Below are remembered the men of the small villages of Pontyates and Pont Henri who lost their lives in both World Wars, and also the men of the neighbouring area.

Work is in progress, and will be added as soon as possible.

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Men of the Area

Name Rank Regiment From
Anthony, Harry Leonard Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps-1/1st Lancs Mobile Section Llandefeilog
Benyon, William Richard Private South Wales Borderers-4th Battalion Llandefeilog
Beynon, George Corporal Welsh Regiment-18th Battalion (2nd Glamorgan) Llandefeilog
Beynon, William Private Welsh Regiment-24th Battalion Llandefeilog
Branfield, Sydney Ernest Private Welsh Regiment-24th Battalion Llandefeilog
Davies, Benjamin Private Welsh Regiment-2nd Battalion Llandefeilog
Evans, Thomas Private Welsh Regiment-1/4th Battalion (Carmarthen) Llandefeilog
Jones, David Private  Royal Scots Fusiliers-3rd Battalion Llandefeilog
Jones, William Anthony Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-14th Battalion Llandefeilog
Morgan, John Rees Private Welsh Guards-1st Battalion Llandefeilog
Thomas, T. Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers Llandefeilog
Griffiths, Rees Private  Royal Army Medical Corps-106th Field Ambulance Llangedeirne
Beynon, Thomas Hughes Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment-15th Battalion Llangendeirne
Bowen, Richard Sapper Royal Engineers-4th Special Brigade Llangendeirne
Bowen, Roger Private Welsh Regiment-19th Battalion (Glamorgan Pioneers) Llangendeirne
Davies, David Private Welsh Regiment-8th Battalion (Pioneers) Llangendeirne
Griffiths, Tom Seaman Royal Marines-Medical Unit RND Llangendeirne
Jones, Ivor Sidney Private Welsh Regiment-16th Battalion (Cardiff City) Llangendeirne
Jones, Ivor Sidney Private Welsh Regiment-16th Battalion (Cardiff City) Llangendeirne
Jones, John Private  Cheshire Regiment-13th Battalion Llangendeirne
Jones, Robert John Howells Sergeant   Welsh Regiment-13th Battalion (2nd Rhondda) Llangendeirne
Lewis, Henry Private  Welsh Regiment-8th Battalion (Pioneers) Llangendeirne
Lewis, Johnny Private  Welsh Regiment-2nd Battalion Llangendeirne
Morland, Charles Bernard Lieut-Colonel Welsh Regiment-2nd Battalion (Commanding) Llangendeirne
Pugh, David John Private Welsh Regiment-8th Battalion (Pioneers) Llangendeirne
Rees, William Private Gloucestershire Regiment-7th Battalion Llangendeirne
Skelton, John Private Welsh Regiment Llangendeirne
Thomas, Walter Rowland Private Welsh Regiment-24th Battalion Llangendeirne
Walters, John Private Welsh Regiment-1/4th Battalion (Carmarthen) Llangendeirne
Elmore, Henry Private Welsh Regiment-18th Battalion (2nd Glamorgan) Meinciau
Griffiths, William John Private Royal Sussex Regiment-9th Battalion Myneddygarreg
Jones, John William Private Welsh Regiment-8th Battalion (Pioneers) Ponthenry
Maple, Cecil Owen Private Welsh Regiment-14th Battalion (Swansea) Ponthenry
Alexander, Harry Private Welsh Regiment-2nd Battalion Pontyates
Clark, Sydney Herbert Private Black Watch-9th Battalion Pontyates
Davies, Onslow Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery-200th Siege Battery Pontyates
Elmore, Alfred Private South Wales Borderers-1st Battalion Pontyates
Greville, David Onslow 2nd Lieutenant  West Yorkshire Regiment-16th Battalion Pontyates
Jones, David Private Welsh Regiment-15th Battalion (Carmarthen) Pontyates
Owens, John Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-2nd Battalion Pontyates
Rees, Evan Private Welsh Regiment-9th Battalion Pontyates
Thompson, Astley John Onslow, VD. Lieut-Colonel Australian Infantry-4th Battalion Pontyates
Williams, David John Private Welsh Regiment-1/4th Battalion (Carmarthen) Pontyates
Williams, Robert H. Private Welsh Regiment-1/4th Battalion (Carmarthen) Pontyates
Williams, William Private South Wales Borderers-7th Battalion Pontyates
Cobb, Sidney Private Leicestershire Yeomanry-1/1st Battalion Trimsaran
Emmanuel, Ivor Lance Corporal Welsh Guards-1st Battalion Trimsaran
Evans, Alfred Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-9th Battalion Trimsaran
Harries, Charles Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers-1st Battalion Trimsaran

 

 

This is a photo of Lieutenant-Colonel Astley John Onslow-Thompson. He was the C.O. of the 4th Battalion, A.I.F., who had formed the Battalion at New South Wales. He was the man who signed the Attestation Papers of my Great Grandfather David Thomas John of Laugharne. Thousands of miles away two men of Carmarthenshire at opposite ends of the Army ladder, enlisted in Australia & fought together at Gallipoli. Astley was killed in action on the second day at Gallipoli, and buried by his men.