Thank you for that tip, just have to check where Leckwith is :-) Cheers, Luned in snowy Blaenavon On Saturday, January 17, 2015 2:33 PM, mart56griffiths <mart56griffiths@btinternet.com> wrote: If you are going to Cardiff it might be worth your while to call in at the County archives in Leckwith.  They have the  Glamorgan police personal records.  My own father was in the Glamorgan Police at that time so I know how detailed these records can be. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luned James via" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> To: "Glamorgan" <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 10:53 PM Subject: Re: [GLA] David JONES policeman Abertridwr died 1929-30 > Thank you Martin that was a very useful website the Police Memorial of > Honour. At least we now know he couldn't have been on duty. So it's off to > Cardiff for a day out :-)Cheers Luned > >    On Friday, January 9, 2015 10:50 PM, Luned James > <lunedjames@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Thank you Jill, good to hear from you again. It would be so useful to have > Welsh Newspapers Online to go further than, what is it 1919? Still we have > so much more at our fingertips now than we started eh? Cheers, Luned > >      On Friday, January 9, 2015 10:25 PM, Jill Muir > <jill@shottle.plus.com> wrote: > > > Welcome back Luned, it's good to 'see' you here again. > > The Welsh Newspapers online are a great source, but sadly do not go into > the 1930 - I just wish they would. I would also look at the dates of death > in the newspapers when in Cardiff. There was bound to be mention of this. > > Sincerely, Jill > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Luned James via > Sent: Friday, January 9, 2015 9:18 PM > To: GLAMORGAN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GLA] David JONES policeman Abertridwr died 1929-30 > > Greetings fellow searchers,I am hoping someone can point me in the right > direction in looking for information about the death of a police officer > based in Abertridwr near Caerphilly late 1929 or early 1930. David JONES > was knocked down by a wood delivery lorry, taken to hospital (unknown) and > died there as a result of pneumonia.He was the grandfather of an > Australian friend. She knows little of him, his birth or birth place, or > of his wife Mary Joanna JONES nee JOHN. She was born about 1884 > whereabouts unknown.I have looked at the usual archives and newspaper > sites but nothing is jumping out. Before I head to the Glamorgan Records > Office in Cardiff to look at the South Glamorgan Police archives is there > anyone who has any knowledge of deaths of serving policemen at that > time?Grateful for any information, Luned James > -- > > > > > > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > > A web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ > > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message