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Sorted by occupation
May (Mary) Prosser Place of birth: Gilwern
Service: Munitions Worker , 1916 - 1917
Death: 1917-04-03 , Rochdale, TNT poisoning / Gwenwyno TNT
Memorial: Recreation Ground gates; Market hall, Christchurch Govilon, Govilon, Monmouthshire
Notes: May, born 1891, was the fourth daughter of a farm labourer and his wife. She followed two of her sisters into domestic service in Rochdale. She began munitions work late in 1916, but soon became ill with ‘toxic jaundice’ and died at her sister Margaret’s home in Rochdale. She was also sister of Nellie Prosser [qv].
Sources: Ryland Wallace: May Prosser, Munitionette. AMC/WAW Newsletter, June 2016
Reference: WaW0046
Christchurch, Govilon
Name of May Prosser on memorial, Christchurch, Govilon
Govilon War Memorial
Name of May Prosser on Govilon War Memorial
Death Notice
Death notice of May Prosser, Abergavenny Chronicle, 13 Aprill 1917
Eleanor (or Sarah Jane) Thomas Place of birth: Cwmbwrla
Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1919-01-08 , NEF Pembrey, Explosion/Ffrwydrad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 20. 'Evidence showed that the explosion occurred when Gwenllian Williams was drilling out a screw from a shell. Eleanor Thomas was carrying in a shell at the time of the explosion.'
Sources: http://newspapers.library.wales/search?query=gwenllian&page=14 ; The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser
Reference: WaW0059
Swansea Cenotaph
Name of Eleanor Thomas on Swansea Cenotaph
War memorial
Name of Eleanor Thomas on the war memorial at St Stephen's church Swansea.
Dorothy Mary Watson Service: Munitions Worker
Death: 1917:07:31 , NEF Pembrey, Explosion / Ffyrwydrad
Memorial: Cenotaph, Swansea, Glamorgan
Notes: aged 19. Died in an 'unexplained' explosion with Mildred Owen and two male workers.
Sources: Funeral / Angladd South Wales Daily Post 11 August / Awst 1917; Inquest/Cwest The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser 24th August / Awst 1917
Reference: WaW0062
Swansea Cenotaph
Name of Dorothy Mary Watson on Swansea Cenotaph
Grave of Dorothy Mary Watson
Grave of Dorathy Mary Watson Dan-y-Graig Cemetery, Swansea
Newspaper report
Report of the funeral of Dorothy Mary Watson and Mildred Owen.
Newspaper Report
Report of inquest into the deaths of Dorothy Mary Watson and Mildred Owen.
Dorothy Mary Watson
Mary’s photograph was collected by the Women’s Subcommittee of the Imperial War Museum as part of its collection of women who died during the War.
Gwenllian (Gwendoline) Williams Place of birth: Kidwelly
Service: Munitions worker
Death: 1919-01-08 , Explosion/Ffrwydrad
Notes: aged 21. Evidence showed that the explosion occurred when Gwenllian Williams was drilling out a screw from a shell. Eleanor Thomas was carrying in a shell at the time of the explosion.'
Sources: http://newspapers.library.wales/search?query=gwenllian&page=14 ; The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser
Reference: WaW0065
Newspaper report
Newspaper report of the death of Gwenllian (Gwendoline) Williams
C Lloyd Place of birth: Ton Pentre
Service: Munitions worker
Memorial: Jerusalem C M Chapel, Ton Pentre, Glamorgan
Notes: Nothing is known of Miss C Lloyd whose name appears on the Roll of Honour in Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre.
Reference: WaW0157
Roll of Honour,
Name of Miss C Lloyd, Roll of Honour, Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre.
M Morgan Place of birth: Ton Pentre
Service: Munitions worker
Memorial: Jerusalem C M Chapel, Ton Pentre, Glamorgan
Notes: Nothing is known of Miss M Morgan whose name appears on the Roll of Honour in Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre.
Reference: WaW0158
Roll of Honour
Name of Miss M Morgan on Roll of Honour
M Roberts Place of birth: Ton Pentre
Service: Munitions worker
Memorial: Jerusalem C M Chapel, Ton Pentre, Glamorgan
Notes: Nothing is known of Miss M Roberts whose name appears on the Roll of Honour in Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre.
Reference: WaW0159
Roll of Honour
Miss M Roberts, Munitions’ name on the Roll of Honour in Jerusalem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ton Pentre
D Parry Jones Place of birth: Ystrad Mynach ?
Service: Munitions worker
Memorial: Bethania-Siloh Calvnistic Methodist Chapel, Ystrad Mynach, Glamorgan
Notes: D Parry Jones’s name appears on the Roll of Honour.
Reference: WaW0156
Roll of Honour
Name of D Parry Jones Munitions on Roll of Honour Bethania-Siloh CM Chapel Ystrad Mynach
Annie Matthews (Cousins) Place of birth: Treboeth, Swansea
Service: Munitions worker
Notes: Annie Matthews was a munitions worker at Pembrey. Though she was working on two occasions when there was an explosion, she was unharmed. After the War she married Arthur Cousins whom she met while waiting for her train to Pembrey from Swansea.
Reference: WaW0165
Annie Matthews
Annie Matthews in the uniform of the NEF, Pembrey
Annie Matthews
Annie Matthews in soldier's uniform, cap of the Welsh Regiment
Annie Matthews and Arthur Cousins
Annie Matthews and Arthur Cousins, who were married after the War.
Edith May Jacquet Place of birth: Swansea
Service: Munitions worker
Notes: Born 1898, Edith worked for two and a half years at the National Explosives Factory, Pembrey.
Reference: WaW0179
Edith May Jacquet and friend
Edith May Jacquet (left) and a friend, dressed in army greatcoats and caps, 1916
Edith May Jacquet
Edith May Jacquet in the uniform of the National Explosives Factory, Pembrey
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