Aberdare Boys’ Grammar School
School History
from School Records
| Name | Entry Form | Age | Address |
| David Gwynne Davies Tom Taylor Osborne Thomas Elvet Thomas Lewis William Williams Hywel Evans Ellis Thomas Vivian Versailles Barnes Thomas Glyndwr Bevan Jack Spencer Norman Boobyer David George Davies Lewis Arwyn Davies Handel Evans Alexander William Graham Garfield Daniel Griffiths Idris Hicks Edward Hill Elwyn Price Howells William John Humphreys Frank James Alwyn Jones David Daniel Jones David William Jones Emrys Jones William Edgerton Jones Kenneth Knight Henry Rhudian Lloyd John Desmond Logan Alfred Morgan Walter Charles Preece Thomas Schofield Rees Benjamin Raymond Richards Thomas Charles Williams Glyndwr Williams William Alfred Arnold William Edward Bough David John Bowen † Stanley George Brockway † Edward Denis Clarke David Arthur Davies Henry Iorwerth Davies Horatio Victor Edwards Idwal George Evans William Nicholas Evans Samuel Reginald Freed Richard Henry Gittins Brinley Anfield James John Kellow Granville Dilwyn King Aaron Lewis William Lewis Bernard Lodge Thomas Brinley Lovell † Trevor Leslie Moore William Morgan Ronald Price † Elvet Richards Edwin Thomas Richards Gordon Rees Richards Charles Alfred Smith David John Swain David John Thomas Eric Thomas William Maxwell Thomas Dilwyn Walters David Williams † John Aerwyn Williams William Gordon Williams Reginald Paul Davies Mostyn James |
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54, Wind St, Aberdare Police Station, Cwmaman 3, Stuart St, Aberdare 4, Elizabeth St, Aberdare The Ivies, Trecynon, Trecynon 32, Gospel Hall Tce, Aberdare 3, Bedford St, Aberaman 19a, Well Place, Cwmbach Hazlewood, Abernant Rd, Aberdare 6, Bute Tce, Hirwaun 4, Horeb Tce, Llwydcoed 34, Windsor St, Trecynon 41, Albert St, Aberdare 4, Belmont Tce, Aberaman 70, Park View Tce, Abercwmboi 36, Mill St, Trecynon 24, Bridge St, Robertstown 3, Pleasant Row, Cwmbach 3, Brondeg Tce, Aberdare 25, Mostyn St, Abercwmboi 12, Merthyr Rd, Llwydcoed 2, Richmond Tce, Abernant 3, Henry St, Aberaman 5, Harries St, Hirwaun 25, Cobden St, Aberaman 3, Merthyr Rd, Llwydcoed 54, Seymour St, Aberdare 1, Bute Tce, Hirwaun 30, Graig Ave, Abercwmboi 11, Bridge St, Robertstown 3, Duffryn Rd, Cwmbach 4, South Avenue, Aberdare 8, Prospect Place, Aberdare 5, Giles Court, Trecynon 11, Henry St, Aberaman 3, Park View Tce, Abernant 12, Penmark Row, Hirwaun 6, Providence Place, Cwmbach 34, Glan Rd, Aberdare Greenhill House, Hirwaun Rd, Trecynon 12, Church Row, Trecynon 25, Bronallt Tce, Abercwmboi 8, Glancynon Tce, Aberaman Freemont, Abernant Rd, Aberdare 3, Cwmaman Rd, Godreaman 38, Glanaman Rd, Cwmaman 2, Arnotts Place, Aberdare 35, Hirwaun Rd, Aberdare 1, Mount Hill St, Aberaman 5, Abergwawr Place, Aberaman 6, Belmont Tce, Aberaman 22, Bute St, Aberdare Riverside, Farm Road, Aberaman 28, Albert St, Aberdare 46, Ynysllwyd St, Aberdare 41, Tanybryn St, Aberdare 8, Bridge St, Robertstown 18, Upper Regent St, Aberdare 8, Cefn Place, Aberdare 90, Jenkin St, Aberdare 5, ?, Cwmbach 32, Gospel Hall Tce, Aberdare 30, Fforchaman Rd, Cwmaman 14, Moriah Place, Llwydcoed 4, Tanycoed Tce, Abercwmboi 20, Bridge St, Robertstown 14, Margaret St, Aberaman 23a, Bute St, Aberdare 16, John St, Aberdare |
† These five boys were casualties in WW2:
David John Bowen worked at Bletchley Park and then on a project involving the development of radar. He enlisted into the RAFVR and served in Italy as a Leading Aircraftsman, but was invalided home. At the age of 25, in October 1945, he died of cancer at Church Village hospital, which was then a military hospital.
Stanley George Brockway was a Flight Sergeant in the RAF. He died aged 24 on 13th November 1943. He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Thomas Brinley Lovell was a sapper in the Royal Engineers, 11 Field Coy. He died aged 23 on 4th September 1944. He is buried in Clabecq Communal Cemetery, Belgium.
Ronald Price was a Flight Sergeant in the RAF. He died aged 21 on 29th December 1944. He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.
David Williams was a Pilot Officer (Flight Engineer) in the RAF. He died aged 22 on 31st July 1943. He was buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany near the Netherlands border.
Notes
The first two boys on the list entered the school in January 1932. All of the others enrolled in September 1932.