The above are the four stalwart sons of Mr. David Rees, Tircoed, Tycroes, who are loyally serving their country.
Two of them – Privates Ivor Rees, and Rhys Rees – are on active service with the R.A.M.C. and the A.S.C., respectively, attached to the Second Cavalry Column of the British Expeditionary Forces, while the other two are Private Emrys Rees, with the 9 th Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Weston-super-Mare, and Private D.J Rees, who is with the 14 th Swansea Welsh Regiment at Rhyl.
Their native village is naturally proud of them.
If there is anyone who may know these brothers relatives and that they may have the original photographs, I would gladly borrow them and copy the photo's in order to do the brothers justice.
From Carol Rees.
Your website is of interest to me as I come from Saron near Ammanford and even more so when I came across mention of the four brothers in the 28th January 1915 section, as one of them – David John Rees (not P J Rees mentioned under the picture.) - was my father. Since Amended.
I am fairly certain that the middle picture is that of 2 of the brothers, but I don’t think the 2 outer pictures are the other brothers, but I cannot be certain as they are indistinct.(Pictures displayed as found in the AV Chronicle.)
The Rees family lived for over 200 years at the farmstead of Caerlloi in Penybanc – next to the Fferws brook. David, the boys’ father was born there but went away to work in the Rhonda for 10 years, returning with his family in 1897 and built Tirycoed in 1900 (now called 13 Haford Road) in Tycroes. He had 9 children and the family were Calvanistic Methodists.
|
|
|
Ivor (1890 - ?) Remained with the RAMC in France til the end of the war. Moved to Swansea and eventually became the master of Bridgend’s Public Assistance Institution. |
Emrys (1897 - ?) Served with the 9th Welsh Fusiliers in France until the end of the war and demobbed in Jan 1919. He married later that year and was the first of the brothers to do so. |
David John (1887 – 1961) ended the war with the Labour Corps attached to the 1st Welsh Fusiliers in Italy . Married in 1920 and had two children. Was a shotman. Lived in Saron Road, Saron. Played the euphonium in a 9-piece band, which was popular at functions in Ammanford in the 1910’s. |
|
|
Rees (1893-1981) moved from the RAMC to the Royal Engineers & was in France until the end of the war. Married in 1920 and had 6 children. Lived in Pengarn Road , Tycroes and then, when his mother died in 1934, he moved into Tirycoed. Was a colliery machine winder. One of his son’s still lives there. |
Incidentally, the youngest son Tudor (1905 - ?) served in World War 2 and was a prisoner of war.
