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Name	Form	Age	Address
Idris Bruton Lewis Hopkin Davies Walter Owen George Charles Merlin Evans Neville Leslie Probert Cyril Waring Berry George Nicholson Bremner Kenneth Samuel Arthur Burdett Zachariah Butler Thomas James Couldrey Albert Edward Davies David Glyndwr Davies Idris Davies William Brinley Davies Cyril Eurwyn Edwards William Watkin Evans Charles Henry Evill Leonard Gittings John William Hek James Ivor James Harold Henry Knight William Henry Lloyd William Ivor Price Lyndon Rees Harold John Sheppard David Stanley Thomas Edgar Thomas Ivor Thomas William Archibald Tyrrell John Dudley Mayne Watkins Gwynfryn Griffiths Idris William Benjamin Daniel Charles Beswick Maldwyn Davies William George Woodford Davies Thomas Aeron Edwards Oliver Dudley Evans Percival Handel Escott Thomas Emlyn Howells Robert John David Samuel Jones Hector Mackintosh Leslie George Mather Thomas Oswald Phillips Thomas Minton Pugh Rupert Thomas Rees Robert Roberts Robert John Walters Arthur Charlton Cox Evan John Morgan Gwilym Davies Evan David Harris William Clarke Davies Alwyn Leslie Morris Thomas Cyril Thomas Henry Uren Pascoe	1B 1B 1B 1B 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B	14 13.9 11.5 14.2 11.6 12.7 12.2 12.3 12.6 12.7 13.1 13 13 12.2 13.1 12 12 12.4 12.4 12.3 13 12 12.6 13 12.8 12 12 13 12.9 12.2 12 13.8 13.7 12.2 12.5 13 11.6 13.8 13.4 13.3 12.9 14.9 12.1 13.4 12.6 13 12.3 14.3 9.9 14.4 13.8 14.7 14 13.9 13.3 12.1	11, Glannant St, Aberdare Music Studio, Stuart St, Aberdare 42-43, High St, Hirwaun Supply Stores, Commercial St, Nelson Glanffrwd, Mountain Ash 1, Plasdraw Rd, Aberdare 5, Glannant St, Aberdare 10, Bute St, Aberdare 433, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman 19, Bute St, Aberdare 56, Gadlys St, Aberdare Queen’s Hotel, Aberdare 29, Gadlys St, Aberdare 5a, Penbryn Terr., Penrhiwceiber Glyncoed, Aberdare 24, Station Rd, Hirwaun 9, John St, Aberdare 29, Pleasant View, Godreaman Iron Bridge Hotel, Aberdare 16, John St, Aberdare 12, Bridge St, Robertstown 36, Pendarren St, Aberdare 62, Broniestyn Tce, Aberdare Ty’r Heol, Aberaman 15, Seymour St, Aberdare 26, Byron St, Cwmaman 7, Milton St, Cwmaman 16, Pendarren St, Aberdare 49, Ynysllwyd St, Aberdare 10, Glannant St, Aberdare 12, Clarence Tce, Aberaman 6, Bell St, Trecynon 9, Elm Grove, Aberdare 62, Gadlys Rd, Aberdare Llwyncelyn Hotel, Trecynon 62, Jubilee Rd, Godreaman 37, Commercial St, Aberdare 4, Catherine St, Aberdare Aberaman Hotel, Aberaman 21, Richmond Tce, Aberdare 39, Pembroke St, Aberdare 6, Stuart St, Aberdare Almorah, Ynysboeth 43, Glanrhyd St, Cwmaman 99, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 26, Victoria Square, Aberdare 21, Bryn Tce, Cwmdare Shingrig House, Nelson County School House, Aberdare 80, Brecon Rd, Hirwaun 4 Greenwood House, Cwmbach Rd 16, Morris St, Cwmaman 20, Gadlys St, Trecynon 18, Spencer St, Cwmaman 27, Clifton St, Aberdare Pencoys, Penrhiwceiber

Notes

Spring & Summer term entry: The first five pupils in the list, Idris Bruton to Neville Leslie Probert, enrolled in the Spring and Summer terms of 1916. All the others enrolled in the Autumn term.

Age on Entry: Pupils entering Form 1 were generally aged 12+ in the early days of the school. There was no Form 2 and the four-year course to School Certificate concluded in Form 5.
The order of pupils in the table is the order in which they appear in the School Roll.
 

Pupils

Neville Leslie Probert, (1904–1989), qualified in medicine and became a GP in Caerphilly.

Cyril Waring Berry, (1903–1962), was a grandson of the well-known Victorian photographer J. Lendon Berry. Cyril’s father R.L. Berry took over the business in Commercial Street, known as The Globe Studios. Cyril left school for Winchester Teacher Training College.

Harold John Sheppard, (1903– ), went on to U.C. Cardiff. He emigrated to North America in 1923.

Thomas Phillips, (1903–), was the son of a colliery labourer. He went to U.C. Cardiff with a Rees Llewellyn Scholarship. He gained an M.A. in 1924 and became Head of Welsh at Gowerton Intermediate School. In 1940, he became an Inspector of Schools in the City of Cardiff.

Rupert Rees, (1903–98), became a railwayman. Starting as a cleaner in 1918, he became a fireman in 1923, and driver in 1941. He became Chairman of the Aberdare Urban District Council in 1960.
 
The photograph shows Coun. Rees at his Civic Sunday Service at Highland Place Unitarian Church, Monk St, 26th June 1960. The service was conducted by Rev. D. Jacob Davies.

Robert John Walters, (1902– ), was the son of Robert Walters, Overman/Underground, Ocean Colliery, Treharris.

Arthur Charlton Cox, (1906–1985), was one of the four children of the school’s headmaster Walter Charlton Cox. All four qualified in medicine.

Oliver Dudley Evans, (1905–1972), was a son of Evans the Sadler of Commercial St. He left for U.C.W. Aberystwyth.

Percival Handel Escott, (1902–1964), concluded his teaching career at Caradog Primary School in Clifton Street, Aberdare - a school which he attended himself as a boy. Percy is the father of John Escott, (ABGS 1948–56) and Gillian Escott who attended AGGS. The family lived in Park Grove, Trecynon.

Henry Uren Pascoe, (1904–1966), became a colliery fan engineman in Mountain Ash.

 

Amongst the parental occupations of the 1916 intake, there were,
Accountant, Blacksmith, Colliers 13, Colliery Engineman (at present in Army), Colliery Labourer, Colliery Labourer (surface), Colliery Official, Colliery Repairer, Colliery Weigher, Commercial Traveller, Concession Agent, Contractor, Draper & Outfitter, Draper (deceased), Draper’s Assistant, Engineman on GWR, Fire Engineer, Furniture Dealer (Proprietor), Grocer & Draper, Grocer (Propr.), Hotel Proprietors 2, Hotel Proprietor (deceased), House Decorators 2, Licensed Victuallers 2, Locomotive Engine Driver, Night Telephonist, Aberdare P.O., Printer’s Machine Minder, Professor of Music, Railway Clerk, Railway Signalman, Saddler & Harness Maker, Schoolmasters 3, Superintendent of Insurance Company, Tailor, Tailor & Outfitter (Propr.), Tailor (on active service), Timberman, Tin Worker (now Colliery Labourer), Winding Engineman.
 

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