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I am interested in the history of the old church called St.Brynach Llanfrynach just outside Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan. Any information would be most welcome.
2008-11-20 09:45:15

Im doing some research into my family tree and was wondering if there is any information about the Market Hall Vaults in Caernarfon about 1901 and whether it still exists. I believe there was a lodging house at No.26 and owned by Jane Ellen James.
2008-11-19 08:39:04

In 1914 Lloyd George set about creating a Welsh Army to fight in WW1. He had great success in the cities and the valleys but in Carmarthenshire there were insufficient young men, who were surplus to the agricultural requirements of the area, to form an effective battalion. Because of this, over 300 young men were recruited in Bolton, Lancashire, and after training in Rhyl they became part of the 15th Bn The Welsh Regiment. I believe that my grandfather was one of those men. According to the medal lists held at the National Archives in Kew there was a Pte 20304 Richard Lofthouse who served with this Bn on The Western Front. Later he was transferred and became Pte 63615 with the South Lancashire Regiment. I have completed just about every search I can think of but I'm still looking for that one piece of information that would prove, one way of the other, whether the Richard who served with the 15th Welsh was one of the 300 plus volunteers who came from Bolton. I appreciate that it is easy to lose track of an individual soldier or indeed a small group of soldiers after all this time. However, a group as large as 300 must have left some evidence of their existence. I have done all the usual searches and contacted the regimental museum in Cardiff and the archives in Carmarthen but they couldn't help. I would be eternally grateful if you could help me. My email address is harry@learnrite.fsnet.co.uk Harry Lofthouse
2008-11-19 07:20:01

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