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Name	Entry Form	Age	Address
Ivor John Leng William Evans John Harlow Ivor Williams Ivor Hugh Bailey Francis Marne Barnes Glyn Bowen James Arthur Chew Evan John Daniel John Daniel Powell David John Islwyn Davies Philip Henry Davies William Emrys Davies Howell Edwards Clifford Evans David Robert Eves David Samuel James Forward Thomas Frank Hawcutt Leonard Humphreys Arthur Jenkins Thomas Bryn John Alun Jones Gordon Jones Levi Ronald Lewis Kenneth Rigby Middleton William Charles Parsons Vivian George Rich Leonard Merlin Richards William Glyndwr Richards Kenfyn Thomas Roberts Idris James Sanders Leonard Philip Spratling William David Spurry Ronald Verdun Thomas William Thomas Ivor Thomas Turner Horace Cecil Williams Meurig Williams William Stanley Williams William Alfred Amos  † Sydney Bird Silvester Arthur Charles Bucknell Kenneth Vivian Clode Evan Glyn David Peter Ellis William Watters Evans David Douglas Fowler Roland Oliver George Charles Frank Green Arthur Wiltshire Hedge Trevor James Emrys Jenkins William Esmor John Daniel Douglas Jones David Gwynfryn Jones Granville Jones Trevor Ernest Jones Douglas George Lawrence Ronald Kenneth Lewis Thomas Brynmor Lewis Frederick Morgan Lloyd Malgwyn John Matthews Edwin Hubert William Organ Edward John Handley Phillips Arthur William Prowel Glyndwr Cromwell Rees  † Albert Leonard Richards Melvin Russell Smith Thomas Gwynfryn Thomas Horace James Trick Philip Rees Williams  † Ronald Wyatt Denys Griffiths John Graham Wootton	3B 5A 5A 4B 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 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 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B	12.9 16.8 15.8 15.2 11.6 13.1 11.8 12.6 12.8 12.1 12.2 12.4 12.2 12.9 12.2 12.1 13 12.1 12.4 11.6 12.6 11.7 11.8 12.3 12.3 12.2 12.5 12.9 12.5 12.8 13.4 12.8 12.7 12.4 12.9 12.4 12.9 13.1 12.9 12 12.6 12.8 11.5 12.3 12.1 12 13 12.6 12.6 12.5 12.1 12.2 11.9 12.1 12.2 11.4 12 11.8 12 12.7 11.8 12.6 12.4 12.2 13.4 12.7 12 13.4 12 12.2 13.1 12.9 13.4 13.5	24, Dyffryn St, Aberaman 47, Jenkin St, Abercwmboi 14, Margaret St, Trecynon 13, Morris St, Cwmaman 44, Park View Tce, Abercwmboi 3, Bedford St, Aberaman 21, Graig Ave, Abercwmboi 80, Cardiff Rd, Aberdare 119, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman 8, Stuart St, Aberdare Blaengwawr House, Aberaman 123, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 106, Brook St, Aberaman 3, Tower Rd, Hirwaun 1, New Scales Houses, Llwydcoed 11, Griffith St, Aberdare 4, Mount Pleasant, Trecynon 14, Penmark, Hirwaun 3, Pleasant Row, Cwmbach Mardy House, Aberdare 25, Kingsbury Place, Cwmaman 3, Henry St, Aberaman Chez-Nous, Park Grove, Aberdare 18, Jubilee Rd, Godreaman 72, Gadlys Rd, Aberdare 9, Duke St, Aberdare 20, Maelgwyn Tce, Aberdare 4, Clifton Tce, Aberaman Cranbrook House, Dean St, Aberdare 33, Broniestyn Tce, Aberdare 14, Pendarren St, Aberdare 10a, Margaret St, Trecynon 7, Cromer St, Abercwmboi 5, Providence Place, Cwmbach 42, Bronallt Tce, Aberaman 11, Baptist Place, Hirwaun 9, Ynyslwyd Rd, Aberaman 27, Cardiff Rd, Aberdare 49, Commerce Place, Aberaman 19, Graig Tce, Abercwmboi 1, Richards Tce, Cwmbach 12, Brynhyfryd St, Cwmaman 16, Graig Ave, Abercwmboi 13, Cynon Tce, Hirwaun 17, Hall St, Aberdare 3, Mount Pleasant, Trecynon Gwrhyd Farm, Abernant 42, High St, Hirwaun 30, Park Grove, Trecynon 9, Graig Tce, Abercwmboi 3, Brondeg Tce, Aberdare 53c, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon 15, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon 82, Jubilee Rd, Godreaman 61, Mill St, Trecynon 7, Windsor St, Trecynon 30, Brecon Rd, Hirwaun 56, Gadlys Rd, Aberdare 14, Little Wind St, Aberdare 43, Tudor Tce, Aberdare 40, Cardiff Rd, Aberdare 50, Brynhyfryd, Cwmaman 24, Thomas St, Robertstown 33, Pleasant View, Godreaman Pencoed Dairy Farm, Llwydcoed 1, Arthur’s Place, Trecynon 57, Dean St, Aberdare 13, Cledwyn Tce, Trecynon 2, Jubilee Rd, Godreaman 34, Maple Tce, Abercwmboi 54, Hirwaun Rd, Aberdare 27, Belle View, Trecynon 1, Waun Row, Llwydcoed Villiers, High St, Glynneath

†William Alfred Amos was in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died aged 24 on 13/07/1943. He is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial.

† Glyndwr Cromwell Rees was in the Royal Army Service Corps. He died aged 23 on 02/05/1941. He is buried in Aberdare Cemetery.

† Philip Rees Williams was in the Royal Navy on H.M.S. President III. He died aged 24 on 10/09/1941. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

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Ivor John Leng, 1917–1989), was brought up in Godreaman. After ABGS he went to U.C. Cardiff and became a teacher, initially in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire. He married Olwen Jones, a library assistant of Clive Street, Trecynon. In 1939 he was called up and joined HM Forces. After 6 years in the army he taught at a grammar school in Manchester and then, in 1955, he was appointed as a lecturer in the newly formed Department of Education at Bangor University. He completed a Ph.D. at Bangor in 1965, and arising from this research he wrote his book, “Children in the Library”, (University of Wales Press, 1968). He finished his career as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Bangor. He had three children: a daughter who was a biochemist; Paul Hugh Leng, who became Professor of e-Learning at Liverpool University; and Gareth Leng formerly Professor of Experimental Physiology at the University of Edinburgh. When he retired Ivor Leng moved from north Wales to Merthyr Tydfil.

John Daniel Powell left school to enter the Welsh National School of Medicine. He graduated in 1942, MB, BCh in 1942.

John Islwyn Davies, (1918–75), went to UCL to study medicine, graduating MRCS, LRCP in 1940. He eventually emigrated to the USA. He was a son of Aneurin Davies, the Secretary and Executive Officer of the Aberdare and District Co-operative Society, who was, in 1929, elected as a Director of the Co-operative Wholesale Society, a national body. In May 1945, Aneurin Davies was appointed Chairman of C.I.S., a post he held until 1952. The family at one time lived in Blaengwawr House.

Trevor James, (1918–2004), was the son of a headmaster, and left school to become apprenticed to a pharmaceutical chemist. He became the pharmacist in Emrys Evans of Victoria Square, and was distinguished by his rather fine handlebar moustache. He married Winnie Jenkins, who can be seen in the 1938 Prefects photograph in the AGCS section of this website. Trevor’s younger brother left school to become a medical student.

Idris James Sanders left school to join Messrs Sainsburys. Now the well-known supermarket chain.

John Graham Wootton, (1917–1985), had a remarkable career. His father was headmaster at Glynneath Elementary School, but died a relatively young man in 1933 whilst Graham was in the sixth form. However, significantly, Graham had gained his ‘London Matriculation’ in the fifth form. He left school without taking his ‘Highers’ and joined Lloyds Bank in Lombard Street, London. In 1939 he volunteered for service in the Army and served with the Royal Engineers in France and Belgium, surviving the evacuation of Dunkirk. He was later commissioned and commanded a unit in Combined Operations in North Africa, Middle East and Italy. He was mentioned in dispatches and promoted to Major.
On being demobilised in 1946, he resigned from the Bank and became a full-time student at London University.
During his summer vacation in 1948 he served on the staff of the Olympic Games organising committee at the headquarters in London and on the East Coast.
He graduated in 1950 with a first class degree, B.Sc. (Econ.), from the London School of Economics. His first job was as a Research Assistant in the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office, where he worked on military histories.

In 1956 he wrote the book, ‘The Official History of the British Legion.’

His initial degree was followed up with a Ph.D. in 1960, having written a thesis entitled ‘The Political Influence of Organised Ex-Service Men in England and Wales, 1917–57’. As result of this research he published, in 1963, a second book, ‘The Politics of Influence: British Ex-Servicemen, Cabinet Decisions and Cultural Change (1917–57).’

Later in his career we find him as Staff Tutor in Politics Oxford University Delegacy for Extra-Mural Studies. And finally, as Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA.

 

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