Photos with accompanying articles, organised alphabetically by surname:
A-C, D-E, F-H, I-L, M-O, P-S, T-Y
The above pages are based on the coverage of the 1914-18 War in the Aberdare Leader. My focus has been on providing a compilation of those soldiers, and nurses, from Mountain Ash and Penrhiwceiber whose photos appeared in the Leader. I have also sought to collate further articles that seem relevant and appropriate to those named as well as information from other sources where I have been able to do so.
The somewhat poor quality of the photos does not detract from their significance to family and local historians.
I have corrected the available OCR’d text and transcribed articles omitted by the OCR process. No doubt errors remain that are mine and not the Leader’s. Before relying on any of the material, checking the original article is always worthwhile: bear in mind, though, that the Leader is a secondary source and is not error-free. I will add, in time, links to the articles to make that process a little easier.
The Aberdare Leader itself can be browsed, among other Welsh newspapers, at the National Library of Wales’ National Newspaper website.
If you see anything that looks like an error, please let me know so that I may correct it.
A list of names is shown below, linked to the page on which the details appear. The address shown is taken from the articles and might not be the address at which the named person lived but that of a relative.
Name |
Associated address |
| Ashford, Edwin | 2 Graig Sreet, Mountain Ash |
| Ashill, David | Late of Miskin Road, Mounain Ash |
| Ashton: Harold H; Richard D; William G | Penybryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Bailey, James | 31 Glyngwyn Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Barlow, Roland | 8 Coplestone Street, Muuntain Ash |
| Bearne, Victor Hugh | 7 Allen Street, Mountain Ash |
| Bennett, W E | 79 Penrhiwceiber Road, Penrhiwceiber |
| Berry, John | 21 Mount Pleasant Terrace, Mountain Ash |
| Bishop, William | 2 Navigation Villas, Miskin |
| Brettell, Ben | 4 Park Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Bridgeman, A | 17 Tirfelin, Miskin, Moiuntain Ash |
| Cahill, M J | Mountain Ash |
| Carhart, George | Church House, Cefnpennar, Mountain Ash |
| Carr, Edward | 5 Harris View, Penrhiwceiber |
| Christie, R C | 9 Gladstone Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Coombey, William H | Mountain Ash |
| David, Howell | College Street, Aberdare |
| Davies, David John | Hamilton House, Mountain Ash |
| Davies, Evan | 13 Tanycoed Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Davies, Idwal | 3 Penybryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Davies, Levi | 6 Park Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Davies, S D | 26 Allen Street, Mountain Ash |
| Davies, W | 12 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Davies, W G | Mountain Ash |
| Davies, W J | Cynon Cottage, Penrhiwceiber |
| Duglan, Ewart | 3 Jones Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Edwards, William | 73 [?] Pentwyn Avenue, Penrhiwceiber |
| Ellis, Hugh Thomas | 17 James Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Ellis, Lily | |
| Evans: B P; Dan | New Zealand |
| Evans, David J | Bush Road, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Evans, Evan | 64 Church Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Evans, Frank | Graig House, Arthur Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Evans, Henry Austin | 21 Phillip Street, Mountain Ash |
| Evans, Tom | 48 Church Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Faulkner, J J | 28, Glyngwyn Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Francombe, Jas | 5 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Gardiner, Edwin | 59 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Gethin, David | 9 Melbourne Street, Matthewstown, Penrhiwceiber |
| Gibbon, Bert | 88 Penrhiwceiber Road, Penrhiwceiber |
| Gibbon, Samuel | 70 Glanlay Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Gibbon, Tom | Penrhiwceiber Road, Penrhiwceiber |
| Godwin, Stanley | Woodland Street, Mountain Ash |
| Gough, Harold Victor | Gough’s Garage, Mountain Ash |
| Green, W | 11 Walsh Street, Matthewstown |
| Hamlin, S Harry | 1 Rheola Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Harland, Morgan L | Granville Terrace, Mountain Ash |
| Harvey, W G | 13 Glamorgan Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Hill, Ivor | Miskin Road, Mountain Ash |
| Hillman, A | 3 Ford Level Cottages, Newtown, Mountain Ash |
| Hobby, Wm | 28 Coplestone Street, Mountain Ash |
| Hughes, Simon | 56 Woodfield Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Hutchings, Wm Gordon | Mountain Ash |
| Isaac, Esther | |
| James, Gwilym | 19 Greenfield Terrace, Cefnpennar, Mountain Ash |
| James, Joseph | 19 Morris Avenue, Penrhiwceiber |
| Jeffries, Lewin | 12 Mary Street, Mountain Ash |
| Johnson, Sydney | 33 Glanlay Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Jones, Dick (see Various) | Hamilton House, Hamilton Street, Mountain Ash |
| Jones, Evan | 42 Ceridwen Street, Mountain Ash |
| Jones, Jack | High Street, Mountain Ash |
| Jones, John Dd | 48 Woodfield Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Jones, Robert | 12 Harcourt Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Jones, W | Cresselley Inn, Mountain Ash |
| Jones, Wattie | Aberdare Hotel, Mountain Ash |
| Joyce, Willie | 5 Haswell Street, Matthewstown |
| Kanhan, W | 18 Lower Forest Level, Newtown, Mountain Ash |
| Lawrence, D | 50 Thomas Street, Miskin |
| Lewis, Richard | 36 Pentywn Avenue, Penrhiwceiber |
| Lloyd, G W | 5 Llanwonno Road, Mountain Ash |
| Maggs, Joe | 26 Arnold Street, Caegarw, Mountain Ash |
| Mansell, Albert | Church Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Mansfield, Ike | Harcourt Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Marshall, George H | 29 Coplestone Street, Mountain Ash |
| Martin, Harry | 15 Clarence Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Masters, David | Glenbrook, Bailey Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| McCoy, Wm | Penrhiwceiber |
| Mealing, Wilfred (see Various) | Ffrwd Crescent, Mountain Ash |
| Meredith, D G | 18 Allen Street, Mountain Ash |
| Miles, Morgan | Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Mitchell, Geo. | 12 Glancynon Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Morgan, D | 9 Navigation Villas, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Morgan, Ernest A | Mountain Ash |
| Morgan, R H | 59 Tanycoed Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Morgan, Tom | 49 Bailey Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Morgan, William J | Penrhiwceiber |
| Morris, Thomas | Quarry House, Penrhiwceiber |
| Moynihan, D | Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Nash, J J | 98 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Nicholas, Victor | Duffryn Gardens, Mountain Ash |
| Norman, F C | 67 Church Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Pearman, Bert | 36 Park Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Penney, R | 45 Woodfield Terrrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Phillips, Harold Llewellyn | Penrhiwceiber |
| Pople, E J | 14 Gladstone Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Pople, G | Newtown, Mountain Ash |
| Powell, David | 5 Jones Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Pritchard, Hugh | 97 Clarence Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Prole, Llew | 23 Windsor Road, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Prosser, Reuben | 16 Phillip Street, Mountain Ash |
| Rees, Fred (see Various} | Fox Street, Mountain Ash |
| Roberts, W P | 35 Dillwyn Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Rogers, Trevor | 12 Alexander Terrace, Mountain Ash |
| Rogers, Wm John | 3 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Roper, Benjamin | Quarry Row, Penrhiwceiber |
| Saunders, George | 15 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Smith, Stanley A | Denwood, Troedyrhiw Road, Mountain Ash |
| Stagg, John | Caemain Street, Ynysboeth |
| Stanford, W | 20 Victoria Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Stenton, W | 1 Albany Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Thickens, C | 4 Glancynon Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Thomas, Rees L | 9 Belle Vue Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Thomas, Sydney J | Church Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Tucker, Tom | 36 Woodfield Terrace, Penrhiwceiiber |
| Various: Jones, Rees and Mealing | |
| Various: Miskin boys (see list) | |
| Various: Cefnpennar soldiers (see list) | |
| Voyle, W J | 5 Albert Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Weaver, Ivor T | 1 Clarence Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| White, R | 4a Penybryn Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Williams, Frank | Troedyrhiw House, Mountain Ash |
| Williams, Harry | 9 Rheola Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Williams, J | 18 Thomas Street, Miskin, Mountain Ash |
| Williams, Jack R | 56 Cilhaul Terrace, Mountain Ash |
| Williams, Joseph | 13 Church Street, Penrhiwceiber |
| Williams, Wyndham | 30 Woodfield Terrace, Penrhiwceiber |
| Willis: George; R C | Darren Las, Mountain Ash |
| Woods, Wm | 51 Cilhaul Terrace, Mountain Ash |
| Wright, George | 8 Walsh Street, Matthewstown |
| Yeo: Samuel; William | 2 Usk Villa, Mountain Ash |
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Hi My Great Grandfather was in Mountain Ash in the 1901 census for Victoria Street – his name was William Patrick Eddy. If anyone has a copy of the record it would be a help as I am unable to find it? I also have a large photo taken in 1915 of all the Sergeants and Officers of the 10th Battalion Welsh if of interest to anyone?
Many thanks Davey. davey.eddy@icloud.com
Well – something of a shame, I was hoping there would at least be someone out there interested in the 10th Battalion Welsh?
Hi. My Uncle Gwilym was sadly in the 9th BTN. Welch regiment in and about that time. He sadly lost his life in 1916. We have no photos of him so when I saw this at first I hoped it might have been him. Lovely that you have these photos.