William Henry Burgwyn ^{4180,4806,6643,6644,6645,6646}

  General Notes:

Family name has been recorded throughout the 1800's as:
BURGUIN
BURGWYN
BURGWIN
BURGWINNE

William and his brothers Frederick & Charles all joind the British Army in 1915 but were discharged after being convicted of "assault occasioning actual bodily harm". They were convicted on 19 October 1915 and sentenced to 1`8 months imprisonment. The sentence was reduced on appeal to 12 months.

It appears that the brothers joined the British Army in order to avoid a prison sentence - to no avail as it turned out.

William's military record contains a letter dated 2 May 1928 to the Union Jack Club Ltd, Bargoed declining a request from the club for William's military service information. William made a declaration that he had accidentally lost his discharge papers in a fire at his house.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Coal miner hewer.

• Registered Birth, Jan-Mar 1878, Monmouth District, Monmouthshire, Wales. ⁶⁶⁴³

• Registered Christening, 31 Mar 1878, Coleford Parish, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. ⁶⁶⁴⁷

• UK Census, 1881, West Dean, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. ⁴¹⁸³

• UK Census, 1891, West Dean, Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. ⁴¹⁸⁴

• UK Census, 1901, Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. ⁴¹⁸⁵

• UK Census, 1911, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales. ⁶⁶⁴⁸

• Military Service, 1915-1916, Porthcawl, Glamorganshire, Wales. ⁶⁶⁴⁶

• Prison Record: Assault, 20 Oct 1915, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales. ⁴¹⁸⁰

• 1939 National Identity Card Register: 9 Upper North Road, 29 Sep 1939, Gelligaer, Glamorganshire, Wales. ⁶⁶⁴⁵

• Occupation: Unemployed colliery hewer, 29 Sep 1939. ⁶⁶⁴⁵

• Registered Death, Jan-Mar 1957, East Glamorgan District, Glamorganshire, Wales. ⁶⁶⁴⁴

William married Millicent Maud Brown on 19 Apr 1903 in Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. (Millicent Maud Brown was born on 17 Dec 1882 in Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England ^{6645,6649,6650} and died in 1985 in Merthyr Tydfil District, Glamorganshire, Wales ⁶⁶⁴⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registered Marriage, 19 Apr 1903, Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. ⁶⁶⁵¹