The Exploration Tywi website (www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk/tywi/valleyatwar.html) refers to a diary kept by Sgt W O Stephens from Llandeilo who was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1915 at the Battle of Loos. This portrait shows a medal ribbon on the sergeant's chest but it does not correspond with a DCM.
Sgt Bill O Stephens, London House
This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Reference
- GB 210 DCH Mil 178.
- Alternative Id.(alternative) vtls006392641(alternative) cymruww1
- Dates of Creation
- [c.1916]
- Physical Description
- 1 glass negative: b & w; 140 x 88 mm.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Access to the original work by authorised permission only. Users are directed to use the digital image.
Note
Date supplied by the cataloguer.
Title taken from gummed label attached to negative. Although not contemporaneous with the photo it appears to date from the time the negatives arrived at the NLW.
Kellys Trades Directory for South Wales (1914) lists a John Stephens as proprietor of London House, Llandeilo.
Preferred citation: DCH Mil 178.
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
[graphic].
Appraisal Information
Action: digitized. Action identifier: cymruww1. Date: 2013. Authorization: The Welsh experience of World War One, 1914-1918.
Additional Information
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