The Home Front in Tredegar during the Second World War Part 10—Local Studies Activity Pack
At the library you are going to discover some facts behind one of the many men from Tredegar that was killed during the Second World War. The library will provide you with a piece of paper containing basic information about a man which will enable you to find out more by searching online databases. On this double-sided sheet you will need to record the information that you will discover. Because space is limited you will need to work in groups of 2 or 3 at each computer. Library staff will be able to help you find the correct websites.
1. What was my name? 2. What was my rank or position that I held? 3. How old was I when I died? 4. When did I die?
5. Where did I die? 6. Where am I buried? 7. What was my link to Tredegar? 8. What more can you find out about the battles that I fought in?
Do you know anything about what any of your relatives did in the war? Were they in the armed forces? Maybe you could find out more about them, just in the same way that you have found out all about me!
Alexander Stanley Bardrick
Cyril Evan Maddy
Clifford Harris
William Jones
John Marshall
John Senior
9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
5th Battalion Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
5th Royal Tank Regiment R.A.C
Royal Corps of Signals
1 Base Depot Royal Army Ordnance Corps
2nd Royal Horse Guards
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Ivor Cooksley
William Gwyn Etheridge
Ronald Hardwick
William Thomas Jones
William Ronald Morgan
Robert Elias Senior
2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers
3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment
35 Fortress Company Royal Engineers
1st Battalion Welch Regiment
8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1st Battalion Welch Regiment
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William James Coles
Cyril Christopher Carpenter
Philip Alfred Jarvis
Frank Lewis
Benjamin Padfield
Alec Taylor
4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
144 (the Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery
16 Battery 2 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery
1st Battalion Welch Regiment
5th Battalion Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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Stanley Bird
William James Draper
Samuel Raymond Jones
David Henry Lewis
David Harold Price
James Gomer Thomas
2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards
1st Battalion Welch Regiment
74 Medium Regiment Royal Artillery
16 Battery H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery
2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment
Royal Welch Fusiliers
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Alfred Denby
William John Frowen
Thomas John Jones
Harold Lucas
John Lewis Redmond
Douglas Gordon Wood
125 Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery
3 Battery 6 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery
53rd Regiment Reconnaissance Corps RAC
6th Battalion South Wales Borderers
5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
2nd Battalion Essex Regiment
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South Wales Borderers 3910782
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Visit arrangements Please contact Janet Karn, Library Manager at Tredegar Library to arrange a visit: janet.karn@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk or 01495 357869 / 357870 Tredegar Library is closed all day on Thursdays. If you wish to take advantage of a visit to the museum and the local studies library this is currently only possible on Wednesday and Friday mornings. The maximum number of children that can be accommodated on a visit to the museum AND library AT THE SAME TIME is just 30. In order for the visit to run smoothly, the children will need to be split equally into two groups of up to 15, with one group working downstairs in the museum and other working upstairs in the local studies library. After the first hour, it is recommended that the groups swap over and alternate their activity with the other group. The time needed for a joint visit is approximately 2 hours plus any comfort or snack/ refreshment break which time may allow. Neither museum or library have a dedicated space for breaks or eating and drinking although every effort will be made to provide you with a suitable area. Toilet facilities are available. There is a bus stop at the library which can be used for drop off / pick up.
Further activities
Opened in 2011 at the former steelworks site at Ebbw Vale, the Gwent Archives Service offers free research facilities and advice for teachers and schools. It contains an unrivalled and unique collection of historical records for Gwent, which are available for research; it welcomes school visits by prior arrangement. Please contact: Gwent Archives, General Offices, Steelworks Road, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6DN [Email: enquiries@gwentarchives.gov.uk; Web: www.gwentarchives.gov.uk; Tel: 01495 353363].