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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Williams
Initials:W A
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:P/7246
Notes:MFP. Served Home. He enlisted 25/11/14 at Swansea in the Welsh Regiment No. 17968, 1/9/1916 transferred to the 66 Training Reserve Battalion No. TR/4/36395, Age 29.8 years, born Swansea, occupation Stoker, (Villars & Sons, Hafod Copper Mills, Swansea) home address: 14 Sussex Street, Rhyll, North Wales. Transferred to MFP 27/1/17. Served home 25/11/14 to 12/5/19, class Z reserve 13/5/19. 23/7/1908 he married Beatrice Harvey, spinster at Swansea, address: 7 Zip Row, Hafod, Swansea they had 3 children.
3/5/1919 he was awarded a Pension of 8/3d per week + 4/9d for three children, disability heart disease, 30% to be reviewed in 28 weeks.
Info from two Pension Index Cards: Williams, William Alfred, MFP, 7246, 12/5/1919 discharged, born 1885, married, 14 Sussex Street, Rhyll North Wales, Heart Disease, last entry 22/11/1922 disability 40%, weekly rate man 16/-, child 11/10d from 10/1/1923 to 6/1/1925. Also: Williams, William Alfred, MFP, 7246, Welsh Regt. TR/4/3639, 12/5/1919, SFJ.2822, 5/MW/1073, Stamp: Ad 10/5/1919 at 13/- from 13/5/1919 to 11/11/1919, Chelsea No. Z/MFP/1609, received 12/5/1919.
William Alf Williams.