Emlyn James from Llandrindod Wells enlists in the Herefordshire Regiment
When war broke out, my grandfather Emlyn James was a journeyman ironmonger: after finishing his training in Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, he had gone to work in one of the mining towns in South Wales. He returned to Llandrindod and with a number of other young men from the town he enlisted in the Herefordshire Regiment on 11 September 1914, just two days before his 20th birthday.
Photograph of volunteers at Llandrindod Wells, before setting off for Hereford to enlist in the Herefordshire Regiment.
CREATOR
Alathea Anderssohn
DATE
1914-09-11
LANGUAGE
eng
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INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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