† Trevor Jenkin Mears is wrongly named in school records. His name was Jenkin Trevor Mears, and appears on the WW2 School Memorial Plaque. Trevor was in the Merchant Navy but is not listed as a casualty by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. However, information about him is as follows:
Trevor was a 2nd Mate on the ‘S.S. King Edward’. He died at sea 26th December 1939, aged 31, with cause of death recorded as ‘Presumed Heart Attack.’ (The King Edward was later, 27 Dec 1942, torpedoed and sunk north-northeast of the Azores.) At the time of his death, Trevor lived in Redbrink Crescent near the docks in Barry. He attended ABCS 1921–25, and was brought up in Hirwaun where his father was headmaster of Rhigos School. He was the son of William Jenkin Mears (1871–1930) and Margaretta A. Mears, née Davies, (1877–1925).
 

All the boys in the list above started school in the autumn of 1921 except for the following:

Roy Jenkin George, Cyril Clarence Thomas Baker, Wilfred Henry Llewellyn Williams, William Henry Hobbs, Gwynfryn John Morgan, Howard George Badham Milsom, William Coombs, Reginald Charles Augustine Bennett, John Jolliffe Parrish - who all arrived in the spring term or summer term of 1921.

Notes

Stacey Hopper, (1909–1996), became a professional illustrator, artist and college lecturer. He has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website.

Henry John Miles, (1909–1969), Henry (Harry) John Miles, of the Heathcock Inn, High Street, and later of Herbert Street, became a Maths master at Mountain Ash G.S. He was at school from 1921 to 1928, before leaving for UCW Aberystwyth. He died at the age of 60 in 1969.

Dewi Emlyn Price

Dewi Emlyn Price, (1909–1990), was a son of the well-known headmaster and local historian W.W. Price. He was the father of Peter N. Price who attended the school from 1954 to 1960. The Price family including Dewi can be seen in photographs in the Former Pupil entry for his brother Tegryd Price. Dewi was ordained priest in 1934 having attended St. David’s College, Lampeter. He married Aberdarian Kate Mary Thomas in 1938 in Droitwich. Dewi became a chaplain in the Army, where he served until 1963.

Timothy Ellis Rutter, (1909–1966). Tim Rutter became a surgeon. He has an entry in the Former Pupils section of this website.

Dr. W.L. Codd

William Codd, (1909–1994), was a G.P. in Aberdare. His surgery was for many years located in Elizabeth Street, Aberdare. He entered medical school in Bristol and graduated M.B., Ch.B. in 1947. He later gained the qualification F.R.C.G.P. He married Isabel M.M. Wilson in 1938 - she also trained at Bristol graduating two years earlier than her future husband. Dr Codd and his wife lived in Abernant and brought up two boys and a daughter. His son Richard also attended ABGS.

Arthur Probert, M.P.

Arthur Reginald Probert, (1909–1975)
Arthur Probert was brought up in Aberaman the son of a publican. He became a local government officer for the housing department of the Aberdare UDC in 1928. During World War II he served in the RAF. He was active in the Trades Union movement in the town for many years. He succeeded D. Emlyn Thomas, as MP for the Aberdare constituency in a by-election in October 1954 and held the seat until his retirement in February 1974. He, his wife and two daughters lived at Allt Fedw, Abernant.
Arthur Probert wrote a piece for the school’s 75th anniversary publication, which can be seen in the History section of this website.

Parental Occupations

Accountant, Assistant Schoolmaster, Assistant Teacher, Assurance Superintendent, Baker, Butchers 2, Clerk, Club Steward, Coal Inspector under P.D. Co., Coal Merchant, Coal miners  21, Coal miners (deceased)  2, Colliery Co.’s auditor, Colliery Engineer, Colliery Examiners  2, Colliery Firemen 3, Colliery Manager, Colliery Mechanic, Colliery Pay Clerk, Colliery Repairers  2, Colliery Under-Manager, Colliery Winder, Commercial Traveller, Company Secretary, Confectioner, Contractor, Dairyman, Deceased Farmer, Deceased Licenced Victualler, Decorator, Disabled ex-soldier, Draper’s Assistant, Egg & Butter Merchant, Engine Driver (Locomotive), Engine Driver (retired), Engine-man, Farmers  3, Fitter, Foreman Mason, Foreman Platelayer, Foundry Manager, Gas Stoker, Grocers  3, Hall Caretaker Abercwmboi, Haulier (deceased), Innkeeper, Ironmonger, Lampman (deceased), Manager Boot Department, Manager of Steel Works (deceased), Mason, Master Mariner, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer, Medical Practitioner, Motor Lorry Driver, Motor Mechanic, Plumber, Police Sergeant, Printer (Proprietor), Railway Boiler Smith, Railway Wagon Carpenter’s Foreman, Schoolmasters  3, Schoolmaster (deceased), Sheaveman, Surveyor of Taxes, Timberman, Traffic Foreman (underground), Underground Repairer, Wagon Repairer, Warehouse Man, Watch-maker & Jeweller, Weighing Clerk.

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