The Carmarthenshire Roll of Honour

                                     For The Great War (1914-1918) and World War Two (1939-1945)

In 1924, a War Memorial for the men and women of the County of Carmarthenshire, who gave their lives during the Great War, was erected in the County Town of Carmarthen. A service was held to commemorate the unveiling of the Memorial, and a booklet was published which gave the names and basic details of the 1,913 men and women who lost their lives. After some years of painstaking research, over 2,800 names have been uncovered of people who either were born, resided or enlisted in the County, and so the sister website was set up in order to remember the 'forgotten' 900.
The original list contained many duplications, i.e. many were commemorated on War Memorials of more than one Village or Town, and so the true figure was somewhat less than the 1,913. This has made research very difficult at times, and there are still many whose last resting places cannot be established, either due to them having relatively common names- D. Williams etc, or even some who are not commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. As a result of this, the remainding 100 or so names to be researched are still on-going.
The casualties of World War Two aren't remebered on a County War Memorial in Carmarthenshire. Instead, they are remembered by way of the various Town and Village Memorials scattered throughout the County. This means that work on this is slow, and still on-going. Also, because details and service records aren't as readily available for WW2, due to the M.O.D. still keeping these files closed, it will be a while before this work is completed. Nevertheless, at present, the Carmarthenshire County Roll for WW2 stands at present at 1,057 men and women.
This work is now being duplicated for the County of Pembrokeshire. I cannot find a list of men on the County War Memorial at present, so have begun to compile a list from several other sources.This site will be based on the same lines as the Carmarthenshire site, and work will be on-going for a while yet!

Please visit both sites, and remember to bookmark them, as they will be constantly updated. Also if you have any photographs or information that you think would enhance either site, please contact me via my email address below, or on the front page. I would be grateful if you do contact me, that you please acknowledge any reply from myself. I reply to every e-mail sent to me as soon as I can, but very often do not get any acknowledgement back.