The names on the first memorial are:

STANLEY E. MATHIAS

ROBERT CHORLEY

DANIEL E. THOMAS

CHARLES POUND

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ALBERT DAVEY

Private, 101^st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), (Service Number: 53460)

Albert Davey was born in Machen, Monmouthshire in 1892, one of ten children born to Lewis Davey, a tin plate worker and later a coal trimmer and Hannah Davey, née Rowlands, both originally from Machen. The family moved to Cardiff around 1895 and were living at 118 Railway Street in 1901 and 40 Moorland Road in 1911 when Bert worked as a railway porter.  He enlisted in Jun 1915 and served with the 101st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. He was discharged in Aug 1917 after suffering gas poisoning. Bert died at home on 19 Nov 1917 from bronchopneumonia aged 25.  He is buried in Cathays Cemetery alongside his parents (plot Y806). Commonwealth War Graves Commission record. His brothers Harold and Alfred also died in WWI.  All three Davey brothers are remembered on Splott Road Baptist Church war memorial and the Splott War Memorial outside St Saviour’s church.

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HAROLD DAVEY

Private, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (Service Number: 9444)

Harold Davey was born in Cardiff in 1898, one of ten children born to Lewis Davey, a tin plate worker and later a coal trimmer and Hannah Davey, née Rowlands, both originally from Machen, Monmouthshire. The family were living at 118 Railway Street in 1901 and 40 Moorland Road in 1911.  Prior to the war Harold worked as a clerk. He enlisted in Cardiff in Jun 1916 aged 18 and served as a Private in the 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company.  He was in hospitalised with trench foot in Oct 1917.  He died in France on 20 Nov 1918 of bronchopneumonia, aged 20, just a few weeks after the war ended.   He is buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France (plot L. E. 30.).  Commonwealth War Graves Commission record. His brothers Albert and Alfred also died in WWI.  All three Davey brothers are remembered on Splott Road Baptist Church war memorial and the Splott War Memorial outside St Saviour’s church.

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ALFRED DAVEY

Private, 11^th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 26571)

Alfred Davey was born in Machen, Monmouthshire in 1894, one of ten children born to Lewis Davey, a tin plate worker and later a coal trimmer and Hannah Davey, née Rowlands, both originally from Machen. The family moved to Cardiff around 1895 and were living at 118 Railway Street in 1901 and 40 Moorland Road in 1911 when Fred worked as a pulley and block maker. In WWI Fred served as a Private with the ‘Cardiff Pals’ 11th Battalion, Welsh Regiment.  He first served in France in Sep 1915 before moving to the Balkans.  He was killed in action on 18 Sep 1918 aged 25 in Salonika. He has no known grave but is remembered on the Doiran Memorial, Greece.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission record. His brothers Harold and Albert also died in WWI.  All three Davey brothers are remembered on Splott Road Baptist Church war memorial and the Splott War Memorial outside St Saviour’s church.

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ERNEST LOCKE

ARTHUR R. ADAMSON

PERCY HAM

ERNEST A.PERKINS

IVOR OWEN

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ALFRED CHARLES BAKER

Private, 9^th Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Service Number: 49058)

Alfred Charles Baker, known as Charles, was born in 1898 in Salisbury, Wiltshire to Frank Baker, a corn merchant’s assistant, originally from Axminster, Devon, and Kate Baker née Sheppard, originally from Salisbury. Charles was baptised on 16 Jun 1898. The Baker family moved to Cardiff around 1903 and lived at 193 Railway Street, Splott.  Frank Baker worked as a tram driver but he tragically died in Feb 1908 leaving Kate to bring up the five children.  Charles served with the 9^th battalion, Welsh Regiment but he was killed in action on 26 Mar 1918 on the Western Front aged 19.  His body was not recovered. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France (Bay 6).  He is also remembered on the Splott War Memorial and the Splott Road Baptist War Memorial plaque. Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.

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WALTER VICARAGE

The names on the second memorial pictured are:

ROBERT W BOROWNING

PERCIVAL D GOODMAN

LESLIE C HALE

EDWARD O HATCHER

Details of those names are recorded on the Wales at War page

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Also present is the memorial that used to be in Ainon Baptist Church:

To the Glory of God
and in Grateful Memory
of this Congregation who gave their lives
in the Great War 1914 – 1918

Fred Harris

David Lloyd

William Hopkins

Thomas E Morris

   Thos Geo James DCM

ARTHUR REES

Driver,  “B” Battery. 2nd Brigade,  Royal Field Artillery (Service Number: 156910)

Arthur Rees was born in Splott in 1896 to Thomas Rees, a coal trimmer, originally from Llantrisant, and  Gwenllian Rees née Bowen, originally from Pendoylan, Glamorgan. The family lived at 11 Eyre Street, Splott and spoke both Welsh and English and attended Ainon Baptist church on Walker Road.  In 1911 Arthur worked as an insurance clerk. He also worked for the West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Company in Cardiff before he joined up.  He served as a Diver in the Royal Field Artillery. In Dec 1917 the Western Mail reported that he had been injured.  He was killed on the Western Front in France on 26 Oct 1918 aged 22.  He is buried at Bertry Communal Cemetery  (plot C.5).  He is remembered on the Ainon Baptist Church memorial plaque currently in Redeemer Church, Railway Street.  His name also appears on the Splott War Memorial.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission record.  His brother Thomas Rees also served in WWI after joining up in Montreal, Canada where he had been working as a hospital attendant.  A picture of Arthur and Thomas together in their uniforms appeared in the Western Mail in Jan 1916.

William J Jones

Wm D Richards