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Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School

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Names of pupils who were in the 1931 Entry

from School Records

Name Entry Form Age Address
Philip Charles Chandler
Edward Henderson Llewellyn
William Edward Hunt
Edward Brynmor Williams
Norman Challenger
Henry Crowley
Clifford Morgan Davies
David Rowland Davies
Emlyn Davies
Evan William Davies
David William Dean
David Griffith Ellis
Evan Arwyn Evans
Roland Owen Eynon
Ben Fine
Walter Ellis Hale
William Pari Hough
Robert David James
Evan Thomas Johnson
David John Jones
David Watkin Jones
Haydn Jones
Howell Henry Montague Jones
Arnold Huw Lewis
John Windsor Llewellyn
Donald Rigby Middleton
Kenneth Henry Morris
Robert Alan Nicholas
David George Parker
Merlin Pearce
David Charles Phelps
Thomas Henry Potter
William Ernest Roberts
Thomas David Rosser
Brinley Stephens
Terence Fraine Thomas
Emrys Walters
Glanville Pugh Walters
Tom Ellis Williams
William Llewellyn Batten
Albert Morgan Bound
Lionel Ronald Cape
John Davies
William Philip Dennis
Thomas George Drower
Aerwyn Evans
Rhydwyn Evans
Kenneth James Garrett
Clifford Brinley Griffiths
Edward Griffiths
Sidney Charles Howell
William Hughes
William Thomas David Jenkins
David Spencer John
Henry Mansel Jones
William John Kerslake
George Key
David John Lewis
Mervin Lewis
Henry Charles Mills
Mervyn Phillips
Thomas Cyril Rees
John Melvyn Roberts
Ronald John Sandercock
Donald Sanders
James Gabriel Short
Alun Thomas
Clifford Wyndham Thomas
Daniel Armael Thomas
David James Thomas
Thomas Thomas
Marslyn Vater
William Benjamin Williams
Kenneth Woodhouse
Dafydd Iorwerth Edwards
Haydn Llewellyn James
William Idris Jenkins
Gwynne Lorenzo Jones
Horace Coleman Lewis
Eurfyl Rowlands Davies
Merlin James Jones
William Elfed Prosser
Raymond Thomas Edward Davies
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3, Tanybryn St, Aberdare
Maesmarchog Farm, Glynneath
22F, Bwllfa Rd, Cwmdare
3, Abercwmboi Cottages, Abercwmboi
33, Ynyscynon St, Cwmbach
11, Margaret St, Trecynon
18, College St, Abernant
14, Broniestyn Tce, Aberdare
Brynheulog, Llwydcoed
8, Pant-y-blodau, Cwmbach
70, Gadlys St, Aberdare
12, Wayne St, Aberdare
20, Gospel Hall Tce, Aberdare
6, Glanrhyd St, Cwmaman
37, Davis St, Aberaman
18, Brecon Rd, Hirwaun
2, Tudor Tce, Aberdare
25, Pleasant View, Aberaman
70, Harriet St, Trecynon
66, Brook St, Aberaman
2, Harriet St, Trecynon
Llwydcoed
2, Richmond Tce, Abernant
62, Cwmaman Rd, Godreaman
26, Pendarren St, Aberdare
72, Gadlys St, Aberdare
9, Abergwawr Place, Aberaman
12, Broniestyn Tce, Aberdare
41, Bute St, Aberdare
4, Glancynon Tce, Aberaman
48, Broniestyn Tce, Aberdare
3, Giles Court, Gadlys
49, Glynhafod St, Cwmaman
5, Cwmnantyrhwch, Trecynon
15A, Moriah Place, Llwydcoed
105, Jubilee Rd, Godreaman
The Manse, Abernant
12A, Moriah Place, Llwydcoed
104, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon
1, Cynon St, Aberaman
11, Llewellyn St, Trecynon
15, Cromer St, Abercwmboi
6, Miners Row, Llwydcoed
1, Curre St, Aberaman
23, Ynysllwyd St, Aberdare
10, Wellington St, Robertstown
15, Milton St, Cwmaman
Southlands, Penywaun
35, Oxford St, Aberdare
17, Margaret St, Trecynon
15, Abergwawr Place, Hirwaun
16, Aman St, Cwmaman
41, King St, Cwmdare
2, Hawthorne Terrace, Aberdare
20, Milton St, Cwmaman
29, Treneol Houses, Cwmaman
4, Abernant Place, Aberdare
32, Pendarren St, Aberdare
Leyland Villa, Farm Rd, Aberaman
434, Cardiff Rd, Aberdare
2, Maesyffynon Offices, Aberdare
35, Gloucester St, Aberdare
45, George St, Aberaman
46, Oxford St, Aberdare
39, Brynhyfryd, Cwmaman
1A, Canal Tce, Cwmbach
78, Jubilee Rd, Godreaman
117, Brynmair Rd, Cwmaman
73, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon
5, Miners Row, Llwydcoed
46, Commercial St, Aberdare
255, Cardiff Rd, Aberaman
89, Cemetery Rd, Trecynon
10, Maelgwyn Tce, Gadlys
61, Dean St, Aberdare
30, Dare Rd, Cwmdare
3, Clive St, Trecynon
57, Oxford St, Aberdare
21, Park Grove, Trecynon
8, Byron St, Cwmaman
22, Clive St, Trecynon
42, Tudor Tce, Aberdare
7, Brecon Rd, Hirwaun

The following five boys were casualties in WW2:

Roland Owen Eynon was a Sergeant (Obs.) in the RAF. He died aged 25 on 20th December 1942. He is buried in Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands.

William Pari Hough was a Lance Corporal in the Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. He died aged 25 on 22nd December 1944. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial.

Merlin Pearce was a Flying Officer (Air Bomber) in the RAF.  He died aged 25 on 13th September 1944.  He is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany, which is near the border with the Netherlands.

Kenneth James Garrett was a Sergeant in the RAF.  He died aged 23 on 14th June 1942. He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial in Egypt.

Horace Coleman Lewis was a Leading Wireman in the Royal Navy, on the P-class destroyer H.M.S. Panther. Thirty-three men aboard Panther were killed when it sunk in the Aegean Sea after an attack by German Stuka dive-bombers. Horace died aged 28 on 9th October 1943. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.