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Gdsmn Thomas Daniel Stephen Edgeworth Welsh Guards
1923–1994
Born 1/8/1923 West Ham, Essex
Died APRIL 1994 Southampton, England


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Gdsmn Leslie Arthur Thomas Welsh Guards 1938-46
1918–1995
Born 29 DEC 1918 Wales
Died 4 SEPT 1995 Mid Glamorgan
Son of Charles William Thomas and Eva Annie Thomas (Cornish)


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Gdsmn Jack John Welsh Guards (served WW1 and WW2 )
1897–1973
Born OCT 1897 60 Courtney St ,Cwmbwrla Swansea Glamorgan
Died JUN 1973 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales


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Gdsmn George Thomas Howcroft Welsh Guards 1931 Enlistment
1913–1988
Born 28 JUN 1913 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
Died 26 OCT 1988 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales



George Howcroft (centre) post Wesh Guards became a Police Officer.


2nd left seated

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Gdsmn Edgar Skinner Welsh Guards
1905–1941
Born 10 MAR 1905 Upper Rillay, Bishopston
Died 6 NOV 1941 56 Pendre, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales


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2733934 Sergeant Ralph Wilcox 1st Welsh Guards Intelligence Section 1944

Ralph Wilcox served from 1934-38 and was recalled on the outbreak of war (had been a Police Officer since 1938) Seriously wounded Normandy in Head and Chest 3rd July 1944,wounds were so severe he was discharged from the Army and resumed his Police Career
RALPH WILCOX
1916–1964
Born 21 NOV 1916 Nantgarw Mid Glamorgan Wales
Died 20 AUG 1964 Killed in a Road Traffic Accident Dublin Ireland


Sergeant R. Wilkinson’s Squad, N.C.O’s. Drill Course, Guards Depot, August 1941

Back Row: Sergeant A. Adams (Coldstream Guards), Corporal F. Riley (Coldstream Guards), Sergeant W. Eastham (Welsh Guards), Sergeant H. Parton (Welsh Guards), Corporal E. Williams (Welsh Guards), Corporal N. Hudson (Recce Corps), Sergeant F. Gatenby (Recce Corps)

Front Row: Corporal J. Craddock (Coldstream Guards), Corporal R. Wilcox (Welsh Guards), Sergeant R. Wilkinson (Coldstream Guards), Corporal D. Gwynne (Welsh Guards), Corporal T. Cooper (Coldstream Guards)





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Gdsmn William Henry Thomas Sheward Welsh Guards 1932 -35
1910–1969
Born 06 AUG 1910 South Wales
Died 16 AUG 1969 St Woolos Hospital, Newport, Gwent




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Gdsmn Idris Danial Roach Welsh Guards
Served Dunkirk 1940
Idris Daniel Roach
1917–1989
Born 06/01/1917 Bridgend, Wales
Died 25/10/1989 Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales

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2736592 Gdsmn Owen Kenneth Seabourne 2nd Welsh Guards Wounded 14th September 1944
1920–1988
Born 16 MAR 1920 Pontypool, Wales, United Kingdom
Died 23 DEC 1988 Newport South Wales United Kingdom



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Gdsmn Harry Stanley Randall Welsh Guards
1909–
BIRTH 24 MAY 1909 • Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales


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Gdsmn Albert William James Harrison Welsh Guards
1916–1986
Born 13 SEP 1916 South Littleton, Worcestershire
Died AUG 1986 Worcester, Worcestershire


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Gdsmn Henry Scully Welsh Guards enlisted 1934 served WW2 Italy and North Africa
1914–1989
Born 25 DECEMBER 1914 • 12 Hope Street, Normanton, Normanton, England,
Died 6 DECEMBER 1989 • Leeds, England,



Henry Scully (Centre)


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2733643 Gdsmn Frederick Charles Taylor Welsh Guards
Born 07 Aug 1911 at 190 Pearl Street, Cardiff son of William John Taylor and Florence Sarah Taylor nee Smith
Married Hannah Joyce 1938
Discharged 23/10/1941
Died March 1984 10 Keir Hardie Street, Highfield, Rowlands Gill


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Gdsmn Clement John Roberts Welsh Guards
1917–2001
Born 30 December 1917 CARDIFF South Glamorgan Wales
Died October 2001 Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Clement John Roberts ( known as Jack) was a post war Horticulturist and nursery owner


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2735272 Gdsmn Clarence Edward Eborn Welsh Guards
demobbed 21st May 1946
Born 15 FEB 1918 Birmingham, Son of Clarence Alfred Eborn and Alice Emelia Eborn(Lownes)
Married 24 July 1952 to Priscilla Winifred Huston
Died 31 May 2006 Birmingham,



Photographed far right on tank.

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2732683 Gdsmn Frederick Harold Stinton Welsh Guards
Enlisted at Cardiff on 31 July 1928. Corps for which enlisted: Welsh Guards.
Son of Frederick, and Adeline Roseina Beatrice Stinton He married Doreen Halbert in September 1932 in Cardiff He died in 1937 Bristol, England, at the age of 28 from Coal gas poisoning a verdict of suicide was given at his inquest.Local press wrongly gave his age as 48.


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Gdsmn William Henry Crawshay Williamson Welsh Guards
Son of William and Elizabeth Amelia Williamson (Phillips)
1915–1990
Born 9 March 1915 Newport, Monmouthshire
Died September 1990 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
Worked as a labourer in a timber yard prior to call up.
Married 1950 Alice P M Gibbs (lea)


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Gdsmn John Richard Pritchard Welsh Guards
1913–?
Born 13th October 1913 Gwelfor, Amlwch Port, Anglesey
Son of Richard Owen Pritchard and Mary Pritchard (Thomas)


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2737076. Gdsmn George Edward (Ted) Faulkner 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
(1912-1962)
Served NWE from 14/6/44 to 15/4/45 . Total army service 5yr 29 dys. Discharged from service after being wounded shrapnel lodged in his neck on the 6th March 1945.
George Edward (Ted) Faulkner son of Samuel George Faulkner and Hannah Faulkner (Hunt)
1912–1962
Born 18 February 1912 Newport, Monmouthshire,
Died 11 January 1962 Died in Mount ,Pleasant Hospital, Chepstow. Respiratory Failure, Chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Age 49 .

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2608728 Gdsmn Ernest Ralph Jury ,Grenadier Guards (1922-25) Re-enlisted Welsh Guards 21st October 1939

Ernest Ralph Dury was born on November 2, 1904, in Woodnesborough, nr Sandwich Kent. Son of John Thomas Jury and Florence Kate Jury (Hadlow)
In 1922 he enlisted into the Grenadier Guards (3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards) and served until 1925.
He married Gladys May Potter in 1929. He was employed as a Chauffeur to Lieut P.S Ackroyd in September 1939 he was listed as an Officers servant living at the Rutland arms near Newmarket. On the 21st October 1939 he enlisted into the Welsh Guards but retained his original army number after basic training at Caterham he was posted to the training battalion at Sandown Park on the 2nd April 1940.He remained here until 1941 when he was posted to the Guards Depot where he remained not serving overseas . Officers batman throughout WW2. Discharged without reserve liability having now reached the age of 45 and not liable for a recall to the colours. Awarded Defence and War Medals
Ernest Ralph Jury died on June 29, 1968 Melton Mowbray, Scalford, Leicestershire aged 63.

Photograph (above) showing original Grenadier Guards enlistment in 1922
Photograph (below) showing second enlistment into Welsh Guards Oct 39

Photograph (below) showing Welsh Guards No 5 Company (Depot) 1943 cricket team with Gdsmn Jury sitting front far right and his officer Lt Ackroyd sitting front far left


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