Elizabeth Hopkins

Service: Wife and Mother

Notes: Elizabeth Hopkins, nee Thomas (1882-1959) and David Hopkins (1877-1949) - married 8th October 1905. Photograph taken around 16th November 1914 when David enlisted in the South Wales Borderers. David and Elizabeth already had four children, the eldest only 8 years old, the youngest 21 months. Although David is proud to have volunteered Elizabeth looks distinctly worried about the future - with good reason for David was seriously wounded at Gallipoli from which he never fully recovered.

Reference: WaW0070

Elizabeth and David Hopkins.

A proud David and apprehensive Elizabeth Hopkins, November 1914.

Rowena Hopkin (Field)

Place of birth: Llangwig

Service: Nurse, SWH, 1916 - 1917

Notes: Rowena Hopkin joined the Scottish Women's Hospitals in 1916, and seems to have worked in Serbia. She married GW Field in 1918; some of their correpondence survives.

Sources: http://scottishwomenshospitals.co.uk/women/

Reference: WaW0122

Letter

Envelope addressed to Rowena Hopkin

Newspaper report

Newspaper report Labour Voice 22 Sept 1918

Newspaper photograph

Photograph and report of Rowena Hopkin’s award of the Order of St George. Herald of Wales 5th May 1917

Hannah Isaacs

Service: Munitions Worker

Sources: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/24/soldiers-letters-bring-first-world-war-christmas-truce-to-life

Reference: WaW0083

M A James

Service: Nurse, VAD

Memorial: Church war memorial, Llandre, Cardiganshire

Notes: aged 26.

Reference: WaW0029

Llandre Church

Name of M A James, VAD, on memorial in Llandre Church to those who served in the War.

Abigail James

Service: Munitions Worker

Notes: Abigail James lived in Brynhyfryd Swansea. She worked in the Swansea National Shell Factory as a Thread Miller.

Reference: WaW0082

Abigail James, Swansea National Shell Factory

Close up of Abigail James, Swansea National Shell Factory, 1915 - 1917 Abigail James (middle row, 1st left) with fellow workers Swansea National Shell Factory, 1915 - 1917; Swansea National Shell Factory workers c. 1915-1917. Abigail James sits 6th from right front row.

Abigail James with fellow workers, Swansea National Shell Factory

Abigail James (middle row, 1st left) with fellow workers Swansea National Shell Factory, 1915 - 1917

Swansea National Shell Factory workers c. 1915-1917

; Swansea National Shell Factory workers c. 1915-1917. Abigail James sits 6th from right front row.

Asa Fish

Place of birth: Swansea ?

Service: Munitions worker

Notes:
Ada was a 22 year-old munitions worker from Hafod, Swansea. She was working in a munitions factory in Sheffield when she won £1 in a beauty competition sponsored by the Sheffield Telegraph.

Reference: WaW0482

Newspaper report and photograph

Ada Fish in munitions worker’s uniform. The Cambria Daily Leader, 8 April 1919.

Lizzie John[s]

Service: Munitions Worker

Memorial: Cenotaph, St Stephen's Church, Swansea, Glamorgan

Notes: aged 22, buried Ebbw Vale Cemetery

Reference: WaW0032

Swansea Cenotaph

Name of Lizzie John on Swansea Cenotaph

War Memorial

Name of Lizzie Johns on the War Memorial, St Stephen's Church, Swansea

Jane M Jones

Place of birth: Llandeiniol

Service: Matron, RRC

Memorial: Memorial to those who served, St Deiniol,s Church, Llandeiniol, Llandeiniol, Cardiganshire

Sources: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/ceredigion-war-memorials; http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=149755

Reference: WaW0035

Name of Jane M Jones

Name of Matron Jane M Jones, Llandeiniol Church

Olwen Jones (née Lewis)

Service: Wife, mother

Notes: 'My grandmother Olwen Jones with her two daughters, Dora Louise, on the left, aged two+ and Frances, right thirteen months younger.  This was taken in 1916, when my grandfather [Percy Jones, Welsh Regiment] was conscripted and sent to France.  He was wounded, but eventually returned to Abercarn and they had two more children post the war.' Rosemary Scadden.

Reference: WaW0036

Olwen Jones and daughters

Olwen Jones with her daughters Dora and Frances. Photograph taken when husbad Percy Jones was conscripted in 1916.

Mathilde Augusta Lilian Laloe

Place of birth: Carmarthen

Service: Administrator, SWH, 1916 - 1920

Notes: Lilian Laloe was the daughter of Auguste Felix Laloe, a teacher from France who became headmaster of the Queen Elixabeth Grammar School in 1874. She joined the Scottish Womens Hospitals as a cook, but was rapidly promoted to Adminstrator.

Sources: http://scottishwomenshospitals.co.uk/women/

Reference: WaW0086

Lilian Laloe (rear, second left).

Lilian Laloe (rear, second left) with Doctors from the Scottish Women's Hospital, Salonika, 1917?.