The 4th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment were formed at Carmarthen, on the 4th August, 1914 into South Wales Brigade, Army Troops. The Battalion was later renumbered the 1/4th Battalion on the creation of the 2/4th Battalion during March 1915, then on the 17th April, the 1/4th Battalion transferred into the 159th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division. The 53rd Division was a Territorial Force Division, and was to serve with distinction in Egypt, Gallipoli & Palestine. This page is dedicated to the memory of the men of this Battalion who fought in one of the hardest campaigns of the Great War, and whose graves are the most seldom visited.




A close up of one of the Panels on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli, which commemorates men of the Welsh regiment who died on the Peninsula and who have no known grave.

Rank Name Cemetery
Private Adams, Frederick Gwynne Port Said War Memorial Cemetery
Private Ansell, Thomas Basra Memorial
Private Arrowsmith, Alfred Helles Memorial
Private Arthur, Percy Llanelli (Box) Cemetery
Private Ashmore, Bertie Thomas Helles Memorial
Private Bailey, William Thomas Helles Memorial
Private Baillieux, George Alfred Portianos Military Cemetery, Greece
Private Ball, Arthur Jerusalem Memorial
Private Barnes, Percy Frank Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Lance Corporal Baverstock, Samuel John Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery
Private Beer, Frederick Ernest Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Bevans, John Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private Birchell, Herbert Jerusalem Memorial
Second Lieutenant Bladon, Henry James Morval British Cemetery
Lieutenant Blake, George Cyril Manchester Southern Cemetery
Private Bourne, William Alexandria (Chatby) Military Cemetery
Sergeant Bowen, Stanley T. Helles Memorial
Corporal Bowen, Thomas John Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
Private Bowen, William Henry Jerusalem Memorial
Private Bradford, John Jerusalem Memorial
Private Breeze, Frederick Manchester Southern Cemetery
Private Brewer, William George Helles Memorial
Private Bridges, Tom Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery
Captain Broom, Lewis John, MBE. Pemba Cemetery, Mozambique
Second Lieutenant Bryant, Frederick James Mansel Jerusalem Memorial
Private Buckingham, Thomas Carmarthen (St. Mary) Roman Catholic Churchyard
Private Bushell, Joseph Thomas Jerusalem Memorial
Private Bussby, William Helles Memorial
Acting Corporal Callaghan, William Haifa War Cemetery
Private Casson, William Jerusalem Memorial
Private Charles, Albert Thomas Pieta Military Cemetery
Private Charles, Howell Helles Memorial
Private Child, Frank Jerusalem Memorial
Private Close, Evan James Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private Collier, Frank Helles Memorial
Private Connor, Thomas Neil Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Cornock, Thomas Francis Henry Jerusalem Memorial
Private Cotton, George Jerusalem Memorial
Private Cousins, John Richard Amroth (St. Elidyr) Churchyard
Private Cowgill, Milton Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Cummings, John Flatiron Copse Cemetery
Private Curtis, Harry Jerusalem War Cemetery
Second Lieutenant Curtis, John Handel Cambrai Memorial
Private Daley, William John Gaza War Cemetery
Private Daniel, Norman Nicholas Cardigan Cemetery
Private Daniels, David Helles Memorial
Private Daniels, David Henry Cross Hands (Tabor) Baptist Chapelyard
Captain David, D. W Bard Cottage Cemetery
Corporal Davies, Arthur Helles Memorial
Private Davies, Benjamin John Jerusalem Memorial
Private Davies, Cyril Kinnerton (St. Mary) Churchyard
Private Davies, David Deir El Belah War Cemetery
C.Q.M.S. Davies, David Francis Jerusalem Memorial
Private Davies, David William Jerusalem Memorial
Private Davies, Ernest Edward Jerusalem Memorial
Private Davies, Evan John Helles Memorial
Lance Corporal Davies, George Helles Memorial
Acting Corporal Davies, Graham Jerusalem Memorial
Private Davies, Ivor Helles Memorial
Private Davies, John Jerusalem Memorial
Private Davies, John Elwyn Helles Memorial
Private Davies, Joshua Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Private Davies, Sidney St. Ishmael's Churchyard, Pembrokeshire.
C.S.M. Davies, Thomas Helles Memorial
Sergeant Davies, Thomas Dixon Pieta Military Cemetery
Private Davies, Thomas Evan Haifa War Cemetery
Private Davies, Thomas John Azmak Cemetery, Suvla
Private Davies, William East Mudros Military Cemetery
Private Dennis, Herbert John Helles Memorial
Lance Corporal Dewsberry, Hubert Gilmore Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private Dones, Daniel Gaza War Cemetery
Private Duchien, Thomas Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private Duggan, Henry Jerusalem Memorial
Private Edwards, Edgar Helles Memorial
Lance Corporal Elias, Frederick Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private Evans, Arthur Andrew Pieta Military Cemetery
Private Evans, Ernest Frederick (Fred) Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery
Private Evans, Frederick O. Narberth Cemetery
Private Evans, George Henry Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Private Evans, Isaiah Jerusalem Memorial
Private Evans, John Gaza War Cemetery
Major Evans, Richard William Picton, MID Gaza War Cemetery
Private Evans, Thomas Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Evans, Thomas Pieta Military Cemetery
Acting Corporal Evans, William Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery
Private Evans, William Henry Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery
Private Evans, William Ivor Helles Memorial
Private Farrow, John Lloyd Lala Baba Cemetery
Private Fletcher, A. A. Rhondda (Trealaw) Cemetery
Lieutenant Foster, Ethelbert Harold Bois-Des-Angles British Cemetery, Crevecouer-Sur-L'Escaut
Second Lieutenant Galloway, William Ernest Beersheba War Cemetery
Private George, William Evan Jerusalem Memorial
Lance Corporal Gibbons, David Thomas Helles Memorial
Sergeant Gibson, Frederick John Jerusalem Memorial
Private Gower, William David Jerusalem War Cemetery
Second Lieutenant Graham, John Stanley Morval British Cemetery
Captain Green, Hugh Mortimer Helles Memorial
Sergeant Griffiths, David Jerusalem Memorial
Private Griffiths, Evan Roland Jerusalem Memorial
Private Griffiths, Ivor Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery
Private Griffiths, Ivor Monroe Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery
Private Griffiths, Philip Jerusalem Memorial
Private Griffiths, Tom Helles Memorial
Lance Corporal Griffiths, Walter James Helles Memorial
Second Lieutenant Griffiths, William Dilwyn Ronssoy Communal Cemetery
Private  Griffiths, William John Cwmgerdennin (Gerizim) Welsh Baptist Chapelyard
Private Guarneri, William Henry Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private  Hailes, Walter Jerusalem Memorial
Private Hall, C. J. Rhyl Town Cemetery
Private Harris, David Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private Harris, David Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Private Harris, Thomas Daniel Jerusalem Memorial
Private  Harris, William George Lala Baba Cemetery
Private Harris, William Venning Helles Memorial
Acting Corporal Hart, Henry Charles Gaza War Cemetery
Private Hawkes, Walter Edward Beersheba War Cemetery
Private  Heaven, Percy Helles Memorial
Private Hemmings, Edward Gaza War Cemetery
C.Q.M.S. Henry, Charles Edwin Helles Memorial
Private  Henshaw, Ivor Thomas Gaza War Cemetery
Acting Sergeant   Higgs, William Gaza War Cemetery
Private Hiscock, John Edmund James Manchester Southern Cemetery
Private Holloway, James Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery
Private Holmes, William Abraham Gaza War Cemetery
Captain Howard, Alfred Hayward Helles Memorial
Private  Howells, Charles Morris Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Private Howells, William Helles Memorial
Private Hughes, David Joseph Gaza War Cemetery
Private Hughes, Thomas Jerusalem Memorial
Second Lieutenant Hughes, Thomas Moulin-De-Pierre British Cemetery
Private  Hughes, Thomas Wentworth Helles Memorial
Private Hughes, Walter Grismond Helles Memorial
Private Hughes, William David Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Private Huxtable, William John Llannon (St. Non) Churchyard
Private Isaac, David Luther Pieta Military Cemetery
Private James, Charles Henry Haverfordwest (Prendergast) Cemetery
Private  James, Daniel Gaza War Cemetery
Private James, David Abercarn Cemetery
Private James, James Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery
Private James, Joshua Clement Eglwyswrw (St. Cristiolus) Churchyard
Private  James, Thomas George Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private  James, William Alfred Helles Memorial
Sergeant   Jayne, Frederick George Helles Memorial
Private Jefferies, Arthur Henry Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery
Private Jenkins, Charles Helles Memorial
Private Jenkins, Daniel Morleigh Helles Memorial
Private Jenkins, David James Jerusalem Memorial
Private Jenkins, Ivor George Lala Baba Cemetery
Private Jenkins, Richard Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private John, Sidney Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery
Private John, William Jerusalem Memorial
Private Johns, Llewellyn Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery
Private Johnson, Richard Helles Memorial
Private Jones, D. L. Llansantffraid Cwmdauddwr Churchyard
Corporal  Jones, David George Helles Memorial
Private Jones, David Morgan Helles Memorial
Sergeant Jones, David Samuel Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Jones, David Wynne Green Hill Cemetery
Private Jones, Harold Llandough (St. Dochdwy) Churchyard
Private  Jones, James Dawson Helles Memorial
Private  Jones, John Helles Memorial
Private Jones, John Jerusalem Memorial
Lance Corporal Jones, John Edwin Bernard Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
Private Jones, Lewis Robert Jerusalem Memorial
Corporal  Jones, Maurice Helles Memorial
Private Jones, Thomas David Rees Helles Memorial
Acting Sergeant Jones, Thomas Evan Jerusalem Memorial
Private Jones, Thomas Griffith Helles Memorial
Private Jones, Thomas Henry Jerusalem Memorial
Lance Corporal Jones, Thomas John Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Private Jones, William Bwlchygroes Independent Chapelyard
Private Jones, William Howell Helles Memorial
Private Jones, William Morris Helles Memorial
Private  Joshua, Thomas John Carmarthen (Water Street) Calvinistic Methodist Burial Ground
Private Killa, William Helles Memorial
Private Ladd, T. Cardigan Cemetery
Private Ladd, Walter Llewellyn Cardigan Cemetery
Private Laverick, Robert Edward Jerusalem Memorial
Private Lewis, Brighty T Carmarthen (St. David) Churchyard
Private Lewis, David James Hill 10 Cemetery
Private  Lewis, John James Jerusalem Memorial
Private Lewis, Lance Jerusalem Memorial
Private Lewis, Thomas James Helles Memorial
Private  Lewis, William Jerusalem Memorial
Private Lewis, William John Jerusalem Memorial
Second Lieutenant Lewis, William Owen  
Private  Lissamore, John Joseph Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton
Second Lieutenant Lister, Herbert Dixon Tyne Cot Memorial
Private Lloyd, Thomas Helles Memorial
Private Lovell, Walter Pembroke Dock Military Cemetery
Private Lumley, Joseph Arthur Jerusalem Memorial
Acting Sergeant Mack, Thomas Helles Memorial
Private  Martin, David Henry Lala Baba War Cemetery
Private Mason, David James Beersheba War Cemetery
C.S.M. Mathias, Morgan Helles Memorial
Captain Matthyssens, Francis Alexander Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery
Private  May, Sydney Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private Meredith, Albert Price Jerusalem Memorial
Private Merriman, John Harold Helles Memorial
Private Morgan, Frederick Pieta Military Cemetery
Private Morgan, Idris Price Haidar Pasha Cemetery
Private Morgan, James Jerusalem Memorial
Private Morgan, John Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Morris, Philip John Jerusalem Memorial
Private Morris, Walter John Pembroke (St. Michael) Cemetery
Private Norman, Reginald Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Private Oliver, James Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private Onslow, William Anderson Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Sergeant Orman, James Alexander, DCM. Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private Ottley, Frederick Alma Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private Owen, Frank Esmond Helles Memorial
Private Owen, Levi George Helles Memorial
Private Owen, Thomas Jerusalem Memorial
Corporal Palmer, Henry William Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private Parker, William Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Private  Parry, Thomas Peter Helles Memorial
Private  Parsons, Alfred Gaza War Cemetery
Second Lieutenant Peadon, Harold Thomas Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Private  Pearce, William Frank Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Private Peel, Arthur Gaza War Cemetery
Private Penny, Richard Azmak Cemetery, Suvla
Private  Perks, William Morris Beersheba War Cemetery
Private  Peters, Josiah Bois-Des-Angles British Cemetery, Crevecouer-Sur-L'Escaut
Private Phillips, Ivor Lewis Haverfordwest (St. Thomas A'Beckett) Churchyard
Private Phillips, William Charles Helles Memorial
Private Phillips, William James Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery
Sergeant Picton, William Arthur Jerusalem Memorial
Private Powell, Ivor Helles Memorial
Private Poyntz, William Henry Helles Memorial
Private Preston, Sydney Stephenson Pieta Military Cemetery
Private Price, Richard East Mudros Military Cemetery
Private Pullin, Thomas William Newport (St. Woolos) Cemetery
Sergeant Randle, George William Jerusalem Memorial
Private Rees, Benjamin Simon Beersheba War Cemetery
Private Rees, William Llanelli (Box) Cemetery
C.S.M. Rees, William Henry Gaza War Cemetery
Private Rees, William Reginald Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Corporal Reynolds, David Helles Memorial
Private Reynolds, Emanuel Jerusalem Memorial
Private Richards, David Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
Private Richards, Ernest Charles Helles Memorial
Private Richards, George Ivor Milton Phillips Jerusalem Memorial
Private Richards, James Lala Baba Cemetery
Private Roberts, Arthur Llanelli (Old Road) Church Cemetery
Private Roberts, Thomas Garfield Rhondda (Treorchy) Cemetery
Second Lieutenant Roberts, Victor George Bard Cottage Cemetery
Private Roberts, William Henry Jerusalem Memorial
Private Robinson, James Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Lieutenant Roderick, Allan Whitlock Nicholl Helles Memorial
Lance Corporal Roper, Benjamin Jerusalem Memorial
Sergeant Rowland, William Malcolm Helles Memorial
Private Saies, Thomas Henry Portianos Military Cemetery, Greece
Private Sallis, Arthur Joseph Jerusalem War Cemetery
Private  Scott, George Helles Memorial
Private Scott, John Aberavon (St. Mary) Church Cemetery
Sergeant Scott, John Helles Memorial
Private Shaw, Benjamin Beattie Jerusalem Memorial
Private Sims, Benjamin Jerusalem Memorial
Private Southby, John Gale Netley Military Cemetery
Lance Corporal Stallard, Noel Gordon Green Hill Cemetery
Private Stephens, Thomas Granville Helles Memorial
Private Stroud, William John Helles Memorial
Private Supple, William Henry Swansea (Oystermouth) Cemetery