2019 Remembrance
Remembrance. It is the 101 st anniversary since the guns on the Western Front fell silent. Next November, it will be the 100 th anniversary of the unveiling of the cenotaph at White Hall, and the burial of the Unknown Solider at Westminster Abbey. This article I will be writing about two soldiers, who both fought and died during the First World War. They have been commemorated in two different ways. They both are associated with Neath and the surrounding areas. According to the Commonwealth War Grave Commission, 444 men from Neath were killed during the First World War. (405 – Army; 26 – Navy; 12 – Merchant Navy and 1 – Royal Air Force) William Jones (left) The first man, is Private William Jones who hailed from Glynneath, a Kitchener volunteer who served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 9 th Battalion. 1917 Jones was a stretcher bearer serving in France, 13 June 1917, he went missing, after escorting a wounded solider to the dressing station. The role of str