Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder

OCEAN GUARDS. I AMERICAN AUTHOR'S VISIT TO I GRAND FLEET. .Yew York. Sunday.—Mr. Frederick I aimer, the well-known author, who is the accredited representative of the American Press on the Western front, thus describes a visit he paid to the British Grand Fleet: During the past week I have visited the British Graai Fleet, and an important naval base, where I saw dry docks wl)abie of docking the largest Dread- "Ecfight which had been built since the war began. I was also shown maps marking the points where German sub- marines had been sighted. and the results -of, the attacks on them classified under captured," supposed sunk," and "gunk When bubbles are observed rising for a long time from the same spot in smooth water it is taken for granted that the career of tha submarine is ended. When I asked the oiffcers, How did you get them ?" they answered, Sometimes by ramming; sometimes by gunfire; some- times by explosives, and in many other ways which we do not tell." Officers and men on the battleships and armed cruisers are envious of those en- gaged in submarine hunts, which is re- garded as great sport. In all, England has 2,300 trawlers, mine sweepers, and other auxiliaries outside of the regu- lar aervice on duty on blockade from the British Channel to Iceland, and in keep- ing the North Sea clear. Their reservist crews have ten most zealous in perform- i-np. their important part in over- coming the kind or naval narfaie wJiicU Germany bas waged. As the destroyer l which carried the guests, after a cruise at 11 sea following the coast, turned its head towards land into the harbour, where the Grand Fleet is anchored, we saw targets being towed in the customary manner for firing practice by some cruisers. We keep at it all the time," the officer f' with me explained. The cruisers' prac- rt-ice finished, they took their place in fleet formation. L Among the immense field of grey shapes at anchor in precise order, which, V as one drew nearer, became line after line of Dreadnoughts painted a colour which meW.s into the sea. Even the Qaeen Elizabeth, back from the Dardanelles, looked small for her tonnage atd gun power, unless compared with the Inflexible, the flagship of the Falkland Islands battle, or with vessels of the cruiser squadron which had just come from sweeping the North Sea, as ■v. scouting is called. "As our destroyer threaded its way h e tiirrets coul d be through the Fleet, the turrets could be eeeo turning and the guns elevated and lowered in the course of drills. The sea- planes which were sailing over the fleet • had their home on a famous Atlantic liner which has carried many thousands of passengers In their places in the Battle-Cruiser Squadron, which is known in the Navy as The Cat Squadron,' were the Lion and the Tiger, which sunk the Blucher in the North Sea BattIe This seems to be sufficient denial of ,the German report. that the Tiger is at (the bottom of the sea,' said an officer with 118. looking exotic among the homogenous types of ten-gun ships which belong to the regular British Navy were the former ] Turkish 12-in. Dreadnoughts, which were f."taken over at the outset of the war. As we approached the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, the officer pointed out Sir John Jellicoe as one of the two officers walking on the quarter deck, who carried a telescope under his arm. From the quarter deck he can keep an eye on "aU those grey monsters which form the fighting part of his command, while others of his host are abroad on different I errands. Quick of movement and speech, tanned by a year of exposure on constant duty, anly a broad gold lace band differentiates him from other officers as they received their guests at the gangway. Whether it was Beatty, Stnrdee, or any other of his squadron commanders, their youth was most impressive. The Commander-in-Chief at 57 is the of all. He is rarely without a -telescope under his arm. His officers t-ay when lie is on deck there is nothing which the officer on watch sees, but he sees it also. He escortei Iiis guests through the Bag- øbp. sbDwing the men at drill, and par- hcularly called attention to a special machine for giving 'lie gun-layers ;>rac- U ice in firing, where the results of each shot are displayed. -1 Stepping into a small room where tele- graph keys clicked and compact wireless apparatus was hidden behind the armour. wv saw one focus of the- communication w,hieh brings to Sir John word of any submarine sighted or of anv movement in all seas around the British Isles, audi cairios the Coniniander-in-CILiefr, orders I far and near. The bluejackets invariably sturdy long-service men of mature years. Their health is better than in time of peace, as a result of lwing kept, on board under a I CJ si-stent regime, Aiiii silffic"ent exercise and good food. Misdemeanours of all sorts have decreased since tho war began. One feature of the usual routine alone (Continued in Last Uolumn.J

WITH THE SOMERSETS. I Two Swansea Footballers Reported I Wounded. Just a year ago, II members of the I Corpl. Bryn Davies. Swansea. Christ Church Football Team enlisted en bloc in the Somer- sets, to be trans- ferred later to the Royal Irish Rifles. They have recently been in action in. the Dardanelles, and according to a letter from one of them (Private Geo. Boyle, 130, Rodney- street) two of his comrades were wounded as soon as they entered the trenches. The news had not been confirmed at the I time of writing. They were Lance- Corporal B r y n Davies, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davies, 5, Burrows- road, and Private Charles Ridd, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ridd, 2i. Bond-street. The former, who has a brother, Richard. in the hoyzi-i t'ielct Artil- lery, was, before enlisting, a fisher- man with his own nets on the Sands, and Ridd was a butcher's assistant. All his uncles on the maternal side and a grandfather Pte. Charles Ridd. I were soldiers. IN HOSPITAL AT MALTA. I Private Clifford Adams, R.A.M.C.. wounded at the Dardanelles, and now at Malta in hospital. His home is at 28, Fabian street, St. Thomas. Before joining the Anny last Septem- ber he was in the employ of the Swansea Harbour Trustees. RESOLVEN SOLDIER PRESUMED I DEAD. Private Thomas, Royal West Surreys, I whose home was at Company-houses, Resolven, and who was a few weeks ago reported missing, has since been officially assumed dead. FORMER "HERALD" BOY. I T^ri ra f a Tnrnm i Shea, of th-e Mtiii- sters, whose widowed mother at 12, Llangvfelach- stieet, Swansea, has received intimation that lie has bt ji wounded. Shea, as already re- ported, is an old Herald boy. ONE OF THE PIONEERS. I Official intimation has been received that Sergt. J. R. Walker, 8th Pioneers, has been wounded in the Dardanelles. His wife lires at 3, Watkin-street, Swan- j sea. and his son belongs to the Swansea Battalion. SWANSEA PIONEER WOUNDED. I News has been received in Swan- sea to the effect that Private J. H. Thomas, of the 8th Battalion Welsh Regiment, has been wounded in the I Dardanelles. Pte. Thomas's widowed mother resides at 12, Recorder-street. MORRISTON MAN WOUNDED. I Mrs. Phillips, of 21, Castle Graig, Landore, has just had an intimation that her husband, Pte. W. R. Phillips, of the 8th Welsh (Pioneer) C Com- pany, has been wounded in the Dardanelles, and is row in hospital at Alexandria. Pte. Phillips, prior to his joining the Colours, was em- ployed at the Copper Pit, Mor- ristoo, J

SOME LOCAL HEROES. ] Well Known Young Men Who Have Fallen and Others Who Have Been Wounded. On this Page we give the photographs of several local young men who have fallen fighting bravely for their King and country, and others who have been wounded in re- cent engagements in the Dardanelles and the Western Front.

1 SOME GREENHILL HEROES. I I Pte. Miers Sullivan I (wounded). I Pte..Charles Wilson I (wounded). j Pte. Pearce I (killed). ;te. John O'She; I (wounded) I I I Pte. Cornelius Mahoney t (wounded). I Pte. Daniel Mahoney (wounded). I Pte. Michael Mahoil:y I I (wouaded) j g I Pte. T. Thomas. B (wounded). B Stoker Wm. Aherne (lost on II.M.S. Goliath.) I Pte. John O'Shea. (reported killed). I Pte. Robert Harries. R (wounded). 1 U Were Death defeat, much weeping would be right, 'Tis Victory when it leaves surviving trust For all humanity doth owe a debt To all humanity, until the end." The lines of George Meredith, the great poet and philosopher, aptly afford to one the frame of mind of those heroines of the Greenhill district—for heroines they truly are—who have lost their dearest ones on the far off hillsides of the Darda- nelles. Meredith's heroine in "Vittoria sang the words when Italy was yearning for liberation. To-day those same words convey the chanting of the heart, of the very soul, of the brave women of Greeu- hill whose flesh and blood are being sacrificed for the cause of Freedom. All of them Catholics, they are imbued with that quality of religious fervour that can- not be fathomed by the human mind. The while they are grief-stricken they are not unmindful of the fact that the sacrifice, although very heavy, has not been too great. 'Hie men who have fallen, have died honourably. Those who are wounded bear indestructable evidence that they have done something for the honour and glory of Britain, and of Freedom. Heroic Tears. Our representative who toured the sen ta five who toured the locality on locality saw fears. They* were tears of sadness, but while the mother mourued her son, the wife grieved for the husband whoHtoafs fcfaieiEffi* gone,, there was still a ray of sunshine dimly apparent in the cloud that appeared, for the present, to blot out all hope for the future. Mrs. Pearce. for instance, had survived the awful tidings of her husband's death remarkably well. The story of how he had met his end, briefly told in a letter from a comrade, was balm to her wounded heart. Private Nash wrote: We both (Private Pearce and himself) made our confession and took Communion on the battle-field before we went into action. Thank God for that! We had not started ten minutes before he was killed." Father O'flare, with Father Mackev, was about the district early, endeavour- ing to comfort the stricken families. "The men who have gone," said Father O'Hare, were all good fellows, and we shall miss them greatly. Pearce, for instance was a fine man, and was a hard worker with us. In Greenhill it has now been brought home to us tho full meaning ot "the horrible carnage of war." Our people have suffered much during the lpst few days, our cause has suffered much." True Christian Fortitude. I Yet rather O Hare was looking forward with hope, to the future. The Catholic community were bearing up with admir- able fortitude* In a little house in Ann-street lives a widow, Mrs. Mahoney, who has given all I her four sons tight.ing for their country, two in the Army and two in the Navy. What greater sacrifice can a woman make for her country? There are reproduced above a number of photographs of the heroes of Greenhill. men who are a credit to that locality, a credit to Catholicism, to Ireland, and to our country! Another Mar. Wounded. I A letter received on Friday morning I conveys the news that Private Jeremiah Shea, of the Munsters, whose widowed mother lives at 12. Llangyfelach-street, has been wounded. Shea was an old I Cambria Daily Leader boy.

KNOWN AT THREE CROSSES. I Private D. D. Morris, 3rd Welsh R.A.M.C., who has been wounded in the Dardanelles. He resided in Swansea prior to enlisting, and he has relatives living at Three Crosses. LLANELLY BORDERER KILLED. I The sad news has reached Llanelly that Private Bob Davies, son of Mr. Wm. Davies, ax, Island-place, has been killed at the Dardanelles. "Boh," who was attached to the South Wales Bor- derers, was a member of the Albion R.F.C., and has two brothers in the South Wales Borderers. KILLED IN ACTION. I Private John Elias Morgan, brother of I Mr. Ben Morgan, I butcher, of the Welsh Smithfield, Llandovery, who joined the 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in August of last, year on the out- break of hostilities was killed in action in the Dardanelles on the 11th of August. His brother has just been noti- fied of the death by the War Office. Deceased was about 37 years of age. There is another brother. Private David Morgan, also serving with the Medi- terranpan Expeditionary Force. The latter was employed in the Rhoudda Valley up to the time he enlisted. HIT WITH BULLETS. I Private Morgan Griffiths, of the lst[4th Welsh. son of Mr. Dd. Griffiths, Tyddyn, Llangadock, has written home stating that he is in hospital, having been wounded, ar bullet entering his thigh, in the Dardanelles.' He says he is progress- ing favourably. Private Joe Davies, 1st,4tli Welsh, Ty- gwyn, Llangadock, is also in hospital, having been wounded in one of his hands. All these took part in the brilliant charge under Colonel Bramwell Jones. GARNANT MAN WOUNDED. I News has just been received that I Private Gome" Jeremiah, Garnant, has been wounded in a recent engagement at the Dardanelles, and id now lyi in Hospital ixi"M»lti. v •' 'T ¡ SKEWEN LAD KILLED. On Friday Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, of No. :20, Cardonnel-road, Skewon, re- ceived an official intimation containing the sad news that! their son, Private William Jones, of the 4th Battalion South Wales Bor- derers had been killed in action at the Mediter- rtnean H all Aug. 11th, within five days of Lis 27th. birthday. Joining the Army soon after the outbreak of war, he was in training at various centres until early in July, when he went with his regi- ment at the Darda-I nelles He was a popular young fellow, and belonged to a highly respected family, with whom great sympathy is felt. Ho had been employed for years at the Brynech Pit, Main Col- liery Co PENYGROES SOLDIER WOUNDED. Private J. J. Thomas, of the 4th Welsh Regiment, son of Mr. itees Thomas, Maes-y-Bryn, Penygroes, has been wounaea at tne Dardanelles, and is now in Cardiff Hospital. He is making good pro- gress towards re- covery. II.3 is not 18 years of age. Before he enlisted ho was apprenticed to tho drapery trade with Messrs. William Jones and Co., Ammiaford, where be was a great favourite. KILLED R.A.M.C. MAN. The many friends of Private Stanley Williams, R.A.M.C., who resided at 1, WhiteVterrace, Swansea, will regret to learn that his death has been iin- officially communi- cated to his parents. Stanley was an ex- tremely popular young fellow, and will be sadly missed by a large circle of fcUsada# > BRYNHYFRYD MAN'S THREE I WOUNDS. Private Jack Meck. of the 5th! Royal Irish Rifles, has written home from hospital at Alexandria to his parents at Freeman- I street, Brynhyfryd. I stating that he has been i wounded in three places whilst fighting in the Dardanelles, j The worst wound, he says, is in j his foot, and he may be sent home for the extraction of the bullet. Pte. Mock joined the 3rd Devons in Sep- tember, last year, and later transferred to his prc?jjt regi- ment. Prior to the war, he was engaged at the Cwmfelin Works. DUNVANT MAN WOUNDED. I D Early last week news was received at his home that Private Johnson, of Dunvant, had been wounded at the Dar- danelles. Johnson, it is stated, is suffer- ing from, a bullet wound in the log. He is a native of Somerset, but is very well known and very popular in the little I village of Dunvant. WOUNDED, BUT CHEERFUL. I Lance-Sergt. E. Evans. Llanelly, of D" Company, li4th Welsh Regiment, who was wounded in action at the Darda- nelles, is at the Australian Stationary Hospital. He sustained a bullet wound under the shoulder blade, which pene- trated the lung. In spite of his injury, he writes a 'cheerful letter to his wife, and says that lie is getting on well. AMMANFORD SERGEANT'S WOUND. Sergeant II. R. Bevan, who, as re- ported, has been wounded in the leg with shrapnel, and is now in hospital. His many friends will be pleased to It-arn that his in- juries are not of a precarious descrip- tion. and that he is making satisfactory progreas< ?

LANDORE FAMILY'S RECORD. Gunner Wm. Morgan, R.F.A. Lance-Corpl. Evan Morgan, 2,6tli Welsh. 4 I Pte. Joseph Morgan, R.A.M.C. Mrs. Da.ie-" of 96, Cwm IevL?l-road, Lan- dore, Swansea, remarked to a representative of the "Cambria Daily leader":—" If every- one had a? many relatives Bening their country I have, we should soon have a fine army." She had cause for this, as .<he I has four brothers, two sons, p.nd a brother- in-law serving with the colours. Of these (iunner Wm. Morgan. RY A. (hrother). was an old soldier with eight years' service to hia credit. Before the war he was employed as a collier in the Optnere Yale Colliery. He was wounded in March, when he came home, returning to the front at Whitsuntide. Mrs. Davies has juct re- ceived a communication from the War OtBce to the effect ihat Gunner Morgan has died fiom wounds received in a.ction. He I was a single man. 36 years of age, and wai very popular at Landore. Lance-Corporal Evan Morgan (brother) 111 in the Second 6th Welsh; Private Joseph Morgan (brother) is in the R.A.M.C. and Private David Morgan (brother; is in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, now in France. Private Morgan Davies (1st Welsh. 5tli Battalion, Machine Gun Section) ha-s been "gassed" once. After treatment at Birming- ham Hospital he returned to the front. Hia brother, Private Wm. Davies, was formerly in the K.F.A., but wishing to join ii« brother he transferred to the 1st Welsh Regiment. 9th Battalion. Finally, Privuve John Shilling (brother-in-law of Mrs Davies) is in the 6th Welsh, at present in Swansea. Pte. Morgan Davies, 1st Welsh, 9th Battalion. I Pte. William Davies, 1st Welsh, 9th Battalion. Pte. John Shilling, 6th Welsh.

LLANDOVERY MEN WOUNDED. I Pte. Tommy Manning, of the 1,4th Welsh, concerning whose 6afety his mother and family have lately under- gone a good deal of anxiety in conse- quence of a letter received from one of the men in the Dardanelles, in which it was stated that he was missing. It now transpires from a letter just received from him that he is in hospital wounded in one of his arms. Pte. David Richards, 4th Welsh, cf Castle-street, Llandovery, has written to his mother from a hospital in Bucks stat- ing that he has been wounded in one of his legs by shrapnel. Pte. Tom Jones, of Stone-street, has written from St. David's Hospital, Malta. He was also wounded in the leg at the same time as Pte. Richards, the splinters scattering from one to the other. AMMANFORD SOLDIERS WOUNDED. .? ?,? ??- I I Corpl. Eaward Mva?s, of the 4th v?ei?n I Regiment, whose home is at Ai?.?. I lord, has written to his brother in Mar- garet-street from I hospital in Lemnos stating that he has been wounded, a Turkish bullet pene- trating his shoulder He says there are two Ammanford boys in the same hosnital Privates Harold Jones and Tommy Twist—both belonging to the same regiment. Of the former, it was known that, ho had been wounded, the War Office having also apprised his widowed mother of this, but; the above is the first intimation regarding the latter, who is a well known Soccer player. Official intimation has been received at Pandyffynon that Private Owen Jenkins, of the itli Welsh, has also been wounded. He is a native of Lam- peter. hut was employed in the Amman- ford district. SNIPER AS A BUSH." J Corporal Per c y Edwards, brother of Mr. E. L. Ed- wards, hon. secre- tary of the Morris- ton V.T.C., who was wounded in the Dardanelles by a sniper. Corporal Edwards, when he was shot, was ad- vancing on to what apparently was a bush, hut in real- ity was a Turkish, sniper covered with branches. In a letter to his brother he states quite cheerfully that ï he is progressing well, and is being looked after with great care on a hospital ship. When he left England with his regiment he was a private, and earned his promotion in Gallipoli. LLANDILO SOLDIER ILL. I Privaii- W. M. Perks, now in hos- pital suffering from dysentery, writes home to say that he expects soon to be back in. the firing line at the Dardanelles. He states that he had five days in the trenches, and even- tually a hill was taken from the Turks. NEATH MEN'S SUPREME SACRIFICE News was received at Neath on Satur- day that Pte. Frank Richards, of the 4th Battalion S.W.B. had been killed in action at Gallipoli. The "late Private Richards joined the South Wales Bor- derers some time after hostilities broke out, and prior to joining the battalion ne was an A.B. in the Royal Xavv. He will be missed by a host of friends in Neath, and he was also fairly well known in Morriston, where his hrothf>r-in-18\ Mr. Franks resides in Woodlield-street. Pte. Richards was 29 years of age, and his parents reside at Brecon. He leaves a wife and four children, the eldest being eight years of age, and the youngest two years of age. His wife lives at 2. Pendre. Private W. J. Hancock, (itli. Loyal North Lanes., has died on a hospital ship from wounds received whilst serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. lie leaves a wife and child, who reside at Burrows-road, Neath. KILLED AT THE DARDANELLES. News has been received at Swansea to I the effect that Private Daniel Sullivan, of the 8th Battalion (Pioneers) Welsh Regiment, has been kill?? at the Darda-1 u?Iee. Private Sullivan? relatives live I in Ebeuezer-street. l SKEWEN POSTMAN MISSING. T x 1- n-J Trooper Rert. J..Jones, 01 UH oru Dragoon Guards, attached on the out- break of the war to the 2nd Life "itiards, of Dynevor- :(Iad, Skewen. Early in August of last vear he went with his regiment to the front, and was re- ported missing on October 30th< In spite of every in- quiry since no trace of his whereabouts can be found. He was employed, a a postman at Neath, but resided a t Skewen with his wife and three chil- dren. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I) a n Jones, the father being well known as the veteran Skewen postman, and who is the oldest post office servant thronghûut the Neath district. The family are greatly sym- pathised with in their anxiety as to the soldier's fate. PONTARDAWE PIONEER WOUNDED News has reached Mr. and Mrs. T. Griffiths, Glastryn, Heath fieid-road, Pontardawe, to the effect that Private Arthur Deacon (20) has been wounded in the right hand hand and left arm whilst in action in the Dardanelles. Young Deacon was engaged at Messrs. Gilbertson's Steel Works, and was one of the first to enlist from Pontar- dawe. He is now in hospital, and hopes to be baek in Pontardawe at an early date. NEATH SERGEANT WOUNDED. Information reached Neath on Taesda? morning that Sergeant Tom Davies. of flu- Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who rejoined at the outbreak of the war, has been. wounded in France. He is a brother of Dan Davies, the old Neath forward, who is also on active service, together with another brother, somewhere in France. Pte. R. F. Thomas, of 72. High-street, Llandovery, has written home from Kasr El Aing Hospital, Cairo. A letter has also been received from Pte. G. Gordon Williams, of the New Zealand Expedi- tionary Force, son of the late ex-Sergt. Williams, of the White Hall. Llandovery. He is also in hospital at Cairo. The two last named are suffering from eye affec- tions. CWMTWRCH MAN WOUNDED. PIp. J. W. JooM. 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers, who, as already re- ported, has been wounded in the Dardanelles. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Gwigfa, Penygyrnos.

[Continuation of First Column.] is changed. Decks are washed only twice a week instead of every day, which allows the men less freedom of move- ment and kept their surroundings too moist. The aim is to keep always up to thJ maximum of efifciency, the officer* explained, and not to overstrain to stale- ce-ss, or to permit of any slackness. Th i patience, and tho application of men in want of acticn are amazing. Whether in tr.riets, on the bridge, or below deck, there was a significant absence of oven the minutest thing, to civilian eyes, which did not serve the purpose of bat tle. Only in the Commander-in-Chief's cabiz, with its numerous sea maps 011 the wfeil, did the books and pictures sug- gest other than bare utility. The officers whom I met spoke in the same strain about the situation. If th,3 German fleet ever had any chance of suc- cess it was at the outset of the war. With every passing month the Britisn Fleet had giown stronger and better organised to meet any emergency. Though the sub- ir.arines had played a more important part than many had anticipated, tllg methods of countering their attacks and 0; destroying them had also developed beyond expectations. The hardest part of the war for the Navy was the early days, when the Fleet, was continually at sea looking for battle. Now securely ready, it could steam out to action immediately the patrols which, are continually sweeping the North Sesk t reported any. signs of the enemy.