Unit / Ship / Establishment:


1/5 The Welsh Regiment

  Detail :

 1/5th Battalion August 1914 : in Pontypridd Moved to Tunbridge Wells in November 1914 and in February 1915 to the Forth and Tay defences in Scotland. 17 April 1915 : attached to 159th Brigade in 53rd (Welsh) Division. Moved to Bedford. Sailed from Devonport 19 July 1915. Landed at Suvla Bay 9 August 1915. 8 October 1915 : amalgamated with 1/5th Bn, forming 4th Welsh Composite Bn. Resumed original identity 10 February 1916/ 11 December 1915 : evacuated from Gallpoli and moved to Egypt. On 3 July 1917, the two Bns formed the 4/5th Bn.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Maj. H.H.W. SOUTHEY  30-03-1917 Loyal Cambrian No.110
 Maj. T. WATKINS VC GBE PC KSt.J DL  09-09-2007 South Wales Jurists' No.7092

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