Rees Stanton

Rees Stanton, 24459, 19th Bn., Welsh Regiment 

Rees was baptised at Llangammarch in Aug 1884, the son of Penry and Elizabeth (née Thomas) Stanton. Penry, a carpenter, was from Builth and Elizabeth from Llangammarch. Penry and Elizabeth married on 5 July 1880 at Llanfair in Builth.

The 1881 census finds the family lodging at Malvern House, Llangammarch;  by 1891 they had moved to 1 Club Cottage (now 1 Myrtle Cottage).  The family moved again in about 1897 to 6 Brickyard Terrace Garth, they were there in 1901.  By 1911 they were back again  in Llangammarch. The 1911 census shows that Penry and Elizabeth had 17 children, 10 of whom had died. The Parish records show 18 . The children who lived were David Thomas (1882),Rees (1884),John (1886),Maud (1888),Catherine M (1894),Gladys Lilian (1895) and Reginald (1899). The children who died were Eliz Mary (1880), Penry and Edward (1891), Lilian and Julie (1892), Arthur and William (1893), Caroline May (1894), Augustin and Edmund (1896), Evan Reginald 1897.

In 1901 Rees is described as a Groom.  By 1911 he had moved to Mountain Rd., Brynamman, Carmarthen, where he is lodging with a Robert Evans and family.  H e is working as a coalminer driver underground.  Rees enlisted in the 19th Battalion Welsh Regiment at Cwmgorse Glam. He died on 17 July 1916 in France and Flanders, listed as Killed in Action. He is commemorated on the War Memorial in St Cadmarch's Church Llangammarch Wells.

David Thomas Stanton and his brother John Stanton are listed as having returned from the Great War.

Ptes. Jack Stanton, R.A.M.C., and R Stanton, Welsh Regiment (Banbury Villa) have been home for a few days.

Brecon County Times 2 December 1915

LLANGAMMARCH WELLS: KILLED IN ACTION:

The sad news has reached Mr and Mrs Penry Stanton that their second son, Pte. Rees Stanton, has been killed in action in France.  The sympathy of the whole district goes out to them and to his brothers and sisters in their loss.  He was well known here, and liked and respected by those who knew him.  He was 30 years of age.  Another son, Pte. David Stanton, is serving in India with the Brecknocks, and another, Sergt. John Stanton, is with the Red Cross in Egypt. 

Brecon County Times  3 August 1916

Miss Myfanwy Morgan, Tregeyb Arms, is in receipt of sad news from Lieut. Houghton Rogers, R.E., to the effect that the amiable and free-hearted Priv. Rees Stanton, of the 19th Welsh, has fallen in action in France.  The communicating officer describes Stanton as a trustworthy soldier in whom was reposed full confidence, and as being well liked by officers and men.  He died doing his duty nobly and well. Priv. Stanton hailed from Llangammarch Wells, and has two other brothers in the fighting line.  He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Penry Stanton, Banbury Villa, Llangammarch, but had resided for a long time in Brynamman, where he followed the occupation of miner at Blaen-cae-gurwen Colliery.

Amman Valley Chronicle 3 August 1916

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Memorial