Thomas Henry Davies, Private, 60663, Welsh Regiment. Thomas was born at Jordanston Hill, and enlisted at Cardiff into the Welsh Regiment. He was posted to the Mediterranean, where he joined the 24th Battalion, Welsh regiment. The battalion had been formed in 1917 by the merging of the Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry, and was attached to the 231 Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division. The Division had formed in Egypt in January 1917 and had fought through the Palestinian Campaign, at the Battles of Gaza and the Battle and capture of Jerusalem. Thomas was killed in action during the Third Battle of Gaza, on 27 December 1917. He is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial, Israel.

Tom Morse, Sergeant, M/321457, Army Service Corps. Tom was the son of Thomas and Mary Morse, of Durbach Farm, Durbach. Tom was a traction engine-driver before the war, and attested to serve with the Motor Transport arm of the Army Service Corps in December 1915, being called up in May 1917. Not much is known of Tom's service in the War, but it is doubtful if he made it to France, serving instead with 'V' Company, ASC at Cambridge. Sadly, Tom became ill with pneumonia towards the end of the war, and died at Colchester Military Hospital on 26 October 1918 aged 32. He is buried in Fishguard (Hermon) Baptist Burial Ground. His service papers show that money was being stopped from his wages for an illegitimate child, the son of Martha Nicholas, of Jordanston, Pembroke, born on 23 July 1913. No more is known of Tom's son.

Ernest Roland Roberts, Able Seaman, R/3435, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Ernest was born on 9 November 1897, the Son of William and Anne Roberts, of the Post Office, Dwrbach. He enlisted on 7 November 1916 into the Pembroke Yeomanry, and transferred to the RNVR, for service with the Royal Naval Division four days later. Ernest was posted to France, where he joined Nelson battalion, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, on 27 September 1917, and took part in the Battle of Passchendaele. Ernest was gassed on 3 November, which brought on pneumonia. He was invalided to Britain on 8 December 1917, and after several months recuperating, went back to France on 6 August 1918, joining Hawke Battalion. Ernest was shot in the right leg on 29 September, and invalided to the UK again on 3 October 1918. He was demobilised at Chisledon on 27 December 1918, as being disabled, with gas and gunshot wounds. Ernest died on 4 March 1922, as a result of his wartime service.

Henry Byron Williams, Second Engineer, Mercantile Marine. Henry was the Son of Isaac Benjamin and Jane Williams, of Scleddy Park, Manorowen. He lived with his wife, Mary Muriel Williams, at 197, Coventry Road, Ilford, Essex. Henry served with the Mercantile Marine, aboard SS Polperro. She was torpedoed in the Mediterranean on 19 July 1918, killing three of her crew, one of whom was Henry. The ship managed to limp to port in Tunisia, and Henry and two other men were buried at Bizerta Cemetery, Tunisia. Henry was 32 years old.

Thomas Henry Williams, Private, 267123, Welsh Regiment. Thomas was born at Abercastle on 9 December 1886, the son of John and Margaret Williams, of Skeddy, Fishguard, and the husband of Mary Anne Williams, of Park Cottage, Dwrbach. He enlisted at Fishguard on 30 May 1916 into the 17th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment, a Bantam Battalion which formed part of 119 Brigade, 40th Division. The Division landed in France during June, 1916, and fought on the Ancre, before moving toward the Hindenburg Line following the German withdrawal in early 1917. Thomas joined the Battalion on 7 December 1917, when the Division was in the thick of the Battle of Cambrai. This is where John was sadly Killed in Action aged 30, on 27 December 1917. He is buried in St. Leger British Cemetery, France. Sadly, he left behind his widow Mary Ann, and eight children, one of whom, William John Williams, was killed during World War Two.

William David Williams, Private, 36949, Welsh Regiment. William was the son of Thomas and Maria Williams, of Llangloffan Cross. He enlisted at Ferndale into the South Wales Borderers, but  after landing in France on 5 May 1915 was transferred into the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment, which was attached to 3 Brigade, 1st Division. The Division had been one of the first to arrive in France, fighting at the retreat from Mons to the Marne, where the Germans were stopped. They then fought at the Aisne, and at Chivy, before being moved north to Ypres. Here they fought at the First Battle of Ypres, where they again stopped the German Offensive, before wintering in Flanders. The following year saw them in action again at the Battle of Aubers, before moving South to Loos, where they fought during the Battle of Loos, and the action at the Hohenzollern redoubt. Again they were required for a major offensive, moving south to the Somme, where they fought during the opening of the Somme Offensive at the Battle of Albert. William was wounded on the Somme, and died on 12 September 1916, aged 24. He is buried at Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Jordanston War Memorial, World War Two, 1939-1945

Norman Phillips. This man cannot presently be identified.