Royal Hussars.

Remark: He was baptised in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in St. Pancras, London, England on 05 May 1893.

Wills and Administrations, 1916
Stewart, James Alexander Logan, of Alltyrodyn, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade died on or between 13 and 15 May 1915 in Belgium.
Administration (with Will) London 13 January to the honourable Eveline Mary Stewart, widow.   Effects £40933 10s. 6d.

Wales Census 1901 about James A. L. Stewart and family
Residence: Alltyrodyn, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales
Name Relation Marital
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Age Birth Place of Birth
James Stewart
Margaret Brenchley
Eveline A. Stewart
James A. L. Stewart
Douglas D. Stewart
James Marris
Mary Williams
Anne Jones
Annie Morries
Mary Dames
Ellen S. Jane Carter
John Dames
James Evans
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Sister
Daughter-in-Law
Grandson
Grandson
Butler
Cook
Dairymaid
Housemaid
Housemaid
Nurse dom.
Groom
Servant
Widowed
Widowed
Widowed
Single
Single
Widowed
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
70
72
34
8
3
64
58
30
33
24
26
20
17
abt. 1831
abt. 1829
abt. 1867
abt. 1893
abt. 1898
abt. 1837
abt. 1843
abt. 1871
abt. 1868
abt. 1877
abt. 1875
abt. 1881
abt. 1884
Woodford, Essex
Woodford, Essex
North Aston, Dumfries-shire
Bombay, India
Bogner, Lussea (?)
Manordefi, Pembrokeshire
Blaenffose, Pembrokeshire
Capel Dewi, Cardiganshire
Llandygwydd, Cardiganshire
Llandyssil, Cardiganshire
Wytham, Berkshire
Llandyssil, Cardiganshire
Llandygwydd, Cardiganshire

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Gwion Llewellyn Bowen Lloyd
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Captain

21 February 1888
11 August 1915
27
5th Bn. Dorsetshire Regiment
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of the late Charles Lloyd,
of Waunifor, Maesycrugiau, Carmarthenshire,
and of Margaret M. Lloyd,
of 37, Hotham Road, Putney, London.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Lloyd, Gwion Llewelyn Bowen, Captain, 5th (Service) Battn. The Dorsetshire Regt., 5th and youngest son of Charles Lloyd, of Waunifor, Maesycrugiau, co. Cardigan, M. A. (Oxon.), J. P., D. L., by his wife, Margaret MacFie, daughter of Duncan Alexander Campbell, of Barriemore, Appin, co. Argyle, J. P.; and brother to Lieutenan. D. I. B. Lloyd (q. v.); born Waunifor aforesaid, 21 February 1888; educated Avondale, Clifton, Bristol; Clifton College, Septtember 1900—7; Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated Theology (3rd Class Honours) and B. A. in 1911, and Bishop's Theological College, Cheshunt; was subsequently an Assistant Master at Acreman House Preparatory School, Sherborne; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Dorsetshire Regt. 26 August 1914; was promoted Lieutenant 31 December following, and Captain in May, 1915; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli from July, and was killed in action at Beach A, Suvla Bay, 7 August following, while leading his company. Buried where he fell.
His Colonel wrote: "Gwion Lloyd was one of my best officers, and I selected him and three others for promotion to the rank of Captain in 1914. These four were the backbone of my young officers. My New Army officers were a fine lot, and threw all their energies into helping the old hands to make a fine battalion of the 5th Dorsets. He set a fine example of the strenuous hard life. I met his brother Duncan, 1/5th Gurkhas, at Mudros, and my officers told me that he said on leaving for Anzac, 'Good-bye, Gwion. lf one of us has to be killed, I hope l shall be the one.' Gwion was leading part of his company when they started off on 7 August 1915, and came under very heavy fire, being one of the first to fall, and he was buried on Beach A, Suvla Bay, by the Staff Captain of the Brigade."
A Corporal of his regiment wrote: "Captain Lloyd did his work well, and was hold in the highest esteem by the regiment. To the company, with which he came in the closest contact, he was everything that could be desired as an officer and leader. War terrible as this puts Officers and men together in commmon danger. Captain Lloyd was, in my oplnlon, one of those unselfish and gallant men who always have the safety and protection of their men at heart, while thinking little of their own."
The Head Master of the school at Sherborne wrote: "We feel how fortunatn we were that Gwion should have spent those two years with us. He was of inestimable value to us, not only because of the actual work he did and the influence he had upon the boys, but because wherever he went he carried, as it were, an atmosphere with hlm - an atmosphere that was filled with noble ideals, kindliness and love. You can judge a mam by his friends, and Gwion's were many in number, and whenever they turned up at Sherborne we found them delightful men. He has gone, but he has left memories behind him which will be with us as long as we live."
While at Clifton College he was Head of Moberley's House, also member of the Football Club XV., and at Oxford was a member of the Harlequins Football Club, playing offen for the A team; unm..

Wills and Administrations, 1916
Lloyd, Gwion Llewelyn Bowen, of Waunifor, Maesycrugian, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, temporary Captain, 5th Service Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment, died 07 August 1915 at the Dardanelles, killed in action.
Administration Carmarthen 02 October to Charles Lloyd, esquire.   Effects £228 16s. 1d.


Duncan Ian Bowen Lloyd
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Lieutenant

16 March 1886
14 August 1915
29
1st Bn. 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Son of Charles and Margaret M. Lloyd, nee Campbell,
of Waunifor, Maesycrugiau, Carmarthenshire.

De Ruvignys Roll of Honour
Lloyd, Duncan Ian Bowen, Lieutenant and Quartermaster, 1/5th Gurkha Rifles, F. A., I. A., 4th Son of Charles Lloyd, of Waunifor, Maesyerugian, co. Cardigan, M. A. (Oxon), J. P., D. L., by his wife Margaret MacFie, daughter of Duncan Alexander Campbell, of Barriemore, Appin, co. Argyl, J. P.; and brother to Captain G. L. B. Lloyd (q. r.); born Waunifor aforesaid, 16 March 1886; educated Owestry Grammar School 1896-98; Clifton College 1898-1904, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1905-6; gazettet 2nd Lieutenant unattached list 29 August 1906; transferred to the Indian Army 22 October 1907, and promoted Lieutenant 29 November 1908; served his first year with the Black Watch, stationed at Peshawar, being posted to the 1st Gurkha Rifles, F. F., in 1907, and stationed at Abbottabad; served in Egypt from 04 December 1914, and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli from the beginning of June, 1915; was wounded on the 29th, and sent to Hospital at Malta; rejoined his regiment at Imbros 30 July; embarked for Anzac 04 August; took part in some heavy fighting there, being put in command of the 1/6th Gurkha Rifles 11 August, and was killed in action at Damejelik Bair 14 August following. Buried near were he fell.
The Brigadier-General wrote: "Your son was a very great loss to me and to the Brigade. At the time I had very few officers left who knew anything of the of the Gurkhas. He had done extremely good work, and was a very gallant leader. Had he lived his excellent services would no doubt have been specially recognized. As it is, it must. I feel sure, be of some consolation to you and his mother that died serving his country in the most gallant way - with his face to the enemy, with the respect of us all for his soldierly qualities and without any pain whatever."
And his Major wrote: "I knew your son very well from the time he joined the battalion first (1907), and watched with much interest his development into a capital administrator and a good soldier. As you know, he was Quartermaster for some years, and it was specially fortunate that it was so, for on our various moves to, and in Egypt and elsewhere, all necessary details were organized by your son in a manner that ensured the minimum of friction and the maximum of efficiency. We were certainly fortunate in having him then acting in that capacity. On 23 March, when we went out to attack a Turkish camp, he was commanding the 2nd Double Coy. Though the action was a small one, he came under my particular notice for the way he controlled his men and the fearless manner in which he led them. I subsequently had much pleasure in bringing his conduct to the dirct notice of his Colonel. who complimented him on it."
A Colonel, whose Battalion Lieutenant Lloyd commanded while he was in hospital, also wrote: "He was a splendid officer and a very great loss to the Brigade. Though I only knew him a short time, I had a very great admiration for his qualities as a soldier and a man. I hope it may be some comfort to all of you to know well he had done, how much he was appreciated, and know that he died commanding a regiment, though only a subaltern."
He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 17 March, 1917] by General Sir Ian Hamilton, for gallant and distinguished service in the field.
He published a book of poems, "Stray Notes" in Abbottabad, India, by Duncan Grey, 1909; unm.


England Census 1901 about Gwion L. B. and Duncan I. B. Lloyd and family
Residence: 2, Manella Road, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
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Age Birth Place of Birth
Charles Lloyd
Margaret M. Lloyd
Alister C. B. Lloyd
Francis C. B. Lloyd
Ivor A. B. Lloyd
Duncan J. B. Lloyd
Gwion L. B. Lloyd
Claudia Spurrell
Eliza William
Sarah Burbridge
Katie B. McLean
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Wife
Son
Daughter
Son
Son
Son
Visitor
Servant
Servant
Servant
Married
Married
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
50
51
22
20
16
15
13
39
32
26
27
abt. 1851
abt. 1850
abt. 1879
abt. 1881
abt. 1885
abt. 1886
abt. 1888
abt. 1862
abt. 1869
abt. 1875
abt. 1874
Bettws Bledros, Cardiganshire
Greenock, Renfrewshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Margam, Glamorgan
Glenelg, Inverness-shire

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Thomas F. Collier
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Private
18550
Folkestone, Kent
09 August 1915

6th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment
formerly 18333, Welsh Regt.
Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
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William Henry Rossen (CWGC: Russen)
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Private
21969
abt. 1894, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
25 October 1915
21
3rd Bn. Welsh Regiment
Carmarthen Cemetery, Carmarthenshire, UK
Son of William and Elizabeth Russen.
Wales Census 1911 about William Henry Russen and family
Residence: Pembroke St. Mary, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Name Relation Marital
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Age Birth Place of Birth
William Russen
Elizabeth Russen
E. Gertrude Russen
Ethel Blanch Russen
William Henry Russen
Mary Jane Russen
George Roy Russen
Annie Irene Russen
Head
Wife
Daughter
Daughter
Son
Daughter
Son
Daughter
Married
Married
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
55
48
22
20
18
16
13
11
abt. 1856
abt. 1863
abt. 1889
abt. 1891
abt. 1893
abt. 1895
abt. 1898
abt. 1900
Walton, Pembrokeshire
Walton, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire

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David Morgan
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Private
31896
abt. 1872
09 April 1916
44
21st Bn. Welsh Regiment
Pontsian (St. John) Churchyard, Cardiganshire, UK
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John Benjamin Jones
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Private
3359
abt. 1895
bapt. 07 April 1895, Llandyssul
09 April 1917
22
9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
Ste. Catherine British Cemetery, France
Son of Thomas David and Elizabeth Jones,
of Llwynrhydowen, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire.
Wales Census 1911 about Benjamin Jones and family
Residence: Myrtle Cottage, Llandyssul, Carganshire, Wales
Name Relation Marital
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Age Birth Place of Birth
Thomas D. Jones
Elizabeth Jones
David Jones
Jonathan Jones
Jonney Jones
Joseph Jones
Benjamin Jones
Enoch Jones
Head
Wife
Son
Son
Son
Daughter
Son
Son
Married
Married
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
47
49
22
19
16
15
14
10
abt. 1864
abt. 1862
abt. 1889
abt. 1892
abt. 1895
abt. 1896
abt. 1897
abt. 1901
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire
Llandyssul, Carganshire

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Herbert Henry Bardwell
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Private
35401
abt. 1897
06 May 1917
20
12th Bn. South Wales Borderers
Thiepval Memorial, France
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Victor Arthur John Blake
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Private
29117
abt. 1897
16 August 1917
20
2nd Bn. South Wales Borderers
Tyne Cor Memorial, Belgium
Son of Arthur and Alice Blake,
of 23, St. Alphonsus Road, Clapham, London,
husband of Ada May Blake, nee Hobbs.

The birth of Victor Arthur J. Blake was registered in Wandsworth, London, England during the third quarter of 1897. His parents were Arthur and Alice Mary Charlotte Blake. He moved to Blaenpant, Llandyssul in 1912.

A newspaper reported the death of Victor Blake:
Maesycrugiau Borderer Killed.
Private Victor Blake, S. W. B., in service with Mr. E. Chas. Davies, Blaenpant, for six years; joined the colours in January. 1917, and was killed in action in France on August 17th. He leaves a widow.

England Census 1911 about Victor Arthur John Blake and family
Residence: 42, Scholars Road, Balham S. W., London, England
Name Relation Marital
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Age Birth Place of Birth
Arthur Blake
Alice Mary Charlotte Blake
Victor Arthur John Blake
Leslie Harold Blake
Arthur Frederick Blake
Stanley Leonard Blake
Lilian Alice Blake
Head
Wife
Son
Son
Son
Son
Daughter
Married
Married
Single
Single
Single
Single
Single
36
35
13
10
7
5
2
abt. 1875
abt. 1876
abt. 1898
abt. 1901
abt. 1904
abt. 1906
abt. 1909
London, UK
London, UK
London, UK
Minster
London, UK
London, UK
London, UK

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William Jones
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Private
341
abt. 1873
23 February 1918
45
9th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
Tincourt New British Cemetery, France
Son of the late David and Anne Jones,
of South Lodge, Alltrodin, Llandyssil, Cardiganshire.
Wales Census 1881 about William Jones and family
Residence: Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales
Name Relation Marital
status:
Age Birth Place of Birth
James Jones
Anne Jones
Thomas Jones
William Jones
Mary J. Evans
Head
Wife
Son
Son
Niece
Married
Married
Single
Single
Single
48
48
18
8
14
abt. 1833
abt. 1833
abt. 1863
abt. 1873
abt. 1867
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llanwnen, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire

Wales Census 1901 about William Jones and family
Residence: Charles Street, Llandyssul, Cardiganshire, Wales
Name Relation Marital
status:
Age Birth Place of Birth
William Jones
Margaret Jones
Mary Etta Jones
Head
Wife
Daughter
Married
Married
Single
29
35
7
abt. 1872
abt. 1866
abt. 1894
Llandyssul, Cardiganshire
Talgarreg, Cardiganshire
Talgarreg, Cardiganshire

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George Jones (No CWGC record)
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Driver


26 February 1919

Army Service Corps

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John Osborne
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Able Seaman
Z/3613
abt. 1899
10 August 1918
19
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, S. S. "Madame Renee"
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK
Son of Walter and Elizabeth Osborne,
of 74, Moors Cottages, Crockenhill, Swanley Junction, Kent.
Native of Maidstone.
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Ieuan Tom James
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Sergeant
1181333

19 January 1942

148 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Son of David James, and of Rachel James,
of Llanfihangel Arth, Carmarthenshire.
Believed to have been shot down (Wellington II) into the sea 2 miles south of Eleusis
during a raid on Salamis harbour, Greece.
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