Mair Jenkins

Place of birth: Swansea

Service: Child

Notes: Possibly a birthday photograph of Mair aged 7 or 8. She was born on 18th April 1908, and is wearing a brand new ‘nurse’s uniform’.

Reference: WaW0125

Mair Jenkins in ‘nurse’s uniform.

Mair Jenkins dressed as a nurse, aged 7 or 8.

C Lloyd

Place of birth: Ton Pentre

Service: Munitions worker

Memorial: Jerusalem C M Chapel, Ton Pentre, Glamorgan

Notes: Nothing is known of Miss C Lloyd whose name appears on the Roll of Honour in Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre.

Reference: WaW0157

Roll of Honour,

Name of Miss C Lloyd, Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre.

Mary Ellen Hopkins (Roderick)

Place of birth: Cardigan, 1886

Service: Teacher

Notes: Mary trained as a teacher at Swansea Training College. She lived in Llanelli and taught at Burry Port until her marriage to John Aneurin Roderick in 1916. Her student autograph album survives, showing her friendships.

Reference: WaW0130

Mary Hopkins c.1916

Mary Hopkins around the time of her marriage, 1916.

Page from album

‘An ‘Old Dorm’ Trinity’

Page from album

‘4 EVENINGS – 1 WK IN BRITON FERRY’

Elizabeth Humphreys

Place of birth: Pontypool

Service: Mother

Notes: Elizabeth Humphreys was the mother of three soldier sons, Charles, George and Owen. Only George survived the War. Elizabeth, rather than her husband, was the one with whom the War Office communicated, and the one named in her sons’ field wills.

Reference: WaW0135

Elizabeth and George Humphreys

Elizabeth Humphreys with her son, Driver George Humphreys (the only one of her three sons to survive the war). 1915 or 1916.

Official letter to Elizabeth Humphreys

Letter from War Office to Elizabeth Humphreys acknowledging her as ‘sole legatee’ to her late son Charles.

Field will G Humphreys (reverse)

Reverse of will made by George Humphreys, showing signature and date 1/8/15

Field will G Humphreys

Will made by George Humphreys leaving all his money to his mother Elizabeth Humphreys

Letter from Graves Registration

Letter to Elizabeth Humphreys about the grave of her son Owen.

Owen Humphreys’ grave

Official photograph of Owen Humphrey’s grave, Danube Post cemetery near Thiepval.

Edith Phillips (Humphreys)

Place of birth: Pontypool

Service: Sweetheart

Notes: Edith was a friend of the Humphreys family (see Elizabeth Humphreys). Both Owen and George Humphreys wrote to her regularly, and Owen gave her a rosary he found on the battlefield. Owen was killed in November 1916. Edith married George in 1923.

Reference: WaW0136

Edith (née Phillips) and George Humphreys

Wedding photograph of Edith (née Phillips) and George Humphreys with family members. She is sitting right, with George standing behind her. 1923

Rosary

Rosary found on the battlefield by Owen Humphreys, given to Edith Phillips.

Postcard

Postcard from George Humphreys to Edith Phillips, postmarked 20th March 1915

Field postcard

Field Postcard sent to Edith Phillips by Owen Humphreys, Sept 8th 1916.

Augusta Devisch (née Dekien)

Place of birth: Belgium

Service: Refugee, wife

Death: 2nd February 1916, ‘long and lingering illness’/ ’salwch hir a throfaus’

Notes: Augusta, born c 1895, was a refugee from Belgium living with her husband Edward, two step children and other family members in Siloa Buildings, Aberdare. The community worshipped at Siloa Chapel which allowed the Belgian Catholics to use the building.

Sources: Aberdare leader 12th February 1916

Reference: WaW0137

Aberdare Leader

Newspaper report of funeral

Mary Anne James

Place of birth: Llanelli?

Service: Mother

Notes: Letter from Mary Anne James (1876-1960) of Llanelli to her son Idwal concerning her grief for the death of her son Brynmor, a driver in the Royal Engineers who died 16th March 1917. Tragically Idwal was killed 4th July 1917 at Ypres.

Reference: WaW0145

Letter

Letter from Mary Anne James (1876-1960) of Llanelli to her son Idwal

Letter

Letter from Mary Anne James (1876-1960) of Llanelli to her son Idwal

Elizabeth Edmunds

Service: Chief Lady Welfare Superintendent, NEF Pembrey

Notes: Chief Lady Welfare Superintendent, NEF Pembrey (munitions). Awarded the MBE in January 1919.

Reference: WaW0139

Elizabeth Edmunds

Elizabeth Edmunds, chief Lady Welfare Superintendent, NEF Pembrey.

Reverse of photograph of Elizabeth Edmunds

Etheldreda Morris

Place of birth: Penbryn

Service: Chief Lady Welfare Superintendent , NEF Pembrey

Notes: Etheldreda, the daughter of the Welsh poet Lewis Morris, was awarded the MBE for her work at Pembrey, in a letter signed by Winston Churchill, who was Minister for Munitions 1917 – 1919.

Reference: WaW0147

Etheldreda Morris

Etheldreda Morris (reverse)

Letter

Letter signed by Winston Churchill awarding Etheldreda Morris the MBE. May 1918.

Elzabeth Francis (Hopkin)

Place of birth: Coity, Bridgend

Service: Daughter of a farmer

Notes: Born 1898, Elizabeth was the second daughter of a butcher and farmer, with many younger siblings. She left a memoir written in 1981. '…We kept a maid always that is until I left school at the age of 14 years. My mother was glad to have me home as we had had trouble keeping maids owing to the fact that we were so isolated.’. The family moved to Coychurch in 1914, where she helped with household tasks and dairying. Her elder brother was called up in 1916. 'We used to send him parcels of food, cigs etc which we sewed in linen cloths.’ He survived the war unwounded. Elizabeth married an engine driver, Cadwaladr Ivor Hopkin in 1925.

Reference: WaW0131

Elizabeth Hopkin

Elizabeth Hopkin around the time of her marriage.